H T
surged by some 34 per cent
on the Helsinki Stock Exchange on
Tuesday following the sudden announcement of the sale of its handset
division to Microsoft for 5.44 billion
euro. he added. We are deeply committed to
Finland,. The proposal for the
settlement was tabled at midday
by the Confederation of Finnish Industries (EK) and . that our economy is in good
hands.?
Trade unions to continue talks
Contrary to expectations, the wage
settlement was struck with apparent ease, only a few hours after the
Government had communicated
the conclusions of its budget session on Friday. 11 SEP TEMBER 2013 . W W W.HELSINKITIMES.FI
Available by subscription, on board more than 350 Finnair flights, on Allegro trains and in all top-quality hotels in Finland. Microsoft licences Nokia?s patent portfolio for ten years and mapping
technology for four years.
. In Helsinki, Steve Ballmer, the CEO of the
American software giant, assured
that Microsoft remains committed to Finland, citing its decision to
construct a data centre in the country. Despite some, visceral, opposition in Finland, the market reaction is
an apt reminder of the the division?s
woes . ?This
transaction makes all the sense rationally, but emotionally it is complicated,. As of February, he revealed,
Nokia?s board of directors convened
50 times to discuss the divestment
and possible alternatives. he underlined.
in the face of soaring mobile data
traf?c.
For a company established some
150 years ago and which only ventured into handsets 30 years ago, the
transformation is nothing but the
dawn of a new era, Siilasmaa viewed.
Nokia retains patents
. its wavering standing in
emerging markets and relative insigni?cance in the smartphone market.
Risto Siilasmaa, who was appointed the interim successor to
resigning Stephen Elop, acknowledged in Helsinki on Tuesday that
Nokia simply lacked the resources to compete in the market domineered by Apple and Android
devices. You can
transfer from one
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ST T
A L E K S I T E I VA I N E N . Ilpo Kokkila, the chairman of the EK?s board of directors,
estimates that 90 per cent of earners must fall within the scope of
L E H T I K U VA / J U S S I N U K A R I
High manganese
levels and Swedish health care
The effects of manganese in well
water on children, and the benefits of adapting the Swedish
health care model in Finland.
See pages 3,4
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Nokia abandons handsets
DOMESTIC
Katainen viewes that the settlement will address the divide in competitiveness
between Finland and its rivals, Sweden and Germany.. ?It?s good that the organisations were able to value the common
good above their own interests,?
Urpilainen stated on Friday.
In an interview with STT, Katainen viewed that the settlement will
address the divide in competitiveness between Finland and its rivals,
Sweden and Germany.
?On the other hand, it also slightly promotes purchasing power, and
thereby domestic demand,. ?We have no signi?cant plans to
Nokia?s new CEO Timo Ihamuotila (left), Chairman of the Board Risto Siilasmaa and former CEO Stephen Elop.
ter ditching its handset business.
Following its takeover of Siemens?
stake in network venture NSN and
the subsequent streamlining measures, Nokia indeed seems to be in
a position to bene?t from the rising demand for network solutions
shift around the world where work
is done. Kokkila also reminded that, although the extent
of wage hikes and other key terms
of employment has been designated, a number of hurdles remain
in the sector-speci?c talks. Nokia retains its network unit (Nokia Solutions & Networks), patent portfolio, and mapping and location services.
. Association of
Finland projects that the purchasing power of middle-income earners would deteriorate by 0.6 per
cent, regardless of the Government?s pledge to adjust income taxation by 1.5 per cent to compensate
for in?ation.
ST T
A L E K S I T E I VA I N E N . he af?rmed.
In the aftermath of the press
conference, Minister of Labour
Lauri Ihalainen (SDP) nonetheless called on Microsoft to foster
the motivation and enthusiasm of
the staff members affected by the
takeover. H T
PRIME Minister Jyrki Katainen
(NCP) and Minister of Finance Jutta Urpilainen (SDP) have lavished
praise on labour market organisations for striking an agreement on
a moderate centralised wage settlement. Helsinki Times is also available for sale in more than 140 kiosks across Finland.
Nokia will concentrate
on its networking
equipment unit.
WORKING LIFE
Female professionals and the
effects of 24/7 connectivity
Women are moving into jobs formerly dominated by men, while
non-stop connectivity is questioned for its apparent drawbacks.
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York and Finland, and his band?s
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Microsoft
committed to Finland
As part of the transaction, 32,000
Nokia personnel worldwide and
4,700 in Finland are expected to
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transition period has been completed.
Dawn of a new era
As a result, Nokia is set to follow in
the footsteps of fellow former mobile powerhouse Ericsson, which
has surfaced as the world?s leading network equipment maker af-
PM: Wage settlement promotes
competitiveness against rivals
If approved, the proposal would
?rst translate to an increase of 20
euro in the monthly wages of earners in Finland and, a year later, to
a proportional increase of 0.4 per
cent.
the agreements. The transaction is scheduled for completion in Q1 2014.
. Alongside the Government?s recent decisions on public spending
and structural reforms, the wage
settlement, Katainen believes, will
constitute a solid footing for the
recovery of the Finnish economy.
?This is certainly also a message
that will echo beyond Finnish borders . ISSUE 36 (318) . having been in
preparation away from the media
spotlight throughout the summer ?
approved by trade union confederations within hours.
Sector-speci?c trade unions now
have eight weeks to digest the settlement and hammer out compliant
collective agreements for the next
two years. ?Microsoft should acknowledge that the group about to
transfer has been through rather
uncertain times,. Microsoft draws upon its overseas cash resources to fund its acquisition
of Nokia?s Devices & Services business.
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while the Obama administration is adjusting its foreign
policy so that it focuses more
on East Asia, it can?t turn its
back on the Middle East. not just
that of the United States ?
now have less in?uence.
China, or the Soviet Union
from developing nuclear
weapons.
FURTHERMORE,
the ability
of the United States to bring
its power to bear around the
world during the 20th centu-
ry was just as much affected by domestic pressures as
by external ones.
of World
War I, the United States had
the strongest economy in
the world. in the
1930s limited the country?s
ability to build on that power
internationally.
IN THE AFTERMATH
SOMETHING similar happened in the aftermath of
the Vietnam War. It?s simply operating in a changing world that
presents a different set of
challenges.
THE UNITED
of China surpassing the United States are
examples of one-dimensional thinking in a world where
power is multi-dimensional. But the soothsayers should take a closer
look at the omens, because
the signs they?re reading are
more complicated than they
think.
States isn?t in
decline. He also served as
Chairman of the National Intelligence Council (1993-94). His latest book published in 2013 is
Presidential Leadership and the Creation of the American Era.
The future of American
power in the 21st century
THERE has been much talk
lately of the perceived decline of the United States
as a world power, and of the
rise of China. Helsinki Times reserves the right to accept or reject submissions, as well as to edit or shorten the text.
The opinions expressed in this section are the writers. This is because
many East Asian countries
worry about the rise of China
and look to the United States
to counterbalance Beijing?s
ascendancy.
ON THE other hand, the United States is less able to in?uence events in the Middle
East today, primarily because of the diffusion of power in the region, and because
more people are participating in political processes
through what is misleadingly called the ?Arab Spring,?
but should be called the ?Arab revolutions.?
AS A RESULT of these revolutions, countries in the Middle East are less amenable to
WHILE nations deemed ?superpowers. The United
States shied away from further foreign entanglements.
TODAY, the United States is
examining its role in societies like Iraq and Afghanistan, and is concluding that
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it?s time to draw down its
presence there. it was 10
years ago. It
has too many interests there,
including energy, nuclear
non-proliferation, and general regional stability.
the perceived loss of
America?s much-vaunted superpower status, we simply
need to come to terms with
the changing reality of international relations, and accept
that the United States will have
to work with others to achieve
its global aims. However, the isolationist policies coming out
of Washington, D.C. own and do not represent the official policy of the Helsinki Times.
E VA N V U C C I / A S S O C I AT E D P R E S S
Joseph Nye is the former Dean of the John F. At the same
time, it realizes that its presence is essential to maintaining a balance of power in East
Asia so that China is less likely to bully its neighbors. Yet, it was unable
to prevent Chinese communists from taking over in
FROM
The United States is going to have to work
with others to get things done.
IN EAST ASIA,
external pressures. The changes of
a global information age mean
that even the world?s only superpower can?t go it alone.
AS FOR. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University,
and is currently the University Distinguished Service Professor there. 2
VIEWPOINT
5 . 11 SEPTEMBER 2013
HELSINKI TIMES
Viewpoints are commentaries written by experts and authorities about specific topics. In fact,
the information revolution,
which has vastly increased
the leverage of the person on
the street, means that all major governments . power is as great as ?
or greater than . The nation
was scarred by bloody images from the front lines and
internal dissent over a con?ict that many saw as morally questionable. in?uence
in the world has declined in
past 10 years, but in others it
has grown.
for instance,
U.S. He served as Deputy to the
Undersecretary of State for Security Assistance, Science, and Technology and chaired the National
Security Council Group on Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (1977-79). It had sole possession of nuclear weapons
and the world?s largest economy by far. The focus is too much on
the single yardstick of overall gross domestic product,
and not enough on the more
re?ned measure of GDP per
capita, or on military primacy, or on soft power.
PROJECTIONS
THE UNITED States is going
to retain its position as the
world?s largest power, wielding more in?uence than any
other country, for the foreseeable future.
doesn?t mean it?s
going to get its way, have full
control, or bring its power to
bear in every situation around
the world. are said to have
supreme power and in?uence, no country can fully
control how events around
the world turn out.
1945 to 1950, for instance, the United States
wielded immense international power. Rather, the United
States is going to have to work
with others to get things done.
BUT THAT
IN SOME cases, U.S
says Juha Mäki, an
expert on road maintenance
from the Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment of
Southwest Finland.
In Southwest Finland and
Satakunta, there are 960 kilometres of roads with lighting that come under the state
responsibility, 190 kilometres of which will be left unlit at night.
No direct feedback has
been available from roadusers but Mäki has heard in
a roundabout way that not
everyone travelling on the
roads had noticed the lack
of lighting while others had
considered it a sensible costcutting measure.
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3. All the decisions will
be made on a case-by-case basis,. Other types of wells,
such as dug wells, usually
Manganese in well water is harmful to children under 12.
State saves by
leaving roads unlit
The goal is to cut
costs by over a million euros annually.
E E VA N I K K I L Ä - K I I P U L A . There will
be large regional differences in what proportion of the
roads will be left unlit.
?In Uusimaa, the goal is
10 per cent and in Lapland
40 per cent,. The Finnish Environment Institute gives out
information on wells,. Exposure to it even
during pregnancy can harm
the child,. advises Komulainen.
The National Institute for Health and
Welfare: the water in a quarter of artesian
wells may be harmful.
M I K KO N I E M E L Ä . Water
with a high manganese concentration should not be used
in a sauna to throw on the
stove before more research
data is available.
which is why only roads that
do not get cyclists or pedestrians at night and very little
car traf?c will be included in
the savings programme, according to Lehtonen.
In the regions of Southwest Finland and Satakunta, three locations in Rusko,
Tarvasjoki and Huittinen participated in the pilot project
that lasted just under a year.
?Lighting was also turned
off on Thursday nights in
many other places in these
regions,. There
have been some indications
of the risks so the results did
not come as a total surprise,?
Komulainen explains.
Manganese has adverse
effects especially on children
under the age of 12 when the
concentration of manganese
in drinking water exceeds
100 micrograms in a litre.
?Manganese is a neurotoxic substance, which means it is
poisonous. The
only way to be sure about
the water quality is to have
it analysed. S T T
NIINA WOOLLE Y . 11 SEPTEMBER 2013
Children at risk from high
manganese levels in well water
contain less manganese. Drinking water distributed by municipal waterworks does not have similar
problems.
?There are probably problems in the water quality of
artesian wells across Finland. HT
FINNISH singer-songwriter
Tuomari Nurmio knew what
he was talking about when
he penned the lyrics about
the light on top of a taxi being the only thing lighting
up the night. DOMESTIC
HELSINKI TIMES
5 . The risks were only
discovered now because before this we didn?t have proper research results. Lehtonen stresses.
Lack of lighting
went unnoticed
Lighting has a considerable
impact on the safety of cycling and pedestrian routes,
Affects intelligence
High levels of manganese can
cause learning dif?culties
and behavioural problems
in children as well as having
a detrimental effect on IQ.
Manganese, an iron-like grey
substance, which is classi?ed
as a metal, has a similar impact on children as lead.
?Studies on the topic are
available from different countries where manganese is
found in water in high concentrations. Leaving the lights
turned off has been tried
out in different parts of the
country and the goal is to
gradually extend the trial to
cover new roads. To save energy, the state plans to turn off
streetlights during the nighttime on roads that do not get
heavy traf?c.
There are around 78,000
kilometres of roads that are
maintained by the state in
Finland, a ?fth of which will
remain unlit at night under a new proposal, with the
planned savings running into roughly 1.2 million euros
annually. HT
L E H T I K U VA / M A R T T I K A I N U L A I N E N
A HIGH level of manganese
in drinking water can pose
a health risk to children, international studies have
revealed.
In Finland, the main cause
for concern is artesian wells
on private properties, with
manganese generally found in
high concentrations in a quar-
ter of such wells, according to
Hannu Komulainen, Research
Professor at the National Institute for Health and Welfare
(THL). S T T
NIINA WOOLLE Y . Adults are not as sensitive to the harmful effect of
manganese but THL recommends that children avoid
drinking water with high levels of the substance. explains Kari Lehtonen, head of road
maintenance at the Finnish
Transport Agency.
Sparsely populated, Lapland has less traf?c, making it easier to ?nd roads
that are safe to leave without lighting at night.
?If we don?t ?nd safe locations, we won?t push the plans
through. says Komulainen.
Until now, manganese has
been considered mainly a cosmetic problem, not a health
risk
This
is because in the other Nordic countries, private service
providers that meet quality
criteria can also offer healthcare services.?Finnish authorities have decided to
give patients more freedom
of choice at the beginning
of next year, albeit to a very
limited extent. Niemi will assume his
new responsibilities on 15
September.
HT-STT
Parliament
unlikely to
consider structural
reforms before
2014
The Parliament is unlikely to consider the structural reforms outlined last
week by the Government
until next year, despite the
Government?s objective
of specifying the reforms
by late November. In
principle, municipalities can
currently offer patients service vouchers that can be
used to purchase healthcare
services from private companies but in practice, this
option is hardly ever used. In that case, we will also
have to come up with a way
to guarantee a substancefree environment for the
children.?. 77.4%
L E H T I K U VA / V E S A M O I L A N E N
View details and this week?s question at www.helsinkitimes.fi
Who:
Krista Kiuru
From:
Pori
Famous for:
Minister of Education whose
proposal to lengthen compulsory education by one
year was recently approved
by the government.
With statistics suggesting that young people are more likely
to end up without work if they don?t have proper education or
training for a profession, students will now be required to attend school until the completion of year 10. At
least I know what I?m getting
here,. she says.
In Sweden, 93 per cent of
patients get access to a general practitioner?s services within a week whereas in
Finland only 15 per cent of
patients are seen by a doctor within two weeks. ?Jonsson states
that the report will give an
insight into the aspects of
the healthcare system that
need to be considered when
the Finnish model is being
reformed, noting that the
Swedish system requires
close monitoring of the service quality, which is something the Finnish authorities
are not used to. ?When
STT interviewed people in
Authorities criticise
youth treatment centre
for strip searches
The director of the centre: how else can we
guarantee prohibited substances are not
brought in?
ANT TI TIRI . During that period, the
adolescent can leave the centre only when accompanied
by a supervisor. Jonsson explained.??
Service providers to
compete with quality
A group of experts will write
a report at the beginning of
October on the lessons Finland can learn from the experiences in the other Nordic
countries, where patients
have more freedom of choice.
In Norway, people can change
their healthcare centre twice
a year, in Denmark, three or
four times a year and in Sweden, no limitations have been
imposed. HT
IN SWEDEN,
a patient gets
to see a doctor much more
quickly than in Finland and
is also able to opt for private
healthcare services with the
municipality footing the bill.
This has prompted healthcare experts in Finland to
discuss whether some of the
healthcare system?s problems could be addressed by
implementing the Swedish
model here. Jonsson comments.
with the decision expected in
October or November.
Explaining that a search
is carried out only in connection with the initial checkup, Kautiainen refutes the
claims that the youngsters
must undress every time
they come to the centre.
?The basic service we offer is a 30-day detoxi?cation
treatment, which involves a
limited right to leave the centre. 22,6%
No . It?s also
a question of safety for the
staff,. online services by, for example, directing forged echo packets at
their chargen protocols.
The regulatory authority is
currently analysing the attacks in co-operation with
telecommunications operators and ISPs.
HT-STT
Niemi appointed
senior editor-inchief of Helsingin
Sanomat
Kaius Niemi, currently
the editor-in-chief of IltaSanomat and Taloussanomat, has been appointed as
the senior editor-in-chief
of Finland?s largest newspaper Helsingin Sanomat. ??I?m sure
that in the future, healthcare units will have to compete with quality and patient
safety,. Acting editor-inchief Riikka Venäläinen
will continue in the capacity as editor-in-chief and
work side by side with Niemi. Then a new
search is not required.?
Ruuskanen has no knowledge of how common the
strip search policy is in
Finland.
?Based on reports, it?s
possible this is not an isolated incident.?
Kautiainen says that the
centre will wait until the decision by the ombudsman before taking any further steps
on the matter.
?If this is judged as an illegal procedure, we will have
to change the way we operate. ??
?Comparing
quality complicated?
Swedes were given the freedom to choose their own doctors in 2010, which improved
the availability of healthcare
services and increased the
number of visits to the doctor, but Jonsson stresses that
the effect of the reform on
the basic healthcare budget
was minimal.
In a survey by a Swedish researcher Nils Janlöv
roughly half of the respondents believed that the reform had not had any impact
on the healthcare system, a
third viewed the changes in
a positive light, with only a
?fth saying that the services had deteriorated. 4
DOMESTIC
5 . According to Ficora, the attacks targeted
operators. ?Anders Jonsson, who lives
north of the city centre, visits a doctor?s practice on the
other side of the town because he has been happy with
the service in the past.
?I?m sure there are good
doctors nearer but now I
don?t need to try them out. Having had all of
her major initiatives receiving approval from the government,
this latest from the Social Democrat Minister faced a groundswell of criticism upon its announcement.
Finland?s High School Confederation and Student Alliance
Osku would prefer more investment into career counselling,
with the Finnish National Board of Education Director Jorma
Kauppinen joining them in expressing concerns that students
may end up merely studying for the extra year, and dropping
out afterwards.
Swedes have been free to choose their own doctors since 2010, a reform that had a minimal effect
on the basic health care budget.
Swedes happy
with freedom to
choose doctor
Experts are discussing what can be learned
from the Swedish healthcare model.
PIIA L EINO, TA NEL I M Ä NNIK KÖ . Under new
legislation, healthcare clients may change the healthcare centre they use once a
year, something that is currently possible only within the municipal borders. I?ve yet to
come up with another way
to make sure the adolescent
doesn?t have anything hidden
underneath clothing. S T T
NIINA WOOLLE Y . Kristiina Ruuskanen, an inpector from Valvira criticises the policy of
the youth treatment centre
Stoppari to request all incoming patients to undress
in order to be searched for il-
AN INSPECTOR
legal substances, stating that
the decision to search should
be made on a case-by-case
basis.
