The retailer also
launched its a new budget-friendly
product range, K-Menu, earlier last
year.
While K-stores have traditionally sought to differentiate themselves
from the competition with range of
services and products, also they have
recently had to recognise the significance of prices. Citymarkets, for example, lowered the prices of roughly 400 items
by 4-30 per cent. ?Prices have become
a more important factor in store seisku Pub, as misinformation or a
misunderstanding.
The attacker entered the pub on
14 January and, without warning,
struck the barkeep with an axe. Scandinavia may not
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Prices on around 100 items at S Market supermarkets have been slashed.
Stiff competition sees food prices fall
Retailers compete for
increasingly price-conscious consumers.
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Declining tourism & role model
The dropping ruble hinders Russian tourism to Finland. H T
oN 18 JANUARY, S Group announced
that it will reduce the prices of over
400 common grocery items the following day at Prisma hypermarkets
and roughly 100 items at S-markets. analyses
Kari Luoto, the managing director at
Finnish Grocery Trade Association.
The price cuts signal the end of a
prolonged rise in food prices. ?3 . The motive for the attack remains unclear.
The incident is being investigated as two murders and one attempted manslaughter.
In addition, the attacker is suspected of attempted murder for
hitting a police officer in the protective helmet with an axe during a
lection, especially in the course of
last year,. concedes Rautiainen.
Price conscious
Sipponen similarly estimates that
today?s consumers are increasingly
conscious of prices. H S
A l E k S I t E I vA IN E N . 22 . He
then killed a customer of the pub, a
local man born in 1940, outside the
premises by hitting him in the torso
with the axe. H S
A l E k S I t E I vA IN E N . The retailer, he adds, would
be unlikely to lower its prices at the
one narrowly escaped death
in axe rampage in oulu pub
tA P Io m A IN Io, P IP S A PA lt tA l A . Certain
wholesale prices may also have fallen due to the situation in Russia,. Now, however, the
pace of expansion has slowed.
?We?ll cut back on our investments
in new stores notably,. The emphasis on
prices is attributable to the uncertain
economic situation. 28 JANUARY 2015 . ISSUE 4 (389) . The claims, however, have been refuted by Markku
Kaakinen, the proprietor of Tu-
expense of its profit margin out of
the kindness of its heart.
?The underlying reasons include
savings in energy costs. Mika Rautiainen, the
head of marketing at Kesko Food,
reminds that the prices of several
grocery items were reduced already
at the beginning of last November. H T
person narrowly escaped
death in an axe attack in Tuisku Pub
in Oulu on 14 January. Sports
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Austerity & Scandimania
Professors caution against Government's upcoming austerity
measures. Prices are more
important to consumers especially
in the current economic situation,?
Pyykkönen predicts.
Taavi Heikkilä, the chief executive at SOK, says that S Group
will offset the price reductions by
cutting back on investments and
operating costs. The purchasing
power of Finnish consumers is not
expected to strengthen this year.
Lidl has the upper hand in the
price war. ?Lidl may well increase
its market share. Luoto
estimates that food prices did not increase last year as the price reductions
introduced in December offset the
moderate rise witnessed in early 2014.
In 2013, food prices rose by 5.3
per cent.
typical competition
Its competitors, however, are unfazed
by the significant price reductions.
Lauri Sipponen, the managing
director at Lidl Finland, believes
the reductions are simply a feature
of typical price competition. Music training helps emotional and behavioural maturation.
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Psychiatrist uses philosophy on
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h E IDI l ä m S ä , JUh A N I S A A R IN E N . K-stores slashed their prices
already in November.
?This is an example of how tough
the price competition is,. The person
sustained minor injuries after attempting to stop the frenzied axe
murderer, a roughly 35-year-old man
of foreign background, and managed
to fend him off with a chair.
A thIRD
Pizza, wine and jazz
Pjazza brings authentic traditional Italian food to Helsinki.
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The price reductions adopted by
supermarket chains will effectively
put more money into the wallets of
consumers.
On 19 January Prisma reduced
the price of Oltermanni cheese from
nearly 6 to less than 5 euros per kilo,
the price of a small bag of Reissumies
rye bread from 49 to 39 cents and the
price of Kotimaista semi-skimmed
milk from 87 to 72 cents per litre.
The incident is being looked into
as attempted manslaughter, reveals
Ari-Pekka Kouva, a detective chief
inspector at the National Bureau of
Investigation (KRP).
KRP has also revealed that
the attacker had previously been
barred from the premises for creating disturbance. The retailer has recently concentrated on the expansion of not only its chain of grocery
stores but also its network of ABC
service stations. www.hElSINkItImES.fI
Available by subscription, on board more than 350 Finnair flights, on Allegro trains and in all top-quality hotels in Finland. Instead, the price cuts are
an attempt by S Group to hold on to
its customer base amid ever-fiercer
competition, Pyykkönen says.
Kesko has already lowered its
food prices. he says.
Perttu Pyykkönen, a research
director at Pellervo Economic Research Institute (PTT), estimates
that S Group decided to slash its
prices simply because it could afford to. Heikkilä says.
Two people died in a frenzied axe attack in Tuira, Oulu, on 14 January.
raid on his home later on 14 January.
He died after being shot twice in response by police officers.
Continued on page 3.
It would be
like subordinating the patterns of life within a family
to agreements with the upstairs neighbour.
MEMbERS of Cuban civil society, including rank and file
party members, agree that
dialogue with the United
States may depressurise the
domestic atmosphere and
facilitate change, encourage
generational turnover in the
leadership, lead to a more decentralised system and contribute to empowering the
most constructive elements
of both cultures and peoples.
THOSE who are in favour of
a reformed Cuban socialism,
not a Caribbean capitalism,
support a détente with the
United States that may help
dissipate the siege mentality and lead to a political environment that facilitates a
more democratic model.
CUbAN socialists aspire to
a kind of democracy that is
defined by more than just
a commitment to periodic
elections within a highly regulated multiparty system.
The Cuban public debate
points toward radical democratisation of the society and
system as a whole . In his recent statement on the new
Cuban policy (17 December),
US President Barack Obama
Those who are in favour of a reformed Cuban
socialism, not a Caribbean capitalism, support
a détente with the United States that may
help dissipate the siege mentality and lead to
a political environment that facilitates a more
democratic model.
burden on economic development imposed by hostility
and a multilateral embargo
that affects Cuba?s relations
with the rest of the world;
gAININg access to US markets and capital flows, with a
multiplier effect on all of Cuba?s foreign relations;
fORMINg alliances with various sectors of US society;
facilitating cooperation in
areas related to geographic
contiguity, like transportation and other trade-related
issues, and environmental
concerns, such as ocean pollution in the Florida Straits
and protection of migratory
species; and
stressed that US policy will
continue to focus ?on issues
related to democracy and
human rights in Cuba ... ?it is not easy.. not just
the polity, but also the community, schools, workplaces,
economic management and
social and political organi-
sations, including the Cuban
Communist Party.
Cuban government,
the issue will no longer be
how to keep the ideological
enemy from penetrating, because in a sense it is already
inside. Cuba has only two
foreign policy principles for
negotiating differences, particularly with big powers
like Europe and the United
States: no preconditions and
no double standards.
AS LONg
CUbA must figure out how to
keep domestic political affairs within the area of dialogue and exchange rather
than negotiation. Helsinki Times reserves the right to accept or reject submissions, as well as to edit or shorten the text. Would the CubanAmerican elite keep paying its
dues to the declining industry
of anti-Castroism as real business between the two shores
prospers. 2
VIEWPOINT
22 . own and do not represent
the official policy of the Helsinki Times.
Rafael Hernández is a Cuban political scientist, chief editor of Temas, a social
science journal based in Havana, and co-editor of Shall We Play Ball. Its ability
to build up alliances and consensus will be decisive.
THE IdENTITIES of US allies in
Latin America, Europe and
Cuba are quite obvious. Although
the process will be complicated, the most costly point for a
US president is now past: the
ice has been broken.. Structural transformation in the Cuban economic and political
system, individual liberties
(particularly
expression,
movement, and association),
the role of the mass media and other issues related
to citizens. The United States, on the other hand,
needs to overcome its sense
of superpower arrogance
vis-à-vis a small neighbour.
Most counterproductive policies on both sides, from the
US Bay of Pigs fiasco to Cuba?s Internet restrictions,
have been the consequence
of these weaknesses.
as bilateral rapprochement moves forward,
new issues could appear on
the table. US gov-
SOME
ernment agencies and diehard anti-communist groups
in Miami, as well as their representatives in Congress,
could use this opportunity to
find new ways to fund political opposition, sending antigovernment propaganda and
trying to influence the Cuban
domestic context.
THE CUbAN government finds
itself in an unprecedented
situation. Articles should be at least 5,000 characters-with-spaces long
(maximum length 10,000). rights are internal affairs. As
President Obama said in his
statement (adopting a Cuban
expression made popular by
Kermit the Frog), ?no es fácil?
. It hopes to moderate future Cuban actions,
increase its ability to influence Cuban politics and obtain benefits from specific
areas of bilateral activity by
doing the following:
to a constituency of interest groups
(agribusiness,
biomedical,
tourism, maritime transportation, health care, higher
education, sports, entertainment, and perhaps oil) and
freeing South Florida Cuban-American people and
businesses and hostages of
established policies, to organise in favour of tighter ties;
RESPONdINg
PAVINg the way for the
5,911 US companies that
were nationalised in 1960
to negotiate some kind of
compensation under Cuban
law (as Spanish, Canadian,
French, Swiss, and other foreign firms did long ago);
REMOVINg a point of conten-
tion with Latin America and
US allies that rejected the
Helms-Burton Act on freetrade grounds, and easing
the bilateral tension within
international organisations
like the UN Human Rights
Commission;
IMPROVINg the flow of information between the two
countries via legitimate exchange of radio and TV
programs between public institutions, a fibre-optic cable connection and improved
mail, telephone, and Internet
service; Consolidating migration agreements (signed
in 1994 and 1995); and
REACHINg formal agreements to back ongoing cooperation in drug traffic
interception, naval and air
security, military and coast
guard coordination, environmental protection and other
areas.
US RECOgNITION of the socialist government favours
Cuba?s independence and
self-determination. If this new correlation of forces emerges,
classical torpedoes launched
by hostile networks to destabilise the process of rapprochement will be less likely
to succeed.
THE CONfLICT has already entered a transition phase. You can submit your articles to viewpoint@helsinkitimes.fi. As
often occurs between human
beings, when favourable circumstances arise, a first step
can unleash a march that exceeds all expectations. Each
side?s success in a scenario
of rapprochement depends
on its ability to acquire such
knowledge and turn it into
real policy.
CUbANS
WHAT does
the United States
have to gain in negotiations
with Cuba. For Cuba, dialogue with the United
States could lead to additional benefits:
the cost of security and defence and the
LESSENINg
the return of the
Guantánamo naval base territory to actual Cuban sovereign control.
PURSUINg
bUT THERE are also costs: the
United States has to confront
long-established resistance
within the permanent bureaucracy and the CubanAmerican right wing, admit
that its Cuban policy has
failed (and offer de jure recognition to the same Cuban
regime that has been called
illegitimate for half a century) and instate reciprocal agreements in place of
unilateralism.
ALTHOUgH many Cubans favour détente and appreciate its economic benefits,
they also remain worried
about US political and ideological intentions. policy.
US-STYLE
Cubans are concerned
about the effects of this policy, because it aims to undermine the socialist consensus
among some groups in a period of changes during which
social and political cohesion
are of strategic value. To subject them
to the dynamic of bilateral
agreements with the United States could be politically
counterproductive in terms
of Cuban public opinion, even
in the eyes of Cubans pushing
for such changes. 28 JANUARY 2015
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promote our values through
engagement.?
democracy and
capitalist values are framed
as a ?peaceful evolution?
strategy when applied to other cases (China, Vietnam) ?
another version of the old
?regime change. Instead, the government must be concerned
with how to reshape and promote the domestic consensus, reactivate a socialist
political culture on a new basis and get rid of old rituals
that have lost their meaning.
fOR THE
Cuba-US relationship
could certainly improve relations between Cuban-Americans and their counterparts on
the island. US
policy-makers have specialised in attacking the island,
which has kept them from
learning to understand it.
Neither side has been trained
to deal with an adversary
rather than an enemy. Debating
US-Cuban Relations (2011).
?No es fácil?: Threats and
opportunities in US-Cuba relations
R A fA E L H E R N á N dE z
T HE M A R K NE W S
have become used
to preparing for war with
the United States, not for dialogue and negotiation. Would its members
hold on to their identities as
ideologues rather than businesspersons, or would they opt
to behave like other historical
overseas economic elites (Vietnamese, Chinese)?
A NEW
fINALLY, to what degree can
those hostile networks withstand the emergence of economic and strategic interests
that would broaden the surface of contact between the
two sides. So,
too, are the identities of Cuban allies, including many
Latin American and Caribbean governments, emerging
powers like Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa
(BRICS) and some paradoxical ones, such as US corporations, the US Coast Guard,
the US Drug Enforcement
Administration, the U.S Citizenship and Immigration
Services and the silent majority of the Cuban-American
people.
THE MAIN weakness Cuba
needs to overcome is not its
lesser physical power, but
its siege mentality. It must choose between playing defensively and developing a new
proactive strategy
Some 55 percent of Finns were able to estimate correctly that
access to clean drinking water has improved since 1990.
Finns. Just recently, on
a work trip to Ethiopia, I saw
for myself how the operating
approach developed by Finland decentralises responsibility for water points to local
communities themselves,
and how the model has been
copied in the country?s national water programme. Already, a total of about three
million people have cost-effective access to clean water
thanks to Finland?s development assistance,. 58.3%
No . Finland, for its part,
has supported progress,?
Development Minister Sirpa
Paatero was quoted saying.
Finland has promoted the
spread of school attendance
through bilateral development cooperation in many
developing countries and as
the chair of the executive
board of the UN children?s
agency UNICEF in 2013. The established practice
L E H T I K U VA / M A R K K U RU o T T I n E n
Sipilä was voted as Finland?s most charismatic party leader in
a recent survey by national broadcaster Yle.
Sipila won some 35 percent of the votes, and was described as being laid back, natural and capable. ?Police officers
can?t walk away from a situation. Nearly half, or 44 per
cent, of the over 1,000 respondents said that they experience physical violence on
a monthly basis. points
out Satu Koivu, the head of
development at the National
Police Board.
Events such as the one
that took place in Oulu on 14
January may be traumatic
even if support is available.
Tuula Leino, a researcher
at the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, observed
in her study in 2013 that psychological symptoms among
police officers and security
personnel are generally associated with physical violence. explains Paatero.
At present, police officers
exposed to traumatic events
are summoned to a discussion led by an officer with
special training to review the
events. 28 JANUARY 2015
3
L E H T I K U VA / A n T T I A I M o - Ko I V I S T o
Who:
Juha Sipilä
From
Veteli
Famous for:
Leader of the Centre Party
Question of the week
Last year Finland granted asylum to 1,346 applicants.
Should this number be increased?
Yes . Respondents described
the Prime Minister as lacking credibility, as well as being being laid back.
The Finns Party chairman Timo Soini took second place,
with the leader of the Christian Democrats, Päivi Räsänen
coming in last.
Candles in Myllyoja Church in Oulu on 15 January.
after the school shootings is
that the responding officers
take action immediately,. A total of 45 incidents
in which police officers were
subjected to an armed threat
or attack were registered last
year. The margin of error
in the survey is 2.5 per centage points in either direction, with a 95 per cent level
of confidence.
Threat of violence on the rise
Continued from page 1.
TA pIO M A INIO, pIp S A pA LT TA L A . The number is nearly as
high as in the three preceding years combined.
Mikko Paatero, the National Police Commissioner, has expressed his concerns about the
safety of police officers, estimating that the statistics are
only the tip of the iceberg.
Do police officers have to
adjust to being constantly
under threat. ?The consequences
may be disconcerting, such
as doubts over your suitabil-
ity for policing, especially if
you?re inexperienced,. Meanwhile,
63 per cent of the police officers interviewed said that
they experience verbal abuse
on a daily basis.. While the
survey looked for charisma, most respondents favoured the
popular leader for his unassuming personality.
Meanwhile Alexander Stubb came in third in the Yle poll,
winning just 13 per cent of the vote. Finland has promoted maternal health, among others,
as one of the biggest donors
of the UN Population Fund
(UNFPA).
Local awareness
Finns are more aware of the
world?s water situation: 55
percent of Finns were able to
estimate correctly that access to clean drinking water
has improved since 1990.
?In the water sector,
too, development cooperation is the most effective
when people themselves get
the chance to improve their
well-being. H T
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share of children in developing countries go to school,
how well equality between
boys and girls is implemented in basic education, and
how comprehensively women are able to use effective
methods of contraception
should they wish to do so.
According to the survey,
more than eight out of ten
Finns believe that less than
half of children in developing countries attend school.
In reality, more than 90 per
cent of children in developing
countries can now start primary school. Paatero
explains.
For the survey, one thousand Finns were interviewed
between 16 and 29 December 2014. DOMESTIC
HELSINKI TIMES
22 . The survey was carried
out by the research company
Taloustutkimus.
In reality, the share of the
poor among the world?s population has declined by onehalf, and the number has
dropped by 700 million in the
last 25 years. HS
A L EK SI T EI vA INEN . 41.7%
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A well dug by Finn Church Aid in Bensonville, Liberia, pictured in 2009. School attendance has increased the most
in Africa: almost 20 percentage points since 2000.
