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among others, those in danger of being alienated with society should be Tighter helped while there is still time. Pent- Winter escapes on display ti Partanen, the Interior Ministry’s Director-General of the Department PETRA NYMAN ten includes trips abroad or within el encompasses literally of slower security for Rescue Services, also emphasised HELSINKI TIMES Finland,” she says. modes of travelling, such as biking that schools are not apart from the Nonetheless, the means of trav- or hiking, where speed travel refers for schools rest of society. “Actions related on- IT'S THAT time of year again, when elling have changed with the eco- to trips that take the holiday goer to ly to schools and educational institu- one can escape the winter and take nomic situation, with an increased his destination and back as swiftly PERTTI MATTILA – STT tions aren’t suffi cient. The prevention a trip to the Travel Fair, Matka 2010, emphasis on thrift. Domestic trav- as possible. MICHAEL NAGLER – HT of risks and risky behaviour requires at the Helsinki Fair Centre. Around el and trips to nearby countries are If there can be any positive out- broad socio-political action.” 1,200 exhibitors representing over popular choices at the moment. Also comes of the current economic SCHOOLS should have cameras and The report on the improvement of 70 countries will apppear at the fair. renting holiday apartments in Eu- situation, then it is the price of trav- access control devices installed if school safety also shows that security There is also plentiful information ropean destinations and choosing elling. “The prices are at an all time necessary in order to enhance secu- is a multifaceted term. “In our coun- on the Helsinki region, with ten ex- destinations by cheap fl ights have low. Some of the deals that are on rity. Such is the proposal of the secu- try we are mostly prepared for fi res. hibitors offering fresh takes and in- become the trend over the more offer at the fair are unbelievably rity work group, whose report was There are many kinds of threats in so- formation on what the capital has to conventional package deals, Ank- cheap,” Ankkuri reveals. With in- published on Tuesday in Helsinki. ciety, however,” Holmlund says. offer. kuri explains. The way people plan creased competition over the best “The school shooting cases showed The Interior Minister thinks that Although the recession has tak- their holidays nowadays has also deals in the travel industry, now is that our society is faced with very se- many of the ideas in the recent re- en its toll on the travel industry, peo- changed drastically, with decisions an excellent time to plan a trip – if rious and partially new types of prob- port are also applicable in other con- ple continue to travel. According being made only a few months you can afford one, that is. lems. Security is created in everyday nections, such as the development to Lumia Ankkuri of Finnexpo, the ahead of the holiday instead of a life with the co-operation of all par- of shopping centre security. Accord- Travel Fair is taking off with a pos- year or so which was the norm for ties,” Interior Minister Anne Holm- ing to Holmlund, more ideas are due itive note this year. “Last year the a long time. lund (National Coalition) said as she soon, as the report on the Kauhajoki general mood at the Travel Fair was Curiously enough, according Matka 2010 Travel Fair received the report. school shooting is fi nished. The pro- somewhat pessimistic, but this year to Ankkuri the two most popu- Helsinki Fair Centre According to Holmlund, alienation posals will also be compared with we know that those who have been lar present day trends in travel are 21-24 Jan is the most serious threat to Finland’s the conclusions of the previous re- lucky enough to keep their jobs con- quite the opposites of each other: Tickets €13 domestic security. For this reason, port on the Jokela murders. tinue to lead normal lives, which of- slow and speed travel. Slow trav- 2 21–27 JANUARY 2010 VIEWPOINT HELSINKI TIMES

James O’Connor The writer is a doctoral student at the Department of political science at the University of Helsinki. His doctoral research is focused on various cosmopolitan conceptions of the idea of moral progress.

man burden on the planet. cist sympathies, such as the WHAT these, and any number It is hardly surprising that, British National Party’s lead- of other shocking statistics Apocalypse? No... as reported in the Hufvud- er and European Parliamen- one might care to list, clear- stadsbladet after the Kau- tarian Nick Griffi n, it is a ly suggest to any reason- hajoki school shootings in purely self-serving strate- able person is that drastic autumn 2008, Matti Saari gy. The BNP sells itself as the changes must be made to the At both individual and collective levels, responding to the world’s and the mass murderer he country’s “only true Green way we live. But it requires a severest problems without contributing to their escalation demands imitated, Pekka-Eric Auvi- party”: “the BNP is the only monumental leap in the ar- nen, were both infl uenced by party to recognise that over- gument, and a tragic failure nothing less than cautious optimism, writes James O’Connor. Linkola’s writings. (Nation- population – whose primary of both morals and imagi- al broadcaster YLE’s Elävä driver is immigration, as re- nation, to conclude that hu- arkisto website contains a vealed by the government’s mankind should be sacrifi ced “THE HORROR!” The horror!”, ing call to action entitled The inventor, and radical envi- good range of documentary own fi gures – is the cause to save the planet. Individual exclaimed Colonel Kurtz in Bridge at the End of the World: ronmentalist James Lovelock footage and interviews with of the destruction of our en- and collective human behav- Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Capitalism, the Environment, in Gaia, the “collapse” book Linkola). vironment.” Where the BNP iour must be changed, cer- Darkness, and in the rework- and Passing from Crisis to in which he fi rst developed have gone, others of the same tainly, but that is an entirely ing of the novel as the fi lm Sustainability. Speth fi tting- the theory that the Earth is FOR LINKOLA and others, mindset have often followed. different matter altogeth- Apocalypse Now. There are ly uses the term “collapse a self-regulating organism. such as the like-minded Brit- It may be too much to hope er, one for which totalitari- plenty of horrors around, in books” to refer to the ever- Lovelock is surely right to ish environmentalist and that their eco-opportunism an measures of any kind or real life as in fi ction. The en- growing fl ood of scholarly criticise the excessively an- zookeeper John Aspinall, will not also drive several on any scale are far too high vironmental horrors we have and popularised studies gen- thropocentric frame of mind mass killing is justifi ed on ec- Finnish political campaigns a price to pay. brought about, for exam- erally predicting that, unless that is wreaking havoc with ological grounds. When told in next year’s parliamentary ple, demand radical action, we change course, the world the planet. But is there any by former US President Rich- elections. THERE are of course good something that might seem is headed for environmental logical or moral justifi ca- ard Nixon in the early 1970s reasons to be wary of runa- less likely now considering collapse and all the atrocious tion for going to the opposite that a nuclear war could kill GIVEN the scale and pace of way optimism. When it is al- the outcome of the recent Co- effects that entails. extreme? 200,000,000 people, Aspi- environmental destruction, lowed to get too far ahead of penhagen climate summit. nall responded that this was misanthropy is easy enough facts on the ground, it invar- GROWING public awareness SOME, less distinguished and not enough. to understand. According to iably creates dangerous illu- BUT EVEN if optimism seems of the likelihood of further more fanatical than Love- fi gures cited by Speth, half of sions of progress in all sorts unwarranted, what other op- environmental breakdown is lock, clearly think there is. MISANTHROPY is nothing new, the world’s tropical and tem- of situations where there has tion is there? None, I would of course a good thing. But it A local example is long-time not even to environmental- perate rainforests are now really been none, or very lit- guess. Towards the end of also creates a need to address Finnish environmentalist ism. But what does seem new gone, and deforestation pro- tle. But it is worth remem- his life, the American phi- a disturbing trend that seems and columnist Pentti Linko- is the tendency for advocates ceeds at a rate of about 0.4 bering that optimism is a far losopher Richard Rorty ar- to be indirectly intensifi ed la. He is well known in Fin- of more specifi cally targeted hectares a second. Half of all more motivating force than gued that the idea of moral by the growing realisation land and, ironically given his form of human hatred to hi- wetlands are no more, and pessimism. As someone once progress – roughly, the idea that humanity has creat- stated hatred of technology, jack ecological arguments for species are disappearing at noted, Martin Luther King that humans are becoming ed problems we may be una- thanks to the internet is be- furthering their own agendas. an alarming rate. According did not inspire the oppressed better, not just more techni- ble to control, let alone solve. coming more widely known This has not yet spread far be- to Peter Brewer, a senior sci- by proclaiming, “I have a cally sophisticated – “is not This trend is the growth of internationally. Linkola com- yond the more obviously luna- entist at the Monterey Bay nightmare”. one that we can get out of our misanthropy. bines an obviously sincere tic fringe of Finnish politics. Aquarium Research Insti- heads.” Optimism is no dif- love of nature with a disdain But the claim that immigra- tute in California, humans THE IRISH playwright George ferent: try to get either idea “OUR HUMANIST concerns for humanity that is equal- tion, especially from poorer worldwide are putting ap- Bernard Shaw once claimed out of your head, and chanc- about the poor of the inner ly evident, and apparently countries, should be opposed proximately 1 million tons of that all progress depends on es are you’d end up a lifeless cities or the Third World, and just as sincere. It is an iron- so as to prevent further adop- carbon dioxide an hour into not being reasonable. Nor- depressive. our near-obscene obsession ic tribute to the democratic tion of the environmental- the seas. A 2006 study by the mally I would say that the ex- with death, suffering, and culture he claims to despise ly damaging ways of life that United Nations Food and Ag- act opposite is true. But if it JAMES GUSTAVE SPETH is pain as if these were evils in that Linkola can repeated- predominate in wealthy coun- riculture Organization states is unreasonable to insist that an American environmen- themselves – these thoughts ly declare his admiration for tries is gaining ground more that an estimated 90 per cent drastic changes in how we tal lawyer and former head divert the mind from our terrorism and for totalitar- quickly elsewhere. of large predator fi sh are relate to the environment be of the United Nations De- gross and excessive domina- ianism on the grounds that gone, and 75 per cent of ma- carried out humanely, then velopment Programme who tion of the natural world.” So these ideologies and the acts COMING from politicians rine fi sheries are overfi shed it’s worth making an excep- in 2008 published an inspir- says the pioneering scientist, they carry out reduce the hu- with well-documented Fas- or fi shed to capacity. tion just this once. 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Centre’s leadership More funds urgently needed for Haiti race wide So far the Finnish government has pledged open as top just 1.3 million euros in response to the cata- tip bows out strophic 12 January earthquake in Haiti.

STT HELSINKI TIMES ations, but setting up schools is our second priority. Even under normal conditions, only ENVIRONMENT Minister ON FRIDAY 15 January, The about half of Haitian children PARKKINEN VELI-MATTI / LEHTIKUVA PAULA LEHTOMÄKI, the clear Finnish Red Cross began ship- go to school. Most schools favourite in polls to lead the ping a mobile clinic and its are maintained by church- jointly governing Centre Par- staff to earthquake-ravaged es and other organisations, “ ty, caught many by surprise Haiti. The same day, three says Finn Church Aid’s head on 16 January by announc- nurses and a doctor, techni- of humanitarian aid Maritta ing that she would not be cal staff and clinic equipment Niskanen-Tamiru. in the running for the party were sent via Santo Domingo, Together with Norwe- leadership. the capital of the Dominican gian Church Aid, Finn Church Lehtomäki said she would Republic. Twelve aid workers Aid has sent one cargo plane not be able to carry out the du- were also sent to Haiti to get with two water purifi cation ties of party leader and prime the clinic up and running. systems to Haiti and they are minister while raising two Local healthcare profes- in process of preparing for children, aged two and four. sionals and volunteers from another shipment including “I have considered this the Haitian Red Cross also food, tents, water purifi ca- matter from a great many work at the clinic. The mo- tion tablets and other emer- angles lately,” she said. bile clinic operates in are- gency relief materials. “I have received a great deal as where no other healthcare The organisation is also of support and really heart- services are available. In addi- sending two Finnish aid work- The Red Cross being loaded to the cargo plane in Tampere airport on 15 January. warming feedback, but my own tion to disaster relief supplies, ers to Haiti on 20 January, who conclusion remains clear. My the International Red Cross is will participate in the response rector of international co-op- own life situation does not allow providing healthcare servic- operation and continue the eration Jouni Hemberg. You can help by making a donation me to seek even more demand- es, shelters and clean water. It needs assessment on the situ- An earthquake measuring ing tasks than the current one.” is also assisting in identifying ation of children and mothers. 7.3 on the Richter scale struck Finnish Red Cross: She added that while she the dead, and in uniting fami- More aid workers will be sent Haiti on 12 January. It hit the 0600 12220 (€19.95 per call + local area network charge) would give up deputy party lies separated by the disaster. in the near future. capital Port-au-Prince and oth- 0600 12210 (€9.95 per call + local area network charge) leadership, her overall interest Finn Church Aid (Kirkon Ul- “Although immediate dis- er areas of the country. The in pursuing a political career komaanapu) is planning to in- aster relief is long needed, earthquake was also felt in oth- Disaster Relief Fund account number had not fallen. Paavo Väyrynen crease its relief work as soon we are already planning the er countries in the region. The 221918-68000 announced on 18 January that as it receives more funds. It post disaster re-construc- most affected area is Haiti’s he would stand as a candidate has already granted 850,000 tion in the country. Ongoing West Province with a popula- Finn Church Aid: at a Centre Party conference to euros for relief work in Haiti. long-span development pro- tion of 2.2 million. Last week’s Disaster Relief Fund account number replace Matti Vanhanen as par- “At present we are carry- grammes will be re-launched earthquake has claimed tens of Nordea 208918-6775 ty leader and prime minister. ing out fi rst-phase relief oper- as soon as possible,” says di- thousands of lives in Haiti.

terial reveals, however, that free time is still serious work. Finns take free The fi ndings of her doctoral dissertation also reveal that, for many, the summer time seriously cottage is an extension of the workplace. The cottage itself represents many kinds Master’s Degree Programme in According to new research, Finns feel that of projects and renovation. Adult Education and Developmental Work Research they find fulfillment through their need to “Some people sacrifi ce other aspects of their lives in or- work, even during their leisure time. der to fulfi l their obligations Call for applications towards their summer cottage. On the other hand, for The Master’s Degree Programme in Adult Education and Developmen- SINI IHANAINEN-ALANKO – STT Vehmas says there is rea- some people the summer cot- tal Work Research of the University of Helsinki is currently recruiting MICHAEL NAGLER – HT son to be worried by the tage is a place to relax with students to start in September 2010. The programme has been prospect that life satisfac- their friends and relatives. running since 2006. It has a student intake of 12 every second year. “PEOPLE feel that they have a tion comes only through ef- Today’s fragmented life man- duty to be active, even during fi ciency and achievement. ifests itself in cottage life al- their free time. People want to Free time may also render so. Whereas for some, it is a The programme produces researchers and developers of work and make use of their hobbies,” says people unequal, because not workplace with primitive learning. The graduates will have expertise in developmental interven- Hanna Vehmas, a researcher at everyone has the chance to conditions, for others it is a tions based on cultural-historical activity theory (developmental work the University of Jyväskylä. engage in their hobbies fully second home. And for some research and development tools, including the Change Laboratory Travelling and learning new and effectively. the summer cottage is even method and developmental dialogue), fieldwork skills, the ability to use languages are motivated by the fancier than their main resi- ethnographic methods, as well as knowledge of the theoretical history idea of learning about a for- Efficiency's not dence,” the researcher says. of work and its development. eign culture at the same time. everything Another conclusion borne “People want to augment their “Nowadays exercise is pretty out of Vehmas’ research is the The graduates will also be able to engage in dialogue within work skills, their social relations and commercial. The equipment recognition that spare time is their social capital during their is expensive. With some peo- also a new source of commu- organisations, both about strategic matters with management and free time. During their spare ple their life situation also nity. “People no longer have about developmental interventions with developers. The students of time people invest in them- places restrictions on the use lifetime employment. Connec- the programme typically collect data for their theses in work organisa- selves,” Vehmas explains. of their spare time. Chances tions with family and relatives tions, combining high theoretical standards with very practical prob- “Even though society has for practicing a hobby during have loosened. Hobbies pro- lems and needs. The quality of the Master’s theses is consistently high become more secular, there is different phases of one’s life vide a sense of community.” and the program enjoys an excellent reputation. a kind of Protestant ethos be- cycle can vary.” hind people’s behaviour dur- With her research, Vehmas The deadlines for applications are: ing their spare time. In order wants to get Finns to ponder - the 1st of February 2010 (for applicants with the required degree to feel adequate, one must their relationship to their own do something useful during free time as well as to the free completed outside the Nordic Countries); one’s free time as well. Work- time of others. “It’s worrying - the 26th of February 2010 (for applicants with the required degree like traits have moved over if those without the possibili- completed in Finland or Nordic Countries). into hobbies. Moreover, po- ty to be effi cient during their tential employers increasing- spare time are labelled as in- LEHTIKUVA / MIKKO STIG Please visit the website of the programme for detailed information on ly regard interpersonal skills ferior by others.” the application deadlines and procedure (www.helsinki.fi/atmo) as important for the sake of If profi ciency and achieve- or contact by email [email protected]. business. Social capital may ment bring genuine pleasure, act as a vehicle for economic then things are seemingly all aspirations as well,” she adds. right. Vehmas’ research ma- 4 21–27 JANUARY 2010 DOMESTIC NEWS HELSINKI TIMES Non-Finnish comprehensive schooling

Finnish-English instruction Töölö and Kulosaari lower level comprehensive school. No English skills required.