?From the perspective of
child welfare, it?s not acceptable that all patients are requested to undress at the
initial check-up.?
According to Markku
Kautiainen, the head of the
unit specialising in the treatment of substance abuse, the
searches are carried out in
compliance with legislation,
with the request to undress
being the only way to be certain that patients are not
bringing in any prohibited
items or substances. ?I venture to doubt that much of
QUESTION OF THE WEEK
The Helsinki region?s library service, HelMet, is offering thousands of films for streaming online from the start of September.
Will all content be available online in future, bringing about
an end to librariesw as we once knew them?
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that will make it to the Parliament in December,. He says
that the clients of the unit
are mainly 16- or 17-year-old
adolescents who suffer from
drug addictions and have
been taken into care by the
municipality under the Child
Welfare Act.
?This is an in-patient
treatment unit. HT
from the National Supervisory Authority for Welfare and Health
(Valvira) and the director of
an in-patient treatment centre for young people in Lahti
are in disagreement over the
interpretation of the law that
allows the strip searches of
adolescents coming in for
treatment. S T T
NIINA WOOLLE Y . Heinäluoma believes the Parliament?s autumn session will revolve
around the country?s economic and employment situation.
HT-STT
Finnish media
companies
targeted in online
attacks
A number of Finnish media
companies were targeted in a series of denial-ofservice attacks last week
and over the weekend,
the Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority (Ficora) has revealed.
The attacks caused disruptions in, for example,
MTV3?s streaming service
Katsomo. said
Eero Heinäluoma (SDP), the
Speaker of the Parliament.
According to Heinäluoma,
issues should principally be presented to the Parliament by late October in
order to allow it to consider them thoroughly before
year-end. Some pointed out that
comparing the quality of the
care between different providers was complicated.. Although he has
previous experience in the
daily?s editorial and administration, publisher Sanoma maintains that Niemi
was ?rst and foremost appointed on the basis of his
expertise in digital platforms. ?I
think the system works, even
though I only visit the healthcare centre closest to me,?
commented Åke Löwenberg,
a senior citizen from Sätra in
southern Stockholm. ??The pivotal difference is that people have
better access to healthcare
in all the other Nordic countries,. According to Pia
Maria Jonsson, Development
Manager from the National Institute for Health and
Welfare, the Finnish healthcare system is in need of an
overhaul, . Kautiainen told STT.
Ombudsman
has received
complaint on matter
The
newspaper
EteläSuomen Sanomat, published
in Lahti, reported last Thursday that the father of a girl
placed in the treatment unit
has submitted a complaint to
the Parliamentary Ombudsman about the search policy,
the vicinity of St Göran?s
Hospital in Stockholm, most
of the people they talked to
considered the freedom of
choice a positive thing, even
if they had not taken advantage of the possibility themselves
His 40-yearL E H T I K U VA / M A R J A A I R I O
A 45-YEAR-OLD
some of the sounds had been
recorded earlier and played
back in the background of the
disturbing call.
The discovery of hundreds of sound clips on Auer?s
computer, Niemi believes,
support this interpretation.
?Auer knows how to record
and edit her recordings,. who was also hit
in the neck with scissors and
on the back of the head with a
frying pan by his irate wife ?
was similarly treated at the
hospital for a couple of days.
On 28 August, the opening day of the trial, prosecutor Ulla Oinonen demanded
that the defendant be sentenced to a minimum of two
years. She eventually phoned
the emergency response centre, and the father and son
woozy from the sedative
were taken to a hospital for
treatment.
old father . S T T
JUKKA S. 11 SEPTEMBER 2013
C O M P I L E D B Y A L E K S I T E I VA I N E N
L E H T I K U VA / RO N I R E KO M A A
Stepfather
suspected over
Nurmijärvi
tragedy
Prosecutors Jarmo Valkama (left) and Kalle Kulmala will introduce a surprise witness in the Ulvila murder trial.
Defence counsel Juha Manner dismissed the expert?s
interpretation as biased, arguing that she has amended her
transcriptions according to information received from police of?cials.
Auer was con?dent that the
outside perpetrator would
not hurt the children,. Markku Tuominen, the of?cer in charge
of the investigation, said
of the child on Monday.
The motive of the apparent family killing remains unknown at such
an early stage of the
investigation.
The police were called
to the scene of the tragic
incident at approximately 18h on Sunday, after
the young girl had ?ed
next door.
The body of the woman was discovered in the
family?s home and the
body of the suspected offender in an outbuilding.
A special vigil was organised at the nearby Klaukkala church on Monday,
while parish members
continue to offer relief
to people affected by the
incident.
HT-STT
Three child
welfare officials
suspected of
negligence in
young girl?s
death
Three child welfare of?cials in Helsinki are
suspected of violation
of of?cial duties in the
much-publicised death
of an eight-year-old girl
in May last year, the police announced on Monday, after referring the
case to a prosecutor for
consideration of charges. She has also claimed that
her husband has continued his
relationship with the mother of
the six-year-old boy in their native country and that he struck
her ?rst on the day of the incident. The husband has denied
all allegations and is not facing any charges. LAHTI was already
lying dead on the ?oor of his
home in Ulvila in December
2006 when his wife Anneli Auer, currently on trial for
his murder, phoned the emergency response centre, sound
expert Tuija Niemi from the
National Bureau of Investigation views. She was eventually suffocated to death by
her father and his girlfriend on Mother?s Day
last year, a few months
after she had been sent
back to her father?s custody. ?Also,
Surprise witness
Last week, prosecutors Jarmo Valkama and Kalle Kulmala announced that they
would call a surprise witness
to support the claims of marital problems between Auer
and her husband and Auer?s
aggressive behaviour toward
him.
Woman on trial for
drugging husband and his son
Pirkanmaa
police
uncover drug
trafficking ring
Court hears experts and
first officers on scene
in Ulvila murder trial
Officers reveal that the defendant?s possible role in the homicide
was considered in the early stages of the investigation.
SOIL A OJANEN . The police have also
revealed that the father
has no previous criminal
record.
HT-STT
Two murder
convicts found
guilty of menace
The two young men convicted of the murder of
a young woman in Costa del Sol, Spain, in 2011
have been found guilty of
menace for sending ominous messages to another young woman before
their trip to Spain. The homicide-suicide took place around
midday Thursday, after the woman, accompanied by her mother,
had come to the house
the couple had shared
until June to collect her
belongings.
As they were loading the vehicle, the man
fetched his hunting ri?e and discharged it
at his wife, who died
immediately.
The man then walked
to the edge of the yard
and shot himself, but at
no point threatened to
hurt the mother who witnessed the incident, the
police maintain.
The deceased couple
have two under-age children. ?The Auer theory was
surprisingly crossed out,. imprisonment.
In her statement, she characterised the assault against
the six-year-old boy as particularly ruthless and reminded
the court of the health risks
associated with the sedative.
The boy continued to feel
dizzy, incoherent, agitated
and pain in the extremities
during his stay of few days
at the hospital. The drugs were
distributed to users in night
clubs in Tampere, for example.
The police believe no
third party was involved in the deaths of
a 26-year-old woman
and roughly 40-year-old
man in Nurmijärvi on
Sunday. The City of Helsinki,
meanwhile, maintains
that the employees in
question are not currently working for the
city?s Department of Social Services.
The suspicions stem
from the apparent failure of child welfare authorities to react to the
several reports of suspected child abuse and
neglect concerning the
girl. she
stated at the District Court
of Satakunta on 28 August.
Niemi also called attention to
the fact that little sounds of
a struggle or the alleged perpetrator leaving the premises were captured on the
recording.
The father and son, sick from the sedative, were hospitalised.
Confession
The defendant has confessed to
drugging and tying up the victims in police interrogations,
stressing however that she only drugged the child to prevent
him from witnessing the dispute. the
inspector told.
Officers list
inconsistencies in
Auer?s account
The lack of sounds of a struggle on the recording had also caught the attention of
the police of?cers called to
the stand on 26 August to recount the initial stages of the
pre-trial investigation. The street value of the
narcotics seized by the division alone is an estimated
550,000 euro.
Altogether, the police have
apprehended seven people
suspected of roles in the illegal operations, three of
whom remain in detention.
The suspected ring-leader is
a 38-year-old Nigerian man,
who is believed to have ordered the drugs from the Netherlands and stored them in the
common facilities of the apartment building he lives in in the
town of Nokia. Although
Hasselqvist denied the
accusations and Lilo admitted to having sent
one of the messages on
Hasselqvist?s
mobile
phone, both defendants
were found guilty of
menace.
HT-STT
5. ?Her life
was seriously threatened,. Instead, it appears that the man shot
his girlfriend and tried
to shoot her three-yearold daughter, who was
grazed in the neck by
the bullet, before shooting himself. ?We listed suspicious
aspects and inconsistencies
in Anneli Auer?s account.. The recorded
emergency call has been previously thought to document
the victim?s time of death,
but Niemi believes differences in sound levels suggest that
HANNU TURUNEN . S T T
woman faces charges of two aggravated
assaults and deprivation of
liberty for drugging her husband and his six-year-old son
with diazepam before binding their hands and feet with
tape during a domestic dispute. Both the father and
his girlfriend were found
guilty of murder by the
District Court of Helsinki in March and have
since appealed against
the ruling.
HT-STT
Victims of
Jyväskylä
homicide-suicide
a soon-to-bedivorced couple
The 38-year-old woman and 48-year-old man
shot to death in Jyväskylä on 29 August were
a soon-to-be-divorced
couple. CRIME
HELSINKI TIMES
5 . said
an inspector who conducted
investigations at the crime
scene and its vicinity.
According to the inspector, of?cers assigned to the
investigation discussed at
length the possibility of the
victim?s wife being the perpetrator. Despite the
incident, the couple remain
married and are reportedly in
contact on a regular basis.
Hearings in the trial will
continue this week, after the
additional reports requested by the court have been
ST T
HEL SINKI TIMES
THE DRUG enforcement division of the Pirkanmaa
Police Department has uncovered a criminal organisation suspected of smuggling
and distributing substantial
amounts of cocaine and marijuana. Both
Joel Lilo, 22, and Joona Hasselqvist, 20, are
currently serving life in
prison, and therefore the
ruling has no bearing on
their penalties.
On 27 August, the
menace victim said
in court that she was
afraid for her safety after receiving a series of
threatening messages
and e-mails in the summer of 2011. After handing the list to Juha
Joutsenlahti, the of?cer in
charge of the investigation,
Auer?s possible involvement
in the homicide was considered an alternative theory in
the investigation, but only
brie?y
According to her it will
be interesting to investigate
if the change in the accumulation of grease can be seen
outside of Helsinki as well.
FIWA gathers information
on the number of blockages
in the sewage systems but
the causes may be numerous:
for example, how well the
segregation of grease in the
kitchen ?oor drains work,
and how they are maintained, may affect this.
?If it is felt that none of the
traditional explanations work,
other alternatives should be
considered,. My mother got
me dual citizenship ten years
ago,. Even if one has been
drafted into the Finnish ar-
h e l a o. MARJA SALOMAA
?THE FINNISH Water
Utilities
Association (FIWA) will investigate what kind of grease
accrual sewage systems
around Finland have.
The inquest was initiated through news by Hels-
ingin Sanomat, which stated
that the Helsinki Region Environmental Services Authority has to remove about
40 tonnes of grease monthly
from sewers under the Helsinki City Centre.
Grease has become a nuisance there after more than
ten years. The beach
?ACCORDING
KAUPPALEHTI 1 SEPTEMBER. If
a man is based in Russia, he
may be drafted into the Russian army, even if he lives
permanently in Finland.
Around 1,500 young men live
in Finland with passports for
these two countries. Many of
them are still registered in
Russia.?. The
latter includes the tightening of the US economy, disturbances due to the particularly
cold weather in March, political instability in certain areas and resurging questions of
growing Chinese and developing markets due to trends.?
According to ING IM, it is
positive that central banks
are increasingly focusing on
growth and economic stability. Juri Snäll said from Moscow over the phone.
Russia uses a so-called internal passport that states
where one of?cially lives. KATJA LIUKKONEN
Displeasing change in Russian law
. Koivikko states.?
and random headwind. A
meeting of the association
released a public statement
on the matter in Polvijärvi
recently.
The association states
that Finland is the only country in Europe where
the construction of beaches is permitted per se. f i
Institute of Adult Education in Helsink i
Helsingin aikuisopisto
Tö ö l ö nt u l l i n k at u 8 , 0 0 2 5 0 H e l s i n k i
Change in Russian law may enforce double army drafting.
is now unable to leave the
country.
?The period of validity in
my foreign passport expired
and I cannot get a new one as
I have to be drafted into the
army. ?We lack the information,. FIWA now wants
to know how often the water
management networks have
to remove grease. Many
beach city plans are pending
in Eastern Finland. It is also
interested to learn wheth-
Come and e njoy
learning t he e asi est
language in the wo rld!
Fi n nish for Forei gn ers
er different cities have been
able to ?nd out the sources of
these possible grease bombs.
In Helsinki the accumulation of grease has remained
a mystery. says the
Head Strategist of ING IM,
Valentijn van Nieuwenhuijzen, in a recent review.
We believe that factors behind the current economic situation are a constant tailwind
YLE 1 September. I don?t know if I will
be conscripted or not. I have
never lived here and I was
not born here. For this reason we are
optimistic about the future
economic outlook,. says Water supply
engineer Saijariina Toivikko. 11 SEPTEMBER 2013
HELSINKI TIMES
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ILTASANOMAT 1 September
The Finnish
Association for Nature
Conservation: Zoning
destroys wilderness
planning of wild lakes irrevocably changes the most valuable parts of Finland?s unique
natural environment.
According to the statement, forest product companies and Metsähallitus may
draft beach plans rather arbitrarily as the role of municipalities is a passive one. This has been one of the
reasons for the preservation
of risk-taking in the markets.
The growth optimism of central banks combined with the
improved ?nancing situation
has increased the companies?
willingness for expenditure.
The decrease in the prices of commodities signi?es
a movement of real income
from manufacturers to consumers, which is bene?cial
for economic growth.
?THE DUTCH ?nance company ING Investment Management believes that worldwide
economic growth and revival
will pick up later this year.
The decrease in commodity prices and the tenacity of
risk investments indicate a
move from the stabilisation
of the economy to growth in
the second half of this year.
?A decrease in commodity
prices and the endurance of
risk investments are a completely opposite combination
from what was witnessed
in the beginning of the bear
market of the last three
years. SATU HIRVELÄ
Sewage systems around Finland will be investigated by FIWA due to a number of blockages.
Economic growth
and revival escalate
Mysterious grease accumulation
in Finnish sewers to be investigated later in the year
HELSINGIN SANOMAT 1 SEPTEMBER. a Finn cannot leave the country
my, Russian authorities can
also demand conscription to
the Russian military.
Juri Snäll, who travelled
to Moscow to obtain a new
Russian internal passport,
L E H T I K U VA / H E I K K I S A U K KO M A A
S ee o u r va st a nd a b so lutely fabulous
co u r s e p ro g ra m m e !
?A CHANGE in Russian law on
military service has agitated
those living in Finland with
both Finnish and Russian citizenship. 6
FROM FINNISH PRESS
5 . The
association claims that several court decisions, for example
in North Karelia, prove that
the grounds for nature conservation have held in court.?
to the Finnish
Association for Nature Conservation (FANC), zoning is
destructive to wilderness
they
also extend into schools and
residential buildings, where
NYPD can legally be present.
This surveillance of all aspects
of daily life can lead youth to
signi?cantly change their personal behaviour, says Stoudt,
including not seeking help
from police when they need it.
City of?cials have long defended the tactic of stop and
frisk by pointing to a higher
prevalence of violent crimes
in target communities.
In a landmark decision on
12 August, US District Court
Judge Shira Scheindlin rejected that argument, ruling
that the NYPD?s application of
stop and frisk created ?a policy of indirect racial pro?ling?
that had violated the constitutional rights of non-whites.
Scheindlin, who found that
?the racial composition of a
precinct or census tract predicts the stop rate above and
beyond the crime rate,. Last year alone,
blacks and Hispanics were
subject to nearly 400,000 innocent stops.
Change seems to be on
the horizon after two historic wins for police-reform
advocates in New York this
month, but community advocates and criminal justice
scholars emphasise the collateral damage created by
millions of innocent stops.
Thousands were protesting against the stop and frisk tactics of NYPD at a silent march in June 2012.
The explosive rise in the
number of stops involving young men of colour has
raised particular concern
about the adverse impact on
generations of youths growing up ?overpoliced?, according to researcher Brett
Stoudt, a psychology professor at John Jay College of
Criminal Justice and the CUNY Graduate Centre.
From 2008 to 2009,
youths between the ages of
14 and 21 made up one-third
of all stops while accounting for only one-tenth of
the city?s population, one of
his studies revealed. To this
day, [he] sees me different[ly]
. ?Imported seeds can often contain death commands
whereby you cannot produce
more crops from the seeds that
are produced by the ?rst crops.
This can make us perpetually dependent on others for our
agriculture needs, and we can
thus become susceptible to exploitation by foreign countries
wishing us to toe their lines.?. Sayeed said.
A spate of farmer suicides
across India, and especially in areas where GM cotton
seeds were introduced over a
decade ago, attracted attention to the potential impact
of GM crops on poor farmer?s
incomes.
Pervaiz Amir, an economist who is a member of the
prime minister?s Commission of Climate Change, said
that to many, GM meant ?uncontrollable mutations that
create monsters. INTERNATIONAL NEWS
HELSINKI TIMES
5 . It depicts
a group of youths taking
mobile phone footage of an
arrest scene. Stoudt
says that repeatedly being
stopped under suspicion of
criminal activity without
having done anything wrong
has a demoralising and dis-
GM seeks new pastures in Pakistan
As India might turn their back to genetically modified crops, agrochemical food giants now target Pakistan.
PAKISTAN
ZOFEEN EBR AHIM
IPS
AFTER a string of setbacks in
India in recent years, the genetically modi?ed (GM) seed
industry is now targeting Pakistan as its next frontier,
say activists.
?They want to recoup the
market loss that they would
suffer through the ban on
GM food ?eld trials in India,?
Dr Azra Sayeed, an environmentalist and food security expert, said. It?s
a staple tactic in New York?s
zero-tolerance approach to
Nepalese protesters denouncing the situation of small Indian
farmers, which now might turn to the better.
wide to prove that; these are
just fears.?
But he said Pakistan needs
to develop GM crops through
its own developed technologies. made a decision
to prohibit environmental release of all GM seeds.
Three multinational companies . said Yusuf Agha, a Karachi-based
activist who is preparing to
?le a public interest litigation in the Supreme Court
challenging the land lease
Corporate Farming Ordinance of 2000.
He said that if multinationals succeed in ?nding
their way into Pakistan?s agriculture and lure farmers
to buy GM seeds, farmers
will be deprived of their natural seed bank which they
have been cultivating over
centuries.
Professor Atta-ur-Rahman, a UNESCO-recognised
scientist, argued in an interview that GM foods are not
detrimental to health. Above it, a message reads, ?You have the
right to watch and ?lm police
activities.?
?We painted this mural to
make people aware of their
rights,. Monsanto, Pioneer and Syngenta . says Serrano of
the more than twenty times
he?s been stopped. Amir said. Bihar, Madhya Pradesh,
Kerala, Uttarakhand and
Karnataka . ?There
is not a single incident world-
empowering effect on young
people.
?It makes me feel like I?m
non-human,. ?We have the
potential and even the science, but lack the management to produce what we can
produce the best.?