Only two per cent of Finns
are able to estimate correctly that for one hundred boys
in first grade, there are 95
girls sitting on school benches, which means that gen-
IP S
ATTACKS against police officers have become more common in Finland in recent
years. Similarly, only 11 per cent of Finns know
that the infant mortality rate
has fallen by one-half during
roughly the same period.
Finns are the gloomiest
when asked to estimate what
der equality in education has
made significant progress.
Just as few people (2 per cent)
know that more than 90 per
cent of the world?s women either use or have the opportunity to use effective methods
of contraception.
?The credit and the responsibility for development
lie first and foremost with
developing countries themselves. conception
of world poverty is
gloomier than reality
A SURvEY commissioned by
the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs reveals the Finns?
conception of world poverty
is much gloomier than reality.
Nearly eight out of ten
Finns (76 per cent) believe
that poverty has increased
in the world since the year
1990
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L E H T I K U VA / T ro n d H . mixing languages
is part of language development
people?s everyday
language is rife with English words and phrases. He thinks that
Finland should participate
more eagerly in developing
new innovations in energy
production.
Patomäki gives two reasons for why Finland should
aspire to rid itself of nuclear
power: firstly it is not renewable energy, and secondly,
storing radioactive nuclear
waste poses a big problem.
Instead of nuclear power, investments should be made
in renewable energy, which
could also become a profitable export contribution.
?Wind power, for example, is beneficial for both
Finnish society and for future energy management.
It is also a field where global
markets will expand. As
Edmund Burke put it wisely in his 1774 speech to the
electors in Bristol at the conclusion of the poll: ?Your
representative owes you, not his industry only, but his
judgment; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he
sacrifices it to your opinion.?
Professor says wind power is a more sustainable solution to
acquiring energy than nuclear power.
FINLANd should develop energy self-sufficiency without
nuclear power, says Professor of Global Politics Heikki Patomäki. T ro S dA H L
Specialist
says Russia
wishes
Finland
would back
down
Maria Guzenina is a former minister of Social and Health Services,
current Member of Finnish Parliament and head of the Finnish delegation to the Council of Europe.
If good people do nothing
good men to do nothing,. 4
FRoM FINNISH PRESS
22 . Professor of
Finnish Language at the University of Eastern Finland
Marjatta Palander says.
She thinks that slipping
English words into conversations is natural.
?Specifically young people hold such a good grasp of
As such it is no surprise that
English sayings and phrases
occasionally slip into Finnish
conversations.
?This started in the 60s
when English movies and
television series were first
shown on Finnish television.
After that, the English language has only increased
AccoRdING to a specialist
at UPI (The Finnish Institute
of International Affairs), not
participating in a training
exercise by Nato would suggest that Finland finds itself
in a difficult situation. In Iraq, ISIS
is spreading terror and is demolishing the basis of a functional society. If Finland
were to not participate in the
training, it would signal that
Finland is distancing itself
from the partnership as a result of the pressure directed at the Baltic Sea area. Although
the world has changed in Great Britain?s House of Commons since Burke?s day, the thoughts of this man . Prison authorities have been strongly
demanding the right to chain
the prisoners in questionable
group transports. This
Espoo conservative defended her view by claiming that
she had heard that this kind of favouritism is happening and that she is sure that what she heard is be true.
Her claim was instantly proved wrong by social-services officials but she maintained her opinion.
PUbLIc
MEANwHILE, the online forums started filling with hateful comments towards immigrants in general. For
some, their use of the Finnish
language is so scattered with
English expressions that it
nearly sounds like a whole
new language, Finglish.
Movies, music and social
media are largely in English.
YoUNG
with media, advertisement
and music,. In Somalia, there is still an on-going conflict
that is causing people to seek refuge in faraway countries.
In Ukraine, anti-government protests have turned deadly
and for the most of the year separatists have been fighting
Ukrainian forces in the eastern parts of the country, leaving civilians in an intolerable situation.
FINNISH immigration statistics reflect directly the instability of certain regions around the world. Language
changes.?
MTV 17 January. most are turned away.
Finland?s immigration policy is stricter than in many other European countries, yet immigration is a theme that
seems to bring up emotions beyond facts and figures, especially preceding regional and national elections.
discussions on immigration issues sometimes
takes the strangest of routes, as it did a few months ago
when a National Coalition Party (Kokoomus) MP Pia
Kauma claimed that immigrants are being favoured by
social services in receiving exaggerated financial benefits to buy such things as luxury baby carriages. There are often only a couple of guards
on the bus and the transportation equipment is not much
more than one would have
on a regular minibus,. Finland
should invest in both developing technologies in the
field, and entrepreneurship.?. Russia
does not want to see Finland
participating in training activities led by Nato,. TIMO VÄKIMIES
Professor criticises energy solutions:
?Finland should rid itself of nuclear power?
L E H T I K U VA / V E S A M o I L A n E n
?THE oNLY thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for
MIKKO VIRTA 18 January.
ILTALEHTI
US PoLITIcIANS,
who have sworn to respect Finland?s
Constitution, need to withhold from racism and hatred . who
is seen as one of the founders of modern conservatism
. LEENI VARIS
Finglish is fine . is still as relevant as ever.
THE NEwS from the past year tells a story of how the
lack of dialogue, misinterpretation and exaggerated
accusations combined with an absence of will to respect one another all make the best foundation for
never-ending, violent conflicts.
IN SYRIA,
200,000 people have lost their lives and more
than 3 million have already fled their country, with the majority of refugees being women and children. No matter what the person?s background,
they all deserve to be seen as a member of our society.
Prisoners are often transported from the Vantaa prison to court in Helsinki with little security to
prevent escape.
VERKKOUUTISET 17 January. Amendment
to the prisoner law, which
would enable the chaining of
prisoners or prisoners on remand by cable ties or handcuffs during transport, is
currently being processed at
the Parliament. There will always be immigration and immigrants.
My mother is an immigrant, she moved to Finland from the
Soviet Union in the 1960s. Ukraine has
now become the third biggest source of asylum seekers
to Finland, right after Iraq and Somalia. If
the decision is made because
the issue is seen as delicate,
it will send Russia, Nato and
other partner countries a
signal that Finland finds itself currently in a bit of a
pickle.?
English that they might use
English words and phrases in
their everyday communication without even noticing.?
Palander is not worried
about the generalisation of
English language threatening the Finnish identity.
?This is normal development with languages. The
writer said that he had seen two black men driving a car
with Espoo City stickers on its sides. Chaining does
not disproportionately offend the human rights of a
prisoner who has already
lost their freedom, if they are
handcuffed for example for
half an hour, and are not even
seen by outsiders.?
crowded city to the district
court of Helsinki. says
Tolvanen.
?I think that group chaining is perfectly justified in sit-
YLE NEWS 18 January. even when it seems that public opinion takes
its cue from assumptions that have no basis in fact. Aaltola says.
According to him, however, Finland is likely to
participate.
?In the background there
is Finland?s intensified partnership with Nato. In one of
the forums, one anonymous writer stated that immigrants
are being given expensive cars to drive round for free. Already 2000 years ago we
have had periods where concepts had to be borrowed
from Germanic and Baltic languages as the agriculture developed. It later turned out that
those two men were Espoo City elderly-care workers.
THE NExT parliamentary elections will be held on April 19.
Immigration is an issue that deserves to be discussed in
an appropriate and truthful manner . From these three
trouble-ridden countries a mere 1200 people made it to
our peaceful Finnish shores to seek asylum and new life.
According to Finnish immigration authorities, only a few
are actually allowed to stay here . Mika Aaltola, Programme Director of UPI says the issue
reflects the tense situation
in the Baltic Sea area where
various military exercises
have been annoying different parties.
?Russia naturally views
all Nato activities as extremely negative. The hands
of prisoners would be tied together, not to structures or to
other prisoners.
?It is impossible for the
prison guards to foresee how
the situation develops during transport. Should an unexpected escape situation occur, both guards and civilians
may be put in danger.?
Tolvanen considers it
strange that the prohibition
on chaining has been justified
on human rights grounds.
?In my opinion, the rights
of civilians should be ensured instead. There are many and will be even
more of my kind in the future . but not
even cable ties can be used
THE bASIc rights of a prisoner prohibit handcuffing during transport. Finns whose parents were
not born here. JUHA-PEKKA TIKKA
Prisoners are driven
through Helsinki . and without populism. is a quotation by 18th-century politician and philosopher Edmund Burke. At the moment, chaining is permitted
during transports only if it is
suspected that there is a risk
of escape or violence.
Kari Tolvanen, an MP with
a police background, says
that the problem arises when,
for example, groups of up to
ten prisoners are transported daily from Vantaa?s prison and are driven through the
uations where prisoners are
transported to areas where
there are a lot of outsiders and
several stops
He has strong
merits from the pool. 2D Gam e Gra phic s .
S u omen k i e li ja o h ja u s - N u o r is o ta ku u ko u lu tu s .
HELS INGI N
AI KU I SO PI STO
HE L AO. JENNIfER HARpER
A first: The green-minded
Embassy of Finland wins a coveted
LEED platinum certification
composting, high
efficiency water faucets, low
energy consumption, bikes
for staffers and no plastic
cups on the premises . The results: the embassy now uses half the electricity and 65 per cent less gas
compared to the mid-2000s. then
a ?gold. It was also the third
successive month of drop in
a row??. and the first em-
?ON-SITE
bassy in the US to win the
ultimate designation. One ski tour operator in
the Inari-Saarielkä area, only 300 kilometres from Murmansk, said their resort lost
80 per cent of their seasonal Christmas and New Year?s
business over the previous
year...?
SHANGHAI DAILY 15 January
British citizen linked to terrorist
organisation expelled from Finland: report
?A BRITISH citizen with Kurdish background has been
deported from Finland, because he was alleged to have
constituted a serious threat
to the country?s security, reported Finnish daily Turun
Sanomat on Thursday.
According to official information received by Turun
Sanomat, the deportation
took place at the end of December last year.
The Turku resident Awat
Hamasalih, who moved from
Britain to Finland in April
2013, was believed to have
played a leading role in the
radical group Ansar al-Islam.
Established at the beginning of the 2000s, Ansar alIslam is a violent rebel group
that operates in Iraq and Syria.
Hamasalih spread propaganda and attempted to
recruit persons to join terrorist organisations, said the
newspaper.
The Kurdish community in
Finland initially informed the
security police about indications of Hamasalih?s extremist inclination, and requested
to deport him from Finland.
The Finnish Security Intelligence Service (Supo) recommended in August 2013 to
expel the man, and the Finnish
Immigration Service made an
initial decision in January 2014.
Hamasalih appealed to
Turku Appeals court, but lost.
He again appealed to the Supreme Administrative Court. FINLAND IN THE WORLD PRESS
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22 . And to much acclaim.
The Embassy of Finland in
the nation?s capital has been
awarded the Leadership in
Energy and Environmental
Design (LEED) Platinum certification . So of course in this situation people are not thinking of
travelling abroad.?
Lapland was also hard hit
by the loss in Russian visitors. In
court proceedings he denied all
accusations against him.
The Supreme Administrative Court has not made
a verdict on the case, but allowed the deportation to be
implemented...?
COME
AN D
EN JOY
LEARN I N G !
S u o m i . F i nni s h fo r Fo rei g ners . There?s
history. C a lligra phy.
D a n c e . It was
ed by the US Green Building
Council, the certification program recognises best-in-class
building strategies and practices according to some strict
guidelines. Mu s i c . Grant-
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Finland inflation slowest
since February 2010
consumer price
inflation eased at a fasterthan-expected pace in December to reach its lowest
level in nearly five years, figures from Statistics Finland
showed Wednesday.
The consumer price index
rose 0.5 per cent year-on-year
in December, slower than November?s 1.0 per cent increase.
Economists had forecast inflation to ease to 0.7 per cent.
?FINLAND?S
The latest rate of inflation was the weakest since
February 2010, when prices
climbed 0.1 per cent.
In 2014, the average inflation rate stood at 1.0 per cent
versus 1.5 per cent in the previous year.
On a monthly basis, consumer prices fell 0.12 per
cent during December, following a 0.19 per cent drop
seen the prior month. FI
I n s ti t u te o f Ad ul t E d u c at io n in Hels inki
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liukkonen came out in the build up to the Winter olympic Games to protest the Russia?s position on
lGbT rights.
SO SO GAY 15 January. designation. Han d c r aft s . The 25-year-old
is also the Finnish record
holder in the 50m freestyle
event which he competed in
at the London 2012 Olympic Games and won a bronze
medal in both the European
and World Championships in
2014.?
THE WASHINGTON TIMES 14 January. E ng l i s h . striking and beautifully designed diplomatic
site has won a ?green,. 2014
was a monumental year for
Liukkonen as he came out
in the build up to the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi,
Russia to protest the country?s position on LGBT rights.
Finnish journalist Ossi Halme told Outsports:
?OLYMPIc
?I think this came as a nice
surprise. The situation
in the Russian economy is not
getting better, the rouble is going down, people are losing
their jobs and prices are going
up. It
all makes for eco-harmony??
the third consecutive monthly decline.
Meanwhile, the EU measure of inflation eased for the
third straight month In December. ANDY WALKER
Gay swimmer Ari-Pekka
Liukkonen named Finland?s
sports role model of the year
swimmer AriPekka Liukkonen has been
named as Finland?s sports
role model of the year. Staffers at the
Finnish embassy, meanwhile,
are eager to recycle, walk,
bike or drive their hybrid cars
to work. Such
efforts can only enhance
the nation?s image on these
shores and elsewhere.
Interestingly enough, the
US Embassy in Helsinki is the
only other Platinum LEED embassy on the planet. In previous years,
the Finns. Then
again, I wasn?t sure if the jury
would really understand how
much of a role model it makes
him that he came out during
the busiest time of his career.
I?m glad and somewhat relieved to see that he won.?
When Liukkonen came
out, he became Finland?s
first openly gay elite male
athlete. 28 JANUARY 2015
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GLOBAL TRAVEL INDUSTRY NEWS 18 January
Finland?s tourism
feeling the bite of
falling Russian ruble
?FOLLOWING the Ukraine crisis and the dramatic drop of
the ruble, Russian tourism to
Finland has decreased sharply. The harmonised index of consumer prices rose
0.6 per cent annually in December, slower than previous
month?s 1.1 per cent increase.
HICP inflation was the lowest
since February 2005, when it
was 0.1 per cent.
Month-on-month,
the
HICP edged down 0.1 per cent
in December, following a 0.2
per cent fall in the preceding
month. says Arto Asikainen
from Visit Finland. ?It doesn?t
look good at all. I was a bit unsure
whether or not Liukkonen
would win. While the official year-onyear statistics are not in yet,
estimates by Visit Finland?s
area manager Arto Asikainen place the drop at up to 50
per cent for the Finnish tourism industry in 2014.
Before 2014, Russians
were Finland?s number one
tourists, bringing in about
one quarter of the 4 billion
euros that foreign tourism
generates annually.
According to the most recent figures from Statistics
Finland, overnight stays for
November 2014 by Russians
were down 27 per cent compared with the previous year.
Some border cities reported a
70 per cent drop for the traditionally frantic New Year
and Orthodox Christmas
holidays.
?We don?t have the official
statistics yet, but the estimation might be a total drop of
30 to 50 per cent compared to
last year,. P ho to gra phy.
S p a n i sh . these
are just a few measures one
green-minded embassy has
taken
actually rose 0.7 per cent in December in the
euro area. discounting volatile food and energy
prices . Similarly, the downturn has yet to
result in a surge in unemployment comparable to that
witnessed during the depression of the 1990s.
The productivity of labour, however, has decreased
party due to the struggles of
high-productivity sectors
and changes in the structure
of production. So you keep your old
car, and when next month rolls around you realise your
old car is still working fine, and the new car might be
even cheaper in the future. younited arrived with conspicuous
timing given the revelations
concerning the NSA?s data collection. The core
inflation rate . Most of
the decisions on the austerity measures in question were
taken in 2012 and during last
spring?s framework session,
when Urpilainen was serving
as Minister of Finance.
?The report clearly indicates that all forecasting
agencies were wrong in how
soon we can return to growth.
Unfortunately, we?ve been
you a cloud storage (5 GB for
free, and paid options exist
for those who require more)
that allows you to back up
files in the cloud as well as to
synchronise them between
several computers. 28 JANUARY 2015
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
David J. H S
A L E K S I T E I VA INE N . now have to decide what they will do about it.
Going beyond the standard features found in other cloud services,
younited has a graphical interface that makes managing photos,
videos and other media a more visual experience.. The European Central Bank . Consumption falls. ?When
it comes to ease of use, the
cloud storage services currently available are still
clearly behind services such
as WhatsApp, Facebook and
Instagram.?
collectively labouring under
a rather big misconception,?
Urpilainen said at the launch
event of the report.
A Finnish company
is challenging online
giants with its cloud
storage service
T E E M U H E N R IK S S O N
H E L S IN K I T I M E S
DROPBOx, Google Drive,
OneDrive, Amazon Cloud
Drive. In addition, it can be
connected to other cloud services, and thus also be used
to access files on Dropbox,
Facebook, Picasa, and others.
F-Secure is not a newcomer when it comes to data security . It
involves the buying and holding of government bonds,
which leads to the monetisation of national debt. The Swiss central bank unexpectedly abandoned their peg of the
Swiss franc to the euro, hinting that something major
was afoot. is how
younited?s About page puts it.
For many users, the biggest benefit to younited is
undoubtedly its Finnishness.