Finnish-Chinese instruction Meilahti lower level comprehensive school. LEHTIKUVA / MARKKU ULANDER No Finnish skills required.

Finnish-Spanish instruction Käpylä comprehensive school. No Finnish skills required.

Finnish-French instruction Eläintarha lower level foreign language. First grad- comprehensive school. ers in the Russian, Estoni- No French skills required. English schooling has been the favourite an and Chinese programmes language for years, but that may change in don’t need to know Finnish Finnish-Russian instruction the future as Chinese and Russian become when they begin school since Myllypuro lower level Finnish will be taught to all. comprehensive school. increasingly popular. Our aim is to have bilingual No Finnish skills required. students,” says Kajasto. Having the Finnish cur- Finnish-Estonian instruction Latokartano lower level MARI KAISLANIEMI Students in dual language riculum throughout com- HELSINKI TIMES classes are a mix of foreign- prehensive school will allow comprehensive school. ers and Finns. “We have students to continue their No Finnish skills required. STARTING in August 2010, fi rst children who are living in studies in Finnish upper graders in Helsinki can attend Helsinki for a few years due secondary schools and vo- English instruction school in Russian and Estonian. to their parents’ work, but cational schools. Kajasto al- Maunula lower level com- This is the fi rst time schooling also Finns who have lived so explains about students prehensive school and Ressu will be offered in Finnish-Rus- abroad and learned a lan- learning other languages ac- comprehensive school. sian and Finnish-Estonian guage and wish to continue cording to the curriculum. Ressu comprehensive school classes. Russian will be availa- school in that language,” ex- “When students are in third follows the International ble at Myllypuro school and Es- plains Kajasto. grade they start a second for- Baccalaureate curriculum. tonian at Latokartano school. eign language and in seventh Helsinki has offered foreign Identical core subjects grade they start a third for- languages as the second lan- To attend school in a foreign language. For example, Chinese since fi rst grade,” says guage of instruction for years. eign language, children if a student is in the Finn- Kajasto. Children can also begin school must take entrance exam- ish-Spanish programme they The City of Helsinki is in English, Chinese, Spanish inations. These assess the would start studying English partaking in the foreign lan- and French. child’s language skills in or French in third grade and guage instruction develop- “Currently we have hun- the foreign language as well Swedish in seventh grade.” ment project headed by the dreds of students in the Finn- as in Finnish. However, for Ministry of Education. The ish-English classes, almost most foreign language class- Increasing the development project is one 30 students in the Finnish- es children aren’t required to language skills of Finns of the projects aiming to im- Chinese classes and fewer have knowledge of Finnish Finnish children attending the prove the quality of basic in the Finnish-Spanish and since the classes are aimed at regular instruction in Finnish education in Finland. The Finnish-French classes,” says children who are bilingual or have had the choice of starting number of people in Finland Annamari Kajasto, contact whose mother tongue is the to study a foreign language al- who are fl uent in other for- for pedagogical language language of instruction. ready in the fi rst grade instead eign languages than English planning in the Education Instruction is carried out of waiting until the third grade. has decreased in the past few Department of Helsinki. Doz- according to the Finnish cur- This possibility has been very years and this project aims to ens of students are expected riculum and students will be popular. “Chinese has been awaken the interest of par- to start school in the Finnish- taught Finnish. “About half of very popular, we have 50 stu- ents and children in French, Russian and Finnish-Estoni- the classes are taught in Finn- dents in the fi rst and second German, Spanish, Chinese, an programmes this fall. ish and the other half in the grade who have been studying Estonian and Russian.

OHS to be put on a ventilator in an intensive care unit than Oxygen deficiency provides a patients of a similar weight who do not suffer from hypoventilation. Many of those link between obesity and fatigue who have been put on a ventilator due to swine fl u have PÄIVI SEPPÄLÄ – STT which can be confi rmed from regards to treatment. Trache- been obese. MICHAEL NAGLER – HT a blood test. Tens of thousands otomies were still performed of people are affl icted with OHS on patients as late as the 1950s Waist fat FALLING asleep in the middle in Finland, but it often goes un- and 1960s,” Kava said. of the day while seated, snor- detected and untreated. During Usually the disease inhibits breathing ing, and daytime fatigue are the day also sufferers experi- progresses with the person – Two thirds of Finnish men problems that may be con- ence oxygen shortages, which snoring at night, resulting in and half of women are over- nected to obesity hypoven- takes a heavy toll on the body. interruptions in breathing. Be- weight. The number of over- tilation syndrome (OHS). If When the condition has ad- cause of this, sufferers get in- weight people is expected your body mass index ex- vanced further, the person may suffi cient oxygen throughout to rise in the near future. ceeds 35 and you have been have a seizure at work, for ex- the night. This is called sleep – Abdominal obesity is par- obese for many years, you ample, and pass out. apnoea. When lack of oxygen ticularly problematic for may have this disease. Ab- In hospital tests the per- in the daytime is added to this breathing. A man is abdominal obesity particularly son’s breathing problem is the result is hypoventilation, dominally obese if his waist inhibits breathing. discovered to be the cul- also known as Pickwickian syn- measurement is over a me- “Patients with a doctor’s prit. Patients have even been drome, named after the 1836 tre. With women it’s over 90 appointment are often recog- put on ventilators. “The best novel by Charles Dickens. Dick- cm. 90 and 80 cm respec- nised as suffering from this dis- treatment is to lose weight, ens depicted is a fat servant boy tively are causes for alarm. ease by the fact that you have to but that seldom succeeds,” who tended to fall asleep in the – 25 is the upper limit for a shake them awake in the wait- said Kava, who works in North middle of his chores. As many normal body mass index ing room,” respiratory disease Karelia Central Hospital. as a third of severely obese (BMI). When the BMI is clinic chief physician Tuomo A type of ventilator that hospital patients suffer from over 35 a person has se- Kava described at the Finnish is usually used at night is al- hypoventilation. vere obesity. If the BMI is Medical Convention and Exhibi- so a form of treatment. If the The disease increases the over 40, then the person is tion. He notes that although all disease has advanced too far, risk of contracting heart fail- morbidly obese. obese people have shortness of the breath mask must also be ure and pulmonary hyperten- – The BMI is calculated by breath, hypoventilation suffer- worn during the day. “Great sion, among other illnesses. It dividing your weight by the ers experience breathlessness, advances have been made with is more likely for those with square of your height. HELSINKI TIMES DOMESTIC NEWS 21–27 JANUARY 2010 55

LEHTIKUVA / ANTTI AIMO-KOIVISTO panies sending messages to consumers. COLUMNCOLUMNIN BRIEF “Now, there has even been something of a regression to the very earliest days of the Working The board said in its internet. Anyone can get in- group proposes preliminary report that volved, put their own voice anti-hate crime a buildup of snow and ice out there and hold a discus- had contributed to the un- sion with other people and legislation coupling of four carriages companies.” A justice ministry work- from the engine, engaging ing group proposed legal the carriages’ brakes. Ease of communication amendments to fi ght rac- The report added that Social media applications ism on the internet on 18 a railway guard, unaware have enabled new ways of January. that the carriages were no keeping in contact with other The working group longer coupled to an en- people, alongside the phone, said that aggravated in- gine, had disengaged the the letter and the e-mail. The citement against an eth- brakes, causing the car- sheer ease of communication nic group, a new category riages to plough into an is striking. of offence, would carry up offi ce building at 25-30 kil- “These are new forms of to four years in prison. The ometres an hour. communication alongside working group also pro- Finnish Railways had the more traditional ones. posed tougher sentencing initially attributed the ac- The purpose of communi- for hate crimes motivated cident to brake failure. cation hasn’t necessarily by religion, sexual orienta- The board is to publish changed: people still want to tion and disability. STT its fi nal report in a year’s share views and experiences, time. spend time with each other, No one was hurt in the say something about them- Railway guard accident on 4 January. STT selves and their own lives, overrode accident query things and see what carriages’ brakes others think,” Matikainen Air Finland founds says. The Accident Investigation package tour arm There are more than 350 million Facebook users wordwide. Karjalainen points to the Board said on 18 January micro-blogging service Twit- that the accident at Helsin- Air Finland said on 18 Janu- ter and the social-network- ki’s central railway station ary it had founded a pack- ing site Facebook as two a fortnight ago had been age holiday arm named Air The internet comes of age examples. caused by a combination Finland Holidays. “If you want to publicly of adverse weather and hu- The carrier added it communicate with the whole man error. would begin selling pack- Once known as the “information superhighway”, with drivers cruising in world in short, SMS-style Esko Värttiö, the head age tours to destinations in messages, Twitter allows of the investigation, said Greece, Spain and Turkey splendid isolation, the internet is now a genuine forum for discussion. you to do that. With Face- Finnish Railways (VR) on Thursday. book, you can keep in loose workers had followed Air Finland said it was contact with a rather large guidelines over the course targeting about 30,000 MAIJA PAIKKALA – STT interest and investment in gallery and social-network- number of people. There is of the events that had led package holiday customers MATTHEW PARRY – HT technology. These days it is ing services,” he explains. no need to shoot off mes- to the accident. this year. STT a general tool and channel of sages on your mobile phone THE INTERNET is once again communication for many,” Regression to each of them individual- in the hands of its users. Over notes Sampo Karjalainen, With the spread of internet ly; instead you can tap out the last ten years, the web one of the founders of Sulake. use, the medium has become things that can be read by has transformed itself from Sulake owns the online game fi rmly rooted in the every- anyone interested.” an information highway and Habbo Hotel and the social day. According to Matikai- Karjalainen adds that so- medium for corporate adver- networking service IRC-Gal- nen, the spoken language cial media also offers new tising into a place where peo- leria, both of which were set refl ects this. opportunities to join groups BRi DGE ple meet. Today, people spend up ten years ago. “In the 1990s, one spoke and organise various events time online, they work, dis- But generalisation has of the ‘information highway’ and initiatives. He mentions cuss, browse various media not meant uniformity. Janne and ‘cyberspace’. Today, it is Porkkanamafi a, the Finn- Upcoming events and do their shopping. Matikainen, an internet-fo- commonly ‘the net’ or ‘the ish branch of Carrotmob, Four out of fi ve Finns are cused researcher at the Uni- web’,” he says. which has brought together WHAT’S IN IT FOR ME? internet users and usage versity of Helsinki, points The greatest transfor- large groups across Finland 23.2 at 14-16 How to write an effective CV and cover letter? is almost universal among out that there are still dif- mation in the online world to take part in energy-saving These and other questions will be answered by those aged under 40. The in- ferences in how the internet over the last decade has been initiatives. Tony Eichholz. Welcome! Register by e-mail or ternet was once the preserve is used. the rise of social media. Be- “The internet allows peo- phone by 22.2. of tech-savvy young men, but “Young men primarily play fore the turn of the centu- ple to organise around a no longer. games online and use video ry, in Karjalainen’s view, common project much more SEMINARS & CULTURE “When the web was a new services. Young women are online communication was effi ciently than in the past,” 18.3 at 17 How to start up a company? Elie El-Khouri of En- thing, it required a certain major consumers of photo- largely restricted to com- he adds. terprise Helsinki gives information about different possibilities for starting up a company. Hili- na Gizaw from Bf-global shares her experiences of putting up a business in Finland. Register by 17.3.! Facebook, MySpace, IRC-Galleria, YouTube... 23.3 at 14-16 Manpower career coach seminar. Director Mika Wilén of Manpower Inclusive answers questions The users of social media applications are able to modify the service’s form and content. and goes through the job-seeking essentials. Reg- – Facebook is a social-networking site where anybody can create a profile and link up with ister by 19.3. friends. There are more than 350 million Facebook users worldwide. – IRC-Galleria is a Finnish social-networking site. Anyone who creates a profile can add images FINLAND-SWEDISH SOCIETY and information about themselves to the service, as well as comment on the images uploaded 3.2 at 17 Runeberg tart workshop. Come and learn how by other users. As many as 74 per cent of Finns aged 15-24 use the service on a weekly basis. to bake Runeberg tarts and meet new people! The – MySpace is a social-networking site especially favoured by the music-savvy. In addition to mu- event is organised in co-operation with the Martha sic, users can upload text, images and videos. association and Folkhälsan i Stan. Register by 3.2. – YouTube is a video service allowing users to upload videos for others to view and comment on. 26.2 at 18.30 Shrovetide sledging in Brunnsparken. Bridge Google bought YouTube in 2006. and Folkhälsan i Stan arrange a sledging gath- – Wikipedia is a web-based encyclopedia. All users are free to add terms and write their own def- ering in Brunnsparken (Kaivopuisto). Afterwards we’ll go to a café close by. The event is open for all initions. The Finnish-language pages of Wikipedia comprise more than 224,000 articles. Con- ages! Register by 23.2. tent is actively being added in 255 different languages and the encyclopedia contains around Congratulations 14 million articles. to the Helsinki The events are free of charge but require – The Flickr image-hosting website allows users to share images and videos. There are more registration: [email protected], 040-485 9636. than four billion images on Flickr. The service’s Finnish equivalent is Kuvaboxi, which caters to Times draw winners! 170,000 users. A special edition of Helsinki A personal touch to integration – Twitter is a micro-blogging service where users can post personal updates. Posts have a maxi- Times was sent to selected BRIDGE FRONT OFFICE - open Mon & Wed at 11-16 mum length of 140 characters. Twitter has approximately 4-5 million users. international foreign house- – Blogs are websites where one or more authors publish texts, images or videos on a regular ba- or by appointment. holds on 3 December 2009. Are you looking for a job, study place, language course or a hobby? sis. The emphasis is on providing a personal perspective, and visitors are often able to comment In this issue new subscribers We offer assistance. on the contents. entered a draw to win one All events are free of charge! – Habbo Hotel is a Finnish, online graphic game which is laid out in the form of a hotel. Aimed at Innosol Aurora Bright Light players over the age of ten, basic registration with the game is free but additional features can therapy lamp. be purchased. The lucky winners were – Second Life is an online, virtual world with over 14 million users. Several major companies main- Pranav Havalagi Nama (left) tain a presence on Second Life. and Prashanth Babu Havala- gi Nama. Simonkatu 8, 00100 Helsinki. E-mail; [email protected] / 040 485 9636 / www.luckan fi /bridge 6 21–27 JANUARY 2010 FROM THE FINNISH PRESS HELSINKI TIMES TRANSLATIONS BY MICHAEL NAGLER LEHTIKUVA / ANTTI AIMO-KOIVISTO ILKKA 17 January More youths in hospital due to alcohol

The number of young people requiring hospital care for alcohol abuse grew over the last decade, reports the Seinäjoki-based daily Ilkka.

