The
situation is worsened by airstrikes
carried out by Israel, often resulting
in deaths of citizens.
Israel says that the airstrikes
are in self defence against Hamaslaunched rocket attacks on civilian
centres in Israel.
The recent escalation of the situation in Gaza in the past few weeks
has seen more than 130 Palestinians killed by Israeli airstrikes . ?3 . during
which he allegedly distributed lowfrequency transmitting ballpoint
pens and watches among Hamas
leaders, which in turn allowed the
Israeli military to make pinpoint
missile strikes in recent weeks.
According to the accusations in
the report, the signals emitted by
the pens and watches were transmitted to Israeli satellites, thus providing the country?s intelligence
with information on senior Hamas
leaders. ?I wouldn?t have
Understanding to farmers
Farmer?s protests got people queuing
all around Finland. he said last Sunday.
Military supporter
Qatar?s special forces were instrumental in bringing down the
Gadda. After all, the producer does
most of the work,. 22 . My father cultivated land and
had cows and sheep,. Israel will not stop its
aggression ?unless there is ?rm resistance like what happened in Gaza
and with Lebanon?s Hezbollah in the
south,. regime in Libya, and the
oil-rich Gulf state . has been a founding
?nancial and military supporter of
the Syrian opposition.
The UN, Human Rights Watch
and numerous other NGOs consider Israel to be the occupying power
of the Gaza strip, adding that Gaza?s
The event was arranged by a
dozen producers of the Pirkanmaa
section of the MTK. 28 NOVEMBER 2012 . The report
also touches upon the presumption that the information on their
location was later used to ?spot?
high-ranked Hamas members and
conduct assassinations against
them.
Despite Al Thani having no of?cially con?rmed af?liation with Tel
Aviv, the report also says that the
Qatari Sheik met numerous Israeli
leaders in the past and has now set
a goal to assert Qatar?s diplomatic
clout with Israel.
In a new development, Al Thani
urged Palestinians to resist Israeli occupation. This week?s best
cultural picks also include a Symbolist Landscape-exhibition in
Ateneum that brings an impressive selection of artistic masterpieces to Helsinki.
See page 14
EAT & DRINK
given by courts
to some individuals who have known
that they are HIV positive, but still
had unprotected intercourse, are
considered unreasonable. And in
Tampere, hundreds of people had
lined up around Keskustori square
before 11 am. together with
Saudi Arabia . ISSUE 47 (278) . There were people of all
types in the queue, ranging from the
elderly to young mothers with their
children in prams.
The ?rst in the queue was Anna Nieminen, who lives in Tampere and had arrived at the market
square 60 minutes before.
?I understand what the farmers are
saying because I grew up in the countryside. and some
?ve Israeli civilians killed by rocket
attacks launched from Gaza.. says Nieminen,
who is originally from Sysmä.
FINNISH
Did Qatari Emir assist
Israel in locating senior
Hamas leaders?
HEL SINK I T IME S
Piece of France in Helsinki
From croissants to boeuf bourguignon, almost everything can
be found from French cuisine in Le
Bistrot that combines home-style
cooking and affordable prices.
See pages 15-16
Producer?s prices got people queuing for food at Narinkkatori in Helsinki.
ACCORDING to reports published by
Iran-based Fars News Agency, Qatar may be aiding Israeli security
services after the kingdom?s Sheikh
Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani?s visit to Gaza on 23 October . H T
missed it for the world because the
prices are so low,. W W W.HEL SINKITIMES.FI
CRIME
Double homicide shocks Alavus
A man armed with a shotgun
took the lives of two before committing suicide last Friday night
in the small town of Alavus in
South Ostrobothnia.
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L E H T I K U VA / K I M M O M Ä N T Y L Ä
Legal
concerns
deterring
people
from HIV
testing
SINIK K A SUOS A L MI ?S T T
TA RU L A IHO . On a promenade
in Lappeenranta, people patiently stood in the drizzle even though
there was enough produce for only the ?rst part of the queue. H T
BUSINESS
Growth, austerity
and Eurogeddon
As the sovereign debt crisis
drags into yet another year, people are wondering whether the
problem is being approached in
the right manner.
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FINNISH LANGUAGE
Is it really
such a difficult language?
We met some experts in Finnish
language studies in a quest to
find out what?s the best way to
tackle this notoriously difficult
language.
See pages 12-13
CULTURE
Comedy and symbolist masters
Famed comedienne Pam Ann arrives in Finland for the first time
ever as part of her one-woman
stand-up tour. He will be
producing milk in the future and believes that the situation of milk producers is better than that of farmers
who produce meat, grains or eggs.
?The production costs have
climbed a great deal, however, and
the producer?s price of milk has
hardly increased at all since Finland
joined the EU.?
Many people frowned upon the
huge share that stores take.
?It?s ridiculous that beef costs
?16 per kilogram in the stores while
the producer only gets ?3 per kilogram. Salomaa said. protest highlights
unfair producer prices
Hundreds rush to buy foodstuffs at reduced prices all around Finland.
PA U L A RO P P O N E N ,
L E E N A J U S S I L A , TA R J A R E P O . One of them
is Heikki Salomaa from Orivesi,
who handed out brochures and answered people?s questions.
?People have been very understanding,. S T T
TA RU L A I H O . The event was
arranged by the Central Union of
Agricultural Producers and Forest Owners (MTK) to point out that
farmers get the smallest share of
the pro?ts from domestic food
among all the parties involved in
the supply chain even though they
do most of the work.
On Wednesday 14 November
farmers gathered in Narinkkatori in
Helsinki to sell rye bread for 10 cents
a piece, eggs for 35 cents a carton and
beef for ?3.11 per kilogram, attracting
a queue of almost a thousand people.
Martti Lopanus had been queuing for almost an hour before sales
even started. said Christo
Huhtiranta in Helsinki.
territorial waters and airspace are
under the control of Israeli authorities, depriving Gaza of the movement of goods in and out of the city
by both air and sea.
Gaza has been under the blockade of the Israeli regime since 2007,
causing living standards decline
exponentially, increasing levels of
unemployment and injustice. Salminen wonders why transmitting HIV to others is considered so reprehensible,
since there are many other diseases that are harmful and much more
contagious.
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THE PUNISHMENTS
Farmers. whereabouts. Experts say that
an untreated HIV-positive person
poses a signi?cantly higher risk to
others than an HIV-positive person
who is being treated.
According to Mika Salminen,
the chairperson of the group of experts, HIV-positive people are dealt
in courts with much more harshly than people with other infectious diseases. People have been
sentenced to up to several years in
prison for transmitting the disease
or exposing other people to the risk
of HIV infection. he says.
Farmers arranged a protest by selling their produce at producer prices in ten cities all around
Finland last week. Even if
they have not transmitted the disease to anyone else, such a person
may be sentenced to, for example,
twelve months of probation for attempted grievous bodily injury.
A group of HIV experts at the National Institute for Health and Welfare believe that such punishments
make people less willing to get tested: one is not liable to imprisonment
if unaware of the disease.
There are hundreds of HIV-positive people who are unaware of
their disease in the Helsinki Metropolitan region. including Hamas militants, but also
many innocent civilians
But the platinum group metals are the rarest elements on Earth, and
are used commercially, industrially, medically, and in the
automotive industry. By doing so, we?ll ?nd
all kinds of new applications
for these elements, because
they?ll be more abundant
than they are today.
Is there a danger in bringing
material from asteroids to
Earth. We now know for certain that this is what caused
the demise of the dinosaurs
65 million years ago. So that?s one
thing we might do from a scienti?c and engineering development standpoint.
Another reason you might
want to move an asteroid
is to bring the reduced materials back to their point
of need, whether that?s to
Earth, or to a fuel depot in
Earth?s orbit or on the way to
Mars.
A ?nal reason is the possibility that some of these asteroids may eventually hit
Earth. We
didn?t know a lot about the
solar system, or what to expect when we were going
to the moon and back. Without the
resources that were where we
were exploring, we wouldn?t
have been able to continue
past the Eastern Seaboard.
In many ways, we see the
same opportunity in space.
Resources are going to be the
economic driver and the economic engine for moving human activity off the surface
of the planet into space.
Is your idea to eventually
bring material back to Earth
for use?
The end goal is to bring back
the platinum group metals.
should be able to bring this
group of elements back to
Earth. What would be
the bene?t of that?
We have the technology today
so that we could actually go
grab a small asteroid and haul
it back to our orbit to study it
closer to home. It?s a combination
of knowing about the asteroids themselves . Those will
be our Arkyd-100 series of
spacecraft, which we?ll be
using as a space telescope in
Earth?s orbit.
We?ll follow those missions by adding the capabilities necessary to get deeper
into space, including propulsion and deep-space communications, and in three to
?ve years we?ll start sending
them out to our ?rst asteroid
targets.
By the end of this decade or the beginning of the
next, we?ll probably be into
the ?rst small-scale material processing of an asteroid. We?ll start ?nding those
water-rich asteroids and
gathering up a small bit of
material, learning how to use
it and extract water from it.
That?s less than 10 years
away on our roadmap, and it
will lead to a number of exciting developments with other
companies and government
efforts that are reaching further into space.. We
could potentially prevent a
global-scale natural disaster.
cial sector by developing
space telescopes and bringing data back for Nasa and
other researchers, adding to
the knowledge base that Nasa and the other space agencies have established.
We?re at a turning point
where these things are within reach from a technical and
?nancial standpoint, and we
have a business opportunity to pursue that makes it
something we?re motivated
to develop.
Why is a private company doing this, and not Nasa,
or another country?s space
agency?
Nasa?s interests over the past
50 years have been primarily of a scienti?c pursuit: to
study the world around us,
understand the formation of
the solar system and how the
Earth evolved, and then explore other worlds in space
to come to understand them.
And that, really, is what has
laid the foundation for businesses to follow.
Much like government
paved the way by building
railroads and setting up industry, it has, in many ways,
laid the groundwork for commercial activities in space,
some of which are actually starting to take off: Virgin Galactic is now providing
space tourism opportunities,
and Elon Musk and SpaceX
are delivering cargo . When humans ?rst
went to the moon, they were
quarantined, and couldn?t
even take moon rocks because they were so afraid of
what they might bring back.
When we ?rst landed on the
moon, our space program
was barely 10 years old. not
the ones that are between
Mars and Jupiter, but ones
that actually come quite
close to Earth?s orbit. The recipient of two NASA Exceptional Achievement Medals, Chris has an asteroid
named in his honour (13609 Lewicki).
How to mine an asteroid
President of Planetary Resources and former Nasa Flight Director
Chris Lewicki outlines his plans to harvest precious metals in space.
M ARK NE WS
How is it possible to mine an
asteroid?
It?s becoming more possible
every day. So, it?s certainly something to be attentive to, but we know enough
about the solar system now
that it?s not a threat, or anything to be particularly concerned about.
You?ve talked about turning
some of the water into fuel
so you could actually move
an asteroid. there are a lot of
technologies that could be used
from an Earth standpoint today, but we?re convinced that
we?ll ?nd a better way to take
advantage of the unique environment that we have in space.
Do you foresee these asteroids being mined by robots?
By human beings?
We certainly foresee that this
will be an entirely robotic activity, with the humans who
are taking part being comfortable back here on Earth.
We?ve used robots to explore
almost the entire solar system, and this area of technology is progressing rapidly.
Why mine asteroids?
Resources are what really
drove us to settle the American
We of course have plenty of
water here on Earth, and we
have nickel, iron, and cobalt in
fair abundance. where
they are and what resources
they have on them . The
quarantine that the Apollo 11
astronauts were in was substantially shortened as the
space program developed.
Nasa and other space agencies have come up with specific policies for how to handle
this, and we?ve brought several other samples back from
the solar system. fortunately, it was lots of
damage to a forest.
Nasa and others have
their eyes on a number of asteroids that are coming close
enough to Earth to be of concern. and are making a
rendezvous and prospecting
spacecraft that will tell us a
bit more about the surface of
each individual asteroid.
When we?re talking about
recovering water, there are a
lot of different techniques we
might employ, some as simple as distilling an asteroid
using the sun?s energy, evaporating the water, and then
condensing it back down and
using it for transport.
When we talk about getting
more advanced materials ?
like the iron, nickel, cobalt, and
platinum group metals that are
on asteroids . 2
Q&A
22 . They?re
actually almost a thousand
times rarer than what are frequently referred to as the ?rare earth elements.?
By using the water resources of space to create fuel depots and way stations,
and to power our transport
around the solar system and
to and from asteroids, we
Resources are going to be the economic
driver and the economic engine for moving
human activity into space.
continent and drive into the
American West. and, of
course, having the technology
and the need to capture those
resources.
We?re interested in the
near-Earth asteroids . He was flight director for the rovers Spirit and Opportunity, and the surface mission manager for Phoenix Mars Lander. to the space station
for Nasa.
In many ways, Planetary
Resources looks to extend
the offering of the commer-
What?s the timeline on all
this?
We?ll be launching our ?rst
vehicles in 2014. We?ve
discovered almost 10,000 ?
many of them in the last 1015 years . We have the technology and the know-how today
to push these things out
of harm?s way just by giving them a slight nudge. 28 NOVEMBER 2012
HELSINKI TIMES
Chris Lewicki is the president and chief engineer of Planetary Resources, an
asteroid mining company. More recently, there was a big impact
in 1906 in northern Siberia
that caused lots of damage
. and
might eventually take astronauts
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L E H T I K U VA / J A R N O M E L A
Experts say HIV
trials need updating
tola of Helsinki University
Central Hospital?s Infection
Clinic.
The assumption was that
anybody who had even a remote possibility of having
contracted the disease would
get tested once they heard
about the new and effective
HIV medicine. This is
why travellers should pack
condoms along with your other personal hygiene products
when going abroad.
Travellers should also
keep in mind the possibility
of having contracted a disease after the trip and get
tested if you had casual sex
without a condom, says HIV/
AIDS Coordinator Sari Valoaho of the Finnish Red Cross.
A march last week in Helsinki demanding Talvivaara?s mine at Sotkamo be closed. S T T
TA RU L A I H O . With
the treatment currently
available, 90 per cent of HIV
patients reach a state where
their immunode?ciency is
improved. On the oth-
THE NUMBER
er hand, Pahlman says that
more Finns have the common
sense to get tested after having taken such a risk.
Random sexual encounters are most often not
planned ahead and thus many
people do not protect themselves from sexually transmitted diseases. HIV and
other STDs are common outside of Finland. Panic still
prevailed in the early 1990s
and HIV rapes distorted the
reality. In such a
case, I tell them what kind of
judgements there have been in
the past. The future, however, looks
bleak for Viiankaapa. Olli Tahvonen, a professor of political economics
at the University of Helsinki, commented to Yle last May
that ?Finland is giving up on its
natural resources much more
cheaply than other countries?,
wondering also why Finland
is not claiming any royalties
or imposing a mining tax like
other countries that consider
the underground minerals as
property of the nation.
At the moment, there are
at least twenty mining companies operating in Lapland,
and some local politicians
greet them with enthusiasm,
as they hope that mining will
improve the employment situation in rural parts of Lapland. Nuotio was
amazed at some of the cases discussed in the seminar.
He encourages medical experts to contact the Ministry
of Justice.
?The judicial assessments
should be revised as the medical facts change. In addition,
condoms are not as easily accessible in many countries
as they are in Finland. Pahlman says.
Professor of Criminal Law
Kimmo Nuotio says that a
discussion about legal policy is necessary. Now, the liability to
penalty could be excluded in
the case of voluntary intercourse where the HIV was
being well treated. The law was recently
changed, but even the new law
has been criticised for giving
the Finnish minerals to foreign companies practically
V I L L E KO S K I
HEL SINKI TIMES
THE VIIANKAAPA swamp area in Sodankylä is one of the
largest and most ecologically
diverse swamps in Finland. A little over half of the
recent HIV infections among
Finns have been contracted
abroad.
?Travellers take huge
risks nowadays. Ristola
believes that some people do
not get tested because they
are afraid of ending up in a
worse position from the legal
viewpoint.
Specialist Jussi Sutinen
of Aurora Hospital wonders
why medical experts are not
heard in court.
SINIKK A SUOSAL MI . Goliath. The risk of infection is almost nonexistent
when the virus load has remained at the target level
for more than six months,
explains docent Matti Ris-
An HIV test is a relatively simple procedure, but some people are scared off by possible
legal implications.
Judges have
failed to get the
latest information
According to Executive Director Irma Pahlman of the Finnish HIV Support Centre, judges
have failed to obtain the latest
information about HIV.
?When the test is positive, many people immediately think about suing. This was not
the case, however. says
Executive Director Irma
Pahlman of the Finnish HIV
Support Centre. Currently one of the
biggest sources of income
for Lapland is tourism, which
employs more than 4,300
people and brings in nearly
600 million euro per year.
However, even when everything goes ?ne, mines always change the environment
permanently, and even the
slightest mistake can turn the
mine from a wealth-producing
employer to an economical,
ecological and human nightmare, such as the Talvivaara
has recently proved. DOMESTIC
HELSINKI TIMES
22 . and
the German Der Spiegel interviewed her on the matter.
However, Viiankiaapa is
only one of the many mining
plans set for Finland, one reason being the Finnish mining laws. It?s worth
considering the effects mining
may have on tourism, which
in Lapland is mostly based on
Lapland?s fresh, clean nature
and sporting possibilities.
The subject is controversial, as some fear that the mining boom creates only modern
day colonisation, a situation
in which Finland gives up its
valuable minerals, in the hope
that mines would boost employment and the economy.
L E H T I K U VA / A N S S I J O K I R A N TA
Judiciary have failed
to take into account
the fact that medicine has taken huge
leaps forwards.
The swamp area in Sodankylä is protected by both Finland and the EU.. AA is eager to
build a mine in Viiankaapa,
covering 6,700 hectares of the
Natura protected swamp area.
The locals have greeted
the news with mixed feelings,
as the environmentalists consider the proposed mine unbearable for the environment
but some consider the positive effects it may bring to
local employment. Ultimately the people still decide for themselves
whether they will go to the police or not,. Maybe they
no longer consider HIV to be
such a scary disease,. H T
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L E H T I K U VA / S A R I GU S TA F S S O N
SEVERE punishments given
by Finnish courts in HIV trials make people less willing
to get tested as one is not liable to imprisonment if unaware of the disease, says a
group of HIV experts at the
National Institute for Health
and Welfare.
The judiciary have failed
to take into account the fact
that medicine has taken
huge leaps forwards. The British-owned mining company
Anglo American (AA) has recently found a nickel deposit under the swamp, a deposit
that may be the largest of its
kind in Europe. Citizens are becoming more concerned about mining
activities in Finland and their damage to the environment.
Mining companies create
both hopes and fears in Lapland
Recent Talvivaara disaster the latest in a long line of environmental accidents.
nen (Greens), 18, who, despite her young age, has already gained fame for her
?ght for the Viiankaapa.
At the municipal elections
she gained the third highest
amount of votes in Sodankylä and is now an of?cial representative in the council.