?Finnish legislation and
protection of privacy make it
possible to offer very secure
services,. Moreover, the real value of debt goes up, so there is less incentive to take out
loans for major purchases or investments. ?In addition, Finland has plenty of knowhow
in the field of data security.?
Tulokas also reminds that the
data of younited?s European
clients is stored in data centres in Finland.
Opened to the public in
February last year . It also
has applications for smartphones and tablets, making
it possible to access your files
on the go.
However, younited goes
beyond the standard features, having a graphical
interface that makes managing photos, videos and other
media a more visual experience. The moribund economy is not
showing substantial signs of recovery, and national
governments are constrained in their expansionary
fiscal policies. With this
in mind, younited is promoted
as a secure location for personal data: ?We say NO to the
prying eyes of governments
and we don?t sell your information to advertisers,. Cord (david@helsinkitimes.fi) is a writer, journalist and
columnist for Helsinki Times. So you wait.
ECONOMISTS
extrapolate this behaviour across all consumers and companies. This
could be considered a redistribution of financial risk:
if the Bank of Finland, for example, bought and held
Greek bonds, we could be financing their national debt.
Jutta Urpilainen (SDP), the Minister of Finance in the Cabinet of Jyrki Katainen (NCP), and Sixten Korkman, a professor at Aalto
University, have voiced their doubts about the merits of postponing austerity measures.
K ATJ A B Ox B E Rg ,
PA AVO T E I T T IN E N . Companies
will delay hiring and investing. Still, if you have a fire on your stove top you
should call the fire department before the whole kitchen goes up.
department is the ECB. privacy.
For the future, F-Secure
plans to keep developing
younited and expand the
range of its features. If the worst
happens an economy moves into a deflationary spiral.
Falling prices causThe moribund econ- es lower production,
which leads to lower
omyis not showing
wages and demand,
substantial signs of
which in turn leads to
even lower prices.
recovery, and naNOW
tional governments
are constrained in
their expansionary
fiscal policies.
HOWEVER, while the
0.2 per cent fall in
prices has generated
a lot of interest and
hand-wringing in the
press, it is important
to point out that most of this is due to a fall in energy
prices thanks to the drop in the price of oil. Their mandate is to
keep the inflation rate slightly below 2.0 per cent. In Sweden, for
example, economic growth
has continued since 2009.
Despite the prolonged
downturn, total output was
up to 20 per cent higher in
2013 than in 2000. He is also a private investor with over
ten years of experience.
Deflation and recession
tend to dislike deflation because of the
impact it has on behaviour. However, Tulokas notes that F-Secure has
been offering different cloud
storage services as far back
as 2008. the controllers of the money
supply . Various finance ministers and central bankers have said they were not opposed to quantitative
easing.
YET THERE
I?M IN favour of the idea. says Jyrki Tulokas,
VP of Product Management
at F-Secure. 6
BUSINESS
22 . Also younited is a
product of several years of
development, and its launch
is thus not linked to the recent news about threats to
Internet users. They
also keep stability in the financial system, like when
they intervened in the banking markets during the
worst days of the debt crisis.
OUR FIRE
OTHER central banks such as the Federal Reserve and
the Bank of England have used quantitative easing as
a tool. They buy longer term government bonds to increase the money supply and push longer term interest rates down. In December prices fell 0.2 per cent in the euro area. There?s no shortage of
options for anyone looking
to put their files in the cloud.
But while the biggest cloud
storage services are created by US tech titans, there
is now also a Finnish-made
alternative.
Created by the computer
security company F-secure,
younited offers the same basic functions as its international counterparts: it gives
are signs that the central bankers are becoming more favourable to the idea. The goal is to increase private sector
spending and push inflation higher.
HITHERTO the
ECB has avoided quantitative easing. After
the downturn of 2009, the
national economy only expanded for two years before
total output began declining
again in 2013. The Finnish
economy has become increasingly service-oriented.
Professors caution
against stringent austerity
ScrEENSHoT
FOR SOME time we have worried what would happen if
prices started to fall, and now we will find out. The ECB has many tools at its disposal,
and their reluctance to use them has been one of our
biggest problems.
Doubts raised
The notion of postponing the
adjustment measures raised
doubts both in Urpilainen
and the other expert asked to
comment on the report, Sixten Korkman, a professor at
Aalto University.
?The longer you postpone
the measures, the greater the adjustments will be,?
Urpilainen pointed out.
Korkman, in turn, expressed his concerns that
decisions may be postponed
until the eve of the upcoming parliamentary elections.
?I?d argue that it?s important
for the credibility of the next
Government to front-load
decisions, even if the measures would come into effect
later.?
Unsurprisingly, the report offers a rather grim
depiction of the economic situation in Finland. Let?s say you are planning
on buying a new car, but have reason to believe the
price will be lower next month. A key
goal is making sharing files
and collaboration with other users easier and more social, says Tulokas. H T
A gROUP of professors assigned to evaluate the economic policy pursued by the
Government have criticised
the measures adopted during the current electoral
term, cautioning in a report
unveiled on 13 January that
the tax hikes and spending
cuts set for introduction this
year will be too much for the
struggling public economy.
Austerity measures are
urgently needed to enhance
economic sustainability, the
professors acknowledge, but
they should be postponed until 2017-2018.
The report points out that
stimulus to boost demand
would currently be the default recipe for economic
growth, but national and EUlevel targets limit the leeway
of the Government.
Jutta Urpilainen (SDP), a
former Minister of Finance,
admitted that the austerity measures laid out for this
year are considerable but also
called attention to the uncertainties associated with economic developments. indeed, the company
has an over 25-year history in
computer security
Scandinavia also has relatively low
crime, great public transportation and low-cost day care.
But here are just two
Scandi-paradoxes that might
make you hesitate before
signing on a nice penthouse
in Turku: these countries that
do so well in life-satisfaction
surveys also record the highest consumption of antidepressants in the world, and
despite their reputation for
gender equality, they have
the highest rates of violence
against women in Europe.
Finland?s
doubly whammy
Finally, Finland is dealing
with the double whammy
of a loss of trade with Russia after the European Union imposed Ukraine-related
Taxing living
I suspect that few Americans
would truly embrace a Scandinavian-style society. And it?s not as if
the money that is left in my
pocket goes all that far: these
are fearfully expensive countries in which to live.
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W a s h i n g T o n P o s T i l l u s T r aT i o n
Northern
overexposure:
Scandinavia
is no utopia
northern european countries have recently
enjoyed an upswing in positive perception
in the united states. Denmark, Norway, Iceland and
Finland . Norwegians
treat Friday as a ?free day?
and take more sick leave
Nordic nations aren?t the utopias they are made out to be.
than anyone else in Europe,
if not the world . There
is no secret to replicate their
success.
Put it another way: I?m not
saying the Nordic miracle is
over, but it was never a miracle. as
evidenced by the firebombing of a mosque in Eskilstunaon on Christmas Day.
It has also seen the rise of
a hitherto gagged right wing.
The Sweden Democrats party, which has its roots in the
neo-Nazi movement, won 13
per cent of the vote in September?s general election.
Some credit its rise to Sweden?s ?open door. Your family around
constantly. in global rankings
of everything from happiness to lack of corruption,
gender equality and consumption of organic root
vegetables.
It is true, the old Viking
tribes excel in many of these
areas, but I fear, lately, we
non-Scandis have become
rather blinded by the Northern Lights.
Consider the glowing reports on Finnish schools (the
best in the world, says Smithsonian Magazine, though the
latest rankings show they
are slipping), Norwegian
prisons (?superior. than
there is in the States. claims
the Atlantic . She
remarked, proudly, that
her son was doing especially well in math. ?Picking blueberries, outhouses, a year off
if you have a baby . The oil
boom that began in the early 1970s transformed them
from the butt of countrybumpkin jokes to the Beverly Hillbillies of the north.
But now that revenue is declining, and their economy is
stuttering for the first time
in decades.
Meanwhile, the Norwegians seem to have lost their
parsimonious, workaholic,
Lutheran mojo. I mean,
they?re doing it right over
here.?
Ferrell is in character, but
his fervour is all too familiar.
The United States is in the
midst of an episode of Scandimania, brought on in part
by the habitually high placing
of Sweden and its similarly
prosperous, egalitarian, collectivist neighbours . I am not just talking first-world problems, although those are definitely
a Scandi specialty . it helps that
Norway barely has any criminals) and Swedish road safety (New York Mayor Bill de
Blasio wants to borrow the
model, though I suspect that
speeding fines that rise with
income wouldn?t be popular
in Manhattan). freedom for people,
regardless of background, to
fulfill their potential and rise
up the income scale . And there?s
the adulation of Nordic cuisine (is there a US publication
that hasn?t gone foraging
with René Redzepi. ?If I had said he
was great at role-playing or
drawing it would have been
fine, but it was totally wrong
to boast about academic
achievement.?
Even if you are willing
to accept such downsides,
there is no exportable model for turning a country Scandinavian. Lagom . Danish schools perform
poorly in international rankings, and the country has the
world?s highest cancer rates.
Like the Norwegians, the
Danes appear to have taken
their foot off the gas. There was a
particularly nasty double axe
murder in Oulu last week.
All that said, the Nor-
Though I?m a freelance journalist, I essentially work until Thursday lunchtime for
the state. It is struggling with increasing racial tension . There
is far greater social mobility
here . wages
(clue: when about 75 per cent
of earnings disappear as income and consumption taxes, higher wages are more
necessity than choice).
The New York Times also seems to have a crush on
the Nordics. ?Joy Is Always in
Season,. They
too enjoyed an oil boom, albeit a rather more modest
one that peaked in the 1980s,
and along with the Norwegians they work among the
sanctions and the decline
of its golden goose, Nokia.
Prime Minister Alexander
Stubb recently blamed Apple for the country?s economic woes: the iPad killed off
Finland?s paper industry, he
moaned, while the iPhone destroyed Nokia.
The Finns also have a colourful portfolio of demons
and taboos with which to
wrestle, ranging from binge
drinking (alcohol is the No.
1 cause of death for working-age people) to one of the
highest homicide rates in
Western Europe. They?ve delegated that to cheap foreign
labourers, while, at the same
time, the popularity of the
right-wing, anti-immigration
Progress Party indicates declining tolerance for those
very outsiders.
Swedish perspective
Sweden, too, has its problems. A Danish acquaintance who lives
in Washington was recently back in Copenhagen having coffee with friends. This wasn?t just a
question of bonkers bankers, but a kind of collective
giddy spree that saw ordinary households taking out
sophisticated yet reckless
loans in yen or mortgages in
Swiss francs. a law enshrines their right to claim
sick days even while on holiday. The
tax rates alone would likely be a sufficient deterrent.
a silence, and then someone
changed the conversation,?
she told me. Just Ask Scandinavia.. collective modesty, distrust of
boasting and self-censoring
of ambitions would also be
hard for Americans to comprehend, I suspect. at a recent dinner party, I heard one
woman complain that her
son?s preferred university
did not offer the surfing degree he wanted. And it?s over.
Booth, a British journalist,
is the author of The Almost
Nearly Perfect People: Behind the Myth of the Scandinavian Utopia.. even if
you don?t have a baby, just a
year off. bluntly, nepotism . SOCIETY
HELSINKI TIMES
22 . Car and
Driver, maybe).
The Washington Post is
not immune to Scandinavia?s
charms, recently marvelling
at how Danish branches of
McDonald?s manage to pay
their employees 2.5 times US
McDonald?s workers. Household debt is the highest in Europe (any connection there, I
wonder?). These lands have
evolved into the flawed, fascinating paragons of civilization that they are today over
many centuries, through a
combination of unique historical events, religion, geography and climate . ?There was
Finland is dealing with the double whammy of a loss of trade with
russia after the european union imposed ukraine-related sanctions
and the decline of its golden goose, nokia.
fewest hours a year of any
Europeans.
In Iceland, a combination of ultra-Nordic social
cohesion . immigration policy; others point to
the poor integration of those
immigrants and their resulting overrepresentation in
crime and unemployment
figures.
Either way, the party?s
electoral success prompted
hasty political horse-trading among other parties intent on keeping extremists
as far from the levers of
power as possible, which in
turn prompted allegations
that Sweden?s political establishment was subverting the democratic process.
This has distracted from the
slowing economy, increasing state and household debt
levels, and one of the highest
youth unemployment rates
in Europe.
Denmark took a bigger hit
than its neighbours following the 2008 global economic
crisis, which increased pressure on its massive welfare
state, funded by the highest
taxes in the world. not too
much, not too little. Rather, the
Scandinavian model?s structural fissures are coming under increasing stress.
Plummeting oil prices
have made the Norwegians
jumpy, for instance. The Icelanders
are recovering after a fashion, but their pride has taken
a mighty blow, they still owe
an awful lot of money, and
few outsiders are prepared
to lend to these semi-feral
mavericks.
dic countries do remain true
lands of opportunity. it gushed in a piece
on Denmark (the latest Gallup polls indicate that?s less
true than it once was), and
last month the Times assured us that ?A Big Safety
Net and Strong Job Market
Can Coexist. (*Cough* unemployment is 5.6 per cent in
the United States, vs. And there is a nagging suspicion that the universal, free education and
health care we receive are
not as good as they should
be. a British journalist
takes a closer look at the phenomenon,
and isn't as impressed as those living on
the other side of the atlantic ocean.
M I C H A E L B OO T H
T he W a s hin g T o n P o s T
?WHAT?S THERE not to love??
actor Will Ferrell enthuses in
the second episode of NBC?s
expat-comedy Welcome to
Sweden. combined with Milton Friedman-style rampant
monetarism led to the nearbankruptcy of the entire
country. to which
some might add DNA. 8.1 per
cent in Sweden, 8.9 per cent
in Finland and 6.4 per cent in
Denmark.)
Somewhere
in the middle
I live in Denmark, and although it appears to have
been surpassed as the happiest country in the world
by Panama, Costa Rica or Fiji (depending on which list
you believe), it is still a pretty great country, especially in which to raise kids. And they don?t want to
work in fish-processing factories anymore. But
Scandinavia is not the utopia
that American liberals or the
11 million Americans of Nordic descent often make it out
to be, just as it is not the quasi-commie, statist gulag that
those on the right would often have us believe.
And global and domestic events are conspiring to
make life a little more uncertain for these former high
achievers
he
said. He said that the
main problem for the organisation was impunity.
While everyone condemned the Charlie Hebdo
attacks, some participants
at the UNESCO conference argued that the media
need to act more responsibly, especially as regards the
portrayal of minority or marginalised communities.
As the debates took place,
the latest edition of the magazine was being distributed,
with another cover portraying Muhammad, this time
holding a placard saying ?Je
Suis Charlie. said a former journalist who left the conference early.. d. ?Tulin has wide experience in bank supervision
and monetary policy.?
Tulin, 58, joined the Soviet central bank in 1978 after
graduating from the Moscow Financial Institute. Timothy Ash, an economist at
Standard Bank Group in London, said by e-mail.
The Russian currency has
extended its decline since the
end of 2014 to 6.7 per cent,
surpassed only by the Belarusian ruble among more than
170 currencies tracked by
Bloomberg.
Policymakers are struggling to contain the country?s worst currency crisis
in almost 17 years as the ruble lost almost 50 per cent
against the dollar in the
past 12 months. He will take over in
the ?coming days,. Still, the ruble now has
?more chances for appreciation than for depreciation.?
Last month?s rate move
was the largest single increase since 1998, when Russian rates soared past 100
per cent and the government
defaulted on debt. and with the
caption ?All is forgiven?.
?The media must mediate and refrain from the
promoting of stereotypes,?
said French senator Bariza Khiari, in a segment of
the conference debate titled
?Intercultural Dialogue and
Fragmented Societies?.
She said that most adherents of Islam were ?quietly
Muslim?, keeping their religion to themselves while respecting the secular values
of the countries where they
live. official,
who has a ?deep understanding. in
Western countries, ?not only
of writers and journalists but
of citizens?. 8
22 . But
she acknowledged that there
was a failure of integration of
everyone into society.
Regarding the protection
of journalists, UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova told IPS that ?now was
the time. While policy
makers deployed emergency
steps including interest-rate
increases and spent 76 billion
euros in interventions to prop
up the currency, Putin last
month scolded the regulator
for not reacting to the crisis
more quickly.
?Expectations were that
heads would roll after the fiasco over management of the
exchange rate and monetary
policy late last year,. to live in a
democracy.
PEN International, which
promotes literature, freedom
of expression and speaks out
for ?writers silenced in their
own countries?, has strongly condemned the attacks on
Charlie Hebdo, but the organisation is also worried about
how politicians are reacting
in the aftermath.
It called on governments
to ?implement their commitments to free expression
and to desist from further
curtailing free expression
through the expansion of
surveillance.?
Charlie Hebdo had been
under threat since it republished controversial Danish
cartoons of the prophet Muhammad in 2005, and in 2011
its offices were firebombed
after an edition that some
groups considered offensive
and inflammatory.
Several critics accused
the magazine of Islamopho-
bia and racism, while the cartoonists defended their right
to lampoon subjects that included religious leaders and
politicians.
Before the attacks, the
magazine?s circulation had
been in decline, with readers
apparently turned off by the
crudeness of the drawings,
but the publication is now being given wide moral and financial backing.
More than three million
people of different ethnicities and faiths marched in
Paris and other cities on Sunday 11 January in support
of freedom of expression,
including some 40 world
leaders who joined French
government representatives.
Among those marching, however, were officials
from many countries active in ?restricting freedom
of expression?, according to
PEN International and other
groups. The central
bank shifted to a free-floating exchange rate ahead of
schedule in November and is
overseeing a 1 trillion-ruble
(13.4 billion-euro) bank recapitalisation plan.