?It con?icts with the
Punjab Tenancy Act of 1929
which does not allow nonagriculture interests to own
agricultural land,. and
their ?unquenchable thirst
for pro?ts.?
On 23 July a technical expert committee set up by
India?s Supreme Court recommended an inde?nite
moratorium on ?eld trials of
genetically modi?ed crops
until the government tabled
suitable mechanisms for regulation and safety.
A parliamentary standing
committee on agriculture had
also asked, in an August 2012
report, for a ban on GM food
crops in the country, and in
March 2012, ?ve Indian states
. At
the same time, he said, the
role of markets is crucial in
determining a country?s food
security.
Pakistan, he said, produced not only for Pakistan
but for the Middle East, Afghanistan and parts of Central Asia. Sayeed said the US-based agrochemical giant Monsanto
had long been trying to get
approval for transgenic corn
based on ?eld tests carried
out by the corporation itself.
Hailing the inde?nite
moratorium on GM foods
and crops in India as ?a very
progressive pro-people position,. In roughly 88 per
cent of these stops, the subject was black or Hispanic.
In 90 per cent of stops, police were unable to prove any
wrongdoing. have
recently approached Pakistan?s ministry of food security with a request to launch
GM maize and cotton. It also provides
insight into their relationship with the New York Police
Department (NYPD) in their
community.
For youths growing up in
communities of colour, such
as Bushwick, that relationship over the last decade has
been marked by one policing tactic in particular: Stop,
Question and Frisk.
Stop and frisk, as it?s popularly known, allows police
of?cers to stop and search
persons under reasonable
suspicion that they are involved in criminal activity. On one occasion, he was rushing home
to bring medicine to his mom
and ended up at the local precinct instead.
In New York, young people?s experiences with police
don?t stop in the streets . It is seen
as playing god by genetically modifying the makeup of a
species or variety.?
But those advocating GM
products say they can lead to
higher gains in productivity.
Yet there are other experts
who argue that GM technology is not the only way to
break the yield barrier and
reach food security.
?Pakistan has the potential to double its present production of all crops just by
higher input use and better
water management, and by
removing some institutional constraints,. ?The
?rst time I was stopped, I was
with my little brother. ordered
a sweeping reform process.
For Serrano, however, some
damage is irreparable. She termed
it a ?fresh onslaught of imperialist corporations. he sees me as a criminal.?
CHRIS TINE BOOSE / CC
NEW YORK
a third of households live below the poverty line.
The mural, painted by
youths at Make the Road
New York, a non-governmental organisation that offers
community and youth-empowerment
programmes
in working-class communities across the city, re?ects
the prevalence of police in
the lives of young people in
Bushwick. 11 SEPTEMBER 2013
7
CC / MICHAEL FLESHM AN
New York?s stop
and frisk tactic
leaves lasting mark
Stop and Frisk, a tactic of the police to stop and search suspicious
persons on the streets of New York has raised legal questions
among population and justice.
KIM-JENNA JURRIA ANS
IPS
mural occupies the entire facade of the
right side of a three-storey
house on the corner of Irving and Gates Avenue in
the Brooklyn neighbourhood of Bushwick. says 19-year-old Justin Serrano, who grew up in
this predominantly Hispanic community, where about
A COLOURFUL
policing and has become the
modus operandi under the
city?s last two mayors.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the city?s police commissioner Ray Kelly have
credited the policy with a
citywide decline in violent
crime and 8,000 guns being
taken off the streets.
Available NYPD data
shows that between 2003
and 2012, New York police
performed close to ?ve million stops. she said the reasons
behind the moratorium were
equally valid for Pakistan.
The alternative would
?be a crushing blow not only
in the erosion of indigenous
food crops but would also
have further devastating impacts on small and landless
farmers,
Take educational and
equality aspects into
consideration.
. except for special cases ?
they are not allowed to sell
advertising. For the ?rst year, people will get a ?20 raise per
month. The Government managed to put together a range of measures aimed at getting our economy growing again and propping up our ailing public
?nances. Treat Finnish-speakers
and Swedish-speakers
equally, as well as produce
services in Sami, Romany,
sign languages, and other
language groups.
. went
to pay their 3,100 permanent
employees, part-time workers and freelancers. This is extremely important, because we have been pricing ourselves out of
global competition. One
is to give a parent who is home on parental leave only part-time day care. Everyone has heard of it, but people who have claimed to
have seen it in the wild are rather eccentric types that
you don?t really trust. However, the Prime Minister has suggested that this
appropriation is discretionary and could be changed. Broadcast official announcements.
Source: Act on Yleisradio Oy,
Section 7: Public service. This is signi?cant, because the
Bank of Finland expects in?ation will be about 1.8%
for the next several years. Promote cultural interaction and provide programming for abroad.
. Cord david@helsinkitimes.fi
The writer is a journalist and columnist for Helsinki Times.
He is also a private investor with over ten years of experience.
A step forward
for the economy
SOMETIMES, just sometimes, Finnish politicians surprise me. What we should have
done is set the retirement age to life expectancy, so we
don?t have to change the retirement age every couple
of years.
WHAT
THE GOVERNMENT had a few reforms to social bene?ts
which should result in some savings to the budget. Since 1999, our labour costs have
increased 28%. Yle has reported that the Research Institute of the Finnish Economy expects our
competitiveness will grow 1.5% a year in comparison
to Germany and Sweden. Since then
the organisation evolved
with media technology, adding television and Internetbased services. In 2012 Finland?s
license fee was 252 euros,
more than Sweden?s 248 but
less than Denmark?s 316 or
Norway?s 345.
Nordicom, the Nordic Information Centre for Media and Communication
Research, says that it is not
possible to directly compare
L E H T I K U VA / T E E M U S A L O N E N
THIS is a good idea in theory, but such synergy is a semimythical beast similar to the Himalayan Yeti. In practice, this means that
workers will lose a bit of disposable income.
Finland?s public
broadcaster
under pressure
Public broadcasters across the world are
struggling in an era of budget cuts.
DAV I D J . C O R D
HEL SINKI TIMES
PRIME Minister Jyrki Katainen recently suggested the
funding for Yle, the Finnish Broadcasting Company, might be reconsidered.
In this age of austerity, Finland is not the only country to wonder if savings can
be found by cutting public
broadcasting.
Yle will soon celebrate the
87th anniversary of its ?rst
broadcast, which came on 9
September 1926. 11 SEPTEMBER 2013
HELSINKI TIMES
L E H T I K U VA / P E K K A S A K K I
David J. 230 million euros . I have doubts that the ?2 billion
in savings they say such mergers will bring will easily materialise. rule
is in contrast to other national public broadcasters, such
as the BBC in the UK or PBS
in America. On average, it will increase 1.5 years to
the age of 62.4. This is the measure I am most
doubtful about. Finland only spends
59 euros per citizen on public
television, while Sweden pays
112. was more
municipal mergers. 8
BUSINESS
5 . Supposedly.
ONE IDEA
getting our economy
growing again.
surprised me
the most was the
agreement to raise the
retirement age. By merging two
smaller entities, the combined municipality should be
able to operate on a lower cost basis. Iceland is the one
exception to this, but they
don?t allow advertising during
news or on their website.
This ?no advertising. spending on public
broadcasters because of the
diversity of funding schemes.
However, it is possible to compare some aspects, such as
the spending on public television. Denmark and Norway
spend much more, 173 and
200 euros respectively.
this also means Finnish businesses will improve
their competitiveness. It had almost cut itself in
half since the start of the ?nancial crisis and even reported a
pre-tax pro?t of 57 million euros in 2011. Produce, create, develop and maintain Finnish
culture.
. Normally the group?s income is
almost entirely made up of
taxes, but in 2012 Yle sold
some property and booked a
healthy capital gain.
About half of all expenses
. In Germany, labour costs have only grown 3% over that time
period.
BUT
93 per cent of YLE?s income last year came from license fees.
Budget pressures
Last year Yle had an income
of about 456 million euros,
some 93 per cent of which
came from license fees. As much of
its content is now being consumed by a variety of devices, it was believed to be
unfair to base its funding upon a television tax.
New funding scheme
On 20 June 2012 Parliament
changed the funding of the
broadcaster. During the second year wages will increase
0.4% across the board. in principal . Anyone
who has gone through
The Government
mergers in the busimanaged to put
ness world will know
how dif?cult it is to
together a range of
?nd such cost savings.
measures aimed at
countries. Support democracy.
. The fundamental idea is that larger municipalities are more ef?cient. In practice, individuals will be taxed between 50 and 140 euros each,
while organisations will
have to pay between 140 and
3,000 euros annually.
By beginning funding of
public broadcasters via a
special tax, Finland is taking a different approach than
the other Nordic countries.
Denmark, Norway and Sweden all maintain a license fee
at present. When I had become convinced that the Social
Democrats and National Coalition could never work together to create a coherent plan for the economy, they
proved me wrong. As
the Government struggles to
get its ?scal house in order,
Finland?s public broadcaster
might face a cut in its funding.
Cutting costs
and increasing revenue
Public funding of broadcasters is particularly important
in the Nordic region because
. Support tolerance and
multiculturalism.
. In Sweden, they increased 18%. In an attempt
to lower the cost to the taxpayers, these broadcasters
accept commercials, spon-
sorships, or try to sell their
content to other media companies. Still, on 11 June the
government tried to shutter
the entire operation overnight
in an attempt to save costs.
A court battle partially rescinded the closure, and on 11
July ERT was back on the air.
The broadcaster said it would
mostly show documentaries and news until they were
able to get their staff back
and funding in place.
Yle?s Duties:
. The
pension gap is our most worrying long-term problem.
It was a necessary step, but unfortunately it will just
mean we have to do it again soon. It?s not perfect, but it is a step forward.
The Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle is being considered for budget cuts by the government.
they agreed to . About
114 million euros went to
miscellaneous costs, 71 million euros went to broadcasting fees, and 38 million was
depreciation.
For 2013, the broadcaster has a budget of 500 million
euros, and the preliminary
budget for 2014 is 512 million. I never would have thought the SDP
would agree to this during the current Parliamentary term, so I have to compliment Jutta Urpilainen. In Greece, the government decided to completely shut down their broadcaster.
Greece Radio and Television,
ERT, was slightly smaller than
Finland?s Yle, with 300 million
euros raised through license
fees and about 2,700 employees. The BBC, for example, received almost 22 per
cent of its funding last year
from commercials or selling
popular content abroad, such
as Doctor Who and Top Gear.
In America, public television
stations have other methods
of raising money, such as fund
raisers where they solicit donations from the public.
But sometimes ?nding additional sources of revenue is
not enough. That didn?t make a lot of
sense, certainly, and it is a good thing they changed it.
MOST importantly is the two-year agreement on wag-
es. This is a good move, and ?xes a
strange aspect of the Finnish system, where a parent
is paid to stay home with a child and then a day care is
paid to take care of the child
Meanwhile, OPPohjola?s chief economist
Reijo Heiskanen commended the Government for
acknowledging the significance of eliminating Finland?s sustainability de?cit,
viewing that as a result Finland is not in an imminent
danger of losing its AAA
credit rating.
?This is certain to facilitate our talks with credit rating agencies, because
the programme improves
the stability of the Finnish
economy in the long term,?
he said.
HT-STT. Agricultural buildings, as measured
by the volume of square metres which received permits,
increased 39 per cent in June.
The index for agricultural
construction is now at 97.1,
compared to 84.9 from June
2012.
The construction of public buildings, such as hospitals and schools, increased
13 per cent. According to OP-Pohjola, the
measures, which are projected to generate savings
of over 20 million euro, are
part of the rationalising
programme launched last
autumn.
?We have examined
various options carefully
and tried to ?nd a solution
that supports dynamism
and cost-ef?ciency. he reminded. In June, building permits were granted for
4 million cubic metres of new
construction, which is 28 per
cent less than a year ago.
THE
New home construction
Residential building in Finland went through an unusually long period of decline
in recent years, beginning in
the spring of 2007 and lasting until the beginning of
2010. In August, the
con?dence indicator was at
-25, according to the Confederation of Finnish Industries.
The long-term average is -6,
and it was last positive in the
early months of 2012.
Financial services group
OP-Pohjola has signed a
letter of intent with Accenture and CGI for the outsourcing of roughly 500
positions in its application
development and maintenance functions. The
staff members are currently scheduled to transfer to their new employers
in November.
HT-STT
HS: Stora Enso
acknowledges
mistakes in China
In an internal report obtained by Helsingin Sanomat, forestry company
Stora Enso concedes that
the problems it has experienced in China stem to
some extent from its own
failures. The total number of
new permits granted for residential construction fell 44
per cent from last year.
In some regions of the
country residential construction is growing, though,
notably in Päijät-Häme,
North Karelia, Central Ostrobothnia and Lapland. Local land
owners have criticised
the company, which leases over 90,000 hectares
of land in China, for coercion and insuf?cient compensation payments. June
period this year one million
cubic metres in new pub-
lic service buildings began
to be built, up a healthy 29
per cent from the same period last year. These normally follow the economic
cycle. As measured by
Statistic Finland?s index, the
construction of public service buildings is doing exceptionally well. The
volume of new home construction is now the highest
it has been in over a year.
Yet this doesn?t mean
that residential construction will continue to recover,
because the number of new
permits has fallen drastically. ?Quite a lot
hinges on promises,. C O R D
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FINNISH construction
industry is showing some
signs of life after a contraction, which began at the end
of 2011. The permits granted for
detached houses, row houses and blocks of ?ats all fell
in June. Elsewhere,
Aki Kangasharju, the head
of research at Nordea,
viewed that the proposals
drawn up on Thursday address all key issues but also lamented the fact that
no more decisions were
hammered out. More borrowing is also good for the ?nancial sector, as long as those loans are
serviced.
New buildings also tend to
mean other purchases, such
as consumer durables like
refrigerators and furniture.
This extra spending spreads
beyond the construction industry into manufacturing
and retail stores.
However, the construction
industry is not optimistic for
the future, despite some signs
of recovery. Stora
Enso?s head of social responsibility in the Guanxi
province, Luo Yang, also
points out that the forestry giant has neglected the
most disadvantaged seg-
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ment of the local population: the development fund
established by Stora Enso,
for example, has principally bene?ted local executives. The volume of all new
buildings peaked in 2007, fell
during the ensuing recession,
recovered during 2010, and
fell yet again last year.
According to Statistics Finland, during the second quarter of 2013 12.1 million cubic
metres of new construction
received permits, which is 3.7
per cent less than the same
period in 2012. maintains Petri Imberg, the
senior vice president of ICT
services at OP-Pohjola. Additionally, the volume index of
new residences is on an upward trend: in April it was at
74.8, but has increased two
straight months and was at
84.3 in June.
More public buildings
The construction of some
types of buildings is increasing at a good pace. We are
now choosing long-term
business partners,. HT-STT
Akava and
economists
pleased with
proposals
Akava, a confederation of
trade unions for the highly educated, views that the
conclusions hammered out
in the Government?s budget session are largely positive and will particularly
improve the employment
outlook. The volume of new
residential buildings is now
higher than last year, but
commercial construction remains in the doldrums.
Construction is highly cyclical, and is characterised by
periods where activity greatly increases followed by times
where it collapses. New buildings are normally built using
debt, which means companies and individuals are con?dent enough to borrow
money. The index is
at 108.6, as compared to the
total industry index which
stands at 88.9.
During the April . In an interview with
the daily, Stora Enso concedes that there is room
for improvement in all areas in China.
According to the company, part of the problems
associated with its operations in Guanxi are due to
lack of experience. Industrial and
warehouse construction was
even better, increasing 45
per cent to over 2.5 million
cubic metres.
Confidence low
New construction activity is
often seen as a good barometer for the overall health
of the economy. Overall, the report highlights that the
level of Stora Enso?s social responsibility in China is appalling. BUSINESS
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5 . On Friday morning, Akava also voiced its
concerns over the possible
adverse impact of retrenchments in the municipal
sector on the quality of municipal services. It recovered strongly, even peaking at a 60 per
cent growth rate during the
summer of 2010, but went into a contraction phase until
recently.
The construction of residential buildings increased
3.6 per cent as the summer
began, being the ?rst positive
development in the building
of houses and blocks of ?ats
since the middle of 2011. 11 SEPTEMBER 2013
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OP-Pohjola to
outsource 500
ICT jobs
The volume of new home construction is at its highest in over a year.
Construction industry
shows glimpse of recovery
The construction sector continues to struggle, but there are some bright spots.
DAV I D J
with good reason. She states that, for example, leadership skills are still often connected with qualities
that are thought to be more
typically male than female.
?One factor explaining
the gender division on the job
market is the long tradition
of the Nordic welfare state.
In Finland, care work has become paid work for women
unlike in many other countries,. The separation of work and private life
is greater here than in many
other European countries.
Based on theories of team
building, companies are seeking to encourage their employees to engage in activities
together. Participants get together in teams
and try to ?tag. Outdoor bouldering is
a nice way to test one?s limits, although people suffering
from vertigo had better stick
to other activities. Or
how about an action-?lled afternoon spent in Linnanmäki,
Helsinki?s fun park located just
north of the city centre?
However, the core element of shared free time
with work buddies is that it
should be completely voluntary. S T T
NIINA WOOLLE Y . Even
though women are more educated than men these days,
the work life inequalities
have not disappeared,. has been around
for some years now and is still
growing in popularity. the
researcher states, referring
to pay differences.
A woman?s euro has now
been 80 cents for years.
bonds, especially in smaller enterprises. In
the UK and Ireland, for example, going to the pub round
the corner for a pint with your
workmates is a normal way to
end a hard working day.
However, spending leisure
time with colleagues is unusual in Finland. Now, many practices in schools are based on
gender roles and the work
the teaching staff are doing
to abolish these roles is not
easy,. the
managing partner comments.
Pauliina Tenhunen was the only female lawyer at Castrén & Snellman when she started working there.
her twenty years with the
?rm.
The growing female presence in the law ?eld re?ects
the changes that have taken place in highly educated
professions at large in Finland over the past two decades. Arkio states
that the principles of equality
are planted early on.
?We have to think about
these matters already at
schools. opponents
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. compulsory participation
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Tarja Arkio, senior adviser at
Akava, explains that a lot of
work has been done over the
years to lure women into areas once thought to be the exclusive domain of men, and
while this has been to some extent successful it has turned
out to be extremely dif?cult to
get men to enter female-dominated occupations. Different people have
different approaches on how
much they want to socialise
with their colleagues. Coordinating with each other and using
good tactics is vital to winning
this fast-paced game.
Garden fun for everyone
Industrial psychologists have
found that a company garden, which can serve as a relaxing spot for lunch breaks
as well as for after-work barbecues or even for welcoming
business partners, is a good
way to help strengthen social
Gender roles
behind their times
According to Hanna Ylöstalo, researcher at the Work Research Centre, the Finnish
views on what men and women
are like and what are suitable
occupations for each are still
rigid. Female
economists earn on average
10 per cent less than their
male colleagues. even more
when trying out new things.
Company-internal tournaments allow employees to
play while adding competitive and teambuilding elements. a modern way of treasure hunting, using GPS to ?nd
hidden boxes with items left
by others . The lakes
are perfect for canoeing. Ylöstalo explains.
Ylöstalo believes that
gender roles in work life are
harmful, leaving individuals?
talents untapped and making
the job market more rigid.
?Amidst all the turmoil
and changes in work life,
gender roles have come to
stand for permanence. . The records of Akava,
the Confederation of Unions
for Professional and Managerial Staff, attest to this, with
women comprising 52 per
cent of their membership.
