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state Piia Kuosmanen and Aleksej Fedotov, the chairpersons of SYL and Sakki respectively, in a bulletin. In addition, the student unions are afraid the tuition fees could inhibit the development of Finland and the internationalisation of its universities. ?The fees would drive away students from outside the EEA from smaller universities, leaving the universities with notably different preconditions for internationalisation. Helsinki Times is also available for sale in more than 140 kiosks across Finland. Ring Rail residential & aid New residential centre being created in Vantaa. 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. H T to introduce tuition fees for foreign students would not yield the projected savings, ?ve student unions argue. Is that really the intention?? asks Toni Asikainen, the chairperson of Samok. HS A L E K S I T E I VA IN E N . Instead, the tuition fees would represent a step in the wrong direction for Finland THE PLAN Raw & quick A review of the raw food movement and a recipe for a quick dinner of delicious mussels. Page 16 Centre chairman Juha Sipilä returned to action after recovering from a recurrent pulmonary embolism. in light of its internationalisation objectives. Helsingin Sanomat wrote last week that the Government is poised to mull over the adoption of tuition fees for students from outside the European Economic Area (EEA) in a bid not only to generate revenue but also to create savings by limit-. 26 MARCH . With the tu- ition fees, the revenue from education exports will die down,. 20 . If the measures prove effective, the next Government could take over the austerity effort after the elections, Sipilä promised. The piece of advice has received an ice-cold reception especially from members of the Social Democrats (SDP), who have branded Sipilä as an errand boy of the industries. The Centre is an advocate of Nato partnership but deems any debate on membership in the defence alliance premature. Although the Centre continues to support the Fennovoima nuclear power plant project, Sipilä views that Finnish stakeholders should hold more than the current 50 per cent of the shares in the energy consortium. Student unions rebut plan to introduce tuition fees for foreign students ing the in?ow of students from nonEEA countries. The projected savings have been rebutted by the student unions . Jouni Backman, the chair of the SDP parliamentary group, cautioned that the cuts proposed by Sipilä for this year?s budget could paralyse the economy. Backman also revealed that he is eager to see how the Centre parliamentary group speci?es the cuts in its supplementary budget draft. European Union determining Finland position on Ukraine Elsewhere, Sipilä has voiced his steadfast support for the position adopted by the Government and President Sauli Niinistö on the volatile situation in Ukraine. You cannot make further cuts there,. Association of Finland that Finland must introduce structural reforms and slash its public spending by 7-8 billion euros in order to reverse its debt trend. The austerity measures, Sipilä said, should be introduced over the next six years. Sipilä also revealed that he browsed budgetary documents during his sick leave and noticed that with the exception of the Defence Forces spending cuts could be introduced in all administrative branches. ?The Defence Forces has already done its bit by slashing its spending by roughly ten per cent. ?3 . H S A L E K S I T E I VA I N E N . ISSUE 12 (346) . The fees will drive away students, while in fact the students generate millions in revenue through their consumption here. The recipients of Finland?s yearly humanitarian aid packages have been decided. Pages 3,4 Sipilä would not touch defence spending Instead, spending cuts could be introduced in all other administrative branches, the opposition leader views. HS / M ARKUS JOK EL A DOMESTIC H E I K K I A RO L A . the Union of Vocational Students of Finland (Sakki), the Union of Finnish Upper Secondary School Students, the Finnish Student Alliance, the Union of Students in Finnish Universities of Applied Sciences (Samok) and the National Union of University Students in Finland (SYL). ?The Ministry of Finance is mistaken in envisioning that the fees will create savings. The opposition leader believes the referendum in Crimea to have been unlawful and emphasises that the position of Finland will be large- ly determined by the European Union. Regardless of the ongoing con?ict, the Centre party is not prepared to re-consider its position on Nato membership in this summer?s party conference, Sipilä stated. 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played a key role (Zviad Gamsakhardia, independent president in 1991, reasserted Georgian hegemony; now more disputed). THE SOVIET power centre was in Moscow, but they showered the non-Russians with gifts of various kinds, even land. You can submit your articles to viewpoint@helsinkitimes.fi. Thus, the UK is now loosening, possibly breaking up in spite of shared language and history. Belgium will turn out history will show. Thus, Bosnia-Herzegovina had nine billion dollars debt before the EU takeover as ?high authority?; now 107 billion dollars. There are three in-betweens. FIRST, there is devolution, decentralisation, already working, with regional parliaments re?ecting the deep differences. But they are weak relative to Kiev, let alone relative to Washington-Moscow. SECOND, federation; the Federal Republic of Ukraine, with high level of autonomy for the two parts to express their character, yet sharing foreign, security (neutral!), ?nance and logistics policies. THIRD, confederation, the Ukrainian Community, two independent countries each other?s major partners economically and politically. Nordics; with similarities and differences. Too divisive. NONE of the three is perfect, but the federation may be the best way out. a Georgian . Articles should be at least 5,000 characters-with-spaces long (maximum length 10,000). The opinions expressed in this section are the writers. But, a non-aligned borderland between today?s NATO Poland-Lithuania and Russia and NATO Turkey and Russia, could also one day be useful. THE CHOICE for Ukraine is not between one unitary state ruled from Kiev, and two states run from, say, Odessa and Donets. possibly mainly for economic reasons the schism between Catholic and Orthodox Christianity in 1054 is re?ected in Ukraine?s extremely complex history. is unmistakable: the Catholic attachment yields to the Orthodox and Ukrainian to Russian. . There is unity and diversity. And Kiev . the capital, in the middle. NO DOUBT there is also a Ukraine uniting the two, a land, not only a border; also united in popular revolt against corruption all over. One split in two, two united in one: both true. BUT WATCH out: the corruption-inequality pandemic all over the world hitting Ukraine is one thing; centu- Ukraine West feels West, Ukraine East feels Russian; united historically, divided culturally. Imagine corruption-inequality subsiding, and the fault lines coming up with a vengeance. THE RESULT is in the West, Donets in the East, Ukrainian in the West, more Russian ODESSA MUCH for diagnosis. Prognosis: Crimea reverts to Russia; Ukraine under Washington-Brussels hegemony; civil war threatening. The two stories are similar, with Russian troops in Abkhazia-South Ossetia and military encounters. Could one be in EU and the other in the Russian federation, both enjoying the carrots offered? and Abkhazia within 1921 borders where Joseph Stalin . The series continues to receive excellent feedback from readers.. Antisemitism, Islamism. The Nordics work well with even more differences than there is inside Ukraine and are not even contiguous. HOW THE WEST and Russia compete with economic offers, but identity is probably more important. ?Austerity? around the corner. THE POSITION of Russia as expressed by president Vladimir Putin and minister Sergei Lavrov: no way. Crimea will revert to Russia after it was given to Ukraine in 1954 by Nikita Khrushchev . origin of Russia, Rus . Ukraine, a founding member of the United Nations, is still a country, yet the different identities are fully respected. Be smart, could that federation even be both an associate member of the EU and the Russian federation? PREDICTION: EXAMPLES of the three: Unit- ed Kingdom, Belgium, the within ?ve years we have both federations. himself born in Kalinovka, Ukraine in 1894 . like US neocons . The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth of 1569 and the Austria-Hungarian Empire once covered most of Ukraine; so did czarist Russia and Soviet Union in their heydays. importantly, the dividing line of the Roman Empire from 395, con?rmed by MORE in the East. Some of them, in turn, might focus on loans as there is much money to be made. Ukraine West feels West, Ukraine East feels Russian; united historically, divided culturally. But not escalating to a world war: however, a balance of terror is not peace, so what is the possible therapy? SO BUT FIRST Georgia, also deeply divided with Russian-speaking Orthodox South Ossetia Want to know if you should compliment your girlfriend on being plösö or paksuna? Sick of not knowing your Kossu from your skumppa? Not sure whether to käydä vieraissa or to käydä vierailulla? Buy online: www.6d.fi/fad or from major bookstores. had rose-orange ?colour revolutions?; now US uses more forceful demonstrations also helped by Resistance!, the Belgrade student group who fought Milosevic, to install governments. EUROPE is more sensitive to con?icts between nations, making a NATO consensus unlikely. had the Cold War experience that a neutralnonaligned belt between West and East is useful; the roles of Finland and Sweden, Austria and Switzerland, Yugoslavia. EUROPE TO WASHINGTON they were half-way traitors, ?equalising. These are the spices of late night conversation among Finns, which are almost always missed by foreigners. The book is based on the Finnish After Dark series published in SixDegrees over the past few years. Helsinki Times reserves the right to accept or reject submissions, as well as to edit or shorten the text. 2 VIEWPOINT 20 . is clear: get all into NATO, encircling, containing, defeating Russia. THERE SOME in Ukraine and Georgia share that goal. own and do not represent the official policy of the Helsinki Times. Johan Galtung is the Rector of the TRANSCEND Peace University, and author of ?50 Years-100 Peace and Conflict Perspectives?. Ukraine-Crimea-Russia and the West IP S is much in a name. Ukraine means borderland. The position of the extreme West . Could one be in EU and the other in the Russian federation, both enjoying the carrots offered. Crisis over. Finnish After Dark is here to help, with everything from cool slang to chat up lines, tips on how to avoid being beaten up in taxi queues and the latest excuses for why you are late for work. Finnish After Dark is a humoristic look at various Finnish-language terms and phrases that are almost impossible to translate. Thus, Georgia attacked South Ossetia in 2008, evidently hoping to provoke Russia to provoke NATO but the plot was revealed. GEORGIA 2003 -Ukraine 2004 an countries. 26 MARCH HELSINKI TIMES Viewpoints are commentaries written by experts and authorities about specific topics. The less extreme West would focus on European Union (EU) membership, both being Europe- as his son at Brown University argues. HOWEVER, Ukraine is not only a borderland but also two countries between Poland and Russia. When Poland became a member of EU and even NATO, the handwriting for Ukraine was on the wall; bringing to mind Polish First Marshal Pilsudski?s Odessa-Black Sea ambitions after World War I. ries of history leaving lasting impacts is another. West and East, to be won over, even coerced. in a Ukrainian Community with open borders
HS NIINA WOOLLE Y . I think it will carry on well into the 2020s. I wonder if we will be here to see the new town when it?s all ?nished,. DOMESTIC HELSINKI TIMES 20 . HT customs at the Vaalimaa border crossing ceased accepting TIR carnets allowing the transport of goods with minimal customs formalities on 20 March. RUSSIAN According to information received by Helsingin Sanomat, Tuesday?s announcement of intent by the Russian authorities took Finnish customs by surprise. Aleksandr Djakov, the head of communications for the customs of north-western Russia, told Helsingin Sanomat that this was a trial carried out with a view to controlling the volume of traf?c at different border control points. ?The trial is in no way connected with the situation in Ukraine,. 26 MARCH 3 L E I F RO S A S Mikael Pentikäinen: NATO membership natural next step for Finland Pentikäinen, the former editor-in-chief at Helsingin Sanomat and a European election candidate for the Centre Party, claims it would be in Finland?s best interests to apply for a membership in the military alliance NATO. In his video blog, Pentikäinen quotes the famous line by President J.K. Paasikivi about acknowledging the facts being the root of all wisdom. Pentikäinen says that the crisis in Ukraine should prompt Finland to conclude that the country must engage in thorough discussion on NATO membership. 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 MIKAEL According to Pentikäinen, factors favouring Finland?s membership in NATO include its other political alliances with the west, army?s compatibility with NATO and the country?s participation in international crisis management operations. ?NATO membership is a natural next step,. Salo explains. The new centre being built in the woods in western Vantaa will provide housing for 30,000 residents, with the ?rst houses set to be completed within a year. At the moment, a lone crane can be seen above treetops but later in the spring it will be joined by others when the construction companies Lujatalo and Pohjola Rakennus launch their own building projects next to YIT?s worksite. ?WE WILL Pentikäinen sees a number of factors favouring the application for NATO membership. Surprise announcement from Russians: TIR transport to stop at Vaalimaa border crossing The Russian custom authorities claim the decision is not linked with the situation in Ukraine. ANNI L A SSIL A , JUSSI KONT TINEN . The price cuts were achieved by designing buildings with a simple appearance and making every inch count in the ?ats ranging from 27 to 75 square metres in size. The construction companies and the City of Vantaa also created savings by joining forces to draw up the plans for the area. Besides YIT, Lujatalo and Pohjola Rakennus, also the construction companies T2H and Skanska will collaborate with Vantaa on the project. ?Having joint solutions allows us to keep the prices reasonable, around 4,000 euros per square metre,. time, Kivistö may have 14,000 residents. ?It?s interesting to watch all this going on. The customs authorities of both countries have been negotiating on the implementation of a similar customs A place in history The new residents will be making history as this is the ?rst time for some decades that an entire new town has sprung up amidst the woods in Finland. The City of Vantaa estimates that around 400 new ?ats will be completed every year. HT In January 2012, the queue of lorries waiting to cross the border at Vaalimaa was 40 km long. Markku Koskinen, the director of traf?c operations at the Port of Hamina-Kotka, estimates that the acceptance of TIR carnets at the Vaalimaa border crossing has shifted some of the freight traf?c from Finnish ports to Russian ports. ?It is hard to believe that this decision will only apply to Vaalimaa.? Last year, some 1.6 million vehicles crossed the border at Vaalimaa, compared with 1.3 crossings at Nuijamaa, the second busiest border crossing point. Since 2007, the number of lorries has been in decline at all border crossings, whereas the number of private cars has gone up.. The Kivistö station is marked by three glass-walled structures, through which passengers will be accessing the platforms in summer 2015. ?Kivistö will be as big as Martinlaakso and Myyrmäki put together,. A 400-pupil secondary school, music institute and art centre are set to open their doors in 2021. Even though slightly reduced at the last minute, the 35-million-euro budget for the community centre bears witness to Vantaa?s willingness to invest heavily in Kivistö. Meanwhile, dozens of local organisations are putting plenty of effort in running the Internet service MarjaVerkko, in which a group of local residents, Eero Salo among them, provide information concerning the area and organise events. ?We hope to create a real sense of community, with people knowing and greeting each other on the street,. says Antti Inkilä, a head of a construction unit at YIT. The new housing attracts interest with prices that will be around 15 per cent below the going rate. enthuses Eero Salo, a local resident of Kivistö, Vantaa. The new Ring Rail line runs through the woods on a concrete shaft. explains Vantaa?s deputy mayor, Juha-Veikko Nikulainen. Most of the ?ats will be privately owned. system that would ensure smooth transport of goods also after the TIR system. The Finnish customs did not want to speculate on the possible link between the sudden ban and the EU?s decision on Monday to impose sanctions on Russia to protest the country?s actions in Ukraine. According to Helsingin Sanomat, the Russian customs justi?ed its decision by saying the aim was to distribute transport more evenly between various border crossing points, with the Vaalimaa crossing currently being by far the busiest . be replaced by a new community centre, Aurinkokivi, which will house classrooms for 500 pupils, a daycare centre and a maternity clinic. As the number of residents in the area increases, new wings will be added to the school. HS NIINA WOOLLE Y . wonders Leena Salo, who has lived in a nearby low-rise residential area since childhood. In 2016, Leena Salo will, however, get to witness the demolition of her old school, built in the 1950s, when it will ?We already have a number of reservations for the ?ats,. HS NIINA WOOLLE Y ?HT be making history here, and it?s already taking shape,. he said. TIR transports will continue to be accepted at the Nuijamaa and Imatra border crossings, says Djakov. In accordance with an international agreement, vehicles carrying TIR plates can bypass usual border crossing formalities, with the cargo cleared through the customs only at the destination. Russia and Finland have been in talks over the future of the TIR transport system for some time but the assumption was that the procedure would be in effect until July. Eero Salo and his wife, Leena Salo, are among those planning to buy one of the new ?ats. ?We want a place high up in an 11-storey building with a view over the whole city,? Salo says. In ten years. Pentikäinen argues. He says that Finland?s defence budget should be increased up to an adequate level and that, within the EU, Finland should seek the role of mediator in the relationship between the EU and Russia. Pentikäinen is not in favour of imposing sanctions on Russia as he believes that there is nothing to be gained from isolating the country. Leena and Eero Salo often take their walks around the new Kivistö station to see how work is progressing. Ring Rail line to create new centre with 30,000 residents in Vantaa MAR JA SAL MEL A . describes Eero Salo. JUHA ME T SO JUHA-PEKK A R AES TE
It is a large category,? Lounatmaa reports to Helsingin Sanomat. ?Negligence in business operations also takes place in connection to importation. We have cases relating to anti-dumping duty and value added tax currently under investigation,. explains Hänninen. Finnair is the sole operator on the domestic routes form Helsinki to Joensuu, Kuopio, Turku, Tampere and Vaasa. Hänninen also reminds that direct flights are generally more sought-after and consequently more expensive than flights with a stopover. ?Helsinki cannot back out at this point. Customs employs about 2,300 people.. minister Haavisto states in his brie?ng. Over 9 million people need emergency assistance in Syria, and over 2.5 million people have escaped the crisis into neighbouring countries. Civilians in the Central African Republic have escaped the dangerous situation into the jungle. London has announced that it plans the automatisation of its metro system. It collaborates with businesses and domestic as well as foreign agencies. H T revealed up to 557 tax evasion crimes in 2013, which is over ?ve per cent more than in the previous year. CUSTOMS ?35 per cent of all tax fraud cases that were revealed in Finland were discovered by Customs,. ?There are 30 automated metro systems around the world. The money will be used for buying food and health services, for example. The crisis of Syria accounts for more than half of the sum. 81 million people around the world are in need of humanitarian aid. H S / R I O G A N DA R A has allocated humanitarian aid worth 44 million euros to designated countries. 4 DOMESTIC 20 . says the head of the customs board?s investigations unit, Petri Lounatmaa, in a bulletin published on Thursday. L E H T I K U VA Minister for International Development (Green League) Pekka Haavisto decided on the allocation of funds last week. The sudden emergencies and suffering will also be alleviated in countries with long-term crises, such as the Democratic Republic of Congo and Afghanistan. PIIA ELONEN . The money already allocated is part of Finland?s normal development cooperation aid that has been decided for this year during last year. A certain share of the budget has been reserved for humanitarian aid, and the money is usually directed to countries of crisis early in the year. The sum that was speci?ed makes up the majority of the humanitarian aid for this year, which only leaves a small portion for later this year. Sauri said. Most third-degree tax frauds are made by private citizens. ?They often concern taxdeductible products, i.e. This makes it dif?cult for the aid to reach them. Finland is to grant 2.8 million euros to the country. Lounatmaa says. Typical tax frauds involve the manipulation of objects? origins, value, description or ?nal destination in a bid to lighten tax fees. The overall value of reclaimed criminal pro?t in 2013 with the help of Customs amounted to a little below 25 million euro, when a year before it surpassed 26 million euro, Customs reports. Customs considers unreported employment to involve breaches of rules and regulations decreed by Customs, as well as neglects in tax, customs and other payments. The Finnish Customs is part of the customs systems of the European Union. 38.2% No . The region will re- Tapiola metro station has been mined 30 metres deep. H T HELSINKI is willing to pay 220 million euros at most for the west metro that will operate between Helsinki?s Ruoholahti to Espoo?s Matinkylä. The city council made a decision on the matter last week. According to recent information, the west metro, set to be completed in the autumn of 2016, lags at least six months behind its initial schedule, as traf?c initially aimed to commence in early 2016. The costs of the metro have also increased from original estimates. Like Nieminen, he defended the automatisation process. Helsinki is not alone in the matter, by any means,. H T 35 per cent of tax evasion crimes in 2013 were discovered by Customs officials. process and its challenges so far. Tickets for a direct flight from Asia to Helsinki are more expensive than tickets for a flight from Asia to Rome via Helsinki, the magazine highlights. ?The pricing is market-determined, and the tickets cost as much as consumers are prepared to pay for them,. Education for children will also be arranged. The aid from Finland is based on UN?s centralised aid appeal. Syria and its neighbouring regions of South Sudan and the Central African Republic will receive aid for sudden crises. FINLAND This is not a case of a new budget decision or additional funding. HS A N N I K A R A U TA KO U R A . In addition, Hänninen points out that Finnair is able to offer its Finnish customers reasonably-priced connections to Asian destinations specifically due to its extensive route network in Europe, which has increased the volume of passengers in transit at the Helsinki Airport. ceive 8.5 million euros through different organisations. ?With no political solution in sight, the humanitarian effects of Syria?s crisis are worse by the day, and almost a quarter of a million Syrians are still without the aid they need,. 26 MARCH HELSINKI TIMES L E H T I K U VA / A F P P H O T O / B U L E N T K I L I C Helsinki willing to pay 220 million for the west metro project JOONA S L AITINEN . HS A N N IK A R AU TA KOUR A . cigarettes and alcohol or liquid fuels and snuff, among others. The metro section is evaluated to cost a little below 980 million, adding over 100 million to the ?rst estimate. Helsinki?s share of the costs has grown by over 30 million. The increased expenses have been criticised by Yrjö Hakanen (SKP), Tuomo Valokainen (SDP) and Henrik Nyholm (Left Alliance), among others. ?This is a project that has carried an open cheque?, stated Nyholm, who has also poetically referred to it as ?the orange beast of the east?. Discussion also concerns the metro?s automatisation A family fleeing from Aleppo in Syria shivering under a shelter in Istanbul. Finland gives 44 million euros to Syria, South Sudan and Central African Republic QUESTION OF THE WEEK Legal downloading of films, TV series and other online content in Finland has increased by over 33% since 2012. Are brick-and-mortar retail and rental stores necessary anymore? Yes . 61.8% KIMMO MÄNT YL Ä View details and this week?s question at www.helsinkitimes.fi Who: Tomi Hänninen From: Finland Famous for: Vice president and director of pricing at Finnair Hänninen has defended Finnair pricing policy following a report by Matkalehti, a travel-oriented monthly, that the policy is unfair to passengers flying from Asian destinations to Finland. This year?s appeal is particularly large: over 9 million euros. According to him, the platform doors that will be set on the metro stations necessitate such accurate stops that humans could not possibly perform them. Even if they could, it would be so slow that it would lead to congestion, Kivekäs said. Deputy Mayor of Helsinki Pekka Sauri (Greens), who has been in charge of preparing the automatisation process, also defended the venture. The sky will be visible at the location of the escalator and elevator. Customs: we revealed 35 per cent of Finland?s tax fraud crimes in 2013 HS A N N IK A R AU TA KOUR A . If necessary, the funds for humanitarian aid may be increased. After the allocation early last year, funds from emission rights auctions and other development coordination resources were also used for humanitarian aid, increasing the sum to approximately 90 million euros. Finland?s aid is granted through UN organisations as well as Finnish organisations. This way the organisations may ensure on location that the aid reaches its targets. Most of the current aid is directed at Syria and its neighbouring countries affected by the crisis. Instead, Helsinki should learn about underground construction, as it is not skilled in this,? stated Jarmo Nieminen from the National Coalition. The price of underground construction was also addressed by Hannu Oskala and Otso Kivekäs from the Green League. ?Underground construction work is always costly, which is why we should focus on regular construction, such as express tramlines,? Kivekäs said