The ruble weakened 41
per cent against the US dol-
lar last year. Natalia Orlova, chief economist at Alfa
Bank in Moscow, said by email Thursday. ?Reshuffling
responsibilities within the
CBR team after a round of
ruble instability suggests
that the CBR will now try to
manage market expectations instead of denying their
importance.?
With assistance from Elena
Mazneva in Moscow and Aaron Eglitis in Riga.
constantly in contact with
governments where these
cases (attacks on journalists) have happened in order
to remind them of their responsibilities and asking for
information on the followup measures, and I would say
that even if they are not spectacular, we?ve still seen more
and more governments who
are taking this seriously.?
Alongside journalists and
cartoonists, the UNESCO
conference included Jewish,
Muslim and Christian representatives who called on the
state to do more to educate
young people about the coexistence of secular and religious values and ways to live
together in increasingly diverse societies.
?Ignorance is the biggest
weapon of mass destruction, and if ignorance is the
problem, then education is
the answer,. ?But we have to recognise the existence and importance of religion as long
as religion does not dictate
the law,. said Nasser David Khalili, an Iranian-born
scholar and philanthropist
who lives in London.
One topic overlooked however was the less discernible attacks on journalists, in
the form of press conglomeration, cuts in income and a
general lack of commitment
to quality journalism.
?Freedom of expression
has no meaning when you
can?t find a job and when
media is controlled by big
groups,. Yudaeva, who remains a
first deputy to Governor Elvira Nabiullina, will focus on
forecasting, strategy and financial stability, she told reporters in Moscow.
Yudaeva, who joined the
bank in September 2013, was
in charge of monetary policy
as the regulator lurched from
one crisis to another after
Russia annexed Crimea from
Ukraine last year. she argued.
Khiari told IPS that the
radicalisation of some French
youth was taking place because
of their hardships in France
and the humiliation they faced
on a daily basis. ?This includes murders, violence and imprisoned
writers on PEN?s Case List.
These leaders, when at home,
are part of administrations
which are serious offenders,?
said the organisation.
Saul told IPS that in the
last 14 years, PEN International has noted a ?shrinking
in freedom of expression. he said, arguing that
education about freedom
of expression has to start
at a young age so that people know that ?you have to
have a thick skin. of monetary policy.
?We view Tulin?s appointment positively,. said John
Ralston Saul, the president
of the writers group PEN International, who participated in a conference in Paris on
14 January on ?Journalism after Charlie?, organised by the
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
?The war against fundamentalists isn?t going to
work,. for the United Nations and particularly UNESCO ?not just to reaffirm
our commitment to freedom
of expression. ?We think
we have possibilities in 2016
and 2017 to have a positive
real GDP performance.?
The central bank will
maintain its strategic and
tactical goals in monetary
policy after Tulin replaces
Yudaeva, Nabiullina said in
an e-mailed statement on 14
January. On 16 December,
the central bank took its biggest step to shore up the currency, raising its key interest
rate to 17 per cent from 10.5
per cent in a surprise announcement just before 1 am
in Moscow that day.
With an earlier rate increase, a smaller step would
have been sufficient, Economy Minister Alexei Ulyukayev said in an interview
with Bloomberg TV 14
January.
?The earlier you do it, the
smaller the jump, so it could
be 13 per cent or 14 per cent
or something like that,. These include
Islamophobia, joblessness and
stops by the police.
The senator said she
hoped that young people as
well as the media would reflect on what had happened
and draw some lessons that
would result in positive advances in the future.
Annick Girardin, the
French Secretary of State
for Development and Francophonie, said that democracy meant that all newspapers
of whatever belief or political learning could publish in
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Russia picks new monetary
policy chief as currency plummets
A woman walks under a board listing foreign currency rates against the Russian ruble outside an exchange office in Moscow in December.
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central bank has
replaced its head of monetary policy after President
Vladimir Putin criticised
the failure of emergency
measures to halt the ruble?s
decline.
RUSSIA?S
Dmitry Tulin, a former
central bank official who also
worked at the International
Monetary Fund and Deloitte,
will take on Ksenia Yudaeva?s role as first deputy governor in charge of monetary
policy, the Bank of Russia
said in a statement 14 January. The ruble
plummeted to 80 rubles per
dollar the next day.
With oil near $45 a barrel,
gross domestic product will
probably shrink 4 per cent
to 5 per cent this year, Ulyukayev said.
The central bank last
month forecast a decline of
4.5 per cent to 4.7 per cent
with crude at 60 US dollars.
The ruble?s weakness
helps offset the budget revenue lost because of the
decline in energy prices, Ulyukayev said.
Press looks at future after ?Charlie?
PARIS
A . He
later served as the Russian
monetary authority?s deputy chairman in the middle of
the 1990s and in 2004-2006.
Nabiullina described him as
a ?very responsible. she said.
The central bank?s ?comments suggest a high degree
of policy continuity,. Anatoliy Shal, JPMorgan Chase &
Co.?s chief Russia economist
in Moscow, said in an e-mailed
report. but to consider other initiatives.
?Something that is probably not so well known to the
general public is that we are
?We are losing something
with the oil prices, but we are
winning with the devaluation, in terms of the budget,?
Ulyukayev said. M C K E N z IE , P H IL H A R R I S
IP s
IN THE WAKE of the attack on
French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo that left 12 people
dead, a heated battle of opinion is being waged in France
and several other countries
on the issue of freedom of
expression and the rights of
both media and the public.
On one side are those who
say that freedom of expression is an inherent human
right and a pillar of democracy, and on the other are
representatives of a range
of views, including the belief
that liberty comes with responsibility for all sectors of
society.
?I?m worried when one
talks about our being in
a state of war,
and other maligned trappings of Internet
culture . SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
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22 . For instance, liking
meditation and David Bowie correlated with liberal and
artistic openness. and more amazing that more colleges haven?t
followed suit. Everyone in our
culture knows if I lift 5-pound,
10-pound, 15-pound weights,
my biceps will get bigger. You can study YouTube and online porn and
?wasting time on the Internet. ?What I was surprised
by was the emotional regulatory regions. and a
?cultural signifier.?
When you sum it all up, in
fact, it?s less amazing that this
one school is teaching a class
on the selfie... Kosinski said.
But people, well, we carry a lot of biases. on Facebook
on pages for Wikipedia, hugs
and R&B doesn?t seem like
you?re giving away profound
information that provides a
window into your soul. he said. We
shouldn?t be surprised we can
train the brain.?
Because the study?s participants were all mentally healthy children, Hudziak
thinks the positive effect of
music training on those who
are not could be significant.
?A kid may still have ADHD,. could be features of
the not-too-distant future,
Co-lead author Wu Youyou
of Cambridge said in a statement. ?It
shows that machines can get
to know us better than we?d
previously thought, a crucial
step in interactions between
people and computers.?
. The
sanguine psychiatrist had just
one word for his viola skills:
?Horrible.?
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9
An American study has found that playing an instrument accelerated cortical organisation in attention skill, anxiety management and emotional control in children.. and perhaps the mainstream public does, too. Sorrentino went along
with outgoing and active extraversion. he believes
the viola lessons contribute
to his overall wellness. of
86,220 volunteers who provided access to that data
. to Lady Gaga.)
Conferences on everything from art to anthropology have hosted panels on the
selfie. Now selfie photography is a college course in Britain.
Academics are, after all,
enamoured of the form: More
than 2,000 belong to an informal group called The Selfies Research Network, a hub
for people studying ?the artistic, economic and sociological impact of ?selfies.?. That
would at least explain why
so many people fell so easily
for The Daily Currant?s ?selfie
class. (You can try it yourself here. ?The more likes
you give to the computer, the
more accurate the picture
becomes,. he said.
Though music isn?t his only health-related extracurricular activity . The model only needed to analyse 10
likes to outperform a person?s coworker; it needed 70
likes to do better than that
person?s friend or roommate,
and 150 likes to do better
than a parent or sibling.
Husbands and wives
seemed to know their partners
best of all; the computer model needed 300 likes to outperform an individual?s spouse.
Liking traits
Researchers found certain
likes correlated to particular traits. Previously, Hudziak and colleagues Matthew
Albaugh and Eileen Crehan
found relationships between
cortical thickening and thinning in various areas of the
brain responsible for depression, aggression and attention problems. They
have not, however, contributed much to his overall playing
ability . said colead author Michal Kosinski,
a Stanford University postdoctoral fellow.
So they created a computer model that went through
the Facebook ?likes. ?the traits that
human beings are especially
good at predicting,. ?In this context, the
human-computer interactions depicted in science fic-
tion films such as ?Her. An upcoming issue of
the International Journal of
Communication will study
its sociology and ethics, considering the selfie as both as
an ?act of production. at least not yet. . Those
volunteers also completed a
100-question surveys via the
app myPersonality.
ly on Facebook via a 10-question survey, and researchers
also examined roughly 30
previous studies on how well
humans judged others?
personalities.
Taking all of that data into
account, the researchers found
that their computer model
more accurately predicted an
individual?s personality than
actual humans could.
?We were surprised to
find that actually computers
are beating us at something
we excel at,. one woman
tweeted at the time.
Apparently, no time at all.
A computer program that analyses your Facebook ?likes. The
same is true for the brain. Even ear-splitting dissonance has an upside.
Music training not only
helps children develop fine
motor skills, but aids emotional and behavioural maturation as well, according to
a new study, one of the largest to investigate the effects
of playing an instrument on
brain development.
Using a database produced
by the National Institutes of
Health Magnetic Resonance
(MRI) Study of Normal Brain
Development, researchers
at the University of Vermont
College of Medicine analysed
the brain scans of 232 healthy
children ages six to 18 specifically looking at brain development in children who play
musical instruments.
?What we found was the
more a child trained on an instrument,. the authors write. story in September.
?Sometimes I read satire
and wonder how long until it
becomes reality,. You may now rate him
as outgoing because of your
recent experience, regardless of things that may have
happened in the past, Kosinski said.
While these researchers
had previously found that Facebook likes can accurately
predict certain psychological
and demographic characteristics, the findings of this recent study could have some
major implications for the
use of hard data on everything from online dating to
career recruitment.
?This is an emphatic demonstration of the ability of a
person?s psychological traits
to be discovered by an analysis of data, not requiring any
person-to-person interaction,. But
increasingly, mainstream academia seems to understand
the selfie as a cultural artifact . even more accurate than an assessment
done by friends and family. it has a perfect memory,
so to speak. (If you
doubted, for a moment, that
the lowly selfie had such wideranging impacts, you need only
scroll through the SRN?s Facebook page . said James Hudziak, a professor of psychiatry
at the University of Vermont
and director of the Vermont
Center for Children, Youth
and Families, ?it accelerated
cortical organisation in attention skill, anxiety management and emotional control.?
The cortex, or outer layer of brain, changes in thick-
ness as a child grows and
develops. It may not work if
you don?t have enough likes
or if they are set to private).
MyPersonality users also had their personalities
judged by friends and fami-
Measuring
without discretion
How is it that computers do
Not ?The Onion?: A London
college is offering a new
class on selfie photography
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THE ONLINE satirists at The
Daily Currant earned lots of
laughs in September when
they claimed that Boston?s
Emerson College would soon
be launching a course on
?The Art of the Self Portrait.?
But four months later, a
London college is offering
a class by almost the exact
same name . Hudziak said. ?It?s the storm
around it that improves.?
Inspired by his own research, and having never
learned to play an instrument,
the 56-year-old Hudziak decided to take viola lessons last
year.
?I had this passion for
health promotion in children,
it seemed silly not to do it
myself,. We have a
tendency to project traits
we think are good onto
those people we like, Kosinski said. E m o t i o n a l l y - i n te l l i gent and socially skilled machines. Their findings appear in
a new study published on 12
January by the journal Proceedings of the National
Academy of Sciences.
Researchers wanted to
see how well a computer system could predict personality as measured by openness,
conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness and neuroticisms . and this time,
it?s no joke.
?The course is a theory/
practice introduction to photographic self-portraiture,?
intones a syllabus for City
Lit?s ?Art of Self-Portraiture.?
?It is conceived for students to improve their critical
understanding of the photographic self-portrait, as well
as a platform to develop ideas
towards the creation of a coherent body of work.?
City Lit, admittedly, isn?t
a conventional college; it has
more in common with a continuing ed programme than
an actual, degree-conferring university. How
much can such benign stuff
say about you anyway?
Well, plenty.
University of Cambridge
and Stanford University researchers found that taking
stock of an individual?s Facebook likes creates a strikingly-accurate personality
assessment . where, at any moment, high falutin. may be a better judge of your personality
than your closest friends and family.
so well in measuring traits
that are so innately human?
Part of the reason may be because the algorithm can analyse a lot of data all at once,
and it doesn?t discriminate
. it?s about time the
selfie saw some of that love.
Prime Minister Alexander Stubb poses for a selfie in Seinäjoki
last year. Oh, and liking
Wikipedia correlates with
being shy and reserved; hugs
with being cooperative; and
R&B with being with well-organised. Kosinski said.
Knowing someone well
does make a difference in
how well they can judge another?s personality. academics
are discussing everything from
?Marxist Feminism photoboasting. just know that
you may be revealing something profound in the process.
Study: Music lessons spur emotional
and behavioural growth in children
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PARENTS who have patiently sat through countless music recitals and questioned
their sanity at encouraging
all those trumpet or violin
lessons need do so no longer. We also have shortterm memory; say you just
hung out with your friend
last week and had a great
time. he said. 28 JANUARY 2015
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Facebook may know you
better than your friends
and family, study finds
CLICKING ?LIKE. Plus, he adds,
phone and credit card companies already know so much
more about you than Facebook does.
So, go ahead and like away
on Facebook . Hudziak also
engages in regular exercise
and meditation . Sure, there are
still a few, arthritic grumps out
there, harrumphing the habits
of the ?kids these days.. Liking Lil?
Wayne and Mike ?the Situation. seem
to be within our reach.?
Limitations
Obviously, there are limitations; computer models
won?t work on people without a public, digital footprint,
and people may be much better equipped to judge certain
traits in others.
While such a discovery may
startle some, Kosinski said he
isn?t a proponent of shutting
down access to data, but rather providing users with the
ability to control their privacy.
?Companies should give users
the choice if they don?t want
to give you the (digital) footprint,. including likes of pages,
articles, musicians, books,
statuses, you name it. This research,
announced last month in the
Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent
Psychiatry, was different.
?I wanted to look at positive
things, what we believe benefits child development,. That said,
the British school is daring to tread where only satirists (and the occasional
community college) have
tread before. as subjects for serious academic inquiry.
Just think about some of
the other buzzy college classes to make news in recent
months. And it?s doing so in accordance with a
pretty significant trend: now
more than ever, it appears
that academics see the lowly
self-portrait
I think that
something new can also be
sought after in the life of an
individual.?
Ten years ago, Mattila
stood with his son Kalle at
the counter of a coffee shop
in Espoo. Mattila, born in 1957, is a Doctor of medicine, child
psychiatrist, psychotherapist and coach to psychotherapists. If we
knew how to change our perspective, solidarity and helping others would increase
and the dialogue would develop. How
does one recover from a divorce. He has
an office at a private medical
centre. The humour is grounded in changing perspective: it?s funny when you consider something from a
surprising perspective.?
Australian Master chef: ?The best elimination programme
of it?s kind. People are in crisis.?
In Mattila?s own home,
philosophical
reflections
were not a part of the discourse. While working as a doctor, he also holds a philosophy
office in Töölö.
His family consists of two adult sons and wife Maija Tanninen-Mattila, who is the head of Helsinki?s Art Museum.
what is he known for?
The second edition of Mattila?s book Näkökulman vaihtamisen taito, which is based on his dissertation, will come out in
January. He believes that all too often, people with depression are given medicine, when what they need is a change in lifestyle.
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Antti S. Couples
are divorcing more and more
easily, and parents of younger and younger children are
seeking help from the clinic.
?People are having children at an older age, and are
accustomed to the single life.
They cannot accept that a baby requires attention around
the clock. Then
we are at the discretion of
bitterness for years.?
In his work, Mattila has
realised that it is particularly
difficult to forgive one?s own
parents. The boy headed towards the medical field
and specialised in psychiatry.
While writing his thesis,
Mattila made a finding that
revolutionised his world.
Sitting uncertainly in the
background of many psychi-
chronic and medicine is used
so widely.?
Mattila founded his office of philosophical advice
in 1999. I am happy there.?
Things I won?t give up
Japan: ?In particular, onsen spas, hot springs, around which
have been built entire cities. In particular, the
Stoics who stressed the conservation of equanimity.
Skillful sales
When one looks at online bookstore Amazon?s list of bestsellers, it is easy to draw a
conclusion: a boom in life skills.
The Life-Changing Magic of
Tidying Up.
The Five Love Languages.
10% Happier: How I Tamed
the Voice in my Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing
My Edge, and Found Self-Help
That Actually Works.
The current topic of many
books is, in one way or another,
how to lead a good life.
The same phenomenon
is in question when a Finnish office worker constructs
a map of dreams from magazine cut-outs. Mattila
who?
Antti S. They don?t see
themselves as needing a psychiatrist, and looking for spiritual guidance won?t help
either if they?re not religious.?
Mattila believes that in
that situation, answers can
be found from ancient philosophers. 10
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22 . HS
A L I c I A JE N S E N . he adds quickly, ?it
is not the same as everyone?s
right to happiness.?