“ALCOHOL problems requir- 19-year-olds by 24.5 per cent ic spike for the worse,’ says ing hospital care for the un- from 2001 to 2008.” the emergency room’s Chief der-25-year-olds increased “One or two young peo- Physician Jari Nyrhilä who in the 2000s. However, mi- ple are brought to the emer- has ten year’s experience in nors seldom need intensive gency room at the South this area. care for alcohol poisoning. Ostrobothnia Central Hos- According to Nyrhilä, less According to the most re- pital every weekend for in- than ﬁ ve children or youths cent drug and alcohol statis- tensive care due to alcohol are put under heightened tics, treatment periods for poisoning. ‘It seems that al- supervision annually. With 20- to 24-year-old alcohol cohol-related hospital care regards to each underage abusers grew by nearly 35 for youths has gone up a patient the hospital notiﬁ es per cent and those for 15- to bit but there’s no dramat- child services.”

An artist's conception of Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo during a sub-orbital flight into space is KAUPPALEHTI 15 January euros. On Friday, at the be- pictured in this undated publicity photograph from Virgin Galactic. The six-passenger vehicle will ginning of the afternoon, Bio- undergo test flights in 2010 and start commercial flights between 2011 and 2012. hit was worth 2.80 euros per Suovaniemi’s cancer share in the stock market. ILTASANOMAT 15 January. KIRSIKKA KIVINIEMI It’s possible that the inves- cure millions evaporate tors regard the stock market reaction as overkill: The capsule may not have as earth shattering First Finn buys ticket to space Biohit stock prices fluctuated wildly in the mar- a role in the prevention of cancer as was originally thought. er in Finland. At the moment ket, the financial paper Kauppalehti reports. Biohit’s product combats The space traveller’s identity is a secret, re- Virgin Galactic has no re- the effects of acetaldehyde, al competition with regards which causes among other ports the tabloid Iltasanomat. to space fl ights, for many “OSMO SUOVANIEMI, the This week the share price things stomach and esopha- smaller companies have gone principal owner of Biohit, a has fl uctuated from around geal cancer, in the human bankrupt in the lucrative small pharmaceutical com- 1.50 euros to well over four gastrointestinal tract.” “WITHIN a couple of years son. ‘The person doesn’t wish business. pany, became millions of eu- history will be made in Fin- to reveal his or her person- A fl ight costs 138,000 euros richer last week when land. This is when the fi rst al information in public. Not ros, but since it is always paid his company announced that Finn will go into space on- even whether the person is a in dollars the sum is about it had developed a product board Richard Branson’s Vir- man or a woman,’ Area Trav- 200,000 dollars. against cancer. gin Galactic spaceship. el Agency Ltd’s communica- ‘We don’t know yet what Now, a few days after the The purchaser of this tions manager Mari Rouvi the Finn’s departure number event, the value of Suovanie- space journey has a Finn- commented to Iltasanomat. is, but so far there have been mi’s shares has declined by ish passport. Nothing else The Area Travel Agency is 315 trips sold worldwide,’ about fi ve million euros in

is revealed about the per- Virgin Galactic’s only retail- Rouvi says.” a couple of days. At the mo- LEHTIKUVA / VESA MOILANEN ment, Suovaniemi owns about nine million euros worth of shares.

Come and enjoy HELSINGIN SANOMAT 10 January. KATJA KUOKKANEN learning the easiest Senior psychiatrist: language in the world! Pietarsaari incest not an isolated case end of the 1980s. According to his grandchildren he sexually Finnish for Foreigners Incest and paedophilia are realities for a small abused them for about a dec- proportion of the population, the national ade during the 1970s and 80s. daily Helsingin Sanomat reports. The Pietarsaari lay preacher and his family developed into a closed inner circle within the congregation based at “THE CASE of widespread sex- Nordic welfare state. The sto- Skutnäs. According to Liik- ual abuse of children in Pietar- ries are chilling, even if they kanen, the sexual abuse of saari is not an isolated incident aren’t shouted about much,’ children and a strong, men- in Finland, says Senior Psychi- he says. tally dominating leader are atrist Antti Liikkanen of the On Sunday Helsingin Sa- not only restricted to some Lapland Central Hospital. ‘In- nomat reported about a religious communities, how- cest and paedophilia are a re- Swedish-speaking Laestadi- ever. These phenomena also ality for a minuscule portion an preacher who had minis- occur in other tightly control- of the population also in our tered in Pietarsaari until the led communities.”

KARJALAINEN 16 January. HELI POTTONEN See our vast and absolutely fabulous course programme. Bartering makes a comeback in Joensuu man’s treasure,’ reminds Antti Rask, a cultural activist in Joen- The barter market in Joensuu proved very suu and the event’s organiser. popular, the Joensuu-based daily Karjalainen Laura Similä and Veera Poussu, who were among HelsinginAikuisopisto.fi reports. those going through the barter market’s bounty, think that the concept of a cultur- “THE LEVYT kiertoon – kult- You could bring old discs, al item barter market is a Töölöntullinkatu 8, 00250 Helsinki tuuritavaroiden vaihtotori records, books, games, movies worthy one. ‘I’ve been to bar- (Recycle your disks – the and other cultural items to the ter markets before, like in Tel. (09) 41 500 300 cultural item barter market) barter market. Anyone could Väen Talo, for example. This event attracted numerous dig in and make discoveries is a really handy idea. It’d be people to the Kerubin Kuppila from among the items brought. a shame if usable stuff was bar in Joensuu on Saturday. ‘One man’s trash is another wasted,’ Poussu says.” HELSINKI TIMES INTERNATIONAL NEWS 21–27 JANUARY 2010 77

LEHTIKUVA / REUTERS / CARLOS BARRIA LEHTIKUVA / REUTERS / CARLOS BARRIA

The carnage in the Haitian capital following the 12 January earthquake. The initial stage of shock was followed by outbreaks of looting.

bris falling all around him. The sky was quickly blotted out by a powdery dust. "I left Haitians unprepared for the worst the car and walked home, all the while thinking about my tians. A few days after the would happen in their life- al at Sacred Heart Church, a father who was home alone," The catastrophic earthquake left Haitians in seismic tremors, stories of sur- times. "Now I know that not historic landmark that was Guillaume said. vival, death and destruction leaving the house and mak- later completely destroyed. Emmanuel Jean was on a state of shock and confusion. continue to engulf this moun- ing my family leave was a She was in her living room the top fl oor of his three-sto- tainous Caribbean nation of mistake. I feel so empty and when the tremors began. She rey home and his father was roughly nine million people. helpless," Louis said. Six oth- couldn't believe it was the re- in the study on the fi rst fl oor. ing, but she didn't get up. "I Her story is similar to ers in the house stayed as al thing and planned to wait The robust building crumbled didn't think it wasn't going those of millions of oth- well. Fortunately, they even- for it to stop - until the walls like matchsticks and Jean PORT–AU–PRINCE to be serious... and was wait- ers after Haiti's capital was tually made it out alive. fell all around her. She sur- said he barely escaped. ing for it to stop. But I noticed hit with the 7.0 magnitude According to a Haitian vived and was pinned under "I ran downstairs and it wasn't stopping and fi nal- earthquake on Tuesday 12 doctor, "There is a fi ve-sec- the rubble. looked for my father and got ly tried to get up off the table January. Thousands of people ond rule. If you count to fi ve "I was able to fi nd a small, him out," said Jean, an electri- but just couldn't get up," said were killed and caught under and it keeps shaking, that's little hole that only a child cal engineer. Since then, Jean Louis, a banker who lives in the rubble for the same rea- when it's serious." Unfortu- could fi t through, to make it has been living in his backyard Delmas. "I looked outside the son - they didn't believe this nately, this one lasted longer out," Memon said days later. while making arrangements RACHEL PRATT, window and saw a large cloud was "the one" and were com- than fi ve seconds. But by the Herold Guillaume was to join his mother and sisters, GARRY PIERRE-PIERRE IPS of dust and started to hear pletely caught off guard. time a person fi nished count- driving along Nazon Road who live in Long Island. "I'm my children screaming." Haitians explained how ing, it was too late to escape. when his green Toyota se- still in shock," he said. "I nev- Louis is considered among mini-earthquakes have be- dan began bouncing. He fi rst er expected this would come. MARJORIE LOUIS was sitting the lucky, having survived an come the norm in recent Left with nothing thought that another driv- Now we have to start our lives in her kitchen eating dinner earthquake that killed tens of years. But they never imag- Lyvee Memon had just ar- er had hit his car. He looked from nothing. I don't know when she felt the house shak- thousands of her fellow Hai- ined that this catastrophe rived home from a funer- up to see buildings and de- what we're going to do."

rights and the environment fi rms on its books. And Jan- was limited to two meetings ez Potocnik, the new environ- Shadow falls over Europe’s new leaders per year. ment commissioner, appointed would have been disappoint- several advisory groups dom- ed. Several of the nominees Environmental inated by representatives of Allegations of racism and financial impropriety have spiced up an used the hearings to un- questions fossil fuel and biotechnology otherwise lacklustre two-week ritual in which nominees to the EU derscore their faith in the Responsibility for environ- companies to guide his previ- neo-liberal ethos which char- mental and energy issues will ous work as the EU's scientifi c Commission are quizzed by the European Parliament. acterised the Commission be shared between a number research chief. during Barroso's fi rst stint as of different commissioners in Jorgo Riss, Brussels di- its president, and is likely to Barroso's new team. Barroso rector for Greenpeace, said en to task about his reputed date for the Commission, had pervade during his second. has tried to emphasise the im- that he had not heard any- bias against Roma gypsies. aroused the ire of liberal and Karel de Gucht, the incom- portance he attaches to the thing from the new commis- The case against Sefcovic is left-leaning MEPs by stating ing commissioner for external environment by appointing sioners to inspire confi dence BRUSSELS based on remarks he made to that he regarded homosexu- trade, promised to champion the fi rst ever EU commission- that they would steer Europe a Brussels conference in 2005, ality as sinful. Emboldened by the interests of multination- er dedicated solely to climate away from its traditional re- where he stated that Roma in that episode, many MEPs felt al companies in his new role. change. That post is to be fi lled liance on coal, oil and gas in his country were exploiting they had sent out an important De Gucht identifi ed the abo- by Connie Hedegaard, a Danish favour of renewable energy. its social welfare system. Sef- signal of how they were not lition of "non-tariff barriers" politician who chaired many of covic was Bratislava's ambas- prepared to automatically rub- to trade as one of his key pri- the preparatory discussions DAVID CRONIN sador to the EU at the time. ber-stamp appointments to the orities. Such barriers include for the UN climate change con- IPS Like many battles in Brus- Commission, the body which environmental and social ference in Copenhagen last

sels, the argument about the initiates EU laws. Speculation standards in foreign countries month. Green campaigners are HERMAN YVES THE RECORDS of two nom- suitability of the candidates is rife that the Parliament could that corporations consider as not convinced, though, that the inees to the new European has more to do with the power be about to reinforce this mes- hostile to their activities. prominence given to environ- Commission proved especial- struggle between the EU's in- sage by once again insisting on De Gucht has a history of mental issues will be translat- ly controversial during hear- stitutions and its dominant po- changes to the proposed EU ex- courting business lobbyists. As ed into suffi cient action. ings before members of the litical parties than questions of ecutive this time around. It is Belgium's foreign minister, he Some campaigners point to European Parliament (MEPs). principle and substance. instructive, meanwhile, that gathered representatives of 40 the close ties between incoming First, Bulgaria’s nominee Ru- During the last such round the charges against the two companies, including the food commissioners and the fossil miana Jeleva had to answer of hearings fi ve years ago, most controversial nominees giant Nestlé, car manufactur- fuel industry. Andris Piebalgs, claims that she had not prop- the European Parliament as- are being led by rival political er Toyota and top drug-maker the new commissioner for de- erly disclosed her interests serted its authority over the groupings in the Parliament. GlaxoSmithKline, together in velopment aid, has held the en- in a consulting fi rm. After Commission's president José a "permanent council" to pro- ergy portfolio in the outgoing Rumiana Jeleva withdrew her failing to put the doubts to Manuel Barroso when it No change of ways vide advice on the direction team. For much of his fi ve years nomination for Commission- rest in a heated debate, she pushed him to request that Those observing the hear- of foreign policy. By contrast, in offi ce, his "special adviser" er after struggling to convince stepped down as a candidate. the Italian government with- ings expecting any change his formal dialogue with pub- Rolf Linkohr has doubled up as the Parliament of her skills or And second, Slovakia's nomi- draw its nominee. Rocco But- of orientation in the policies lic interest groups campaign- the head of a consulting fi rm, dispel concerns about her busi- nee Maros Sefcovic was tak- tiglione, Italy's then candi- pursued by the Commission ing on such issues as human which has had major energy ness ties. 8 21–27 JANUARY 2010 BUSINESS HELSINKI TIMES

PETRA NYMAN COLUMN

David J. Cord is a writer and columnist for the Helsinki Times. He is also a private investor with over ten years of international experience.