In addition, however, other personnel at police departments as well as employees of the Finnish Customs and Border Guard have been charged. The Kannonkoski Town Hall burned virtually to the ground in early March. Firefighter suspected of arsons in Central Finland L A SSE KERKEL Ä . Both victims have also underlined that they feel violated by the incident, with one pointing out that some of the com- ments concerned personal matters. The man has been sentenced to probation orders for arsons in 1991, 1996 and 2001, Latvala also reveals. L E H T I K U VA / A N T T I A I M O - KO I V I S T O have examined our [security] measures, and they turned out to be suf?cient,. H S TWO EMPLOYEES of the Finnish fast-food chain Hesburger have been charged with message interception for breaking into the Facebook account of one of their subordinates. The indictment, presented before the District Court of Helsinki last week, claims that a woman employed as a shift supervisor at a Hesburger restaurant in Helsinki broke into the Facebook account some 18 months ago. ?The police have ordered to keep the investigation con?dential, and the University of Helsinki cannot consequently comment on the matter,. He therefore asked her to send the comments to him and later forwarded them to the personnel manager. In addition, the male suspect has argued that it never occurred to him that reading and forwarding the comments would be unlawful. Instead, he has pointed out that the employees have acted inappropriately by using a workplace desktop to access their Facebook pro?le. ?The guidelines of the chain state that the use of Facebook at work is prohibited,. In addition to her, another member of the supervisory staff is believed to have read and forwarded the messages to the personnel manager of Hesburger. Both of the defendants reject the criminal allegations. The shift supervisor has denied breaking into the account, admitting only to seeing the messages left open on a desktop at the workplace. The other defendant has corroborated that one em- ployee had left her Facebook pro?le open on the desktop but denied reading the messages personally. HS Two Hesburger employees face charges of message interception. Meanwhile, the owner of the Facebook pro?le insists that she is certain that she logged out from the account before her holiday. We The University of Helsinki is confident that its security measures are up to date. Police officers fined for snooping into the death of cross-country legend T UO M O P IE T IL Ä IN E N . He did, however, reveal that the shift supervisor sifted through hundreds of pages of messages and was offended by some of them. The two suspects, the tabloid daily wrote, were detained in early March in a secret detention hearing at the District Court of Helsinki on suspicion of the preparation of an offence directed against the life or health of others. Neither suspect is enrolled at the university. In addition, Iltalehti wrote that the police have seized explosives in the course of the ongoing pre-trial investigation. The police have yet to con?rm or deny the report and overall remain tight-lipped about the details of the case while continuing to look into the motive and actions of the suspects. she described in court. The prosecution is demanding that ?nes be imposed on both defendants. The plaintiffs, in turn, are calling for a total of 1,700 euros in compensation.. I am only at liberty to reveal that two people have been detained for probable cause of the offence in question,? says Arto Karalahti, an inspector at the Helsinki Police Department. The police do however underline that the university is no longer under any threat. The University of Helsinki meanwhile has re-examined its security protocol after learning about the suspected bomb plot. We take matters like this very seriously. most recently as a ?re?ghter in Kannonkoski and Saarijärvi. He has participated in the activities of volunteer ?re departments since the 1990s. The police have refrained from commenting on the suspect?s response to the accusations in interrogations. ?The pre-trial investigation is only in its early stages. he explains. In December 2012, a building of the department of biosciences on the Helsinki Viikki Campus was evacuated after a suspicions parcel with the word bomb written on it was discovered nearby. ?The police have noti?ed us of the incident. HS employed as a part-time ?re?ghter and ambulance driver is suspected of a handful of recent arsons, including the arsons of the Kannonkoski Town Hall and a nearby nursing home earlier this year. The damages arising from the ?res under investigation, the police estimate, are in the region of millions of euros. The suspect, who has a few prior arson convictions, was A MIDDLE-AGED MAN detained for probable cause of criminal mischief and two counts of aggravated criminal damage last Friday by the District Court of Keski-Suomi. The 39-year-old man is believed to have set ?re to the Kannonkoski town hall roughly two weeks ago and to the nearby nursing home Kotipiha in January. he reminded. Juha-Pekka Hippi, the legal counsel of one of the victims, believes the act to have been motivated by the strained workplace climate. ber and to a general store in Karstula in June 2012. says Esa Hämäläinen, the head of administration at the University of Helsinki. Similarly to the police, Hämäläinen declines to comment on the details of the suspicions, revealing only that to his knowledge the University of Helsinki has not previously been the target of such a plot. H S THE DISTRICT Court of Helsin- ki has handed down ?nes to 16 police of?cers for snooping into details about the death of legendary crosscountry skier Mika Myllylä, after ?nding the defendants guilty of malfeasance and data protection offences. The ?nes imposed on the of?cers, who illicitly dug up details about the death of Myllylä in 2011, range from 160 to 450 euros. 26 MARCH 5 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 / J A N N E N O U S I A I N E N Police investigate suspected bomb plot against University of Helsinki L E H T I K U VA / S A R I GU S TA F S S O N A YOUNG man and woman have been detained for allegedly planning a bomb attack on the University of Helsinki, Iltalehti reported late last week. says inspector Markku Latvala. Meanwhile, the police continue to look into the man?s past in order to determine whether there is reason to suspect him also of other arsons. The actions of the of?cers, the court ruled, infringed on the privacy of the family of Myllylä. In court, most of the defendants confessed to the charge whereas others claimed that they do not recall the events. Altogether, charges have been brought against 90 police of?cers and other of- ?cials across Finland for snooping into the death of the six-time Olympic medallist. The majority of the defendants in the cases considered thus far have been imposed ?nes while some have been acquitted of charges. The decision to bring the charges was taken last June by a panel of ?ve prosecutors, who concluded that by accessing the police database without authorisation the of?cers have violated their of?cial duties and committed data protection offences. District prosecutor Jukka Haavisto, who is pursuing the charges in Helsinki, revealed then that the majority of the suspects are police of?cers. In late January, he is also believed to have set ?re to a garbage station. In addition, the man is suspected of setting ?re to another garbage station in Saarijärvi last Septem- Two charged for breaking into Facebook account of employees SUS A NN A R E INB O T H . ?The case will be kept con?dential on operational grounds. I will not comment on whether he has admitted to or contested the deeds,. CRIME HELSINKI TIMES 20 . In addition to the damage to property, the Karstula ?re also caused injuries to an elderly resident of the building. According to the police, the suspect has worked as a parttime ?re?ghter and ambulance driver in a number of localities . The parcel turned out to contain ?owers. ?It made me feel naked,. The police investigated the incident as criminal disturbance. L A SSE KERKEL Ä
Henriksson suggests stricter rape verdicts as a means of remedy. Fjäder emphasises.? Katainen states that he has great respect for Kissinger, but he disagrees with some parts of the plan. Katainen believes that Kissinger still perceives Finland as a country of the cold war era, even though the current Finland has been a member of the European Union for 20 years. ?We are not neutral, despite the fact that we are not a member of any collective security pact,. remaining neutral and unallied, like Finland. L E H T I K U VA / RO N I R E KO M A A PEOPLE have always migrated for work. But for a Finn, earnings from a low-paying job are not much better than social bene?ts, which can be received without doing any work. A POINT Minister of Justice Anna-Maja Henriksson is concerned over violence towards women in Finland. ILTASANOMAT 16 MARCH Justice Minister concerned that as much as half of Finnish women are afraid of violence ?MINISTER of Justice AnnaMaja Henriksson conveys to Savon Sanomat her worries on violence towards women. The Minister is referring to the EU study which reveals that women in Finland are more afraid of violence and sexual crimes than on average in oth- er EU countries. TYTTI SULANDER Katainen to Germans: Finland is not neutral Minister Jyrki Katainen states in an interview by the German paper The Spiegel that Finland is not a neutral country, even if it is not a member of military alliances. Without mass migration from Finland to Sweden, both countries would have been worse off as the workforce shortage would have hindered economic growth in Sweden while Finland would have been hit with high unemployment rates. IF WE WISH to change the status quo we must make low-paid work more worthwhile in comparison with unemployment bene?ts. the possibility of becoming a full member of the military alliance. He proposes a kind of Finlandisation process, ?Finnlandisierung?, i.e. 26 MARCH HELSINKI TIMES COMPILED BY ANNIK A RAUTAKOURA L E H T I K U VA / S A R I GU S TA F S S O N KAUPPALEHTI 14 MARCH. LEENA LAAKSO The situation in Finland is awful ?It concerns a responsibility for everyone. Approximately half of Finnish women are more afraid of violence in public places, and they avoid places they deem unsafe. The programme proposes, for example, an extension of the residence permit from six months to a year for students who have completed a degree. Having only low levels of education and no language skills, most Finns moving to Sweden ended up working in the manufacturing sector. These days, both highly quali?ed professionals and workers with low levels of If we wish to change education relocate for work, explaining why the status quo we there is migration both must make low-paid in and out of Finland. work more worthwhile in comparison with unemployment benefits. IN FINLAND, immigrants mainly ?nd work in ?elds that suffer from a shortage of suitable workforce either because there are not enough quali?ed Finns to ?ll in the vacancies or because the jobs are unpopular with the locals. There are positions that require specialist skills that cannot be found in Finland and jobs in unpopular ?elds of work without takers, unless the terms of social bene?ts are changed drastically. Finland needs the work input of immigrants, new innovations and international networks,. An education system of a high quality also guarantees functional industrial policies. ?The government continues to plan signi?cant savings that can only be achieved through major cuts in student places and teaching. This can be done either by decreasing the tax rate on low income or by weakening the social bene?ts. Katainen also reminds us that Finland?s NATO option is still valid. Katainen was asked to comment on the peace plan for Ukraine proposed by the ?PRIME United States. Katainen states in the interview. Katainen believes that Finland is also continuously open to the option of NATO, i.e. The government plans to present its proposal on the matter next fall. Also, border crossings of the southeastern border and the metropolitan area should be improved according to the programme, which also aims to improve the unstable position of foreign berry pickers based on proposals made by a liquidator.?. For a Ukrainian immigrant working in farm relief services in Finland, pay can be many times higher than at home. Every dinner table, family, day care centre, school and work place should address the issue.? 42,000 have taken part in the survey from 28 EU countries. Whereas a quali?ed welder can earn twice the Finnish pay in Northern Norway, currently struggling with a workforce shortage. ALL THIS goes to prove the inaccuracy of the claim that Finland does not need immigrant workers as long as there are Finns without work. Last century, large numbers of Finns moved to Sweden, which suffered from a lack of workers, whereas in Finland baby boomers were entering the labour market. The government will cut well over a billion euro from education and research during its period. These days, the labour market is global, especially for people with specialist skills, who often work in several countries during their careers. that should be looked at more thoroughly is why some jobs fail to attract Finnish applicants even though the country has unemployed job seekers. Akava does not believe that the current policies advance growth, employment or opportunities for the young in a sustainable way. ?Finland needs modern and growth-creating industrial policies based on research, innovation and skills. About 1,500 of the respondents were Finnish.? ?TRADE Union Akava demands that the government invest in its budget workshop on growth based on skills. ?I wonder if the government even realises the decisions of value it has made,. SUVI UUSITALO Räsänen: ?Finland needs migrants Labour? ?THE MINISTRY working group for immigration and social integration policies has approved the policy programme on immigration. The programme is part of the government?s Future of Migration 2020 Strategy. Concrete procedures have been collected and listed in the report. ?The central goal of the policy programme is to increase the employment rate of immigrants. On the other hand, for some Finns working abroad can be a good career move or bene?cial for personal reasons. He has a Master?s Degree in Social Sciences. In addition to changes in legislation she suggests a shift in attitudes. YLE NEWS 16 MARCH. This gravely contradicts the goal of preventing social exclusion and marginalisation,. Minister of the Interior Päivi Räsänen says. In his free time, Satonen likes to play chess and volleyball. Migration for work is an essential part of globalisation TODAY the international labour market is much more com- plicated than it was in those days. 6 FROM FINNISH PRESS 20 . former Secretary of State and Nobel peace prize winner Henry Kissinger. Kissinger?s four-part plan has received a lot of attention in Germany earlier during the week. Government transfer cuts hide the real brutality of the situation,. He states that the decision is not dependent on Finland wishing to maintain good relations with Russia. In the interview Katainen repeats the EU?s stance, which perceives Russia as having breached Ukraine?s regional immunity. The ?rst alternative has garnered more political support. THE SAME principle applies to migration out of Finland. It is not a tenable proposition for an unemployed Finnish metal worker to seek work in Poland, as the wages are four times lower than in Finland. Katainen believes that Russia should, above all, initiate negotiations with Ukraine and, if necessary, also include an international contact group.? Arto Satonen is the second deputy chair of the National Coalition Party parliamentary group and a member of the Employment and Equality Committee and the Agriculture and Forestry Committee. The answer becomes crystal clear when you look at the situation from the perspective of an individual. Fjäder states in a press release by Akava. Investing in quality education is a necessity for employment, as well as reforming working life. Akava?s Chairman Sture Fjäder asks. Akava warns that Finland?s economy has severe structural problems that are being made worse by the weak economic situation. Migration for work is a phenomenon that is here to stay and it is two-way traf?c. According to Minister of the Interior Päivi Räsänen the work provided by immigrants is important to Finland, along with international relations and innovations. VERKKOUUTISET 14 MARCH. Finland was also undergoing a transition from an agricultural to industrial society, a turmoil that forced young Finns to leave the countryside for urban regions in search for work in the industrial sector
As legend has it, long ago, grasshoppers invaded the country of Finland, threatening its grapes. 13 MARCH. A group of researchers from the University of Jyväskylä in Finland studied 200 endurance athletes to ?nd an answer. said that care should be taken while performing high amounts and/or a high frequency of training. In a press release put out by the Academy of Finland, the researchers set a limit for the combine exercise regimen: The researchers concluded that the training order of combined cardio- and resistance training does not seem to have an effect. ?He yelled really loud, and they ran away. That?s the legend.? As the Irish and would-be Irish prepare to celebrate St. Patrick?s Day last Monday, in small towns across Minnesota and the nation, FinnishAmericans are readying for the celebration of St. Five countries, advanced, prosperous, peaceful, tolerant, egalitarian, progressive and educated. Much to admire, certainly, but with darker corners and signi?cant ?aws. FINLAND IN THE WORLD PRESS HELSINKI TIMES 20 . KASPER VIITA Finland trapped in recession as investment fades is shuttering factories that make up the backbone of its export industry faster than it?s investing in new companies. ?The overall weak development of investments is worrying,. 14 MARCH ?Grasshopper, grasshopper, go away,. 15 MARCH. 14 MARCH. little white trolls who live in Moominvalley, with other fantastical creatures such as the Hattifatteners, Mymbles and Whompers. Tove Jansson?s Moomin books have sold in their millions, and been translated into 44 languages. Philip Pullman, author of His Dark Materials, has described her as a genius. MARK BOSWORTH Tove Jansson: Love, war and the Moomins year Finland is celebrating the centenary of the birth of Tove Jansson, creator of the Moomins, and one of the most successful children?s writers ever. 14 MARCH. says Boyce, who read Finn Family Moomintroll as a 10-year-old, after discovering the book in a Liverpool library...? Start your weekend with news in English. Why not add Helsinki Times to your morning coffee? Stay informed about news and current affairs in Finland by subscribing to the weekly Helsinki Times. To subscribe: e-mail subscribe@helsinkitimes.fi L E H T I K U VA / M I K KO S T I G Finland?s judicial system among the world?s best To mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of Tove Jansson (19142001), Ateneum is hosting a major centenary exhibition presenting Jansson?s impressive career as an artist, illustrator, political caricaturist, author and creator of the Moomin characters and stories. Visit www.helsinkitimes.fi for a daily Finnish news update in English.. Urho?s Day parade and celebration. 15 MARCH ?FINLAND?S judicial system has been ranked the world?s fourth best on the World Justice Project?s Rule of Law Index 2014. The index, which surveyed 99 countries worldwide on how the rule of law is applied in day-to-day life, ranked Nordic nations Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland as the top four respectively. Finland was the leader in terms its criminal justice system, but came out fourth when all factors were taken into account. The Rule of Law Index was compiled after 2,400 surveys and questioning of more than 100,000 households, which looked at 47 outcomes based on nine factors including absence of corruption; constraints on government powers; fundamental rights; open government; regulatory enforcement; order and security; informal justice; criminal justice; and civil justice...? POSTBULLETIN. Urho, Finns have a hero and a reason to celebrate THE MAIN intersection in Finland, along State Highway 1, there stands a tall wooden-carved statue of a bearded man with his mouth wide open, apparently shouting. ?AT BLOOMBERG NEWS. both re?ected by the Moomins in surprising ways. There is Moomintroll, Moominmamma and Moom- ?THIS inpappa . Then, in stepped St. Finland has the fewest immigrants, but also has the highest murder rate in Western Europe, consumes anti-depressants and anti-psychotic drugs in large quantities, and has a major problem with binge drinking?? ICENEWS. Think Sweden and it?s ?IKEA?. 26 MARCH 7 L E H T I K U VA / H E I K K I S A U K KO M A A INDEPENDENT. Urho. ?He?s got a big mouth,. SEAN FARRELL Why was there no Nordic miracle here? Finland and chances are you?ll think ?Nokia?. he warns in Finnish. But, in the early days of training, the recovery of the group starting with cardio was longer. said Honor Schauland, who coordinates the city?s annual St. Think Nordic. Finland has Nokia, a native manufacturing industry and more electronics besides, though critics fear the country is over-reliant on this sector. Urho, which fell on Sunday...? In St. Her life included war and lesbian relationships . Each of the Nordics comes with its own baggage and we can learn best by studying these less than nearly perfect societies. Finland has recovered, and today is one of the EU?s most prosperous states, ?THINK boasts very signi?cant gender equality and has a superb free state education system. ?Future growth potential is eroding.? Finland is losing its industrial base as the govern- ?FINLAND ment commits to austerity policies designed to protect a AAA credit rating and keep borrowing costs down. Budget cuts have coincided with the loss of some of Finland?s biggest growth engines as erstwhile technology giant Nokia Oyj falters and a paper industry that used to provide thousands of jobs is overtaken by electronic media...? Researchers from the University of Jyväskylä studied the effect of cardio exercises and resistance training and set a limit for the combined exercise regimen. THE TIMES OF INDIA. Juhana Brotherus, an economist at Danske Bank A/S in Helsinki, said by phone. MALATHY IYER What should you do first: Cardio or resistance training? ?SHOULD you begin with cardio exercises and then follow it up with resistance training. Other devotees include Michael Morpurgo, writer of War Horse and dozens of other children?s books, and Frank Cottrell Boyce, who scripted the 2012 Olympic opening ceremony. ?I was completely blown away and enchanted,. The researchers hence performing 2-3 combined cardio- and resistance training sessions per week, of 90 to 120 min each, does not lead to differences in the adaptations of overall ?tness and body composition between the two training orders?? BBC NEWS