Her battle for Viiankaapa has
been noted in both the Finnish and foreign press, as the
Lapin Kansa called the situation ?David v. It
is protected both by the Finnish programme for protecting swamps and the EU-wide
Natura 2000 programme,
both of which aim to protect
the nature and wildlife of signi?cant nature areas.
According to the Finnish Association for Nature Conservation (FANC),
the Viiankaapa is the greatest swamp in mid-Lapland,
hosting a variety of bird species unique to Finland, with
90 species nesting in the area. The prosecutors could also be advised
of this.
More HIV infections
brought from holiday
More than half
of the infections
among Finns were
contracted abroad.
ST T
of HIV infections contracted during a
trip abroad has continued
to increase in the past few
years. At the moment, AA?s daughter company, Sakatti Mining, has
permission to do test drillings
in the area, but the permit is
currently at the Court of Appeal as the local environmental activist found evidence of
neglecting the permit conditions last May.
One of these environmentalists is Riikka Karppi-
for free
S T T
M ARIA M ANNER . That is not
possible in the longer term.?
?In Finland, we
are used to having
it almost too good?
Senior physician Jan Schugk
from the Confederation of
Finnish Industries is familiar
with the opposite phenomenon of someone feeling so irreplaceable that they cannot
be away from work under any
circumstances.
?It is almost as unhealthy
a phenomenon as malinger-
ing,. The more expensive online subscriptions include, for example,
the newspaper?s iPad application and access to the
HS archive.
HT-STT
Urpilainen to
grant more time
but no money for
Greece
Finland will hold fast
to its posture on Greek
debt relief, and is prepared to extend Greece?s
loan period but not to approve further bailouts,
assures Jutta Urpilainen
(SDP), Finland?s Minister
of Finance. 48,6%
PEKK A SAKKI
View details and this week?s question at www.helsinkitimes.fi.
Who:
Merja Kyllönen
From:
Suomussalmi
Almost half of the SAK union members have observed psychological abuse in the workplace. Her single-mindedness has been praised
by Chair of Left Alliance Paavo Arhinmäki for rattling the complacency of the Finnish ?old boys. She was
grilled by the Centre Party over a memo that leaked to media
last week mentioning cuts worth billion euro for maintaining the
Finnish road network. workload. The Finnish minister,
however, reminded that a
decision on the next Greek
loan tranche is hardly a
guarantee.
HT-STT
Curriculum draft
published for
comments
The Finnish National Board
of Education has published
a new draft of the national core curriculum for basic education. At
60 days the right to rehabilitation begins, and at 90 days the
employee?s remaining capacity to work is estimated.
?In Finland, we are used to
having it almost too good. Kyllönen disclaimed having authorised the
proposal.
Previously Kyllönen has clashed with the Finnish Minister of
Justice over a zero-tolerance blood alcohol levels in drunk driving, and started a chain of events which lead to Juhani Tervala?s resignation from his position as the Finnish Transport Agency?s Director General. According to her, there
are no such problems in Finland that would be solved
with an unpaid ?rst day of
sick leave. For non-subscribers, unlimited access
to the new HS online service comes at a cost of 9.9
or 14.9 euros. Six per cent of public sector workers had
been assaulted, or threatened with violence in the past year.
This is many times the amount of any other sector.
Merja Kyllönen (Left Alliance) recently hit the headlines after a
heated conversation in the parliament?s question hour. Urpilainen expressed her views at the
parliament?s Grand Committee hearing ahead of
her departure to Tuesday?s
meeting of the eurozone ?nance ministers, expected
to focus on the Greek crisis. Schugk says that work
is not necessarily found to be
stimulating, because those
on sick leave can be paid a
full salary for up to two to
three months.
?A number of people play
this card before starting to
think about other options.?
The senior physician believes that making the ?rst
day of leave unpaid, as suggested by the National Coalition Party earlier this autumn,
could reduce sickness absences. It
is thought that a person has
no responsibility for a short
sick leave.?
Large amounts
of absences astound
STTK?s Työläjärvi believes
that playing truant from
work is very rare in their unions. The amount is clearly higher than the average for all workers. About five per cent had been victims of violence.
According to SAK, violent situations are more common in
the public sector. If they need to stay at
home, work will pile up and
increase in the meanwhile.
Even if the work is transferable, no one wants to double
the load of their coworkers,
Työläjärvi says.
According to her, ?xedterm trainees are in the
most dif?cult situation, because they are afraid of sick
leave affecting their chances
of being hired for a full-time
position.
?Coming to work is a socalled voluntary obligation.
Young people want to give the
impression that they are giving 110% every day. 51,4%
No . Seven per cent report continual psychological abuse.
However, violence in the work place, or the threat of it,
was observed by one tenth of the trade union members. According to him, besides those
who come to work while sick,
there are also those who stay
at home for the slightest excuse. workload if they stay home.
Employees go to work
sick for their coworkers
Those with fixed-term contracts fear the loss of a permanent position.
TIINA TUOMINEN . 4
DOMESTIC
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L E H T I K U VA / M A R J A A I R I O
COLUMN
Helsingin
Sanomat erects
pay-wall
Finland?s leading daily,
Helsingin Sanomat (HS)
has introduced a digital
?rewall to limit visitor access to online content to
?ve stories a week. According to him, the
reason may be that absence
from work is more acceptable
in Finland than elsewhere.
?Sick leave is the norm. Schugk thinks we should
?rst observe what the new
so-called 30?60?90 -practice achieves. More
than one in ten had witnessed such a situation once, or more
than once within the year. The Finnish Confederation of Professionals STTK?s
health and social policy specialist, Riitta Työläjärvi,
knows that STTK members
also have the habit of going
to work while they are sick.
She says that the occupational health and safety of?cers
bring up the issue increasingly often.
Työläjärvi believes that
the reason for this is because,
in STTK workplaces, employees often have responsibilities and projects in which
other people cannot cover for
them. The information
comes from the SAK working life barometer.
Psychological abuse includes such acts as isolation, deprecation of work, threats, talking behind someone?s back, or
other forms of pressure. According to
Irmeli Halinen, a counsellor of education, the curriculum places particular
emphasis on utilising new
technology and the co-operative skills of pupils.
Teachers, pupils, parents and experts can comment on the draft at the
board of education?s website until 5 December. Subscribers of the newspaper
can gain unlimited access
to online content at an additional monthly expense
of 3?7.5 euros, depending on the extent of their
subscription. In this model,
30 days of sick leave are a socalled alert limit, after which
the employer must notify the
employee health services. Almost
half of the members of the
trade union confederation
SAK have worked while sick
in the past year, according to
the SAK working life barometer, which interviewed about
1,200 SAK union members
last spring.
Other motivations for
working while ill also emerged: one third reported that
Nearly half have observed psychological abuse
Yes . If,
according to the SAK survey,
Finns go to work while ill, in
other countries they obviously go to work sick even
more often.?. The
new curriculum is scheduled to be introduced in
2016.
HT-STT
Employees continue to drag themselves into work during illness worrying that they will double their colleagues. network?.
Kyllönen was appointed as the Minister of Transport in 2011
becoming the second of two Left Alliance ministers to hold a position in the current government. She started her political career
as a councillor, member of provincial government, and later as a
congresswoman.
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
Known for:
Transport Minister whose
controversial and determined
decision-making has upset
Government colleagues and
industry heads.
A doctor?s certificate, for physical illness or depression, is sufficient
for a worker to take sick leave.
it was simply so pleasant to
be at work that they went
anyway.
The SAK members are not
the only ones who dragged
themselves to work during an
illness. HT
QUESTION OF THE WEEK
Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen has said that part time
opportunities should be encouraged in Finland to allow
stay-at-home mums to engage in work.
Do you feel that stay-at-home mums should contribute
more to the economy?
EMPLOYEES in Finland go
to work even while ill in order to avoid increasing their
coworkers. says Schugk. SAK?s medical expert Kari Haring agrees.
?The solution for reducing
sickness absences is not an
unpaid ?rst day, or any other
waiting period.?
Jan Schugk, from the Confederation of Finnish Industries, on the other hand is
astounded by Finland?s large
amounts of sickness absences
in comparison to other countries
CRIME
HELSINKI TIMES
L E H T I K U VA / J A N N E N O U S I A I N E N
22 . H T
S I N I I H A L A I N E N - A L A N KO,
E L I N A KO R K E E . pastor Timo
Kumpunen, the incident
shocked the roughly 9,000
residents of the city, an estimated 160 of whom took part
in the special church service.
Embezzlement
aboard Åland
Islands cruise
ship
According to the police,
the motive for the shooting
was the soured relationship
between the man and his father. located in the Aikatalo shopping centre behind the
Ateneum Art Museum . The authorities
have yet to con?rm the course
of the events, but the killing
apparently occurred as the female victim, born in 1954, was
returning home from a karaoke bar accompanied by another man, born in 1968.
Investigation
into Kotka
homicide
advances
HEL SINK I TIMES / S T T
I LTA -S A N O M AT
INVESTIGATION
into a homicide in Marinkylä residential area, Kotka, is
progressing, the police asserted on Monday after releasing several people from
custody. The decision to use
the ri?e he had brought with
him in a case was made as the
two dined.
L E H T I K U VA / A N T T I A I M O - KO I V I S T O
A L E K S I T E I VA I N E N . to
kill either himself or his father . imprisonment. ?For the time being, the
details are kept out of the public eye,. the kiosk?s
female employee made
an emergency call in an
attempt to fool the police.
In addition, the couple is suspected of robbing a Siwa grocery shop
in Mäyrämäki, Jyväskylä,
the night before the kiosk
hold-up. ?No one is currently under arrest. Fines remain typical penalties for
environmental offences,
despite the fact that theoretically more severe penalties could be imposed
. revealed Kimmo
Huhta-aho, an inspector at
the National Bureau of Investigation on Monday morning.
According to Ilta-Sanomat, the 60-year-old man
who was killed on the evening of 15 November was a
well-known lawyer among
the local residents. The female victim was a widower with two
adult children, one of whom ?
according to uncon?rmed reports . [?] Several
people were detained until
last night,. The young man admitted to killing his father already when apprehended by
the police minutes after the
shooting in a Chinese restaurant . HT-STT
Couple fake grillkiosk robbery in
Jyväskylä
According to the Jyväskylä police, the robbery of a
grill-kiosk in Jyväskylä?s
Lievestuore on 10 November was staged. discovered the bodies
at roughly noon on Saturday.
The police received an emergency call about the three bodies at approximately 12:45 pm.
Initial reports
cause confusion
As the South Ostrobothnia
Police Department initially kept all the details of the
incident under wraps, varying, even con?icting, accounts of the tragic events
soon emerged in the media.
The descriptions of the victims in news outlets, for example, varied notably.
Early reports by the regional newspapers Ilkka and
Pohjalainen suggested that all
victims were from the same
family, whose father had shot
his wife and adult daughter
Man charged with
murder of his father
HEL SINKI TIMES
MT V3
A MAN in his twenties will
face charges for the murder
of his father in central Helsinki in a trial scheduled to commence at the District Court of
Helsinki next Monday, MTV3
reports. In addition,
the defendants were ordered to pay 59,000 euro
in damages to three victims.
HT-STT
5. Contrastively, Iltalehti reported
that a man had shot his former
girlfriend, whereas Ilta-Sanomat identi?ed the deceased as
two men and a woman, unrelated to one another.
At 5.30 pm on Saturday, the
speculation was dispelled by
Esa Uusi-Kakkuri, the of?cer
in charge of the investigation,
who issued a bulletin shedding
light on the night?s events.
A routine check into the
cash registers of restaurants and cafés on board
the Birka Paradise cruise
ship has revealed a considerable cash de?cit.
Consequently, several of
the vessel?s Swedish and
Finnish employees are
suspected of embezzlement, which . According to Alavus. Huhta-aho stresses.
AN
?The man was the jealous
sort,. The man had assaulted the stabbing victim and
threatened to kill a woman
who witnessed the stabbing
were she to testify. is of a gravity that necessitate talks
with the employees and
trade union representatives.
HT-HS
Fines typical
penalties for
impairment of the
environment
The penalties imposed for
impairment of the environment are lenient, claims
Jussi Tapani, a professor
of criminal law at the University of Turku. S T T
before killing himself. according to Lasse Karlsson,
the personnel director
at the ship?s owner, Eckerö group . 28 NOVEMBER 2012
L E H T I K U VA / T U O M O R I N N E
COLUMN
Prosecution
demands long
jail sentence for
brutal stabbing
On Sunday afternoon, mourners gathered in the Alavus church to
mark Friday?s tragic events.
A prosecutor is demanding a prison sentence of a
minimum of ten years for a
woman suspected of stabbing a man to death last
summer in Kokkola. who was armed
with knife . The couple selected a convenient time
to enact the robbery for
the security cameras,
and having handed over
the money to her boyfriend . Both suspects have
admitted their participation and are likely to be
detained by the local district court in the coming
days.
HT-STT
Three jailed for
aggravated child
sexual abuse
On 16 November, the District Court of Pirkanmaa
sentenced two men and
one woman to imprisonment for the aggravated
child sexual abuse of seven
minors over a period of approximately three years.
In addition to committing
sexual acts, the offenders
made four young teenagers commit sexual acts to
younger children, two to
ten years of age.
The Pirkanmaa court
sentenced a 58-year-old
man and a 54-year-old
woman to ?ve years and
six months in prison, and
the third defendant, a
24-year-old man, to one
year and four months. on the morning of the
incident and arranged the
meeting in the very centre of
Helsinki. However, the extent
of environmental degradation may prove dif?cult to
grasp, whereas determining a sentence for an offence against a person is
more straightforward, due
to the evident nature of the
damage in?icted. Preliminary investigation into
the incident determined
that the robbery was a
couple?s plot to pay off a
drug debt. The investigation reveals that the plunder from the Siwa robbery
proved insuf?cient in
paying off the couple?s
drug debt, whereby they
came up with the plot to
stage the grill-kiosk robbery. HT-STT
Police car outside the house in Alavus where three people were
shot to dead on Friday night.
Double homicide shocks Alavus
The small town of Alavus in South Ostrobothnia remains in shock,
after a man armed with a shotgun took the lives of two before committing suicide on Friday night.
A MAN,
born in 1949, is suspected of killing his former
girlfriend and another man
by ?ring a shotgun into a car
before committing suicide on
Friday night in Alavus, South
Ostrobothnia. a neighbour explained
to STT, bearing out the reports
recognising jealousy as the
motive for the double homicide. The
brutal slaying took place in
a ?at in early July, when the
suspect, approximately 40
years of age, stabbed and
cut the throat of a 56-yearold man, who subsequently
died of loss of blood.
After the incident, the
woman wrapped the victim?s body in layers of tarpaulin and moved it into a
?at in the Koivuhaka residential area in Kokkola
with the help of another
man.
A psychological examination was ordered for
the woman by the District
Court of Central Ostrobothnia, which is yet to comment on the issue of guilt.
The man involved in the disposal of the body, however,
was handed four months?
probation for assault, neglect of rescue and threatening a person to be heard
in the administration of justice. aggravated impairment
of the environment, for example, could result in six
years. According to the police,
the long-term relationship
between the gunman and his
former girlfriend had ended
some time ago. imprisonment.
Young man shot his father in the Aikatalo shopping centre behind the Ateneum Art Museum
in early September.
According to Tapani,
the possibility of a severe
sentence nevertheless underlines the position of
the environment as an object of criminal protection. The interrogations also
revealed that the son decided
to take decisive action . in
early September.
Mourners gather
On
Sunday
afternoon,
mourners gathered in the
Alavus church to mark Friday?s tragic events. On Friday, the investigation of the
suspected murder, described
as exceptionally brutal and
unusual by the police in IltaSanomat, was transferred
to the National Bureau of
Investigation.
The authorities remain
tight-lipped over the course of
events, method of killing and
possible motives for the homicide
Boman says.
According to Boman all
of Europe, including Sweden
which has its own currency,
is living in a painful time of
insecurity. He is on a leave of
absence from the post of the
Director of the Finnish Security Intelligence Service.
Salmi?s suggestion holds
two news: the Finnish Security Intelligence Service
would cease to be a police department and detach from
the Ministry of the Interior. The objective is
to get 10-20 Tampere-region
companies to participate in
crowdfunding.
?Regular Tampere-based
people may well get on
board,. The problems of Greece, Italy, Spain
and Portugal stem from
such deep basic economic structures that setting
them straight will take years
and years. Supo could also send its
agents abroad undercover
for different kinds of intelligence missions. Download our
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?This situation will cost
everyone. Some 19 per cent of
men and 15 per cent of women reported in the British
survey that watching porn is
the ?rst thing they do when
reaching a hotel room.
Around 7 per cent of the
respondents of the questionnaire by IS scurry through
the offerings of the mini bar.?
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Now you can read Helsinki Times on your
iPad just as it was printed. the police advices.
In Varsinais-Suomi the police were especially burdened
with drunken drivers during
the weekend. The ?rst case of
drunken driving occurred in
HELSINGIN SANOMAT 18 November. A hotel room is
the best place for honest sex.?
Only ten per cent of the
answerers watch porn. Things will get worse
before they get better,. We are using way
too much time on simply controlling insecurity,. The
goal is to achieve a 60 million
euro fund based in Tampere.?
KAUPPALEHTI 18 November
Boman of Handelsbanken: The
peak of the euro crisis still ahead
Police have been exceptionally busy with pre-Christmas celebrators.
Jails packed with preChristmas celebrators ?
roads with drunken drivers
was a busy
one for the police because
of property and violence
crimes, vandalism and DUIs.
The pre-Christmas (or
pikkujoulu, as the Finnish
call it) is already visible, as
jails are packed with tired
partiers. It is
a little less than a survey by
Hotels.com for the British reported. ?One time
during the summer, it took
see the solutions for solving
the euro crisis. TUOMO PIETILÄINEN
Director of EU?s Joint
Situation Centre: The Finnish
Security Intelligence Service
could become a small CIA
of EU?s Joint Situation Centre, Finnish Ilkka Salmi suggests that the
Finnish Security Intelligence Service (Supo) should
be changed into a civilian intelligence agency. The smallsized Finnish CIA would have
the authority to operate
abroad in secret.
?Finland needs a civilian
intelligence that gets information from abroad also,?
Salmi said in the secret headquarters of the Joint Situation Centre in Brussels,
which Helsingin Sanomat
had access to.
Salmi has not given previous interviews, and reportL E H T I K U VA / M A R K K U U L A N D E R
?DIRECTOR
Ilkka Salmi believes that the Finnish Security Intelligence Service is need of a thorough structural change.
crisis will escalate before settling down,. Kamppuri says. Boman
says.?
about 15 seconds for us to
get to the bed without our
clothes on. estimates Pär Boman, President
of Handelsbanken, one of the
strongest banks in Europe.
Swede Boman believes
the Euro-zone holds two keys
to solving the crisis, and one
of them is a federation model. writes pen
name Sari.