Biohit’s rollercoaster

BIOHIT used to be one of Finland’s most boring companies. It’s in the medical equipment business, an industry not known for wild economic cycles. At the end of The forum's panel discussion, led by Arto Nyberg (right), featured lawyer Suzanne Innes-Stubb (left), National Ballet's artistic director the year it only had some 3,500 shareholders and typi- Kenneth Greve and Labour Minister Anni Sinnemäki. cally less than a dozen trades of its stock happened on any given day. The share price was stuck at about 1.50 for years. Expat forum highlights opportunities ALL THAT changed with a bang on 11 January, when the company announced it had signed a contract to man- Expat fair ufacture Acetium, an over-the-counter capsule that Identifying the problems encountered by foreign professionals and John Simon, communica- aims to protect the digestive tract from a common car- tions offi cer at Kone, spoke cinogenic substance. discovering how to attract talent is the focus for an inaugural event. of the untapped resource of foreign students. He lament- THE MARKET’S reaction was dramatic. In two days ed the outfl ow of talent to the share price jumped almost 200 per cent on mas- DAVID J. CORD be implemented. The audi- brought up by the speakers. other countries and the in- sive volume. CEO and main owner Osmo Suovaniemi HELSINKI TIMES ence consisted of around 500 But to illustrate other prob- fl ow of students, saying that saw his net worth increase by about 13 million euros. people from 61 countries. lems Yuan Karppanen, a more should be done to help A press release has seldom done a better job at creat- JORMA OLLILA, the chair of Alexander Stubb, the consultant with the Synocus fi nd jobs for those studying ing wealth. Nokia, has a direct message Minister of Foreign Affairs, Group, gave her speech en- in Finland. “The opportunity to expatriate professionals had three proposals. First, tirely in Finnish. Despite be- for work is virtually nonex- THERE is a vast potential market for Acetium. Biohit es- working in Finland: “We wel- he called for more English- coming fl uent in the language istent,” he said. timates that over a half million people in Finland alone come all of you because we speaking schools. Second, he she still found it diffi cult to The Finnish National Bal- could benefi t. Worldwide the fi gure is gigantic. As the need you.” With these words, wanted better conditions for break into social and profes- let’s artistic director, Ken- capsule would be available without a prescription, it Ollila kicked off the inaugu- the spouses and families of sional networks, which she neth Greve, took issue with would be easy to ral EVA Expat Forum on 14 expats. Last, he implored the says is one reason that peo- the question on how he “end- The market’s reaction buy. January. audience to get active and be ple fail to fi nd work. ed up” in Finland, as if being in The event is the brainchild open, urging foreign profes- The CEO of Helsinki Times the country was some kind of was dramatic, to use EVEN prior to the an- of the Finnish Business and sionals not to retreat into an Alexis Kouros identifi ed an- mistake or accident. He urged an understatement. nouncement Biohit’s Policy Forum EVA. The think “expat community”. other problem with learning the audience to be proactive share was rather ex- tank sees attracting foreign Andreas Herdina, direc- the Finnish language. In to- because integration help is pensive. With 0.04 euros in earnings per share over the talent as an imperative for tor of co-operation at the Eu- day’s globalised world it is eas- not given to foreigners. last reported twelve months, it was trading at a very Finland’s ability to compete ropean Chemicals Agency, ier to move to another country Suzanne Innes-Stubb, high price / earnings ratio of 38. Assuming a similar in the global market but rec- explained that bringing so and, because many people do lawyer for White & Case, P/E, the market now expects Biohit’s earnings to in- ognises that it is diffi cult for many foreigners to Helsin- not plan to stay in Finland for- called for the creation of an crease several times over. foreign professionals to inte- ki to work at the agency was ever, fl uency in Finnish may expat fair. Various compa- grate in Finland. The goal of a chore. He pointed out that not be necessary. He praised nies and groups such as Kela IS SUCH a result realistic? Perhaps. The company did the forum is to make those bureaucracy caused many the people who did move to would be invited so that for- say it expected a positive effect on sales and operat- problems known and fi nd problems and that it was Finland, saying: “If you are eigners could get a chance ing profi t this year because of Acetium. But the mar- ways to solve them. tough for some workers to get crazy enough to move to Fin- to meet and speak with such ket’s exuberant reaction seems puzzling. For one, this Organisers invited more Finnish identifi cation cards. land you can do anything.” organisations. announcement wasn’t really news. Anyone interest- than a dozen speakers for Herdina also cited Finland’s As an illustration of what It is hoped that such a fair ed could read all about Biohit’s work in this area in the their take on living and work- remoteness as a problem for expatriates in Finland can may come to fruition in the 2008 annual report. ing in Finland. The speakers expats. “Finland is the Euro- do anything in Finland, Mo- near future, as well as anoth- were diverse and focused on pean Alaska,” he joked. hamed El-Fatatry, CEO of er expat forum. The organis- MOREOVER, in the third quarter report released early a wide variety of topics. Most the Muslim lifestyle compa- ers EVA, with support from in November the company explained Acetium and their explained their personal sit- Learning Finnish ny Muxlim, spoke of his ex- Greater Helsinki Promotion plans. In fact, the report basically said the exact same uation and described their The diffi culties of learning periences and successes. He and the Helsinki Times, will thing that the most recent press release stated. Biohit experiences and challenges. the Finnish language and its placed emphasis on entre- evaluate how this event went said what Acetium did, how many people could benefi t They also expressed concrete role in integrating foreigners preneurship for professional and identify steps to take in and that it should be available early in 2010. ideas that they wished could were repeated themes being expatriates. the future.

SINCE this information was publicly available months ago, the sudden optimism is odd. So much for efﬁ cient markets: hordes of people impersonally buying and selling can cause prices to do bizarre things. Call it the madness of crowds, if you will.

THE PRODUCT is good news for the fi rm, of course. It is European Schooling Helsinki is a state school accredited to the European OPPILAAKSI HAKEMINEN LUKUVUODEKSI 2010-11 great to hear positive developments come out of Finn- Schools’ network (www.eursc.eu). It started its operation in 2008 and it offers ed- Syksystä 2010 lähtien koulu voi ottaa oppilaaksi myös muita kuin EU-virkamiesten ish companies, especially when they are supported by ucation in three languages: English, French and Finnish. The two-year nursery cycle lapsia. Hakuaika kouluun on 11.-29. tammikuuta 2010. Koska oppilaspaikkoja on ra- public research institutions like the University of Hel- starts at the age of four and the fi ve-year primary cycle at the age of six. The second- joitetusti, helmikuussa järjestetään pääsykokeet. Hakulomake ja lisätietoa oppilaak- sinki, as Biohit was in this case. I hope Biohit does have ary cycle consists of seven year classes and leads to the European Baccalaureate ex- siotosta, koulumaksuista jne. on saatavana koulun kotisivuilla www.esh.fi – Koulu- a blockbuster of a product. But I will remain cautious in am. The school follows the syllabi of the European Schools. un hakeminen. regards to the company as an investment at this stock price, even though the market seemed to have had sec- PUPIL ENROLMENT FOR SCHOOL YEAR 2010-11 INSCRIPTION POUR L’ANNEE SCOLAIRE 2010-11 ond thoughts and sent the share price tumbling again. As from autumn 2010 the School is able to enrol children from families not connected A partir de cet automne 2010, l’école pourra accueillir les enfants des familles non rat- A good company is not a good investment at any price. to EU-institutions. The application period is 11-29 January 2010. Since the number of tachées aux institutions Européennes. La période d’inscription est du 11 au 29 janvi- enrolments is restricted the School will organise entrance tests in February. The appli- er 2010. Le quota d’élève étant limité, l’école organisera des tests d’entrée en février. cation form and additional information on the application procedure, fees etc. is avail- Les dossiers d’inscription, les informations complémentaires et les frais sont disponi- [email protected] able on the School’s website www.esh.fi – Enrolment. bles depuis le site internet de l’école www.esh.fi – Inscriptions. HELSINKI TIMES BUSINESS 21–27 JANUARY 2010 99 Electronic auctions tailormade for business

companies reported a 10 to “The idea behind the soft- A young Finnish company offers electronic 15 per cent saving in direct ware is to guide you through goods costs and 20 to 25 per the process.” sourcing to corporate buyers. cent savings in the costs of Although Noventia offers indirect goods and services a web-based service, it prob- when they used the service. ably should not be considered DAVID J. CORD information to time frames “The savings come from a tech company. They are in- NOVENTIA OF COURTESY HELSINKI TIMES for delivery. After the buy- competition,” Talasmaa ex- stead experts in the buying er has the relevant data, she plains. “There are other fac- process; Talasmaa herself had DURING a recession busi- can compare suppliers. The tors too; there are non-price 18 years of experience as a nesses go to great lengths to electronic auction is exactly elements to consider.” These corporate buyer before start- keep their costs under con- what the name implies. The other factors include the level ing her own company in 2007. trol and increase effi cien- buyer invites specifi c suppli- of service, reliability and quali- The business is very in- cy. For many companies the ers to participate and con- ty. All of these issues are taken ternational. “It is immedi- goods and services they pur- trols the entire process. into consideration in a well- ately global,” Talasmaa says. chase are the biggest expens- run e-sourcing operation. The “Some auctions are only does, so fi nding ways to lower Electronic sourcing lowest priced bid may not be mestic, but even if a buyer is costs and increase quality is Noventia CEO Marianna Ta- the best option for the buyer. Finnish the supplier is often a never-ending process. lasmaa explains how e-sourc- A diverse range of goods from somewhere else.” Cur- Noventia is a young Finn- ing is developing. “The service or services can be purchased rently Noventia offers Eng- ish company seeking to capi- originated in America,” she through e-sourcing. While lish, Finnish and German talise on a different method of says. “Some eight-to-ten years raw materials for manufac- language options on its serv- procurement for businesses. It ago it went to England. Here turers quickly come to mind, ices. Russian is coming soon. offers electronic tools to allow in Finland and northern Eu- it is also used for a wide va- Asked to name what she a buyer to fi nd exactly what rope it is not so common yet. riety of other purchases. Ta- is most excited about for the he needs at the best terms. It’s a new thing here. When we lasmaa mentions shipping, coming year, Talasmaa fi nds Dubbed e-sourcing, the serv- go to industry fairs in England cleaning or even temporary it diffi cult to cite just one ices include two phases in the we talk about features while workers as examples of the thing. “We have new custom- buying process: an electronic here we still have to tell com- services companies can buy. ers, new projects, new fea- request for information, pro- panies about it.” tures and new languages,” posals and quotations and the E-sourcing is likely to International market she laughs. “We started with actual electronic auction. become more common in The service is designed with electronic auctions a year The request for informa- northern Europe as its ben- simplicity and effi ciency in ago and now we have elec- tion process is used to gather efi ts become better known. mind. “The buyer doesn’t tronic requests for informa- all information relevant to a A recent e-sourcing survey need to know much about e- tion. We have a whole palace buyer, from prices to product by IBM and AMR found that auctions,” says Talasmaa. of e-sourcing!” Marianna Talasmaa, CEO of electronic auctioning firm Noventia.

on the discussion, that per- related items are central fac- son may end up fi ling a com- tors. Some cases also involve Financial complaints increase plaint. “The complaint goes phone conversations, be- to the service provider to be cause the service providers answered and the bank’s an- are obliged to record or oth- as recession cuts into investments swer goes once again to the erwise verify what has been customer. This is usually re- said or advised.” plaint Board are exceptions. ment matters, you should peated once or twice. Then a A bundle of documents, Most investment advice is objective, but “When you think about how fi rst contact your own invest- picture begins to form about which can sometimes reach much investment activity ment adviser and express what has happened.” to a 100 pages, is compiled there are also exceptions. there is in Finland and how your dissatisfaction, advises It is usually hard to prove and prepared for the Securi- many counselling situations Sainio. Indeed, a signifi cant what kind of advice a cus- ties Complaint Board. After there are daily, the number of number of cases are solved in tomer has received, to de- this dossier is complete, the MAIJA PAIKKALA – STT common reason for contact- queries we have received are discussions between the cus- termine what has and hasn’t Board – which on average MICHAEL NAGLER – HT ing the bureau. While some of quite few,” Sainio points out. tomer and the bank without been said to them. “Con- convenes every six weeks – the complaints related to in- “Guidance exists, as is re- the help of the Financial Om- tracts, e-mails and other takes it into deliberation. THE RISKS attached to many vestment advice have a sol- quired by the Financial Su- budsman Bureau. capital investments have come id basis for complaint, others pervisory Authority, but If there is no solution, to pass during the fi nancial cri- are made simply because peo- sometimes something goes however, then the Financial sis, and some investors have ple are disappointed with the wrong and a misunderstand- Ombudsman Bureau’s and lost substantial sums of mon- loss of their funds. Last year ing arises. The customer’s Securities Complaint Board’s

ey. At the same time, questions only about a third of the 17 needs aren’t met. If the fi nan- services may be necessary. MÄNTYLÄ KIMMO and complaints being fi led with cases that ended up in the cial capital involved is lost or According to Sainio’s esti- the Finnish Financial Ombuds- Finnish Securities Complaint decreases in the process, the mate, it takes more than six man Bureau have increased. Board were decided in the seed of complaint is sown.” months but less than a year The Bureau received a total of customer’s favour. “Each case Complaints are not a problem for a case to proceed to the around 10,000 inquiries and is different,” says Sainio as a unique to any particular busi- Board. At their highest, the complaints in 2009, including reminder to people. ness. Rather, they generally investment sums relative to insurance, banking and securi- follow the companies’ mar- the disputes are in the hun- ties matters. Complaints break ket share, according to Sain- dreds of thousands of eu- According to division head down according io’s opinion. ros. “The cases may be large Vesa Sainio, the fi nancial cri- to market share and it takes work to get the sis can be seen in the type Most of the investment ad- Many cases are essential facts from the of questions being asked as vice provided by banks and solved between bank documents.” well as their frequency, with fi nancial companies is objec- and customer The process usually starts investment advice-related tive, and cases ending up in If you feel that you have been with the customer calling problems becoming a more the Finnish Securities Com- treated unfairly in invest- the information desk. Based The financial downturn led to an increase in complaints. 10 21–27 JANUARY 2010 BUSINESS HELSINKI TIMES