This was what Paavilainen was after. ?She had the right kind of vision for things,. Stening looks back on the phone call. who championed this ?growthsterity,. +358-9-616 621, info@hotelanna.fi www.hotelanna.fi to ask if they knew someone appropriate to employ, they pulled out a black notebook and looked up a name. Hunters can seek, for example, a lawyer, doctor or even worksite manager for construction due to a shortage of employees in the industry. Headhunting has also become more professional, Anttila says. ?Three decades ago the hunter was typically a greyhaired, retired or soon to be retired company executive. A silent search may also be referred to. ?Today over a hundred professional headhunting companies operate in Finland. Previously headhunters were mostly used to hire managers; these days they also look for managerial people, experts and mid-level managers. An executive search means that the headhunter quietly seeks the best candidates for an open position that is not advertised publicly in a paper. Yet baby steps will only move us forward; to get to where we need to be we need to take great strides. The opportunities it provides are not recognised. Toppari says. What does an executive search cost. The prospective position was exactly what I had previously been doing in my own company.? Stening?s position was ?nalised at the end of last year, and she began working as Head of Marketing Intelligence in late January. Secret search Companies often use headhunters because they wish to look for a new manager in secret. ?The managing director is often dismissed only once their successor has been lined up. There are a few other things the organisation is worried about, too. 26 MARCH BUSINESS HELSINKI TIMES Headhunter looks for employees in secret L I I S A TA K A L A Headhunting has spread in many ways. Now headhunting companies have exact processes that they use for choosing the right candidates.? Headhunters begin the search by doing research. ?First the employer company is explored, as well as its ?eld and neighbouring ?elds. salary. ?If a company performs the entire recruiting process on its own, the working hours it takes cost about 10,000, and there are no guarantees for ?nding the right person for the job,. says Managing Director Tuomo Salonen from Heidrick & Stuggles, which specialises in the search of executives for listed companies. ?A headhunter looks for the right person for a company at the right time. Two big issues they cite are a slowdown in Eastern Europe and increased ?scal consolidation by our Government. 8 20 . Now they are more pessimistic, cutting their expectations almost in half. They currently say the Finnish economy will increase 0.3% in 2014 and 0.7% next year. says headhunter Jaana Toppari, who specialises in legal, economic and human resources searches. The person must be suited for the culture of the company, and vice versa. ?Someone may be very quali?ed in one ?rm, fail at another one and succeed in the third,. He is also a private investor with over ten years of experience. IMF warns Finland of persistent problems THE INTERNATIONAL Monetary Fund recently visited Fin- land to give their opinions on our economy. We introduce them to competent applicants,. A medium-sized company can get a person of a managerial position for 25,000-30,000 euros, headhunter Hannu Mänty from InHunt Group estimates. From a managing director a headhunter charges four months. Later, it turned out that the company was Lemminkäinen. ?It was a surprise,. The company interviewed Stening a couple of times. As the Government increases taxes and cuts spending to keep the budget de?cit from getting out of control, this will slow our economic growth. DURING the European sovereign debt crisis there was a group of economists that believed, somewhat incongruously, that cutting spending and increasing taxes would actually increase economic As their habit, the growth. This has been IMF economists proven incorrect, as have not shied reason would suggest. The IMF had a fair away from some share of economists controversial topics. A headhunter must be aware of different companies and which ones are likely to offer skills the client seeks. In the ?nal phase the best 2-5 candidates are presented to the client company. tied to ?more ambitious structural reforms. would raise our medium term growth. There is no other way to ensure that the information on the upcoming layoff does not leak to the ears of the person concerned,? Anttila from Skyhood states. The headhunter also ?nds candidates for companies who are not actively seeking a new job. Paavilainen describes. In the second phase of the search headhunters gather the CVs of the best candidates from many different sources. ?It is a systematic process. The Internet and Linkedln provide one source, I never look at Facebook. ?We do not look for a tool, but the missing piece of the puzzle.? Once the background work is completed, the headhunter?s list may include 200 names. The ?nal decision on who is hired is always made by the recruiting company. Marja Paavilainen introduced Ira Stening to Lemminkäinen among a few other candidates she had ranked the highest. The call was from IMS Talent, which does executive searches for managers. The writer is a journalist and columnist for Helsinki Times. Generally speaking I?m in favour of decentralisation in government, but our current situation has revealed some ?nancial dif?culties with this local approach, especially in health care. AS THEIR Ira Stening began working for construction company Lemminkäinen as a result of a headhunter?s approach. JA ANA L AITINEN . These include large international companies, as well as of?ces of one person,? Jaakko Anttila from the headhunting producing company Skyhood says. Skyhood did a report on the executive search industry in Finland. They say ?well-calibrated ?scal consolidation. It works only if one does research professionally.? Ira Stening, 42, from Helsinki, received a phone call from a headhunter last October. The IMF isn?t happy about the lack of housing in high-growth urban areas, the near-monopoly situation in retail, and the inef?ciency and fragmentation of local government. habit, the IMF economists have not shied away from some controversial topics. Cord david@helsinkitimes.fi. Tuomo Salonen says. HS A N N I K A R A U TA KO U R A . It drew me to them,. Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen was also a believer in this, but he seems to have likewise returned to orthodoxy. THERE is still a ghost of this growthsterity idea in the IMF?s recommendations to Finland, though. After that the companies are looked over to discover their work tasks,? Jaakko Anttila says. He has experience of over 700 executive searches. Research the key A good headhunting company does thorough research work, many companies operating in the ?eld say. There is a political brawl going on about merging our municipalities, and the IMF makes no secret they favour more consolidation. ?Naturally I was professionally ?attered that I had been noticed.? Stening?s name had been noted by headhunter Marja Paavilainen because of her experience and skills in using market information business management. They easily found common ground. ?I got a good idea of everyone I met there. I hope that our elected representatives pay attention to what the IMF had to say and will actually do something. I HAD Cosy hotel in the heart of Helsinki Annankatu 1, 00120 Helsinki tel. In other words, the government should take a lighter hand in the economy. IMPROVING labour market performance, boosting productivity, and keeping real wages down are the IMF?s three main recommendations. It had been commissioned to look for a top worker of market monitoring for a large international construction company. Anyone with a phone or access to the Internet can basically become a headhunter. ?The diversity of the ?eld poses a problem,. When someone called recommendations are the exact same things people have been saying for years, such as how Finland needs to reform its pension system and try to keep down exploding consumer debt. A headhunter also finds those who are not actively seeking a new job. David J. but they have quietly dropped this theory. This calls for headhunting. I was pleasantly surprised that they were, in fact, able to take some baby steps forward, and for that they deserve praise. They all had charisma, my future superior in particular. Information from Linkedln or Facebook does not suf?ce to make up a proper list of candidates for the client. The headhunting industry does not have an education or degree that would guarantee quality. H T WHEN a company seeks a new manager or skilled workers, they increasingly often hire a headhunter for the task. The use of executive search professionals has become more common. It turns out that in 2012 companies paid up to 43 million euros for the services of headhunters. While executive searches have become more widespread, it has also spread from business and marketing to other ?elds. The central bank can take steps to hold down consumer debt, but the reforms for the pension system are up to elected of?cials. OTHER expected that our left-right coalition in Government would be unable to implement any reforms. I col- lect information from public sources, for example company publications, annuals, books and publications of the industry,. Mänty says.. They think structural dif?culties continue to hold back our progress, and warn that problems in Russia and the government de?cit could negatively impact our immediate future. THE IMF had expected our economy to grow to 0.7% this year and 1.3% in 2015. Sometimes headhunting is used by companies that could not otherwise lure the applicants they seek. ?If a company is small and unknown, it may not be attractive enough. Stening remembers. Lemminkäinen also interested her as a company. ?It operates in construction, which was a familiar ?eld for me
cautions Ritakallio. ep Cut out and ke 9. HT of the Nordic countries, Finland has the lowest hotel prices, according to the latest Hotel Price Index report by Hotels.com. Last year in Finland, the average room rate was 107 euros, down by 3 euros from 110 euros in 2012. The prices are for double rooms for one night. Norway had the most expensive hotel rooms in the Nordic countries, with a night in a hotel setting a traveller back 129 euros on average. Finland and Norway were the only Nordic countries where hotel rates were slightly down while prices in Denmark and Sweden had crept up, now averaging 123 euros and 128 euros, respectively. Elsewhere in Europe, rates were up by 2 per cent on av- OUT L E H T I K U VA / A R I N A K A R I Hotel rates down in Finland . Murto says. Timo Ritakallio, the deputy CEO at Ilmarinen, points out that the mutual pension insurance company has of?oaded its assets in Russia for the past few years. 26 MARCH H E L S I N G I N S A N O M AT NIINA WOOLLE Y . You also need courage, because the stock market situation in Russia may deteriorate further,. CEO Ari Kaaro estimates. The Russian Prosperity Fund being euro-denominated, the value of its assets has fallen even more steeply, by 20.5 per cent from the start of the year. What could be worse than that?. H T INVESTORS also in Finland have withdrawn their investments in mutual funds concentrated in Russian securities. have pulled out their investments from Russian stock markets. The vast majority of Finnish mutual funds, 16, experienced an exodus of investors while only 1 reported an increase in net subscriptions between January and February, indicates a report published by Investment Research Finland. The Nordea Russia Fund, for example, recorded net subscriptions of -28 million euros, the Evli Russia Fund of -12 million euros and the OPRussia Fund of -7.7 million euros. In Switzerland, rates were down by 5 per cent, but the average hotel price was still 145 euros. The upward trend in hotel prices has now continued for four years, with prices increasing in most European cities in 2013 despite the economic slump. Hotels.com estimated that the future looks bright for the hotel industry in Europe, predicting that the business will grow in the coming years. Investors take flight amid uncertainty in Russia Russian shares pose high risks, Finnish pension funds view. TUOMO PIE TIL ÄINEN . ?Russia has been outmoded for quite a while now. It is now a question of political risks, which are extremely dif?cult to forecast,. BUSINESS HELSINKI TIMES 20 . he reminds, referring to the ?nancial crisis in 20082009, when ?nancial woes in Russia were compounded by the Russo-Georgian War. Ultimately, Russian shares plummeted to the extent that an investment made at the turn of the year yielded a return of 200-300 per cent in few years. ?Others panic during turbulence, others seen an opportunity to buy more,? Kaaro characterises the behaviour of investors. Elsewhere, Jari Kivihuhta, the managing direc- tor at Nordea Funds Ltd., dispels concerns over the diminishing value of assets in Russia, insisting that the development is rather attributable to the move of investors away from developing markets. ?And besides, we have already witnessed a major attempt to restore exchange rates and share prices in Russia. A negative net subscription value denotes that the value of units sold by investors exceeds the value of new subscriptions. Meanwhile, plunging share prices have exacerbated the situation further, with Russian shares tumbling by an average of 16 per cent in roubles and by as much as 25 per cent in euros this year. Similarly, the customers of Seligson & Co. Yet, the decrease in value remains some ?ve percentage points more moderate than those recorded by the corresponding funds of OP and Nordea. The primary reason for the plunge, Kaaro explains, are sales by a couple of major institutional investors. ?You must also bear in mind that historically buying during sharp declines has yielded extremely high profits,. Some shareholders in the Russia fund may now be under the impression that the Russia risk must be reduced,. says Risto Murto, the CEO at Varma. He believes both foreign and Russian investors have withdrawn their investments in Russia. ?It is dif?cult to assess the situation there,. he asks. Similarly, directors at Varma and Ilmarinen, the largest equity funds in Finland, are hardly perplexed by the exodus of capital from Russian stock markets. price hikes elsewhere in Europe A hotel room in the spa hotel Holiday Club Saimaa in Lappeenranta. erage, and by 3 per cent globally. Over the past two months, the asset management ?rm has recorded a decrease of 23 million euros in the net assets of its Russian Prosperity Fund. ?Whenever over ten per cent of net assets vanishes in a couple of months, it is rather a lot. This was the tenth time that Hotels.com published its annual report on hotel prices around the world. Up by 7 per cent from the previous year, the most expensive average room rate was to be found in Monaco, where a traveller could expect to fork out 194 euros for a hotel. HS A L E K S I T E I VA I N E N . Although Russian share prices remain temptingly low, both patience and courage is required from investors, he gauges. ?You need patience, because the instability may continue for some time
she said, noting that the counsel general, whom she did not name, had served as the chief lawyer in the CIA?s counter-terrorism centre which oversaw the controversial interrogation programme until its termination by incoming President Barack Obama in January 2009. Speaking at a forum at the Council on Foreign Relations, CIA Director John Brennan strongly denied Feinstein?s allegations, insisting that ?we wouldn?t do that. Bush administration has escalated sharply. The widely respected Committee chair, California Sen. he predicted, particularly if the big power confrontation over Ukraine continues to escalate. José Luis Díaz, head of Amnesty International?s UN of?ce, told IPS one measure of how outrageous the situation in Syria . I mean it?s just beyond the scope of reason in terms of what we would do.? But a number of groups that have themselves investigated the interrogation programme said they had no reason to doubt Feinstein?s account, particularly given the CIA?s past efforts to impede external investigations and the publication of the Senate committee?s report which Feinstein said she hoped to release by the end of the month. ?We are outraged by Sen. ?If the CIA manages to block even a public accounting of these abuses, it suggests either that the Obama administration can?t control its own intelligence agency, or that it doesn?t want to.? Sen. Feinstein?s description of repeated efforts by the CIA to thwart critical and legitimate congressional oversight through delays, attacks, intimidation and attempts to conceal,. Feinstein today began to reclaim the authority of Congress as a check on the Executive Branch,. Published reports over the past week indicated that the CIA had gained access the Committee?s computer system in order to determine how the documents were obtained and removed other documents pertinent to the investigation. Feinstein charged that, in so doing, the CIA, which is part of the executive branch of government, was essentially spying on the committee in violation of the Constitution?s doctrine of ?separation of powers. he said. Ban appealed to all warring parties to re?ect upon the long and growing list of horrors taking place in Syria every day. The secretary-general said he ?deeply regrets the inability of the international community, the region and the Syrians themselves to put a stop to this appalling con?ict.? Díaz of Amnesty International told IPS, ?Just as important is that the UNSC follows through on its various statements, including in the latest resolution, that those responsible for violations of human rights and international humanitarian law will face justice. In a statement released Thursday, the New York-based Global Centre for Responsibility to Protect (R2P), urged the UNSC to demand full implementation, by all parties in Syria, of resolution 2139 (demanding humanitarian access), including the cessation of attacks on civilians, lifting of sieges and facilitation of immediate humanitarian access to all areas of the country. The Centre also asked the UNSC to authorise targeted sanctions against any government and non-state actors who continue to act in de?ance of resolution 2139 and are responsible for mass atrocity crimes; impose an arms embargo on Syria; and refer the Syrian situation to the ICC for investigation, and hold accountable those responsible for mass atrocity crimes. Conscious of the deadlock in the UNSC, the Centre said: ?Given the detrimental effects of UNSC division and inaction on Syria, we urge the permanent members of the Council (the United States, Britain, France, China and Russia) to commit to refrain from using the veto, in any case where crimes against humanity, war crimes, ethnic cleansing or genocide, are occurring.? UN mediator Lakhdar Brahimi gestures as he talks during a press conference on the Syrian peace talks at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva on 15 February.. said Virginia Sloan, president of the bipartisan legal watchdog group, the Constitution Project, which last year issued its own damning review of the Bush administration?s detention and interrogation practices. ?Senators who have seen the Intelligence Committee report say it not only documents serious abuses by the CIA but also the agency?s false reporting about the programme?s value,. he said. L E H T I K U VA / P H I L I P P E D E S M A Z E S AS Council resolution, adopted unanimously, calling for humanitarian access to Syria. In a hard-hitting statement Wednesday, SecretaryGeneral Ban Ki-moon said three years ago, the Syrian people stood up in peaceful protest to demand their universal rights and freedoms. ?In response came brutal force, escalating bloodshed and the devastation of civil war,. is that the most the UNSC has been able to achieve in three years is to call on the parties, and principally the Syrian government, to abide by the most basic responsibility. And that responsibility, he said, ?is not letting people die of hunger and lack of medical care.? After taking a tough stand against Western-inspired moves to punish the government of President Bashar al Assad, Russia and China last month supported a Security US Sen. added Laura Pitter of Human Rights Watch. for which there was ?no justi?cation? and ?no ?rm or persuasive evidence. and of the complicity of some countries in that tragedy . But the rebuttal reportedly contradicted not only the Committee?s conclusions, but also the ?ndings of another secret internal review that was conducted by then-CIA director Leon Panetta, drafts of which had been obtained by the Committee staff in 2010. The Panetta documents lie at the heart of the current dispute. doctrine, several federal laws, and a presidential order that bans the CIA from conducting domestic surveillance. While Obama ended the detention programme on taking of?ce, he has repeatedly rebuffed demands by human rights groups to prosecute the Bush administration of?cials responsible for authorising the interrogation policies or for carrying them out. Brennan, a career CIA of?cer who became Obama?s most in?uential counter-terrorism adviser until his appointment as the agency?s chief one year ago, also served in a top CIA post during the Bush administration but denied he played any role in the interrogation programme. While during his con?rmation hearings he expressed surprise by the ?ndings of the Senate Committee and denounced the use of torture, he later personally delivered the CIA?s rebuttal of its report. An 11-member Constitution Project task force, which included a number of prominent Republicans and former policy-makers from both parties, issued its own review of the interrogation and detention programme last April. Among other ?ndings, it concluded that ?it is indisputable that the United States engaged in the practice of torture. Dianne Feinstein, took to the Senate ?oor here Tuesday to accuse the CIA of violating US law and the Constitution by secretly removing documents from computers used by the Committee to investigate the agency?s torture and abuse of detainees during Bush?s ?global war on terror.? She also accused the agency of trying to intimidate Committee staffers by asking the Justice Department to carry out a criminal investigation into how the staffers obtained an internal CIA report on the ?enhanced interrogation. 26 MARCH HELSINKI TIMES L E H T I K U VA / A F P P H O T O / M A R K W I L S O N Split over Ukraine could undermine peace in Syria AFGHANISTAN THALIF DEEN INTER PRESS SERVICE THE protracted Syrian con?ict enters its fourth year, there seems to be little or no hope of a resolution to the devastating crisis. The death toll has now been estimated at more than 140,000, up from over 100,000 last March, claiming the lives of both rebel and security forces. And according to UN ?gures released Tuesday, about 5.5 million children have been reduced to the status of refugees, the economy is in free fall, half of the total population of 22 million are living below poverty levels, about 2.5 million have lost their jobs and unemployment is estimated at 44 per cent. A peace conference in Geneva last month, presided over by Joint Special Representative Lakhdar Brahimi, ended in shambles. With Ukraine taking centre-stage, says one Third World diplomat, Syria has slipped from the negotiating table. ?The three years of deadly devastation in Syria may soon be a thing of the past ? and perhaps forgotten,. 10 INTERNATIONAL NEWS 20 . that the cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment of prisoners is not only wrong in principle and a stain on our country?s conscience, but also an ineffective and unreliable means of gathering intelligence.? Seven months later, the CIA completed its own classi?ed rebuttal, insisting that the Committee?s methodology was ?awed. said Christopher Anders, senior counsel with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). ?Public release of the Senate torture [report] will be the next step reining in a CIA that has tortured, destroyed evidence, spied on Congress, and lied to the American people,. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) walks off the Senate floor after speaking about the CIA on 11 March in Washington, DC. Senate Committee, CIA in brawl over torture inquiry UNITED STATES JI M L O B E IN T E R P R E S S S E R V I C E AN ONGOING battle between the Democratic chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) over reports about the agency?s ?enhanced interrogation? practices during the George W. that the information obtained by the programme could not have been gained through other means. Feinstein?s denunciation of the CIA?s action was particularly remarkable because she has long been criticised by rights advocates for being too protective of the intelligence community. But she was praised by those same groups Tuesday. ?After so many years of congress being unable or unwilling to assert its authority over the CIA, Sen. programme which US and international human rights groups say amounted to torture. ?I view the [CIA?s] acting counsel general?s referral [to the Justice Department] as a potential effort to intimidate this staff, and I am not taking this lightly,. John McCain, one of the handful of Republicans who had campaigned against those techniques, said the report ?con?rms for me what I have always believed and insisted to be true