Eccon agrees. In this sense
I am optimistic,. 28 NOVEMBER 2012
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T R A N S L AT E D B Y A N N I K A R A U TA KO U R A
L E H T I K U VA / E E R I K K I P O K E L A
AAMULEHTI 16 November
Invest in a Tampere
region crowdfunding
service: objective of
a 60 million fund
company
is launching a crowdfunding
start-up, where companies
and investors seeking funding can meet online.
?A TAMPERE-BASED
?A company seeking funding can register and put an
initial public offering online.
This is an innovative new
way of acquiring new inves-
tors for start-up companies,?
says Heikki Kamppuri from
Investment
Management
Finland, a company from
Tampere.
Kamppuri believes that
people can be enthusiastic about future initial public offerings. says
Boman in an interview with
Kauppalehti.
??THE EURO
TURUN SANOMAT 18 November
ers have not previously been
allowed in the secret centre
operating in Brussels.
Salmi has been the Director of the Intelligence Analysis Centre (Intcen) for a couple
of years, during which he has
been convinced that Supo in
its current form should be
shut down. Change is
necessary, because working
environments and threats
have changed.
Supo would then begin to
resemble the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
Political deliberation on
establishing a Finnish Intelligence Agency (Finint) is
about to take place.?
The euro crisis will keep
interest rates at a low level
for a long time, for no quick
solution awaits. ?I believe we haven?t seen
the peak of the euro crisis
yet. 6
FROM FINNISH PRESS
22 . Most of them say they
?rst go to the bathroom (26
per cent), 22 per cent watch
the scenery, and every ?fth
have sex (21 per cent).
?If I am travelling alone
with my man, then off with
the clothes and straight to
fooling around,. The police remind
those who party late to get
a reliable ride home instead
of traipsing home alone af-
?THE WEEKEND
Loimaa at seven in the morning, when a man driving under the in?unce tried to cut
through a green area to get to
Prisma on Aleksis Kiven katu.
The man was a little too con?dent and got stuck on the
grass with his car.
The man blew a ?gure of
1.7 per ml in the breathalyser.
The driver did not have a valid driver?s license either.?
ter leaving the bar during the
small hours of the morning.
?It is good to write your home
address on a note and place it in
your breast pocket, in case one
has trouble giving it to the taxi
driver,. Thus the European Central Bank will have to
continue its liquidation operations for a very long time.
?I believe we are approaching the point where we can
ILTASANOMAT 17 November
What is the first thing
the Finnish do when they
get to a hotel room?
?ACCORDING to an online lifestyle survey by Iltasanomat,
readers revealed what they
?rst do in a hotel room.
Over 15,000 readers answered the online questionnaire
have not
thought through the costs of
escalating con?ict with Iran
is proof of their group intellectual inadequacy.?
?The main effects to the
US if there is escalation is
through the price of oil and
increased military and other national security costs,?
said Sullivan, who evaluated the scenarios as an expert but could not comment
on the speci?c ?gures due to
Chatham House Rules.
As tensions rise over the
decades-long dispute over
Iran?s controversial nuclear
programme, analysts are increasingly examining a range
of costs associated with escalating the so-far cold con?ict between the US and Iran.
The Iran Project Report released in September
showed that the cost of Iranian retaliation would be ?felt
over the longer term. proving
how powerless the Palestinians remained as a ?ghting
force against Israel.
The PLO?s rockets and machine guns at that time were
overwhelmed by an Israeli military arsenal beefed
up with some of the world?s
most sophisticated military
equipment.
And as Hamas, the successor to the PLO, now ?nds
itself in a military skirmish
with Israel in Gaza, the longrange rockets falling on Israel are still unmatched by
Israel?s missiles, warships,
battle tanks, mortar, howitzers and air defence radar.
Nearly 12 years after Arafat?s admission of military
helplessness, the Palestinians seemed armed only with
rockets, mortars, assault ri?es and anti-aircraft guns
against Israel?s laser-guided
bombs, armoured vehicles,
battle tanks and armoured
personnel carriers.
The latest Global Militarisation Index released last
week by the Bonn International Centre for Conversion
(BICC) listed Israel as ?the
world?s most militarised nation?, followed by Singapore,
Syria, Russia, Jordan and
Cyprus.
Dan Darling, military
markets analyst for Asia/Europe at Forecast International, told that ?in terms of raw
?repower and military technologies Israel remains the
most advanced military nation in the region.?
For instance, he pointed
out, the next-generation F-35
Lightning II stealth ?ghter plane has been approved
for sale to the Israelis, but is
unlikely to get the go-ahead
for interested Arab parties
until the Israeli Air Force is
equipped with the platform
and its personnel brought
up to speed on utilising and
maintaining the aircraft.
?And even then the number of aircraft and the planes
accompanying weapons and
electronics suites approved
for an Arab country will not
be allowed to measure up to
the level granted the Israelis,. added Jansson, the
second author of the report
after Charles P. (FAS)
special report released last
Friday.
Based on consultations
with a group of nine bipartisan economic and national
THE WORLD
?That being said, even
among experts, there is tremendous uncertainty about
what might happen at the
higher end of the escalation
ladder,. particularly
in an age of jet ?ghters and
attack helicopters . INTERNATIONAL NEWS
HELSINKI TIMES
22 . The David and Goliath-like
battle between Hamas and the Israeli Defence Forces continues unabated.
dustry is well advanced in the
area of unmanned aerial and
ground platforms, he added.
Forecast International,
a US based company which
also monitors arms sales
worldwide, has ranked Is-
rael second, regionally, in
terms of defence budgets, at
14.7-15.0 billion dollars, just
ahead of Iraq (14.6 billion dollars) and well ahead of the
United Arab Emirates (10 billion dollars). said Darling.
Born in con?ict, Israelis realise their country has
to maintain a strong national security apparatus, Darling said.
On the domestic side, the
Israeli defence electronics in-
ity to retaliate (incurring an
estimated global economic
cost of 1.082 trillion dollars).
Paul Sullivan, an economics professor specialising in Middle East security at
Georgetown University, told
that, ?The fact that the hardest core of the neoconservative ?strategists. no
longer exists . by the
US and could result in a regional war.
The Iran Project Report?s
?ndings support the notion
that greater escalatory action will result in greater
costs . ?We believe the price
of oil will go above 200 dollars
a barrel.?
L E H T I K U VA / A F P P H O T O / J A A FA R A S H T I Y E H
WASHINGTON, US
security experts, the ?ndings showed the effects of
US escalatory action against
Iran could range from 64 billion to 1.7 trillion dollars in
losses for the world economy
over the initial three-month
term.
The least likely scenario of de-escalation, which
would require US unilateral steps showing it was willing to make concessions to
resolve the standoff, would
result in an estimated global economic bene?t of 60 billion dollars.
?The study?s ?ndings suggest that there are potential
costs to any number of US-led
actions and, in general, the
more severe the action, the
greater the possible costs,?
Mark Jansson, FAS?s special
projects director, said.
A Palestinian youth throws a rock towards an Israeli bulldozer during protests at the Hawara checkpoint in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, on 17 November, 2012. said J. alluding to
his single-aircraft Palestinian airline.
Even in routine military
jargon, an ?aeroplane. According to the
2012 Congressional Budget
Justi?cation put out by the
US State Department, outright US military grants to
Israel remained at 2.8 billion
each in 2010 and 2011, rising
to 3.1 billion dollars in 2012.. 28 NOVEMBER 2012
7
L E H T I K U VA / A F P P H O T O
US escalation
against Iran would
carry high cost for
global economy
US escalatory action against Iran could range from 64 billion to 1.7
trillion dollars in cost to the world?s economy says a report by the
Federation of American Scientists.
The USS Enterprise enters the Persian Gulf last month increasing US presence in the area.
JA SMIN R AMSE Y
IPS
economy would
bear substantial costs if the
United States took steps to
signi?cantly escalate the
con?ict with Iran over its
controversial nuclear programme, according to the
?ndings of a Federation of
American Scientists. Robinson West, who has also held
senior positions in the White
House, the Energy Department, and the Pentagon under
various Republican administrations. shown in ?nancial
terms by the FAS ?ndings:
?A dynamic of escalation, action, and counteraction could
produce serious unintended
consequences that would signi?cantly increase all of these
costs and lead, potentially, to
all-out regional war,. Blair, an FAS
senior fellow on state and
non-state threats.
The six plausible scenarios of US-led actions against
Iran included isolation and a
Gulf blockade, which would
include US moves to ?curtail any exports of re?ned oil
products, natural gas, energy equipment and services?,
the banning of the Iranian
energy sector worldwide (incurring an estimated global
economic cost of 325 billion
dollars), and a comprehensive bombing campaign that
would also target Iran?s abil-
Israeli firepower threatens
to overwhelm Palestinians
Israel, due to constant military assistance provided by the US, is still
ranked as one of the most militarised countries of the world.
GAZA, PALESTINE
THALIF DEEN
IPS
WHEN the late Yasser Arafat,
leader of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO),
was engaged in a heavily
one-sided battle against a robustly-armed Israel in 2000,
he admitted the Palestinians
were completely outgunned
by the Israelis.
As the US-supplied Cobra
helicopters rained ?re on the
West Bank and Gaza, Arafat told reporters, ?I have only one aeroplane,. notes
the report.
An event that took place
on 19 October on the economic and military considerations of war with Iran at
the Centre for the National
Interest (CNI) offered similar
assessments.
?You could lose eight million barrels a day of production, and it would not come
back quickly,
Finland had one of
the most expansive ?scal
policies in Europe from 2008
. Paul Krugman, a Nobel
Prize laureate in Economics,
suggests a 1.25 multiplier.
Only a few countries have
bucked the trend: Malta had
more severe ?scal tightening
than Portugal, but the former managed to grow while
the latter is in a serious recession. The
exact relationship depends
upon how one measures it,
but Martin Wolf of the Fi-
times this is straightforward: with a retailer, for example, the largest risk is that pro?ts will be below what
you expect. If the company says they send one of
their employees to their Asian suppliers every month
to monitor conditions, you can be pretty sure they
will catch any sweatshop shenanigans. All
of the troubled southern periphery nations had their
economy contract in the
most recent quarter, and all
of them, save Italy, had their
contraction accelerate from
the previous period. When she arrived
in Portugal last week the
newspaper Informacao welcomed her with the headline
inspired by Roman gladiators calling to their emperor: ?Hail Angela, those who
are about to die salute you.?
If European leaders needed
a sign of crisis fatigue, they
have received one.
The simple fact is that
?scal austerity . 2012, but GDP is still below
pre-recession levels. To
make matters worse, countries can become caught in
an austerity death spiral. In contrast, Germany?s
unemployment rate was half
that, at 5.4 per cent. You might think the main risk
is a loss of revenue, but you also have to worry about a
sudden scandal with child
or sweatshop labour, a
The owners of
Talvivaara loved its particular problem in the
industry.
potential, but now
realise what risks
they had taken.
YET WITH a garment man-
ufacturer, a small investor can make an educated
risk assessment. But this
would be an admission that
the common currency was
?awed and an ultimate failure, something politicians
are loath to do.. Private investors are
especially timorous of loaning more money, especially after they were forced to
take a default in Greece while
public lenders refused.
Another option to ?nd
the necessary funds is for
the public lenders, meaning
the IMF or creditor countries
such as Finland and Germany, to loan even more money to the troubled periphery.
However, voters in northern states are ?ercely reluctant to increase their loans,
and any Government which
agrees to do so risks losing
its next election.
The European Central
Bank could step into the gap
and loan money to troubled
countries, either directly or
via purchasing debt on the
open market. The causes of the disaster, and the end results,
are still unknown, so I want to approach this from the
perspective of the investor managing risk.
As the sovereign debt crisis drags into yet another year, people are
wondering if it is being approached in the right manner.
EVALUATING risk is the main job of the investor. Some-
German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited Greece last month she
was greeted by 50,000 protestors. If a ?rm has had a series of similar spills over a period of time you know
they haven?t learned anything. +358-9-616 621, info@hotelanna.fi
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National currencies
Not all countries around the
world have the same problems as in Europe. The owners of Talvivaara loved its potential, but now realise
what risks they had taken. CORD
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WHEN
of such risks is very important.
You might love the pro?ts of a petroleum company, until you have to deal with a massive oil spill. All of
the bailout countries, and
those in trouble such as Italy and Spain, have improved
their balance of payments.
Exports are up, too: Italy has
now become a net exporter,
something that Finland can
only dream about.
But progress is slow. FisL E H T I K U VA / A F P P H O T O / L O U I S A GO U L I A M A K I
TALVIVAARA
IT IS impossible
Cosy hotel in the heart of Helsinki
Annankatu, 00120 Helsinki
tel. The unemployment rate in Greece
and Spain is over 25 per cent.
Italy was the best off, with a
10.8 per cent unemployment
rate. Since Spain
is unable to devalue, it must
go through a long and painful ?internal devaluation,?
namely a decrease in labour
costs to make its companies
more competitive.
There are some indications that internal devaluation is working. Many
troubled southern periphery nations are effectively
frozen out of the debt markets. Labour costs
are coming down, with Ireland leading the way. The value of the corporation
dropped by a third when the disaster happened, and at
the time of writing the stock price is basically at book
value.
THE CONSIDERATION
those who followed traditional value investing techniques probably never would have been
exposed to Talvivaara?s risks. party supporters display a banner at the
Athens Panathenaen stadium on 11 November.
THERE are several possible ways to judge a company?s risk for environmental disaster. But you can
read through the hundreds of pages of sustainability
guidelines for a mining or oil company and come away
with no better ability to estimate the chance of a catastrophic environmental disaster.
DAVID J. It was simply too new of
a company for one to be able to accurately predict future earnings, so it would have been avoided. If you can do this with any sort of consistency
you are bound to be successful.
cal tightening begat a recession, which in turn calls for
more ?scal tightening.
nancial Times has estimated
a 1 to 1.50 relationship, where
?scal tightening worth 1 per
cent of GDP equals a 1.5 per
cent drop in economic output. Its
labour costs have increased
slower, and its trade surplus
is growing.
Growth or austerity?
As it is almost universally acknowledged that ?scal
tightening causes economic contraction, some have
forcefully argued that it
should be abandoned. But Spain?s tenyear bond yield is at 5.87 per
cent, more than three times
the rate of the US and UK,
and not even close to Japan?s
0.73 per cent yield.
A country with its own
currency is viewed as a better credit risk because it is
able to devalue in order to
boost exports and revive
its economy, a trick Finland
used to good effect in the
1990s recession. It is speci?cally forbidden from ?nancing
governments, but loopholes
abound. If a ?rm is new or struggling to pay its bills, it may not be as concerned about
managing its risks as it should be.
to accurately predict the future. 28 NOVEMBER 2012
HELSINKI TIMES
L E H T I K U VA / A F P P H O T O / M I GU E L R I O PA
David J. The main job of the
investor is to identify risks and make decisions on their
severity. 8
BUSINESS
22 . It was supposed to bring jobs to the
struggling north, revive a moribund industry and boost
tax revenue. But if
a country wants to run large
?scal de?cits to stimulate its
economy, that money must
come from somewhere. Secondly, pay attention to their most rabid, hysterical critics. One clear
conclusion which can be
drawn is that if a country
has an independent currency, it is more likely to be able
to borrow cheaply. Spain has
a debt-to-GDP ratio of 69 per
cent, much less than the UK,
US or Japan, which have debt
levels of between 86 and 200
per cent of the size of their
economies. Take a
garment manufacturer. Now we need a rethink.
THE MINING
Protesters burn a picture depicting German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Belem, on the outskirts of Lisbon, on 12 November.
Growth, austerity and Eurogeddon
had suffered through environmental
problems in the past, but these came to a climax when
a huge waste-water leak resulted in untold damage to
the company?s business, local people, and the environment. Greece?s 10-year bond
yield is at 17.5 per cent, close
to the rates some people pay
for short term text message
loans. Cord david@helsinkitimes.fi
The writer is a journalist and columnist for Helsinki Times.
He is also a private investor with over ten years of experience.
A lesson from Talvivaara
company Talvivaara was supposed to be
good for Finland. Overall, though, there is a fairly
strong correlation between
austerity and recession. Greenpeace
is not the best source of information for investors, but
if they are constantly protesting against a company it
is a good idea to ?nd out why. Moreover, the structural imbalances of Germany remain. For other companies you will have to worry
about different risks, some of them unexpected. cutting
spending and raising taxes ?
hurts economic growth. First is how they
have dealt with past problems. But there
are other companies out there that do ?t the value investor pro?le which are involved in risky industries.
OF COURSE,
?Independent Greeks. Even
insurance companies, whose business is to calculate
such risks, get it wrong all the time. There are dangers to
this approach: it could cause
runaway in?ation and induce
the common European currency to crash in value.
One of the last options the
periphery nations possess is
to seize the same advantage
countries like the UK and Japan have and leave the Euro to reintroduce their own
national currencies. It was also supposed to be good for investors: Talvivaara was one of the rare new listings on the
dying Helsinki Stock Exchange, and it was particularly
popular among small owners
Yet the US tends to rank
in the middle on international tests??
?CYPRUS and Finland signed
an agreement last Thursday
in Nicosia for the avoidance
of double taxation, with both
sides pointing out its signi?cance for facilitating investments and strengthening
bilateral ties.
The agreement was
signed by Cypriot Minister
of Finance Vasos Shiarly and
Ambassador of Finland in
Nicosia Anu Saarela, at the
Ambassador?s residence.
Speaking at the ceremony, Saarela noted that the
agreement was a signi?cant
step and Shiarly pointed out
that it would be mutually
bene?cial??
L E H T I K U VA / H E I K K I S A U KO M A A
Cyprus
and
Finland
sign
agreement
to avoid
double
taxation
EVEN the current Finnish legislation contains specific provisions based on international obligations, which
criminalise various preparatory offences. It will also increase public
con?dence in the criminal law and reduces the overall
sense of insecurity.
THE PRINCIPLES of a justice state include that criminal
law should be as well de?ned and clear as possible. It is really quite
amazing, how many preparatory offences have remained
outside the scope of law. In 2007-2011 she
served as Minister of the Interior.
?NATO
SEATTLETIMES.COM 15 November. The need for a reform has become apparent through
cases that have risen to
The principles of a
the public eye. 28 NOVEMBER 2012
9
L E H T I K U VA / J A R N O M E L A
NOVINITE.COM
15 November
NATO?s
Rasmussen
in Finland:
Russia is
no threat
Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen
underscored the need for a
deepening of cooperation
with Finland and a constructive stance towards Russia
during his visit to Helsinki
last Thursday.
?Finland is a model partner for NATO. With the
justice state include entry into Jyrki Katainen?s government prothat criminal law
gramme, the matter is
should be as well
?nally moving on. FINLAND IN THE WORLD PRESS
HELSINKI TIMES
22 . And you have demonstrated a strong commitment to make it a reality,?
said Rasmussen in his of?cial
address...?