LEHTIKUVA / JUSSI NUKARI KOTIJÄÄTELÖ OY COLUMNCOLUMNIN BRIEF

Green leader statement it had no guide- wants nil dividend lines saying people would be selected for scanning tax rate axed based on nationality or re- Labour minister and Green ligion. Profi ling is subject Alliance leader Anni Sin- to approval by the Europe- nemäki said on Tuesday 19 an Union. STT January that the nil rate band in dividend taxation should be done away with. Wärtsilä to cut She said it was wrong that 1,400 jobs and dividends of up to 90,000 move production euros were tax free, adding dividends should be taxed to China at the same rate as any oth- Engineering group Wärtsilä er unearned income was. said in a statement on Tues- According to the Greens day 19 January it would cut abolishing the nil rate band about 1,400 jobs and move would translate into about the bulk of its propeller 350 million euros in extra manufacturing and auxil- tax revenue a year.STT iary engine production to China. "The world has dra- VR’s image has been bruised as the company has struggled with the exceptionally wintry conditions, leading to recurring train delays. matically changed in a Nordea raises short period of time," Ole 2010 GDP growth Johansson, the managing forecast to 2.7 per director of Wärtsilä, said in Corporate reputations take a battering the statement. "China has cent become a strong maritime “The important thing is trans- ”Of course the customer Nordic bank Nordea on centre and its growth will Repairing a damaged corporate image re- parency and a willingness to suffered, but we are doing all Tuesday 19 January raised continue. The low activity listen to feedback,” he adds. that we can to return the sit- its 2010 Finnish gross do- in the global marine mar- quires hard work and a willingness to listen. uation to normal,” he insists. mestic product growth ket continued throughout Finnair powerless He also points out that the forecast by two tenths of a 2009." Finnair’s SVP of commu- majority of Finnair’s turno- point to 2.7 per cent. "This Wärtsilä added 570 jobs STT a long time and companies nications, Christer Haglund, ver comes from abroad. The year exports will rebound would be cut in the Neth- MATTHEW PARRY – HT need to consider whether any feels that complex situa- situation looks different in tandem with world trade erlands and generating set failures are one-off in nature, tions are a fact of corporate when viewed from China or and also household de- manufacturing in Vaasa in THE REPUTATION of Finland’s as well as examine wheth- life. They force the company Italy, for example. mand will recover support- Finland terminated, with fl agship airline, Finnair, has er company practices are as to make diffi cult decisions, ed by increased consumer the remainder of the cuts suffered as a result of recent good as they could be. If not, with implications for its cor- Listening to customers confi dence," Nordea said in to be announced during the strikes and disruptions to its they should be redesigned. porate reputation. In the spring and summer a statement. "On the whole, fi rst half of the year. STT baggage handling. The state Personnel are in a key po- “Clearly, the reputation 2008, incorrect packaging in 2010 the Finnish econo- railways, VR, have also been sition whenever a compa- suffers damage. But if it was labels on groceries sold by my should grow faster than embarrassed by late trains ny introduces new working in good shape before any inci- Stockmann, known for its the rest of the euro area." ISS ground and most recently – and dra- practices, which is why Fin- dent, the company can bounce department stores, caused a "The unemployment rate handlers walk out matically – by the collision of nair faces a particular chal- back from that,” he says. commotion. Now that this in- has so far risen less than at Helsinki-Vantaa a runaway train into the side of lenge, according to Leikola. He stresses that the es- cident is safely behind the re- feared and it is set to peak a hotel in Helsinki. Companies Management changes and in- sential thing is to return the tail company, Stockmann’s in the summer." airport have to work hard to restore dustrial action have left the company’s performance to vice-president, Maisa Roma- Nordea went on to say ISS Aviation ground han- any damage to reputation, and airline in a state of “turbu- its previous level. Finnair is nainen, reports that moves that the challenge of meet- dlers, serving carriers like this includes a thorough ex- lence,” he notes. This makes also planning other meas- to correct the situation were ing the government's "am- Air Baltic, Lufthansa and amination of their own prac- problem solving very diffi - ures, but Haglund does not based on customer feedback bitious" medium-term SAS, staged a walkout at tices combined with measures cult to implement. wish to discuss them yet. and quality control. “Listen- surplus target would shape Helsinki-Vantaa airport on to mollify customers. Despite recent setbacks, He does reveal, however, ing to customers and doing the political debate ahead Monday 18 January. The ISS According to Markus he is convinced that both VR that Finnair was aware that dis- our job – that is what it came of the 2011 general elec- handlers said they would Leikola, CEO of MTL Fin- and Finnair are in sound con- turbances would result when it down to,” she explains. tion. STT return to work the following land, a trade-industry body dition. “Basic service deliv- set out to renew its practices, She says that Stockmann day. Jyri Ketola, the manag- for advertising and commu- ery is what matters in the only it was not able to predict has no general strategy for ing director of ISS Aviation, nications agencies, trans- end,” he stresses. the extent of them. In addi- resolving problems, and that Passengers may said on Tuesday that the port companies in particular His advice is that when tion to industrial disputes, the measures depend on the situ- be profiled for walkout might cause slight face steeper demands than problems emerge, swift and company faced exceptional- ation at hand. In response to delays. He added that about others. “Any dip in quality is transparent communication ly diffi cult weather conditions the 2008 case, the company airport body scans 15 workers had taken part immediately apparent,” he is important. Any attempts to over which it was powerless. offered customers a 100 euro A Finnish Civil Aviation Ad- in the walkout. STT observes. mend the company’s damaged Haglund considers it unfortu- gift voucher if they were able ministration (Finavia) of- He says that repairing a reputation can only begin once nate that customers were made to fi nd a grocery item past its fi cial was quoted as saying damaged reputation can take the problem has been resolved. to suffer as a result. sell-by date. by Väli-Suomen sanomale- Nordea promises hdet, a syndicate of provin- to cover malware cial dailies, on Sunday 17 geous due to its geographical January that security staff losses UK bans Finnair advertisement location and less congested might be instructed to pro- The Finnish arm of Nor- facilities compared to oth- fi le passengers on the basis dic bank Nordea prom- DAVID J. CORD tured an image of an airplane that fl ying was environmen- er airports. Finnair also pro- of nationality and religion ised on Monday 18 January HELSINKI TIMES fl ying over a coastline with the tally friendly and if Fin- vided information that said if Finland decided to intro- it would cover all fi nancial text “Be eco-smart. Choose nair could prove that a new newer aircraft used less fuel duce body scanning at air- losses resulting from mali- THE UK’S Advertising Stand- Finnair’s brand new fl eet.” fl eet was better than older than older ones. ports. Jyri Vikström, the cious software affecting its ards Authority (ASA) has The agency received two planes. The advertising authority head of security at Finavia, online bank. Kari Oksanen, banned the use of a Finnair complaints that challenged Finland’s national carrier rejected Finnair’s defence. It told the papers that profi l- head of risk management poster over misleading envi- whether the claim “Be eco- responded that fl ying to Asia stated that “readers were like- ing would be necessary be- at Nordea, said 15 custom- ronmental claims. The ad fea- smart” mislead the public via Helsinki was advanta- ly to interpret the claim eco- cause there was no time ers had lost about 50,000 smart, without qualifi cation, to scan every passenger. euros between them. "We as a claim analogous to envi- Vikström was further quot- have been in contact with ronmentally friendly.” The au- ed as saying that behaviour the customers who sus- thority also noted that the at the airport would be the tained fi nancial loss- comparison to newer and older most important factor in es and agreed with them aircraft was invalid as Finnair the profi ling. about restoring the funds," was still using the older planes Finavia has trialled one Oksanen added. and they would not be phased of the controversial scan- Nordea warned custom- out until February 2010. ners that allow its oper- ers not to enter their user- The ASA concluded that Fin-

ators to view passengers name and security code if KUVALEHTI / HEIKKI SAUKKOMAA nair’s ad breached several ad- effectively without their the language of the inter- vertising codes, including those clothes at Helsinki-Vantaa net banking login page had concerning comparisons, envi- airport. The scanner is not changed to English, indicat- ronmental claims, substantia- being used at the moment. ing that the computer was tion and truthfulness. As a ﬁ nal Finavia underlined in a infected by malware. STT action the agency stated that the ad must not appear again in The supposedly "eco-smart" Airbus A330 replaces the old Boeing MD-11s in Finnair's fleet. its current form. HELSINKI TIMES FINLAND IN THE WORLD PRESS 21–27 JANUARY 2010 1111

BBC NEWS 15 January. PAUL HENLEY READERS' LETTERS Finland to stub out smoking habit Praise to the (Finnish) engineer! “FINLAND'S government is opposition to their anti-smok- Finns smoke, but Oksala has and 15 years old,’ he says. ‘The planning some of the world's ing bill among other parties. a ready list of reasons for the whole of society pays to treat As a Dutch managing director of an international Finn- toughest measures to stop So this and a ban on smoking rules to be tightened. ‘When the diseases they will later de- ish software company, I have had the privilege to work people from smoking. Ilk- in private cars carrying any- people start smoking, they are velop. In the future, we will with a whole range of Finnish and non-Finnish col- ka Oksala, state secretary one under 18 will almost cer- usually very young - not adult have better uses for these eu- leagues. In my ten years in Finland, I have realised that in the health ministry, drew tainly be law by the summer. enough to make their own de- ros than to help people with the Finnish engineer (and engineers in general) is of- up the latest plans and his Only about 20 per cent of cisions, usually between 12 these kinds of diseases.’…” ten undervalued and not given enough credit. They are approach is uncompromis- often viewed by the business community as being “not ing. ‘The goal is to get rid of open minded” or “not marketing oriented enough”. smoking once and for all. It This is even debated as a possible reason for Finnish is a long-term goal, but still companies not marketing their products and services we are going to achieve it.’ as successfully as countries such as Sweden or the US. ‘Of course, this would mean I fi nd it surprising, unfounded and frustrating to hear the end of the tobacco indus- these comments from a lot of friends or industry busi- try if all the countries in the ness colleagues. world took the same kind of While it is true that (Finnish) engineers are more in- steps as we are. We have had troverted than extroverted and they tend to commu- negotiations with that indus- nicate less, they have a lot of other qualities, such as try, naturally, but to be quite MARTTI KAINULAINEN / LEHTIKUVA professionalism, analytical skills and integrity, that honest, our goal is against contribute to successful organisations. The ration of their business.’ engineers to non-engineers in Finnish tech companies It was as early as 1976 that seems to be a lot higher than in companies in a country the Finnish parliament fi rst such as the US, but I believe that because of this, Finn- outlawed tobacco advertising. ish technology companies are exceptionally well-posi- Soon it will most likely be ille- tioned to sell to larger international tech fi rms. gal for tobacco even to be vis- Without its engineers, Finland would be a lot less ible in shops. The ruling party competitive and would have fallen behind internation- has a clear majority in today's ally, rather than occupy the current impressive posi- parliament and there is little If the latest proposals go through, cigarette packs will soon be out of sight in shops. tion that it holds in a number of hi-tech industries. I have mentioned this before in my speech at a large Fin- pro event: without the (Finnish) engineer, the audito- THE TIMES 19 January. THE TIMES OF INDIA 16 January. rium that was fi lled with company representatives GREG HURST would be half full. Let’s not forget this. Praise to the (Finnish) engineer! Finnish India and Finland revise tax treaty Victor Donselaar “ON FRIDAY 15 January, India solely on the ground that it ogy and technical services schools a and Finland revised their tax does not have any domestic between the two countries,’ treaty to improve informa- interest in that information or according to a press note is- model for tion exchange on tax evaders. such information is held back sued by the Central Board of Both countries also agreed to by a bank’. Another clause Direct Taxes (CBDT). This will the UK? bring down the withholding has been added to the revised also ensure assistance in col- tax rates on dividends from agreement which restricts the lection of taxes when such Readers' letters “THE SUCCESS story of Fin- the existing 15 per cent to 10 powers of a resident to pre- taxes are due under the do- land’s schools has one per cent. vent misuse of the Double Tax- mestic laws and regulation, Helsinki Times has launched a new section overarching lesson for pol- As per the revised agree- ation Avoidance Agreement. it added. The new pact was and wants your views on current issues, com- icymakers in Britain. It is ment, the contracting par- ‘The lowering of withhold- signed by CBDT chairman ments on news articles, anything of inter- that sustaining high stand- ties ‘shall not deny furnishing ing tax will promote greater SSN Moorthy and Finnish ards requires stability and, of the requested information investments, fl ow of technol- ambassador Terhi Hakala." est from a multicultural perspective. A selec- eventually, consensus. Since tion of readers’ comments are published in the Finland embarked on its edu- Readers' letters section. ASHARQ AL-AWSAT 18 January. SALAH JAMEEL cation reforms in 1967, it be- land and Qatar. The second Commentaries should be no longer than gan with tight state controls aim is to get a clearer picture over the school curriculum, of the situation in the region. 2,000 characters with spaces. Helsinki Times but it has gradually ceded Talking to Finnish Here, I also mean the peace reserves the right to edit and shorten all sub- power to local authorities, process in the Middle East, the missions. Comments can be sent by e-mail to: schools and teachers. situation in Yemen, and also But parallels with schools FM Alexander Stubb Iran. We in the European Un- [email protected] in Britain can be taken only so ion need to understand better far. Finland is a tiny country of “ALEXANDER STUBB has which also will include Oman what is taking place in the re- You may also 5.3 million people, and beyond been in charge of the for- and Qatar. gion, and we believe that the mail your letter to: Helsinki, sparsely populated: eign portfolio in the Finn- Asharq Al-Awsat met Min- only way to do so is to visit the Helsinki Times / good local schools are a practi- ish Coalition Government ister Stubb in his offi ce at the region, especially Riyadh’…” Readers' letters, cal necessity in rural areas, as since April 2008. The minis- Finnish Foreign Ministry in “’With regard to Yemen, Vilhonvuorenkatu 11B, 00500 are its free school meals. Strict ter is well-known for his ex- Helsinki, and conducted an my mission is a fact-fi nding Helsinki controls on immigration mean tensive travels within the interview with him. ‘My tour one. With regard to the Mid- that it is a much more homo- framework of his work (120 has two aims. One of them is dle East peace process, I will geneous society, with fewer of days every year). Today Min- to improve the bilateral represent some opinions, by al- the pressures faced by inner- ister Stubb arrives in Sau- lations between Finland and so I will listen. These are the process for the UAE’s own city schools in Britain. di Arabia, the fi rst stop in Saudi Arabia, Finland and the three main issues I will dis- THE NATIONAL (UAE) nuclear power programme, Finland, sometimes de- his fi rst tour of the region, Sultanate of Oman, and Fin- cuss during my tour’…” 16 January. CHRIS STANTON which culminated in award- scribed as a ‘middle-class soci- ing a 20 billion US dollar con- ety’, also has fewer disparities tract to a group of Korean in wealth, making compre- Lesson in fi rms last month over a rival hensive schools a simpler con- bid from a French consorti- cept. Parents in Finland look how not to um that included Areva. Gov- puzzled when asked wheth- ernment offi cials said a key er they considered private factor in the decision was education. Nevertheless, Fin- go nuclear the Korean team’s demon- land’s reforms are remark- strated ability to build reac- able. Fears that it lacked a “AS THE UAE prepares to adopt tors on schedule. The UAE is suffi ciently skilled workforce nuclear energy, it can draw likely to benefi t in a number prompted the abandonment pointers from Finland’s trou- of ways from the Olkiluoto of a two-tier school system in bled Olkiluoto plant. What example, not least because the late 1960s. Lower-attain- should have been a relative- it will have easier access to ing children were given a more ly low-cost and swiftly built components from fi rms that demanding education; some project is late, over budget and have reactivated production parents and politicians pro- mired in disputes. The project lines after almost a decade of tested this was at a cost of low- has become a multibillion-eu- dormancy. ering academic standards for ro money pit that serves as a And the lessons learnt on brighter pupils. In 1985 came cautionary tale for incoming the need for better planning, an even bolder step with the members of the nuclear ener- oversight of subcontractors scrapping of streaming for un- gy club, including the UAE. and improved ties between the der-16s, creating an even more The Olkiluoto fi asco regulator and contractor have comprehensive model…” Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah welcomes Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb on 18 January. loomed large in the selection been spelt out for all to see…”

12 21–27 JANUARY 2010 SPORT HELSINKI TIMES

SUOMEN LUMILAUTALIITTO

Tips for beginners Determine your stance. To find out whether you ride with your left or right foot at the front of the board, one method is to push a person gently forward from behind. Whichever foot they step forward with is their front foot when snowboarding.