that an annual leave of 30 days denotes ?ve instead of six vacation weeks. This dates back to when Saturdays were still working days. One would assume that the system could easily be modernised so that the num- VACATION Few Finns are unaffected by holiday issues despite vacations being part of the development of the labour movement. A good act According to experts, vacationing has not been simpler elsewhere either. It is no wonder, then, that some vacation policies seem outdated. Take, for example, including Saturdays as vacation days, i.e. Currently, people who are left outside certain rights include entrepreneurs working alone, freelancers, researchers working on grants and artists whose salaries derive in bits and pieces. It is mostly aimed at maids and servants finding a new job. . WORKING LIFE HELSINKI HELSINKI TIMES TIMES 2020 . 1973. Those who work 35 hours a month also begin to earn vacation. ?This is obvious discrimination,. 26 . Part of the holiday may be used up as shorter working hours. EK believes that this could be improved still. 1986. Annual holidays may be postponed or be divided into parts. Statutory vacations developed along with industrialisation and the labour movement. The Annual Holidays Act of 1973 marked an important change, as it established the minimum duration of annual leave at 24 days for those who have worked for their employer for less than a year, and 30 days for those with a working relationship spanning longer than a year. Longer leaves have also been agreed on in some collective agreements. When preparing the current legislation, employers from the committee, as well as of?cials, proposed that the employer and employee could agree on paying the ?fth holiday week as pay. The representative from SAK was willing to bend on the matter, but representatives from the Finnish Confederation of Salaried Employees (STTK) and the Trade Union Confederation Akava did not agree on the selling of holidays. ?I believe that people are able to decide for themselves without the guidance of trade unions, whether they wish to sell one holiday week to the employer,. 2 or 2.5 vacation days can be earned per month. . he says. ?It makes no sense to punish those in short employment relationships with legislative measures too.? EK?s Nyyssölä believes that it is not so much a question of punishing anyone, but rewarding committed workers. ?Of course one may question if it is fair. these are what our yearly break is built upon. For most, the upcoming vacation involves mornings ?lled with light and summer vacation plans. It is worth remembering, though, that the right to a paid statutory annual leave is not self-evident. It has not been decreed, but it was introduced in the collective labour agreement of the metal industry in the early 1970s to prevent workers from going to Volvo?s factories in Sweden for better pay. Times changed, but holiday pay was established as a national habit. 1865. The statutory annual holiday guarantees a reasonable minimum holiday for everyone, and annual holidays can be tailored in collective labour agreements according to the needs of each industry,. Many part-time workers did not receive holidays at all. . Nyyssölä from EK states. SAK would not even negotiate on the matter anymore, Antila says. Significant flaw Antila from SAK considers the largest ?aw of the act to be the fact that those who have held their current employment relationship for less than a year only receive two vacation days per employment month, yet the colleague who has held their position for over a year collects two and a half days of vacation. For example, state of?cials who have worked for over 15 years earn 36 vacation days annually. The duration of the vacations is only part of the holidays act. The most recent annual holidays act of 2005 allowed for more ?exibility on holiday agreements. H T is mentioned in the fourth clause of the ?rst section of the annual holidays act. This is why the acknowledged standard has been chosen,? says legal of?cer Mikko Nyyssölä from the Confederation of Finnish Industries (EK). What about bonus holiday pay. In practice, the shortest working relationships that last less than 15 days or 35 hours do not produce vacation days at all. Previously 14 days per calendar month of work was required for earning vacation. The Employment Contracts Act guarantees annual leave of 4-7 days. . Workers in an annual employment relationship are guaranteed one week of vacation in a year. ?Some employers crop employment relationships so that the temporary worker cannot reach the holiday accrual of two-and-a-half days. Few Finns are unaffected by holiday issues. The most recent annual holidays act improves the position of part-time workers: they earn vacation days during sickness leave in the same way as full-time employees. Source: Anu-Hanna Anttila: Loma tehtaan varjossa (2005) H S / K I M M O TA S K I N E N ber of vacation days would remain the same, but would be easier to count. ?All other counting methods are problematic. Do you believe that we would receive holiday pay if it were invented today? In many companies, holiday bonuses are equal to returning to work. In these cases holidays are received in pay. If the employment relationship ends with the holiday, the bonus may not be paid. The statutory annual holiday guarantees a reasonable minimum holiday for everyone.. Shorter employments yield 1.5 vacation days per month. . ?Many people are left outside this discussion, who may not have been able to have paid holidays for years, even if they have been continuously working,. Earned vacations should be kept during the employment relationship, but this may not always be possible due to a heavy workload. I believe it is. Instead they are paid as wages. Even so, money does not replace holidays. History of the annual holiday in Finland . H S A N N I K A R A U TA KO U R A . Finland?s annual holidays act is, in fact, a good one, experts in Hakaniemi and Eteläranta assure. ?The structure of agreements is very sensible in Finland. It also improved the position of part-time workers: previously, they did not necessarily earn vacation days during temporary layoffs or sick leave. The origins of the current annual holidays act date back to clauses from the 1930s and 1940s. If the employment relationship has continued without interruption for over ten years, 2 vacation days are earned per month. 26 MARCH MARCH 1111 Why are we paid holiday bonuses? Why do Saturdays take up vacation days. The 1st Annual Holidays Act: employees of over one year?s employment relationship receive 5 days, after a year 9 days and, after 5 years, 12 days of paid holiday. . It is a curious situation if nothing can be rewarded.? Antila believes that the boundary mark of one year is also exploited. Commissions do not result in holiday. Also, short and temporary working relationships are tricky. 1939. 1960. In Finland it was established in 1922; the United States still does not have it. In an agrarian society, clauses on vacations were not necessary in the same way as they currently are. The yearly cycle determined when to work and when to rest. The origins of the annual holidays act date back to the 1930s. L E H T I K U VA / H E I K K I S A U K KO M A A Many await summer vacations, but how are annual holidays determined? T U O M O TA M M I N E N . says development manager Juha Antila from the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions (SAK). The possibilities for the employer and employee on the holiday?s timing have increased. docent of sociology AnuHanna Anttila reminds. Holiday rights of loggers were pondered as early as the 1930s in Finland. 2005. Law, labour market policies and social policy . 1922
At the end of the 1970s, he created uproar in competitive karate, in which only very light contact with an opponent?s head is allowed. Niiniketo usually held nothing back, a habit which earned him a year?s ban. ?I was less restrained back then,. He relied on me even when the family?s business started expanding.? Niiniketo sees a clear connection between sports and business. ?Sports can give you strength to become a winner also in business.? Auvo Niiniketo . They do ?ne until, after staring into the dark for a couple of weeks, they start seeing bogeymen everywhere. Guys with a sense of humour cope the best.? Currently, Niiniketo is in talks with the martial arts promotion organisation UFC, hoping to organise matches in Hartwall Areena. He looks after some of the business interests in Finland for the Russian-Finnish Rotenberg brothers who own a share in Hartwall Arena and ?gure among the personal friends of President Vladimir Putin. ?Boris and Arkadi Rotenberg and I go back more than two decades,. he re?ects. Niiniketo, who hails from Kruununhaka in Helsinki, came to martial arts via boxing, which he took up after watching his father ?ght at the Messuhalli sports centre. ?When I gazed into the boxing ring I realised that was where I wanted to be.? He has warm memories of the boxing champion Onni Palvas, his coach for several years. Palvas even managed to talk Auvo into quitting smoking at the age of 16 by telling him that his time was being wasted as the boy would never last until the end of the ?nal round. ?With a fag hanging of my lip I wondered if I was really stupid enough to give others a head start. itsepuolustuksen perusta (1982) (Jujitsu . HS NIINA WOOLLE Y . Lives in Helsinki. The author of the books Ju-jutsu . 12 PEOPLE 20 . Ranked Dan 9 in jujitsu and Dan 5 in kickboxing. . The national heavyweight champion in karate in 1979. The study included young people from Estonia and Sweden but no Finnish adolescents took part in the survey. Klaus Ranta, Chief Adolescent Psychiatry Physician of the Helsinki University Hospital, says that if a teenager spends prolonged periods of time on the Internet it can be an indicator of problems in social relationships. Lonely youngsters suffering from social phobias commonly regard the Internet as the only thing that helps them keep their heads above water. ?But often the Internet also increases their isolation from the outside world,. HT ?BY THE WAY, I may not answer all the questions.? That is one way to start an interview. Launched the Hokutoryu style of jujitsu in 1992. Niiniketo, the manager of Helsinki Jujitsu Club, has impressive credentials: He introduced jujitsu, kickboxing and sambo, a martial art developed in Russia, to Finland and also created a new form of jujitsu, Hoku- toryu, or the northern style, which is now practised in 22 countries. Niiniketo?s path to success has been colourful. I gave up smoking then.? The legacy of Palvas lives on in Jujitsu Club, with Niiniketo expecting all the coaches to set a good example. ?Juniors mimic everything they shouldn?t.? The jovial Niiniketo likes to draw parallels between martial arts and chess. ?Both take willpower, skill and the ability to take the pain caused by the moves. When you learn to put two and two together, it results in checkmate.? He does not consider his age to be a problem even though his reaction times may have slowed down from what they used to be. ?As long as I?m better than the rest, that?s enough for me,. use of alcohol and drugs, weight problems, lack of sleep and exercise and prolonged screen time. The business attracts all sorts of operators. ?The worst are the serious tough-guy types. In a relationship, has two grown-up children. . the basis of self-defence) and Hokutoryu ju-jutsu (1997) (Hokutoryu jujitsu). suffered from anxiety and depression almost as often as the adolescent who received high scores in all the forms of risk behaviour. Young people with excessive screen time were dubbed the ?invisible group? in the study as the full effects of the behaviour are not yet known. More than 32 per cent of the adolescents in this group suffered from atypical depression while at 34 per cent, the ?gure was only slightly higher among the highrisk group. On the ?oor, a Maxim machine gun on a Sokolov mount immediately attracts a visitor?s attention. The bloodiest of the pictures decorating the wall depicts the Khaibar battle in 629 in which Prophet Muhammad?s cousin Ali beat the Jewish army. ?I don?t know what the picture depicts. Around 6 per cent of adolescents in the invisible group reported suicidal thoughts, compared with 10 per cent of the high-risk group. The term atypical depression refers to a form of depression with some features that are different to what is seen in depression usually. An expert on martial arts, a security trainer and an entrepreneur. . HS NIINA WOOLLE Y . Auvo Niiniketo kicks off the chat by explaining that his earlier gigs as a security guard and parts of his current activities in the security sector are out of bounds. ?I tell my trainees not to reveal clients. They are a lot nicer than their reputation and really enthusiastic about jujitsu.? Niiniketo is also an entrepreneur. He still owns shares in companies operating in the security sector in Russia and Iran. explains Niiniketo. ?Boris was a judo coach and we often helped each other. Born on 9 March 1954. business matters for any price.? Fortunately, there is no shortage of topics to talk about. T RO S DA H L Auvo Niiniketo, the father of Finnish jujitsu: ?It?s enough to be better than others? Auvo Niiniketo has coached Helsinki police officers in jujitsu since the 1980s. Having introduced jujitsu to Finland, Auvo Niiniketo now looks after the business interests of the Rotenbergs, the owners of Hartwall Areena. PE TRI IMMONEN . More than 12,000 adolescents from eleven European countries participated in the study that looked at young people?s risk behaviour. 26 MARCH HELSINKI TIMES T RO N D H . says Ranta. The results showed that youngsters who spent a lot of time in front of the screen of a computer or a video game but mainly teaches at jujitsu camps. Looking globally The decor of his of?ce at the jujitsu club re?ects the occupant?s international contacts and interests. Numerous ?ags, photos and knives jostle for space on the walls with a clock of the Russian security service FSB. The bronze medal winner in the national boxing championships in 1974 and the junior national boxing champion in 75 kg class in 1972. . It was a present from Iranians. Being more dif?cult to recognise, the treatment of atypical depression is often delayed. Worsening depression According to Ranta, excessive time spent online can worsen depression triggered by setbacks in everyday life. Spending prolonged periods of time on the Internet can disrupt an adolescent?s sleeping patterns and interfere with relationships and the control over day-to-day life. ?If a teen only has friends on the Internet and never meets them in real life, it should set alarm bells ringing. A psychologically vulnerable adolescent can use the internet to create an illusion of a circle of friends.? Ranta says that the unit of youth psychiatry treats a high number of adolescents who lock themselves in their rooms and spend most of their waking hours online. If the whole family spends a lot of time on the Internet, the child?s addiction may go undetected. ?It?s important that parents make sure the family does more in their free-time than surf the net,. Brought jujitsu to Finland and founded Helsinki?s Jujitsu Club in 1977. HT Psychiatry. The symptoms include weight gain or increased appetite, increased need for sleep, heavy sensation in the legs and fear of becoming abandoned. Researchers investigatL E H T I K U VA / J U S S I N U K A R I YOUNGSTERS who spent more than ?ve hours surfing the net, playing video games and watching television suffer more commonly from depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts than others, reveals a new study published in the journal World Excessive screen time can make adolescents more susceptible to depression. ed adolescents. he says, grinning. Niniketo says he still works out every morning Research: over five hours of screen time can cause depression in teens MERVI JUUSOL A . comments Ranta.
Women are more likely to suffer from a bloated stomach than men. The 24-square metre model on display at the permanent exhibition represents Vyborg as it was on 2 September 1939. PEOPLE with a temper may have a higher risk of experiencing heart attacks. For more than 100 years, the museum has been dedicated to the preservation, research and display of the past and present-day South Karelia, as well as the southern part of Karelia that was ceded to Russia: the Karelian Isthmus. ?A visit to the South Karelia Museum is a great experience,. It does so with Three Karelian Towns, section that presents a timeline of the key moments in the history of Lappeenranta, Vyborg and Priozersk (known as Käkisalmi in Finnish). At the museum you can learn more about South Karelia through a permanent exhibition and a series of temporary ones.? Lake Saimaa Calling From 1 April, the South Karelia Museum will present the temporary exhibition This is Lake Saimaa Calling. HS NIINA WOOLLE Y . It may also be related to psychosomatic changes that anger causes in our body, but these biological changes require more research?, says leading cardiology nurse Doireann Maddock from the British Heart Foundation. Experts do agree on the effects of long-term stress on heart diseases, as it raises blood pressure. Lappeenranta appears to be an excellent choice for presenting these towns, for the fact that their histories have many similarities, and because Lappeenranta has fostered the intellectual and material cultural heritage of the Karelian Isthmus. ?The permanent exhibition features a big scale model of Vyborg, which is one of the highlights of the museum,. Information was gathered from nine studies that included thousands of participants. Health researchers from Harvard University point out that population-wise the risk is relatively small, but it involves people with lots of ?ts of rage. Bloating is not dangerous if it occurs during the day but eases overnight. It is rare for bloating to be caused by something se- Women are more likely to suffer from a bloated stomach than men. rious but if you have pronounced bloating that does not go down it is a good idea to pay your doctor a visit and the more serious causes can be excluded. symptoms and see what your stomach can take. 5) What can I do to treat bloating myself? Exercise gets the gas trapped in the gut moving and can bring some relief. LIFESTYLE HELSINKI TIMES 20 . People with previous heart attacks are particularly vulnerable. ?The likelihood of a single ?t of rage causing a disturbance of the heart is small. HT The South Karelia Museum is dedicated to the past and present of the Lappeenranta region, South Karelia and the formerly Finnish Karelian Isthmus. History, Lake Saimaa and three Karelian towns. YA N N I C K I L U N G A HEL SINKI TIMES THE SOUTH KARELIA MUSEUM is dedicated to the past and present of the Lappeenranta region and South Karelia, as well as to the formerly Finnish Karelian Isthmus. ?The 24-square metre model represents the town as it was on 2 September 1939 and it covers the area from Patterinmäki to Siikaniemi, and from Havi to Papula.? 1) Why is bloating so common? Bloating is a symptom with various causes and the exact mechanism behind it is poorly understood. Strong stomach muscles can also help keep bloating under control. You can also use products containing lactic acid bacteria. 4) Should I avoid foods that cause wind? Some people suffer from trapped wind often, even if the volume of gas is normal. It is still recommended to avoid gas-producing foods, including beans, peas, cabbage, ?zzy drinks and yoghurts with added ?bre. Some commonly used crops can cause bloating even if you do not suffer from coeliac disease. Researchers recommend other stress management methods for these people, such as yoga or exercise. L E H T I K U VA / V E S A M O I L A N E N Fascinating South Karelia L E H T I K U VA / M A R J A A I R I O Bloating is caused by trapped wind Researchers observed that two hours after an angry outburst the risk of a heart attack grows fivefold, while the risk of the heart stopping increases threefold.. According to BBC News, an angry outburst often precedes a heart attack and may trigger it, US researchers have revealled. Researchers studied a great deal of previous studies. They observed that two hours after an angry outburst the risk of a heart attack grows ?vefold, while the risk of the heart stopping increases threefold. It is a good idea to monitor your 6) Should I take laxatives? As constipation can make bloating worse it should be treated for example by making changes to your diet. Overweight people feel bloated more often so losing excess weight is recommended. In most cases it is a harmless functional disturbance of the stomach. H T South Karelia Museum Kristiinankatu 15 Lappeenranta Tel.: +358 5 616 2255 museot@lappeenranta.fi Open: Tue-Sun 11:00-17:00 SOU T H K ARELIA MUSEUM On the border The permanent exhibition On the Border focuses on the location of Lappeenranta between East and West. Lactose intolerance can also cause stomach cramps, diarrhoea or other intestinal symptoms. Coeliac disease may be totally asymptomatic but often patients suffer from diarrhoea and weight loss, even though not everyone with coeliac disease is thin. Coeliac disease and lactose intolerance can be excluded with a laboratory test. 3) Is bloating serious? No, it is not but it can make you feel uncomfortable. says Satu Eiskonen, Chief Curator of the South Karelia Museum. In 1963, the management duties were passed to the Regional Municipal Association, before the museum was handed over to the city of Lappeenranta ?ve years later. Housed in the solid grey-stone buildings of a 19th century artillery depot, it offers visitors a unique experience that is all about Southeastern Finland. The South Karelia Museum was founded in 1910 as Lappeenranta Museum by the South Saimaa Youth Association. explains Eiskonen. ?The showcase also features information about the prehistory of the lake and details about natural elements like ancient underwater forests, the preservation of the Saimaa ringed seal and the wetlands of Pien-Saimaa.? 2) Can it be coeliac disease or lactose intolerance? Bloating can be a symptom of both disorders. adds Eiskonen. Those struggling with long-term stress also tend to address stress in unhealthy ways, such as alco- hol consumption and smoking. 26 MARCH 13 SOU T H K ARELIA MUSEUM 7 questions on bloating. JA ANA L AITINEN . Researchers point out that no direct conclusions should be drawn from the observations. It is unclear as to what the correlation is. The display, available to the public until the end of September, takes a look the possibilities granted by modern technology to record and present the nature around us. ?It does so through a series of photos and multimedia elements about Lake Saimaa,. H S A N N I K A R A U TA KO U R A . It may, however, be increased among people with many tantrums?, says Professor Elizabeth Mostofsky. The dangers of anger are obscure. If bowel function is normal but you still suffer from a bloated stomach, laxatives will not do any good. 7) Why do toddlers often have a pot belly? Small children have different body proportions to adults, often having pot bellies and large heads. A protruding belly is a physiological feature that disappears with age and is usually not caused by bloating, particularly if the child does not complain of tummy ache. These questions were answered by gastroenterologist Matti Ristikankare, from the Laakso hospital in Helsinki. Angry people may run a higher risk of experiencing a heart attack J O R M A PA L O VA A R A . ?The Fortress of Lappeenranta itself is a landmark: it is like a small town within Lappeenranta. What is known, however, is that sometimes gas becomes trapped in the gut and does not move through the way it should but no organic cause for this symptom has been discovered. With trapped wind, the diaphragm descends and stomach muscles relax, creating the pot-bellied look that makes the sufferers feel like they are eight months pregnant. Many people have digestive problems, with bloating being one of the most common complaints