Anne Holmlund is the president of the Legal Affairs Committee,
and has been a National Coalition Party MP since 2002. An of?cial with Finland?s Ministry of Education
L E H T I K U VA / K I M M O M Ä N T Y L Ä
Criminalising the
preparation of an
aggravated crime is a
welcome renovation
Pasi Sahlberg, author of Finnish Lessons: What can the world learn from educational change in Finland?
and Culture visited Seattle this
week to help us feel bad about
ourselves. She is also
the vice president of the board of the Regional Council of Satakunta,
and has been a city councillor in Ulvila since 1989. Crimes have become more diverse and professional, and their planning, preparation and international connections have
become increasingly apparent. Nonetheless, Smithso-
years, Finland has seen active debate regarding whether the preparation of certain serious
offences should also be punishable. electric vehicles
TECHNICAL Research
Centre of Finland, popularly
known as the VTT, is increasing its investment in the development of electric vehicles and
machinery, battery systems
and components. At the same time, the perpetrators must be brought to justice. The criminalisation
of new offences has traditionally had a lukewarm response, which has slowed down the progress of important reforms. LYNNE K. Besides the
?THE
expansion of the vehicle laboratory in Otaniemi, a new battery laboratory was opened in
September to support the research and development of
electric commercial vehicles.
The laboratories will provide
an opportunity to integrate
the study of electric vehicles
and their power generating
components, such as electric
motors, electronics and batteries. ?I?m not knocking
these homages to Finnish academics, but how about some
perspective please???
HUFFINGTONPOST.COM 16 November
NATO?s Secretary General
Anders Fogh Rasmussen During a press conference at the
Prime Minister?s official residence in Helsinki on 15 November.
FINANCIALMIRROR.
COM 16 November
Standardised testing a
foreign concept in Finland
with world?s top students
?AS THE United States focuses more on using tests as a
means of holding educators
and school districts accountable, Finland . The legal dimension
has for a long time been considered lacking in its ability to respond to the threat which serious crimes pose
to people?s life and health, and their feeling of security.
IN RECENT
nian magazine noted Finland?s
?achievements in education
have other nations doing their
homework.. Entering new criminalisations in the law requires a high
degree of precision and care from both the drafters of
the law, and legislators. VARNER
A little perspective on
Finland?s educational success
?CONVERSATIONS change. It is important that the criminalisation of
crime preparation is geographically suf?cient.
LEGISLATION
Finland?s VTT has increased investment in the electric car concept.
ENGINEERINGNEWS.COM 16 November. The preparation of crime must
be precisely de?ned, so that an individual?s basic human
rights are safeguarded, and are not unduly constrained.
Murderous thoughts should not be penalised, if there is
no intention of realising them under any circumstances.. has gone
in the opposite direction.
In the US, states give annual high-stakes exams that
determine whether schools
must undergo reforms, in
some cases whether students can pass to the next
grade level or graduate from
high school, and increasingly whether teachers can receive tenure and keep their
jobs. Still, society must be able to react quickly
to any new challenges that arise. KAREL SMRCKA
Finland?s innovation spirit
further ?greening. This should open up the
design of new vehicles??
CRIMINALISING preparation improves the prevention
of the most serious crimes, and meets the challenges of
modern criminal legislation. The increasing internationalisation of crime presents a major challenge.
This is why every state has a duty to keep their criminal law up to date, so that they do not become safe havens where serious crimes can prepared without fear
of sanctions. Instead of fretting about why
French women do not get fat,
we?re now obsessed with why
public schools in Finland are
so good. Just kidding! Pasi Sahlberg actually cautions
against too much exalting over
Finland?s educational dominance. If the
presentation that has
defined and clear
advanced to parliamenas possible.
tary debate is realised,
it would criminalise the
preparation of and agreement to commit homicide, murder, manslaughter, aggravated assault, taking a hostage
and aggravated robbery.
of aggravated offence refers to those
preparatory activities which precede the attempt, but
in which the offense has not yet begun to take place.
According to the current criminal law, the act becomes
an attempt at criminal offense, when the perpetrator
has begun to commit the crime and has generated a
danger of realising that crime.
PREPARATION
must be able to ensure that the police
have access to the most effective means of preventing
and investigating crimes. which is one
of the top performers on international tests . Because you
fully understand the importance of cooperative
security
Ahtisaari said.
He commended the action plan to
strengthen the national languages in Finland, saying that he is pleased that things
have been moving in the right direction.
In November last year, the Prime Minister´s
Office appointed a Steering Committee,
chaired by Mr. Leading politicians in the Swedish People?s
Party have long been trying to find backing for reserving a designated seat in the European Parliament for
the Swedish minority in Finland. The initiative aims to advance the
discussion from minority issues to instead focus on the
usefulness of bi- or trilingualism. But we should wait for countries to solve
their financial difficulties before blaming them
for not doing enough for their minorities,?
concluded the Nobel Peace Prize winner and
international peace-builder in Brussels.
The situation of the Swedish speaking
Finns is good, especially regarding the position of public services in Swedish. Personally, I strongly believe that languages should be seen as a source of immeasurable economic, social and political benefit for
all the countries and communities in Europe.?
A Swedish push
for multilingualism
in Europe
The Finnish model for minority languages is being marketed in Brussels as an EU-wide solution to managing
tensions between linguistic groups. The Coun-
cil of Europe Committee of experts of the European Charter recently criticised Finland
for clear deficiencies in the right to receive
health care in Swedish and to use Swedish
before courts of law.
?Furthermore, in recent years I have been
concerned by the tone of some comments
made on the role of the Swedish language in
Finland. Ahtisaari, to elaborate a longterm language strategy for how the two national languages of Finland should be supported and developed, and also to present
a concrete action plan for the Government´s
term of office 2011-2015.
?In times of economic crisis some people
start to question the position of minorities,
speaking for example about the economic cost
of maintaining and supporting smaller languages. To cater to the interest in the Chinese language in
Europe, the EU aims to promote education for Chinese
teachers, not only in the major European languages, but
also in languages such as Swedish and Finnish.
Conflict between
local communities and nation states
The question of the political representation of minorities is pertinent in increasingly politically centralised
Europe. 28 NOVEMBER 2012
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www.magma.fi
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Nobel Peace Prize laureate and former president of Finland
Martti Ahtisaari spoke about minority languages in Brussels.
Text: Olav S. the
European Commission contends.
The EU is planning to spend more funds on initiatives
that sustain small and regional languages. Ahtisaari is concerned
about the harsh attitudes towards the use
of Swedish in Finland. stated Belén Bernaldo de
Quirós from the European Commission, the EU?s executive arm, speaking at a conference organized by the
Swedish minority in Brussels this week Tuesday. The Swedish Cultural Foundation, the minority?s main private sponsor
of culture and Swedish-language media, advocate an
EU-wide policy on minority languages to further the
use of multiple languages in public life. Language skills are a prerequisite for a mobile labour
force. Jacquemart
The right to use
minority language is
an inalienable right
FORMER Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari
has been engaged by the Swedish Assembly, a cross-political body, to work on an action plan to safeguard the use of two official
languages in Finland. Finland needs a long-term strategy to ensure
that we have two viable national languages.
The Swedish citizens should not be inferior to
the linguistic majority,. I would hope that all my countrymen
would understand the importance and benefit of learning Swedish,. The plans have rallied
some support on the part of EU decision-makers.
?We should abolish the 19th century myth of the
monolingual nation state,. Ethnic conflicts
are re-emerging in particular in the EU?s new
member states.
?What we need are more egalitarian policies. He made a keynote
speech in Brussels last week in a seminar ?It´s
up to the majority?, arranged by The Swedish
Cultural Foundation in Finland.
?The situation is good in terms of legislation, but there are problems with the implementation of the language provisions. The so-called
lesser-used languages in Europe already receive EU backing. There are some sixty minority languages spoken in the EU and in addition over
170 languages introduced by immigrants.
?Each language has a unique identity and that
should not be sacrificed on the altar of efficiency,. 10
22 . We should open up decision-making at the EU
level to the local communities in order to avoid confrontation.?. ?Contacts between language groups tend to generate tensions and those have to be managed to avoid conflict.?
Next year, with the EU accession of Croatia, the EU
will have 24 official languages. Efforts focus
explicitly on developing approaches to multilingualism, a reality for an increasing number of professionals
and students alike. Melin / Photo: J. Their current Member
of the European Parliament, Nils Torvalds, sees a danger in the rise in conflicts between local communities
and nation states.
?There is a problem when the EU is integrating economically and at the same time disintegrating politically. Ahtisaari said.
In times of austerity the question of the
cost of providing public services in multiple languages is contentious
LIFESTYLE
HELSINKI TIMES
22 . All we see
are the picture-perfect bodies in the media. Snellman,
who argued that the only
way to create a Finnish nation was to improve the position of the Finnish language,
which was spoken by the absolute majority of the people.
The nationalistic agenda
gained considerable ground
In bilingual municipality of Kokkola, signposts have both Finnish and Swedish street names.
J.V. Many
argue that migration could
have taken place as far back
as pre-historic times, as it is
known that trade and cultural exchanges were practised
between the two neighbouring areas.
Sadly, archaeology doesn?t
prove the ?language settlement?. But this is
explained by our history.
It is highly disputed when
exactly a Swedish-speaking
the population. Kids of all ages are running around nude
without thinking twice about
it. This mobilised Swedish-speakers from all classes, and a linguistic power
struggle ensued. It?s natural, it?s
comfortable, and it?s free.
To miss out on being relaxed
and naked around others is a
signi?cant loss.
And you certainly have not
lived until you?ve gotten completely naked in the middle of
winter, ran from a hot sauna
to a dip in an icy lake, and then
back to the sauna with a cold
beer. At this point, I was eager to adapt to the culture.
Skin deep
Nudity may only seem skin
deep. So in point of demonstrable fact, we can trace the
migration ?ow from Sweden
to Finland to the twelfth and
thirteenth centuries, when
the Kingdom of Sweden began
to colonise the Finnish area
and its citizens settled down
around the coastline.
Finland now fell under
Swedish rule for 600 years,
and Swedish became the
dominant language used by
all institutions except for the
church. Interestingly, it was driven by
Swedish-speaking intellectuals such as J.V. Only this time I was
with my girlfriend and two of
her good-looking girl friends.
So I didn?t mind so much
when they said it was sauna
time and for everyone to get
naked. This my friends, is living.
This is the naked Finnish life.
The culture of Swedish speaking Finns
The history of Finland Swedes
R A SMUS HE TEM ÄKI
HEL SINKI TIMES
foreigners might be surprised to
learn that Finland has two of?cial languages. You get used
to seeing all the body shapes
and sizes. I was with a group of
?ve Americans and the ?rst
night we were taken to a large
wood-burning sauna. We were barely
brave enough to go in, and only one of us had the guts to enter without a bathing suit.
Then upon moving here
two years ago, one of my ?rst
experiences was again in the
sauna. One of them
is, as you must be aware, the
seemingly incomprehensible Finnish language. Then you
will most likely have been introduced to Finland?s other
of?cial language, Swedish.
It might seem odd that a
minority of Swedish-speaking Finns, who make up approximately 5.5 per cent of
the population in Finland,
should have their mother
tongue integrated into Finland?s public life. So it?s my impression that relaxed nudity in
Finland has made for a more
accepting society.
In the Finnish summer cottage it?s perfectly natural to jump into the lake naked after sauna.
Perhaps most importantly though, being nude is just
plain great. What
we saw inside was shocking.
About 10 Finnish men were all
naked together, drinking ci-
der and laughing as they hit
each other with a birch branch
full of leaves. But if
you happen to stroll down
the streets of Helsinki, you
might repeatedly stumble
upon another language, softer in its tone and somehow
population began to cross the
?pond. They become normal and accepted.
In the States, where nudity
around others is taboo, people
never get accustomed to what
average people look like without full clothes. Varying body
types are not as accepted and
people feel the need to hide
themselves, even if a majority
of the population share bodies that are nothing like ones
seen on TV. But I feel it goes further
than this. But of course,
all we get is strange looks from
shocked Americans.
Nudity culture
One of my ?rst experiences in
Finland during a visit 15 years
ago was a traditional Finnish
sauna. The Swedish Party (later to become the
Swedish People?s Party of Finland), and other institutions
driving the Swedish-speaking
agenda, was founded.
Thus for the ?rst time, a
collective identity was created for all the Swedish-speaking communities, and the
Finland Swede was born.
L E H T I K U VA / M A R J A S E P PÄ N E N - H E L I N
L E H T I K U VA / A N T T I A I M O - KO I V I E S T
ENGLISH-SPEAKING
familiar sounding. The average male locker room scene consists of
men of all ages chatting away
completely naked, just as
comfortable as if they were
standing at the street corner
on a sunny day. Snellman, a Swedish-speaking Finn, was one of the founding fathers of the Finnish state.. You just
walk in and sit your butt right
down on the wet marks left by
the previous cheeks. My own
Mom won?t even go to a private sauna with my Dad naked. But that year,
Sweden lost the Finnish territory to Russia, and the Russian Czar handed relative
autonomy to Finland.
As a consequence, a Finnish-speaking nationalistic
movement sprung to life. 28 NOVEMBER 2012
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L E H T I K U VA / J A A K KO AV I K A I N E N
Nudity not an issue
For such a shy and introverted people, the
Finns are quite comfortable naked.
A N DY K RU S E
HEL SINKI TIMES
ONE THING I?ve noticed about
the Finns is that they?re not
the least bit afraid to take
their clothes off around each
other. Even a girl as old as ?ve or
six may be showering right
next to you, not even caring
that there are gross naked
men all around her.
In the sauna it is unheard
of and even prohibited to
wear a bathing suit. And sauna time at the family summer
cottage is often a free-for-all.
Brothers and sisters, aunts
and uncles, grandparents and
cousins, all hang out nude;
throwing löylyä and jumping
in the lake together.
Wrapped up Americans
This is far from the way it
was growing up in the States.
If I had to change clothes in
the locker room around other
men, I tried as quickly as possible to get in my suit or wrap
up in a towel. She has to wear her
bathing suit.
These days, upon our summer visits to the States, my
two-year old half-Finnish son
spends almost the entire time
nude. from the west. We couldn?t believe our eyes. In Finland, everyone has grown up seeing
others naked. Swedish-speaking
Finns now ranged between
an urban elite, to rural ?shermen and farmers, and in 1809
made up around 15 per cent of
after Alexander II of Russia introduced reforms that
made both Finnish and Swedish of?cial languages of Finland in the late nineteenth
century. Down at the river or at
the family barbeque, he?s running around peeing in the grass
and enjoying the warm sunshine on his butt. And I surely did
not want some old guy with
sagging wrinkles to stand
there naked talking to me.
Whenever I got in the sauna or hot tub, it was absolutely with a suit on
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FINNISH LANGUAGE
2222
. explains Salokoski.
In fact there seems to be
a consensus that there is no
getting around homework,
although author and lecturer Leila White confesses that
there is often little enthusiasm for it. Speaking and knowing the grammar are important steps and I think this is the
best way to learn it. Trying hard,
knowing the grammar and speak as
much as possible are essential steps
in the process of language acquisition.
Daniel, Chile
I?ve been studying Finnish for 2.5
years, but the grammar part is pretty
much difficult. But
it?s the learning process that
Getting along
It?s a sentiment that can still
be heard today, but not among
the classes of the Axxell Moni-
Open
Spring
term
2013
University
Studies in Business, Art and Technology. My courses are mainly
focused on grammar though. During the course the student will learn
object oriented programming and how to use this
programming paradigm to implement Flash games.
Examples of games that will be produced are Snakes,
Tick Tack Toe, memory games and puzzle games. Former
resident and blogger Phil
Schwarzzman has his Finnish School, and recent Finnish returnee Suvi Clarke has
started FinnishEd.com. Which programming language the student knows from before
does not matter, as long as basic programming terminology is familiar. Why bother ?
everyone important speaks
English. In the
meantime, remember what
Laura Salokoski says: ?One
of the greatest handicaps in
learning Finnish here in Finland is being ?uent in English.?
So if you have read this far you
are, this time, in a disadvantaged minority. The word
?grammar. stubborn footsteps.
Once you have a suf?cient
handle on Finnish you can
start to talk of integration,
but that?s another story. During
the project part the student is encouraged to produce a
game of their own design with the help of the teacher.
Classes are held Thursdays from 17 to 21 pm during
14.3?6.6.2013 and 29.8?12.12.2013.The price is 250 ?.
Application before 7.3.2013.
Additional information:
www.arcada.?/actionscript
Phone: 0207 699 501, stig.blomqvist@arcada.?
Arcada | Jan-Magnus Janssonin aukio 1 | Helsinki | www.arcada.?. Maybe, it?s because
it?s similar to Hungarian. I have
to monitor every single word I
say!?
The approach in these
courses is very pragmatic, preparing the students
to be able to handle further
training, as well as improve
basic survival skills: making out applications, writing
emails or dealing with angry
bus drivers. Sorry.
Infopankki.fi
course reference site
Helsinki
University Kielikeskus
extended courses for
all levels
FinnishED.fi
fun and facts for english
language learners
www.oneness.vu.lt/fi/
the YLE sponsored
learning site
Anita, Hungary
It?s a language that is not too hard, but
not too easy either. 28
. The
courses are based on the grammar
part of the language. ?We
have classes where the only
real common language among
the students is Finnish, so
there is an obvious bene?t
from working with this feature. as starting this summer.
They are held at 20 different
centres around the capital,
and vary in level and intensity. Both
of these are free and, along
with doses of News in Simple
Finnish (Selkosuomea), and
other services available from
YLE, will help the process of
following in Hutchings. and people have
to be ready to go outside their
comfort zone both inside and
outside the classrooms,. Nowadays her
courses are restricted to students registered at the University of Helsinki, whose
main incentive is to gain study
points rather than ?uency.
Help is at hand
For the non-academic learner, the options for courses
have metamorphosed since
Hutchings. The ?rst few weeks are
really tough, both for the students and the teacher . Registration for Spring courses starts
on November 27 at 12.00 earliest.
Information about courses, timetables and fees: avoin.aalto. Barry Farber, the American author of
How to Learn any Language,
states that Finnish was the
hardest of the 25 he credits
himself with having tackled. 28
NOVEMBER
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2012
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HELSINKI
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TIMES
TIMES
L E H T I K U VA / K I M M O M Ä N T Y L Ä
Helsinki Times asks some Finnish
language students about their experiences.
Are you learning Finnish?
How are you finding learning Finnish?
Are your courses based on grammar or speaking?
What do you think is the most useful way to learn a language?
Pemika, Thailand
Yes, I?m learning the language which
is not an easy one for sure. His catchphrase is ?I was
in my hotel room in Helsinki
for ?ve days trying to learn
enough to get downstairs.?
First arriving in Finland
in the early 1970s, actor and
voice-over artist Jonathan
Hutchings went in at the
deep end. Yet, it?s an
interesting language to learn. ?But I soon noticed
that what we learned there
bore no relation to what I was
hearing in the street.?
kulttuuurisuuskeskus, where
Laura Salokoski works. Open University courses for
all in Helsinki, Espoo and Mikkeli. The subject is Flash ActionScript 3.0
(AS3), the latest version of the object oriented ActionScript language. Being brave when
using it is another important factor.