Gear. Make sure that all gear is in good condition and fits correctly. Your board should be roughly the height of your chin when placed in front of you. It is advisable to wear a helmet.

Strapping in. Always strap in to the front binding first. Your back foot needs to be free for skating to and from the lift.

It is highly recommended for first timers to take a lesson. Most ski resorts offer pro- As snowboarding develops, the jumps get more and more daring. Finnish ski resorts offer good grounds for practicing different tricks. fessional instruction; alter- boarders come from the fl at- Vancouver Olympics in Feb- natively have a friend teach lands of Finland? According to ruary, with Piiroinen already you the basics. This will give Mats Lindfors of the Finnish having secured his place as you confidence to continue Surfing the slopes Snowboard Association, the one of the four Finns to enter practising on your own. fact that Finland doesn’t have the men’s half-pipe competi- any mountains can actually be tion. The fi nal three to accom- Snowboarding has come a long way from its early days, when snow- considered the reason behind pany Piiroinen will be selected and more impressive. To have our success in the sport. “Finn- on 28 January from the board- a chance to compete for med- boarders were frowned upon and the practice was prohibited in ish snowboarders concentrate ers of the Snowboard Team als in Vancouver the rider most ski resorts. mostly on tricks because there Finland. In the ladies, Ilona needs to be able to pull of a is hardly a possibility of doing Ruotsalainen has been se- decent double cork, among much else. The runs are short cured an Olympic spot in the other tricks,” Lindfors re- PETRA NYMAN nected to snowboarders were sport that attracts a diverse, with time to nail only a cou- Parallel Giant Slalom. veals. The double-cork trick HELSINKI TIMES similar to those associated international crowd and has ple of jumps and the constant is a breathtaking big-air ma- with surfers and skateboard- been part of the Winter Ol- repetition makes our boarders Progression of the sport noeuvre that has become the SNOWBOARDING originally ers: they were considered to ympics for more than 10 develop fast,” he says. The ongoing development new benchmark in competi- developed from skateboard- be young troublemakers over years. In Finland, the sport’s This season has again start- of snowboarding has great- tive snowboarding. ing and surfi ng in the US dur- true sportsmen, and skiers popularity has skyrocketed ed well for Finnish snowboard- ly pushed the boundaries of According to Lindfors, ing the 1960s. It quickly came did not easily accept the new- since its arrival in the early ers, highlighted with a recent the sport, with Finns main- Finnish riders have an excel- to represent a lifestyle that comers on their slopes. 1980s, and the country has double victory at 6Star Bur- taining their position at the lent chance of bringing home rebelled against the more so- Nowadays, however, these bred some of the best snow- ton European Open in Switzer- forefront of it all. The tricks even a shinier medal this time phisticated way of skiing and stereotypes and the tension boarders in the world. land, where Peetu Piiroinen are constantly developing round than Markku Koski’s developed into a subculture between snowboarders and and Enni Rukajärvi took the and the days of a 360-de- bronze in Turin 2006. With with its own language and skiers have become outdated. Flatland riders men’s and women’s titles re- gree turn creating awe are high hopes for Finnish board- style of clothing. In the ear- Snowboarding has developed How is it possible then that spectively. The focal point of long gone. “These days it is ers, the anticipation grows ly days, the stereotypes con- into a popular mainstream such a number of top snow- the season is, of course, the all about tricks that are more for Vancouver Olympics.

meaning to our cause against One star already commit- poverty,” said Zidane. ted to appearing in the match is squeaky-clean Brazilian Football stars turn out for Haiti Awareness evangelical Kaká, who was “We would like to help the vic- enthusiastic about doing his er Zinédine Zidane tells the forces to take on a Benfi ca tims of the quake in the best bit for charity when asked Football stars are gathering in Lisbon to do United Nations Development All Stars side in Lisbon on 25 way we can,” added Ronaldo. about the match. “I am hon- Programme's website. “I, too, January. The fi xture's noble “Through the match we hope oured to represent Ronal- their bit for the Haitian earthquake survivors. lived in diffi cult places, where aims have been brought in- we will be able to raise both do and I am looking forward we didn't have everything. to focus by the ongoing crisis awareness and funds for Hai- to playing this important And today I want to help. following the earthquake in ti. Though we are aware that match, dedicated to Haiti’s EGAN RICHARDSON fully there are some prepared There are things in this world Haiti, and so the organisers it will be but a small contribu- relief efforts,” stated the Re- HELSINKI TIMES to fi ght against the stereo- that are more important than have taken note and changed tion to an enormous need.” al Madrid star. types and present a different football.” plans somewhat, given the FOOTBALLERS are often criti- face to the world. That may be so, but to bring UNDP's current priorities. cised for being self-obsessed “I know what poverty is,” the message to a wider audi- “This is a humanitarian and narcissistic, but thank- World Cup winning midfi eld- ence football can sometimes emergency which requires be a useful tool. Since 2003 Zi- an internationally coordinat- sudoku SOLUTION ON PAGE 18 dane and the rotund Brazilian ed relief effort,” said UNDP striker Ronaldo have organ- Administrator Helen Clark. ised an annual Match Against “The United Nations is work- Poverty to raise awareness of ing closely with governments the UN's Millenium Develop- around the world to meet ment goals. immediate humanitarian Zidane sees his UNDP in- needs, and to co-ordinate ear- volvement as “the kind of thing ly recovery consistent with my family, my upbringing and addressing longer term devel- people I love have always en- opment goals. Haiti will need couraged. It's something that tremendous support to recov- is part of you or isn't – but it's er from this terrible disaster.” not something you embark up- The response from Ben- LEHTIKUVA / REUTERS / JEAN-PAUL PELISSIER on or give up for any amount of fi ca Foundation President fame or success.” Luis Filipe Vieira was une- quivocal. “We are extremely Support to Haiti saddened by the disaster in The match has usually been Haiti,” said Vieira. “We would played by a team consisting of like to show our full support Ronaldo and his friends, and by dedicating the match to one of Zidane and his friends, the relief of the victims.” Zinedine Zidane and Ronaldo before the UNDP charity match in but this year for the fi rst time “Donating the proceedings Marseille in March 2007. Zidane and Ronaldo will join from the match lends deeper HELSINKI TIMES 21–27 JANUARY 2010 1313

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MICHELE SIMEON many ways, more gratifying. ter.” It never hurts to have But the thoughtful inclusion your conclusions confi rmed of a composting toilet has not by Finnish folk wisdom. only bumped us halfway off the grid, this summer it made Embracing the seasons the cottage liveable. As we approach our second in The water in Pähkinä once year in Pähkinä, water once came from a well in the gar- again in our pipes, our shelves den – until July, when the well-stocked with the sum- last drop fell from the tap mer’s bounty, I can admit how and Janne and I were left diffi cult much of the work without running water for and adaptation has been. We four months. Living beside certainly carried a lot of ur- a lake in the Finnish sum- ban-tinged idealism into this mer, this wasn’t all that bad. project: who knew cultivat- Daily swims, supplement- ing weeds was so much easi- ed by a weekly sweat in the er than growing vegetables? sauna left us (hopefully) in- Still, it has been rewarding distinguishable from our work. It has left us satisfi ed well-scrubbed peers. Dishes at the end of the day with the were a hassle, and there was knowledge that we worked much laundry-related moan- for something good and tangi- ing, but our toilet, which op- ble. And there was always the erates independently of lake to receive us when things water and plumbing, was didn’t go quite right. untouched by the drought. This dark time of the Had it not been installed, northern year has always we would have either had to meant for me gloominess, modify a bucket for outdoor summer nostalgia, and too use, a notion rather too DIY often remembering how com- even for our tastes, or move paratively warm and sunny it out all together. is in every other place I have While toilet use carried ever lived. This year is dif- Replacing weeds with garden beds. on as usual, drinking water ferent. The cold will bring us was another story. Janne and a well-earned respite from I hauled it from a commu- garden labour and plenty of nal spring down the street, time to sit by the fi re with trusting our judgment that homemade jam on toast. An eco-adventure cold, clear, tasty water is also by nature drinkable. Local frogs had apparently reached Author bio: a similar conclusion. Tens of Michele Simeon is a free- in the Finnish countryside them communed on the sur- lance writer and editor, face of the spring, gradual- and award-winning literary ly making their way to its translator. She writes the babies. This was followed by simply rotate the carousel depths as we humans rudely blog A House Called Nut A Finnish-American couple put urban ideal- a harvest season of foraging, to a fresh one. Once all the interrupted their bath time. (www.ahousecallednut. cooking, canning, and freez- buckets are full, we access “But frogs are a good sign,” com) about life in Pähkinä ism to test in the backwoods of Tavastia. ing. Winter has brought along the chamber through an out- my father-in-law reassured cottage. new, but fewer, tasks: snow side trapdoor and empty the us. “Frogs only like clean wa- to shovel, wood to chop, and contents onto a specially des- MICHELE SIMEON friendliness when we jumped daily heatings of the wood- ignated compost heap. HELSINKI TIMES at the offer to become its burning stove. The job of emptying the Pähkinä is a wooden cottage in the southern region of Tavas- new tenants—a decision that But after the lake view, buckets is not, admittedly, the tia. It was built in 1960 on land once belonging to adult educa- FOR THE FIRST TIME in four had everything to do with it’s neither the garden nor most glamorous, but it’s al- tion centre Sirola-opisto – now Vanajanlinna Hotel – after un- years of living in Finland, carpe diem and very little to the cosy fi re that attracts the so not that bad—even for the used land was sold to the school’s employees. In 2008, Pähkinä I can say good riddance to do with planning or grand most attention from guests. squeamish. Conventional toi- was renovated from a basic summer cottage to an eco-friend- summer and embrace the life schemes. We were young Instead, the star of this show lets are such an expected and ly home suitable for year-round occupancy. Features include a darkness and cold. On the with fl exible jobs, a sense of is the toilet. Affectionately ordinary modern convenience composting toilet, wood-burning stove, and lake water filtra- shores of a lake inauspicious- adventure and a soft spot for nicknamed the “earth clos- that it’s no wonder we seldom tion system. The author and her husband are the cottage’s first ly named Regret (Katuma) is sustainability. How could we et” by one friend, our toilet question the logic of defecat- full-time occupants. a wild plot of land hugged by pass up the opportunity to is really just a glorifi ed buck- ing into gallons of precious forest, at the heart of which live on a lake and grow our et, a sort of indoor huussi or drinking water every day. lies a pretty, yellow cottage own organic vegetables? outhouse. It is a simple, cus- named Nut (Pähkinä). A year tom-made system that con- Good enough for frogs ago my husband, Janne, and I Labour and loos sists of four 80-litre buckets The wood stove, composting moved here from a Helsinki Transplanted to the woods of resting on a rotating, wood- toilet, and garden are all part

ﬂ at by Mätäjoki, the “rotten” Tavastia, Janne and I spent en carousel located in an un- of an effort to tread as light- MICHELE SIMEON river. It’s hard to say if we’re spring and summer willing a derground chamber. Inside ly as possible on this planet of moving up in the world. jungle of virulent weeds into the bucket chamber is a fan, ours. Each has demanded of us Pähkinä belongs to our a productive vegetable patch. which is connected to a ven- physical labour, open-mind- friend; for decades it served We chopped down trees, tilation pipe leading into our edness, and a willingness to as the family summer cot- hauled dirt, sowed seeds, chimney. Toilet visitors sit on adapt and learn. Living closer tage, but had fallen vacant in manhandled caterpillars and an otherwise ordinary toi- to our source of food and heat, recent years. It had recent- rearranged ladybugs, waged let seat positioned direct- and disposing of our own ly been renovated for year- war against weeds, and nur- ly above the bucket in use. waste, has made life more la- round use and environmental tured seedlings like newborn When that bucket is full, we bour-intensive, and also, in Clearing snow for a lake-top skating rink.

ster fi lms. After riffi ng on track, one can only hope the Attempted resuscitation Scorsese and countless oth- man who was touted as the er heavyweights with Lock, next great British auteur will JAMES O’SULLIVAN bloodsucking hematologist Stock and Two Smoking Bar- make good on the promise BEN ROTHSTEIN BEN HELSINKI TIMES who shares such an affi ni- rels and Snatch, Richie has shown by his earlier fi lms. To ty with humans that he has spent the last decade digging be precise. TWO NEW fi lms on release switched to drinking animal himself out of career oblivi- this week attempt offer new blood. Ahem. Meanwhile, on. Let’s not mention Swept takes on some well-worn ide- the world’s supplies of blood Away. Oh, sorry. Just did. Daybreakers as. Australian twins Peter are depleted to critical lev- Anyway, here Richie fur- Release Date 22 Jan and Michael Spiereg’s Day- els, as the always enjoya- ther builds on the momen- Directors: Peter and breakers boasts a cast that ble Sam Neill presides over tum gained with 2007s Michael Spierig includes Ethan Hawke and the remaining drops. Aiming RocknRolla, teaming up with Starring: Ethan Hawke, the ever-eclectic Willem Da- straight for the jugular, the the master of career revivals Willem Dafoe foe, together injecting life fi lm promises an onslaught Robert Downey Jr. for a new into the vampire genre af- of action set pieces that at- take on Sir Arthur Conan Sherlock Holmes ter the watered down, crowd tempt to overcome its B mov- Doyle’s classic sleuth tale, Release Date: 22 Jan pleasing antics of the Twi- ie constraints. Sherlock Holmes. Director: Guy Ritchie light series. Guy Richie, on the oth- With strong internation- Starring: Robert Downey Jr., In a world overrun with er hand, originally cut his al box offi ce worldwide sug- Jude Law Ethan Hawke (left) and Willem Dafoe in Daybreakers. vampires, Hawke plays a teeth reinvigorating gang- gesting Richie is on the right HELSINKI TIMES CULTURE 21–27 JANUARY 2010 1515

DOCPOINT Art goes business, or is it vice versa?

SUSAN FOURTANÉ etary things that are out of HEL SINK I T IME S our control,” says Mäkinen. A plant and a paper shed- TODAY’S economic and fi nan- der refl ect perfectly a typical cial situation is present in al- offi ce environment. In the most every conversation. For artist’s representation of the Finnish artist John Phillip same space a plant has been Mäkinen, art is a tool to ex- mutated into a new species press his views in a playful of sharp, metal-edged killer yet bold, black humor. palm tree that states, almost In an imaginary lethal in a poetic way, the human offi ce space, the exhibition condition in the present day, Stocks Talk is a sharp com- where hostility and violence ment on the infl uence of mon- take the beauty of living ey and offi ce life. It displays a creatures. variety of objects that show- For Mäkinen, who is al- case a close view of the hu- so a curator, musician and man situation in the business fi lm director, we currently world. “Stocks Talk, a silk- live in the “Dark Ages”. We all screen work, refers to mon- know what daily life in an offi ce looks like, but at a closer look it feels more like a horror-chamber. Mäkinen graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki, studied art and fi lm in Paris as well as Pitts- Miesten Vuoro (Steam of Life) by Joonas Berghäll and Mika Hotakainen presents an interesting inside into Finnish culture.