I?m mad at myself but will learn from it and not do the same again,. Moderation is a good word,. says former editor-in-chief Reetta Meriläinen. In addition, several experts stress that event organisers should understand when it is appropriate to offer alcohol and when not. ?Luckily, there are a variety of sports, just as there are cultures. I didn?t want to come off as a coward,. We both gave barely enough space for each another, as you should in professional racing.? ?This isn?t the ?rst time the car has not been the way I want it in the ?rst race,. Koota revealed.. H T Alcohol a part of sporting events, experts conclude ERKKI K YL M ÄNEN . 26 MARCH HELSINKI TIMES L E H T I K U VA / A N T T I A I M O - KO I V I S T O Bottas fifth in Australian Grand Prix The 24-year-old Finn mad at himself for the mistake he made when trying to overtake Fernando Alonso. H E IK K I K ULTA . The now 24-year-old man from Kankaanpää ?rst emerged onto the Finnish boxing scene as a promising teenager, but in recent years his progress has been hindered by unfortunate injuries. Last weekend, Koota was ?t to participate in the Finnish Boxing Championships after a three-year absence. In his own words, he went to BOXING Koota (in blue shorts) demonstrated his class by overcoming his training partner Mikko Lehtinen. events lemonade is more appropriate,. The Formula One boss predicted already in February that Nico Rosberg would lift the coveted drivers? championship trophy at the end of the Formula One season that began in Melbourne, Australia, last weekend. Rosberg certainly proved Ecclestone right, winning the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday to seize the lead in the championship table for the ?rst time in his life. Bottas commented. With Ferrari?s Kimi Räikkönen struggling with the feel of his car, Bottas overtook his countryman twice. The 24-year-old Finn was able to limp to the pits and, with the help of the safety car to catch up with the pack. You can enjoy a beer during the break of a football game while a cup of warm mulled wine is good for the skiing stadium, but at youngsters. ?Sports stir profound emotions in fans, and for many fans a pint of beer is a part of the Saturday night game,. ?like a Silver Arrow?, as he later speci?ed . time and the Gee Bee Tournament in April. Thereon, his season will continue well into the summer months, where Koota?s main short-term goal awaits. he says. Regardless, spectators are not allowed to behave as they please, with the experts stressing that they have heard enough drunken rants. ?Unfortunately, when you discuss alcohol in sporting events, the image portrayed is too often that of a drunken bleacher section. The spectators should mind their manners. If you want to show how to behave like an idiot, you should do it somewhere other than a sporting event. points out Kristiina Jakobsson, the executive director at the Finnish School Sport Federation. The conclusion. The main goal of the season is at the European Union Boxing Championships in July,. H T belongs to the stands of sporting events in Finland but should not be presented in a manner that appeals to underage spectators, view most of the experts quizzed by the Finnish Sports Confederation (Valo). When asked whether sporting events should be alcohol-free, 61 per cent of the experts answered no and 35 per cent yes. The experts widely view that the availability of alcohol enhances the appeal of sporting events. H S A L E K S I T E I VA IN E N . It?s also disturbing that we have events prohibited from under 18-year-olds,. H T prodigy Matti Koota knows better than others that no sporting accolade worth ?ghting for comes without pain. I threw up last night at the hotel and was running a fever when I left. ?Wake up parents: alcohol education for children and young people should begin somewhere other than ice hockey games.? L E H T I K U VA / A F P P H O T O / S A E E D K H A N Watching sport often involves a mug of beer, which is more suited for an action-packed hockey game, but not a junior sports event. BERNIE Ecclestone, 83, usually knows what he is talking about. argues hurdle runner Noora Toivo. Williams driver Valtteri Bottas of Finland takes a corner during the qualifying session of the Formula One Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne. Unfit Koota re-captures what is his JANI MESIK Ä MMEN . It was pierced by a bullet a few years ago, when Koota witnessed a shooting in a bar. The race went as well as it could have,? Nico Rosberg commented, who represents Germany. Meanwhile, Valtteri Bottas and Williams were able to take their good form from the winter tests into the season opener, with Bottas impressing having been made to start from to the 15th grid due to a gearbox change. Bottas overtook his rivals one after another but drifted wide when closing in on Ferrari?s sixth-place Fernando Alonso and clipped into the wall, puncturing his tyre. ?I?ll have a short ?tness training season in between. Paralympian Leo-Pekka Tähti justi?es. ?Sport requires self-discipline. Koota, boasting the gold medal around his neck. In addition, his preparation for the Finnish Boxing Championship was hindered by injuries, his both shoulders suffering from nagging infections. ?The right [shoulder] did bother me, the left was a bit better. ?I?m glad we were able to gain some points from such a dif?cult weekend.? Rosberg essentially sealed his victory by darting . The previous time the name Rosberg sat atop the Formula One table was in 1982, when Finland?s Keke Rosberg, the father of Nico, sealed the championship trophy in the ?nal Grand Prix of the season in Las Vegas. ?Right now I feel awesome, but I?m not thinking about topping the table . The spectator experience of a paying customer is a priority in promoting the growth of the Finnish sports business,. HS A L E K S I T E I VA I N E N . I?m living the moment. 14 SPORT 20 . ?Overtaking Kimi the ?rst time felt the sweetest. The problem is not the availability of alcohol but the users,. But this is the Finnish Championship and the lads were after me . You can demand the same from the spectators of sporting events. reminds basketball player Hannu Möttölä. ?Sporting events today are entertainment just like theatre and concerts. HS A L E K S I T E I VA IN E N . After the Finnish Championships in Turku last weekend, Koota will next take part in the Nordic Championships in roughly ten days. from the third starting grid, overtaking both polesitter Lewis Hamilton and Daniel Ricciardo. Turku ?to claim what his trophy cabinet has been missing for a few years?. Indeed, Koota demonstrated his class by overcoming his training partner Mikko Lehtinen with a clearcut points win on Sunday, capturing the coveted championship trophy. ?I reckon I can be satis?ed. track and ?eld L E H T I K U VA / RO N I L E H T I ALCOHOL ?The customer is always right,. I had to not throw some punches because of that.? His foot, in turn, is another story. In the words of author Ulla-Maija Paavilainen. journalist Saska Saarikoski summarises. In fact, many experts believe alcohol should be prohibited in all sporting events in which children and youngsters participate. ?At best, sporting events are entertainment that brings together the entire family. Then you have the opportunity to show children and youngsters how to lead a healthy life and have fun without alcohol,? says MP Sari Essayah, a former race walker. ?Sure, armchair athletes sitting, pints in their hands, watching the athletes is making a mockery of sports. Although the foot has since recovered, the injury reminds of itself with occasional spasms of paralysing pain. Despite the setbacks, Koota assures that he is more motivated and determined than ever to prove what he is capable of. sighed Räikkönen, who ?nished seventh. Thereon, he fought back in brilliant style, ultimately ?nishing ?fth to claim ten valuable Grand Prix points. ?You simply shouldn?t make mistakes like that
In other cases, the employers also had the candidate?s self-appraisal of how many problems he or she expected to be able to complete in the 4-minute period. Although the female test-takers lagged behind males on the math portion of the test, the size of the gap closely tracked the degree of gender inequality in their countries, shrinking to nearly zero in emancipated countries like Sweden and Norway. Banaji says.. They have an effect on the amyglada, a region of the brain, which plays a role in memory and emotions evoked by music. People recognise sounds with the hair cells of the cochlea in the inner ear, which convert sound waves to electric signals. in this case different colored dots . explains Jaana Oikkonen, a researcher at Helsinki University. ?Later on, we recruited families in public events organised, for example, in the science museum Heureka. In these families, there were only a few musicians.? ?The families were not selected on the basis of musicality but neither was it a randomly chosen sample,? says Olkkonen. As the families who joined the study at the later stage did so without a personal invitation, it is likely that they have a relatively keen interest in music. The study found the strongest association with musical talent for chromosome 3, which harbours a gene called GATA2. more quickly than ?woman. SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY HELSINKI TIMES Making better decisions JESSIC A ORWIG SCIENCE / A A A S THE NEXT time you?re about to make an important decision, wait a second. 26 MARCH 15 Research: Omega-3 fatty acids may help children sleep better Preliminary results indicate that omega-3 fatty acids may have positive effects on children?s quality of sleep, but more research is needed to confirm these findings. H E I D I VÄ Ä R Ä M Ä K I . Some of the children were given a daily dose of 600 milligrams of algae sup- BOOSTING plement rich in omega-3 fatty acids for 16 weeks while the rest received a placebo. Parents were asked to assess the quality of their children?s sleep before and after the study period, using a 45-point questionnaire, which included questions on the length of sleep, nightmares, waking episodes, breathing disturbances and tiredness during the day. On the basis of the questionnaire ?lled in before the study, 40 per cent of the children were found to suffer from regular sleep disturbances. The main study did not reveal any differences between the children taking omega-3 fatty acids and the group given a placebo. The researchers selected a group of 34 children randomly to monitor their movements in bed with a help of a wrist sensor over ?ve nights. The results of this smaller study revealed signi?cant differences in the duration and quality of sleep between the children on algae supplements and the control group. ?The researchers could not account for the discrepancy between the results from different study set-ups, which is why they were cautious when interpreting the preliminary results. We are better off with an ounce of procrastination, the scientists report in PLOS ONE. Finnish researchers find genes for musical talent T I M O PA U K K U . HT levels of omega-3 fatty acids, found in oily ?sh and other sea food, resulted in children sleeping longer, a new study by Oxford University has shown. The children were requested to wear a sleep sensor on their wrists and were then given either omega-3 fatty acid algae supplements or a placebo. And even when the employers received accurate information about the actual performance of the candidates, the bias did not fully disappear. A study of how both men and women perceive each other?s mathematical ability ?nds that an unconscious bias against women could be skewing hiring decisions, widening the gender gap in mathematical professions like engineering. The inspiration for the experiment was a 2008 study published in Science that analysed the results of a standardised test of math and verbal abilities taken by 15-year-olds around the world. The more prejudiced a person was, as measured by the Implicit Association Test, the less likely they were to correct a bias. The study is ?quite important,. with the word ?math. This suggests that the ?rst pulses of information our brains receive are misleading, because distractions . musical talent was investigated by evaluating their ability to recognise the pitch and duration of a sound and other structures of music. The ?rst families were recruited through Sibelius Academy, so the ?rst person in the family to join the study was usually a musician,. says Mahzarin Banaji, a psychologist at Harvard University who was not involved in the research, because it shows that people?s prejudice not only affects their judgment of women?s math skills, but also impairs their ability to correct it. The results challenged the pernicious stereotype that females are biologically inferior at mathematics. If you associate the word ?man. and ?math,? for example, that reveals a possible bias. The employers had limited information to make their hiring decisions. And sometimes, after the employers made their hiring decision, they had a chance to change their minds after they were told by a researcher how the candidates had actually performed on a test run of the math sprint. Men and women employers alike revealed their prejudice against women for a perceived lack of mathematical ability. says Partonen. ?I wouldn?t recommend widespread use of omega-3 fatty acids for children on the basis of this one study. For a healthy child, omega-3 supplements will not do any harm but they might not have any bene?cial effects either. From the inner ear, auditory signals travel to the primary auditory cortex. The research revealed seven different genes that are involved in the development and functioning of the inner ear, the amyglada and the hippocampus, the brain?s memory centre, con?rming that there are congenital and inherited factors behind musicality. But to become properly expressed, musical talent also requires exposure to music and that is where music culture has an important role to play. Funded by the Academy of Finland, the Finnish study was published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry. P E T RI P UROMIE S FINNISH researchers have identi?ed variants in the human genome that affect a person?s musicality. The genes are located in genomic regions that are involved in the development of the inner ear, recognition of emotions and memory. The researchers identi?ed altogether nine stretches of DNA on the human genome that are linked to musicality. The study comprised 767 participants from 76 Finnish families originating from different parts of the country. Participants. Pianist Paavali Jumppanen in the concert hall in Tapiola, Espoo. 20 . At the end of the experiment, the employers took the Implicit Association Test, which measures unconscious bias by forcing you to quickly group together various words. The hiring bias did not disappear when candidates self-reported their ability on the task, in part because women tended to underestimate their ability while men tended to boast. Researchers recruited 13 scientists at Columbia University, USA, and told them to follow the direction of different colored dots on a computer screen. The team found that the subjects took, on average, 120 milliseconds to shift their attention from one color to another and identify which direction the dots moved across the screen. Genetic studies in the families revealed nine regions that were associated with high score in these tests measuring musical aptitude. ?The families participating in the study were collected over a number of years. For the elderly, these supplements can be harmful. If a person is taking anticoagulant medicines, omega3s may boost their effect and increase the risk of bleeding,. but new research shows you might not change your mind, even if you get evidence to the contrary. In some cases, they got nothing but a glance at the candidate ? this revealed the candidate?s gender, of course. Further studies are needed to give more decisive evidence. The wrist sensor at Both genders think women are bad at basic math JOHN BOHANNON S C I E N C E /A A A S THINK women can?t do math? You?re wrong . Scientists have found that a brief pause can make the difference between the right choice and the wrong one. HT A cluster of five The study revealed another region affecting musicality on chromosome 4, which contains a cluster of ?ve genes that are involved in the development of the inner ear and the functioning of the brain. ?The stronger the gender stereotype, the less you are likely to change in favour of women even when you hear about [a woman?s] strong performance on the test.? What?s more, the work comes hot on the heels of a paper published just last week in Current Biology that revealed a lack of collaboration between women in science. The fact that women not only tend to underestimate their own math skills when they are job candidates but also underestimate the ability of other women when they are in a hiring position reveals what ?members of disadvantaged groups are costing themselves,. Subjects who refrained from using the ?rst 50 milliseconds of information made, on average, one extra correct decision per second. One study doesn?t prove the matter one way or the other,. explains Partonen. formed the candidates they turned down. That suggests that cultural biases rather than biology may be the better explanation for the math gender gap. To tease out the mechanism of discrimination, two of the authors of the 2008 study, Paola Sapienza and Luigi Zingales, economic researchers at Northwestern University?s Kellogg School of Management in Evanston, Illinois, and the University of Chicago Booth School of Business in Illinois, respectively, teamed up with Ernesto Reuben, an experimental psychologist at Columbia Business School in New York City, to design an experiment to test people?s gender bias when it comes to judging mathematical ability. Study participants of both genders were divided into two groups: employers and job candidates. The researchers found that the children taking the algae supplement had almost an hour of extra sleep and fewer waking episodes compared with the control group. The study analysed the sleep patterns of 362 children between the ages of 7 and 9. When the only information that the employers had was a photograph of the candidate, men were twice as likely to be hired for the simple math job, no matter whether it was a man or woman doing the hiring, the team reported online Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Scienc- es. confuse the decision-making process. H S NIINA WOOLLE Y . This was the ?rst study to analyse the link between sleep and fatty acids in such a research setting. ?The results are promising but they are still just initial results. H S NIINA WOOLLE Y . (The researchers did not tell the subjects, but it is already known that men and women perform equally well on this task.) The employers were motivated to choose the best people for the job because they made more money if their hires outper- H S / K I M M O TA S K I N E N Omega-3 fatty acids may be beneficial in the treatment of sleep disturbances. least monitors sleep patterns more closely than parents,? research professor Timo Partonen of the National Institute for Health and Welfare comments the research carried out in Oxford. Even though the results are preliminary, he considers them interesting. The job was simple: As accurately and quickly as possible, add up sets of two-digit numbers in a 4-minute math sprint. This gene regulates the development of cochlear hair cells in the inner ear and the inferior colliculus, a region of the brain connected with the reception of auditory signals. Musicality is partly in the genes but participation in music culture brings out the talent
So why not take a culinary detour and explore a whole new way of cooking and consuming food? seeds and sprouted grains ? usually shoved to the back of ones dietary repertoire become the cornerstone. High quality proteins such as organic eggs and grassfed meats are advocated, as is raw milk and a whole cornucopia of fermented foods, including pickled vegetables and kombucha tea . Creativity is really king here so raw foodists have cleverly come up with raw recipes that take a page from the cuisines of the world, so the sky is the limit when it comes to what favourite dish could be turned raw. The greatest minus of course, would be its cost. Rinse the mussels and clean them as needed, discarding any stringy bits (beards) that might be attached. Puree to form a paste. . Helsinki-based chefs Sasu Laukkonen and Richard McCormick will be on hand to prepare an international menu with a Finnish twist. Finally, rounding out the trio of street events on offer, EATS is being staged the following day, inviting all to Tori Quarters to enjoy a variety of street food ?avours. Streat Helsinki 2014 ? Street Food Event 21-22 March streathelsinki.com DEB LINDSE Y A closer look at the alternative of cuisine prepared at 40°C or under. has really opened up thanks to globalisation and changing attitudes towards what constitutes good food. Besides the coconut?s boost of texture, we also liked its barely perceptible sweetness . eating out becomes quite tricky. Increase the heat to medium-high; once the mixture starts to bubble, add the mussels. The key concepts that seem to surround the buying and consumption of food has been convenience and price rather than taste or even nutrition. S U L L I VA N THE WA SHINGTON POS T food ?nds its epicenter in the Capital Region this weekend, with Streat Helsinki offering a range of ?avours and approaches on STREET Friday 21 and Saturday 22 March. Reaching out to food professionals, amateurs and foodies alike, the festival seeks to catch the eye and appetite of anyone interested in urban development, trends, Healthy alternative Fans of the diet report a host of health bene?ts, but it does require a certain amount of commitment. a diet where foods have not been cooked at temperatures higher than 40°C. Do not use any mussels that have opened and will not close when tapped. . The people are hungry for more, and the kitchens were ripe for revolution. Enter scene, stage left: Raw foodism . 1 or 2 small yellow onions, 1 small serrano chili pepper, 1 tablespoon vegetable oil, 1/2 cup unsweetened flaked/dried coconut. Steps . Raw foodists insist that the diet isn?t about limitation, but expanding one?s boundaries. Even the humble potato didn?t make it here till the 1700s. Fast forward to the modern day. The recipe calls for a handful of ingredients and just two ground spices. Serve hot. Nutrition Per serving: 310 calories, 14 g protein, 18 g carbohydrates, 21 g fat, 12 g saturated fat, 30 mg cholesterol, 420 mg sodium, 5 g dietary fiber, 5 g sugar doers and supporters from around the world. Meanwhile, PARTIES takes place from 7 pm until 2 am the same day at the Abattoir. Cut the onions (to taste) into small dice. . and even raw chocolate, made with coconut oil and cocoa powder and butter and ?avoured with goji berries, sweetened with raw sugar. The Delhi-born, British-trained actor has published at least 29 cookbooks since 1973. Restaurant Kellohalli sees a celebration of local street food complemented by Streat Helsinki?s international guests, music and beverages. An average raw ?meal. Foods such as vegetables, fruits, nuts, S T R E AT H E L S I N K I / M A I J A A S T I K A I N E N Eating it raw with textures and colors, ?avours and consistencies that have not been dulled by the cooking process. Peel the ginger and coarsely chop; transfer to a mini food processor or blender. Seed the serrano, if desired, then cut it crosswise into very thin slices. . The event brings together hundreds of street food ambassadors, Goan-Style Mussels (Thisra) 2 servings Adapted from Jaffrey?s Indian Cooking (Barron?s, 1982). Ingredients 1 cm piece ginger root, 4 cloves garlic, 1 teaspoon ground cumin, 1/4 teaspoon ground turmeric, 1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt, 3/4 cup water, 1 kg shell-on mussels. beloved because of alleged detoxi?cation properties and bene?ts to the immune system. Goan-Style Mussels (Thisra) is a dish rooted in the small western India state of Goa.. Access to food THE ATTITUDE Taking it to the Streat J A M E S O . This meant a great deal of creativity with turnips and cabbages. Heat the oil in a large saute pan over medium heat. 16 EAT & DRINK 20 . Once the oil shimmers, add the onions and stir to coat. These days you can buy almost anything in stores surrounding greater Helsinki. Instead of being boring and ?avourless, the raw food diet is packed start-ups, and service design. Three events make up Streat Helsinki: TALKS, EATS and PARTIES. Jaffrey speci?ed fresh coconut, but we found unsweetened, dried coconut is a suitable substitute and a time-saver. It becomes moist and chewy while the mussels steam to tenderness. Organised in conjunction with Gastro Helsinki fair, TALKS is being held at the Helsinki Exhibition and Convention Centre on Friday 21 March. Coarsely chop the garlic, then add it to the ginger, along with the cumin, turmeric, salt (to taste) and 2 tablespoons of the water. Divide among individual bowls. She has educated us about the elements of an Indian meal, how to ?paint? with spices and how to soothe and stimulate the palate with yogurt and chutneys. This dish, rooted in the small western India state of Goa, predates the grocerystore availability of curry paste. It also calls for some kitchen gadgets such as blenders and dehydrators, and with liberal use of nuts and seeds the cost can creep upwards. Then comes the next hurdle . might consist of zucchini ?spaghetti?, dehydrated mushrooms, tomatoes and a sprinkling of nutritional yeast ?cheese?. Quite a far cry from the clump of macaroni casserole bathed in ketchup or rapidly congealing ground beef gravy atop overcooked potatoes. Raw foodists get to enjoy a host of nut ?creams. as opposed to the more recent trend of relying on canned coconut milk to ful?ll that ?avour pro?le. Serve with nan, and prepare to slurp. Raw food still offers a plethora of options for food lovers. TA N I A N AT H A N HEL SINKI TIMES towards food in Finland has never been that of excess. Uncover; discard any mussels that remain closed. . 26 MARCH HELSINKI TIMES L E H T I K U VA / M I R VA H E L E N I U S Dinner in 35 minutes: Goan-Style Mussels (Thisra) BONNIE S. The average restaurant would leave most raw foodists out in the cold, excuse the pun. But things are taking a turn for the better, with several establishments offering raw food options and proving to be very popular among the health conscious set and the gastronomically adventurous. Cook for about 8 minutes or until almost translucent, stirring occasionally. . Raw foodists can be classi?ed into the raw veganists (a diet eschewing all animal products including dairy and honey), vegetarianism (a diet with no animal protein but includes milk and sometimes eggs), and those that identify themselves as raw omnivores or even raw carnivores. The long and harsh winters meant Finns had to rely on whatever the summer?s bounty had provided through. But why choose to follow a diet that limits your choices in an environment that already has so many limitation. Pour in the ginger-garlic paste and the serrano pepper. Stir-fry for 1 minute, then add the coconut and the remaining water. . The days of cabbage casseroles and sausage soup are reaching their limit. BENWICK THE WA SHINGTON POS T LONG before there were takeout tikkas and 15-minute Indian recipes online, Madhur Jaffrey was making the food of her native country accessible for English and American home cooks. The raw food diet requires high quality ingredients, and organic produce. Cover and reduce the heat to medium-low; cook for 6 to 10 minutes.