While women have edged
their way into male-dominated professions requiring a
high level of education, it has
proved impossible to get men
to enter education and health
?elds in large enough numbers. Whether competing
outdoors at football, basketball or frisbee golf, or indoors
at table football or bowling,
there is a broad range of ac-
fans. It helps people relax during the stressful
workday, and even brings the
joy of harvesting fruit and
vegetables that the team has
planted together.
Classic Finnish ways to
spend time together include
barbecues and sauna, karaoke nights and ice-skating on
frozen lakes in the winter. 115 ?SEPTEMBER
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ing as engineers has more than
doubled since the early 1990s.
On the other hand, twenty
years ago, one in three teachers was male; now the corresponding ?gure is one in four,
with education being one of the
?elds that are quickly becoming more female-dominated.
Tenhunen believes that maintaining a balance between sexes in every ?eld is bene?cial.
?It also improves the
workplace atmosphere,. With more than half
of their members being women, for a number of years the
Finnish Association of Business School Graduates (SEFE),
has been active in drawing attention to pay issues. TH
beginning of the
1990s, when Pauliina Tenhunen started working as
AT THE
a lawyer in Castrén & Snellman, she was the only female
lawyer at the oldest law ?rm
in Finland. Besides female lawyers,
the number of women train-
Highly educated women
edging their way into
male-dominated fields
Researcher: Tempting men into taking up careers in traditionally
female occupations has proved a forlorn hope.
M I K KO N I E M E L Ä . says Tenhunen,
who has risen to the position
of managing partner during
Fun with colleagues
tivities that can improve morale and ?tness.
Spending free time
with work buddies
can help you bond.
Back to nature
Sports and outdoor activities offer many ways to have a
great time together. The main
reason for this is that men are
used to earning high wages
and those are hard to come by
in what have traditionally been
thought of as a woman?s jobs.
The ?competitive ?elds?
are not without pay inequality either. Together with your colleagues,
it?s even more fun.
Laser tag has experienced a
revival after the success of TV
series ?How I Met Your Mother. says Arkio.
These traditional practices manifest themselves,
for example, in boys playing
football while girls dance.
Colleagues going for an after-work drink is a common sight in the UK and Ireland.. Teams
usually have to solve a riddle
in order to get the right coordinates for the treasure and
thus, geocaching encourages
colleagues to work as a team.
The tasks can be found on the
of?cial website and are often linked to sights or events
that happened on the treasure spot.
Finland?s natural environment is a treasure for outdoor
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APPLY SEPTEMBER 2 . Not only can they
strengthen bonds between
colleagues, they are often
great fun as well . Now nearly half of
the ?rm?s more than hundred
lawyers are women.
?The change has taken
place step by step, with the
number of women increasing
over time,. 11 SEPTEMBER
105 . Geocaching
The habit known as
?multitasking. Bringing work home
and working 24/7 has never
been this easy. This
has resulted in a lack of concentration and decrease of
ef?ciency and productivity
in several of?ces across the
world.
In order to tackle the problem, several companies have
banned these services, some-
times even by blocking access
to the sites from corporate
computers. ?Build highly speci?c behaviors that you
do at precise times over and
over again, until it becomes
as automatic as brushing your
teeth at night.. Only the second day is
for hard business.?. Take breaks: whenever you feel your mind tiring, stop for a
while and stretch a little or take a walk.
. TH
people out of work
should be offered an opportunity to live abroad for a while
to gain knowledge of the local
language and culture, claims
Arto Lahti, Professor of Entrepreneurship from Aalto University. 11 SEPTEMBER
2013
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High-tech, low-focus life?
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TECHNOLOGY has brought
about numerous changes
in the way people seek and
share information, communicate and work. WORKING LIFE
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5 . ef?ciency. And you must have real interest in the local customs and culture, otherwise
business relationships will
not work.?
Saying that Finnish companies have already set up
successful internationalisation programmes, Lahti praises the KONE Corporation?s
policy of sending new graduates on secondment to the
company?s overseas units.
?You should get to know
places while you are still
young.?
Business
only on second day
Eija-Riitta Huovinen, Communications Manager from
Nokia, who has worked both
in China and Singapore, does
not believe cultural differences are a major factor in
workplaces.
?I think cultural differences are more noticeable
outside work. Lahti explains.
He stresses that the only
road to internationalisation
is to live abroad.
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Tel. Tony Schwartz told The
Huf?ngton Post. In an interview with The
Huf?ngton Post, author Tony Schwartz explained how
the digital overload generated by multitasking ?makes
for a super?cial experience.?
In other words, the amount
of work done and information processed can indeed be
greater, but at the expense of
quality.
Social media is another
innovation that has been the
target of criticism in professional life. ?Keep
technological temptations
away when you ?nd yourself
getting too distracted and
constantly drawn into work
emails,. The best teachers of a foreign culture are
the locals, who in my experience are usually happy to
help.?
Huovinen explains that
all Nokia employees who
take a foreign posting visit
the country before their stint
there so that they know what
to expect.
constant digital distractions
have consequences for your
well-being, as well as detrimental effects on productivity, focus and mood. ?Why
wouldn?t you do the most important thing when you have
the most energy?. he said. Be careful with multitasking: doing many things at the time
may not be the best solution for you.
. S T T
NIINA WOOLLE Y . Be selective: choose your information sources wisely and
budget the time you spend on them.
. This has
exacerbated workaholic culture. Schwartz added.
Tips for being in control of technology:
. has allowed
people to get much more
done.
However, according to
some experts, multitasking
is not such a good thing, as it
decreases workers. The spiral of
computers, laptops, tablets
and smartphones has made
people slaves to technology.
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limited amount of willpower
and discipline, so it is good to
prioritise and get important
things done ?rst. However,
some experts have warned
about the negative effects
of technology on the quality
of both professional and private life.
The creation of Web 2.0
has had a huge impact on
the way people stay connected, ?nd information
and live. Lahti proposes
that the unemployed could
receive travel grants in exchange for getting to know a
foreign country and writing a
report on their stay.
YOUNG
?If there was a simple
model that made it possible
to send youngsters abroad,
the internationalisation process would speed up. According
to Schwartz, the most important things should be done in
the morning.
?Ninety-?ve per cent of
people have more energy
early in the morning than
they do as the day wears on,
and they also have fewer distractions,. The
model may not require any
additional funding as the unemployed receive bene?ts
anyway while living in Finland. ?Build daily rituals for the
things that you decide matter,. It?s a fact
that 24/7 connectivity and
Tackle digital addiction
There are several possible
solutions, as well as simple
tricks, that can help against
this addiction to technology. Prioritise: start your day by doing the most important things first.
. Even though they
represent new ways to communicate and share information, creating new jobs
and reshaping the structure
of some organisations, they
have been a nightmare for
many employers.
Employees visit Facebook, Twitter and similar
platforms while at work. Have the will to unplug and to keep technological distractions away.
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Innovations and
challenges brought
about by technology.
Professor Arto Lahti proposes that unemployment benefits for youth act as travel benefits,
to encourage internationalisation.
Lahti claims that there
are thousands of Finnish
companies with potential
to expand abroad. he asked.
Last, but not least, make
sure to take breaks. 11 5SEPTEMBER
2013
. It appeared the
problem had been solved, until the smartphone came.
Digital addiction?
Smartphone users have new,
powerful tools that allow
them to surf the Internet and
access social media around
the clock, bypassing workrelated restrictions. For example Asia and
South America have a lot
of potential that we are not
aware of,. We only have a
Professor proposes
grants for unemployed to
boost internationalisation
A good knowledge of local customs works as
a launching pad for international business.
It?s important to take breaks, as 24/7 connectivity has consequences for the well-being,
productivity and mood.
?The best way to learn
the customs of the business
world is to live in the culture
where the business takes
place. Electronic communications having
made it easy to gather infor-
mation on a business partner, face-to-face meetings
can these days be used to
forge personal relationships.
?Finns still tend to go
straight to business on the
?rst day of negotiations
even though this is when you
should be gaining trust and
focusing on personal matters. It seems as if technology has been nothing
but a good thing, especially in professional life. Even so,
some see this new technology as something that actually takes freedom away,
because one can be reached
24 hours a day unless the device is switched off. New
tools, decreasing prices and
the ability to perform several tasks at the same time
are just a few of the improvements that technology has
brought about.
Professional life
It has become easy to look for
information online, write an
email, connect with a friend
across the world and read a
company memo simultane-
ously
They just have
to be given a chance to prove themselves.
ANOTHER point that needs to be resolved in cooperation
with labour market organisations is the changes to the
retirement age. We have a very large squad
and several important players
injured. 28 August
KATI POHJANPALO
Finland
Raises 4
billion euros
to pay
for wider
budget
deficit
government
raised 4 billion euros ($5.3
billion) in a sale of ?ve-year
euro-denominated bonds to
replenish its coffers depleted
by falling tax revenue amid its
second recession in four years.
The bond, maturing on
September 15, 2018, pays a
coupon of 1.125 per cent, the
Helsinki-based State Treasury said in an e-mailed statement. Compared
with the rest of the eurozone, Finland is in no position to rest on its laurels. will
make a contribution: ?We
have some replacements who
can contribute a lot to the
side. The eurozone crisis is not over. It?s complicated, but
a big reason is taxes aimed at
people with a sweet tooth.
While those who hated the
sound of ice-cream trucks
are applauding the silence,
many of the nation?s ?ve mil-
BLOOMBERG. Otherwise our pension funds will not cover our pension costs in the future.
market organisations. We
can?t use whether they are
playing or not as an excuse.???
Finland
limps
down road
to euro
treaty
failure
?FINLAND is sliding down a
recession-greased slope and
risks building up more debt
than eurozone members are
allowed to have.
As early as 2015, Finland
?won?t really have the means?
to keep debt below the 60 per
cent threshold of gross domestic product allowed in
the euro area, according to
Pasi Holm, managing director at Helsinki-based PTT Research Institute.
?Economic growth would
help, but there?s none to
be seen,. The funding system for health services should
also be given an overhaul but the matter does not feature on the present government?s agenda at all.
Finnish society seems to be calling for a
moderate, centralised labour market settlement in
this autumn?s wage negotiations. The sustainability gap measures the difference between available funds
and the amount needed to pay
for future public spending??
MARCA. It will only
be over when the EU member states at the receiving end
of rescue packages are ?rmly on the road to recovery.
though slight economic growth could be foreseen for the eurozone, the same could not be said for
Finland, with some economists viewing the outlook
for the country?s economy with scepticism. ?Either we
let the welfare society wither or we defend it decisively.?
Finland?s economy has failed
to exit its second contraction
in four years, even as the German and French economies
pulled the 17-member euro area out of its longest recession
in the second quarter. To raise new revenue, lawmakers imposed an
excise tax on sugary goodies
like soda, candy and ice cream
in 2011, meaning shoppers
pay the equivalent of about 60
cents extra per pound of ice
cream they buy??
The sad answer for Ciara
and a nation of ice-cream
lovers like her was yes, icecream trucks are being taken off the streets. Deputy Funding Director Anu Sammallahti said
after the bond was priced.
?About 20 per cent of the
bond was sold to investors in
Finland. She is a member of the Parliament?s Foreign Affairs Committee and Suomi Mutual Life Assurance Company Board.
Kiviniemi?s hobbies include opera, hunting and exercise.
THE WORST mistake the government could make is to be
lulled into a false sense of security over the ?rst minor
signs of economic growth. Finland has to follow the example set by
other countries and increase the statutory retirement
age, a reform, which should be implemented step-bystep, all the while ?ghting ageism. 11 SEPTEMBER 2013
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26 August KASPER VIITA
Reforms required
THE POSITIVE growth ?gures for the eurozone published
a couple of weeks ago made for pleasant reading after a long stretch of bad news. That is my main con-
cern. The large number of
pension funds was a pleasant
surprise in this maturity.???
?FINLAND?S. role in structural reforms not only covers wages and retirement age but
also concerns other employment contract terms. 30 August KASPER VIITA
Finland Agrees on 11.9 billion
dollars plan to pay for aging costs
?FINLAND?S six-party government, presiding over the
worst-performing economy in
the Nordic region, agreed on
a 9 billion-euro ($11.9 billion)
plan that includes boosting
employment and productivity
by 2017 to ensure it has money
to pay for its aging population.
The government will push
through enough measures to
close a sustainability gap of
4.7 per cent of gross domestic
product, Prime Minister Jyrki
Katainen said at a press conference in Helsinki on August 29.
?Finland is at a crossroads,. It has been a year and a
half since we last a saw an upward trend in the European economy, but these new ?gures do not give reason to
celebrate yet. As
a former Minister of Public Administration and Local Government, I know from experience that efforts
to increase productivity at a municipal level are often thwarted by the terms of the collective agreement.
This has lead the public sector to call for some reforms
that involve other forms of give-and-take in the working life and, as painful as they might seem, these proposals have to be given due consideration.
LABOUR
After decades of delivering frozen treats, Finland?s ice cream trucks will go out of business after this
summer due to a new excise tax on sweets.
THE KANSAS CITY STAR. Nestlé
SA, which along with Unilever dominates the Finnish ice-cream market, pulled
the plug on the dozens of icecream trucks that have operated here since 1993.
Why. ?Casillas. This is
mainly due to the government?s failure to gain support
for their proposals from experts and municipal policymakers. Demand
for Finnish exports has waned,
prompting companies to cut
jobs and reducing domestic
spending. These
23 players will give their all
to beat Finland and to play in
the friendly against Chile. But since then
it has seen its ?scal position
deteriorate. Ms.
Hartikainen said, standing on
the side of a road while waiting
for the ice-cream truck with Ciara and her other child, a 3-yearold son, earlier this month. I lend my support
to the demands of moderation as our competitiveness
has lost its edge and there must be a cap on pay hikes
if we want to keep our production costs under control.
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IT IS, however, becoming a Finnish myth that a central-
ised agreement always delivers the best results. There?s no drama. The slight upward economic trend and stable unemployment rate may lead ministers to believe the worst is now over but this would be
a completely wrong interpretation of the real situation.
Decisions must be made during this autumn, otherwise
Finland will not manage to turn its economy around,
putting the funding for the welfare state at risk.
Spanish Football Selection manager, Vicente del Bosque, said he is
worried about the game against Finland on September 6.
Finns. I?m worried
about Finland. 12
5 . This
might have often been the case but many other countries have reached competitive agreements through
local bargaining at the level of unions, making it dif?cult to believe that Finland?s economy is so unique that
local agreements would not work here. 23 August ELISA MALA
Finns are in bad humour as
Taxman melts Ice Cream Man
recently had to have a pretty dif?cult chat with her
5-year-old daughter, Ciara,
who somehow needed to understand that the powderblue ice-cream truck that has
long roamed the neighbourhood to the tune of a happy
jingle was going away.
?She almost shed tears,. Prime Minister Katainen and
Finance Minister Urpilainen have both stated that decisions will be reached already during the coming autumn.
Despite giving this timetable its full backing, the opposition has strong doubts about the results as the municipal, social and health reforms have stalled. ?She
asked me ?Is this really going to
be the last time???
?JANNICA HARTIKAINEN
lion people are mourning the
loss of an essential rite of
summer.
Finland, one of the few
members of the eurozone with
a AAA credit rating, entered
the currency bloc?s economic crisis with sound public ?nances in 2009. I have an idea
of what I?m going to do. The development
threatens to deplete government revenue and make it
more dif?cult for the nation
to live up to Europe?s budget
rules, Holm said. The country is in dire need of
structural reform.
EVEN
THE GOVERNMENT is planning to pull its socks up in im-
plementing the reforms. Holm said in an
interview.
The recession Finland
sank into last year will continue through 2013, according
to a Bloomberg survey of 11
economists. You can?t
treat one of the youngsters
the same way as someone
who has been here for many
years. That has partly affected
the squad that was announced.?
The manager is only interested in the game against the
L E H T I K U VA / A N T T I A I M O - KO I V I S T O
Mari Kiviniemi is a Member of Parliament and a former Prime Minister from Helsinki. It
kept its estimate of 1.2 per cent
growth in 2014. The bonds were priced
at 99.733 with a yield of 1.180
per cent. We?ll
see what kind of form each of
them is in and what frame of
mind they are in.?
More on Casillas: ?There
are some other players who
are labelled special players,
not just Casillas. said Finance Minister
Jutta Urpilainen. Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen, who says
Finland?s AAA is at risk, is
meeting with lawmakers and
industry groups to design a
roadmap out of the country?s
economic and ?scal plight??
BLOOMBERG. It received orders
from 101 investors worth 6.9
billion euros.
?The issue generated wide
interest among domestic investors,. I consider the Spain
players who have played lots
of games to be special.?
Del Bosque was con?dent
that Spain?s ?newcomers. Finnish trade unions
and employer organizations
agreed on a three-year framework wage accord on August 30,
within which individual unions
will negotiate their own collective agreements.
The government cut its
GDP forecast to a 0.5 per cent
contraction this year from 0.4
per cent forecast June 19. 30 August JAVIER ESTEPA
Del Bosque: ?Casillas?
I?m worried about Finland?
?THE SPAIN manager gave a
press conference after announcing the squad for the
matches against Finland and
Chile: ?We?re playing for three vital points
Becoming a sizable industry, the end products
were distributed to such far
away lands as South America and Australia. S U L L I VA N
HEL SINKI TIMES
ladies, walruses and
monsters ?nd themselves in
each other?s company in the
latest exhibition from famed
Swedish duo Nathalie Djurberg and Hans Berg. But what to
do when the stash they are to
bring back into the home of
the brave has swollen to outlandish proportions?
Changing tact somewhat,
the local ?lmic scene receives
a boost with the release
of Tumman veden päällä.
Based on the novel of the
same name by Peter Franzén, here the famed actor becomes auteur, also directing
this tale set in northern Finland. Here,
Katee Sackhoff and Bokeem
Woodbine head up a group
of assassins out to kill Riddick, who lures his pursuers
to a desolate planet for a sci. the voices of:
Hank Azaria, Christina Ricci
Black humour is evident in the various sculptures currently on display at Kunsthalle Helsinki.
Sculptured duo emerges
J A M E S O . content is inspired
by the rise of cinema, the culture of sunbathing, eroticism,
circus and variety shows. Hank Azaria, Katy
Perry and Christina Ricci
lend their vocal skills, with
Doogie Howser himself Neil
Patrick Harris taking a bow
yet again.
Riddick
Release Date: 6 September
Director: David Twohy
Starring: Vin Diesel,
Karl Urban
We?re the Millers (K12)
Release Date: 6 September
Director: Rawson
Marshall Thurber
Starring: Jennifer Aniston,
Jason Sudeikis
Tumman veden päällä (K12)
Release Date: 6 September
Director: Peter Frantzén
Starring: Olavi Angervo,
Samuli Edelman
Perfect Mothers (K12)
Release Date: 6 September
Director: Anne Fontaine
Starring: Naomi Watts,
Robin Wright
The Smurfs 2
Release Date: 6 September
Director: Raja Gosnell
Feat. What?s a youngster to
do once his ideal portrait of
family life comes unravelled
when his daddy ?ies the coop
and his mother moves her
kids to their grandparents´
house.
Next up, our man, the impressively monikered Vin
Diesel saddles up as Riddick
once again, after a decadelong hiatus. Nonethe-
MYSTERIOUS
acters and videos and Berg,
the composer. S U L L I VA N
HEL SINKI TIMES
The exhibition challenges with the unexpected and grotesque.
in the early 20th century, the
postcards. low-level pot dealer
is joined by Anniston?s stripper, teenage mis?t Kenny
(Will Poulter) posing as their
awkward son, and rebellious
Casey (Emma Roberts) as
their daughter. Guided tour in Russian is on offer
on Sunday 3 November.