As a psychiatrist at a
family clinic, Mattila saw
concretely what a misunderstanding can lead to. He aims to
strengthen the so called practical wisdom: knowledge about
one?s own decisions, the ability
?Continuous happiness is impossible, because
the pursuit of a good life may demand pain
and patience every now and then.?
atric problems appeared to
be an unresolved philosophical question, an existential
crisis. And ?
what exactly is a good life?
?Many people who come
in to my office are amidst a
mid-life crisis, even though
it doesn?t hit exactly at that
mid-life point. He has also written Onnentaidot with Pekka Aarninsalo.
what is he not known for?
He is an eager sushi chef. The
row begins when the division
of the inheritance is taking
place, at the latest.
?Many people think that
their father and mother
should have been perfect. says the
man sitting in the armchair.
He is Antti S. Here the competitors are dropped from the
competition, but the ones running the programme know
how to do it in a respectful manner.?
Mattila talks with patients about how their life would change for the better.
Doctor prescribes an
attitude towards a happier life
Psychiatrist Antti S. Then they want a
divorce when the child is just
a couple of months old,. They
had been discussing philosophical questions about
seeing things from a different perspective.
?Children learn fast.?
Happiness in
the perception
of the beholder
Happiness is Mattila?s speciality. A good life would be
within reach of many more
people.?
Finns aren?t in shape
when it comes to forgiveness, either.
?We think that the wrongdoer gets away with it. Or when that
individual proceeds to become a life coach and nobody even wonders what that
means.
Mattila understands the
boom.
?Decisions were driven
by one?s family and parent?s
wishes only 50 years ago.
Now society?s network has
relaxed, and there is much
more freedom in decision
making. Is it
time to change career. Mattila holds an office advising on philosophy. says
Mattila.
He wishes that parents
would withstand a little longer, and would have the patience to last past the worst
chaos.
?Continuous happiness
is impossible, because the
pursuit of a good life may
demand pain and patience
every now and then.?
That was also the message of Epictetus: ?Happiness is not present in every
moment.?. But
nobody promised that! It?s an
endless source of bitterness.?
Everyone should have the
right to pursue a good life,
says Mattila.
?But,. The
name written by the door is
simply Mattila.
A few stories up the apartment building is a small room
that only barely fits an armchair in its corner, a couch
and a small table.
?The most shocking situation is when a client asks a
psychiatrist what the point
of life is, and the psychiatrist responds by increasing the dosage of medication.
This really happens,. The concept was borrowed from Germany, since
it was a new idea in Finland.
Philosphical awakening
At his office Mattila tries to,
through the questions he
asks, ?wake the inner philosophy of the client?. Many think, in bitterness, that parents favour
their siblings . It
is called the ability to change
perspective, and it originates from Stoic philosopher
Epictetus.
The famous principle articulated by Epictetus is that
people are not shocked by
things, but by their belief in
them.
And when one forces oneself to consider an uncomfortable situation from a
different perspective, it often begins to look more tolerable and unobtrusive.
Such as the way that Kalle
did at the coffee shop counter, when he considered that
the clumsy cashier may have
had a worse day than any one
standing in line that day.
?Finnish people have
adopted the ability well when
they say, in the midst of difficulties, that what doesn?t kill
you makes you stronger.?
Despite high levels of depression, Finns are a surprisingly happy people. Mattila, a
doctor of medicine, and a
specialist in child psychiatry
and psychotherapy. We are
the world?s seventh happiest,
or Europe?s fourth happiest
depending on if we trust the
UN?s report on happiness or a
European societal study.
Yet there are still things
to learn.
?It is clear in, for example, the prejudiced attitude
towards immigrants. In the crowded
opening of the new shopping
centre it was hot, and the
situation wasn?t helped by
the fact that the cashier was
working as if a character in
a film played in slow motion,
fumbling and losing items.
Already pained, Mattila
began to wonder if the drinks
would ever be made.
The perceptive young
boy noticed that his dad was
starting to feel discontented.
?Don?t get frustrated.
Someone close to them might
have died!?
The boy?s remark still
makes Mattila smile. ?My sons got excited about sushi
15 years ago, so I learned to make it. H T
ONE wILL not find the office of
philosophy unless one knows
what one is looking for. Is it possible to be
happy in your day-to-day
life, when someone close to
you has passed away. One skill was above
all others: business aware
and having worked at the
surveying department, his
mother loved mathematics.
All of Mattila?s three older sisters became teachers of
mathematics. Since then we have visited Japan three times. The biology-oriented
medical perspective regarding mental health began to
look too narrow.
Now Mattila is certain of it.
?For many, depression
is a time of philosophical
thought where one rethinks
the direction of ones own
life. maybe even
loved them a little more. The system devised to
treat depression, however, takes the attitude that
symptoms should quickly be
removed, something preferably done though the use of
medicine. They
said that the aim of philosophy is only to find something
universally new. He believes that most
people can achieve it if they
can adopt a simple method. That leaves important changes in life undone.?
And if nothing changes,
how could one ever find the
courage to stop taking the
medication.
?That can be one reason
why depression becomes
to weigh one?s own values and
an understanding about what a
good life could be like.
?Some of the more ancient
philosophers said you can?t
use philosophy for this. In addition to that he
runs a child psychiatry centre for children who suffer
from serious neuropsychiatric problems.
But Mattila also has another passion and profession.
In his small room he discusses with his clients questions that have elsewhere
been left unanswered. Their architecture is brilliant.?
watching Stand-Up: ?I watch Netflix and other American
stand-up shows
In an article
by YLE following the change
of name, professor of public
law at Åbo Akademi Markku
Suksi said that the question
of the name will still be a topic of discussion in upcoming
years. SU L L I vA N
H E L S IN K I T I M E S
language has them:
an expression that describes
minute aspects of life that
are impossible to summarise
succinctly or with a single
word in English.
Aside from swearing and
slang, there are many really useful phrases that English
could do with some borrowing from. Simply a teenager or 20-something who
has withdrawn from social
life, often obsessed with TV
and video games.
Wondering about those
slippery politicians, who cannot give an answer that?s re-
EvERY
L E H T I K U VA / P E K K A S A K K I
Record number
of Finns died
abroad last year
director of consular services at the Ministry for Foreign
Affairs. LIFESTYLE
HELSINKI TIMES
22 . Rowlit is onomatopoeic of the archipelago
dialect of the Swedish word
?roligt?, which means ?fun?.
Culture
In the 800s, Vikings travelled through the archipelago during their eastbound
journey. Wondering how to surmise your
resultant ballooning figure?
Try your hand at some German then: kummerspeck.
Given these technological times, the Japanese are on
hand with hikikomori. Petersburg and Tallinn.
During the middle ages,
agriculture was the dominant form of industry in the
Åboland region. The museums scattered around the Pargas archipelago help to tell the story
of the region?s history and traRo S A L I N d A W H y b Ro W
Ro S A L I N d A W H y b Ro W
History
The current borders of the
Pargas municipality have
been relatively recently constructed, having been estab-
lished in 2009. The recent
union of five municipalities
has created a municipality with one of the highest
amount of islands in the Åboland (Turunmaa in Finnish)
area. The
vast majority of those who
lost their lives last year were
brought back to Finland.
The number of deaths has
increased by 47 per cent over
the past three years.
The number of consular
incidents, in turn, has doubled over the past ten years,
reveals Teemu Turunen, the
The number of deaths has increased by 47 per cent over the past
three years.
Residents with Swedish
as mother tongue:
approx. Museums include the
Houtskär Archipelago Museum, the local history museum of Korppoo, a maritime
house in Nagu, and an industrial museum in Parainen city,
to name just a few.
Pargas also has an interesting modern culture. An additional
728 Finns required assistance
after becoming the victim of a
crime while abroad.
The Consular Services
Act stipulates that embassies and consulates are required to provide assistance
to both Finnish citizens and
foreigners living permanently in Finland.
The Ministry for Foreign
Affairs urges all Finns who
travel abroad to purchase a
comprehensive travel insurance. The
location of the Pargas archipelago has in the past made
it effortless to trade with the
Finnish inland, St. A clue: it?s in
Finnish. Otherwise travel by ferry between
islands is also possible. This is giving an answer that is unrelated to the
question, meaning literally ?to
give a green answer to a blue
question?.
Speaking of blue, how
about those potty-mouthed
mothers who scream at their
kids in public, frequently using a language that can only
be described as such as colour. 56.4 %
881.79 km2 of land
7.81 km2 of fresh water
4,659.05 km2
of salt water
Women: 7,830
Men: 7,687
For more fun, visit:
www.pargas.fi
restaurants that capture the
essence of the archipelago
life, often serving traditional
dishes from the region.
Another way to explore
the scenery is by bike. H T
faced more hardships
abroad last year than ever
before.
The number of consular services provided to
Finns in need of assistance
by diplomatic missions increased from 40,000 in 2013
to 44,000 in 2014, according
to the Ministry for Foreign
Affairs.
Typically, the problems
encountered by Finns were
related to missing travel
documents.
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
FINNS
In addition, a record number of Finns, 502, died abroad
last year, signalling an increase even from the levels
of 2005 when the deaths of
Finns who died in the 2004
Boxing Day tsunami were entered in the statistics. ?Finns travel, live
and work abroad more than
before,. Gained a few extra
pounds as a result of your
emotional overeating. Well,
best dabble in some Tibetan
where they have the perfect
expression to describe such
behaviour: Gadrii nombor shulen jongu. He said the question
The archipelago region of Pargas is full of colours in the summer.
M INN A N A L b A N T o gL U . As such, there have
been many ancient finds in
archaeological excavations
throughout the archipelago
region of Åboland.
The people have traditionally lived from agriculture,
fishing, hunting, shipping and
crafts. The new municipality was given the name
Väståboland, or Länsiturunmaa in Finnish. It became clear that to the islanders, a strong sense of identity
was linked to it. Oh
yes, a comma f**ker.
So, the next time someone corrects your less than
perfectly composed email or
post, or takes great pleasure in dusting off rigid
grammatical rules that detract from your well-considered content, you now have
something potent in your
vocabulary to impress them
with.. archipelago is made up
of 10,000 islands. Turunen adds.
Last year, 909 Finns who
were ill or involved in an accident abroad received assistance from a Finnish embassy
or consulate. In addition, Finns travelling outside Europe and
those travelling independently are advised to provide
their contact information to
the Ministry for Foreign Affairs through matkustusilmoitus.fi.
The most common problems faced by Finns abroad
were related to missing travel documents.Photo: Ville
Männikkö
Nature
Pargas contains a large part
of the southwestern archipelago with over 10,000 islands, islets and reefs. It was formed
by uniting Houtskär, Iniö,
Korpo and Nagu with the city
of Pargas. H S
A L E K S I T E I vA INE N . It is located in the Finland Proper region in southwestern Finland, and is
a bilingual municipality
with a majority of Swedish
speakers.
will rise again because the
divisions within the municipality may still change, and
due to the strong grounds of
identity in a name.
Business
For more than a thousand
years people have been living in the archipelago, fishing, hunting and trading. What followed
was a lively debate regarding
the name of the municipality,
leading to a vote that would
change its name. Since
1992 Pargas city has organised the Rowlit festival, which
has hosted many international bands including Smokie
and Boney M. or Parainen in Finnish . 41.5 %
Residents with Finnish as
mother tongue:
approx. That would be kaelling,
of course, just ask the Danes.
And so, wondering what
came in the number one position on the list. In Finnish they are
known as pilkkunussija.
What?s that you say. There
are busy guest harbours, but
also scattered around the archipelago at smaller guest
harbours are idyllic cafes and
Pargas
The Finnish language is not adverse to putting the more grammar-conscious in their place.
lated to the question. What
does it mean. There
are also 12 major bridges
and multiple smaller bridges, making it easier to get
around the islands. Reaching for another
forkful to fill the emptiness
inside. In the 1600s, the city
was also home to a number
of craftsmen such as tailors
and carpenters.
Currently there is also a
large industrial sector, and
the shipping industry has
been, and remains, a relevant
industry for residents.
ditions. Any ideas?
Well, have you ever wondered about those people who pick over every
sentence, taking great pleasure in pointing out every obscure grammatical error you
may have or have not just
made. There
are many nature trails that
allow travel around the different islands and through
the forests.
Ever wondered about
words that just don?t exist
in the English language?
J A M E S o . Moreover, Finns
are more inclined to travel independently and can thus no
longer rely on assistance provided by travel agencies.
?In addition, people are
more aware of their own
rights and more inclined to
contact [the authorities],. Luckily, website
Cracked.com is on hand with a
handful of choice suggestions,
under the title of ?9 Foreign
Words the English Language
Desperately Needs?.
Got a bad case of the
blues. It adopted
its current name of Pargas on
1 January 2012.
What is in a name. Pargas has ten
marinas and twenty minor
ports to houseguests. Grains and
livestock were core to agricultural production in Pargas. he points out.
Finns made roughly six
million trips abroad ten years
ago and as many as ten million last year. 28 JANUARY 2015
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A L I c I A JE N S E N
H E L S INK I T I M E S
THE SERENE setting of the
Pargas . It
stretches across an area
which is over 5,500 square
kilometres in size, 80 per
cent of it being water.
It is an excellent location
to spend the summer months
on the sea
Given that this is Finland, naturally they also have a
gluten free pizza.
they call the only truly Italian
restaurant in Helsinki. says Metta.
?The ambiance is Italian.?
What they want to bring
Helsinkians is an easy atmosphere and locale where one
can enjoy a glass of wine, jazz,
and of course true Italian cuisine. something they
claim doesn?t exist in Helsinki.
From the flour to the
kitchen staff, they tell me
that their restaurant is authentic Italian. It?s a man-sized city
that?s what I call Helsinki. The look they share is indicative of mutual agreement
on no restaurant in particular
having impressed them.
?To be honest, most of the
Italian restaurants are not
really Italian. A lounge area is being
developed in the foyer, and
the space was buzzing on a
live jazz Tuesday night. That?s
what we don?t want.?
parma ham, the size of which
would have sufficed as a main.
I tasted two mains: fettuccine con tartufo nero, or pasta with black truffle, and the
pizza bresaola with bresaola, rocket, parmesan and olive oil. Being
a musician, Morcucci added
a jazzy element to their restaurant with the help of Jyrki
Kangas, a well known Finnish jazz musician who has, for
example, run the annual Pori
Jazz festival. It consists of
a large main room, complete
with bar and small stage, and
three smaller areas, one of
Pizza bresaola in true Italian fashion.
which also has a bar. You can eat
well, but you can?t eat Italian
well,. It was a Friday and the two of them were
living in Mazzano Romano,
a small medieval town close
to Rome. everything
they?ve ever needed
now in one place.
the third addition to the team.
There are two other owners
who aren?t present at the interview that day, Pasi Pyhanen and Kim Lerche, the
latter helping with the music
aspect. Their restaurant
sports a small stage where
they host live performances
three times a week.
They named the restaurant Pjazza . ?I?m the owner of
some restaurants and bars,
and he told me why don?t we
open something in Finland. begins
Stefano Metta. What connects them, Mette says, is an
artistic soul and wanting to
live well; ?we are humanists.?
Metta and Morcucci didn?t
leave the idyllic medieval town
of Mazzano; they left Italy.
?At the moment it?s not the
best place to live. Yet the modest owners
appear to be doing well already. explains Metta.
?A plate that is simple you
complicate it because you
add some local taste. It?s
not that big, not that small.
It?s the perfect size,. 12
22 . adds
Avignonesi delle Lucille.
Following Morcucci?s lead,
the quintet established what
Pjazza
mon-thu: 11.00-23.00
(kitchen closed
15.00-17.00)
Fri-sat: 11.00-01.00
sun: 11.00-17.00
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helsinki
tel. Each has
been designed with a pleasant simplicity, with an easy
warmth despite its spaciousness and high ceilings. It?s not a hectic city like
London. 050 347 7802
Burrata cheese with truffle and parma ham.. The mélange of experience and professional history
is brought together by friendship, they tell me. I
said to Paolo, why not.?
Two weeks later they were
on a plane to Finland, and
would soon fall in love with
Helsinki. 28 JANUARY 2015
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Tall ceilings and a tall wine selection make this the perfect locale for an Italian dining experience.
Pizza, wine and jazz: A true
Italian experience in Helsinki
A L I c I A JE N S E N
he l s ink i t i m e s
it was the 12 of
March, Paolo [Morcucci]
came to my place,. for at
least 72 hours. a tribute to both
jazz and the atmospheric public square Italians call the
piazza.
AliciA Jensen
helsinkians can rest
easy . The
food was accompanied with a
glass of Sicilian Donnafugata?s Mille e una Notte, its fullness and berry flavours giving
a wonderful contrast to the
saltiness of the ham and parmesan which played a leading
role in the bresaola.
The restaurant has a surprisingly large number of
square metres. The economy is not brilliant, and we
don?t like the situation with
people always complaining,?
says Morcucci. If the dough has
risen for that long, it won?t continue to rise in the customer?s
stomach. Simple as that.
I sit down with Metta, a Sicilian Swiss restaurant owner, Morcucci, a musician with
a Finnish wife, and Flavio Avignonesi delle Lucille, who has
been working in hotel management in London, and was
Italians in Helsinki
I ask the Italians how their
restaurant differs from other
Italian restaurants in Helsinki. They wanted
to find a country where they
could stay and live quietly.
The solution was the serene
streets of Helsinki.
?Paolo, your idea was perfect. The
addition of live jazz was also
wonderful, bringing the restaurant an extra mile ahead.