Sandra, Germany
I learn Finnish, but it?s very difficult,
as it?s not similar to other European
languages whatsoever. day, with over 300
courses for learning Finnish
advertised at Finnishcourses.. There are also several
new on-line products to help
digital students move along
their learning curve. ?What
are you wasting your time
with that for. /en
Tel. He was staying
with his girlfriend?s family
when he hit the communication barrier, and realised that
he was going to have to learn
the language if he wanted to
get through to the older generation of Finns.
?You?d be amazed at the
typical reaction to my efforts
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is dif?cult . a survivor of
40 years in the Finnish workplace, a teacher at an adult
training institute and a lecturer in Finnish for Foreigners
at Helsinki University.
While most experts seem
to agree that Japanese is the
hardest language to learn for
English language speakers,
the jury is still out over the
case of Finnish. It?s very logical, very consistent, and
unlike many others it doesn?t
get harder the more you learn
- like English or German. Talking to people in Finnish and hearing them speaking really
helps you acquire this language.
Kosovar Rrahim Islami (left) and Russian Oleg Lampi learning Finnish at an adult education language course in Helsinki.
Is it really such a
difficult language?
Finnish, though difficult, is not impossible to master.
ANTHONY SHAW
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LEARNING all the ins and outs
of any communication system, being it English or Algol,
is a lifelong task. The problem is
that many Finns speak English, so that
when they realise you?re not Finnish,
they just switch to English.
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The target group for this course is people who
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Finland is getting a suf?cient
handle on the local language
that we are comfortable with
it in our daily lives. doesn?t enter our
programme.?
?So I don?t see Finnish as
a particularly dif?cult language to learn. ?It?s a fully functional method, practising the
words and language needed
in those situations. Helsinki Times met some experts
in the ?eld . The courses I
take are grammar-based; however, we
speak too. I think
the best way to learn a language is to
use it and speak it. But I?ve always been
a stubborn Welshman, and
the more they mocked me,
the more I wanted to learn.?
Like many immigrants in
days gone by, the ?rst step
was a course at Helsinki University. My courses
are mainly grammar-based, yet I think
it?s important to get to know others
and talk to them in Finnish.
Valerio, Italy
I?m learning it and now it?s getting
better; the beginning was hard
There
is undoubtedly a difference!
Deciphering her ?orid language, which exempli?es the
dialectal variation in Finnish, is challenging enough, let
alone translating it.
Yet, in late October a collection of Laaksonen?s poems, Ko lehm kikatta, was
translated into Latvian ?
the dialects of Aina?i and
SalacgrÐva . Indeed,
?MÄÄ TYKKÄN
twenty years after the dialect
boom in Finland, amidst intensifying globalisation and
multilingualism, dialects are
embraced as markers of af?nity and local identity . who
tend to substitute long vowels with diphthongs, as in piä
Finnish-english crossword
Work out these related words in English from the Finnish language clues.
When you?ve figured out the seven words, you should be able to figure the final down word.
Words in Finnish: 1.Kieli 2.Tulkki 3.Sanasto 4.Viestintä 5.Sanonta 6.Kääntäjä 7.Sanakirja
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2
3
4
5
6
7
instead of pää (head), utilise
the loi-plural, as in tyttölöitä
instead of tyttöjä (girls) and
speak with an expressive intonation . In eastern
regions, d is either substituted by a glide (a semi-vowel),
as in paijat instead of paidat
(the plural of paita; shirt) or
veessä instead of vedessä (in
the water). In contrast, in
Western dialects d mutates
into r or l, as in tahron instead
of tahdon (I want) or pairat
instead of paidat.
Some dialectal features
transcend dialect borders
and are gradually being incorporated into standard
spoken Finnish . Eight dialect
groups, which vary in lexicon, pronunciation and intonation, can be distinguished.
According to the Institute
for the Languages of Finland
(Kotus), the fundamental difference between Eastern and
Western dialects is the pronunciation of d. for example apocope, the omission of
word-end vowel, as in täst
autost instead of tästä autosta (from this car). who tend to employ the epenthetic vowel as
in ilima instead of ilma (air) ?
speak sporadically, but with
authority.
Dialects and
standard Finnish
In fact, such is the degree of
dialectal variation in Finnish that in the foreword to the
Finnish translation of the New
Testament in 1548, Mikael Agricola, the father of written
Finnish, deemed it necessary
to address his readers as the
Häme-people, Karelians and
Finns . 28
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2012
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Dialect areas in Finland
Heli Laaksonen is leading proponent of Finnish dialects, writing poems and performing in her native Southwest dialect.
Dialect boom far from over
The way people say something, often more than what they say, is a
statement of identity and pride in their origins.
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kulkke oman
kiälen keskel, pikkasis piireis, misä mää tunne ihmise
ja ihmiset tunteva munt,?
writes Heli Laaksonen ?
perhaps the most celebrated
contemporary dialect writer in Finland and a vehement
advocate for the southwest
dialects . Other features remain peculiar
to particular dialect groups.
Laaksonen?s written representation of her South West
dialect features syncope
(the omission of sounds from
within words), diphthongisation and special gemination . 28
. Demands for a reform
of standard Finnish ensued,
sparking an era of juxtaposition of dialects, known today
as ?the battle of dialects?.
Although modern standard Finnish incorporates features of both Eastern and
Western dialects, words may
be vested with distinct resonance according to their origin: certain words of western
origin are considered antiquated, poetic or religious
in tone, while their eastern equivalents are neutral
. munt instead of minut
(me), kiälen instead of kielen (the genetive of kieli; language) and kulkke instead of
kulkea (to go).
Finnish dialects are also
rich in connotation. compare for example suvi
and kesä (summer) or ehtoo
and ilta (evening).
Primary source: Dialects and Translation as the
Strength of the Finnish Standard Language, a presentation
by Kaisa Häkkinen, a professor of Finnish at the University
of Turku, at the ?fth MultimedialectTranslation conference
in Turku, in May 2012.
Western dialects
Southwest Finnish dialects
Bilingual region, where Finnish-language minority
Southwest Finnish interdialects
Tavastian dialects
South Ostrobothnian dialects
Bilingual region, where Finnish-language minority
North Ostrobothnian dialects
Lappish dialects
Eastern dialects
Savonian dialects
Bilingual region, where Finnish-language minority
South Karelian dialects
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of the Savo dialects . Agricola also wrote about how
habitants of different provinces could barely comprehend
one another due to linguistic
variation.
In late 18th century, romanticism kindled the Finns?
interest in folklore and the
vernacular, which became
recognised as elements fostering national identity and
unity. are generally regarded as jolly and jovial. project organizes:
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. Finns referring to the
residents of Varsinais-Suomi,
Agricola?s home region. in the local newspaper Laitilan Sanomat in
August.
In standard Finnish it
would read, ?Minä tykkään
kulkea oman kieleni keskellä, pienissä piireissä, missä
minä tunnen ihmiset ja ihmiset tuntevat minut.. by Guntars Godinsh, underlining a resilient
interest in dialects. . sentiments encapsulated by the
passage above, crudely rendered into English below.
?I like to be surrounded by
my own language, be in small
circles, where I know the
people and the people know
me.?
Dialects, features
and connotations
The Finnish dialects are classi?ed into Eastern and Western dialects on the basis of
dialectal features, which
stem from, for example, settlement history and foreign in?uence
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CULTURE
22 . Around the World
23 November
19:00
Tickets ?34/36
Savoy Theatre
Kasarmikatu 46-48
Helsinki
ceived Crazy Glue, their ?rst
full-length since 2006?s Still
Stuck in Your Throat. It boasts a cracking supporting cast that
includes the likes of Amy Adams and John Goodman, and
while the storyline doesn?t
promise any new tricks or
surprises, it?s a pleasure to
see Eastwood back on the big
screen, no matter how wellworn the ?lm?s themes are.
Offering something for
the young ?uns, the animated Hotel Transylvania ?nds
Dracula managing a high-end
resort away from the human
world. Things go pear-shaped
for our fanged friend when
a boy discovers the resort
in Amsterdam, the National Galleries of Scotland, the
Musée d?Orsay in Paris, the
Tate in London, MoMA in
New York, the Munch Museum in Norway and the
State Russian Museum in St.
Petersburg.
52 Souls . S U L L I VA N
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Pierre Puvis de Chavannes: A
Vision of Antiquity . Flying
the ?ag for Finnish symbolist art are the work of Väinö
Blomstedt, Albert Edelfelt,
Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Hugo
Simberg and Ellen Thesleff.
One of the most in?uential trends in European art
between 1880 and 1910, symbolism was in part a reaction
to industrialisation and materialism. Along
with a gig in Tampere the night
before, these dates make for a
brief Finnish stop-over on an
autumn European tour.
Fishbone
26 November, 19:00
Tickets ?22
Nosturi
Telakkakatu 8
Helsinki
C ARNEGIE MUSEUM OF AR T
will be appearing at Savoy
Theatre.
The alter-ego of Australian
Caroline Reid, her portrayal of
an outrageous air-hostess has
featured in advertising campaigns for British Airways and
Sky Team. Symbolist Landscape 18801910 offers a wide selection
of interpretations of nature.
On display until early next
year, the exhibition includes
landscapes from such masters as Gauguin, Van Gogh,
Munch, Mondrian, Kandinsky, Monet and Whistler.
In all, the exhibition will
showcase works by 52 artists, including Hammershøi,
Hodler, Signac, Strindberg,
Akseli Gallen-Kallela: Sjön Keitele / Lake Keitele (1905).
Leighton and Millais. In fact, such is the impact of South Korean entertainment and culture outside
its borders, Chinese journalists have dubbed the movement as the ?Korean Wave?.
Sur?ng this wave around
the globe, the fresh studio
product of HITT take their
name from the acronym of
?Here Is the Top?. The line-up is completed by drummer John
Steward, guitarist Rocky
George, keyboardist Dre
Gipson and Jay Armant on
the trombone.
The band arrives in support of last year?s well-re-
as ?a delicious
comic creation. 28 NOVEMBER 2012
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Film
Mixing the medium
J A M E S O . the voices of: Jukka Rasila,
Jonathan Petrus Kähkönen
Call Girl (K16)
Release date: 23 November
Director: Mikael Marcimain
Starring: Sofia Karemyr,
Pernilla August
Faust (K16)
Release date: 23 November
Director: Aleksandr Sokurov
Starring: Anton Adasinsky,
Isolda Dychauk
Korean
HITT
makers go
global
J A M E S O . Winner of
the Golden Lion at last year?s
Venice ?lm festival, reviews
have been glowing.
AFTER the raging global success of South Korean artist
PSY?s infectious hit Gangnam
Style, Korean rock, aka Krock, has been propelled to
centre stage worldwide. S U L L I VA N
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L A H T I A R T M U S E U M , V I I P U R I F O U N DAT I O N
ATENEUM Art Museum?s ?nal
exhibition of 2012, 52 Souls
. S U L L I VA N
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ARRIVING in the wake of singer Anette Olzon?s sudden departure from the local quintet
last month, Nightwish?s feature ?lm debut Imaginaerum
arrives as doubt stalks the
acclaimed symphonic metal band. S U L L I VA N
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their gig earlier this
year was cancelled due to
singer-saxophonist Angelo Moore?s illness, Fishbone
make good on their promise to return to Finland, hitting the stage at Nosturi on
Thursday 22 November. Symbolist Landscape is
the most signi?cant exhibition of art by Van Gogh or
Gauguin ever held in Finland.
The works on display are
on loan from private collections, the Van Gogh Museum
Pam Ann . See for yourself.
Coming out of a retirement ?rst announced after
the release of Gran Torino,
Clint Eastwood returns in
front of the camera in Trouble with the Curve. Artists turned their
focus within, rather than on
external realities. Symbolist
Landscape 1880-1910
Until 17 February
Ateneum Art Museum
Kaivokatu 2
Helsinki
Imaginaerum (K12)
Release date: 23 November
Director: Stobe Harju
Starring: Nightwish
Trouble with the Curve (K12)
Release date: 23 November
Director: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Clint Eastwood,
Amy Adams
Hotel Transylvania (K7)
Release date: 23 November
Director: Genndy Tartakovsky
Feat. Ann revisits
the age of passengers sipping
champagne while the captain
pilots the plane to faraway
lands.
Tackling all of the myths
and stories of air travel,
Back with the bounce
infectious blend of funk,
punk and ska.
The band still boasts
three original members, with
Moore joined by bassist Norwood Fisher and trumpeter-singer ?Dirty. S U L L I VA N
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The hilarious Pam Ann, Australian comedienne Caroline Reid, brings whacky take on air travel to the Savoy Theatre this Friday.
Ann promises to guide her
audience through the conundrums of air travel,
skewering the quirks of some
of the biggest international
airlines and camping it up for
laughs in the process.
Pam Ann lands in Helsinki
cations south, Pam Ann will be
on hand to tell it like it is in the
airplane?s galley.
In answer to the question,
?What happened to the golden age of ?ying?. Characterised by the desire to describe
feelings and moods, the embrace of spirituality and a
deep interest in mythology, symbolism transcended
style, representing an attitude and a vision.
A continuation of last
year?s Illusions of Reality exhibition at Ateneum, 52 Souls
. by The Independent, super ?ight attendant Pam Ann arrives in
Finland for the ?rst time ever on Friday 23 November.
As part of her one-woman
Around the World stand-up
tour, the famed comedienne
DESCRIBED
J A M E S O . Coming
hot on the heels of the announcement of a Nightwishapproved Imaginaerum wine,
perhaps the pride of Kitee
may just be heading down the
less-desirable path blazed by
Lordi, and the market saturation that overwhelmed the
nation after their Eurovision
win in 2006 (read: their rocktaurant). Symbol
of Form (ca 1885).
and proceeds to fall for the
count?s teen-aged daughter.
Recipient of the FIPRESCI Discovery prize at the 2012
Toronto International Film
Festival, Mikael Marcimain?s
Call Girl arrives on a swell of
good word-of-mouth. An
inspiration for bands such
AFTER
as Red Hot Chili Peppers and
Jane?s Addiction, Fishbone
emerged at the end of the
?70s with some of the funkiest sounds on offer, offering social commentary to go
along with their bass-heavy
bounce.
Their second full-length,
1988?s Truth and Soul, made
a major impact upon its release, showcasing the band?s
Symbolist landscape
J A M E S O . Now, as the Finnish weather continues its descent into deep freeze and
our minds turn increasingly
to planning holiday trips to lo-
J A M E S O . After dropping their debut mini album
Here is the Top, in July last
year, the group have been en-
Korean boyband HITT.
joying a burst of popularity
in a number of international
markets.
However, after losing
two of their founding members since their emergence,
the group has slimmed down
and currently consists of four
members: Juntaek, Hyunjun,
Wooram and Jaehoon.
Fans of pop bounce and
saccharine-sweet
ballads
will have plenty to be pleased
about on Saturday 25 November at Gloria Cultural Arena.
25 November, 18:00
Tickets ?14
Gloria Cultural Arena
Pieni Roobertinkatu 12
Helsinki. Now
brace yourself for the next
wave in the shape of boy band
HITT. Walter A.
Kibby II. Here we
have the less than challenging tale of an aging baseball
scout who heads off for one
last recruiting trip with his
daughter. Based on an idea by
wunderkind Tuomas Holopainen, the ?lm is inspired by
their recent concept album,
based on a dying man?s recollection of his youth. Taking
its inspiration from the prostitution scandal that threatened to bring down Sweden?s
Social Democratic government in the 1970s, the ?lm
continues the recent spate
of quality ?lms from our
neighbours.
Finally,
Aleksandr
Sokurov?s Faust takes its inspiration from Goethe?s tragedy, in which a man sells his
soul to the devil in exchange
for knowledge
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Other traditional foods
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menu item that the French
usually pay the most attention to is the croissant, which,
according to Franck, is just
as good as what people buy
in France, if not better. he
explained.
As for the rich variety of
dishes, the most sought after
is the meal of the day, which
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French atmosphere.
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(lohikeitto in Finnish).
This traditional dish simply represents Lappish food
at its best, as it is prepared
in homes across the region.
Perhaps the secret of its excellent taste is the fact that
the ?rst step in its making is
the preparation of ?sh stock,
made of the leftover trimmings of a freshly-?lleted
salmon (e.g. Prepare the fish stock
from the stock cubes according to the instructions on the package.
2. Knorr?s stock cubes)
300-400g salmon
2dl milk
2dl double cream
2tbsp plain flour
butter
fresh dill
fresh chives, to garnish
Cooking instructions
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and while stirring, add the
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minutes. Let
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3. After five minutes add the
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If, however, you would like to
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salmon soup á la Tornionlaakso, an area just southwest of
Rovaniemi. the head, larger
bones and ?ns). This closeness to
nature is also re?ected in the
culinary world as well: Lappish products are highly-appreciated, very versatile, and
considered of especially highquality and nutritional value.
The food eaten there consists
of a palette of interesting and
delicious ?avours, such as
reindeer, berries, wild mushrooms and a wide variety of
?sh species, for which Lapland?s crystal clean waters are
the perfect environment for
them to thrive. Remove the skin from the
salmon fillets and cut them
into around 2cm cubes.
Add them to the mixture.
Stir carefully in order for
the salmon cubes to remain intact.
4. Prepared with care, it
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but also because of the warm,
welcoming atmosphere created by the Lappish people.
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Recipe for salmon soup
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RESTAURANTS
Over the course of Destroyer?s next albums, Thief (2000)
and Streethawk: A Seduction (2001) Bejar?s unique voice and
mysterious lyrics started to stand out.
Destroyer made the big breakthrough with their ninth album
Kaputt, released in 2011. and Polaris Music Prize 2011.
Sun 25 November
Tavastia
Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6
Tickets ?23/25
www.tavastiaklubi.fi
MUSIC
Thu 22 November
Fishbone (USA)
Energetic fusion of ska, funk, soul,
punk and rock.
Nosturi
Telakkakatu 8
Tickets ?22
www.elmu.fi
Thu 22 November
Sibelius Academy
Chamber ensemble of the Sibelius
Academy plays Dick Hyman´s
Ragtime and Rotissimo by
Alexander Goldstein.
Helsinki Music Centre
Camerata
Mannerheimintie 13
Tickets ?5/10/20
www.musiikkitalo.fi
Thu 22 November
Sabaton (SWE)
Metal.
The Circus
Salomonkatu 1-3
Helsinki
Tickets ?34
www.thecircus.fi
Thu 22 November
Ariel Pink?s Haunted
Graffiti (US)
Lo-fi indie rock.
Tavastia
Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6
Helsinki
Tickets ?24/26
www.tavastiaklubi.fi
Thu 22 November
The Optina Pustyn Male Choir
(RUS)
World-famous male choir
founded in 1996.