Nathalie Djurberg
and Hans Berg
Until 10 November
Cable Factory
Kunsthalle Helsinki
Nervanderinkatu 3
Helsinki
Z A C H F E U E R G A L L E R Y, M I L A N
J A M E S O . Mitchell, 1910 USA.. The
exhibition also includes an
installation Which and Ever
created speci?cally by Jouko
Korkeasaari to accompany
the postcards.
And for those who fancy
themselves to be equipped
with an abundance of ideas,
the Finnish Museum of Photography has teamed up with
?From a Friend?, A.B.N., about 1904.
the card company Paletti
to organise a fantasy postcard design competition. After the sequel The Chronicles of Riddick
(2004) dampened the fanboy enthusiasm that reached
fever pitch after a solid entry into the genre with Pitch
Black in 2000, the raging
success of the Fast & Furious series has meant that
Diesel-led series are now all
the rage. S U L L I VA N
HEL SINKI TIMES
dreams, role
play, glamorous divas and
irony have all come to the
fore in recent times at the
Finnish Museum of Photography, with The Surreal Illusionism currently on display
until 15 December.
Comprised of nearly 500
early 20th century postcards,
the exhibition boasts a variety of clever visual ideas,
artistic sophistication and
oodles of charm, doing little to conceal the captivating
strangeness of the Sigmund
Freud-era from which they
emerged.
The cards emerged as the
1890s drew to a close, with
real photographs being produced by way of mechanised
exposures and development
processes. Parents,
meanwhile, might just sigh a
groan of frustration as their
favourite animated blue cretins are digitalised again for
the modern whippersnapper.
Predictably, Gargamel is
back, and this time he?s sending the Smurfs on a wild adventure through Paris in this
globetrotting follow-up to the
2011 hit that raked in over half
a million dollars in worldwide
box of?ce. Keep an eye
out for 2010?s Aussie breakout
star James Frecheville (Animal Kingdom) as one of the
corrupted youngsters.
Finally, youngsters of a different vintage will no doubt
thrill to the arrival of a second
instalment of the Smurfs in,
well, the not-too imaginatively titled The Smurfs 2. On display for the
?rst time in Finland, Djurberg is the creator of the char-
CURVY
Helsinki
gets
surreal
J A M E S O . Amidst the sleepy bliss
of their surrounds, their lifelong friendship is put to the
test when they happen to fall
in love with each other?s sons.
An adaptation of Doris Lessing?s 2003 novella The Grandmothers, things are kept on
the hush-hush as the ladies
attempt to keep the relationships secret from the prying
eyes of the small community
where they live. Among the
most in-demand contemporary artists in the world,
the Swedish pair?s work has
been showcased extensively around the globe, from the
Venice Biennale to the New
Museum in NYC.
Challenging viewers with
often unexpected and grotesque results, the duo?s confronting cocktail of fantasy
and nightmare sees the installations holding viewers
?rmly in their grip.
If you are seeking to make
more sense of the works on
offer, then guided tours in
English are being staged on
less, the phenomenon lasted a
mere two decades, but resulted in the production of millions of photographs, which
are now highly coveted collector?s items.
Brimming with surreal fantasies, mysterious
dreams, role-play, glamorous divas and irony, the postcards showcase the forgotten
golden era of industrial photography of early last century.
Drawing on the urban popular
culture that began to emerge
the Sundays of 1 and 29 September and 20 October. Keeping him
company, former Friend Jennifer Aniston continues to
make the transition into full?edged movie star, a label
that mysteriously eludes her,
no matter how many middleof-the-road laff-fests emerge
with her pouting features
adorning their poster.
Anyway, this time around,
We?re the Millers offers punters the tale of a motley crew
quartet, devoid of spandex
and hairspray, mind you, who
come together to pretend to
be a family in order to cross
the border down Mexico-way
to perform a drug run. Retiled from
?Adore?, which in itself may
have been streamlined from
something akin to ?Friends
and Cougars?, here Nao-
mi Watts and Robin Wright
are two mothers living in a
sleepy seaside Australian
town. CULTURE
HELSINKI TIMES
5 . Thus
Sudeikis. The
competition shares the same
as the exhibition: Forward,
Fotomontage, Fancy, Fun and
Fascination.
Surrealism and Illusion in
Early 20th Century Postcard
Photography
Until 15 December
Finnish Museum of Photography
Tallberginkatu 1 G
Publisher Edward H. showdown.
Fourth in line vying for
your attention this week is
Perfect Mothers. Having previously tried his hand in a number
of genres to make good on his
genuine thespian origins, it
appears that now he knows
his place in Hollywood and
is making good on it. Visitors
have until 10 November to
pay a visit to the works on
display at Kunsthalle.
Utilising both sculpture
and video, black humour
drips from the off kilter
world they have constructed
with a ?stful or two of clay
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Film
Pot of comedy gold
THIS WEEK, audiences around
the country get the opportunity to indulge in a number of recreational pursuits,
cinematically
speaking,
as American comedy stalwarts Saturday Night Live
churns out yet another leading man, in the shape of Jason Sudeikis
That this is not
hard work. But it got to
a point where things turned
around and New York was
taking more from me than
what it was giving, so I decided to move back to Finland.
I was tempted to have my
house in the countryside, to
live breathing fresh air, so
I moved to my grandmother?s cottage. but you can feel
they?re clearer in their heads
and they have a natural energy, they have that twinkle in
their eye, pure excitement.
The energy is completely different. Especially lyrics keep
changing and you keep trying different things up to the
moment you record it. I was on their good
side and even played at their
block party. roll
After the success of ?Sensory Overdrive?,
Michael Monroe is back with a great rock n?
roll album.
A LVA RO S O T O M AYO R
HEL SINKI TIMES
help but feel nervous at the prospect of sitting
in a room alone with Michael
Monroe. Always with
a huge smile on his face, he
goes into detail with every question and transmits a
huge passion for music and
for what he does. What surprised
you most about the city
when you moved there?
In New York I lived in
Manhattan East 3rd Street
between First and Second Avenue, and it was one of the
noisiest places in New York,
but surprisingly also the safest, all because it was the
Hells Angels [motorcycle club]
block. Bruce is such a
nice guy that he spent an hour
talking with them. They had a 24-hour
watch in the street and it was
actually one of the few streets
where parents didn?t have to
watch over their children every second and the kids could
play in the streets freely because the Hells Angels were
watching. Ruisrock
just has a great environment,
especially the stage near the
sea [Ranta Lava]. I always want to have concerts
for kids. When I was on my
way out of the club, two of the
Hells Angels shouted at me
?Hey Mike! Come over here!
Have a drink with us.. We thought
there was no point trying to
do the same album twice, we
moved on, decided to write
some music and see where it
went. I went to one
of Steven?s concerts where
Bruce [Springsteen] did a duet
with him. Eventually cool stuff
started to come out and the
album started taking shape.
Do you remember when you
actually started writing
material for Horns and Halos
and how it came along?
The thing with our band is
that everyone lives around
the world. Sami Yaffa [bass]
lives in New York, Steve Conte [guitar] is a New York guy
but lives in Amsterdam, Karl
Rock?st [drums] used to live
in Los Angeles but moved to
Sweden and Dregen [guitar]
lives in Stockholm. Sami had that riff [he
plays drums with his legs as
he sings the Soul Surrender
opening riff] and I was drumming along, but because I
hadn?t played drums for a
while I started to get tired
and started to play slowly,
with a reggae vibe, and we
thought, ?What the hell! Why
not?. There was this passion
for James Dean in Finland
and every kid looked like
they?d been taken out from
Happy Days [American television sitcom]. Roses and Mötley Crüe, and later continued a
successful solo career where
he played with stars such as
Slash, Steven Van Zandt and
Ronnie Wood. 11 SEPTEMBER 2013
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VILLE AK SELI JUURIK K AL A
comes over you. How did you come up
with that great reggae break
in the verse?
It is one of my favourites
too! We were in New York
doing a songwriting session
and Rock?st couldn?t make
it for the ?rst couple of days
so I stepped in and played
drums. That it is why Horns
and Halos was recorded
here and there. He is the biggest rock star in Finnish music.
I wonder whether he?ll
be an arrogant star, or even
bored and cynical with our
questions. I believe it is important and I enjoy it a lot.
Michael Monroe keeps an eye on the top of the charts with his latest release, Horns and Halos.
The gentleman of rock n. They serve alcohol and you might even see
people passing out.
Another good thing about
underage concerts is that
kids that age won?t normally get in to a club like Tavastia, so it?s an opportunity for
them to get into the rock club
in Finland.
I think age limits are silly.
Just because adults can?t handle their alcohol problems,
kids have to suffer and not get
to see the bands they like. get down for another dose of rock.
How was it to move back to
Finland after 10 years living
in New York?
What happened to me is that
I lived in New York for so long
that I got used to that life; I
got used to New York?s energy, an electric energy that
keeps you on the edge and going all the time. Do kids go crazier
than adults?
I love those gigs. Michael was a founding member and the frontman
of cult rock n. So it was actually my
tiredness that caused that
freaky idea that all of a sudden the song would go into a
reggae beat.
You?ve played 15 editions of
Ruisrock either with Hanoi
Rocks or Michael Monroe.
What does Ruisrock mean
to you?
It is a special festival. For me, adjusting to life there was hard, but
I learned to appreciate nature and in the end I loved it.
What surprised me about
Finland is that artists might
play two concerts in the
same day: one for underage in the afternoon and
one for adults in the evening. The sound of
the crowd is different, as well
as the vibe. It?s not
necessarily fun all the time.
Making an album is a long
process and it can be stressful because you?re going to
have to live with that record
for the rest of your life.
After the success of your
previous album Sensory
Overdrive, what was the approach on this new album?
Sensory Overdrive got a great
reception around the world.
Classic Rock Magazine readers voted it ?Best Album
of the Year 2011?, it went
straight to number one in
Finland and it won the EMMA (Finnish Music Award)
for ?Rock Album of the Year
2011?. It was cool. I always get asked if
we feel a lot of pressure because of this. Their sincere joy and
excitement for the event just
Sadly, nowadays you hear
people say things like ?we
shouldn?t pay for music because music is just a marketing tool to sell concerts,?
what is your opinion on
that?
A friend of yours said that?
Yes. Before our
South American tour we did
four days in Steve?s rehearsal studio in New York and at
the end of the tour we stayed
some days in Los Angeles
and laid down some demos.
That?s how it started to come
together.
One of my personal favourites on the album is Soul Surrender. We meet
with him to talk about his
latest album, Horns and Halos, and about life in Finland.
I CAN?T
How did you manage to be
on the good side of the Hells
Angels?
Well, for example my best
friend in New York was Little
years late. I moved to Stockholm in 1979 because they
were more tolerant there.
With Hanoi Rocks, one of the
biggest accomplishments we
made was that we forced people to be a little bit more openminded and learn to laugh at
themselves a little bit more.
In that song you also sing
about how things have
changed in New York. It was a cultural
shock after living 10 years in
New York to go and live in the
countryside. album Roadrunner is a must. I love it.
I think it was Aerosmith
who were playing on that
stage and saw the big Viking
Line boat coming and stopped
in a middle of a song and said,
?Wait a minute...that boat is
coming at us!. I stay
up nights thinking about lyrics, going for every word and
every little thing. During my
concerts, when I climb up the
lighting rig, I can almost see
my house.
To ?nish, what Finnishspeaking artist/band would
you recommend our readers?
David Lindholm is a person
to me that in Finland is holy.
If you want to listen to some
funny usage of the Finnish language check out his
1975 album named Fandjango. (gulp)
So he thinks this is not a
proper job. For me it?s a
special place, especially now
that I live in Turku. 14
CULTURE
5 . Dave also played a lead solo in my album Whatcha Want. roll band Hanoi
Rocks, which in?uenced bands
such as Guns n. Have
things changed as much in
Helsinki?
Finland in the late ?70s was
crazy. They still
thought that that was America even though they were 20
VILLE AK SELI JUURIK K AL A
On the ?rst single of Horns
and Halos, Ballad of the Low-
er East Side, you sing about
your memories of New York
where you lived in the ?80s
and?90s. His lyrics are easy to translate to
English because it feels like
they were originally written in English. How are those underage
concerts. It was a
really cool party.
Steven [Bruce Springsteen?s
guitar player]. It?s obvious
that kids don?t drink alcohol...
or maybe some do before the
concert... What we
did is, whenever we got together for a show or tour
we always booked a few ex-
tra days before to work on
songs. They were intolerant
and narrow-minded people. It was a weird moment and they would beat
up anyone who had long hair
or looked different, people
even died! Those were heavy
moments.
For Hanoi Rocks our ?rst
goal was to get the hell out
of Finland. Dave used to live in Chicago and wrote in English
but when he came back to
Finland the record company
told him, ?You have to write
lyrics in Finnish.. Making an album is
a tedious and stressful process and it takes a long time
to actually get to the moment where you?re singing a
song. And Nuclear
Nightclub by Wigwam should
also be checked out.
Horns and Halos is out now.. The adult gigs are
still a great crowd but they
are different. Also you
should check out Apulanta
and Jenni Vartiainen.
...And English speaking?
Hurriganes. It is such a
special place. Well, I have news
for your friend: try and do
what I do on stage for ?ve
minutes, I dare you.
I take my music very seriously. So you can
imagine that after that they
were like, ?Alright, Mike! Anything you want, just stick your
head out of the window and
give us a shout.?
Don?t try this at home! Monroe and co. One of
them was the Vice president
of the Hells Angels, Teddy, a
very big guy, and he told me
they were there waiting to see
Bruce come out. It is the
?rst and oldest rock festival
in Finland and has always
been the festival. But Michael is
completely the opposite: a
true gentleman. When Bruce
left the club, I called him and
introduced him to Teddy and
his friend. They blocked the
street for 2 days and planted
a stage in the middle. I covered one
of his songs called Telephone
Bill?s All Mine (Puhelinlasku
on mun)
m a n h a t t a n s t e a k h o u s e . Storeowner Jyri Stenberg says that
one reason for the expansion
was that people in other parts
of Finland were asking for
such a service.
Busy families with children, the elderly, and people
who live alone and cannot
leave their home due to a disability or another reason are
considered to be the potential customers of online grocery stores.
Some of the online grocery stores also offer organic food and food produced
close by. www.dongbeihu.fi
Vilhonkatu 4
Mon-Thu 13?02,
Fri-Sat 13?03,
Sun 13?02
www.oluthuone.com. The ease
of use and accessibility of the
services will be the key,. You will then click the products you want and select when you want them delivered.
The first Finnish online grocery stores were opened more
than a decade ago. EAT & DRINK
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Helsinki
Tel. Hanna-Kaisa Risku,
the Managing Director of
Kauppahalli24, which offers
laundry and library services in addition to groceries,
says that there is not much
demand for the services yet.
She believes, however, that
the demand will increase
over time. Fredriksson says
that at best, online groceries
amount to around 5 per cent
of all the food sold abroad, but
the Finnish stores reach only a
fraction of this sales volume.
Fredriksson believes that
people may be apprehensive
about buying perishables
without seeing them ?rst.
THE ONLINE
?It?s easy to order other products but some people want to compare their
?sh and meat to make sure
that they are of a quality for
which they are willing to pay
the asking price.?
Fredriksson does not believe that the handling fees
that start at around ?ve euro are an impediment for the
popularity of online grocey
stores.
Organic
food and services
Ruoka.net, an online grocery
store that has been doing
business in the Helsinki metropolitan region for a long
time, has now expanded to
the whole of Finland. H T
groceries business is still in its infancy in
Finland, but there is con?dence in its opportunities.
?Online grocery stores are
currently undergoing a testing phase. Both Special Adviser Fredriksson and the
entrepreneurs believe that
online grocery stores will
gain more popularity.
?I?m convinced of that because there is such a huge
market out there. Now we must ?nd
out what the users want and
how far they are willing to
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Online grocery stores offer the same products as your local
grocery store, such as perishables, frozen foods and utility
articles.
The prices are often the same as at your local grocery store,
but the fee charged for collecting the products from the
store and the transport fee will increase the total price of
your bag of food.
You will often have to create an account for yourself or install a program on your computer before you can use the
online grocery store feature. BARS
Although still in its infancy, online the groceries business is an emerging market.
Online groceries
business expected to grow
Potential customers include families with children and the elderly.
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hu@dongbeihu.fi . Sun 2pm-10pm
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RESTAURANTS . Companies currently active in the sector include Hok?Elanto?s Kauppakassi, Ruoka.net and
Kauppahalli24.
Some of the companies also transport library books and accept empty bottles for recycling.
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w w w . explains Peter Fredriksson, Special Adviser at the
Ministry of the Environment.
Finnish online grocery
stores have been in operation for the past ?fteen years
but without a genuine breakthrough. says Regional Director Merja Saari of
Hok-Elanto.
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part, increased mortality rates were due to the
fact that avid coffee consumers were more likely to smoke, a combination
eliciting substantial damage to the heart and lungs.
The results of this study are
not good news for Finns,
whose average consumption of coffee is 4-5 cups per
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however, quite prudent
. Serves 10-12.
Note: It can last for a week if properly covered and refrigerated.
Das Lokal mit der
besonderen Note
Neben Spezialitäten
aus den verschiedenen
Regionen servieren wir Ihnen
Deutsche Biere und Weine
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Meritullinkatu 25, 00170 Helsinki. baking soda
1 ½ tsp. All guests, food critics
included, expressed their
satisfaction with the quality of their meal; surprisingly, the highly praised pizzas
were eventually revealed as
ready-made Dr.Oetker pizzas, bought from the nearest convenience store. pecans or walnuts
340 gr. Americans celebrate a National Carrot Cake day every 3 February.
ed until the 1970s adding a little extra punch to the ?avour.
As a baker myself, this is
my favourite dessert not only
because of its rich and moist
texture and ?avour but al-
so because it?s not so hard to
make and I enjoy it so much.
So here I grant you the best
recipe to bake your own carrot cake!
Enjoy!!
. Let cool and then chop coarsely.
. Participants were divided into two groups: the ?rst
went out for lunch with
other colleagues at one of
the workplace cafeterias,
whereas the second ate
lunch alone in the of?ce.
The aim of this experiment
was to investigate the role
that lunchtime habits play
in one?s mental health and
well-being. Butter or spray two 23x5 cm cake pans and line the bottoms of
the pans with a circle of parchment paper.
. It was found
that participants under
55 years of age who consumed more than 28 cups
of coffee per week were associated with a 56 per cent
greater mortality rate. Other scientific sources recommend the
daily consumption of 3-4
cups of coffee as a means
to prevent cancer and increase lifespan.
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1 tsp. pure vanilla extract
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260 gr. Unsalted butter, room temperature
227 gr. In a separate bowl whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and ground cinnamon.
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. Remove from oven and let cool on a wire rack. After about
5-10 minutes invert the cakes onto the wire rack, remove the
pans and parchment paper, and then cool completely before
frosting.
. Puh. Cream cheese frosting: In bowl of electric mixer (or with
a hand mixer), beat the cream cheese and butter, on low
speed, just until blended with no lumps. Gradually add the
sifted powdered sugar and beat, on low speed, until fully
incorporated and smooth. pizza
straight from the
freezer
Could you ever tell the difference between a freshly made pizza and a frozen
one?