?The restaurant is a machine which is warming up?,
says Avignonesi delle Lucille. The flour
is left to rise, or ?levitate. They serve a modern pizza
that?s easier to digest. The chefs all
come from a specific school
in Italy, called the API or Italian Pizza Association.
?Most of all, we are Italians and we conduct it in
an Italian way,. Although the pasta
was good, I have never tasted a pizza as good as this. With
already such impressive results, this is certainly a place
to keep in mind for when it
kicks into top gear.
Food, jazz
and atmosphere
For a starter I tried the burrata cheese with truffle and
AliciA Jensen
?ONE DAY,
Avignonesi delle Lucille
says that they wanted to establish a typical, traditional Italian
restaurant
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Make sure the avocado is perfectly ripe. I like to finish it
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Ingredients
? 1 medium ripe Hass avocado
? 2 teaspoons fresh lime juice
? ¼ teaspoon salt, or more as needed
? 1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, or more as needed
? 4 slices whole-grain bread, toasted
? ¼ cucumber, unpeeled, sliced into thin half-moons
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Center for New Dance
Tallberginkatu 1B
Tickets ?15/23
www.zodiak.fi
Wed 27 January
Circo Aereo & Thomas Monckton:
The Pianist
Brilliant clownery
Alexander Theatre
Albertinkatu 32
www.aleksanterinteatteri.fi
EXHIBITIONS
From Sat 24 January
Helena Hietanen, Jaakko Niemelä: Chaos & Beauty
A show of light and shadow
Kunsthalle Helsinki
Nervanderinkatu 3
Tue, Thu, Fri 11:00-18:00
Wed 11:00-20:00
Sat, Sun 11:00-17:00
www.taidehalli.fi
Until Sun 25 January
Jonathan Hobin: In The Playroom
Hobin´s exhibition is part of the
Lens Politica, a festival of social
cinema and art
The Finnish Museum of Photography
Tallberginkatu 1 G
Tue-Sun 11:00-18:00
Wed 11:00-20:00
www.valokuvataiteenmuseo.fi
Until Sun 1 February
Edward Munch . Chaos & Beauty, a joint exhibition by Helena Hietanen and Jaakko Niemelä, will bring a show of light and shadow to Kunsthalle and extend even to the outside of the building.
The common theme in Hietanen´s and Niemelä´s art is light.
The artist couple work together, separately and in parallel. On Sunday 25 January, the artist duo will
be presenting their exhibition.
From Sat 24 January
Helena Hietanen, Jaakko Niemelä:
Chaos & Beauty
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
Fri 23 & Tue 27 January
The Cunning Little Vixen
Leo. Anna Puu
Country/rock´n´roll hits
Storyville
Museokatu 8
Tickets ?9.50
www.storyville.fi
Sat 24 January
Darkroom 5 Years
Techno
Kuudes Linja
Hämeentie 13
Tickets ?8
www.kuudeslinja.com
Sat 24 January
Reino & The Rhinos
Rhythms of reggae blended with
electronic minimalism, hip hop and
Finnish ?iskelmä?
Tavastia
Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6
Tickets ?13.50
www.tavastiaklubi.fi
Helena Hietanen: Tecnolace light sculpture, Barbican Center London, 1997.
MUSIC
Thu 22 January
Sarana
Experimental ambient
Semifinal
Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6
Tickets ?6.50
www.semifinal.fi
Thu 22 January
Happoradio
Pop/rock
On The Rocks
Mikonkatu 15
Tickets ?17.50
www.ontherocks.fi
Thu 22 January
TootToot
Rock
Bar Loose
Annankatu 21
www.barloose.com
Thu 22 January
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Susanna Mälkki, conductor & Steven Isserlis, cello
Helsinki Music Centre
Concert Hall
Manneheimintie 13
www.musiikkitalo.fi
Fri 23 January
Isolée, Lauri Soini, Denzel &
J.Lindroos
Techno
Kaiku
Kaikukatu 4
www.clubkaiku.fi
Fri 23 January
Aurora
Pop
Semifinal
Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6
Tickets ?7.50
www.semifinal.fi
Fri 23 January
Alavala
Pop
Le Bonk
Yrjönkatu 24
Tickets ?7.50
www.lebonk.fi
Fri 23 January
Marjo Leinonen Huff?N?Puff
?Groove ?n. There will also be a new installation in
the sculpture gallery. roll?
Virgin Oil CO.
Mannerheimintie 5
Tickets ?11.50
www.virginoil.fi
Fri 23 January
Milla Rumi, Älyvarkaat, Karri
Lehtonen & Afgaaninvinttikoira
Pop/folk
On The Rocks
Mikonkatu 15
Tickets ?5
www.ontherocks.fi
Sat 24 January
Maria Gasolina
Forro in Finnish
Gloria
Pieni Roobertinkatu 12
Tickets ?11.50
www.gloriahelsinki.fi
Fri 23 January
Kerkko Koskinen Kollektiivi
Pop
Tavastia
Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6
Tickets ?22
www.tavastiaklubi.fi
Sat 24 January
Funky Rocks Club
Tuomo
On The Rocks
Mikonkatu 15
Tickets ?11.50
www.ontherocks.fi
Fri 23 January
Danceteria 10th Anniversary
Stefano Noferini (ITA), Hollen
(ITA), Adrian Hour (ARG)
Fredan Tivoli
Fredrikinkatu 51-53
Tickets ?13.50
www.fredantivoli.fi
Sat 24 January
White Fox
Rock/pop
Semifinal
Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6
Tickets ?8.50
www.semifinal.fi
Fri 23 January
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Pietari Inkinen, conductor & Barnabas Kelemen, violin
Helsinki Music Centre
Concert Hall
Manneheimintie 13
www.musiikkitalo.fi
Sat 24 January
Jaakko Laitinen & Väärä Raha
Echoes from Balkan gypsy music,
Russian romances and old Finnish
?humppa?
Bar Loose
Annankatu 21
Tickets ?11.50
www.barloose.com
Mon 26 January
Club Koko Loft
Johannes Sarjasto Quartet
Koko Jazz Club
Hämeentie 3
Tickets ?11.50/16.50
www.kokojazz.fi
Mon 26 January
Christina Grimmie & Before You
Exit (USA)
Pop
Nosturi
Telakkakatu 8
Tickets ?22
www.elmu.fi
Tue 27 January
Nipsey Hussle (USA)
Rap
Tavastia
Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6
Tickets ?23
www.tavastiaklubi.fi
Wed 28 January
Polanski
Rock
Le Bonk
Yrjönkatu 24
www.lebonk.fi
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Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Sibelius´ Symphony No. act as
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Exciting blend of stand-up comedy, soft porn cabaret and contemporary dance
Helsinki City Theatre
Studio Elsa. 14
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22 . Niemelä and Hietanen have never needed to
search far for ideas for their work. Both landmark works and
audience favourites from the careers of the both artists are on
display in the exhibition. Chaos & Beauty represents a condensation of their life during the
last 18 years . 28 JANUARY 2015
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Chaos & Beauty
Kunsthalle´s first exhibition of the year 2015 opens on Saturday
24 January. 1
Helsinki Music Centre
Concert Hall
Manneheimintie 13
Tickets ?7.50-32.50
www.musiikkitalo.fi
THEATRE & DANCE
Thu 22 & Sat 24 January
Don Quixote
Major classical ballet choreographed by Patrice Bart
Finnish National Opera
Helsinginkatu 58
Tickets ?16-94.50
www.opera.fi
Thu 22-Sun 25 January
Cirko Aereo: Camping 3
The third part of the acclaimed
Camping series by contemporary
circus group Circo Aereo
Cirko
Kaasutehtaankatu 1
Tickets ?17.50/27.50
www.cirko.fi
Fri 23 & Wed 28 January
Jyrki Karttunen: Jemina . The Dance of
Life
Exhibition of one of the major visual artists in Northern Europe of the
20th century
Didrichsen Art Museum
Kuusilahdenkuja 1
Mon, Tue, Thu & Fri 11:00-18:00
Wed 11:00-20:00
Sat, Sun 9:00-19:00
www.didrichsenmuseum.fi
Until Sun 15 February
Klaus Kopu - The Power of the
Unreal
Wide oil paintings of intense expression and color
Korjaamo Galleria
Korjaamo Culture Factory
Töölönkatu 51 B
Mon-Fri 9:00-19:00
Sat, Sun 11:00-17:00
www.korjaamo.fi
Until Sun 22 March
Sibelius and the World of Art
Exhibition explores the links between the composer?s work and the
art scene of his time
Ateneum Art Museum
Kaivokatu 2
Tue, Fri 10:00-18:00
Wed, Thu 10:00-20:00
Sat, Sun 10:00-17:00
www.ateneum.fi
OTHERS
From Tue 27 January
DocPoint
Documentary film festival
www.docpoint.info. Janá?ek´s opera featuring a
cast of animal characters
Finnish National Opera
Helsinginkatu 58
Tickets ?24-118.50
www.opera.fi
Sat 24 January
Freak Kitchen (SWE), Doom Unit
Rebelhead
Metal
Virgin Oil CO.
Mannerheimintie 5
Tickets ?16.50
www.virginoil.fi
Wed 28 January
Uncle John Band feat. Ensi Linja 2
Tickets ?26
www.hkt.fi
Fri 23-Wed 28 January
Jenni Kivelä: Kleine Monster
A performance about female
monsters
Zodiak
In The
Grand Budapest Hotel, Ralph
Fiennes delivered a beguiling
performance as a sensitive
European concierge between
the wars trying to do the
right thing by one of the heiresses he?s made a career flattering and fawning over.
Still, even within a sea of
male-driven stories, Boyhood
and The Grand Budapest Hotel can?t be accused of giving
audiences more of the same.
Indeed, along with ?Selma,?
Birdman and The Theory of
Everything, they represent
the kind of vision and daring
that only movies are capable of, and desperately need
in order to survive a culture
increasingly dominated by
binge-friendly series on TV
and the Web.
historians and former Washington officials aggressively
campaigned against Selma?s
depiction of Lyndon Baines
Johnson . both examples
of lucid, engrossing storytelling, but neither a technical
or artistic knock-out . With
such right-on exceptions as
Sandra Adair in the editing
category, precious few women were nominated for the
top technical and creative
awards.
High-profile snubs included the author Gillian
Flynn, who adapted her novel
Gone Girl for the screen, and
Selma director Ava DuVernay, who just a few days ago
was the first African-American woman ever nominated
in that category at the Golden Globes. Three of the world best
known apes take the screen
in Jos de Putter?s See No Evil
and two Academy Awardwinning documentaries from
legendary explorer Jacques
Cousteau are screening.
On the local scene, 11 new
films from Finnish directors
Since 1927, there have only been 24 total people of colour who
have won in acting categories.
J.K. On 13 January,
Martha Lauzen, executive
director of the Center for the
Study of Women in Television
and Film at San Diego State
University, released her annual Celluloid Ceiling report
tracking women?s progress
within the film business. was the last one named
Thursday when the nominations for best picture were
announced by the Academy
of Motion Picture Arts and
Sciences.
If the 87th Academy
Awards line-up reflects anything, it?s an industry painfully . the oversight
seems all the more stark.
Had DuVernay been nominated for best director, she
would have been the first African-American woman to
have earned that honour. Inarritu seemed to
film Birdman, reflects a similar, go-for-broke sensibility, as does Wes Anderson?s
meticulous design, staging
and framing throughout The
Grand Budapest Hotel.
With Selma and The Theory of Everything, directors
DuVernay and James Marsh
bring sweeping and deeply expressive emotion to biopics that would otherwise
be relegated to a high-toned
mini-series, giving viewers a
theatrical experience all the
more potent and affecting
for being so gracefully compressed and choreographed
for the big screen.
Whether they?re working
with a bold, broad canvas or
in exacting miniature, these
filmmakers are making the
most of a cinematic medium
that increasingly must prove
and re-invent itself.
When the Academy nominates a feature debut like
Damien Chazelle?s Whiplash . The single continuous shot with which Alejandro G. S U L L I VA N
heL sinK i TiMes
again, the 14th annual DocPoint is the first port
of call for what is becoming
an increasingly crowded film
festival calendar annually.
Presenting the best Finnish
and international documen-
DoCPoin T
ONCE
taries of the year, the festival
lands once again in the Capital Region from 27 January
until 1 February.
Founded in 2001, DocPoint
represents one of the largest
documentary film festivals on
the Nordic landscape. The film will also be DocPoint festival?s main
seminar film on Saturday 31
January.
Hanna Polak?s touching film Something Better to
Come follows a girl named
Yula for 14 years living at an
enormous dump site near
Moscow with her family. Abrams and Alfonso Cuaron, then by actor Chris Pine and Academy
President Cheryl Boone
Isaacs, an organisation that
has already been criticised
for being old, white and male
looked increasingly so. When the
Academy nominates sturdy
but unremarkable fare like
American Sniper and The Imitation Game . first by the
directors J.J. Elsewhere, those who
have followed the Edward
Snowden saga with great interest are in for a treat: Laura
Poitras. a relatively conventional kid-and-tough-mentor
tale graced by superb performances from Teller and
She brought her camera with
her, with the resultant footage edited into a gripping
documentary. torqued
by social, technological and
creative forces it can?t quite
keep up with.
As the lucky nominees
were identified . This year sees 166
documentary films on offer.
The festival opens with
Markku Heikkinen?s Men of
Talvivaara Mine, depicting
the everyday life of miners in
the eponymous mine that has
grabbed headlines in recent
times. in Boyhood?s
case, a kid named Mason
whom we see come of age
over 12 years in a miraculous
time-lapse exercise. 1 in the USA.
The Oscar nominees for Best Actress are announced by Chris Pine and Academy President Cheryl
Boone during the Academy Awards Nominations Announcement at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in
Beverly Hills, California on 15 January.
years, finally meshing real
life and fiction in an absorbing coming-of-age drama, is
just the kind of audacious experiment the medium needs
right now. David Oyelowo
also was overlooked for
what most critics and viewers agree is a stunning performance as Martin Luther
King Jr. Also
in Russia, Children 404 and
Victory Day, discuss the controversial anti-gay law that
was passed in 2013.
Aside from politics, other themes during this year?s
edition of the festival revolve around nature and the
sea. reflecting the statistical realities
of a steadfastly un-diverse
industry. in the film.
In a year when the stunning civil rights film, which
chronicled the voting rights
movement in 1965, dovetailed all too perfectly with
current events . Her
findings were underwhelming, at best.
Female perspective
In 2014, only 17 per cent of
behind-the-scenes workers
on films were women, a mere
1 percent increase from 2013.
Women accounted for 7 per
cent of directors, up 1 percentage point from 2013, but
down 2 percentage points
from way back in 1998. it?s
staking a claim for the Linklaters, DuVernays and Inarritus of the future. For
now, that barrier will stand
another year.
Instead, as photographs
of the nominees flashed behind the announcers, what
emerged was a depressingly
monochrome, uni-gendered
visual tableau . Citizenfour is being
screened. Head to the website for
more info.
DocPoint . Here in
Finland it is the only festival
solely dedicated to documen-
Walking on Water.
tary films, and has also been
organised concurrently with
Tallinn since 2010.
The numbers are impressive, with some 28,000 visitors attending festival
screenings and side events
last year. 28 JANUARY 2015
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L e h T i K U Va / a F P P h o T o / M a R K R a L s T o n
2015 Oscar nominations
show lack of diversity in
a year when films didn?t
IT?S
ALTOgETHER
fitting
that a movie called ?Whiplash. In June 2013, Poitras flew to Hong Kong with
two reporters for the first of
many meetings with the man
who would soon become Public Enemy No. it?s
keeping one slow-moving
foot stubbornly in its past.
Even when it seems willing to
swing for the fences, the riskaverse movie industry will
always play it safe.
DoCPoin T
A N N H O R N A DAY
The Wa shing Ton Pos T
35 Cows and a Kalishnikov is just one of the many films screening at this year's DocPoint.
are being presented under
the banner of ?New Finnish
Documentary Film?.
Much, much more is on offer. CULTURE
HELSINKI TIMES
22 . and when
to a monotonous story line,
centred around great men
either in fact or in the making, whether it?s the Iraq war
hero Chris Kyle in American
Sniper, Stephen Hawking
in The Theory of Everything,
Alan Turing in The Imitation
Game or the tortured artists
played by Michael Keaton
and Miles Teller in Birdman
and Whiplash.
Boyhood and The Grand
Budapest Hotel, also nominated for best picture, may
not be about great men, exactly, but they are about
great guys . and occasionally
exhilaratingly . Simmons, nominated for
best supporting actor . Helsinki
Documentary Film
Festival 2015
27 January-1 February
www.docpoint.info/en. (If the
Oscars are any indication,
women have a better time of
it in nonfiction: both Laura
Poitras and Rory Kennedy
were deservedly nominated for their documentaries
Citizenfour and Last Days of
Vietnam.)
With the exception of
Selma, which gratifyingly
received a nod for best picture, the plots of the nominated movies mostly hewed
Absorbing drama
At a time when smarts, ambition and adult-friendly subject matter have found safe
purchases on network, cable
and such streaming upstarts
as Netflix and Amazon, cinema has to prove its relevance.
Boyhood which director Richard Linklater filmed over 12
The Point of documentaries
J A M E S O
USA/1993.
02.15 Mind Games
SUB
14.00 Walker, Texas Ranger (K16)
14.55 Undercover Boss USA
16.00 Supersize vs Superskinny
18.00 Top Chef
19.00 The Simpsons
19.30 Two and a Half Men
20.00 Big Bang Theory
20.30 The Simpsons
22.00 Extant
Molly searches for her baby
and becomes convinced
the agency took the child.