Uspenski Cathedral
Unioninkatu 39
Tickets ?15-28
www.venajaseura.com
Thu 22-Wed 28 November
Race Horse Company: Cabaret
Katatonia
Energetic contemporary circus.
Cirko Center
Kaasutehtaankatu 1
Helsinki
Tickets ?35
www.cirko.fi
Thu 22-Wed 28 November
Dance Theatre Hurjaruuth:
Talvisirkus Afrikka
(Winter Circus Africa)
Brilliant new circus with joy, colours
and energy.
Cable Factory
Tallberginkatu 1 A
Tickets ?17-28
www.hurjaruuth.fi
Canadian indie outfit Destroyer bring their show to Tavastia this Sunday.
Thu 22 November
Igudesman & Joo
Unique show of violinist Aleksey
Igudesman and pianist Hyung-ki Joo.
Savoy Theatre
Kasarmikatu 46-48
Tickets ?34/36
www.savoyteatteri.fi
Thu 22 November
Finnish Baroque Orchestra:
Familiar and Unknown
Music from both familiar and
less-known composers.
Sello Hall
Soittoniekanaukio 1A
Tickets ?12/18
www.sellosali.fi
Thu 22 & Sat 24 November
Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
One of the most popular works in
the history of opera.
Finnish National Opera
Helsinginkatu 58
Tickets ?18-84
www.opera.fi
Fri 23 November
Year of the Goat (SWE)
Sombre rock.
Kuudes Linja
Hämeentie 13
Tickets ?15/20
www.kuudeslinja.com
Fri 23 November
Lossi T & Juoksut
Hip-hop and Jamaican rhythms.
Semifinal
Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6
Tickets ?7/8
www.semifinal.fi
Sat 24 November
Roberto Rodriguez
Deep techno and house.
Adams
Erottajankatu 15-17
Tickets ?7
www.ravintolaadams.fi
Fri 23 November
Mahavisnu Flamenco Project
Technical virtuosity, improvised
jazz, Indian mysticism, rock energy
and colours of flamenco.
Sello Hall
Soittoniekanaukio 1A
Tickets ?27/35
www.sellosali.fi
Sat 24 November
Petri Nygård
Finnish rap.
Virgin Oil CO.
Mannerheimintie 5
Helsinki
Tickets ?12
www.virginoil.fi
Fri 23 November
Nancy Whang (USA)
American musician known for her
work with LCD Soundsystem.
Adams
Erottajankatu 15-17
Tickets ?8
www.ravintolaadams.fi
Fri 23 November
Kaisa Vala
Pop rock.
Bar Loose
Annankatu 21
Tickets ?6/8
www.barloose.com
Fri 23 November
Aura of Goa
Trance.
Club Venue
Pohjoinen Rautatiekatu 21
Tickets ?18
www.clubvenue.fi
Sat 24 November
Jess and the Ancient Ones
Occultic rock.
Bar Loose
Annankatu 21
Helsinki
Tickets ?7/9
www.barloose.com
Fri 23 November
Jukka Poika & Sound Explosion
Band
Reggae.
Tavastia
Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6
Tickets ?17/20
www.tavastiaklubi.fi
Sat 24 November
Electric Wizard (UK)
Doom metal.
Nosturi
Telakkakatu 8
Helsinki
Tickets ?27
www.elmu.fi
YO U W I L L A LWAY S B E
AN EXPERIENCE RICHER
300 SLOT MACHINES
30 GAMING TABLES
3 RESTAURANTS
3 BARS
Mikonkatu 19, Helsinki | Tel. 18
WHERE TO GO
22 . The festival is now
taking place for the seventh
time in Helsinki from 28 November to 2 December, 2012.
This year, Lens Politica
focuses on topics from food
production and natural resources, to street art and
public space, as well as on
questions of migration. +358 9 680 800
Open 12?04 | Age limit 18 years
Passport / Schengen ID required
www.casinohelsinki.?
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Sun 25 November
Destroyer (CAN)
Indie rock.
Tavastia
Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6
Tickets ?23/25
www.tavastiaklubi.fi
Sun 25 November
Alfredo Lagos (ESP)
Brilliant flamenco guitarist.
Korjaamo Culture Factory
Töölönkatu 51 B
Helsinki
Tickets ?25/27
www.korjaamo.fi
Sun 25 November
The Big Ship Club: Genius (JAM),
Bramma (JAM), Chino (JAM),
Landen (JAM)
Dancehall/reggae.
The Circus
Salomonkatu 1-3
Helsinki
Tickets ?22/25
www.thecircus.fi
Sun 25 November
Concerto Grosso
Baroque music spectacle.
Helsinki Music Centre
Mannerheimintie 13
Helsinki
www.musiikkitalo.fi
Mon 26 November
God Is an Astronaut (IRL)
Post-rock.
Nosturi
Telakkakatu 8
www.elmu.fi
Mon 26 November
Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 (NGR)
World music superstar.
Savoy Theatre
Kasarmikatu 46-48
www.savoyteatteri.fi
Mon 26 November
Moneybrother (SWE)
Interesting mixture of soul, rock,
pop and punk.
Tavastia
Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6
www.tavastiaklubi.fi
Tue 27 November
Scott Kelly (USA)
Americana and melancholia.
Kuudes Linja
Hämeentie 13
www.kuudeslinja.com
Tue 27 November
Ruuskanen Railio Strings
Featuring Marzi Nyman
Chamber pop.
Kanneltalo
Klaneettitie 5
Tickets ?10/15
www.kanneltalo.fi
Wed 28 November
Vanderbuyst (NLD)
Hard rock.
Bar Loose
Annankatu 21
Tickets ?5/7
www.barloose.com
Wed 28 November
Don Johnson Big Band
Diverse hip-hop collective.
Sello Hall
Soittoniekanaukio 1A
www.sellosali.fi
Lens Poltica highlights questions of public
space, food production and migration
ANNA SAR A S TE
HEL SINKI TIMES
LENS POLITICA is an annual festival that discusses current topics of society
through ?lm and art. Director Ste-
phen Maing is also ?ying in
from the United States to the
screening of the ?lm.
Another international guest
at the festival is Memona Mohamed from Pedro Pérez Rosado?s ?lm Wilaya (2011). Kunsthalle
Helsinki
Nervanderinkatu 3
Helsinki
Tickets ?0/5.50/8
www.taidehalli.fi
Until Mon 2 December
POLAROID . The
?lm takes place in the Wilaya
de Smara refugee encampment
in Algeria and portrays a community broken by occupation.
Iara Lee?s thought-provoking
documentary The Suffering
Grasses (2012), about the civil
Thu 22-Wed 28 November
Jyrki Karttunen:
Jemina . In 1998, Destroyer expanded to include a rhythm section and Bejar took it into the
studio for the first time, resulting in the release of Destroyer?s
second album City of Daughters with John Collins joining the
band. In Canada, the album was nominated both for Juno Award - for Alternative Album of the Year
2012 . Andersen from 1845.
Finnish National Opera
Helsinginkatu 58
www.opera.fi
EXHIBITIONS
Until Sun 25 November
The Seventh Wave ?Wihuri and
Visual Art
Lavish review of Finnish contemporary art from the collection of the
Jenny and Antti Wihuri. The Legendary
Collection
Polaroids by big international
names and a selection of Finnish
Polaroid imagery.
The Finnish Museum
of Photography
The Cable Factory
Helsinki
Tallberginkatu 1 G
Tickets ?0/5/8
www.valokuvataiteenmuseo.fi
Lens Politica Film and Media
Art Festival
22.11-2.12.2012
Opening screening
28.11.2012 at 6pm
Kiasma Theatre
Mannerheiminaukio 2
Film screenings
discussions and club
29.11.-2.12.2012,
Andorra & Dubrovnik,
Eerikinkatu 11
Festival pass ?30/ 5 tickets
www.lenspolitica.net
war in Syria, is also one of the
most interesting ?lms offered
at this year?s festival.. The
opening ?lm of the festival
is High Tech, Low Life (2012), a
documentary about freedom
of speech and citizen journalism in China. The band, led by the vocalist and guitarist Dan
Bejar, will throw its first club gig in Finland at Tavastia.
Dan Bejar started Destroyer as a solo project in Vancouver in
1995 and self-produced his first lo-fi electric folk album We´ll
Build Them a Golden Bridge in 1996. 28 NOVEMBER 2012
HELSINKI TIMES
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Wed 28 November
Club Folks: Lassi Valtonen,
Laura Moisio
Acoustic folk/pop.
Korjaamo Culture Factory
Töölönkatu 51 B
Free entry
www.korjaamo.fi
Destroyer come to town
After a brilliant performance at Flow Festival last year, Canadian indie rock group Destroyer will return to Helsinki on Sunday
25 November. Act As You?d Know Her
Performance is based on structured
improvisation and inspired by
stand-up comedy, soft porn cabaret
and contemporary dance.
Zodiak - Center for New Dance
Tallberginkatu 1B
Tickets ?12/20
www.zodiak.fi
Fri 23 November
Pam Ann (AUS)
Hilarious air hostess alter-ego of
Australian comedienne
Caroline Reid.
Savoy Theatre
Kasarmikatu 46-48
Helsinki
Tickets ?34/36
www.savoyteatteri.fi
Fri 23 & Wed 28 November
The Snow Queen
Kenneth Greve?s ballet for the
whole family is based on the tale by
H.C. The album received highly positive
reviews from the critics and it was voted the year?s (2011) second best release on Pitchfork. In addition to feature length ?ction and documentary ?lms,
the festival?s programme includes short ?lms, different
forms of ?ne art, media art,
performances and culture
jamming
& Mrs. USA/2007.
04:10 MacGyver
Commando
John Matrix is a retired Black Ops
Commando, who only wants to
live an ordinary, peaceful life in
the mountains chopping wood
and building his cottage. Lester.
Starring: Arnold
Schwarzenegger,
Rae Dawn Chong, Dan
Hedaya, Vernon Wells,
Alyssa Milano.
USA/1985.
SUB
08:00 Sturm der Liebe
In German.
08:55 Eastenders
14:55 Project Runway
15:55 Models of the Runway
16:25 Eastenders
17:00 Sturm der Liebe
18:00 Friends
19:30 Modern Family
20:00 Simpsons
20:30 Simpsons
23:00 Death Unexplained
Did a 41-year-old man die
due to the flames or the
medicine found in the ruins
of his house. Chris
Gardner was an inventor, whose
concept of a medical bonescanner didn?t catch on but
ended up losing all his money and
his wife leaving him to raise their
son alone. Despite the upheavals,
he never gives up and keeps pursuing both his own and his son?s
happiness. Starring: Alec
Baldwin, Freddie Prinze Jr.,
Mena Suvari, Scott Caan,
Jerry Ferrara. How did Nikolaus
Kopernikus end up
publishing his theory of the
solar-centred world. A mini series
telling the story of a German
tycoon family from the late
1800s to the end of the WWII.
TV2
06:50 Children?s Programming
In Finnish.
08:45 Flying Doctors
11:10 Don Matteo
In Italian.
12:05 Wild at Heart
13:30 Figure Skating
16:00 Livräddarna
In Norwegian.
17:00 Children?s Programming
In Finnish.
18:02 Wild at Heart
22:05 Law & Order: SVU (K16)
A young, beautiful model
is found dead in Central
Park and the police suspect
that her jealous boyfriend
may be behind the murder.
The suspect claims his
innocence, so the question
of set-up arises within the
investigators.
23:35 Bored to Death
YLE TEEMA
20:00 Paul Merton Adventures
Paul heads to Austria to
experience and enjoy the
luxury of the world?s fanciest
spas and bathing houses.
21:30 Cassandra?s Dream FILM
An intensive thriller by
Woody Allen, in which two
brothers battling with
financial problems try to
take the law to their own
hands and solve their
problems. Directed by: Olivier
Megaton. In
15:05 Hoarders
21:00 Criminal Minds
22:00 Transporter 3 FILM
Jason Statham returns as
the getaway driver Frank
Martin in this sequel
written and produced by
Luc Besson. A documentary
on Denmark?s first female
Prime Minister.
17:08 Heartbeat
19:00 Heart and Soul
One of the emo-choir
members is getting married
and asks Michael?s choir
to sing at their wedding.
However, the hostile
atmosphere may ruin the
idea and leave the wedding
couple without any music.
22:55 Krupp . With Children
18:00 The King of Queens
19:00 MacGyver
MacGyver considers
commitement and dreams
about living in the wild west
with the woman of his life.
21:00 Little Man FILM
Directed by: Keenen
Ivory Wayans. 28 NOVEMBER 2012
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thursday
friday
22.11.
TV1
10:00 Heartbeat
11:05 Yle News in English
12:35 Doctors
Twins James and Natalie
arrive to Helen?s reception.
Natalie suspects that she?s
pregnant and the sibling?s
close relationship arouses
suspicion in Helen.
14:30 Ragnar Torseth . The film begins
when a porn star, police
officer and an amnesiac
meet in the desert to save
each other and the planet.
Directed by: Richard Kelly.
Starring: Dwayne Johnson,
Sarah Michelle Gellar. Eventually Esther
gets married, but will she do
it for the right reasons?
20:30 Bang Goes Theory!
21:00 The Beauty of Diagrams
DOC
Part 3/3. USA/1995.
02:35 Numb3rs
03:20 MacGyver
Pursuit
of Happyness
A biographical movie about a
man?s struggle with life, as he
tries to be a good father to his
son but has to battle unemployment and homelessness. In
10:00 Luxury Mamas
10:30 Property Virgins
13:30 Luxury Mamas
14:00 Property Virgins
14:35 Pitchin. Starring: Will Smith,
Jaden Smith, Thandie Newton,
Brian Howe, James Karen, Dan
Castellaneta. Having to restart his
life, from scratch, he then gets an
internship from a stock broking
company, but without pay, the
IRS closes down his bank account
and the landlord kicks him out of
the house. Starring: Will
Smith, Jaden Smith, Thandie
Newton, Brian Howe, James
Karen, Dan Castellaneta.
USA/2006.
00:10 Californication (K16)
00:45 A Dangerous Man (K18)
FILM
Directed by: Keoni Waxman.
Starring: Steven Seagal,
Mike Dopud, Marlaina
Mah, Vitaly Kravchenko,
Jesse Hutch,Terry Chen.
USA/2009.
02:45 The Office
Two episodes.
TV5
06:10 Airport
06:45 Matlock
07:35 Married... Can she
find her mother before it?s
too late. Massino was one
of the last real mob bosses
in the US, ruling the Massino
family with firm hand. Starring:
Shawn Wayans, Marlon
Wayans, Kerry Washington.
USA/2006.
23:00 Muscle Worship (K16) DOC
00:00 Call Me Fitz
00:35 Little Britain
01:10 Geordie Shore
02:05 Playboy Presents: Badass!
02:35 Brooklyn Rules (K16) FILM
Directed by: Michael
Corrente. Directed by: Gabriele
Muccino. USA/2006.
Nelonen 21:30. In
10:00 Luxury Mamas
10:30 Property Virgins
13:30 Luxury Mamas
14:00 Property Virgins
14:35 Pitchin. Starring: Ewan
McGregor, Colin Farrell.
USA/2007.
23:15 Metal Evolution DOC
Cassandra?s Dream
Yle Teema 21:30
10:05 Emmerdale
Two episodes.
11:05 Doctors
13:50 Undercover Boss USA
14:55 Romantically Challenged
17:00 The Bold and the Beautiful
Two episodes.
18:00 Emmerdale
Two episodes.
21:00 Dallas
The ranch is preparing a
farewell party for selling the
Southfork. Directed by:
Woody Allen. Bobby is tenderminded for the situation, as
the Southfork has always
been his true home and J.R.
is finishing his nasty plans.
23:05 Southland Tales (K16)
FILM
The post-apocalyptic USA
is crumbled and one step
away from an environmental
disaster. An absolute
no-brainer for a film, the movie is
filled with hilarious one-liners and
explosions as Schwarzenegger
does what he does best; eating
Green Berets for breakfast.
Directed by: Mark L. TV GUIDE
HELSINKI TIMES
22 . Min
Historie
In Norwegian.
17:08 Heartbeat
Nick infiltrates a local crime
gang to make an arrest
while his baby is baptised
and his ex-girlfriend appears
in town.
19:00 Rev.
An old colleague is enjoying
his time in the limelight,
which creates envy in Adam.
He decides to gain media
attention as well, but Adam?s
attempt only leads to farce.
22:00 The World?s Deadliest
Arms Race DOC
22:55 Monk
Monk?s 100th case is being
documented by a T V-group,
but Monk suspects that he is
chasing the wrong guy.
TV2
06:50 Children?s Programming
In Finnish.
08:45 Flying Doctors
11:10 Don Matteo
In Italian.
12:15 Wild at Heart
17:00 Children?s Programming
In Finnish.
18:02 Wild at Heart
22:05 Haven
A new phenomenon occurs
in Haven; young men are
ageing in an alarming speed
and thirty-year-old men are
dying of old age. Starring: Dustin
Hoffman, Bob Hoskins,
JuliaRoberts, Maggie Smith,
Robin Williams.
USA/1991.
21:00 Mr. Seann
William Scott.
USA/2006.
02:10 Easy Money
Julia?s DNA test results
arrive and Morgan suspects
of being adopted.
SUB
08:00 Sturm der Liebe
In German.
08:55 Eastenders
14:55 Tabatha?s Salon Takeover
15:55 Will & Grace
16:25 Eastenders
17:00 Sturm der Liebe
In German.
18:00 Friends
19:30 Modern Family
20:00 X Factor USA
23:00 C.S.I. Starring: Jason
Statham, Natalya Rudakova,
Robert Knepper, Francois
Berleand, Jeroen Krabbe.
UK/France/2008.
00:30 Frasier
02:00 World?s Most Dangerous
Roads
03:00 The Office
TV5
06:15 Airport
06:55 Matlock
07:45 Married... And
what kind of graphics is the
Pioneer 10 still carrying in
space?
Programmes on Yle Teema
may be viewed in the original
language(s) by changing the
digital receiver?s settings.
MTV3
10:05 Emmerdale
Two episodes.
11:05 Doctors
13:45 Jamie?s Dream School
14:55 Middle
17:00 The Bold and the Beautiful
Two episodes.
18:00 Emmerdale
Two episodes.
21:00 Mentalist
Patrick has to work on two
cases at once, as the CBI is
investigating the murder of
a rich divorce lawyer while
the FBI works on the case of
a dead serial killer.
22:35 How I Met Your Mother
Barney?s father returns after
30 years, and the father
and son have different
expectations towards the
meeting.
23:05 Commando (K18) FILM
Arnold Schwarzenegger
stars as an retired special
force leader who shoots
people in this classic nobrainer action flick to save
his daughter.
Directed by: Mark L. Phil
18:10 Animal Rescue
21:30 The Pursuit of Happyness
FILM
Directed by: Gabriele
Muccino. But John isn?t just
anyone you can blackmail, but a
one-man war machine who then
hunts the criminals down in the
most berserk fashion. Audrey
and Nathan have to find the
causes of this fast.