JOHN PHILLIP MÄKINEN PHILLIP JOHN burgh. Stocks Talk is supported by the Embassy of Finland, a wide selection of Finnish FRAME-Finnish Fund for Art documentaries, too, from Exchange and NORDEN-Nor- DocPoint comes to town professional fi lmmakers to dic Culture Point. works by students. Helsinki Documentary Film Festival programme includes many films Choosing Stocks Talk the programme Until 2 Feb that deliberately provoke to expose things that would otherwise The DocPoint jury travelled Gallery Supernova remain hidden. to a number of festivals Kramu 3, Riga around the world to select Latvia many of the fi lms being fea- John Phillip Mäkinen’s www.super-nova.lv PETRA NYMAN New initiative that would otherwise remain tured, but Lyytinen himself metal-edged office palm. HELSINKI TIMES This year’s festival is unique hidden. In these fi lms the doc- chose the majority of them. because it is also being fea- umentary maker doesn’t set- A jury of Finns from different THE NINTH Helsinki Doc- tured across the sea in Tallinn tle for mere observation and backgrounds, who all share a ture that still values fi rst- umentary Film Festival for the fi rst time. “There is a recording, but becomes an ac- passion for documentaries, class musicianship over raw DocPoint this year runs for defi nite bond between Helsin- tive element. The Arrival se- chose the selection of Finn- Jazzy expressionism. six days. Originally organ- ki and Tallinn, and the festival ries explores issues related to ish documentaries. Nyman and Saari both ised to promote Finnish doc- works as a bridge across the immigration and life between In addition to the pletho- have roots in Espoo, which umentaries, the festival has water that unites the two cities. two cultures, while Winners & ra of fi lms, the festival also spectrum has its own history of mu- expanded into a substantial We hope that we can continue Bestsellers series comprises offers many seminars, lec- sic education, and each has event, showcasing over 150 to work together with Tallinn the most successful documen- tures, discussions, clubs and at Café achieved individual success fi lms this time around. and take the festival there in taries in the festival circuit. possibilities to meet the fi lm- outside Finland, Saari in par- “The popularity of doc- the coming years as well,” says Poland and the Unit- makers. All fi lms are subti- ticular with the marimba/ umentary fi lms has grown Lyytinen. The opening night ed States are the countries tled in English. Louhi xylophone-driven, art-rock heaps, it seems that there is will take place simultaneous- given particular focus at instrumental outfi t XL. Ny- a kind of backlash against ly in both cities, and organisers DocPoint this year. “We have ANTHONY SHAW man has recently attempted mainstream fi lms. I think and presenters will be connect- chosen fi lms from the US in DocPoint HELSINKI TIMES that elusive apogee, an or- that people are more inter- ed by Skype, he reveals. the indie genre to represent Helsinki Documentary Festival chestral composition with ested in documentaries be- The festival programme a different view of the coun- 26-31 Jan THE MUSIC club Café Louhi electric guitar, for which he cause they have a deeper features a series of differ- try and a wide variety of new Tickets €6.50 kicks off its spring season drew considerable acclaim. content and challenge the ent fi lms. The series of fi lms documentaries from Poland (on sale from 18 January) of sonic art with an evening This Friday the music will be viewer,” comments Erkko entitled The End Justifi es the that have proven a very pos- www.docpoint.info of crossover music from the a combination of instrumen- Lyytinen, the artistic direc- Means deliberately use prov- itive surprise,” Lyytinen ex- www.finnkino.fi fi ngers of two of Finland’s tal invention, possibly akin tor of DocPoint. ocation to expose something plains. There is, of course, best exponents of the gen- to the similar synthesis of re – guitarists Marzi Ny- delicacy and energy that he man and Jarmo Saari. Both accomplished together with Pavel Cernoch and Domin- musicians owe a lot to the the Anna-Mari Kähärä Band, Goethe's soul-for-sale tragedy ic Natoli, with Ermonela traditions of instrumental and Saari with his ethno-jazz Jaho and Marie Fajtová as rock that have survived in ZetaBoo. by Mark Väisänen. The con- Marguerite. this country thanks to a cul- Lemminkäinen’s home- Finnish National Opera’s Faust debuts a host ductor is Kari Tikka. coming! presents music cov- This version of Faust is ering the spectrum of music of new operatic talents. also notable for featuring Faust that Nyman and his big band a number of soloists mak- Until 25 Feb have been involved in – from ing their debut at the FNO. www.operafin.fi chamber music to Hendrix, LOUISA GAIRN youth and freedom. Faust se- The title role is shared by HELSINKI TIMES

MARKKU PIHLAJA MARKKU with a line-up including a duces the beautiful Margue- classical harpist, a world ac- rite but kills her brother and cordionist and a free-jazz A NEW production of Faust, drives her to her ruin. bassist. The video show is the classic opera by Charles This story of alchemy and produced by the local CARTES Gounod, will receive its pre- temptation is an old one, and Centre of Art and Technolo- miere at the Finnish National it inspired Charles Gounod to STEFAN BREMER gy, and surprise guests are Opera this Friday. write several memorable ari- promised. It should be an in- Loosely based on Goethe’s as, such as the scintillating teresting evening! version of the tale, the op- Jewel Song for Marguerite. No era’s action is set somewhere wonder, then, that Faust was on the periphery of Europe in for a long time the most fre- Lemminkäinen’s the 18th century. quently performed opera in homecoming! Faust, an ageing schol- the world. Fri 22 Jan ar tired of life, is prepared to This production is a dis- 18:30 sell his soul to the Devil to re- tinctively Finnish interpre- Tickets €12/18 gain his youth. Accompanied tation of the classic tale, Espoo Cultural Centre by the demon Mephistoph- directed by the FNO’s own Café Louhi eles, he sets out to explore Jussi Tapola, with handsome Marzi Nyman the world with his new-found sets and costumes designed Pavel Černoch stars in Faust, a classic tale of alchemy and temptation. 16 21–27 JANUARY 2010 EAT & DRINK HELSINKI TIMES

Atria Atria Atria

FRESH Chicken Caesar salad Spinach pancakes & Beetroot salad Hunter’s steak with mushroom sauce Tastes really good, could do with a bit more dressing The pancakes have a tempting aroma and they taste Two steaks is a delightful surprise, but the meal has though and the dressing could be a little thicker. juicy. Together, the two make a good combination. too little sauce. The steak itself doesn’t differ much The salad is crispy and fresh and the chicken bits The salad is much better than expected, and actu- from other products. delightfully big, juicy and well grilled. ally tastes of beetroot. It’s quite vinegary though, so The packaging is easy to open. The soft texture is The shakeable packaging is really handy, but you it definitely needs some other food to go with it. nice, but is somewhat monotonous; the portion could need scissors to open the crouton package. The pancakes are a good and soft quick meal, and use some fresh vegetables, for example. Cheese flakes would be nicer than the finely grated the salad would go with almost any dish. The creamy potatoes and the sauce are tasty, but supplied. Average rating: 7 the slightly artificial steak is the weakest part. Average rating: 7,75 Price: Together €3,40 / 800 gr Average rating: 6,5 Price: €4,80 / 220 gr Price: €3,50 / 350 gr

HK HK HK

Fast- track VIA Pasta bolognese Mince sauce and mashed potatoes Grandma’s sausage sauce and potatoes The savoury sauce and full-bodied pasta make this a Both the sauce and the mashed potatoes are well A little bland; could definitely use some vegetables. royalty among ready-made meals. tasty and spicy, and you can taste the meat. The sauce is tasty, but the potatoes are a bit rub- The texture of the pasta is nice, it’s not over- A good ratio of sauce and mash, and the mash has bery. food cooked. No complaints about the taste, although it’s a nice texture. Points for using HK Blue as the sausage. Overall, not a mind-blower either. Overall, the portion was a bit bland and too the meal was fairly tasteless. Spices and vegetables To help people in their hunt The ample parmesan bag is an excellent addition, mushy, it needs some vegetables. would make it a considerably better portion. as well as the package that whistles when it’s ready. The rupturing foil was annoying, too hard to open. The potatoes are just the right size. for proper food amidst the Average rating: 7,5 Average rating: 7 Average rating: 6 ever-increasing pace of Price: €3,80 / 335 gr Price: €2 / 300 gr Price: €2,95 / 320 gr modern life, Helsinki Times tested a variety of ready- made meals. Kokkikartano Kokkikartano Kokkikartano

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READY-MADE meals have become an in- tegral part of Finnish food culture. Their popularity has been on a steady rise for years, and food manufacturers have in- vested heavily in their attempt to make their meals the tastiest and most al- luring ones on the market. As a result, Finnish grocery stores boast an extensive selection of all kinds of microwave meals, salads and other instant eats. Salmon soup Chicken pasta Salmon trout and potato bake We wanted to explore the ﬂ avours on Delicious, with a home-cooked feel to it. The salm- Well spiced and delicious, all in all an excellently Yummy! Creamy and tasty, although it could use offer, and put some of the popular prod- on tastes like salmon, and the soup is creamy and creamy and fulfilling dish. The chicken pieces are some salt and pepper. ucts to test. Naturally we only managed soft. No complaints at all here. tender and the pasta is appropriately al dente. A good dish, tastes like home cooking. A good One of the best ready-made soups there is. Served The cream is nice and soft and the pasta just amount of spices. to scratch the surface, but the compari- on a plate, you wouldn’t know it’s not home made. right. I’d like the chicken pieces to be bigger, and it The package is big enough for three or four peo- son should give you an idea of the types A fulfilling meal – don’t be fooled by the pack- could have a bit more salt and spices. ple, so it makes a good family meal. of foods available and of some of their age’s small appearance. I'd gladly buy this one. The dill stands out nicely. basic qualities. Average rating: 9,25 Average rating: 9 Average rating: 8 As well as commenting on the foods Price: €2,01 / 300 gr Price: €6,65 / 700 gr Price: €5,80 / 700 gr on several criteria, we graded them on a scale from 1 to 10, with 10 being the highest mark. The guidelines were roughly the following: Saarioinen Saarioinen Saarioinen

1-4 I would rather not eat this meal even if it was served for me free of charge.

5-6 I wouldn't mind eating this meal, but it is unlikely I would buy it if there were better options available.

7-8 I would gladly buy this meal among Meatballs and mashed potatoes Creamy chicken bowl Chicken noodle bowl my ﬁ rst choices, if I was in need of a A good brown sauce and tasty meatballs. The mash The sauce is nicely creamy and tasty, with a fitting The basic flavour is good, although if trying to be an ready-made meal. could use some garlic but otherwise it’s good, with a amount of spice. Asian dish, it could have more spice. The peanuts nice texture. The chicken pieces are a bit too small and not the add a nice touch. 9-10 All in all, a full-bodied and filling meal, and the best of quality. The all-around flavour is agreeable Not bad at all, but the noodles and vegetables baby carrots are a big bonus! though. are a bit too mushy, and the biggest problem is the This is a close-to-perfect ready-made A flavoursome and diverse instant meal, and the Comes with a nice aroma and the portion size is somewhat tasteless chicken. meal. portion size is just right. adequate. In the end it’s even a bit too spicy. Not the tastiest one, but a good quick eat. Average rating: 8,25 Average rating: 6,75 Average rating: 6,5 Price: €3 / 350 gr Price: €2,85 / 300 gr Price: €2,85 / 300 gr HELSINKI TIMES EAT & DRINK 21–27 JANUARY 2010 1717