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26 MARCH HELSINKI TIMES COMPILED BY ANNA-MAIJA LAPPI Thu 20 & Wed 26 March Javier Torres: Beauty and the Beast Ballet version of the charming fairy tale. Finnish National Opera Helsinginkatu 58 Tickets ?24-115 www.opera.fi Kodo: One Earth Tour On Wednesday 26 and Thursday 27 March, the sensational Japanese performing arts ensemble Kodo will be filling Savoy Theatre with the mystical sounds of Taiko, traditional Japanese drumming. Kalaniemi . Since their first performance at the Berlin Festival in 1981, Kodo has been touring all over the world, on all five continents with over 3,700 performances. The group has performed at Savoy Theatre twice before, the last time in 2010, to a sold out theatre. Based on the island of Sado, the group strives to both preserve and re-interpret traditional Japanese performing arts, forging new directions for a vibrant living art-form. Antila Trio Soulful folk music concert. Korjaamo Culture Factory Töölönkatu 51 B Tickets ?15/20 www.korjaamo.fi Sat 22 March Maritta Kuula & Karvanopat Rock/pop. Korjaamo Culture Factory Töölönkatu 51 B Tickets ?14.50/15 www.korjaamo.fi Fri 21 March Notkea Rotta 3-Pack (Atomirotta), Aivovuoto, Tuuttimörkö Rap. Virgin Oil CO. Mannerheimintie 5 Tickets ?10/12 www.virginoil.fi Fri 21 & Tue 25 March Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème One of the world?s most beloved operas. Finnish National Opera Helsinginkatu 58 Tickets ?24-115 www.opera.fi Sat 22 March Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats (UK), The Oath (SWE/GER) Heavy/psychedelic rock. Tavastia Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Tickets ?18/20 www.tavastiaklubi.fi Sat 22 March Vakula (UKR) House/techno. Kaiku Kaikukatu 4 Tickets ?10.50 www.clubkaiku.fi Sat 22 March Radiopuhelimet, EU-Vostoliitto Rock. Semifinal Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Tickets ?12 www.semifinal.fi Sat 22 March Pimeys, Pihka & Myrsky Pop. Bar Loose Annankatu 21 Tickets ?7.50/8 www.barloose.com Sat 22 March Barbe-Q-Barbies, Knucklebone Oscar Garage rock/blues/rock´n roll. Virgin Oil CO. Mannerheimintie 5 Helsinki Tickets ?11.50 www.virginoil.fi Sat 22 March Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos Verdi at his finest. Finnish National Opera Helsinginkatu 58 Tickets ?15-91 www.opera.fi Sat 22 March Reckless Love Glam metal. Gloria Pieni Roobertinkatu 12 Tickets ?27 Sun 23 March Club Reggae Sundays Gentleman (GER). Kaiku Kaikukatu 4 Helsinki Tickets ?30.50 www.clubkaiku.fi Sun 23 March Maiden United (UK) Acoustic tribute to Iron Maiden. On The Rocks Mikonkatu 15 Helsinki Tickets ?15 www.ontherocks.fi Sun 23 & Mon 24 March Cheek Rap. Savoy Theatre Kasarmikatu 46-48 Helsinki Tickets ?32/36 www.savoyteatteri.fi Mon 24 March Atlas Losing Grip (SWE) Punk. Bar Loose Annankatu 21 Helsinki Tickets ?9.50/10 www.barloose.com Mon 24 March Architects (UK), Stray From The Path (USA), Northlane (AUS), More Than Life (UK) Metalcore / post-hardcore. Nosturi Telakkakatu 8 Helsinki Tickets ?20 www.elmu.fi Mon 24 March Dead by April (SWE), Beneath My Feet Metalcore. The Circus Salomonkatu 1-3 Tickets ?35 www.thecircus.fi Tue 25 March Tove Lo (SWE) Up-and-coming singer-songwriter. Tavastia Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Tickets ?16.50/17 www.tavastiaklubi.fi Wed 26 March Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Joshua Weilerstein, conductor & Tomas Gricius, trumpet. Music Centre Concert Hall Mannerheimintie 13 Tickets ?7-25 www.musiikkitalo.fi Wed 26 March Von Hertzen Brothers Rock. Tavastia Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Helsinki Tickets ?20/23 www.tavastiaklubi.fi Wed 26 March Ballet School (UK/GER/BRA) Electronic/shoegaze/80s pop. Kuudes Linja Hämeentie 13 Tickets ?11.50 www.kuudeslinja.com Wed 26 March Oireklubi Anni. Siltanen Hämeentie 13 B Helsinki www.siltanen.org Wed 26 March Nico & Vinz (NOR) Pop. Virgin Oil CO. Mannerheimintie 5 Helsinki Tickets ?30/32 www.virginoil.fi THEATRE & DANCE Thu 20 March Clunker Circus: Wonderfully Much of Everything A van full of junk and surprises gets a new life. Cirko Kaasutehtaankatu 1 Helsinki Tickets ?17.50/22.50 www.cirko.fi Thu 20 March Haapalainen & Suutari-Jääskö: Double Dance double bill. Alexander Theatre Albertinkatu 32 Helsinki Tickets ?29/38 www.aleksanterinteatteri.fi Until Sun 6 April The Hunters Group: Heart Side Up Works by Heini Aho, Sirkku Ketola and Tamara Piilola. Kunsthalle Helsinki Nervanderinkatu 3 Tue, Thu, Fri 11:00-18:00 Wed 11:00-20:00 Sat, Sun 11:00-17:00 Tickets ?0/7/10 www.taidehalli.fi Until Sun 20 April Ars Fennica 2014 Exhibition by the 2014 Ars Fennica candidates - IC -98 (Patrik Söderlund and Visa Suonpää), Riitta Ikonen, Tellervo Kalleinen and Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen, Leena Nio and Pauliina Turakka Purhonen. Kiasma Mannerheiminaukio 2 Tue 10:00-17:00 Wed-Fri 10:00-20:30 Sat 10:00-18:00 Sun 10:00-17:00 Tickets ?0/8/10 www.kiasma.fi Until Sun 11 May Henrik Vibskov A pioneer of contemporary Danish fashion design and a boundless inventor. Design Museum Korkeavuorenkatu 23 Open: Tue 11:00-20:00 Wed-Sun 11:00-18:00 Tickets ?0/5/8/10 www.designmuseum.fi Until Sun 11 May Designer of the Everyday ? Rudolf Steiner Nearly 400 objects, from artworks to furniture and scale models. EMMA . The group´s name ?Kodo. Taivasalla: Maans . Saisba West African grooves. Koko Jazz Club Hämeentie 3 Helsinki Tickets ?11.50/16.50 www.kokojazz.fi Thu 20 March Sibyl Vane (EST) A trio from small coastal town of Pärnu. Semifinal Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Helsinki Tickets ?6.50 www.semifinal.fi Fri 21 March Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Oliver Knussen, conductor, Leila Josefowicz, violin and Kirill Gerstein, piano. Music Centre Concert Hall Mannerheimintie 13 Helsinki Tickets ?7-25 www.musiikkitalo.fi Fri 21 March DJ Solar (USA) Kaiku Kaikukatu 4 Helsinki Tickets ?10.50 www.clubkaiku.fi Fri 21 March Club Findustry Khroma, Nightsatan, The Physicists. Bar Loose Annankatu 21 Helsinki Tickets ?8.50/9 www.barloose.com Thu 20 March Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra HPO with string quartet Meta4. Music Centre Concert Hall Mannerheimintie 13 Helsinki Tickets ?6-25 www.musiikkitalo.fi Fri 21 March Stupido Records 25 Years Pää Kii, Waltari, Hypnomen, Plutonium 74, Kakka-hätä 77 and more. Tavastia & Semifinal Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Helsinki Tickets ?16.50/17 www.tavastiaklubi.fi Tap into untouched human potential Helsinki Times can help you find international and motivated workforce In today?s labour market the most difficult task is attracting the best possible applicants for the vacancy on offer. www.helsinkitimes.fi EXHIBITIONS The Savoy Theatre will host the mystical arts ensemble Kodo once again, and delight the Finnish public with their traditional Japanese drumming. Thu 20 March Tundramatiks Energetic folk/punk/rock. Tavastia Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Tickets ?11.50/12 www.tavastiaklubi.fi To place recruitment adverts in Helsinki Times, please contact adv@helsinkitimes.fi or phone +358 9 689 7422 Fri 21, Sat 22 & Wed 26 March Joona Halonen: Kuka pelkää tappajahaita Contemporary dance. Helsinki City Theatre Studio Elsa Ensi linja 2 Tickets ?18-24 www.hkt.fi Fri 21 March Battle Beast Metal. Nosturi Telakkakatu 8 Tickets ?15.50 www.elmu.fi Sat 22 March Leonel Limonta Y Azcar Negra (CUB) Salsa. Korjaamo Culture Factory Töölönkatu 51 B Tickets ?38.50-45 www.korjaamo.fi Fri 21 March Sammal Rock. On The Rocks Mikonkatu 15 Tickets ?6/8 www.ontherocks.fi Sat 22 March Club Hang the dj Holy Seeds live. Kuudes Linja Hämeentie 13 Tickets ?6 www.kuudeslinja.com Fri 21 March Under bar Himmel . Espoo Museum of Modern Art Ahertajantie 5 Open: Tue, Thu, Fri 11:00-18:00 Wed 11:00-20:00 Sat, Sun 11:00-17:00 Tickets ?0/10/12 www.emma.museum Until Mon 26 May Jean Tinguely Modernist known for his noisy, spectacular, motorized machine sculptures. Amos Anderson Art Museum Yrjönkatu 27 Open: 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 13 July Chaplin in Pictures The incredible life and career of the mythic artist told through pictures. Helsinki Art Museum Tennis Palace Salomonkatu 15 Helsinki Open: Tue-Sun 11:00-19:00 Tickets ?0/8/10 Until Sun 7 September Tove Jansson Major centenary exhibition presenting Jansson?s impressive career as an artist, illustrator, political caricaturist, author and creator of the Moomin characters and stories. Ateneum Art Museum Kaivokatu 2 Helsinki Open: Tue, Fri 10:00-18:00 Wed, Thu 10:00-20:00 Sat, Sun 11:00-17:00 Tickets ?0/10/12 www.ateneum.fi. conveys two meanings in Japanese; ?heartbeat?, the primal source of all rhythms, and ?children of the drum?. 18 WHERE TO GO 20 . Kodo´s phenomenal live shows, blending ancient with modern, tranquility with turbulence, offer an unforgettable experience and long-lasting thrills to audiences of all ages. Wed 26 & Thu 27 March Savoy Theatre Kasarmikatu 46-48. Tickets ?45/49. www.savoyteatteri.fi MUSIC Thu 20 March Ismaila Sané
CULTURE HELSINKI TIMES 20 . the so-called ?locked-room mystery. Here, Tom Hiddleston?s bloodsucking musician recluse and Tilda Swinton?s fellow fanged companion see their never-ending lives turned upside down by the arrival of Swinton?s sister (Mia Wasikowska). Meanwhile, acclaimed Japanese film Isänsä poika offers some top-notch cinema and Le Weekend spends some time in the City of Love with an English couple. Lupita Nyong?o gets her post-Oscar career off to an actionpacked start in Non-Stop. France. Finally, the internationally renowned Swedish Carrasco Dance Company offers their energetic contemporary dance performance Bartolomeo. Furthermore, aside from the main programme, a range of side events is on offer for visitors, including member theatre performances, a children?s jury and events for professionals. S AV OY T H E AT R E ?Non-Stop?: great ride, bumpy landing is carried out via an exchange of text messages that pop up onscreen, like little cartoon speech bubbles. S U L L I VA N THE WA SHINGTON POS T NON-STOP is by no means a perfect movie. 26 MARCH 19 CINTHIA CHOUINARD Film M I C H A E L O . . Richardson, Christopher Roach and Ryan Engle ? leans heavily on cliche. he tells the murderer. is bolstered by a nuanced performance by Julianne Moore as Bill?s more than slightly suspicious seatmate, as well as believable turns many less-well-known supporting players. But it?s the propulsive pace of the ?lm and the nice sense of suspense it builds that help most in glossing over Non-Stop?s failings. Made for the multiplex, it?s a middlebrow murder mystery with a lot of Airport DNA in its genes. Still, Liam Neeson lends the effort a gravitas that makes it, at least by the standards of gimmicky thrillers, a perfectly entertaining antidote to all the Important Films that have been ?lling Non-Stop (K12) Release Date: 21 March Director: Jaume Collet-Serra Starring: Liam Neeson, Julianne Moore Only Lovers Left Alive (K12) Release Date: 21 March Director: Jim Jarmusch Starring: Tilda Swinton, Tom Hiddleston Le Weekend (K12) Release Date: 21 March Director: Roger Michell Starring: Jim Broadbent, Lindsay Duncan Isänsä poika (K7) Release Date: 21 March Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu Starring: Masahiro Fukuyama, Machiko Ono up your pre-Oscar-night todo list. The gimmick, in this case, is that the movie is an oldfashioned Agatha Christie novel set on an airplane. With obvious correlations to such classics of detective ?ction as And Then There Were None and Murder on the Orient Express, the ?lm tells the story of an air marshal (Neeson) who must identify and thwart a passenger who is threatening, by text message, to kill one person on the plane every 20 minutes unless he receives 150 million dollars. more killings will follow unless Bill manages to get a ransom transferred to a numbered bank account that turns out to be in his name ? Canadian group Les Sages Fous presnts Orpojen sirkus. Bravo! to the little ones J A M E S O . ?It would have been a lot easier.? That?s certainly true, but the movie would have been a lot less fun. Ron Carter has played on more than 2,500 records during his esteemed career. ist and cellist. Also for the PUTTING littlest ones, Bologna?s company La Baracca-Testoni Ragazzi brings light art and theatre together in Spot. Meanwhile, Norwegian Katja Brita Lindeberg clowns around for nursery and primary school audiences in If Only Rosa Could Do Magic. If puppetry, junk aesthetics and unorthodox beauty are more of interest, then The Orphan Circus from the Canadian group Les Sages Fous may be for you and your clan. Utilising live music and video to explore selfhood and otherness, En Corps (E) crits presents a piece about the youth for the youth, by Compagnie ACTA from Bravo! International Theatre Festival for Children and Young Audiences 23-30 March www.bravofinland.org Legendary rhythm J A M E S O . Because the sender of the threatening messages appears to be someone on the plane, Bill?s detective work largely involves ?nding a person who is using a cellphone in the cabin. Aside from a long list of awards accumulated over the years, Carter?s achievements also include inventing his own instrument, a piccolo bass. Filling out the ?nal two spots of the Golden Striker Trio on Saturday night are Anthony Wilson on guitar and Donald Vega on piano. Ron Carter Golden Striker Trio 22 March 19:00 Tickets from ?59 Savoy Theatre Kasarmiakatu 46-48 Helsinki. S U L L I VA N HEL SINKI TIMES most original, proli?c and in?uential bassists on the jazz scene, Ron ONE OF THE Carter is performing at Savoy Theatre on Saturday 22 March. After learning the cello when he was ten, he grew to become a world-class bass- Elsewhere on screens Only Lovers Left Alive sees Jim Jarmusch directing a vampire tale. In addition to a series of preposterous plot coincidences that, in hindsight, strain even generous credulity, the ?lm?s ?aws include a motive that is ultimately revealed in what may be the most torturously reasoned politically themed speech ever delivered by a mad criminal mastermind at the climax of a movie. A Play About a Ball, a Lamp and a Car. (You?d better. I suspect that more and more ?lms will, like the recent Fruitvale Station, start to incorporate texting into their dialogue. Get ready for the ?rst case where a movie catchphrase like ?Hasta la vista, baby? comes accompanied by a cellphone alert tone.) There are a number of plot twists and turns, the most satisfying of which have to do with wireless technology. directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, from a screenplay by John W. Now 76, Carter was once a member of the legendary Miles Davis Quintet in the ?60s, appearing on every crucial mid-?60s recording. There are moments of humor, gripping action and real terror. The cast . NonStop opens with a scene of a bleary-eyed Bill sitting sadly in his rain-streaked car, stirring a splash of whiskey into his coffee with a toothbrush as he touches a dog-eared photo of his absent family. Wow. It?s annoying at ?rst, but you?ll get used to it. The extortion attempt . The characters are either too cooperative, not cooperative enough, weirdly furtive, excessively ?irty, hiding a dark secret or, in the zeitgeist-y case of one Middle Eastern-looking character (Omar Metwally), simply presumed to be guilty by ethnicity. Of course, almost all of the suspects will eventually be proved innocent . As with Christie?s most famous works, most of the main characters, including Neeson?s Bill Marks, a troubled alcoholic, initially draw our suspicion. S U L L I VA N HEL SINKI TIMES on a range of performances for youngsters, the eight annual Bravo! International Theatre Festival for Children and Young Audiences is being staged in the Capital Region from Sunday 23 until Sunday 30 March. Introducing a diverse selection of international children?s theatre productions, six performances are being staged during the week. Swedish Teater Sagohuset offers up a tale for the smallest members of the family with Max . That is easier said than done, and it gives the movie, which is otherwise premised on the creakiest of concepts . Firmly rooted in the jazz bass during his career, Carter helped de?ne the sound of the modern jazz rhythm section. That?s a lot of backstory to get out of the way in only 10 seconds, but the movie doesn?t have time to waste. Mere minutes into his sixhour ?ight to London, Bill is dealing with the ?rst of several corpses to crop up in a closed aircraft hurtling across the ocean at 500 miles per hour. which like the Airport movies includes an old lady, a little girl and an assortment of other disastermovie ?types. . a fresh, contemporary feeling. Collet-Serra, who directed Neeson in Unknown, has a knack for keeping things lively and moving forward. several of them, as you might have guessed, by dying. It works well enough, even if the movie . My response to hearing it was essentially the same as Bill?s. ?You should have just handed out pamphlets,. His playing with Davis saw him combine with Herbie Hancock and Tony Williams to craft an in?uential rhythm that was freer than their contemporaries. Over the years he has played on more than 2,500 records and has worked with the lion?s share of the big names in jazz