22:47 Head Case
YLE TEEMA
19:00 Bleak House
Lady Dedlock disappears
and Esther is desperately
trying to find her. Unfortunately, a group of South American
criminals think otherwise, killing
his friends and kidnapping his
daughter in order to blackmail
him into participating in a
revolution and helping a dictator
regain power. How
did he rise to power and
how did the FBI eventually
catch him?
00:30 South Park
Two episodes.
01:30 Fear Factor
Two episodes.
NELONEN
Hook
TV5 18:15
07:00 Children?s Programming
09:00 Pitchin. With Children
08:05 The King of Queens
Two episodes.
12:00 The Fast Show
12:35 Matlock
13:30 Tarzan
14:30 Airport
15:10 Hale & Pace
15:45 America?s Funniest Home
Videos
16:15 My Wife and Kids
16:45 Married... Lester.
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger,
Rae Dawn Chong, Alyssa Milano.
USA/1985.
MTV3 23:05
Heartbeat
Yle News in English
Doctors
Helle Thorning-Schmidt
DOC
In Danish. Eine Deutsche
Familie DOC
In German. And what
killed the old restaurant
manager?
00:00 Dollhouse (K16)
01:00 Smallville (K16)
JIM
14:45 Dinner: Impossible
15:40 MasterChef Australia
16:35 Dragon?s Den USA
18:30 MasterChef Australia
19:00 Dragon?s Den USA
20:00 Border Security
20:30 Pawn Stars
21:00 Rude Tube (K16)
22:00 JIM D: Ancient Aliens
Researchers with folio hats
try to solve the question of
how life appeared on earth.
Have aliens affected the
evolution of man through
gene manipulation?
23:00 Pawn Stars
00:00 South Park
00:30 Fear Factor
01:25 JIM D: Dog?s World
NELONEN
23 .11.
TV1
MTV3
10:00
11:05
12:35
14:30
Transporter 3
Nelonen 22:00
07:00 Children?s Programming
09:00 Pitchin. In
15:05 Animal ABC
15:35 Animal Rescue
17:10 Dr. Martin has to
drive a human trafficking
gig with extreme conditions;
if he walks more than 25
metres from his car, he?ll
die. With Children
08:15 The King of Queens
12:10 The Fast Show
12:45 Hale & Pace
13:15 Matlock
14:15 Tarzan
15:20 Airport
15:55 Hale & Pace
16:30 America?s Funniest Home
Videos
17:00 My Wife and Kids
17:30 Married... Miami (K16)
When a murder occurs at
the local racetrack, Horatio
suspects it may have been
(puts on his glasses) a case
of horseplay.
00:00 30 Rock
00:30 Harry & Paul
01:05 Daisy of Love
JIM
15:25 MasterChef Australia
15:55 Dragon?s Den USA
17:55 MasterChef Australia
20:00 Cowboy Builder?s
21:00 JIM D: Mob Bosses (K16)
DOC
?Big Joey. Smith (K16)
FILM
Directed by: Doug Liman.
Starring: Angelina Jolie,
Brad Pitt, Adam Brody.
USA/2005.
23:15 Franklin & Bash
00:10 Bad Boys (K16) FILM
Directed by: Michael Bay.
Starring: Will Smith, Martin
Lawrence, Lisa Boyle, Téa
Leoni. With Children
17:15 The King of Queens
Two episodes.
18:15 Hook FILM
Directed by: Steven
Spielberg
Directed by: Michael Patrick King.Starring: Sarah Jessica
Parker, Kim Cattrall, Cynthia
Nixon, Kristin Davis, Chris
Noth, Candice Bergen, Jennifer
Hudson. Hauser tries to
take Lucy into safety, but
she wants to stay in the
action as the end is near.
23:30 Dark Blue
Carter is suspected
for murder, which
was witnessed by his
whole team. Starring: Glen
Meadows, Beverly Lynne,
Evan Kennsington.
USA/2002.
03:25 Little Man FILM
Directed by: Keenen
Ivory Wayans. In the
interrogations, his version
of the happenings is greatly
different from others?
memories, which turns
Carter?s situation from bad
to worse.
JIM
08:55 Man v. 20
TV GUIDE
22 . After growing
up, he realises that he is
actually a human being
and starts searching for his
real parents while trying to
rebuild his self-image, life
and personality.
Directed by: Jon Favreau.
Starring: Will Ferrell,
James Caan, Bob Newhart,
Zooey Deschanel, Mary
Steenburgen.
USA/2003.
16:55 Parenthood
22:45 Formula1: GP
23:55 Mythbusters
The mythbusters try again
to cheat bloodhounds
trained to sniff out drugs
and missing persons.
SUB
09:30 Friends
Five episodes.
12:00 Modern Family
Five episodes.
14:30 America?s Worst Drivers
Four episodes.
18:15 Jamie?s Best Ever
Christmas
19:55 Mythbusters
22:30 Alcatraz (K16)
The truth about Tommy
Madsen is about to be
revealed. DOC
13:15 Bolshoi Ballet: Sleeping
Beauty
15:35 Going Blind DOC
Documentary about an illness
that turns thousands of
people blind each year. Directed
by: Paul Haggis. USA/1991.
Sex and the City
A gripping true story of a war
veteran Hank Deerfield, whose
son has just deployed back from
the service in Iraq, but then
mysteriously disappeared. Food
Two episodes.
20:00 Anthony Bourdain: No
Reservations
21:30 JIM D: Matt Damon
22:30 Sharpshooter
23:30 Bondi Rescue
01:00 JIM D: Mob Bosses (K16)
02:00 Grimefighters
Two episodes.
NELONEN
21
TV5 21:00
08:10 Children?s Programming
In Finnish.
09:35 Air Bud: World Pup FILM
Directed by: Bill Bannerman.
Starring: Kevin Zegers,
Brittany Page Bouck, Caitlin
Wachs, Dale Midkiff, Chilton
Crane, ChantalStrand.
USA/Canada/2002.
11:45 Dog Rescue
12:50 Animal ABC
13:20 Animal Rescue
13:50 Frasier
Four episodes.
19:00 Extreme Makeover:
Weightloss Edition
20-year-old Ashley is still
living with her skinny family,
causing havoc and fights
among them. sassy in the
series, but now have built steady
lives and relationships. USA/2010.
14:00 Wizards of Waverly Place
14:30 Animal Rescue
Three episodes.
21:00 Sister Act FILM
USA/1992.
23:30 Planet Terror (K18) FILM
Starring: Rose McGowan,
FreddyRodriguez, Josh
Brolin, Marley Shelton,
Jeff Fahey, Bruce Willis.
USA/2007.
01:40 The Office
02:40 Detroit1-8-7
TV5
06:15 Airport
06:50 Matlock
07:40 Married... Food
09:20 MasterChef Australia
Two episodes.
12:50 Anthony Bourdain The
Layover
14:15 American Pickers
16:00 Cowboy Builders
17:00 JIM D: Ancient Aliens
18:00 The Opener
19:00 Man v. Starring: Tommy
Lee Jones, Charlize Theron,
Susan Sarandon. The film was somewhat
controversial at the time of its
release, as it handles hard subjects such as the post-traumatic
stress caused by active combat
duty and the hardships soldiers
encounter after returning home.
Tommy Lee Jones does astounding job portraying the grieving
father trying to find out the truth
behind his sons death. When
Hank finds his son dead, he and
the police start investigating
the incidents surrounding the
death, only to realise the army is
doing all they can to cover up the
incident. Starring:
Shawn Wayans, Marlon
Wayans, Kerry Washington.
USA/2006.
In the Valley
of Elah (K16)
25.11.
TV1
MTV3
12:00 Rig Ved Et Til?nde
In Danish.
12:30 Doctors
13:00 How to Build a Dinosaur?
DOC
16:00 Hercule Poirot
Poirot and Hastings head
to Marsdon Manor to solve
a mystery including some
mysterious ghost stories and
death masks.
21:55 Accused (K16)
A housewife has an affair,
which is revealed to the
husband when her cover
story blows. USA/2006.
00:30 Law & Order (K16)
Detectives arrest a man
suspected of killing a
homosexual. Starring:
Christine Ghawi, Jodelle
Ferland, Peter MacNeill,
Enrico Colantoni.
USA/2008.
19:00 Daddy Day Care FILM
Directed by: SteveCarr.
Starring: Lacey Chabert,
Jeff Garlin, Anjelica Huston,
Eddie Murphy, Steve Zahn.
USA/2003.
21:00 The Da Vinci Code (K16)
FILM
Directed by: Ron Howard.
Starring: Tom Hanks,
Audrey Tautou, Jean Reno.
USA/2006.
00:20 Sexcetera (K18)
01:35 Dangerous Invitation
(K18) FILM
Directed by: Edward
Holzman. FILM
Directed by: Brian Levant.
Starring: Ice Cube, Nia Long,
Aleisha Allen, Philip Bolden,
Jay Mohr, Tracy Morgan.
USA/2005.
20:00 NCIS: Los Angeles
21:00 21 FILM
Directed by: Robert Luketic.
Starring: Kate Bosworth,
Laurence Fishburne, Kevin
Spacey, Jim Sturgess.
USA/2008.
02:05 Numb3rs
02:55 Hook FILM
Directed by: Steven
Spielberg. Starring: Milly and
Becky Rosso, Christopher
Cousins, Brittany Curran,
Lisa Banes.
USA/2009.
23:00 Entourage
00:05 Miami Vice
01:05 Eastwick
02:00 Daisy of Love
JIM
09:20 MasterChef Australia
Three episodes.
12:35 Anthony Bourdain The
Layover
13:30 Bondi Rescue
15:00 American Pickers
16:00 JIM D Historia: Brad
Meltzer Investigates
17:00 Delinquent Gourmet
19:00 Pawn Stars
Four episodes.
21:00 JIM D: Fugitive Stories
(K16)
00:30 South Park
Two episodes.
01:30 Fear Factor
Two episodes.
03:20 Ice Road Truckers
NELONEN
Planet Terror
Nelonen 23:30
07:35 Children?s Programming
In Finnish.
11:30 Animal ABC
12:00 StarStruck FILM
Directed by: Michael
Grossman. Margaret tries to
do some charity.
22:15 Bored to Death
Jonathan and Ray find out
that the sperm Ray donated
has been sold forward.
George writes a mocking
editorial about his nemesis.
22:40 Yle Live: Robbie Williams
00:25 Head Case
YLE TEEMA
12:20 How Much Does Your
Building Weigh Norman
Foster. How
do the patients cope with
their crumbling eyesight?
18:00 Scaramouche FILM
A classic sword fighting film
about a man who disguises
himself as a nobleman
to revenge his brother.
Directed by: George Sidney.
Starring: Stewart Granger,
Mel Ferrer, Janet Leigh.
USA/1952.
21:00 The Story of Film: An
Odyssey (K16) DOC
Scaramouche
Yle Teema 18:00
07:45 Children?s Programming
In Finnish.
11:15 How Clean Is Your House?
13:15 Elf FILM
Will Ferrel stars as orphan
named Buddy, who was
raised by lies and deception
of Santa Claus to think he?s
really an elf. To clear these
fears, Big proposes Carrie to
marry him, to whom she says yes
and the wedding preparations
are ready to begin, including
several glasses of cosmopolitans
and pairs of Manolo Blahnik
shoes. Starring: Dustin
Hoffman, Bob Hoskins, Julia
Roberts, Maggie Smith,
Robin Williams. However,
Carrie is still puzzled on whether
she should live together with Mr.
Big, as she would lose her own
apartment and wouldn?t have
any legal rights to their future
home together. Can Lem build a hydrofoil
fuelled by muscle power?
16:05 The Beauty of Diagrams
DOC
17:50 Daniel Deronda
18:40 Bolshoi Ballet: Sleeping
Beauty
The Bolshoi ballet in Moscow
presents Pjotr Tchaikovsky?s
Sleeping Beauty.
21:00 Pina
The director Wim Wenders
and the dance group
Wuppertal combine their
skills in this performance
honouring the choreographic
master Pina Bausch.
22:40 Coffee With Pina II DOC
An associative documentary
moving somewhere between
sleep and memory, evolving
around the work and
thoughts of Pina Bausch.
23:30 The Story of Film: An
Odyssey (K16) DOC
Bolshoi Ballet: Sleeping Beauty
Yle Teema 18:40
HELSINKI TIMES
MTV3
07:45 Children?s Programming
In Finnish.
11:10 Jamie?s Family Christmas
13:35 How The Grinch Stole
Christmas FILM
Based on a beloved
children?s book, the film
tells the story of the evil
green elf Grinch, who hates
people and decides to steal
Christmas.
Directed by: Ron Howard.
Starring: Jim Carrey, Taylor
Momsen, Jeffrey Tambor, Bill
Irwin, Molly Shannon, Clint
Howard, Anthony Hopkins.
USA/2000.
17:55 Top Gear
21:00 Cold Case
The detectives have to close
a murder case from 1932
when human remains are
found in an old car found
from the Delaware river.
23:45 Shaun of the Dead (K16)
FILM
Directed by: Edgar Wright.
Starring: Simon Pegg, Kate
Ashfield, Nick Frost, Lucy
Davis.UK/2004.
SUB
14:00
14:55
15:25
16:20
18:15
19:15
20:15
Howie Do It
Candid Camera
America?s Worst Drivers
X Factor USA
X Factor USA
Top Chef
Legally Blondes FILM
Annie and Izzy move from
England to California,
thinking they will blend in
with the crowd with their
pink clothing and pretty
dogs. 28 NOVEMBER 2012
saturday
sunday
24.11.
TV1
12:30 Doctors
16:00 Hercule Poirot
Hastings?s enthusiasm in
photography proves useful
in solving a mystery.
19:35 New Tricks
22:00 Touch of Frost (K16)
Inspector Frost is busy
chasing a mysterious
speedster, solving the cases
of police murder and casino
robbery and calming down a
shotgun-waving hobo.
TV2
07:45 Children?s Programming
In Finnish.
14:25 Figure Skating
16:45 Livräddarna
In Norwegian.
20:50 Der Alte
In German.
22:30 In the Valley of Elah (K16)
Directed by: Paul Haggis.
Starring: Tommy Lee Jones,
Charlize Theron, Susan
Sarandon. USA/2006.
A direct follow-up to the massively popular TV-series, the film
tells the story of Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda, who
all were single n. Starring:
Danielle Campbell,
SterlingKnight, Maggie
Castle, Brandon Smith,
Chelsea Staub, Matt
Winston. The murderer
is convicted of a hate crime,
but a group of activists start
campaigning for him.
YLE TEEMA
13:45 Conte di Monte Cristo
In French.
15:35 Bang Goes Theory!
Dallas looks into the latest
technology in lie detection and
Liz battles with a problem that
even Darwin had to face in his
time. USA/2003.
TV2 22:30
Nelonen 21:00. Can Alison take
the revenge of her husband?
TV2
08:00 Children?s Programming
In Finnish.
14:15 Figure Skating
20:20 Pan Am
Dean and Colette?s
relationship is intervened by
fate and Maggie has a crush
on a congressman.
21:02 Boardwalk Empire (K16)
Nucky?s lawyer is building
a defence to beat the
electoral fraud charges
and Eli is worried about the
commodore?s leadership
abilities. However, they soon
realise they are totally out
with the hierarchy and dress
codes of their new school.
Directed by: Savage Steve
Holland. Chris wants to
help her gain independence
and lose weight, but her
family isn?t that thrilled
about the idea.
20:00 Once Upon a Time
20:57 Keno
21:00 Sex and the City: The
Movie FILM
Directed by: Michael
Patrick King.Starring: Sarah
Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall,
Cynthia Nixon, Kristin
Davis, Chris Noth, Candice
Bergen, Jennifer Hudson.
USA/2003.
00:15 Mad Men
01:15 The Office
02:15 Detroit1-8-7
Two episodes.
TV5
06:15 Hale & Pace
12:40 Matlock
14:40 Breaking The Magician?s
Code
15:40 Little Britain
16:15 Franklin & Bash
17:10 Betty White?s Off Their
Rockers
17:45 Are We There Yet. With Children
08:10 The King of Queens
12:00 Packed to the Rafters
12:50 Psychic Challenge
International
13:45 DC Cupcakes
14:15 Tough Love
15:40 5D: Transvestite Wives
17:10 Céline FILM
Directed by: Jeff
Woolnough
With Children
08:15 The King of Queens
Two episodes.
12:10 The Fast Show
12:45 Hale & Pace
13:15 Matlock
14:15 Tarzan
15:20 Airport
15:55 Hale & Pace
16:30 America?s Funniest Home
Videos
17:00 My Wife and Kids
17:30 Married... Starring:
Kate Bosworth, Laurence
Fishburne, Kevin Spacey, Jim
Sturgess. attitude toward
her may cause the problems.
17:08 Heartbeat
Greengrass finds an old
bomb and the army is called
to evacuate the city.
19:00 Is Seeing Believing. USA/2008.
02:20 Defying Gravity
03:15 Flashpoint
Full Metal Jacket (K16)
One of the most iconic and
greatest war movies of all time,
that gives its viewer absolutely
no mercy as it depicts the horrors of war without any glorification or explanations. Down-beaten
Vanessa refuses to help
Danny, who tries to save a
baby elephant.
17:00 Children?s Programming
In Finnish.
18:02 Wild at Heart
19:30 Livräddanda
In Norwegian.
23:15 Pale Rider (K16) FILM
Clint Eastwood?s classic
western about a mysterious,
pale rider who arrives to
a Californian gold mine
terrorised by a mining
company. Directed by: Kevin
Macdonald. Directed
by: Robert Luketic. DOC
Illusionists and magicians
have always used our senses
to distract us, but how?
Today?s scientists have gone
a step further and now try
to force our senses to work
together.
21:30 Why Poverty. He
takes the deal, because an
old enemy has appeared in
Miami, having some nasty
plans for taking out Michael
as well.
SUB
08:00 Sturm der Liebe
In German.
08:55 Eastenders
14:55 Animal Park
15:25 Wild Animal ER
15:55 Will & Grace
16:25 Eastenders
17:00 Sturm der Liebe
In German.
18:00 Friends
19:30 Two and a Half Men
Alan and Kandi?s trip to
Vegas gets a happy ending.
Unfortunately, returning to
home proves to be difficult
and Alan needs Charlie?s
help again.
20:00 Glee
21:00 Full Metal Jacket (K16)
Directed by: Stanley Kubric.
Starring: Matthew Modine,
Adam Baldwin, Vincent
D?Onofrio, LeeErmey, Dorian
Harewood, Arliss Howard,
Kevyn Major-Howard, Ed
O?Ross, Kieron Jecchinis,
Papillon Soo Soo, Ngoc Le.
USA/1987.
01:15 C.S.I.