The owner of a Manchester-based Italian pizzeria, Gary Newborough,
decided to ?nd out by organising an exclusive event
involving 100 VIP guests,
among whom were food
critics and people involved
in the restaurant industry.
Newborough promised his
guests a fresh, delicious pizza, which he characterised
as an ?authentic piece of Italy?. EAT & DRINK
5 . On 4 April 2003, Carrot Day was founded to spread knowledge about carrot and its good attributes around the world.
Last year, France, Italy, Sweden, Russia, Australia, UK and
even far away Japan has joined in to celebrate this beloved
vegetable. In the bowl of your electric mixer beat the eggs until frothy
(about 1 minute). Gradually add the sugar and beat until the
batter is thick and light-coloured (about 3-4 minutes). Add
the oil in a steady stream and then beat in the vanilla extract. Spread with
about half the frosting. Gently place the other cake onto the
frosting and spread the rest of the frosting over the top of
the cake. If desired, garnish with toasted nuts on top of the
cake. Cover and refrigerate for a few hours before serving,
preferably overnight.
. 11 SEPTEMBER 2013
Going for lunch
with colleagues
improves
productivity, new
study says
If eating lunch alone in
front of your computer
screen has become a habit, think again. American researchers have recently carried
out an extensive study
lasting 16 years and involving more than 40,000
people between 25 and 87
years of age. Preheat oven to 180°C and place rack in center of oven. a
potential health
hazard?
A ?gourmet. Granulated white sugar
240 ml safflower, vegetable or canola oil (or flavourless oil)
2 tsp. This
well-intended prank was,
according to restaurant
manager Chris Alexander,
an effort to prove that even
though frozen pizzas have a
bad reputation, they do not
necessarily taste bad, and
are barely discernible from
freshly made pizzas. baking powder
½ tsp. However, matters are
not all that clear concerning the exact role of coffee
in disease. Cream cheese, room temperature
230 gr. pure vanilla extract
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Cream Cheese Frosting:
57 gr. Evenly divide the batter between the two prepared pans and bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until a toothpick
inserted in the center comes out clean.
. The restaurant intends to serve frozen
pizzas in the future as well.
Coca-Cola
company
promotes
aspartame in a bid
to increase sales
The arti?cial sweetener
aspartame, widely used in
so-called light soft drinks,
has been suggested by numerous scienti?c studies
as being responsible for,
among other effects, the
development of serious
disease and obesity. The cream
cheese frosting was not add-
Carrot cake recipe
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Ingredients:
100 gr. Toast the pecans or walnuts for about 8 minutes or until lightly browned and fragrant. Participants?
answers to the subsequent
questionnaire showed that
those who enjoyed others?
company during lunchtime were in a much better
mood for the remainder
of the day. Add the flour mixture and beat just until incorporated. Place one cake layer onto your serving plate. salt
1 ½ tsp. ground cinnamon
4 large eggs
300 gr. Peel and finely grate the carrots.
. an increasing amount
of criticism is pointed towards soft drinks, at a
time when obesity among
Americans is becoming
an increasingly common
phenomenon.
The perfect carrot cake!
How to make the best carrot cake
Try your hand at this baker?s favourite.
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A LITTLE history ?rst?
Besides the sugar beet,
carrots contain more sugar than any other vegetable
and for this reason; carrots
have been used as sweeteners since the medieval
period when sugar was actually scarce and expensive.
We cannot point exactly as to
the origins of carrot cake, but
its popularity was mostly revived in Britain during WWII
when rationing was sadly
required.
In the 1960s, carrot cakes
became commonly available in the US in cafeterias and
restaurants; ?rstly as a novelty but because people like it
so much, it rapidly became a
standard dessert. On the other hand,
there are also scienti?c accounts of how the abundant consumption of coffee
may instead be a health
hazard. Furthermore,
their memory and observation abilities were improved, and they were able
to communicate with their
colleagues in a more ?uent
manner.
Coffee . Maybe we, in Finland, should join in, too.
. Alexander also stressed the fact
that, contrary to common
belief, baking a frozen pizza involves a signi?cant degree of dif?culty, especially
when it comes to cooking
time and the crunchiness of
the pizza base. Following these claims, CocaCola company?s soft drink
sales have plunged to an
all-time low in the US giving rise to a novel advertising campaign aiming to
de-demonise aspartame.
This marketing trick leans
on several scienti?c studies that argue in favour of
arti?cial sweeteners, and
aims to convince consumers of not only aspartame?s
safety as a substance, but
also of its ability to effectively contribute to weight
control. finely grated lemon zest (outer yellow skin)
Carrot cake:
. plain flour
1 tsp. Beat in the vanilla extract, and
lemon zest.
. According to a German study,
although it may seem that
lunch at the of?ce is great
way to improve your productivity, in reality asking
a colleague out for lunch
gives you a much-needed energy boost for the
rest of the workday
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lunch buffet 9,50 ?
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in Helsinki for 25 years
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mon-thu 11-24, fri 11-01, sat 13-01, sun 13-23
www.royalravintolat.com
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Thursday . 00100 HELSINKI
Tel (09) 645 550
Center for New Dance
Tallberginkatu 1B
Helsinki
Tickets ?14/22
www.zodiak.fi
Sat 7 & Tue 10 September
Carmen
Bizet?s eternal classic.
Finnish National Opera
Helsinginkatu 58
Helsinki
Tickets ?19-91
www.opera.fi
Thu 5-Tue 10 September
Haapalainen & Suutari-Jääskö:
Double
Jotos- Sudenpolku & LQ Revisited.
Alexander Theatre
Albertinkatu 32
Helsinki
Tickets ?29/38
www.aleksanterinteatteri.fi
Mon 9 September
Paradise Lost (UK)
Metal.
Nosturi
Telakkakatu 8
Helsinki
Tickets ?27
www.elmu.fi
Fri 6 & Wed 11 September
Seven Brothers
The riotous brothers of Finnish lore
collide with the world of ballet.
Finnish National Opera
Helsinginkatu 58
Tickets ?19-105
www.opera.fi
Tue 10 September
Elina Orkoneva: Miss Fool
Interesting young
singer-songwriter.
Music Centre
Black Box
Mannerheimintie 13
Helsinki
Tickets ?5/10/15
www.musiikkitalo.fi
Fri 6-Sun 8 September
Kivinen-Klemola: Death of Man
Surprising dance theatre
performance on a new kind
of human being.
Korjaamo Culture Factory
Töölönkatu 51 B
www.korjaamo.fi
Wed 11 September
No Smoking Team
Rap.
Le Bonk
Yrjönkatu 24
Helsinki
Tickets ?9.50
www.lebonk.fi
Tue 10 & Wed 11 September
Familie Flöz: Garage d´Or
Mask theatre performance portraying the helplessness of fathers, the
power of circumstances and the
urge to be free.
Espoo City Theatre
Louhi Hall
Kulttuuriaukio 2
www.espoonteatteri.fi
Until Sun 22 September
Design Museum 140 Years ?
Parallel Histories
Parallel stories of Finnish design.
Design Museum
Korkeavuorenkatu 23
Mon-Sun 11:00-18:00
Tickets ?0/5/8/10
www.designmuseum.fi
Until Mon 21 October
The Invisible Lady
Four young Finnish artists . 18
WHERE TO GO
5 . All exhibits have been donated to the disposal of science in order to increase people?s understanding about the human body and its unique nature.
Until Sunday 22 September Kuninkaalantie 7
Body Worlds
Vantaa
Heureka
www.heureka.fi
MUSIC
Thu 5 September
Pagan Altar (UK)
Metal.
Kuudes Linja
Hämeentie 13
Helsinki
Tickets ?18.50
www.kuudeslinja.com
Thu 5 September
Edu Kettunen, Esa Kaartamo and
Ruuskanen Railio Duo
Acoustic chamber pop.
Club Agricola, 19:00
Tehtaankatu 23
Helsinki
Tickets ?15
www.ainoacktenhuvila.fi
Thu 5 September
Q.Stone
Bluesrock.
Tavastia
Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6
Tickets ?25/28
www.tavastiaklubi.fi
Thu 5 September
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Chief conductor?s debut.
Music Centre
Mannerheimintie 13
www.musiikkitalo.fi
Thu 5 September
Club Terapia
Dj Roberto Rodriguez.
Mbar
Mannerheimintie 22-24
www.mbar.fi
Until Sun 15 September
Kustaa Saksi: Hypnopompic
Surreal and unique artworks
manufactured with jacquard
weaving technique.
Korjaamo Gallery
Töölönkatu 51 B
Helsinki
Mon-Fri 9:00-21:00
Sat 11:00-19:00
Sun 11:00-17:00
www.korjaamo.fi
Until Sun 22 September
Light Houses - Young Nordic
Architecture
The exhibition presents inspired
approaches in young Nordic
architecture.
Museum of Finnish Architecture
Kasarmikatu 24
Tue-Sun 11:00-18:00
Wed 11:00-20:00
Tickets ?0/3/6
www.mfa.fi
The Relay Runner, on display at the Body Worlds exhibition until 22 September.
Fri 6 September
Antero Lindgren
Interesting singer-songwriter.
Le Bonk
Yrjönkatu 24
Helsinki
Tickets ?7.50
www.lebonk.fi
Sat 7 September
Xe-None (RUS)
?Dance metal?.
On The Rocks
Mikonkatu 15
Helsinki
Tickets ?11.50
www.ontherocks.fi
Wed 11 September
Edith . The exhibition allows the visitors to see how a human body is built and
also presents the importance of the ways in which we live our
lives to the health of our bodies.
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EXHIBITIONS
HEUREK A
Gunther Von Hagens´ Body Worlds
The world-famous exhibition about the structure, functions
and health of the human body is on display at The Finnish Science Centre Heureka until Sunday 22 September. Espoo Museum
of Modern Art
Ahertajantie 5
Helsinki
Tue, Thu, Fri 11:00-18:00
Wed 11:00-20:00
Sat, Sun 11:00-17:00
Tickets ?0/8/10
www.emma.museum
Until Sun 12 January 2014
Trees Are Poems
Kristoffer Albrecht, Taneli Eskola,
Ritva Kovalainen & Pentti
Sammallahti.
Sinebrychoff Art Museum
Bulevardi 40
Helsinki
Tue, Fri 10:00-18:00
Wed, Thu 10:00-20:00
Sat, Sun 11:00-17:00
Tickets ?0-10
www.sinebrychoffintaidemuseo.fi. Voice of Piaf.
Savoy Theatre
Kasarmikatu 46-48
Helsinki
Tickets ?49/54
www.savoyteatteri.fi
Fri 6 September
Elastinen
Finnish rap.
Tavastia
Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6
Helsinki
Tickets ?15.50/16
www.tavastiaklubi.fi
Sat 7 September
Kotiteollisuus
Rock/Metal.
Tavastia
Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6
Helsinki
Tickets ?21.50/22
www.tavastiaklubi.fi
Fri 6 September
Mind of Doll
Hard rock.
Semifinal
Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6
Helsinki
Tickets ?7.50
www.semifinal.fi
Sat 7 September
Handlingnoise
Sounds from metal to electronic.
Semifinal
Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6
Helsinki
Tickets ?7.50
www.semifinal.fi
Wed 11 September
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Jukka Linkola´s piano concerto Serenades and the Cabaret Dances
premieres.
Music Centre
Concert Hall
Mannerheimintie 13
Helsinki
Tickets ?6-25
www.musiikkitalo.fi
Fri 6 September
Surviainen
Roots reggae, ska and urban
rhythms.
Korjaamo Culture Factory
Töölönkatu 51 B
Helsinki
Tickets ?5/7
www.korjaamo.fi
Sat 7 September
Clublife & Monday bar
Black XL Presents:
Headhunterz (NLD)
Hardstyle dj/producer.
The Circus
Salomonkatu 1-3
Helsinki
Tickets ?16.50
www.thecircus.fi
Fri 6 September
Leaf and Stream
A Tribute to Kate Bush.
Gloria
Pieni Roobertinkatu 12
Helsinki
Tickets ?8.50
Fri 6 & Sat 7 September
Metsässä Majassa Mielessä
A meditative series of music,
words and sound.
Music Centre
Organo
Mannerheimintie 13
Helsinki
Tickets ?5/10/15
www.musiikkitalo.fi
Fri 6 & Sat 7 September
Perkele Deathfest
Sotajumala, Death Destruction
(SWE), Six Feet Under (USA),
Torture Division (SWE) and others.
Virgin Oil CO.
Mannerheimintie 5
Helsinki
Tickets ?15/20/30
www.virginoil.fi
Sat 7 September
Eevil Stöö, dj Kridlokk & Koksukoo,
Tuuttimörkö, Paperi T & Khid and
Ameeba
Rap.
Korjaamo Culture Factory
Töölönkatu 51 B
Tickets ?10.50-12
www.korjaamo.fi
Sat 7 September
Tapiola Sinfonietta
Mahler´s ?The Song of the Earth?.
Music Centre
Mannerheimintie 13
Tickets ?10/20/25
www.musiikkitalo.fi
Sat 7 September
YO!Kuudes Linja Raps
Djs Didier, J-Laini, Nada & Tboy.
Kuudes Linja
Hämeentie 13
Helsinki
Tickets ?9
www.kuudeslinja.com
Wed 11 September
Looptroop Rockers (SWE)
Rap.
Tavastia
Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6
Helsinki
Tickets ?25/28
www.tavastiaklubi.fi
THEATRE & DANCE
Thu 5-Tue 10 September
Simo Kellokumpu, Aurélie Pétrel,
Vincent Roumagnac: Reset
(Zodiak Helsinki)
Exhibition and performance side
by side.
Zodiak . This fascinating exhibition, presenting plastinated bodies in different positions and with an incredible precision, reveals the uniqueness
and structural complexity of the human body.
Each of the exhibits has its own story to tell about how bones,
muscles and internal organs make each of us possible. Aurora
Reinhard, Pilvi Takala, Erkka
Nissinen and Hans Rosenström ?
have come together to build
an exhibition.
Amos Anderson Art Museum
Yrjönkatu 27
Mon, Thu, Fri 10:00-18:00
Wed 10:00-20:00
Sat, Sun 11:00-17:00
Tickets ?0/2/8/10
www.amosanderson.fi
Until Sun 10 November
Nathalie Djurberg & Hans Berg
A blend of fantasy and nightmare
created by the Swedish contemporary artist duo.
Kunsthalle Helsinki
Nervanderinkatu 3
Tue, Thu, Fri 11:00-18:00
Wed 11:00-20:00
Sat, Sun 11:00-17:00
Tickets ?0/9/12
www.taidehalli.fi
Until Sun 15 December
Surreal Illusionism - Photographic
Fantasies of the Early
20th Century
Fascinating exhibition presenting photographic fantasy postcards
from the early 1900s.
The Finnish Museum of Photography
The Cable Factory
Tallberginkatu 1
Tue-Sun 11:00-18:00
Wed 11:00-20:00
Tickets ?0/6/8
www.valokuvataiteenmuseo.fi
Until Tue 31 December
Mad about Helsinki
A unique overview of the city´s
history and beloved places.
Helsinki City Museum
Sofiankatu 4
Helsinki
Mon-Fri 9:00-17:00
Thu 9:00-19:00
Sat, Sun 11:00-17:00
Free entry
Until Sun 12 January 2014
Aesthete Extarordinaire
Birger Kaipiainen´s ceramic
fantasies.
EMMA . The Show
Jil Aigrot
It
gives people the opportunity
to explore the world of Finnish design and food, as well
as wellness, fashion and several recreational activities.
This time around, the week
will kick off with events in
Töölö, Meilahti, Munkkiniemi
and Munkkivuori, while Tuesday happenings will take place
in Kallio and Hakaniemi, as
well as Vallila, Pasila and the
neighbouring areas. LIFESTYLE
HELSINKI TIMES
5 . Arabianranta?s Sarjakuvakeskus (Comics Centre) houses the Comics
Society?s of?ces and organises courses for beginners and
professionals, as well as open
workshops and other comic book-related events. Kruununhaka and the popular areas of Kamppi and Kluuvi will
be ?lled with vibes and ad hoc
events. Get
ready to pop?in a shop!
L E H T I K U VA / J A R N O M E L A
YA N N I C K I L U N G A
HEL SINKI TIMES
sories. Author Akseli Halonen took
distance from conventional
trends of the time and created a completely different
character. 11 SEPTEMBER 2013
K AT J A T U K I A I N E N
Comics invasions
The largest comic book festival in northern Europe hits Helsinki.
YA N N I C K I L U N G A
HEL SINKI TIMES
COMIC BOOK fans get ready:
the largest comics festival
will be back in town! From
Friday 6 to Sunday 8 September, the Helsinki Comics Festival will celebrate its 28th
anniversary. in. Pulliainen), the ?rst daily Finnish newspaper comic strip,
was published in 1927. According to the Council of
Europe?s Compendium of Cultural Policies and Trends in
Europe, the net retail sales of
comic books have gone from
16,169 units in 2008 to 11,701
Celebrating ?Made in Finland?
POP IN A SHOP, an event
that focuses on local specialty shops, restaurants, cafes
and other services, is back in
town. The
Comics Library, situated at
the Aalto University School
of Art and Design, features
an impressive collection of
Finnish and foreign comics,
as well as literature and articles on comic books.
Some of the city?s most
popular comic book stores
include Good Fellows, with
its unequaled catalogue of
American comic, the antiquarian
shop
Oranssi Planeetta, Fantasiapelit
. Friday will focus on
other parts of the city, while
Saturday will be the grand ?nale, with things happening
all around Helsinki.
Among the participants in
Pop in a Shop are several antiques, art and design studi-
copies in 2011. Wednesday will be dedicated to south
Helsinki and in particular to
the Eira, Punavuori and Ullan-
L E H T I K U VA / S A R I GU S TA F S S O N
Discover Finnish
products and food at
Pop in a Shop.
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During Pop in a Shop several antiques, art and design studios,
boutiques and salons will have special sales.
Pop in a Shop gives everyone a chance to be part of the thriving
culture of ?Made in Finland?.. In 1971, the Finnish Comics Society was established and soon Helsinki
became one of the most popular cities among comic book
fans, especially with the creation of the Helsinki Comics
Festival.
Finnish comic books
The ?rst comic ?made in Finland?, Professori Itikaisen
Tutkimusretki (Professor Mosquito?s Exploration in English),
was published in 1911. To get the complete list
of shops participating in the
event, have a look at www.
poikkeaputiikissa.?.
Pop in a Shop gives shopkeepers a chance to showcase themselves and to be
part of the thriving culture of
?Made in Finland?. The Internet is
at least partly responsible for
this, as several services now
allow users to read and purchase comic books online.
As for Finland itself, Helsinki is probably the best
place to be for comic book
lovers. An event for
both professionals and a?cionados alike, it will feature
a comics market, exhibitions,
discussions, live drawing
performances, animations
and children?s events, among
other things.
Comics, initially seen by
many as mere children?s entertainment, have evolved
into an independent ?eld of
art with quite an impressive
history. As for lovers of shopping, it is a different way to explore different
areas of the city, while hunting for the best deals and
high-quality products. Thousands of comic books fans and profes-
S U O M E N S A R J A K U VA S E U R A R Y
Younger visitors will have the opportunity to take part in specifically themed workshops.
sionals will invade Helsinki?s
Lasipalatsi Square and surroundings, on 6-8 September, to share their love for the
medium.
Comic books for children
and North American comics
are the main themes of the
event. In fact, contrary
to what happened with other comic book characters, Mr.