With Children 06.40 Absolutely Fabulous 07.15 Cats 101 08.05 Matlock 12.00 Kitchen Boss 12.25 Cake Boss 12.55 Cats 101 13.50 Absolutely Fabulous 14.30 Smack the Pony 15.00 Matlock 16.00 3rd Rock from the Sun 17.00 Married. Food 12.50 Meat Men 13.20 MasterChef Australia 14.30 Shark Tank USA Shark Tank features business pitches from aspiring entrepreneurs to a panel of potential investors. 15.25 The Voice of USA 17.20 MasterChef Australia 19.30 Man vs. It is the day of his father?s funeral and Aaron wants everything to go according to plan but his brother is only interested in chatting up a pretty girl at the service; his cousin?s straight-laced boyfriend is convinced that someone is alive in the coffin, and a rogue bottle of hallucinogenic pills keeps popping up. USA/1996. 13.35 90 Day Fiancé 15.00 Here Comes Honey Boo Boo 16.00 Must Love Cats 17.00 MacGyver 18.00 Monk 20.00 30 Rock 21.00 The Other Guys FILM Directed by: Adam McKay. Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Eva Mendes, Mark Wahlberg. USA/2010. 23.15 Sexcetera (K18) 00.40 Carnal Cravings (K18) FILM Directed by: J.W. McHausen. 26 MARCH HELSINKI TIMES Helsinki Times TV Guide offers a selection of English broadcasting on Finnish television. thursday friday 20.3. MTV3 Memoirs of a Geisha AVA 21.00 09.45 The Bold and the Beautiful 10.10 Two and a Half Men 10.40 Emmerdale 11.40 Doctors 14.10 The Great British Bake Off 15.20 Middle 15.45 Oliver?s Twist 17.25 The Bold and the Beautiful 18.00 Emmerdale 23.20 The Finder Walter is hired by a family to find a missing man who has also being sought after by an FBI agent. Phil TV5 06.10 Married. USA/2005. TV5 19.00 Friday 21.3.2014 Sub 21.00 Saturday 22.3.2014. As the plane makes its way to Miami at 30,000 feet, Lisa has to think fast to foil Ripner?s evil scheme. Directed by: Wes Craven. But on take off, Ripner reveals the real reason he is on board, he needs Lisa to murder the Secretary for Homeland Security, who is staying at the luxury hotel she manages. If she refuses to help, Ripner?s partner will murder her father. With Children 17.30 Everybody Loves Raymond 18.00 The King of Queens 19.00 Death at a Funeral FILM Directed by: Neil LaBute. Starring: Chris Rock, Danny Glover, James Marsden. USA/2010. 21.00 Fast Five FILM Directed by: Justin Lin. Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Elsa Pataky. USA/2010. Red Eye is a tense thriller from director Wes Craven. Little does he know Sarah?s traveling to the same resort as her ex... Directed by: Nicholas Stoller Starring: Bill Hader, Jason Segel, Kristen Bell. USA/2008. 23.10 C.S.I. There, he hosts people to whom he teaches basic wilderness survival skills. 15.35 Anthony Bourdain: The Layover 16.30 Man vs. If that is not enough, a mysterious visitor from his father?s past threatens to expose the patriarch?s secret unless he is paid a princely sum... USA/2011. 00.40 Knight Rider 01.40 Just for Laughs 02.30 Deadliest Catch 03.20 MacGyver AVA AVA 08.10 Namaste 09.40 Doctors 10.30 Real Housewives of Beverly Hills 11.50 Vanderpump Rules 12.45 Top Chef Masters In the series, worldrenowned chefs compete against each other in weekly challenges. 15.45 Doctors 17.25 Eastenders 18.00 Friends 19.00 Million Dollar Decorators 20.00 Storage Hoarders 21.00 American Idol 22.3. MTV3 NELONEN Mountain Men JIM 14.40 08.10 Children?s Programming 09.55 Cosmos 15.30 Top Gear USA 21.00 Survivor In this reality game show contestants are isolated in the wilderness and compete for cash and other prizes. 22.15 Lottery and Joker 00.25 Broadchurch SUB 11.00 11.30 12.00 12.30 Work It I Hate My Teenage Daughter Whitney The New Normal This series revolves around a blended family of a gay couple Bryan and David and single mother Goldie an aspiring Lawyer, who after running away to L.A with her daughter Shania, agrees to become their surrogate. 13.00 How to Live with Your Parents (for the Rest of Your Life) 13.30 Middle 14.00 Partners 15.00 World Palooza 17.00 Beverly Hills Pawn 20.00 Top Gear 21.00 Red Eye (K16) FILM Directed by: Wes Craven. Starring: Rachel McAdams, Cillian Murphy, Brian Cox. USA/2005. 22.40 C.S.I. 23.40 Shameless (K16) 00.40 Eureka JIM 08.45 MasterChef Australia 13.15 Chuck?s Day Off 13.45 Dinner: Impossible 14.40 Mountain Men Eustace Conway lives on a parcel of land in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina that he calls Turtle Island. Starring: Christopher Michael Holley, Clayne Crawford. USA/2009. 22.50 The Blacklist (K16) 23.40 5D: Body Shokers (K16) 00.45 5D: Boys with Breasts 01.50 Deadliest Catch 02.40 MacGyver 03.35 Defying Gravity AVA 08.10 Namaste 09.40 Doctors 10.30 Find My Family UK 11.50 You Deserve This House 12.45 Million Dollar Decorators 13.55 It?s a Brad, Brad World 14.50 My Toxic Baby DOC 15.45 Doctors 17.25 Eastenders 18.00 Friends 21.00 Memoirs of a Geisha FILM Sayuri reveals how she transcended her fishingvillage roots and became one of Japan?s most celebrated geisha. Directed by: Rob Marshall. Starring: Zhang Ziyi, Gong Li. USA/2005. 23.50 The Americans (K16) saturday 21.3. MTV3 Forgetting Sarah Marshall Sub 21.00 09.45 The Bold and the Beautiful 10.10 Two and a Half Men 10.40 Emmerdale 11.40 Doctors 14.10 Farm Kings 17.25 The Bold and the Beautiful 18.00 Emmerdale 22.40 Dallas 23.40 Lights Out (K16) This series follows the struggles of a former heavyweight boxing champion, Patrick Leary, as he tries to find his identity and support his wife and daughters after retiring from the ring. SUB 09.25 Eastenders 13.55 Mythbusters 14.55 Model Employee 15.55 Oliver?s Twist 16.25 Eastenders 18.00 How I Met Your Mother 18.30 One Tree Hill 19.30 New Girl 20.00 The Simpsons 20.30 Two and a Half Men 21.00 Forgetting Sarah Marshall (K16) FILM Devastated Peter takes a Hawaii vacation in order to deal with recent break-up with his T V star girlfriend, Sarah. Food 22.00 American Pickers Mike and Frank are pickers that travel the country and literally would go anywhere just for the prospects of finding antique gold. 23.00 Splash! USA 00.00 Container Wars 00.30 Ball Boys 01.00 Speeders NELONEN 07.00 Children?s Programming 08.40 French Food at Home 09.10 Supernanny 10.20 For Rent 13.50 For Rent 14.20 French Food at Home 14.50 Bridezillas In this reality series we always meet a new bride who is more selfish and controlling than the previous one. 15.50 Supernanny 16.55 Excused 18.25 Frasier 22.00 Vampires Suck FILM Directed by: Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer. Starring: Jenn Proske, Chris Riggi. (K16) 00.15 Sleepy Hollow (K16) JIM 09.25 Crocodileman 10.55 Top Secret Recipe 11.50 Man vs. USA/2010. 23.45 Urban Justice (K16) FILM Seagal plays a man with a dark and violent past, who seeks revenge for the murder of his son. Directed by: Don E. Starring: Rachel McAdams, Cillian Murphy, Brian Cox. With Children 17.30 Everybody Loves Raymond 18.00 The King of Queens 19.00 Deadliest Catch 21.00 Smokin. (K16) 00.35 Bones (K16) JIM 10.15 Crocodileman 13.15 Man vs. Directed by: P.J.Pesce. Starring: Monique Alexander, Tyler Faith, Monique Parent. USA/2006. 02.40 Stealing Harward FILM Directed by: Bruce McCulloch. 20 TV GUIDE 20 . Starring: Steven Seagal, Carmen Serano. USA/2007. 01.40 Frasier 02.10 Falling Skies 03.05 Excused TV5 06.10 Married. Lisa Reisert (Rachel McAdams) is coming back from her grandmother?s funeral and has to take the ?red eye. With Children 06.40 Absolutely Fabulous 07.15 Extraordinary Dogs 07.40 The King of Queens 08.05 Matlock 12.00 Kitchen Boss 12.25 Say Yes to Dress 12.55 Dogs 101 13.50 Absolutely Fabulous 14.30 Smack the Pony 15.00 Matlock 16.00 3rd Rock from the Sun 17.00 Married. Food 14.15 MasterChef Australia 15.25 Shark Tank USA 16.20 The Voice of USA 18.20 MasterChef Australia 19.30 The Voice of USA 21.00 Talent USA 22.30 JIM D: Ancient Aliens Ancient Aliens presents theories of ancient astronauts and proposes that historical texts, archaeology and legends contain evidence of past humanextraterrestrial contact. 00.00 Trigger Happy TV 00.30 Border Security: Australia?s Front Line 01.00 South Park 01.30 JIM D Crime: Hidden City NELONEN 07.00 Children?s Programming 08.40 French Food at Home 09.15 Supernanny 10.20 For Rent 13.50 For Rent 14.20 French Food at Home 14.50 Bridezillas 15.50 Supernanny 16.55 Excused 18.25 Frasier 20.00 Criss Angel Believe 21.00 Criminal Minds (K16) Strangulations in Boston sends the BAU to the city to identify a murderer who keeps trophies from his victims. 23.35 Blue Bloods 00.30 Frasier 01.00 Red Widow 01.55 Excused 02.25 Dr. Faunt LeRoy. flight back to Miami. On-board she meets charismatic Jackson Ripner (Cillian Murphy), a handsome stranger to whom she feels instantly attracted. Aces 2: Assassins? Ball (K16) FILM Walter Weed is an unassuming desk jockey at the FBI when the Bureau uncovers a plot to assassinate him. Directed by: Neil LaBute. Food 18.00 Undercover Boss 21.00 Ice Road Truckers 22.00 Hotel Hell 23.00 New York Ink 00.00 Border Security: Australia?s Front Line 01.00 Beck 02.00 Bondi Rescue 02.30 South Park 07.40 Children?s Programming 10.00 Supernanny 13.10 Dog Rescue 14.15 Zoo 14.50 Animal ABC 15.50 Shake It Up 21.00 007: For Your Eyes Only (K16) FILM Directed by: John Glen. Starring: Roger Moore, Carole Bouquet, Chaim Topol. UK/1981. 23.35 Under the Dome 00.30 Hobo with a Shotgun (K18) FILM Directed by: Jason Eisener. Starring: Rutger Hauer, Gregory Smith. USA/2011. 02.15 Dexter (K16) TV5 06.25 Breaking Magic 06.55 Dogs 101 07.45 Matlock 11.40 Fly Away Home FILM Directed by: Carroll Ballard. Starring: Anna Paquin, Dana Delany. Paige gets Evan?s support as she deals with her family. 23.00 Reign Death at a Funeral Red Eye This remake of the hilarious British comedy with dark humor follows the comic twists and turns of a dysfunctional family as they gather to mourn the passing of their patriarch. Starring: Chris Rock, Danny Glover, James Marsden. Starring: Dennis Farina, Tom Green. USA/2002. AVA 08.10 10.15 11.55 13.00 14.00 14.55 Namaste American Idol Don?t Blame the Dog Storage Hoarders Breaking Pointe Jamie Oliver Happy Days Live 15.25 It?s a Brad, Brad World 17.25 Find My Family UK 18.30 Grand Designs 20.00 Vanity Fair?s Hollywood 21.00 American Idol 22.00 Royal Pains A romance novelist and her high strung daughter become sick with what appears to be dissimilar ailments. It is Leo?s memories of his deceased family that help with the case. SUB 09.25 Eastenders 13.55 Mythbusters 14.55 One Born Every Minute 15.55 Oliver?s Twist 16.25 Eastenders 18.00 How I Met Your Mother 18.30 Project Runway 19.30 2 Broke Girls 20.00 The Simpsons 20.30 Two and a Half Men 21.00 Arrow Oliver goes after China White and her new partner, Bronze Tiger, when they interdict shipments of medicine intended for a hospital in the Glades. 22.00 Revolution (K16) 23.00 Entourage Vince begins to show interest in a new film. Meanwhile, Scott and Eric try to sign Johnny Galecki to their agency. 23.36 C.S.I
Maura Isles team up to solve crimes in Boston. Shakespeare in Love The Hangover It is late 16th century in London and a young playwright William Shakespeare struggles with his new comedy ?Romeo and Ethel the Pirate?s Daughter?. USA/1993. 21.00 Revenge An unexpected guest at Nolan?s housewarming party leads to a showdown that shocks the whole community. Conrad questions his sins. 22.35 The Americans 23.35 Southland SUB 11.00 14.00 15.00 16.00 16.55 17.55 18.55 19.55 21.00 The Simpsons Farm Kings Jamie?s Chef The Face Lying Game Pretty Little Liars Project Runway Mythbusters Batman & Robin FILM Batman & Robin try to keep their relationship together even as they must stop Mr. Starring: Alice Braga, Carice van Houten, Chandler Canterbury. USA/2001. AVA 08.00 Namaste 10.30 American Idol 11.30 Inside the Actors Studio 13.55 Jamie?s Kitchen 16.00 Top Chef Masters 17.00 Real Housewives of New York City 20.00 Reign 21.00 Changeling (K16) FILM When single mother Christine Collins leaves for work, her son vanishes without a trace. USA/1998. Two days before his wedding, Doug drives to Las Vegas with his best buddies for a bachelor party they vow they will never forget. But when the three groomsmen wake up the next morning they cannot remember anything. Their luxury hotel suite is beyond trashed and the bachelor is missing. Five months later, the police reunite mother and son but he is not her boy... Directed by: Clint Eastwood. Starring: Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich, Jeffrey Donovan. USA/2008. 23.40 Law & Order: Los Angeles tuesday 24.3. MTV3 America?s Next Topmodel Nelonen 20.00 09.45 The Bold and the Beautiful 10.10 Two and a Half Men 10.40 Emmerdale 11.40 Doctors 14.10 Survivor 15.10 Whitney 17.25 The Bold and the Beautiful The drama set in the glamorous world of the Los Angeles fashion scene and focusing on the wealthy and powerful Forrest family. 18.00 Emmerdale 22.35 Rizzoli & Isles (K16) While TJ?s christening is marred when a body is found in the church, Lydia?s fiancé threatens to take custody of TJ which doesn?t set well with Jane. 23.35 Psych 00.30 Louie SUB 09.25 Eastenders 13.55 Mythbusters 14.55 Beverly Hills Pawn 15.55 Oliver?s Twist 16.25 Eastenders 18.00 How I Met Your Mother 18.30 Beverly Hills Pawn 19.30 Suburgatory 20.00 The Simpsons 20.30 Big Bang Theory 21.00 The Hangover FILM Directed by: Todd Phillips. Starring: Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galiniafakis. USA/2009. 00.00 Suburgatory 00.30 Bones (K16) 01.25 48 Hour Mystery JIM 10.05 10.35 11.30 12.25 13.25 15.35 Crocodileman Splash! USA Dinner: Impossible Mountain Men MasterChef Australia Anthony Bourdain: The Layover 17.30 American Pickers 18.30 Britains Best Bakery 19.30 The Voice of USA 21.00 American Pickers 22.30 Container Wars 23.00 Ball Boys A reality series focusing on the buying and selling of sports memorabilia at a shop in Baltimore. 23.30 Trigger Happy TV 00.00 Hotel Hell 01.00 South Park 01.30 Crimestories Around the World 02.30 Shark Tank USA NELONEN 07.00 Children?s Programming 08.40 French Food at Home 10.20 For Rent 14.20 French Food at Home 14.50 Bridezillas 15.50 Heavy Texas 16.55 Excused 18.25 Frasier 20.00 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. 22.00 Red Widow 23.30 Frasier 00.00 Medium 01.00 Mad Men 02.00 Excused 02.25 Dr. Phil TV5 06.05 The King of Queens 06.30 Absolutely Fabulous 07.05 Impy?s Island FILM Directed by: Reinhard Kloos, Holger Tappe. USA/1997. 03.45 Deadliest Catch 04.35 MacGyver AVA 08.10 Namaste 09.40 Doctors 10.35 Undercover Boss USA 11.50 All On The Line 13.45 Grand Designs 15.45 Doctors 17.25 Eastenders 18.00 Friends 19.00 Jamie?s Kitchen 20.00 Double Your House For Half The Money 21.00 Top Chef Masters 23.00 Rizzoli & Isles (K16) Detective Jane Rizzoli and Medical Examiner Dr. in time for his wedding. The film won seven Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Actress, and Best Supporting Actress. With Children 17.30 Everybody Loves Raymond 18.00 The King of Queens 19.00 Deadliest Catch This reality television series portrays the real life highsea adventures of the Alaskan crab fishermen. 20.00 Gold Rush 2 21.00 Get Him to the Greek FILM A record company intern is hired to accompany outof-control British rock star Aldous Snow to a concert at L.A.?s Greek Theater. Directed by: Nicholas Stoller. Freeze and Poison Ivy from freezing Gotham City. But the more they begin to uncover, the more they realize just how much trouble they are really in. With Children 06.50 The King of Queens 07.15 Dogs 101 08.05 Matlock 12.00 Kitchen Boss 12.25 DC Cupcakes 12.55 Dogs 101 13.50 Absolutely Fabulous 14.30 Smack the Pony 15.00 Matlock 16.00 3rd Rock from the Sun 17.00 Married. Directed by: Joel Schumacher. Starring: George Clooney, Chris O?Donnell, Arnold Schwarzenegger. USA/1997. 23.25 Grimm (K16) 00.25 Revolution (K16) 01.25 Supernatural (K16) 02.25 48 Hour Mystery JIM 07.30 12.30 14.20 15.15 16.10 monday 23.3. MasterChef Australia Top Secret Recipe Splash! USA Talent USA Undercover Boss Stacey Mowbray, the CEO of a chain of coffee shops, learns the ins and outs of customer service when she secretly works alongside employees at one of her company?s outlets. 17.05 Hotell Hell 19.00 Anthony Bourdain: The Layover 22.00 American Pickers 23.00 Border Security: Australia?s Front Line 00.00 World?s Weirdest Restaurants 00.30 Ice Road Truckers 01.30 JIM D: Ancient Aliens 02.25 Bondi Rescue 07.40 Children?s Programming 12.30 Animal ABC 13.00 Zoo 13.30 Dog Rescue 14.50 America?s Next Topmodel 15.55 Criss Angel Believe 21.00 National Tresure: Book of Secrets FILM Benjamin Gates must follow a clue left in John Wilkes Booth?s diary to prove his ancestor?s innocence in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Directed by: Jon Turteltaub. Starring: Nicolas Cage, Jon Voight, Justin Bartha. USA/2007 02.05 Elementary 03.05 Blue Bloods 03.55 Dr. Starring: Burt Kwouk, Debrah Farentino. USA/1993. 21.00 Shakespeare in Love FILM Directed by: John Madden. Starring: Gwynth Paltrow, Ben Affleck, Colin Firth. USA/1998. 23.20 Numb3rs 00.25 Call Me Fitz (K16) 01.40 Twin Peaks 02.30 Repo Men (K18) FILM Directed by: Miguel Sapochnik. Directed by: Todd Phillips. With Children 17.30 Everybody Loves Raymond 18.00 The King of Queens 19.00 Deadliest Catch 20.00 Naked and Afraid SERIES BEGINS. Two unrelated contestants . USA/2009. TV5 21.00 Sunday 23.3.2014 Sub 21.00 Monday 24.3.2014. A great fan of Shakespeare?s plays is young, wealthy Viola who is about to be married to the cold-hearted Lord Wessex, but constantly dreams of becoming an actress. Women were not allowed to act on stage at that time, but dressed up as a boy, Viola successfully auditions for the part of Romeo. Soon she and William are caught in a forbidden romance that provides rich inspiration for his play. Starring: Wigald Boning, Florian Halm. Starring: Colm Meaney, Elisabeth Moss, Jonah Hill. TV GUIDE HELSINKI TIMES 20 . USA/2010. 23.10 5D: Britain?s Happy Hookers 00.45 Invincible FILM Directed by: Jefery Levy. Starring: Billy Zane, Byron Mann, Stacy Oversier. USA/Canada/2001. 02.30 MacGyver 03.25 Flashpoint AVA 08.10 Namaste 09.40 Doctors 11.50 Selling Spelling Manor 12.45 American Idol 15.45 Doctors 17.25 Eastenders 18.00 Friends This series follows the lives, loves, and laughs of six young friends living in Manhattan. 