Meanwhile, John discovers
startling advancements in
Ethan?s programming.
00.00 Two and a Half Men
00.25 Vikings (K16)
01.25 Supernatural (K16)
02.25 Revolution (K16)
JIM
12.25 Britain?s Best Bakery
Britain?s Best Bakery is a
reality series which sees a
national search for Britain?s
best bakery.
13.25 Shark Tank Canada
14.20 New York Ink
15.15 Top Chef
16.10 Extreme Makeover
17.05 Man vs. USA/2010.
23.10 Red Heat aka. Laura Berman Radio
Show
01.00 Farm Kings
O Brother,
Where Art Thou?
Ulysses Everett McGill escapes
from a prison while still handcuffed
to two fellow prisoners. Directed by: Alan J. USA/1988.
01.10 C.S.I.
02.05 Disappeared
03.00 Deadly Affairs
03.50 Dragon Eyes (K16) FILM
Directed by: John Hyams.
USA/2012.
AVA
10.00 Trinny & Susannah?s
Makeover Mission
12.00 Biggest Loser
12.55 Doctors
14.05 Flipping Out
15.00 Glee
16.00 Jamie?s Kitchen
17.00 Trinny & Susannah?s
Makeover Mission
18.00 Grand Designs
19.00 Biggest Loser
21.00 The Blind Side FILM
Directed by: John Lee
Hancock. Food
17.35 Shark Tank Canada
18.30 MasterChef Australia
19.30 Top Chef
21.00 Talent USA
23.20 Pawn Stars
23.50 Guinness World Records
00.45 Trigger Happy T V
07.00 Children?s Programming
08.00 Good Luck Charlie
08.30 Ocean Mysteries with Jeff
Corwin
09.10 My Kitchen Rules
10.15 Property Virgins
13.50 Excused
14.20 My Kitchen Rules
15.55 The Hotel Inspector
16.55 Neighbors
The alien community learns
about death when their
beloved gardener, Juan,
unexpectedly dies.
17.25 MasterChef USA
18.25 Frasier
00.05 Oz (K16)
McManus challenges
Vayhue and the worst
prisoner to play against him
and the best Officer.
02.15 Frasier
02.45 MasterChef USA
TV5
06.40 America?s Cutest Pets
07.35 MacGyver
08.30 Matlock
12.25 Everybody Loves Raymond
13.25 The King of Queens
14.15 MacGyver
15.10 Matlock
16.05 Disappeared
18.00 The King of Queens
19.00 The Nanny
20.00 50 Ways to Kill Your
Mammy
21.00 Saving Silverman FILM
A pair of buddies conspire to
save their best friend from
marrying the wrong woman.
Directed by: Dennis Dugan.
Starring: Amanda Detmer,
Amanda Peet, Jack Black.
USA/2001.
23.00 The Office
This series follows a group
of typical office workers,
where the workday consists
of ego clashes, inappropriate
behaviour and tedium.
00.00 C.S.I.
00.55 Disappeared
AVA
09.30 Real Girl?s Kitchen
10.00 Trinny & Susannah?s
Makeover Mission
12.00 Biggest Loser
12.55 Doctors
14.05 Real Housewives of
Orange County
15.00 Glee
16.00 Jamie?s Kitchen
17.00 Trinny & Susannah?s
Makeover Mission
British style experts Trinny
Woodall and Susannah
Constantine travel the globe
turning hapless fashion
failures into glamorous
catwalk queens.
18.00 Grand Designs
19.00 Biggest Loser
20.00 Supersize vs Superskinny
22.30 Modern Family
23.00 Project Runway Allstars
00.00 Lie to Me
01.00 Farm Kings
saturday
23.1.
MTV3
NELONEN
Green Zone
T V5 21.00
09.45 The Bold and the Beautiful
10.10 Emmerdale
11.10 Doctors
13.35 Double Your House For
Half The Money
14.40 Mike & Molly
15.15 Alpine Skiing World Cup
SPORT
In Finnish.
17.25 The Bold and the Beautiful
18.00 Emmerdale
22.40 The Gingerbread Man
FILM
Directed by: Robert Altman.
Starring: Kenneth Branagh,
Robert Downey Jr, Darryl
Hannah. FILM
Directed by: Ethan Coen,
Joel Coen. Directed by: Ethan
Coen, Joel Coen. Starring: Matt
Damon, Greg Kinnear, Amy
Ryan. 28 JANUARY 2015
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Helsinki Times TV Guide offers a selection of English broadcasting on Finnish television.
thursday
friday
22.1.
MTV3
NELONEN
Madam Secretary
MT V3 21.00
09.45 The Bold and the Beautiful
10.10 Emmerdale
11.10 Doctors
13.35 Property Brothers
14.35 Ground Floor
15.10 Jamie?s Food Escapes
Jamie cooks kebabs in the
shadow of the Acropolis,
tries his hand at souvlaki
and joins friends for meze
and Greek dancing.
17.30 The Bold and the Beautiful
18.00 Emmerdale
21.00 Madam Secretary
Things get scary when
Elizabeth brings Alison with
her to India on government
business and the two are
separated from one another
during the mayhem of an
earthquake.
22.35 The Pelican Brief FILM
Directed by: Alan J. 16
TV GUIDE
22 . Populated with
strange characters, including a
blind prophet, sexy sirens, and a
one-eyed Bible salesman, it is an
odyssey filled with chases, close
calls, near misses, and betrayal
that will leave you laughing at
every outrageous and surprising
twist and turn. McGill is
on a mission to remarry his wife
and invents a story about a buried
treasure in order to keep his two
hapless friends cooperating in the
adventure. Starring:
Joshua Jackson, Rachael
Taylor, Megumi Okina.
USA/2008.
00.55 Deadwood
TV5
07.05 Naked and Afraid
07.55 50 Ways to Kill Your
Mammy
08.50 The Magicians
12.50 For Richer or Poorer FILM
A real estate hustler and
his wife hide from the IRS
among the Amish.
Directed by: Bryan Spicer.
Starring: Jay O. Food
Richman explores the ?big
food. Starring: George
Clooney, Holly Hunter, John Goodman. offerings of a different
American city before facing
off against a pre-existing
eating challenge at a local
restaurant.
17.05 American Pickers
18.00 Kitchen Nightmares
21.00 Pawn Stars
22.00 Trigger Happy T V
23.00 Undercover Boss
01.00 Pawn Stars
02.00 JIM D: Conspiracy Theory
with Jesse Ventura
07.50 Children?s Programming
08.30 Sea Rescue
14.00 Animal Rescue
19.00 Once Upon a Time
21.00 Tenderness FILM
Directed by: John Polson.
Starring: Russell Crowe,
Jon Foster, Sophie Traub.
USA/2009.
23.10 Shutter (K16) FILM
A newly married couple
discovers disturbing, ghostly
images in photographs
they develop after a tragic
accident. Directed by:
Masayuki Ochiai. Sanders,
Kirstie Alley, Larry Miller.
USA/1997.
14.50 Dawson?s Creek
15.35 Long Island Medium
16.05 Say Yes to the Dress:
Bridesmaids
17.30 50 Ways to Kill Your
Mammy
21.00 Jack and Jill FILM
Directed by: Dennis Dugan.
Starring: Adam Sandler,
Al Pacino, Elodie Tougne.
USA/2011.
22.50 Motive
23.50 Saving Silverman FILM
Directed by: Dennis Dugan.
Starring: Amanda Detmer,
Amanda Peet, Jack Black.
USA/2001.
01.35 NCIS: Los Angeles (K16)
AVA
09.30 Real Girl?s Kitchen
11.30 Bread with Paul
Hollywood
13.00 Trinny & Susannah?s
Makeover Mission
16.00 Property Brothers
18.00 Project Runway Allstars
21.00 Black Swan (K16) FILM
In the world of New York
City ballet, Nina, a ballet
dancer finds herself locked
in a web of competitive
intrigue with a new rival at
the company.
Directed by: Darren
Aronofsky. USA/2000.
TV5 18.50
Friday 23.1.2015. With nothing to lose, the
three embark on the adventure of
a lifetime in this hilarious offbeat
road picture. Pakula.
Starring: Julia Roberts,
Denzel Washington, Sam
Shepard. Pakula.
Starring: Julia Roberts, Denzel
Washington, Sam Shepard.
USA/1993.
MTV3 22.35
Thursday 22.1.2015
07.00 Children?s Programming
08.00 Good Luck Charlie
08.30 Animal ABC
09.10 My Kitchen Rules
10.15 Property Virgins
13.50 Excused
14.20 My Kitchen Rules
15.55 Last Chance Driving
School
16.25 Melissa & Joey
17.25 MasterChef USA
18.25 Frasier
21.00 The Spy Next Door FILM
Directed by: Brian Levant.
Starring: Jackie Chan,
Amber Valletta, Madeline
Carroll. Starring: George
Clooney, Holly Hunter, John
Goodman. Starring: Sandra
Bullock, Tim McGraw,
Quinton Aaron. USA/2010.
23.05 Righteous Kill (K16) FILM
Directed by: Jon Avnet.
Starring: Robert De Niro,
Al Pacino, Carla Gugino.
USA/2008.
01.15 Frasier
01.45 Castle
TV5
06.30 MacGyver
07.30 America?s Cutest Pets
08.20 Matlock
12.15 Everybody Loves Raymond
13.10 The King of Queens
14.00 MacGyver
15.00 Matlock
15.55 Disappeared
17.50 The King of Queens
18.50 O Brother, Where Art
Thou. USA/1998.
01.00 Crisis (K16)
SUB
14.00 Walker, Texas Ranger
14.55 Undercover Boss USA
16.00 Supersize vs Superskinny
19.00 The Simpsons
19.30 How I Met Your Mother
20.00 Big Bang Theory
When Penny finds out Alex
has a crush on Leonard,
Sheldon gets himself
and the rest of the guys
in trouble with Human
Resources whilst trying to
solve the problem.
20.30 The Simpsons
21.00 Dinner for Schmucks FILM
An ambitious executive
accepts an invitation from
his boss to attend a dinner
party where high-powered
professionals make fun
of unsuspecting dimwits.
Directed by: Jay Roach.
Starring: Steve Carell, Paul
Rudd, Zach Galifianakis.
USA/2010.
00.10 Cheaters
01.15 How I Met Your Mother
JIM
13.45 Shark Tank Canada
14.35 New York Ink
15.30 Top Chef
16.25 Extreme Makeover
18.15 Talent USA
20.00 Hotel Hell
22.00 Border Security:
Australia?s Front Line
The show follows the work
of Border Security Officers
as they enforce Australian
customs, quarantine,
immigration and finance laws.
23.00 Speeders
23.30 Ax Men
00.30 JIM D: Ancient Aliens
01.55 New York Ink
02.55 American Restoration
The Pelican Brief
Julia Roberts is starring as a
young Law School student Darby
Shaw in this legal crime thriller.
After writing a speculative legal
brief exposing the illegal activities of a powerful oil magnate,
Darby finds herself embroiled
in a terrifying web of intrigue
extending to the highest levels
of government. USA/2000.
21.00 Green Zone FILM
Directed by: Paul
Greengrass. Starring: Arnold
Schwarzenegger, Ed O?Ross,
James Belushi. USA/2009.
23.30 New Girl
00.00 Mom
00.30 Lie to Me
24.1.
MTV3
NELONEN
Black Swan
AVA 21.00
08.05 Children?s Programming
15.00 Alpine Skiing World Cup
SPORT
In Finnish.
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
00.55 Dallas
01.50 Mentalist
SUB
11.00 Modern Family
12.00 Anthony Bourdain: Parts
Unknown
Bourdain looks at Libya
through personal stories,
food and the music.
13.00 Catching Hell
14.00 Mythbusters
15.00 Top Chef
17.05 How I Met Your Mother
17.30 Big Bang Theory
18.30 The Simpsons
21.00 I, Robot FILM
Directed by: Alex Proyas.
Starring: Will Smith, Bridget
Moynahan, Alan Tudyk.
USA/2004.
00.15 Killer Karaoke
01.15 Morgan Spurlock: Inside
Man
02.15 Anthony Bourdain: Parts
Unknown
JIM
09.15 MasterChef Australia
11.20 Dinner Impossible
12.15 Dangerous Encounters
with Brady Barr
13.20 Extreme Fishing
Robson Green travels
around the world to some
of the greatest fishing
destinations, where he
challenges local masters of
their craft over five rounds
of competitive fishing.
14.15 Container Wars
14.40 Ax Men
15.35 Man vs. When those close
to her are killed by assassins, the
young woman embarks on a desperate flight with a Washington,
D.C. Victim of
Love (K16) FILM
Directed by: Walter
Hill. Her only confidant and ally
is investigative reporter Gray
Grantham (Washington) who
has already had one confidential source back out of sharing
information about the assassinations. Starring: Natalie
Portman, Mila Kunis,
Vincent Cassel.
USA/2010.
23.05 New Girl
23.35 Mom
00.05 Dr
The mission of
the Allies is more dangerous and
frightening than anything they
could have ever imagined, but
one which has the power to turn
the tide of battle. Directed by: Anand Tucker.
Starring: Adam Scott, Alan Devlin,
Amy Adams. However, after landing
on the wrong side of Ireland, she
must enlist the help of the handsome and carefree local Declan
(Matthew Goode) to get her across
the country. Starring: Bill
Paxton, Jon Bon Jovi, Matthew
McConaughey. Starring: Bill
Paxton, Jon Bon Jovi,
Matthew McConaughey.
USA/2000.
23.15 Disappeared
AVA
10.00 Trinny & Susannah?s
Makeover Mission
12.00 Biggest Loser
This series features obese
people competing to win
a cash prize by losing the
highest percentage of weight
to their initial weight.
12.55 Doctors
14.05 Real Housewives of
Orange County
15.00 Glee
16.00 Jamie?s Kitchen
17.00 Trinny & Susannah?s
Makeover Mission
18.00 Grand Designs
19.00 Biggest Loser
22.00 Real Housewives of
Orange County
23.00 Cold Feet
00.00 Find My Family UK
Leap Year
U-571
Leap Year is an entertaining
American romantic comedy. with many of
wildlife?s most amazing
creatures and learns more
about them.
14.25 New York Ink
15.20 Anthony Bourdain: No
Reservations
16.10 Extreme Makeover
17.05 Man vs. USA/2000.
TV5 21.00
Sunday 25.1.2015
TV5 21.00
Tuesday 27.1.2015. TV GUIDE
HELSINKI TIMES
22 . Inspired by an
Irish tradition that allows women
to propose to men on Leap Day,
she heads to Ireland to ask her
boyfriend Jeremy (Adam Scott) to
accept her wedding proposal on
leap day. USA/Ireland/2010.
In this World War II action
thriller, the battle below the
seas rages when the doomed
German submarine is sinking and
the Allies realise their chance to
seize the special enigma coding
device. USA/1997.
23.35 NCIS: New Orleans
00.35 The Originals (K16)
01.35 Killer Karaoke
JIM
09.45 MasterChef Australia
11.40 Man vs. Starring: Bruce
Willis, Radha Mitchell,
Rosamund Pike. Obtaining a working
enigma coding device would
be invaluable for the Allied war
effort, so a U.S. USA/1989.
21.00 Surrogates FILM
Directed by: Jonathan
Mostow. Directed by:
Richard Donner. USA/2008.
21.00 Leap Year FILM
Directed by: Anand Tucker.
Starring: Adam Scott, Alan
Devlin, Amy Adams.
USA/Ireland/2010.
23.00 Spartacus: Vengeance
(K18)
00.15 Jack and Jill FILM
Directed by: Dennis Dugan.
Starring: Adam Sandler,
Al Pacino, Elodie Tougne.
USA/2011.
01.55 House
AVA
09.30 Bread with Paul
Hollywood
12.00 Grand Designs
14.00 You Deserve This House
15.00 Flipping Out
16.00 Grand Designs
This series follows people
building their dream houses
and all the dilemmas that
come with it.
17.00 Real Housewives of
Orange County
21.30 Modern Family
22.00 Cold Feet
The series follows three
couples as they cope with
marriage, children and
infidelity.
23.05 New Girl
23.35 Mom
00.05 The Face
01.00 Farm Kings
tuesday
26.1.
Homeland
MT V3 23.35
09.45 The Bold and the Beautiful
10.10 Emmerdale
11.10 Doctors
13.35 Survivors
14.35 The Millers
15.10 Lucky Dog
17.25 The Bold and the Beautiful
18.00 Emmerdale
21.00 Madam Secretary
22.35 Bones
23.35 Homeland (K16)
Homeland is a compelling
and contemporary US
thriller about a troubled
and unorthodox CIA agent,
starring Claire Danes.
00.40 White Collar
01.35 The McCarthys
SUB
14.00 Walker, Texas Ranger
14.55 Undercover Boss USA
16.00 Supersize vs Superskinny
19.00 The Simpsons
19.30 Suburgatory
20.00 Big Bang Theory
The guys are stranded in
the middle of nowhere when
Leonard?s car is stolen on
the way to the Bakersfield
Comic-Con.
20.30 The Simpsons
22.50 Morgan Spurlock: Insider
Man
23.50 C.S.I. Directed by: Bo
Welch. Directed by:
Jonathan Mostow. Voices: Joel
McHale, Mike Epps, Jane
Krakowski. The Cat in the
Hat FILM
Sally and Conrad are two
bored kids whose life is
turned up-side-down when
a talking cat comes to
visit them. Food
12.40 Extreme Makeover
14.25 Talent USA
16.10 Kitchen Nightmares
18.00 Hotel Hell
19.00 Anthony Bourdain: No
Reservations
Anthony heads to Japan
for the gastronomic event,
which brings together some
of the best chefs in the
world and throws them into
an unfamiliar environment
with unknown ingredients.