Pulliainen was not created to
tell moral tales.
Helsinki, the north
comic books capital
The Helsinki Comics Festival has become the largest
comics festival in Northern
Europe. Like the
rest of the world, the country
had hit a cultural watershed,
and barriers between popular and high culture started
to crumble. On Thursday,
the Pop in a Shop festivity will
move to the city centre. Following the success
of the spring edition, it takes
over Helsinki once again! 9 to
14 September will be time for
?poppin. The United Kingdom,
for instance, already possessed comics at the end of
the 1800s, though they rose
to prominence in the 1900s,
especially after several titles
switched to all-colour format
in the 1930s. Pop in a Shop
aims to promote local design,
but it also goes beyond that.
Taking place twice a year,
Pop in a Shop celebrates everything ?made in Finland?. In addition, the work
of critically acclaimed artists such as Patrick McDonnell, established alternative
creators like Lilli Carré and
visionary rising stars like Michael DeForge will be showcased and discussed.
The Helsinki Comics Festival 2013 will also feature
a comics market, the Small
Press Heaven, exhibitions,
presentations, competitions
and
speci?cally-themed
workshops for younger
guests.
S U O M E N S A R J A K U VA S E U R A R Y
From Friday 6 to Sunday 8 September, the Helsinki Comics Festival will celebrate its 28th anniversary.
The festival will feature a comics market, exhibitions, presentations and competitions, among other things.
Helsinki, a
comic book paradise
Comic books, like other
printed publications, have
suffered falling sales. However, it was in the following decades that the country saw the
golden era of comic books.
Herra Pulliainen (Mr. and experiencing a vibrant, colourful city.
Finnish design has established itself a popular brand.
All year round, thousands of
tourists visit Finland and purchase signature silverware,
glasses and other house acces-
linna districts. and the
collector-friendly SS Libricon, the perfect venue to ?nd
classic Disney titles, Tex Willer, and other European titles
translated into Finnish.
os, beauty salons, as well as
jewellery, watches and handicraft atelier.
In addition, clothing and
fashion boutiques, wellness,
restaurants, bars and other food services are featured
too. The nomination of Helsinki as World?s Design Capital
last year marked the achievement of this success on an international level. the place where avid manga readers can hunt for special edition comics . Visitors will be given
the opportunity to explore
what comics are published
for children today, as well
an overview of North America, the birthplace of comic
strips and popular superhero
stories. In
1954, for instance, Tove Jansson started Moomin. Subsequently written and drawn
by her brother Lars, the title
went on to become an international success.
In the 1960s, Finnish
comics began to be seen as
something more than mere
children?s literature. Japanese manga
began to be an industry during the post-World War II era,
while the United States saw
its ?rst version of a comic
book in the mid 1800s.
Among the most popular
European comic books are Italy?s Tex Willer, which dates
back to 1948, and FrancoBelgian titles The Adventures
of Tintin, Lucky Luke and Asterix, ?rst published in 1929,
1946 and 1959 respectively.
The ?rst true classics
among Finnish comic books
came to life in the 1950s
& Mrs. Bilko FILM
Directed by: Jonathan Lynn.
Starring: Steve Martin, Dan
Aykroyd, Phil Hartman.
USA/1996.
23.05 The Beguiled (K16) FILM
While imprisoned in a
Confederate girls boarding
school, a Union soldier
cons his way into each of
the lonely women?s hearts.
Directed by: Donald Siegel,
Starring: Clint Eastwood,
Geraldine Page, Elizabeth
Hartman. With Children
08.30 3rd Rock from the Sun
09.20 Matlock
13.10 Kitchen Boss
13.40 My Strange Addiction
15.35 Matlock
16.30 3rd Rock from the Sun
17.25 Married. As a result,
Miller realizes that operatives on
both sides of the conflict are attempting to spin the story in their
favor. Directed by: Lisa
Cholodenko. Starring: Jeff
Griggs, Lesli Kay,
Gail Harris.
USA/1995.
The Kids Are All Right
Green Zone
This big-hearted comedy film is a
funny, smart and vibrant portrait
of a modern American family.
Nic (Annette Bening) and Jules
(Julianne Moore) are married and
share a cosy suburban southern
California home with their teenage children. With Children
07.45 3rd Rock from the Sun
08.35 Matlock
12.15 Kitchen Boss
12.45 Cake Boss
13.10 My Strange Addiction
15.05 Matlock
16.00 3rd Rock from the Sun
17.00 Married. Starring: Ryan
Phillippe, Channing Tatum,
Abbie Cornish.
USA/2008.
7.9.
TV1
YLE TEEMA
Kung Fu Panda
Sub 20.00
08.05 In the Belly of the City
DOC
Budapest.
14.30 Little Paris Kitchen:
Cooking with Rachel Khoo
15.05 Yle News in English
15.30 Keeping Up Appearances
16.00 Land Girls
17.05 Paradise
19.35 New Tricks
22.00 A Touch of Frost (K16)
23.15 The Pillars of the Earth
(K16)
Tom, together with Alfred
and stepson Jack, gets the
chance to make his dream
of building a cathedral
true when a fire destroys
Kingsbridge church.
MTV3
08.05 Children?s Programming
11.35 The Apprentice
14.30 Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters
Unleashed FILM
Directed by: Raja Gosnell.
Starring: Freddie Prinze Jr.,
Linda Cardellini,
Matthew Lillard.
USA/Canada/2004
16.20 Hell?s Kitchen
18.00 Formula 1: Italian Grand
Prix SPORT
In Finnish.
21.00 Survivor
00.25 The Killing (K16)
TV5
SUB
07.30 Married. Starring:
Diedrich Bader, James
Woods, Jeff Bridges.
USA/2007.
21.00 Superbad FILM
Directed by: Greg Mottola.
Starring: Bill Hader,
Christopher Mintz-Plasse,
Emma Stone.
USA/2007.
23.10 Hollywood Homicide FILM
Directed by: Ron Shelton.
Starring: Harrison Ford,
Josh Hartnett, Isaiah
Washington.
USA/2003.
01.30 Spartacus: Gods of the
Arena
02.25 Just for Laughs
07.00 Children?s Programming
11.00 Monster Jam International Racing and
Freestyle
11.30 Will & Grace
13.00 Bleep My Dad Says
13.30 I Hate My Teenage
Daughter
14.00 Whitney
14.30 Up All Night
15.00 Got to Dance
16.00 Jamie?s Great Britain
17.00 Gordon?s Ultimate
Cookery Course
20.00 Kung Fu Panda FILM
In the Valley of Peace, Po
the Panda finds himself
chosen as the Dragon
Warrior despite the fact that
he is obese and a complete
novice at martial arts.
Directed by: John
Stevenson, Mark Osborne.
Voices: Jack Black, Dustin
Hoffman, Angelina Jolie.
USA/2008.
23.00 C.S.I. With Children
18.25 That ?70s Show
19.30 Surf?s Up FILM
Directed by: Ash Brannon,
Chris Buck. W.
McHausen. USA/2001.
TV5
06.35 Blackadder The Third
07.45 3rd Rock from the Sun
08.35 Matlock
13.00 Coupling
14.00 Keasha?s Perfect Dress
14.30 Extreme Cheapskates
15.00 Long Island Medium
SERIES BEGINS.
15.25 Cake Boss
15.55 Here Comes Honey Boo
Boo
18.15 Bringing Ashley Home
FILM
Directed by: Nick Copus.
Starring: Timothy Webber,
Jennifer Morrison, Patricia
Richardson. Paul (Mark Ruffalo),
an easygoing motorcycle-riding
restaurateur. USA/1982.
01.35 V
SUB
08.25 Children?s Programming
09.25 Eastenders
14.00 Mythbusters
14.55 Got to Dance
15.55 Jamie?s 30 Minute Meals
Today we see how to make
quick and easy ckicken pie
recipe.
16.25 Eastenders
18.00 The Incredible Mr.
Goodwin
Jonathan Goodwin is a new
breed of escapologist and
professional danger-man,
putting himself in the most
extreme situations and
dodging death, to leave your
mind reeling every time.
19.30 Two and a Half Men
20.00 Big Bang Theory
20.30 The Simpsons
21.00 Project Runway
In this reality series aspiring
fashion designers compete
for a chance to break into
the industry.
23.00 C.S.I. USA/2010.
This action-packed thriller
revolves around the American
invasion of Iraq in 2003. USA/2011.
20.00 Men at Work
21.00 Green Zone FILM
Directed by: Paul
Greengrass. Spanning
over three levels, the
impressive central food market
is long recognized as a marvel.
17.08 Heartbeat
19.00 The Paradise
SERIES BEGINS. They make contact with
?bio-dad. Today we see two
very different perfume
houses as they attempt to
win over the next generation
of consumer.
NELONEN
07.00 Children?s Programming
08.15 Melissa and Joey
09.20 Luxury Mamas
09.50 Princess
10.20 Sarah 101
12.50 Luxury Mamas
13.20 Princess
13.55 Sarah 101
15.00 Bridezillas
16.00 Extreme Makeover: Home
Edition
Ty and the team work on a
collapsing home belonging
to a schoolteacher with a
heart condition and her
mechanic husband who
suffers from arthritis.
17.30 90210
20.00 Once Upon a Time
21.00 Criminal Minds (K16)
22.00 Young Guns (K16) FILM
Directed by:
Christopher Cain.
Starring: Emilio Estevez,
Kiefer Sutherland,
Lou Diamond Phillips.
USA/1988.
01.00 All in the Family
01.35 Lost (K16)
02.35 The Deadliest Roads
TV5
06.55 Married. Now, as Miller searches for
answers made ever more elusive
by covert and faulty intelligence,
the truth becomes the most valuable weapon of all. As Paul comes into
the lives of the forthright four,
an unexpected new chapter
begins for them as family ties are
defined, re-defined, and then
re-re-defined. Chief
Warrant Officer Roy Miller (Matt
Damon) and his men are charged
with finding the weapons of mass
destruction, whose existence
justified American involvement.
However, in their race from one
empty site to the next, they soon
stumble across evidence of an
elaborate cover up. (K16)
00.00 Sons of Anarchy (K16)
01.00 48 Hour Mystery
17.35 Treme
21.00 David Bowie: Five Years
in the Making of an Icon
DOC
With unprecedented access
to David Bowie?s personal
archive, including previously
unseen footage, this is the
definitive portrait of one of
rock?s most influential stars.
22.00 David Bowie: A Reality
Tour
23.00 Ziggy Stardust - The
Director?s Cut
NELONEN
13.25
14.30
15.00
15.30
Dog Rescue
Animal Rescue
Good Luck Charlie
Extreme Makeover: Home
Edition
16.30 Mr. Aiden resigns from
cabinet in a failed leadership
bid thwarted by his best
friend Bruce Babbish.
MTV3
09.45 The Young and the
Restless
10.35 Emmerdale
14.10 Don?t Trust the B**** in
Apartment 23
17.00 The Bold and the Beautiful
18.00 Emmerdale
20.00 Sgt. Starring: Matt
Damon, Greg Kinnear, Amy Ryan.
USA/2010.
Yle Teema 21.00
Friday 6.9.2013
TV5 21.00
Saturday 7.9.2013. Starring: Kaylani
Lei, Mercedez, Mika Tan.
USA/2006.
02.50 Client List
03.40 Forbidden Games (K16)
FILM
Directed by: Edward
Holzman. 20
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5 . Starring: Matt
Damon, Greg Kinnear,
Amy Ryan.
USA/2010.
23.10 Femme Fatales (K16)
23.50 Sexcetera (K18)
01.00 Bare Naked Desires (K18)
FILM
Directed by: J. Starring:
Annette Bening, Julianne
Moore, Mark Ruffalo.
USA/2010.
22.45 History of Eagles DOC
This documentary looks at
one of the world?s biggestselling and culturally
significant American bands,
the Eagles.
NELONEN
07.00 Children?s Programming
08.15 Melissa and Joey
09.20 Luxury Mamas
09.50 Princess
10.20 Sarah 101
12.50 Luxury Mamas
13.20 Princess
13.55 Sarah 101
15.00 Bridezillas
16.00 Extreme Makeover: Home
Edition
17.30 90210
21.00 Don?t Be Afraid of the
Dark FILM
Directed by: Troy Nixey.
Starring: Katie Holmes, Guy
Pearce, Bailee Madison.
USA/Australia/
Mexico/2010.
23.20 Stop-Loss (K16) FILM
Directed by: Kimberly
Peirce. Wrong FILM
Directed by: Nick Castle.
Starring: Ellen DeGeneres,
Bill Pullman, Joan Cusack.
USA/1996.
21.00 The Last Kiss FILM
Directed by: Tony Goldwyn.
Starring: Zach Braff, Jacinda
Barrett, Casey Affleck.
USA/2006.
23.25 Nashville
01.25 Strange Frequency FILM
Directed by: Mary Lambert,
Bryan Spicer. Starring: Erik
Palladino, Danny Masterson,
Eric Roberts. Bloom
SUB
08.25 Children?s Programming
09.25 Eastenders
14.00 Mythbusters
14.55 Pineapple Dance Studios
15.55 Jamie?s 30 Minute Meals
16.25 Eastenders
18.00 Glory Daze
New Omega Sig pledges
Brian, Eli, Joel and Jason
are tasked with buying
Stankowski the perfect
birthday present.
19.30 Two and a Half Men
20.00 Big Bang Theory
20.30 The Simpsons
23.00 C.S.I. Directed by:
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thursday
friday
5.9.
TV1
YLE TEEMA
Young Guns
Nelonen 22.00
10.00
15.05
17.08
19.00
Heartbeat
Yle News in English
Heartbeat
Love Your Garden
Alan and his team of
gardeners will be transforming
the backyards of some very
special people and giving
us amazing tips on how to
improve our own gardens.
20.00 Little Paris Kitchen:
Cooking with Rachel Khoo
MTV3
09.45 The Young and the Restless
10.35 Emmerdale
14.10 Don?t Trust the B**** in
Apartment 23
14.40 Modern Family
15.15 Undercover Boss
Kat Cole is the President
of Cinnabon Incorporated,
which serves sweet treats
from over 900 bakeries in 40
countries around the world.
17.00 The Bold and the Beautiful
18.00 Emmerdale
20.00 Undercover Boss
21.00 House
23.20 Cat People (K16) FILM
Directed by: Paul Schrader.
Starring: Nastassia Kinski,
Malcolm McDowell, John
Heard. USA/1971.
01.15 Mr. Denise
struggles with her new job
at the Paradise and catches
the eye of its owner.
22.55 The Politician?s Husband
Aiden and Freya Hoynes are
the golden couple of British
politics. Starring: Jeff
Griggs, Lesli Kay,
Gail Harris.
USA/1995.
01.55 The Only Way Is Essex
02.25 My Mum Is My Dad
saturday
6.9.
YLE TEEMA
The Paradise
T V1 19.00
15.05 Yle News in English
15.55 In the Belly of the City
The largest indoor market
in Budapest is also the most
elegant in Europe. New York (K16)
00.00 Chuck
01.00 The Simpsons
01.30 Rehab
TV1
18.00 Perfume
All perfumers face the same
challenge: how to make
their fragrance stand out
in a market crowded with
product. As Joni prepares
to leave for college her younger
brother, Laser, asks for her help
in tracking down their biological
father. With Children
18.00 That ?70s Show
19.00 Las Vegas
20.00 C.S.I.
21.00 Hollywood Homicide FILM
Directed by: Ron Shelton.
Starring: Harrison Ford,
Josh Hartnett, Isaiah
Washington.
USA/2003.
23.15 Hayley: The 96 Year Old
School Girl DOC
Hayley Okines is one of the
most recognisable faces of
progeria, an incredibly rare
condition that causes signs
of old age in children.
00.20 Forbidden Games FILM
Directed by: Edward
Holzman. (K16)
00.00 Shameless (K16)
01.10 The Simpsons
01.40 Cops With Cameras
20.00 Sicily Unpacked DOC
Andrew Graham-Dixon
and Giorgio Locatelli take
viewers on a journey into the
heart of Sicily and introduce
one another to the things
they love about the island.
21.00 The Kids Are All Right
(K16) FILM
Directed by: Lisa
Cholodenko. Starring: Annette
Bening, Julianne Moore, Mark
Ruffalo
Directed by: Damon
Santostefano. Directed by: Lasse
Hallström. With Children
18.00 That ?70s Show
19.00 Las Vegas
Falling in love with a new
temporary Montecito
employee known only as
?Bob the floater?, Nessa
begins pressing her new
mystery man for more
personal details.
21.00 State of Play FILM
A team of investigative
reporters work alongside
a police detective to try
to solve the murder of a
congressman?s mistress.
Directed by: Kevin Macdonald.
Starring: Russell Crowe, Ben
Affleck,
Rachel McAdams.
USA/UK/France/2009.
23.30 Masturbation for Girls
00.30 Bringing Ashley Home
FILM
Directed by: Nick Copus.
Starring: A. Directed by:
Robert Luketic. It follows
famous detective Sherlock Holmes
(Basil Rathbone) and his companion
Doctor Watson (Nigel Bruce) as
they attempt to foil their archenemy
Professor Moriarty who targets a
wealthy family and plots the theft
of the Crown Jewels from the Tower
of London. They decide to exchange
letters to each other after he is
deployed to the war. Directed by: Alfred Werker.
USA/1939.
Love is in the air in this romantic
drama-war film which follows
the life of a soldier (Channing
Tatum) after he falls in love with
a young woman (Amanda Seyfried). He must now use
those skills to move back to
America and attend a public
high school in Washington
D.C.
00.00 Breakout Kings
01.00 The Simpsons
01.30 Hellcats
The Adventures of
Sherlock Holmes
Nelonen
07.00 Children?s Programming
08.15 Melissa and Joey
09.20 Luxury Mamas
09.50 Princess
10.20 Sarah 101
12.50 Luxury Mamas
13.20 Princess
13.55 Sarah 101
15.00 Bridezillas
16.00 Extreme Makeover: Home
Edition
17.00 Wild Life at the Zoo
20.00 America?s Next Topmodel
21.00 Dear John FILM
Directed by: Lasse
Hallström. TV GUIDE
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5 . Over the
course of the next seven years,
when each deployment seemed
more treacherous than the last,
the love letters that Savannah
sent to John were one of the
only things that kept him going. But training up
a group of prisoners will not
be easy...
23.00 Nikita (K16)
00.00 Bones
01.00 The Simpsons
01.30 Southland (K16)
YLE TEEMA
20.00 Perfume
Today we follow three
different types of perfumer
- or nose - to find out how
they do it and what it takes
to become one.
22.55 Treme
Davis repays Toni for bailing
him out of jail with piano
lessons for Sofia.
NELONEN
07.00 Children?s Programming
08.15 Melissa and Joey
09.20 Luxury Mamas
09.50 Princess
10.20 Sarah 101
12.50 Luxury Mamas
13.20 Princess
13.55 Sarah 101
15.00 What Not to Wear
This series helps make all
women stylish, regardless of
their shape, height or age.
It includes show highlights,
plus featured outfits and
case studies.
16.00 America?s Next Topmodel
A reality television series in
which a number of women
compete for the title of
America?s Next Top Model
and a chance to start their
career in the modeling
industry.
21.00 NCIS
01.05 All in the Family
01.40 NCIS
TV5
06.30 Married. Cook,
Jennifer Morrison, Patricia
Richardson. USA/2011.
02.05 Flashpoint
02.55 Matlock
10.9.