20.00 Grand Designs 21.30 Jamie Oliver Happy Days Live 23.00 Revenge 25.3. MTV3 NELONEN Naked and Afraid TV5 20.00 09.45 The Bold and the Beautiful 10.10 Two and a Half Men 10.40 Emmerdale 14.10 Grand Designs 15.15 Modern Family 17.25 The Bold and the Beautiful 18.00 Emmerdale 20.05 Undercover Boss 21.00 Person of Interest 22.35 Suits 23.35 666 Park Avenue (K16) The series follows a couple who are offered the opportunity to manage the historic building, The Drake but it is not what it seems. 00.30 Legit (K16) SUB 09.25 Eastenders 13.55 Mythbusters 14.55 The Face 15.55 Oliver?s Twist 16.25 Eastenders 18.00 How I Met Your Mother 18.30 Jamie?s Chef 19.30 Mom 20.00 The Simpsons 20.30 Big Bang Theory 23.00 Sleepy Hollow (K16) This is a modern day twist on Washington Irving?s classic in which Ichabod Crane, resurrected 250 years in the future, pairs up with a presentday cop, Lieutenant Mills, to save the town of Sleepy Hollow from unparalleled evil. 00.00 Mom 00.30 Nikita (K16) 01.30 Bones (K16) 02.25 Cops JIM 10.30 Crocodileman 13.30 Undercover Boss 14.30 Britains Best Bakery 15.30 Shark Tank USA 16.30 The Voice of USA 18.30 Britains Best Bakery 19.30 The Voice of USA 22.30 Border Security: Australia?s Front Line 23.30 Speeders This series consists of clips of individuals being pulled over for offences, most commonly speeding. one male, one female ? are deposited in a natural setting where they try to survive for 21 days. 21.00 The Blacklist 23.00 Motive 01.00 The Only Way Is Essex 02.10 Hostile Intent (K16) FILM Directed by: Jonathan Heap. Starring: Rob Lowe, James Kidnie. With Children 06.40 Absolutely Fabulous 07.15 Must Love Cats 08.05 Matlock 12.00 Kitchen Boss Buddy cooks various ItalianAmerican dishes from his family?s recipes. 12.55 Must Love Cats 13.50 Absolutely Fabulous 14.30 Smack the Pony 15.00 Matlock 16.00 3rd Rock from the Sun 17.00 Married... With no clue about what happened and little time to spare, the trio must attempt to retrace their bad decisions from the night before in order to figure out where things went wrong in the hopes of finding Doug and getting him back to L.A. 26 MARCH 21 Helsinki Times TV Guide offers a selection of English broadcasting on Finnish television. sunday MTV3 NELONEN Batman & Robin Sub 21.00 08.05 Children?s Programming 10.20 Grand Designs 14.20 Inside the Actors Studio 15.35 Dennis the Menace FILM Directed by: Nick Castle. Starring: Christopher Lloyd, Walter Matthau, Joan Plowright. Phil TV5 06.20 Married. Germany/2006. 11.30 Everybody Loves Raymond 14.00 Matlock 15.00 30 Rock 16.00 Zoo Days 17.00 Knight Rider 18.00 Son of the Pink Panther FILM Directed by: Blake Edwards. Directed by: John Madden. Starring: Gwynth Paltrow, Ben Affleck, Colin Firth. Starring: Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galiniafakis. The entertainment is derived from the interaction between the offender and the police officer. 00.00 World?s Weirdest Restaurants 00.30 South Park 01.00 Ax Men 02.00 Shark Tank USA 07.00 Children?s Programming 08.40 French Food at Home 10.20 For Rent 13.50 For Rent 14.20 French Food at Home 14.50 Bridezillas 15.50 Supernanny Supernanny Jo Frost is on a mission to help desperate parents deal with their badly behaved children. 16.55 Excused 18.25 Frasier 21.00 Elementary This series is based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?s Sherlock Holmes detective stories with contemporary twists. 22.00 Criminal Minds: Under Suspicion (K16) 23.30 Californication 00.05 Frasier 00.35 Elementary 01.35 Excused TV5 06.10 Married
09 471 87383; Vantaa: Peijas hospital, Sairaalakatu 1, tel. Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jonathan Tucker, Erika Christensen. 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 Finland?s preliminary population figure was 5,452,821 at the end of January Statistics Finland SOLUTION ON PAGE 23. At these public terminals internet use is usually free of charge. Mon 3/24 ?1 +1 +4 +3 +4 Health advice and information call centre (if you are unsure of what to do) . USA/2009. 23.05 1600 Penn WEATHER Banks and Bureaux de Change. The Forex desk at Helsinki Central Railway Station is open Mon-Fri 8-20 and Sat-Sun 9-19. 26 MARCH wednesday tuesday 31.12.26 .3. MTV3 FINLAND INFO NELONEN Grey?s Anatomy Nelonen 21.00 09.45 The Bold and the Beautiful 10.10 Two and a Half Men 10.40 Emmerdale 11.40 Doctors 15.15 Up All Night The series follows Reagan, a producer on her best friend Ava?s talk show, and Chris, Reagan?s supportive, stayat-home husband, as they try to adjust to life with their newborn baby Amy. 16.15 Undercover Boss 17.25 The Bold and the Beautiful 18.00 Emmerdale 23.10 Major Crimes 00.10 Fringe SUB 09.25 Eastenders 13.55 Mythbusters 14.55 Flipping Out 15.55 Oliver?s Twist 16.25 Eastenders 18.00 How I Met Your Mother 19.30 Raising Hope 20.00 The Simpsons 20.30 Two and a Half Men 21.00 Project Runway 22.00 Shameless (K16) Paul Abbott?s critically acclaimed, offbeat drama about the rollercoaster lives and loves of the dysfunctional Gallagher clan. 23.00 Raising Hope Raising Hope revolves around Jimmy Chance who has not made the best decisions in life but is trying his best to raise his daughter with the help of his family. 23.30 Vampire Diaries 00.30 Bones (K16) 01.25 Cops JIM 11.00 Crocodileman 11.30 Chuck?s Day Off 14.30 Britains Best Bakery 15.30 Shark Tank USA 16.30 The Voice of USA 18.30 Britains Best Bakery 19.30 The Voice of USA 22.30 Ice Road Truckers This series features the activities of drivers who operate trucks on seasonal routes crossing frozen lakes and rivers in remote Arctic territories in Canada and Alaska. 23.30 Beck 00.30 South Park 01.00 Ax Men 02.00 Shark Tank USA 03.00 The Voice of USA HELSINKI TIMES 07.00 Children?s Programming 08.40 French Food at Home 10.20 For Rent 13.50 For Rent 14.20 French Food at Home 14.50 Bridezillas 15.50 Supernanny 16.55 Excused 17.25 Criss Angel Believe 18.25 Frasier 21.00 Grey?s Anatomy SERIES BEGINS. Operator number 118. When an unexpected malpractice suit turns Callie?s world upside down, her supportive father arrives and shares an interesting secret with her. 23.30 Dexter (K16) 00.35 Frasier 01.05 Criminal Minds: Under Suspicion (K16) TV5 06.10 Married. Helsinki?s General Post Office is also open at the weekend 10-18. 22 TV GUIDE 20 . 0300 20200, calls are charged), Mannerheimintie 96, is open 24 hours; its branch at Mannerheimintie 5/Kaivopiha is open daily 7-24. Public Transport. She is informed that her overdose caused irreparable heart damage and that she only has a couple of weeks to live. For more information, see www.visithelsinki.fi. However, she decides to end her life by overdosing on sleeping pills. 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). +1 +3 +4 +4 +4 +7 +6 +8 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. Her suicide attempt fails and she emerges from her coma at a psychiatric institution. With Children 17.30 Everybody Loves Raymond 18.00 The King of Queens 19.00 Deadliest Catch 20.00 Breaking Amish SERIES BEGINS. Breaking Amish takes a look at what happens when four Amish people and a Mennonite leave the world of buggies and horses and venture out to New York City. 21.00 Hysteria FILM Directed by: Tanya Wexler. UK/France/Germany/2011. 23.00 My Strange Addiction 00.05 Call Me Fitz (K16) 01.20 Numb3rs 02.15 Twin Peaks AVA 08.10 Namaste 09.40 Doctors 10.35 Baby Borrowers on Holiday 12.45 Storage Hoarders 13.45 Jamie?s Kitchen 14.45 Double Your House For Half The Money 15.45 Doctors 17.25 Eastenders 18.00 Friends 19.00 It?s a Brad, Brad World 20.00 Double Your House For Half The Money 21.00 Veronika Decides to Die (K16) FILM Directed by: Emily Young. Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jonathan Tucker, Erika Christensen. Most hotels as well as the Helsinki Tourist Office and Helsinki?s General Post Office have a computer terminal. Stenbäckinkatu 11, 09 471 72783 (between 6:00 and 22:00), 09 471 72751 (between 22:00 and 6:00). Sun 3/23 Mon 3/24 Tue 3/25 Wed 3/26 +11 0 Post Offices. Night buses operate extensively at weekends. Night buses have an extra fee. 09 3101 3300. USA/2009. AVA 21.00 Wednesday 26.3.2014 Airport buses.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 a number of Finnish towns public internet posts are quite rare due to extensive per-person internet use at home. 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. +9 +10 +10 +10 +21 +20 +20 +19 +19 +19 +18 +35 +35 +30 +31 +32 +33 +33 +18 +18 +20 +12 +16 +16 +17 +17 +19 +23 +19 +20 +24 +26 +17 +19 +14 +12 +10 +10 +10 +18 +9 +9 +9 +9 +9 +9 +18 +20 +21 +20 +18 +13 +13 +24 +24 +25 +23 +24 +24 +26 +14 +8 +8 +9 +9 +8 +8 +26 +29 +30 +29 +29 +28 +29 +25 +27 +26 +24 +26 +28 +23 +17 +15 +8 +8 +8 +8 +8 +17 +17 +11 +3 +4 +6 +6 +16 +8 +11 +9 +9 +9 +9 +27 +19 +19 +21 +22 +24 +27 +14 +18 +17 +17 +18 +18 +17 +17 +16 +12 +13 +13 +15 +15 +14 +11 +10 +9 +10 +10 +11 +23 +18 +18 +18 +19 +20 +17 +16 +17 +19 +16 +18 +17 +17 +19 +18 +13 +10 +10 +12 +12 +2 +17 +18 +16 +16 +17 +17 +17 +2 +33 +33 +31 +32 +29 +32 +32 +23 +26 +27 +28 +27 +27 +26 +3 0 ?5 ?7 ?7 ?4 ?3 ?3 0 +8 +12 +12 +12 +7 +18 +20 +19 +4 +6 +8 +8 +11 +9 +15 +5 +1 +3 +1 +6 +7 +3 +6 +5 +5 +6 +18 +12 +11 +11 +10 +11 +11 +2 Fri 3/21 ?9 ?6 +6 +6 +4 +6 +6 Sat 3/22 ?6 ?2 +2 +5 +7 +5 +4 +6 Sun 3/23 ?3 ?1 +1 +2 +4 +2 Internet. Public phones are scarce. The Tourist Bureau provides information about the city and its sights. Pharmacies. 09 4711. Wed 3/26 0 +2 0 ?5 ?3 +2 +2 +2 +35 +35 +29 +25 +26 +26 +27 +19 +19 +17 +17 +14 +15 +15 +12 +12 +14 +18 +16 +14 +20 +31 +31 +32 +31 +32 +30 +32 +1 +10 +9 +9 +6 +5 +5 ?1 +8 +6 +4 +6 +5 +6 0 +7 +7 +7 +7 +5 +6 +9 +12 +10 +3 +7 +9 +11 +9 +12 +10 +12 +8 +12 +14 +9 +9 +10 +11 +13 +8 +15 +19 +20 +19 +21 +11 +11 +11 +3 +6 +4 +6 Children in need of urgent medical treatment should be taken to Lastenklinikka children?s hospital. With Children 06.40 Absolutely Fabulous 07.15 The Jeff Corwin Experience 08.05 Matlock 12.00 Kitchen Boss 12.25 Extreme Couponing 12.55 The Jeff Corwin Experience 13.50 Absolutely Fabulous 14.30 Smack the Pony 15.00 Matlock 16.00 3rd Rock from the Sun 17.00 Married. Includes commuter trains, buses, trams and metro. Most grocery stores are open Mon-Fri 7-21, Sat 7-18 and Sun 12-21. Single ticket Veronika Decides to Die Veronika Deklava is a beautiful woman in her mid twenties who appears to have everything: a great job, a New York City apartment and a great life ahead her. Yliopiston apteekki (tel. 09 100 23. +7 +6 +8 Tue 3/25 Medical services. Banks are usually open Mon-Fri 10-16:30 except for the bank at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, which is open 6-22 daily. Health centres around the country are open Mon-Fri 8-16. Finland?s international country code is +358 and to ring abroad from Finland dial 00. Wanha Kauppahalli (?Old Market Hall?) at the Market square and Hakaniemen Kauppahalli (?Hakaniemi Market Hall?) are the most popular. For more information, see www.hsl.fi. Tourist Information.Helsinki City Tourist & Convention Bureau (Pohjoisesplanadi 19, Aleksanterinkatu 20) is open Mon-Fri 9-20 and Sat-Sun 9-18 between 15 May and 14 September; at other times of the year, Mon-Fri 9-18 and Sat-Sun 10-16, tel. Both telephone cards and Finnish SIM cards for mobile phones can be bought at R-kioski shops. 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. Public transport operates in Helsinki and its surrounding regions from around 5:30 (6:30 at weekends) until midnight. Dial 112. 09 471 72432; Töölö hospital, Topeliuksenkatu 5, tel. As the days pass, Veronika falls in love with schizophrenic patient Edward and embarks on a journey in which ultimately discovers what it means to live. Directed by: Emily Young. 09 471 67371; Espoo: Jorvi hospital, Turuntie 150, tel. See www.posti.fi Sat 3/22 +9 0 Grocery stores. Post offices are usually open Mon-Fri 8-20 and SatSun 10-14. Both are open Mon-Fri 8-18 and Sat 8-16 but are closed on Sundays. Hietaniemen kauppahalli (?Hietalahti Market Hall?) holds until summer 2014 the majority shops from Wanha Kauppahalli. Restaurants. See www.forex.fi for more information. Thu 3/20 ?8 ?8 ?3 ?1 ?1 ?3 Thu 3/20 Emergency Numbers. Grocery stores in the Helsinki Central Railway Station tunnel are open Mon-Sat 7-22 and Sun 10-22. Fri 3/21 +17 +8 +8 +8 Thursday 3/20 6:23 am 6:33 pm 6:19 am 6:32 pm 6:33 am 6:44 pm 6:19 am 6:31 pm 6:28 am 6:38 pm 6:13 am 6:27 pm Telephone. The currency exchange counter at the harbour in Katajanokka, Helsinki is open everyday (Mon-Fri 15-17:30 Sat-Sun 10-11, 15-17:30)
This is the obligation, as stated on migri.?, that ?each citizen of Finland must participate in, or contribute to, the defence of the country.? Con?icts tend to be complex and to pose complex questions to the individuals involved, absolute right or wrongs almost impossible to conclusively reach, they are the realms of greyness and ethical ambiguity. Back and Neck Massage 32. (59?) 50 min . (39?) 30 min . It thus seems challenging to, by virtue of being a citizen, submit the entire personal ethical questioning process to the dictates of the state and offer a carte blanche of commitment to the unknowable terms of the future. Does being Finnish entail that one must commit RECENTLY to having a very black-andwhite absolutist stance on very complex, multifaceted ethical questions regarding circumstances of con?ict that have not yet taken place, and thus the nature of which cannot be known? Is it, for example, fundamentally incongruent to be both a Finn and a paci?st, or even to be a Finn and uncertain. Meridian Massage and other treatments 56. Arkadiankatu 17 LH B, 00100 Helsinki Tel.: +358 9 4546301, info2@liangtse.fi . (69?) 50 min SOLUTION SUDOKU . Iso Roobertinkatu 8 LH 1, 00120 Helsinki Tel.: +358 9 2784201, info@liangtse.fi www.helsinkitimes.fi Open: Mon.-Sat. True, history contextualises the obligation, but history does equate the present or the future, and to commit to the unknown based on the past is, I would argue, ethically dubious. I am not writing this as an expression of lack of loyalty, or a lack of appreciation for my new citizenship (in which case the opposite is true), or to even claim that I would not participate in the defence of Finland should need be, I write this as a defence of the virtues of uncertainty and personal ethical questioning, against absolutist commitment, virtues I imagine a country should want of its citizenry. w www.6d.fi SixDegrees is on stands now! Grab a copy from your nearest pick-up point!. Foot Reflexology Massage 48. Is it not within the range of possibilities of a Finnish citizen, even if they are adamantly against the idea of occupation, to choose peaceful surrender over a possibly bloody and destructive defence? Such a position need not necessarily imply lack of love, patriotism, or even commitment to a country, and could equally be interpreted as a dif?cult ethical assessment (for the good of a nation) of one for whom the safety of the people, and physical infrastructure (the tangible aspects of a nation) are too valuable to risk. What if the nature of the Finnish state, were to change into something more aggressive (I am not saying this is likely, or something I am concerned about, but perhaps an extreme hypothetical example can demonstrate a problem with the obligation) and Finland attacked another country (euphemising the offense as a defence), is this something we want to be obliged to partake in. 10:00-21:00 www.liangtse.fi Helsinki Times iPad edition EXPAT VIEW Darryl Stafford, originally from Canada and now based in Turku, divides his time between teaching, finishing up his PhD in General History, and strolling endlessly up and down the Aura River. On the defence I found myself reading through a list of the rights and obligations of Finnish citizens and was struck by one particular obligation, which forced me to really start thinking and analysing my own personal ethical thoughts and questions on the matter. 26 MARCH 23 WELLBEING To celebrate our 5th anniversary we are delighted to offer you 20% off WANTED Have you got expat views? Helsinki Times runs a column series called EXPAT VIEWS, where we publish voluntary contributions written by expats, and we?re interested in your experiences. Share your funny, memorable, frustrating or great experiences of Finland with our readers. Please send a brief email to expatview@helsinkitimes.fi with some information about yourself and what kind of experiences you would like to write about, and we will give you more information on how to proceed with your story. The offer is valid on 24 March-19 April 2014 You can also purchase several vouchers (valid for 2 years) Helsinki Times . Or, if the political situation becomes very extreme, and a situation arises where certain minorities or segments of the population are being violently persecuted and another country invades to put an end to this, could it not be seen as perhaps morally objectionable to defend? When bringing up this topic with others, the response tends to be along the lines that such an obligation needs to be understood in terms of the country?s history. Is it not the In this series expatriates write about their lives in Finland. right of a citizen to maintain uncertainty (as hypothetical events in the future tend to be uncertain), and only commit to a stance after having assessed the actual con?ict and the best possible ethical solution? Each con?ict should be separately analysed on its own terms, and to commit categorically to a stance in the impossible-to-predict possibilities of the future, seems to be rather irresponsible. Such a commitment aligns itself more to the ?mycountry-right ?or-wrong? mentality (or assumption) than to mature ethics. CLASSIFIEDS & SERVICES HELSINKI TIMES 20