20.00 Undercover Boss
01.00 Speeders
01.30 Strange or What?
02.30 Meet the Parents
Children?s Programming
Melissa & Joey
Frasier
Body of Proof
Medical examiner Megan
Hunt?s unique approach to
solving crimes puts her at
odds with her superiors.
15.55 Gordon?s Great Escape
16.55 Honey, I Shrunk the Kid
FILM
The scientist father of
a teenage girl and boy
accidentally shrinks his and
two other neighborhood
teens to the size of insects.
Directed by: Joe Johnson.
Starring: Rick Moranis,
Marcia Strassman, Matt
Frewer. Seuss. sub is sent out
to rescue the machine. USA/2009.
TV5
06.10 Little Bigfoot FILM
Directed by: Art Camacho.
Starring: Ross Malinger, P.J.
Soles, Kenneth Tigar, Kelly
Packard. Starring: Jason
Sudeikis, Lindsay Sloane,
Lucy Punch.
USA/2011.
22.55 Oz (K16)
00.05 Deadwood
02.15 Frasier
TV5
06.40 America?s Cutest Pets
07.30 MacGyver
08.25 Matlock
12.20 Everybody Loves Raymond
13.20 The King of Queens
14.10 MacGyver
15.05 Matlock
16.05 Disappeared
This show follows the ups
and downs of missing
person cases, showing the
progression of cases that are
opened to try and find out
why people disappear.
18.00 The King of Queens
21.00 Babe: Pig in the City FILM
Directed by: George Miller.
Starring: Magda Szubanski,
Mickey Rooney.
USA/Australia/1998.
22.50 Extreme Cougar Wives
23.50 C.S.I.
00.45 Little Bigfoot FILM
02.35 Disappeared
AVA
10.00 Trinny & Susannah?s
Makeover Mission
12.00 Biggest Loser
12.55 Doctors
14.05 First Dates
Interactive dating
experiment in which real
dates are filmed and then
viewers get the chance
to apply to date the
unsuccessful participants
the following week.
15.00 Glee
16.00 Jamie?s Kitchen
17.00 Trinny & Susannah?s
Makeover Mission
18.00 Grand Designs
19.00 Biggest Loser
20.00 Grand Designs
21.00 Project Runway Allstars
22.00 Real Housewives of
Orange County
23.00 The Rachel Zoe Project
00.00 Model Employee
27.1.
MTV3
NELONEN
Elementary
Nelonen 21.00
09.45 The Bold and the Beautiful
10.10 Emmerdale
11.10 Doctors
13.35 Auf Wiedersehen, My Pet!
14.35 Modern Family
15.15 Undercover Boss
In this hidden-camera
show an executive goes
undercover in his or her own
company to get a raw look at
how people really work.
17.25 The Bold and the Beautiful
18.00 Emmerdale
22.35 C.S.I. When
Anna?s (Amy Adams) four-year
anniversary to her boyfriend
passes without an engagement
ring, she decides to take matters
into her own hands. New York (K16)
23.30 Person of Interest
A software genius and an exCIA operative work together
to prevent violent crimes
before they can happen.
00.30 Alpine Skiing World Cup
SPORT
In Finnish.
01.00 Psych
SUB
14.00
14.55
16.00
19.00
19.30
Walker, Texas Ranger
Undercover Boss USA
Supersize vs Superskinny
The Simpsons
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.
20.00 Big Bang Theory
20.30 The Simpsons
23.00 Revolution (K16)
A group of revolutionaries
confronts an authoritarian
regime 15 years after an
instantaneous global shutdown
of all electrical devices.
00.00 Nikita (K16)
01.00 Raising Hope
JIM
12.15
13.10
14.05
14.55
15.50
16.45
Britain?s Best Bakery
Shark Tank Canada
LA Ink
Top Chef
Extreme Makeover
Shark Tank Canada
Shark Tank features business
pitches from aspiring
entrepreneurs to a panel of
potential investors.
17.40 MasterChef Australia
19.30 Top Chef
22.30 Pawn Stars
23.00 Border Security:
Australia?s Front Line
00.00 Speeders
00.30 Storm City
01.25 Shark Tank Canada
02.25 LA Ink
07.00 Children?s Programming
07.55 Good Luck Charlie
08.25 Animal ABC
09.10 My Kitchen Rules
10.15 Building Bryks
13.50 Excused
14.20 My Kitchen Rules
15.55 The Hotel Inspector
Award-winning hotelier
Alex Polizzi resumes her
quest to salvage some of
Britain?s worst-run hotels
and bed-and-breakfast
establishments.
16.55 Neighbors
Supreme leader Larry Bird
imparts his experience to help
Debbie navigate PTA politics
while Jackie tries her hand at
helping Marty coach soccer.
17.25 MasterChef USA
18.25 Frasier
21.00 Elementary
Sherlock takes on the
case of a stolen artificial
intelligence software
program.
00.00 Rescue Me
00.55 Frasier
01.25 Elementary
TV5
06.40 America?s Cutest Pets
07.35 MacGyver
08.30 Matlock
12.30 Everybody Loves Raymond
13.25 The King of Queens
14.20 MacGyver
15.15 Matlock
16.05 Disappeared
18.00 The King of Queens
19.00 Naked and Afraid
20.30 The Nanny
After being fired from her
job and dumped by her
boyfriend, a cosmetics
saleswoman becomes the
nanny to the three children
of a rich British widower.
21.00 U-571 (K16) FILM
Directed by: Jonathan
Mostow. Starring:
Mel Gibson, Julia Roberts,
Patrick Stewart. Food
17.35 Shark Tank Canada
18.30 MasterChef Australia
MasterChef Australia
gives budding chefs the
ultimate once-in-a-lifetime
opportunity to develop
their cooking skills, to be
mentored by the best.
19.30 Top Chef
21.00 Kitchen Nightmares
22.30 Pawn Stars
23.00 Strange or What?
01.00 Shark Tank Canada
01.55 Extreme Fishing
07.00 Children?s Programming
08.00 Good Luck Charlie
08.30 Animal ABC
10.20 Building Bryks
13.50 Excused
15.50 Man vs Food
16.20 Once Upon a Time
17.20 Frasier
17.50 Ramsay?s Great Escape
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.
21.00 A Good Old Fashioned
Orgy (K16) FILM
Directed by: Alex Gregory,
Peter Huyck. 28 JANUARY 2015
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sunday
monday
25.1.
MTV3
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MTV3
NELONEN
07.55
12.00
14.00
15.00
Conspiracy Theory
Sub 21.00
08.05 Children?s Programming
09.55 Grand Designs
11.55 Jamie?s Food Escapes
12.55 Dr. Starring: Mike Myers,
Alec Baldwin, Kelly Preston.
USA/2003.
14.35 Madam Secretary
Elizabeth asks the President
to help with a bad situation in
Western Africa and faces some
unforeseen circumstances.
16.25 Alpine Skiing World Cup
SPORT In Finnish.
22.35 Homeland (K16)
Fara uncovers a deep-rooted
conspiracy and Carrie gets a
tip from Remond regarding
Quinn?s lead.
23.40 Madam Secretary
SUB
11.00 The Simpsons
13.30 Big Bang Theory
15.00 Undercover Boss USA
16.00 Glee
17.00 Pretty Little Liars
20.00 Mythbusters
21.00 Conspiracy Theory FILM
A man obsessed with
conspiracy theories
becomes a target after one
of his theories turns out
to be true. Along the way, they
discover that the road to love
can take you to very unexpected
places. However,
German forces have already
picked up the sub?s distress
signal and are en route to rescue
their comrades. (K16)
00.40 Suburgatory
JIM
11.35 Airways
12.35 Dinner Impossible
13.25 Dangerous Encounters
with Brady Barr
Brady goes all over the
world to have ?dangerous
encounters. USA/1997.
15.15 Sean Saves the World
15.40 Columbo
17.30 Monk
18.30 House
19.30 Open Season 2 FILM
Directed by: Matthew
O?Callaghan, Todd
Wilderman
Both are open Mon-Fri 8-18 and Sat 8-16 but
are closed on Sundays. For
more information, see www.visithelsinki.fi. In a number of Finnish towns public internet posts are
quite rare due to extensive per-person internet use at home. Most
hotels as well as the Helsinki Tourist Office and Helsinki?s General
Post Office have a computer terminal. The film stars
Saoirise Ronan as Hanna, a
sixteen-year-old girl raised in
the wilderness of Finland by her
father (Eric Bana), an ex-CIA
agent, who trains her as an
assassin. The Forex desk at Helsinki Central Railway Station
is open Mon-Fri 8-20 and Sat-Sun 9-19. See www.forex.fi for more
information.
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Grocery stores. 0300 20200, calls are
charged), Mannerheimintie 96, is open 24 hours; its branch at Mannerheimintie 5/Kaivopiha is open daily 7-24.
Public Transport. For more information, see www.hsl.fi.
Tourist Information. Most grocery stores are open Mon-Fri 7-21, Sat
7-18 and Sun 12-21. Dial 112. Sent into the world by
her father on a mission, Hanna
journeys stealthily across Europe, eluding agents dispatched
after her by a ruthless intelligence operative with secrets
of her own. Public phones
are scarce. Finland?s international country
code is +358 and to ring abroad from Finland dial 00. Grocery stores in the Helsinki Central Railway
Station tunnel are open Mon-Sat 7-22 and Sun 10-22.
Post Offices. 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). See www.posti.fi
Emergency Numbers. Post offices are usually open Mon-Fri 8-20 and SatSun 10-14. Health centres around the country are open
Mon-Fri 8-16. Night buses operate extensively at weekends.
Night buses have an extra fee. 28 JANUARY 2015
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Grey?s Anatomy
Nelonen 21.00
09.45 The Bold and the Beautiful
10.10 Emmerdale
11.10 Doctors
13.35 Cosmos
14.35 How I Met Your Mother
15.10 Grand Designs
17.25 The Bold and the Beautiful
This series follows the
wealthy and powerful
Forrest family and their
fashion house business
Forrester Creations.
18.00 Emmerdale
22.40 Mythbusters
23.45 Bones
A forensic anthropologist
and a FBI agent build a team
to investigate death causes.
00.45 Royal Pains
01.40 Revolution (K16)
SUB
14.00
14.55
16.00
19.00
19.30
Walker, Texas Ranger
Undercover Boss USA
Supersize vs Superskinny
The Simpsons
New Girl
New Girl follows a group of
six friends, their somewhat
interconnected romantic
exploits and their often
hilariously misguided
attempts to find their
respective places in the
world.
20.00 Big Bang Theory
20.30 The Simpsons
21.00 Top Chef
An American reality
competition in which chefs
compete against each other
in culinary challenges.
22.00 Vikings (K16)
23.00 Scorpion
01.00 New Girl
JIM
12.35 Britain?s Best Bakery
Britain?s Best Bakery is a
reality series which sees a
national search for Britain?s
best bakery.
13.30 Shark Tank Canada
14.25 LA Ink
15.20 Top Chef
16.15 Extreme Makeover
17.10 Shark Tank Canada
18.05 MasterChef Australia
19.30 Top Chef
21.00 American Pickers
22.30 Pawn Stars
00.00 Undercover Boss
00.55 Anthony Bourdain: No
Reservation
01.50 Shark Tank Canada
02.45 Meet the Parents
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07.00 Children?s Programming
07.55 Good Luck Charlie
08.25 Animal ABC
09.10 My Kitchen Rules
10.15 Building Bryks
13.50 Excused
14.20 My Kitchen Rules
15.55 The Hotel Inspector
16.55 Neighbors
17.25 MasterChef USA
18.25 Frasier
21.00 Grey?s Anatomy
Secrets from Ellis Grey?s past
come to light. For non-urgent ambulance services, dial 09 394 600, and non-urgent police matters, dial 09 1891.
Market halls. Maggie makes
a shock announcement and
Callie continues to work on
the Veteran?s Project.
00.00 Castle
00.55 Frasier
01.25 Rescue Me
02.20 MasterChef USA
04.15 Neighbors
TV5
06.40 America?s Cutest Pets
07.35 MacGyver
MacGyver follows the
adventures of a secret agent
armed with almost infinite
scientific resourcefulness.
08.30 Matlock
12.25 Everybody Loves Raymond
The series follows a
successful sports writer Ray
Barone, whose oddball family
life consists of a fed up wife,
overbearing parents, and an
older brother with lifelong
jealousy.
13.25 The King of Queens
14.15 MacGyver
15.10 Matlock
16.05 Disappeared
18.00 The King of Queens
21.00 Hanna (K16) FILM
Directed by: Joe Wright.
Starring: Saoirse Ronan,
Cate Blanchett, Eric Bana.
USA/2011.
23.05 Deadly Affairs
00.05 Columbo
02.00 C.S.I.
02.45 Disappeared
AVA
09.30 Bread with Paul
Hollywood
10.05 Trinny & Susannah?s
Makeover Mission
12.00 Biggest Loser
12.55 Doctors
14.05 Real Housewives of
Orange County
15.00 Glee
16.00 Jamie?s Kitchen
17.00 Trinny & Susannah?s
Makeover Mission
British style experts Trinny
Woodall and Susannah
Constantine travel the globe
turning hapless fashion
failures into glamorous
catwalk queens.
18.00 Grand Designs
19.00 Biggest Loser
22.00 Real Housewives of
Orange County
23.00 Flipping Out
23.55 Million Dollar Decorators
Weather
Banks and Bureaux de Change. Includes commuter trains, buses, trams and metro. Operator number 118. 09 100 23.
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Telephone. As she nears her
ultimate target, Hanna faces
startling revelations about
her existence and unexpected
questions about her humanity... 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).
Emergency clinics in Helsinki and Uusimaa area hospitals that are
on call 24 hours a day: Helsinki: Meilahti hospital, 2nd floor, Haartmaninkatu 4, tel. 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. At these public terminals internet use is usually free of charge.
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Medical services. Wanha Kauppahalli (?Old Market Hall?) at the Market square and Hakaniemen Kauppahalli (?Hakaniemi Market Hall?)
are the most popular. Single ticket
Hanna
Hanna is Joe Wright?s action
thriller film containing fairy
tale elements. Public transport operates in Helsinki and its surrounding regions
from around 5:30 (6:30 at weekends) until midnight. USA/2011.
TV5 21.00
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Airport buses. 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.
Internet. 09 471 87383; Vantaa: Peijas hospital, Sairaalakatu 1, tel. 18
TV GUIDE
22 . 09 4711.
Children in need of urgent medical treatment should be taken to
Lastenklinikka children?s hospital. Directed by: Joe Wright.
Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Cate
Blanchett, Paris Arrowsmith,
Eric Bana. 09 471 72432; Töölö hospital, Topeliuksenkatu 5,
tel. Yliopiston apteekki (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. 09 3101 3300. 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 minutes, ?6.
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.
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SOLUTION ON PAGE 23. Banks are usually open Mon-Fri
10-16:30 except for the bank at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, which is
open 6-22 daily. Stenbäckinkatu 11, 09 471 72783
(between 6:00 and 22:00), 09 471 72751 (between 22:00 and
6:00).
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Health advice and information call centre (if you are unsure of
what to do) . Helsinki?s General Post Office is also open at the weekend 10-18. 09
471 67371; Espoo: Jorvi hospital, Turuntie 150, tel. The Tourist Bureau provides information about the city and its sights.
Pharmacies. Hietaniemen kauppahalli (?Hietaniemi Market Hall?) holds until summer 2014 the majority shops from Wanha Kauppahalli.
Restaurants
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EXPAT VIEW
Valentine Kamau is a Kenyan living in Finland.
Remaining positive as an immigrant
and learning the Finnish language
FINLAND has been a blessing
to me and my family. And it is
possible to search for Finnish
learning materials from the
Internet. CLASSIFIEDS & SERVICES
HELSINKI TIMES
22 . I am still optimistic
that one day I will have proficiency in the language.
I hope and wish the government will one day consider
foreign students after grad-
In this series expatriates write about their lives in Finland.
Send us your story to expatview@helsinkitimes.fi
uation and arrange Finnish
courses for them and at the
same time extend their permits since most people prefer
to hunt for jobs immediately
after graduating in order to
secure their permits instead
of furnishing their language.
Last but not the least
I have a piece of advice to
those who are coming to Finland: never be discouraged
that Finnish language is difficult. Have a positive attitude that you can make it
and surely you will. With positive attitude and some little efforts
in learning the language luck
may come your way. www.moomin.com. You may
be discouraged by the complexities of the language. Through
free education amongst
many other good things
that Finland offers to immigrants, we have achieved
what others have been denied in other countries.
In this regard I will say
that, sometimes we tend to
burn all our energy in the negative things that come along
our way in the endeavor to
achieve success and complain
a lot and we tend to forget also to focus on the bright side
of life and we miss the good
things that come our way.
It is evident that job scarcity in Finland has been rampant, especially if you don?t
have sufficient Finnish lan-
guage skills, but all hope is
not lost. This is the only way
to ensure a smooth transition and integration into the
Finnish society.
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All Things Moomin . you?re right.
ish I have learnt and practiced. However, I am grateful that I can
manage with the little Finn-
It is evident that job scarcity in Finland
has been rampant, especially if you don?t
have sufficient Finnish language skills,
but all hope is not lost.
reckon with the wise words
of the American industrialist and founder of the Ford
Motor Company, Henry Ford,
who once said, ?whether you
think you can, or you think
you can?t