TV1
Gordon Ramsay Behind Bars
Sub 21.00
10.00
15.05
17.08
19.00
21.00
Heartbeat
Yle News in English
Heartbeat
In the Belly of the City
The Politician?s Husband
Driven by a desire to avenge
his own downfall,
Aiden plots against
his old friend Bruce. Starring:
Anne Judson-Yager, Bree
Turner, Kevin Cooney.
USA/2004.
22.35 Lottery and Joker
22.40 Formula 1: Italian Grand
Prix SPORT
In Finnish.
23.50 The Glades
SUB
07.00 Children?s Programming
11.00 The Simpsons
13.30 How I Met Your Mother
14.00 Homes From Hell
15.00 The Moment of Truth
16.00 Undercover Boss
In this hidden-camera
show an executive goes
undercover in his or her own
company to get a raw look at
how people really work.
17.00 The Incredible Mr.
Goodwin
18.00 Gossip Girl
Based on the popular book
series of the same name, this
drama gives viewers a peek
into the world of privileged
teenagers on an elite private
school in New York City.
19.00 Raising Hope
Virginia and Burt try out
a sleep-training book on
Hope, while a whole new
worlds opens up to Jimmy
when his new girlfriend
introduces him to an a
special beverage.
22.30 Terra Nova
23.25 In Plain Sight
00.20 Chase
01.20 Human Target (K16)
YLE TEEMA
18.00 The Adventures of
Sherlock Holmes FILM
Directed by: Alfred Werker.
Starring: Ida Lupino, Nigel
Bruce, Basil Rathbone.
USA/1939.
20.00 André Brink, the African
DOC
This documentary is a
committed portrait of a
writer who is a symbol of the
anti-apartheid struggle.
21.00 Beyoncé - Life Is But a
Dream
A look at the life and music
of singer Beyonce Knowles.
22.30 Yle Live: Emeli Sandé
NELONEN
11.00 Extreme Makeover: Home
Edition
12.00 Dog Rescue
13.05 Animal ABC
13.35 Wild Life at the Zoo
14.05 Animal Rescue
15.15 The Office
16.15 The Water Horse FILM
A lonely boy discovers a
mysterious egg that hatches
a sea creature of Scottish
legend. Ida Lupino costars as
an imperiled young woman who is
seemingly plagued by an ancient
family curse, a plot development
that has been carefully stage-managed by the malevolent Moriarty.
The film reaches a dramatic climax
in the Tower of London as Holmes
chases Moriarty to a final confronation. Starring: Channing
Tatum, Amanda Seyfried, Richard
Jenkins. USA/2005.
22.00 The Client List
23.00 Spartacus: Gods of the
Arena (K16)
00.05 Last Resort
01.50 Superbad FILM
Directed by: Greg Mottola.
Starring: Bill Hader, Emma
Stone.
USA/2007.
tuesday
9.9.
TV1
YLE TEEMA
State of Play
T V5 21.00
10.00 Heartbeat
15.05 Yle News in English
17.08 Heartbeat
17.00 Prohibition: A Nation of
Drunkards DOC
It was 1920 in America when
outlawing alcohol turned
the country on its head and
prohibition was the word on
everyone?s lips.
22.30 Joe?s Palace
A drama centered on the
relationship between Elliot,
a strange and wealthy
Londoner, and Joe, a
teenager who takes care of
an empty house Elliot owns.
NELONEN
MTV3
09.45 The Young and the
Restless
10.35 Emmerdale
11.35 Kevin?s Grand Design
Kevin sets out to do
what Britain?s housing
industry said could not be
done to build beautiful,
contemporary, affordable,
sustainable homes and still
make money.
14.15 Raising Hope
14.55 Minute to Win It
Contestants take part
in a series of 60-second
challenges that use objects
that are commonly available
around the house.
17.00 The Bold and the Beautiful
18.00 Emmerdale
21.00 House
22.35 Rizzoli & Isles (K16)
23.35 White Collar
00.30 Work It
SUB
08.25 Children?s Programming
09.25 Eastenders
14.00 Mythbusters
Jamie and Adam try to
escape from Alcatraz using a
raft made from raincoats. Starring:
Reese Witherspoon,
Luke Wilson, Selma Blair.
USA/2001.
23.20 Defenders
00.20 Lost
TV5
06.05 Dinotopia
07.40 Cake Boss
08.05 Duck Dynasty
12.00 Matlock
14.15 Dinotopia
15.50 Blackadder Goes Forth
17.00 Men at Work
18.00 Evolution FILM
Directed by: Ivan Reitman.
Starring: David Duchovny,
Orlando Jones.
USA/2011.
20.00 American Pie: Band Camp
FILM
Directed by: Steve Rash.
Starring: Arielle Kebbel,
Crystle Lightning, Eugene
Levy. New York (K16)
00.30 Mike & Molly
SUB
08.25 Children?s Programming
09.25 Eastenders
14.00 Mythbusters
14.55 Gordon?s Ultimate
Cookery Course
In this practical home
cookery series Gordon
strips away the graft and
complexity to show how to
cook 100 simple, accessible
and modern recipes to stake
your life on.
15.55 Jamie?s 30 Minute Meals
16.25 Eastenders
18.00 Supersize vs Superskinny
19.30 Two and a Half Men
20.00 Big Bang Theory
20.30 The Simpsons
21.00 Gordon Ramsay Behind
Bars
Gordon sets up a business
behind bars, attempting to
get prisoners working and
paying something back into
the system. Directed by: Jay
Russell. Starring:
Channing Tatum, Amanda
Seyfried, Richard Jenkins.
USA/2010.
00.00 Once Upon a Time
01.00 All in the Family
01.35 The Deadliest Roads
TV5
06.15 Matlock
07.05 Here Comes Honey Boo
Boo
12.15 Kitchen Boss
13.10 My Strange Addiction
14.05 DC Cupcakes
14.35 Smile TV
15.05 Matlock
16.00 3rd Rock from the Sun
17.00 Married. Life Is But a Dream
Yle Teema 20.00
11.15 How Smart We Can Get?
DOC
Is it possible that everyone?s
brain has untapped genius
just waiting for the right
circumstances so it can be
unleashed?
14.30 Keeping Up Appearances
15.05 Yle News in English
20.45 Lottery and Joker
MTV3
08.05 Children?s Programming
10.20 Grand Designs
11.25 At the End of My Leash
14.00 Survivor
14.55 Bring It On Again FILM
When new students cannot
get onto their college
cheerleading team, they
form their own squad
and prepare for a cheer
off. However, those loving and
heartfelt correspondences would
ultimately yield consequences
that neither the brave soldier
nor his one true love could have
ever foreseen. With Children
07.30 3rd Rock from the Sun
08.20 Matlock
12.15 Kitchen Boss
13.10 My Strange Addiction
15.05 Matlock
16.00 3rd Rock from the Sun
17.00 Married. With Children
18.00 That ?70s Show
19.00 Las Vegas
When five million dollars
of diamonds is stolen from
a Montecito guest, Danny
enlists Mike?s technical
expertise to determine the
techniques used by the
mysterious thief.
20.00 C.S.I.
21.00 Last Resort
00.00 At the End of the Day: The
Sue Rodriguez Story FILM
Terminally ill with cancer,
Sue Rodriguez wants
to exercise the option
of ending her own life,
primarily to spare her family
the trouble and expense of
caring for her in her final
months.
Directed by: Sheldon Larry.
Starring: Wendy Crewson,
Carl Marotte,
Patrick Galligan.
Canada/1998.
01.40 Badass!
02.10 Just for Laughs
Dear John
This exciting and clever mysteryadventure story is the second
installment to the Sherlock
Holmes film series. J. 11 SEPTEMBER 2013
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sunday
monday
8.9.
TV1
Beyoncé . USA/2010.
Yle Teema 18.00
Sunday 8.9.2013
Nelonen 21.00
Monday 9.9.2013. In
between, they test to see if
duck quacks can echo and if
Red Cross has mind control
chips for their patients.
14.55 Project Runway
16.25 Eastenders
18.00 Mythbusters
19.30 Two and a Half Men
20.00 Suburgatory
A single dad and his 16 years
old daughter move out of
New York and get a cultural
shock when they move into
the suburbs.
20.30 The Simpsons
21.00 Supersize vs Superskinny
23.00 Unnatural History
SERIES BEGINS.
Henry Griffin is a teenager
with skills acquired through
years of traveling the world
with his anthropologist
parents. Starring: Emily
Watson, Alex Etel,
Ben Chaplin.
USA/UK/Australia/2007.
21.00 Legally Blonde FILM
When a blonde sorority
queen is dumped by her
boyfriend, she decides to
follow him to law school
to get him back and, once
there, learns she has more
legal savvy than she ever
imagined. He is
also spending more time at
home looking after
the children and
particularly their
Asperger?s son, Noah.
21.50 Series Addicts
MTV3
09.45 The Young and the Restless
10.35 Emmerdale
11.35 Grand Designs
15.20 Ben and Kate
17.00 The Bold and the Beautiful
18.00 Emmerdale
21.00 The Whole Truth
In Jerry Bruckheimer?s latest
legal drama, Manhattan?s
toughest team of District
Attorneys face New York
City?s most up-and-coming
defense firm.
22.35 C.S.I
Night buses operate extensively at weekends. Wanha Kauppahalli ("Old Market Hall") at the Market square and Hakaniemen Kauppahalli (?Hakaniemi Market Hall?)
are the most popular. Hietaniemen kauppahalli ("Hietalahti Market Hall") holds until summer 2014 the majority shops from Wanha Kauppahalli.
Restaurants. Operator number 118. 22
TV GUIDE
5 . Most grocery stores are open Mon-Fri 7-21, Sat
7-18 and Sun 12-21. Finland?s international country
code is +358 and to ring abroad from Finland dial 00. For more information, see www.hsl.fi.
Pharmacies. The Forex desk at Helsinki Central Railway Station is open Mon-Sun 8-21.
See www.forex.fi for more information.
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hotels as well as the Helsinki Tourist Office and Helsinki?s General
Post Office have a computer terminal. Post offices are usually open Mon-Fri 10-18. Both are open Mon-Fri 8-18 and Sat 8-16 but
are closed on Sundays. Restaurants in the Helsinki area can be found from
the internet service www.eat.fi, which provides information on restaurants, their menus, opening hours and some user rating etc.
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Internet. But when Jeff tries
to give Adam advice, he
develops doubt about the
impending engagement.
18.00 That ?70s Show
19.00 Las Vegas
20.00 C.S.I.
21.00 Wolf FILM
Directed by: Mike Nichols.
Starring: Christopher
Plummer, David Hyde
Pierce, Eileen Atkins.
USA/1994.
23.30 NCIS: Los Angeles
00.25 Texas Rangers FILM
Directed by: Steve Miner.
Starring: Ashton Kutcher,
Dylan McDermont.
USA/2001
01.55 My Strange Addiction
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08.20 Matlock
12.10 Kitchen Boss
12.35 Keasha?s Perfect Dress
13.05 My Strange Addiction
14.05 Smile TV
14.35 Hale and Pace
15.05 Matlock
16.00 3rd Rock from the Sun
17.00 Married. Sin-
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Service phone number: 010 229 1791
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gle ticket fares: Helsinki (one zone) ?2.80/?2.20 from ticket machine, Helsinki-Espoo or Helsinki-Vantaa (two zones) ?4.50 and
whole area (three zones) ?7.00. 0300 20200, calls are
charged), Mannerheimintie 96, is open 24 hours; its branch at Mannerheimintie 5/Kaivopiha is open daily 7-24.
Airport busses. Finnair?s airport bus operates daily between Helsinki Airport and Helsinki city centre (platform 30 at Helsinki Central
Railway Station, just beside the restaurant Vltava), 35 min., ?5.90
or ?3.80 with Helsinki Card. In the evenings and at weekends adults in need of urgent medical treatment in Helsinki should go to emergency health
centres at Haartman hospital (Haartmaninkatu 4) or Maria hospital
(Lapinlahdenkatu 16).
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Emergency clinics in Helsinki and Uusimaa area hospitals that are
on call 24 hours a day: Helsinki: Meilahti hospital, 2nd floor, Haartmaninkatu 4, tel. For non-urgent ambulance services, dial 09 394 600, and non-urgent police matters, dial 09 1891.
Market halls. 09 471 87383; Vantaa: Peijas hospital, Sairaalakatu 1, tel. Yliopiston apteekki (tel. Goodwin
23.00 Shameless (K16)
Paul Abbott?s critically
acclaimed, offbeat drama
about the rollercoaster
lives and loves of the
dysfunctional Gallagher
clan.
00.00 Hellcats
01.00 The Simpsons
01.30 Event
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07.00 Children?s Programming
08.15 Melissa and Joey
09.20 Luxury Mamas
09.50 Princess
10.20 Sarah 101
12.50 Luxury Mamas
13.20 Princess
13.55 Sarah 101
15.00 What Not to Wear
16.00 Extreme Makeover: Home
Edition
21.00 Nashville
Rayna learns that her
family is on the brink of
financial ruin, while Juliette
approaches Deacon with the
proposal to both write and
tour exclusively with her,
and must always deal with
her mother?s re-entrance
into her life.
22.00 Revolver (K16) FILM
Directed by: Guy Ritchie.
Starring: Jason Statham,
Ray Liotta, Vincent Pastore.
France/UK/2005.
01.00 Defenders
02.00 All in the Family
WEATHER
Banks and Bureaux de Change. (K16)
22.35 Mythbusters
Two Hollywood special
effects experts attempt to
debunk urban legends by
directly testing them.
23.40 Men of a Certain Age
There are highs and lows
to every age, but three best
friends know what it is like
to be men of a certain age.
SUB
08.25 Children?s Programming
09.25 Eastenders
14.00 Mythbusters
14.55 Top Chef
15.55 Jamie?s 30 Minute Meals
16.25 Eastenders
This British television soap
opera follows the domestic
and professional lives of the
people who live and work in the
fictional London Borough of
Walford in the East of London.
18.00 Gordon Ramsay Behind
Bars
19.30 Two and a Half Men
20.00 Big Bang Theory
This megahit comedy
revolves around four
intelligent physicists and
their beautiful neighbour
Penny who shows them how
little they know about life
outside of the laboratory.
20.30 The Simpsons
21.00 The Incredible Mr. Grocery stores in the Helsinki Central Railway
Station tunnel are open Mon-Sat 7-22 and Sun 10-22.
Fri 9/6
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Post Offices. Public phones
are scarce. See
www.posti.fi
Emergency Numbers. Both telephone cards and Finnish SIM cards for mobile
phones can be bought at R-kioski shops.
Tourist Information. Dial 112. Stenbäckinkatu 11, 09 471 72783
(between 6:00 and 22:00), 09 471 72751 (between 22:00 and
6:00).
Telephone. For
more information, see www.visithelsinki.fi. In a number of Finnish towns public internet posts are
quite rare due to extensive per-person internet use at home. 09 100 23.
06.30 Married. 09
471 67371; Espoo: Jorvi hospital, Turuntie 150, tel. Helsinki City Tourist & Convention Bureau
(Pohjoisesplanadi 19, Aleksanterinkatu 20) is open Mon-Fri 9-20
and Sat-Sun 10-18 between 15 May and 14 September; at other times
of the year, Mon-Fri 9-18 and Sat-Sun 10-16, tel. Night buses have an extra fee. Helsinki?s General Post Office is also open at the weekend 10-18. Banks are usually open Mon-Fri
9:15-16:15 except for the bank at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, which
is open 6-22 daily. The Tourist Bureau provides information about the city and its sights.
Public Transport. 09 471 72432; Töölö hospital, Topeliuksenkatu 5,
tel. At these public terminals internet use is usually free of charge.
Mon 9/9
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Health advice and information call centre (if you are unsure of what
to do) . The currency exchange counter at the harbour
in Katajanokka, Helsinki is open every day (Mon-Sat 10-11:30, 1617:30 and 19:30-21:15, Sun 10-11:30, 16-17:30 and 6:30-8). 11 SEPTEMBER 2013
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TV1
YLE TEEMA
21.00 Sicily Unpacked
Today Andrew and Giorgio
explore the legacy of Spain?s
500-year occupation of
Sicily and the influence this
has had on art and culture.
Rules of Engagement
TV5 17.30
10.00
15.05
17.08
22.00
Heartbeat
Yle News in English
Heartbeat
The Pillars of the Earth (K16)
Aliena protests against her
father?s execution and starts
a fleece business with the
hope to make enough money
to help Richard become a
knight.
MTV3
09.45 The Young and the Restless
10.35 Emmerdale
11.35 Jamie?s Great Britain
15.20 I Hate My Teenage Daughter
15.50 Undercover Boss
17.00 The Bold and the Beautiful
18.00 Emmerdale
21.00 C.S.I. Health centres around the country are open
Mon-Fri 8-16. Includes commuter trains, buses, trams and
metro. On its way to the centre it stops several times but on the way to the airport only at Scandic Hotel Continental, close to the Helsinki Olympic Stadium.
sudoku
Made in Germany
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Thu 9/5
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17.30 Rules of Engagement
SERIES BEGINS.
Married couple Jeff and
Audrey have just learned
their next door neighbor,
Jennifer, has become
engaged to her boyfriend,
Adam. 09 4711.
Wed 9/11
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Children in need of urgent medical treatment should be taken to
Lastenklinikka children?s hospital. Public transport operates in Helsinki and its surrounding
regions from around 5:30 (6:30 at weekends) until midnight
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get rid of some of the conventionalisms that infuse
the atmosphere back home:
there people laughed at me
and called me weird when I
wore colored tights or different socks. After
obtaining a degree in graphic
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at the local university magazine, walking on the same
streets every day, I clearly realised that the moment
had come to do something
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I can understand why sometimes people feel a bit bored
being in Finland. Well, I like that nobody
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?DON?T MOVE
that some of my relatives
are Ingrian Finns and had
been living here for about 20
years, helped to arouse my
curiosity on the issue. I was
quite ful?lled with my dear
friends and family. I know
this must have been the ?rst
time in Finnish history that
somebody has referred to
the local weather as ?warmer. It was time
to move on.
The ?rst year I spent in
Finland ?ew by too fast. When
I was a child, my 90-yearold aunt used to speak to me
in Finnish, and I would listen
to her very carefully. I liked
the country though. The neat
lawns, tactful people, tasty
candies and even the climate,
which is a bit warmer than in
Karelia, the Russian region
where I come from. Some people might
call it bad taste or indecency,
but the good news is, again,
Finns don?t care.
To all young people: don?t
be afraid to move! And,
whether you will be going
back home or staying for a
longer period, or whether
you chose to go somewhere
else . Perhaps
that in?uenced my perception of Finnish, a kind language that I loved to listen to
as a little girl.
I spent my childhood in
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EXPAT VIEW
Victoria, a graphic designer from Karelia, is studying for a degree
in Business and Administration in Helsinki.
Finns don?t care!
here, that is
my advice to you,. I deserve a permanent
visa just for that. Currently I am a student, pursing a degree in business
and administration; therefore so far Finland is a country where I have found my
occupation.
What do I like about Helsinki. My
au-pair experience provided me with a lot of necessary
survival skills. my uncle?s wife told me one evening, when I came to visit my
relatives living in Helsinki.
She passed through all the
emotional stages of the emigrant, from excitement to
depression, until she eventually adapted. not that I have tried it so
far. People are not there to
judge you. For me, that
is the ?rst stage you need to
achieve not to miss the most
exciting happenings that
take place around you.
Finally, when I turned 21, I
started to get bored of living
in the same monotony