JIM
14:00
14:55
16:00
17:00
Ice Road Truckers
MasterChef Australia
The Opener
Anthony Bourdain: No
Reservations
18:00 MasterChef Australia
19:00 Dragon?s Den USA
20:30 Pawn Stars
21:00 JIM D: Crime Stories
The police stopped a man in
California for going through
the red light, but the man
pulled a gun and shot the
officers. With Children
18:00 The King of Queens
19:00 MacGyver
20:00 NCIS
The internal affairs of the
Navy investigates crimes
occurred in service.
21:00 State of Play (K16) FILM
Based on a mini series
produced by the BBC, this
action thriller tells the story
of Cal McAffrey, a reporter,
who starts investigating
a mysterious series of
murders. A manhunt begun
for finding the guy.
22:00 Pawn Stars
22:30 Man v. Solar Mamas
23:35 Rev.
TV2
06:50 Children?s Programming
In Finnish.
08:49 Flying Doctors
09:35 Planet Food
Merrilees Parker eats
Swedish mid-summer foods
and enjoys aquavit and
moose. Phil
21:00 NCIS
22:00 World?s Most Dangerous
Roads
The truckers try to get back
to civilisation from the
remote village of Keylong,
but a storm has blocked the
road during the night.
23:20 Frasier
When Frasier is asked to
compose a theme song for
his show, he takes the job
maybe a bit too seriously.
00:50 NCIS
TV5
06:15 Airport
06:55 Matlock
07:45 Married... Please send a brief email to dave@helsinkitimes.fi with some information
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scientists have gone a step
further and now try to force
our senses to work together.
10:05 Emmerdale
11:05 Doctors
13:45 Grand Designs
14:55 Candid Camera
17:00 The Bold and the Beautiful
18:00 Emmerdale
20:05 Harry?s Law
21:00 Touch
22:35 C.S.I. USA/1987.
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rider help the local people?
Directed by: Clint
Eastwood. USA/1956.
Trapeze
Yle Teema 21:45
22 . Set in Vietnam war, the film describes both
the actual combat and the boot
camp training, as even the latter
proves to be too hard for some
privates. Starring: Burt
Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Gina
Lollobrigida. In
10:25 Property Virgins
13:30 Luxury Mamas
14:00 Property Virgins
14:35 Pitchin. In
15:05 Hoarders
20:00 America?s Top Model
21:00 Goldfinger (K16)
James Bond meets the
notorious business man
known as the Goldfinger
in Miami and the MI6 soon
learns about the horrible
plans the man has; he is about
to destroy the gold reserves
of Fort Knox and therefore
devastate the world economy.
Directed by: Guy Hamilton.
Starring: Sean Connery,
Honor Blackman, Gert
Fröbe, Shirley Eaton, Tania
Mallet, Harold Sakata.
UK/USA/1964.
23:30 Frasier
00:30 Once Upon a Time
TV5
06:05 Breaking The Magician?s
Code
06:55 5D: Transvestite Wives
07:50 Packed to the Rafters
08:40 Betty White?s Off Their
Rockers
12:10 The Fast Show
12:45 Hale & Pace
13:15 Matlock
14:15 Tarzan
15:20 Airport
15:55 Hale & Pace
16:30 America?s Funniest Home
Videos
17:00 My Wife and Kids
17:30 Married... Starring: Matthew Modine, Adam
Baldwin, Vincent D?Onofrio, Lee
Ermey, Dorian Harewood, Arliss
Howard, Ed O?Ross, Kieron Jecchini. Food
Adam eats a chilli hotdog in
Washington and some Greek
gyros in Cleveland.
23:00 South Park
Boys start building
clubhouses in order to
play ?truth or dare. With Children
18:00 The King of Queens
19:00 MacGyver
20:00 NCIS
21:00 Epic Movie FILM
A satirical comedy based
on the assumption that
mimicking modern
blockbusters is fun. Starring: Clint
Eastwood, Michael Moriarty.
USA/1734.
YLE TEEMA
19:00 Londyñczycy
In Polish.
23:15 Design Classic: Jaguar
E-type
How was the E-Type Jaguar
designed and what makes
it so brilliant in the world
of cars?
08:00 Sturm der Liebe
In German.
08:55 Eastenders
14:55 Animal Park
15:25 Wild Animal ER
15:55 Will & Grace
16:25 Eastenders
17:00 Sturm der Liebe
In German.
18:00 Friends
19:30 Two and a Half Men
20:00 X Factor USA
23:00 Supernatural
Sam is investigating some
brutal family killings and
baby thefts. Four kids
find a secret passage way
to a secret world of Gnarnia
and start their adventure.
Directed by: Aaron Seltzer,
Jason Friedberg. Anna is
worried about Bates and bad
news arrive from Ireland.
21:50 Why Povert. Chinese Dream
22:50 Is Seeing Believing?
Illusionists and magicians have
always used our senses to
distract us, but how. In
10:00 Luxury Mamas
10:30 Property Virgins
14:00 Property Virgins
14:35 Pitchin. 28 NOVEMBER 2012
10:05 Emmerdale
Two episodes.
12:05 Formula1: GP
17:00 The Bold and the Beautiful
Two episodes.
18:00 Emmerdale
Two episodes.
22:35 Rizzoli & Isles (K16)
23:35 Burn Notice
Michael gets an surprise
offer from the agent of the
spies, who arranges jobs
for bounty hunters. Starring:
Adam Cambell, Faune
A.Chambers, Jayma Mays,
Kal Penn.USA/2007.
22:20 5D: Designer Vaginas
(K16) DOC
23:30 The Da Vinci Code (K16)
FILM
Directed by: Ron Howard.
Starring: Tom Hanks,
Audrey Tautou, Jean Reno.
USA/2006.
21
Heartbeat
Yle News in English
Doctors
Heartbeat
Old professor?s death brings
up rumours about a treasure
he has hidden. Miami (K16)
23:35 Lie to Me (K16)
A museum guard shoots
two art thieves and Torres,
who checked the staff?s
backgrounds, is blamed
for the attempted heist.
However, the investigation
gets complicated when the
fear of a new heist appears.
00:35 30 Rock
Jack feels that the show
needs a new female talent,
so Liz is sent to audition
some new stars and
upheavals are bound to
occur.
SUB
TV2
06:50 Children?s Programming
In Finnish.
08:49 Flying Doctors
11:10 Don Matteo
In Italian.
12:13 Wild at Heart
Danny and Alice try to keep
a low profile, but can they
manage that. Directed by: Stanley Kubric. After saving a
child, he has to ask Dean for
help in babysitting.
00:25 Vampire Diaries (K16)
JIM
13:35 JIM D: Brad Meltzer
Investigates
14:30 MasterChef Australia
15:30 Dragon?s Den USA
17:30 MasterChef Australia
19:00 Dragon?s Den USA
20:30 Pawn Stars
21:00 JIM D: Jesse Ventura
Conspiracies
Jesse Ventura investigates
some of the most famous
conspiracy theories and
starts off by looking into the
details of the 9/11 attacks.
22:00 Pawn Stars
22:30 Airline
23:00 South Park
South Park is hosting the
annual cow days and the
boys force Cartman to
participate in rodeo.
23:30 Fear Factor
01:00 JIM D: Crime Stories
07:00 Children?s Programming
In Finnish.
Pale Rider
TV2 23:15
NELONEN
State of Play
TV5 21:00
08:55 Pitchin. Faith doesn?t
find anything on the girl, but
the parents. The film follows the
transformation of boys turning
rapidly into men due to horrors
of war and how they adapt to it,
some by turning into inhuman
monsters, and some by cracking
up mentally. While
searching for this, Blaketon
and Greengrass get trapped
in a collapsing tunnel.
21:00 Downton Abbey
Edith tries to regain her
strength and a new leaf
is turned in the mansion?s
history that may cause
troubles in the future. A FMJ bullet of
a film, shot directly into the
forehead of human stupidity. Starring: Russell
Crowe, Ben Affleck, Rachel
McAdams, Helen Mirren.
USA/UK/2009.
23:25 Sex Lessons (K16)
00:00 21 FILM
A clever thriller about a
group of math students,
who get themselves fake
identities and head to Vegas
to scam casinos. In
15:05 Hoarders
17:10 Dr. with
the girls, but unforeseen
consequences arise.
23:30 Fear Factor
00:30 JIM D: Matt Damon
NELONEN
27.11.
TV1
MTV3
10:00
11:05
12:30
17:08
Goldfinger
Nelonen 21:00
07:00 Children?s Programming
In Finnish.
09:00 Pitchin. TV GUIDE
HELSINKI TIMES
monday
tuesday
26.11.
TV1
MTV3
10:00 Heartbeat
11:05 Yle News in English
12:30 Doctors
Faith does a home visit
to check out a girl, whose
parents are worried about
her health. Directed by: Carol
Reed. In Denmark, she
visits a brewery.
11:00 Don Matteo
In Italian.
12:00 Wild at Heart
17:00 Children?s Programming
In Finnish.
18:02 Wild at Heart
20:30 Miranda
Miranda decides to spend
her Christmas without her
parents, at her friends?s place.
Creating the season spirit
proves harder than expected,
but can a Christmas person
be found inside her?
22:35 Misfits (K16)
23:25 Haven
YLE TEEMA
19:00 Cuéntamo Cómo Páso
In Spanish20:30 Design Classic: Jaguar
E-type
21:00 Metal Evolution DOC
21:45 Trapeze FILM
A melodrama set in a
circus, in which a young,
ambitious beauty steams
up the emotions of both
old and young trapeze
artists
In
15:05 Hoarders
21:00 Greyn anatomia
23:15 Frasier
Frasier runs into his high
school sweetheart in a coffee
shop. Starring:
Dolph Lundgren, Caroline
Lee-Johnson, Jerry Springer.
USA/2005.
01:40 Rookie Blue
03:20 71 Degrees to North
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SOLUTION ON NEXT PAGE.. 22
TV GUIDE
22 . With Children
08:15 The King of Queens
12:10 The Fast Show
12:45 Hale & Pace
13:15 Matlock
14:15 Tarzan
15:20 Airport
15:55 Hale & Pace
16:30 America?s Funniest Home
Videos
17:00 My Wife and Kids
17:30 Married... With Children
18:00 The King of Queens
19:00 MacGyver
20:00 NCIS
21:00 Men In Black FILM
Agent K works in a secret
government agency that
takes care of the aliens
living on planet earth. After
getting a new partner, they
end up in an intergalactic
scheme and have to do
everything they can to save
the planet. Directed by:
Barry Sonnenfeld. Nowadays, Portman?s
buildings can be found on all
four continents and they are
both admired and copyed.
19:00 Bella Block
21:00 Paul Merton Adventures
21:45 It?s a Free World FILM
Directed by: Ken Loach.
Starring: Kierston Wareing,
Juliet Ellis, Leslaw Zurek,
UK/2008.
It?s a Free World
Yle Teema 21:45
HELSINKI TIMES
10:05 Emmerdale
Two episodes.
11:05 Doctors
13:50 Parenthood
14:55 Perfect Couples
17:00 The Bold and the Beautiful
Two episodes.
18:00 Emmerdale
Two episodes.
21:00 C.S.I.
23:05 Mythbusters
Is it possible to walk straight
with your eyes folded?
00:10 Fringe (K16)
Walter?s disillusions get
stronger, but he tries to
suffocate the voices in his
head and doesn?t tell about
them about his shrink.
Meanwhile, the fringe
section is investigating a
case where two 12-year-old
kids have started rotting
peculiarly fast after dying.
01:10 30 Rock
SUB
08:00 Sturm der Liebe
In German.
08:55 Eastenders
14:55 Project Runway
15:55 Models of the Runway
16:25 Eastenders
17:00 Sturm der Liebe
In German.
18:00 Friends
20:00 Simpsons
Two episodes.
21:00 Top Chef
23:00 Smallville (K16)
00:00 Fly Girls
Mandy flies to New York to
meet a rockstar with whom
she hopes to be more than
friends. Nikole and Tasha
try to make it through the
charity event, even with the
bad feelings between them.
00:30 Vampire Diaries (K16)
JIM
11:50 Cowboy Builder?s
13:45 Invite Mr.Wright
14:40 MasterChef Australia
16:05 Dragon?s Den USA
18:00 MasterChef Australia
19:00 Dragon?s Den USA
20:00 Bondi Rescue
20:30 Pawn Stars
21:00 JIM D: Food Cars DOC
Food cars are the latest
trend in American cuisine.
A documentary looking into
the roots and the beginnings
of the phenomena.
22:00 Pawn Stars
Rick is offered some
silverware, claimed to be
stolen from Hitler?s Eagle?s
Nest. USA/1997.
22:55 NCIS: Los Angeles
23:50 Defender (K16) FILM
The greatest character
actor ever appeared on
the silver screen, Dolph
Lundgren, has also directed
this touching drama about
Lance Rockford who has to
save American diplomats
from terrorists. A Life of
Building DOC
John Portman?s career had a
rough beginning and he was
even threatened to be fired
from the American Institute of
Architects. Is the relationship
with the neighbours finally
getting better. 28 NOVEMBER 2012
wednesday
Thu 11/22
28.11.
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10:00 Heartbeat
11:05 Yle News in English
12:30 Doctors
Ben meets a new patient
Chris, a student suffering
from dizziness and pains.
Can Ben find the reasons for
Chris?s symptoms?
14:05 Ut I Naturen
In Norwegian.
17:08 Heartbeat
The peace of the village is
gone when a pirate radio
starts airing rock music
and some illegal drugs are
found among the records.
Nick makes his debut as a DJ
while investigating the case.
22:00 Why Poverty. She turns out to be
repulsive, but Frasier would
still like to be seen with her
by his old school mates.
00:15 Extreme Makeover:
Weightloss Edition
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1) Barry Farber, the American author of How to Learn
any Language, claims to have mastered how many
languages?
A) 15 B) 25 C) 30
2) Who is commonly referred to as the father of modern Finnish language?
A) Mikael Agricola B) Aleksis Kivi C) Väinö Linna
3) Who is Finland?s current Transport Minister?
A) Jyri Häkämies B) Merja Kyllönen C) Ville Niinistö
4) Australian comedienne Caroline Reid?s show Pam
Ann . Around the World is a humorous take on
which industry?
A) Airlines B) cruise ships C) arms sales
5) The main ingredient in the Finnish dish lohikeitto is?
A) Salmon B) carrot C) bacon.
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See answers on the next page.
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06:15 Airport
06:55 Matlock
07:45 Married... In
09:55 Luxury Mamas
10:25 Property Virgins
13:00 Low Cost
13:30 Luxury Mamas
14:00 Property Virgins
14:35 Pitchin. Stealing
Africa
TV2
06:50 Children?s Programming
In Finnish.
08:49 Flying Doctors
11:10 Don Matteo
In Italian.
12:11 Wild at Heart
12:58 Flight of the Conchords
Bret is afraid of rapper?s
retiliation, so he gathers
a gang around him.
Murray meets some mean
Australians.
17:00 Children?s Programming
In Finnish.
18:02 Wild at Heart
Danny impresses the owners
of Mara by saving a white
lion. Directed by:
Dolph Lundgren. Starring:
Tommy Lee Jones, Tony, Will
Smith. Caroline
and Duplessi?s honeymoon
to a luxury hotel doesn?t go
according to plan.
22:40 Boardwalk Empire (K16)
23:40 Miranda
YLE TEEMA
18:00 John Portman . Rick isn?t too sure
about the story behind the
silverware and makes a new
offer because he has to
make business.
23:00 South Park
23:30 Fear Factor
00:30 JIM D: Jesse Ventura
Conspiracies
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07:00 Children?s Programming
In Finnish.
08:55 Pitchin
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Currently he is working as a substitute teacher and a freelance writer.
Smallie size me
size me!. The rest of the western world could take a valuable lesson from the Finnish
lifestyle. Most grocery stores are open Mon-Fri 7-21, Sat
7-18 and Sun 12-21. The Finnish highways
as well are rarely wider than 2
lanes across, yet almost never
?BIGGIE
plugged with traf?c - whereas in the States, the highways
feel like a monster truck challenge where you are just trying to not get run over.
Grocery stores in Finland
are packed into small corner stores where the aisles
are so narrow you can barely
walk past someone without
knocking items off the shelf.
And the food is the same.
There are no gigantic watermelons or apples as commonly seen in the US, everything
is bite-sized.
Apartments in Finland
could be compared to college
dorms in the states. It means you
get a jug of Coke almost 3 litres full and a bucket of fries
big enough to feed two. yet.
Whatever the case may
be, living in Finland has
taught me some important
things about my homeland
and myself. Banks are usually open Mon-Fri
9:15-16:15 except for the bank at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, which
is open 6-22 daily. Maybe they are
more energy conscious and
healthy. Success of the largest chain of spas in
China, Liangtse, continues in Europe. The parking spaces are also economy sized. And inside, small
bathrooms are packed tight
with a shower, toilet, sink, and
washing machine with hardly
enough space to turn around.
People in general are also
built to ?t inside these tight
In this series expatriates write about their lives in Finland.
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large is a medium. Post offices are usually open Mon-Fri 10-18. You may as well just
say, ?Smallie size me!?
So what does this tell us
about the Finns. If
you try to go shopping in Helsinki driving an American
pick-up truck, good luck ?nding a place where you?ll ?t, let
alone make it into a parking
garage. And there is
de?nitely no such thing as biggie size. No one here drives a
truck. (59?) 50 min
Meridian massage 49 . Grocery stores in the Helsinki Central Railway
Station tunnel are open Mon-Sat 7-22 and Sun 10-22.
Post Offices. Perhaps
they are more humble and
satis?ed with less. Relocation
Ivors
Construction Oy
22 . And only 15%
of Finns are obese in comparison to the over 35% of Americans that ?t in that category.
Or perhaps
O
h being
b i that
th t the
th society is relatively new on the
world market, it just doesn?t
have the capital to go ?biggie
size. The currency exchange counter at the harbour
in Katajanokka, Helsinki is open every day (Mon-Sat 10-11:30, 1617:30 and 19:30-21:15, Sun 10-11:30, 16-17:30 and 6:30-8). I used
to think that my Toyota Tacoma pick-up truck was small
and economical. / 10s +pvm
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Extended stays . It?s
like a mini toy set society.
The cars are all what
Americans would call economy size. Hundreds of customers visit
our facility in Helsinki each month to receive holistic treatment and
relaxing massage.
In 2013 you?ll be able to choose the one you want from two facilities: Liangtse will open a second facility at Arkadiankatu in Helsinki.
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XIE XIE . A medium Coke
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Emergency Numbers. As an
American coming from the
?Biggie Size Nation?, everything in Finland is small. And it?s quite simple: to be happier with less.
Our beautiful facility in Helsinki is a genuine Chinese oasis to which
you are heartfelt welcome. / puh. This is a
phrase often heard in any
American McDonald?s restaurant. Now I know
it?s a boat on wheels.
No one really needs a ?biggie size. Temporary apartments
Cosy furnished apartments in the center of Helsinki
www.dominrental.com
All types of work
undertaken, no job
too big or too small!
Tel. It means large is
not big enough. (39?) 30 min
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Grocery stores. Even a simple
life in the States with below
average income and living
standards, on a worldwide
scale is extravagant