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Turunlinnantie 1 Meilahti Art Museum Tickets €20/12 Tamminiementie 6 www.zodiak.fi Tue-Sun 11:00-18:30 Tickets €8/6/0 YEHIA EWEIS 27/29/31 January & www.hel.fi/taidemuseo 3/5/7/10/12 February Export – Import Shame Until Mon 8 March Sanna Kekäläinen’s new dance Stiina Saaristo A newly opened exhibition Export – Import at Taidehalli presents unex- project is a cross-section to the Ein kleines Monster hibited works by acclaimed Finnish artists working internationally. The concept and manifestations of Grotesque, ironic and wild exhibition grips on the topical subject of the global nature of visual arts shame. female figures challenge the social by asking questions like: What is it like to work in an international set- Cable Factory, 19:00 expectations placed on women. Tallberginkatu 1 Amos Anderson Art Museum ting? Why have Finnish artists left their homeland? What is the price of Tickets €17/10 Yrjönkatu 27 internationality? www.kekalainencompany.net Mon, Thu, Fri 10:00-18:00 Nowadays it is common that the hot spots of art move at an ever-in- Wed 10:00-20:00 creasing pace as artists constantly search for new things. The scene of Sat-Sun 11:00-17:00 EXHIBITIONS visual arts is determined by travelling, networking and exchange. Being Tickets €8/6/4/0 www.amosanderson.fi international is crucial especially for Finnish artists due to the country’s Until Sun 24 January remote location. Export – Import shows aspects of this phenomenon. Jukka Hautamäki Fri 22 January to Sun 28 March The Möbius Relief Road Olav Christopher Jenssen Until Sun 28 February Tue, Thu, Fri 11:00-18:00 Media art in which techno fantasies Panorama Taidehalli Wed 11:00-20:00 meet existential philosophy. Colouristically exuberant paintings Gallery Huuto Nervanderinkatu 3 Sat-Sun 11:00-17:00 and organic sculptures. Hannu Karjalainen’s work Woman on Beach. Uudenmaankatu 35 Kiasma www.taidehalli.fi Tickets €8/5.50/0 Tue-Fri 12:00-18:00 Mannerheiminaukio 2 Sat-Sun 12:00-16:00 Tue 10:00-17:00 Free entrance Wed-Fri 10:00-20:30 www.galleriahuuto.net Sat-Sun 10:00-18:00 MUSIC Fri 22 January Tickets €27/26 Music of Messiaen, Bartók and Mu- Tickets €7/5/0 Tango Subterráneo www.tavastiaklubi.fi sorgsky-Ravel. Until Sun 31 January www.kiasma.fi Pekka Kuusisto and Iiro Finlandia Hall, 19:00 The Young 2010 Thu 21 January Rantala perform. Sat 23 January Mannerheimintie 13 E A group exhibition by three Never Stop Allotria, 21:00 La Traviata Tickets €20/16/12/6.50 students from the Academy of OTHERS Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra Hämeentie 68 One of the most touching works in www.yle.fi/rso Fine Arts. and The Indian Sruthi Laya percus- Tickets €15 the history of opera. Myymälä2 Gallery Tue 26 to Sun 31 January sion group perform Eero Hämeen- www.allotria.fi Finnish National Opera, 19:00 Uudenmaankatu 23 DocPoint niemi’s new composition. Helsinginkatu 58 THEATRE AND DANCE Wed-Sat 12:00-18:00 A documentary film festival at Finlandia Hall, 19:00 Fri 22 & Tue 26 January Tickets €28-56 Sun 12:00-17:00 Ateneum, Bio Rex, Kiasma, Maxim, Mannerheimintie 13 E Faust www.operafin.fi 22/23/24/29/30/31 January Free entrance Bristol and Orion. Tickets €20/13/6 An opera about a man who sold his Shame Cabaret www.myymala2.com Tickets €6.50 www.hel.fi/filharmonia soul to the Devil. Mon 25 January A performance that mixes www.docpoint.info Finnish National Opera, 19:00 Taina Lehto & Eero Ojanen contemporary circus and poetry. Until Sun 31 January Thu 21 January Helsinginkatu 58 A jazz concert. Stoa Sculptor Kim Simonsson Marcelo Rosa Tickets €40-84 Malmitalo, 19:00 Turunlinnantie 1 Large ceramic figures inspired by solution sudoku Calm and traditional music from www.operafin.fi Ala-Malmin tori 1 Tickets €12/8 the Japanese Manga, literature Cape Verde. Tickets €6 www.stoa.fi and film. Malmitalo, 19:30 Fri 22 January www.malmitalo.fi The Didrichsen Art Museum Ala-Malmin tori 1 Tuomo & Sansa Sat 23 January Kuusilahdenkuja 1 Free entrance The messenger of Finnish soul music. Tue 26 January Seymenler Tue 11:00-18:00 www.malmitalo.fi Tavastia Club, 22:30 Little Victor & The Down Home A dance group of 12 men introduce us Wed 11:00-20:00 Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Kings to seymen, the old Turkish tradition. Thu-Sun 11:00-18:00 Thu 21 January Tickets €12/11 Vintage sounds of the 1950s. Vuosaari House, 18:00 Tickets €8/6/2 Baroque Ensemble Baccano www.tavastiaklubi.fi Malmitalo, 19:00 Mosaiikkitori 2 www.didrichsenmuseum.fi Works by Caldara, Fux, Hasse, Hän- Ala-Malmin tori 1 Free entrance del, Keiser, Telemann and more. Fri 22 to Sun 24 January Tickets €10 www.vuotalo.fi Until Sun 31 January Sello Hall, 19:00 Kallio New Music Days www.malmitalo.fi Icons and People in the War Years Soittoniekanaukio 1 Rarely heard recent and historical Wed 27 & Thu 28 January An exhibition featuring icons Tickets €12/6 contemporary music. Wed 27 January Men of Honour – Retro that were evacuated and www.tapiolasinfonietta.fi Vaihtolava Pelbo A dance work about pathetic mobsters. collected during the Finnish-Soviet Fleminginkatu 21 A jazz band moving in between Zodiak Winter War and Continuation War. Fri 22 January Tickets €10/7 rock, pop, jazz and world music. Tallberginkatu 1 National Museum of Finland Serata Fantastica www.juholaitinen.com/kallio Juttutupa, 21:00 Tickets €20/12 Mannerheimintie 34 Italian evening of music and sing- Säästöpankinranta 6 www.zodiak.fi Tue-Wed 11:00-20:00 ing, where the crowd can also take Sat 23 January Free entrance Thu-Sun 11:00-18:00 part. Backyard Babies www.juttutupa.fi 27/29/30/31 January & Tickets €7/4/0 Caisa, 19:00 The legendary hard rock band 1/2 February www.nba.fi Mikonkatu 17 C hailing from Sweden. Wed 27 January Witch’s Broom Tickets €7/5 Tavastia Club, 20:00 Finnish Radio Symphony Or- A luminous haiku in dance. Until Sun 31 January www.caisa.fi Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 chestra Stoa John Court Works by the English performance and visual artist. Gallery Aarni Bar Loop is a stylish, contemporary bar located Ahertajantie 5 at Kampintori, in the heart of Helsinki. It's Helsinki Travel Tip Proudly sponsored by: Tue, Fri-Sun 11:00-18:00 an evening rendezvous for those that enjoy Wed-Thu 11:00-20:00 quality dj-ing over a few cold beers, selected Free entrance wines and spirits, with tasty tapas & nachos. www.espoonkuvataiteilijat.fi Also, should you feel like popping in for a coffee and web surﬁng, free entry and WLAN Until Sun 14 February only adds to the funky, laid back atmosphere. 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09:30 Always Greener 09:50 The Young and the Restless 09:30 Always Greener 09:50 The Young and the Restless 11:05 YLE News in English 10:55 Emmerdale 11:05 YLE News in English 10:55 Emmerdale 11:10 Miss Marple 12:50 Hell's Kitchen USA 11:10 Miss Marple 12:50 Ex List 14:30 Doctors A breakfast for an army. 14:30 Doctors 14:15 Happy Hour 17:05 Miss Marple 14:15 War at Home Faith attempts to help an The parents’ visit. 19:00 Keeping up Appearances 14:45 Northern Exposure opera singer who suffers 14:45 Northern Exposure 21:50 Leben und Sterben in 17:05 The Bold and the Beautiful from agoraphobia. 17:05 The Bold and the Beautiful Kabul DOC 18:00 Emmerdale 17:05 Miss Marple 18:00 Emmerdale The German troops in 21:00 Mentalist (K13) The Cooler Miss Marple is on holiday 20:00 You Are What You Eat The Punisher Afghanistan have become The CBI investigates the TV Viisi 21:00 in London and overhears 21:05 Without a Trace Nelonen 00:40 a political problem since a death of a suspected suspicious conversations in The FBI suspects that German-requested airstrike financial criminal. her hotel. a father is hiding the killed tens of civilians. 22:30 Closer 07:00 Children’s Programming 19:10 Heartbeat traces of his daughter’s 07:00 Children’s Programming In German. 23:25 Scarface (K18) FILM In Finnish. 22:00 Mistresses disappearance. In Finnish. 22:50 Vaiennut kylä FILM A classic action drama 13:00 Birth Stories 23:45 Vital Signs 22:30 Rocky (K15) FILM 13:00 Birth Stories A young police detective following the life of Tony 13:30 Newlywed, Nearly Dead The mother of three children The film which gave Lucy gets positive news ends up solving an old Montana, who is banished Damian is a record collector ponders over the meaning Sylvester Stallone world about her future. murder in a remote town. from Cuba and through a who is fed up with his wife’s of life. wide fame follows a poor 13:30 Newlywed, Nearly Dead Directed by Kari Väänänen. violent road ends up on top nagging. but determined boxer 14:00 Open House Starring: Taneli Mäkelä, of the crime world of Florida. 14:00 Unsellables Rocky Balboa work his way Bretton. Vesa Vierikko. Finland 1997. Directed by Brian De Palma. 15:30 Desperate Housewives TV2 to the top of the sporting 15:30 Desperate Housewives In Finnish. Starring: Al Pacino, Steven 16:25 Days of Our Lives world. Directed by John G. 16:25 Days of Our Lives Bauer, Michelle Pfeiffer. 17:20 Everybody Loves Raymond 06:50 Pikku Kakkonen Avildsen. Starring: Sylvester 17:20 Everybody Loves Raymond USA 1983 17:50 Dr. Phil Children’s programming. Stallone. USA 1976 Robert’s wedding. Part 2/2. TV2 Parents and teenagers at war. In Finnish. 00:45 Fringe 17:50 Dr. Phil 19:30 Animal Rescue 10:35 McLeod’s Daughters 19:00 Wipeout 06:50 Pikku Kakkonen SUB 21:00 FlashForward 11:50 Cross Country Skiing 20:00 Funny Home Videos Children’s programming. The FBI gets a hint for SPORT SUB 21:00 The Brothers Grimm FILM In Finnish. 07:00 Children’s Programming solving the mystery from Finnish Championships. This entertaining fantasy 10:35 McLeod’s Daughters In Finnish. an imprisoned former Nazi, In Finnish. 07:00 Children’s Programming tells the legendary tale of the 11:45 Animal Hospital: 14:20 Janice Dickinson who claims to know why the 14:50 Cross Country Skiing In Finnish. Grimm brothers Jacob and Supervets Modelling Agency blackout lasted for exactly SPORT 14:20 Janice Dickinson Wilhelm. The brothers are sent 15:15 Biathlon SPORT 16:00 E! Entertainment: Behind 137 seconds. Mark and Janice World Cup. In Finnish. Modelling Agency to solve the mystery of a forest World cup. Men’s 20km. the Scenes have to decide whether the 15:30 Figure Skating SPORT 16:00 E! Entertainment: E! News that is claimed to swallow In Finnish. 16:30 E! Entertainment: Streets man is bluffing or not as he European Championships. Weekend young ladies. Directed by 17:00 Children’s Programming of Hollywood demands freedom as a return In Finnish. 18:05 Sturm der Liebe Terry Gilliam. Starring: Heath 17:30 Pikku Kakkonen 18:05 Sturm der Liebe for what he knows. 17:23 Pikku Kakkonen In German. Ledger, Matt Damon. Children’s programming. In German. 22:00 Rescue Me (K15) Children’s programming. 19:00 Two and a Half Men USA/UK/Czech 2005 In Finnish. 19:00 Two and a Half Men 23:25 Frasier In Finnish. Judith and Herb’s wedding is 23:40 Dresden Files 18:00 Figure Skating SPORT Father, son and women in 23:55 Reaper 18:00 Figure Skating SPORT not far away. 00:40 The Punisher (K18) FILM European Championships. bikinis. European Championships. 19:30 Will & Grace An action adventure based In Finnish. 19:30 Will & Grace In Finnish. 20:00 Friends on the Marvel comics. 20:40 Figure Skating SPORT 20:00 Friends JIM 20:00 Figure Skating SPORT 20:30 Family Guy Special agent Frank Castle’s European Championships. 20:30 The Simpsons European Championships. Peter finally gets acceptance world is turned upside In Finnish. 21:00 True Beauty 13:10 The Re-Inventors In Finnish. from his father-in-law. down when his family is 22:05 Figure Skating SPORT The contestants are tested Matt Hunter and Jeremy 21:00 Eurovision 2010: First 21:00 Commercial Breakdown killed. Revengeful Castle European Championships. in a sporty shoot. Macpherson dig up original Auditions 3 21:30 The Duudsons becomes the Punisher, In Finnish. 22:30 E! Entertainment: patent designs from In Finnish. 22:00 Numb3rs whose greatest mission 23:30 The Intelligence (K15) Kourtney & Khloe Take history's lost inventions and 22:05 Figure Skating SPORT A baseball player dies is to eliminate the man 00:15 Car Wars Miami put them to test. European Championships. suddenly in the middle of behind the murder of his 23:00 C.S.I. 17:30 Kenny vs. Spenny In Finnish. practise. family. Directed by Jonathan The police busts a blood- 18:00 Border Security 23:00 Sopranos (K15) 23:00 C.S.I. Miami Hensleigh. Starring: Thomas YLE TEEMA covered man burying a body. The immigration officers An ex-con asks Horatio for Jane, John Travolta. 00:00 Tonight Show with Conan have received a clue of illegal help in finding his son. USA/Germany 2004 16:00 Dolce vita Africana DOC O'Brien immigrants working at a YLE TEEMA 23:55 Tonight Show with Conan A portrait of the Malian 00:55 Studio 60 on the Sunset construction site in Sydney. O'Brien photographer who in 2007 Strip 18:30 Bondi Rescue 17:00 Amazon with Bruce Parry 00:50 It's Always Sunny in JIM was the first African to The life guards have to close Parry’s journey nears its Philadelphia (K13) receive the Golden Lion the beach due to a mass end. In the final episode 01:20 Mad TV 13:10 The Re-Inventors award. In French. TV VIISI rescue. he visits the native Kayapo 17:30 Kenny vs. Spenny 17:00 Himalaya with Michael Palin 19:00 World's Most Amazing Indians. 18:00 Hidden Potential 19:30 Little Mosque on the 18:00 That 70s Show Videos Part 6/6. TV VIISI 18:30 My Country, My Kitchen Prairie Eric and Red’s co-work 20:00 Customs 20:05 North and South London and Scotland. 20:05 More Industrial continues. A load discovered inside a A miniseries focusing on the 18:00 That 70s Show 19:00 Anthony Bourdain Revelations Europe 18:30 Grounded for Life truck surprises everyone, class system of old England. 18:30 Grounded for Life The culinary Cambodia. 21:00 Alternative Therapies: 19:00 America’s Funniest Home including the driver. Part 2/4. 19:00 America’s Funniest Home 19:30 Chuck’s Day Off Meditation DOC Videos 20:30 World's Wildest Vacation 21:00 Afro-Suomen historia DOC Videos The neighbours get a thank Reflexology. Part 2/3. 19:30 8 Simple Rules for Dating Videos A look into the history of 19:30 8 Simple Rules for Dating you. 22:00 Indigènes (K13) FILM My Teenage Daughter SERIES ENDS. Africans in Finland. My Teenage Daughter 20:00 Storm Force A story about Algerian Secrets. 21:00 The Final Report: LA Riots In Finnish. 20:00 Down and out in Beverly 21:00 Criminal Behaviour: P. Diddy men recruited to the 20:00 Ballroom Bootcamp DOC 21:50 Roma (K15) FILM Hills FILM (K13) DOC French troops during 21:00 The Cooler (K15) FILM A close look at the LA riots A virtually plotless, gaudy In this classic 80s comedy, Sean “P. Diddy” Combs WWII. Directed by Rachid The unluckiest gambler of in 1992, which were sparked and impressionistic portrait the dysfunctional family life has made millions with his Bouchareb. Starring: Jamel Las Vegas is hired to play in by the release of a video of of Rome through the eyes of affluent businessman Dave music, but his story also has Debbouze. Algeria 2006. the winning tables in hopes white policemen beating of one of its most famous Whiteman is turned upside a dark side. In French and Arabic. that his presence would up an African-American citizens: Federico Fellini. down when a homeless man 22:00 Los Angeles Ink disrupt the luck of other suspect. The riots resulted Directed by Federico Fellini. tries to end his life in the Pixie decides to get a tattoo Programmes on Yle Teema players. Directed by Wayne in the death of over 50 Starring: Peter Gonzales family’s swimming pool. removed. may be viewed in the original Kramer. Starring: William H. people. Falcon. Italy 1972. Directed by Paul Mazursky. 23:00 Future Weapons language(s) by changing the Macy, Alec Baldwin. 22:00 Contender In Italian. Starring: Nick Nolte, Richard 00:00 World’s Most Daring 23:00 South Park (K15) 23:45 Six Feet Under (K15) Dreyfuss. USA 1986 digital receiver’s settings. USA 2003 Rescues 23:00 Dark Justice 01:00 Police Patrol 22:55 Farscape 01:00 Most Shocking (K15)

Scarface (K18) The Brothers Grimm Brian De Palma's blood-and- Filled with beautiful imagery, this sun-drenched saga of a Cuban film takes the viewer to a magical deportee's rise to the top of journey into the fairytale world of Miami's cocaine business has the Brothers Grimm. The fictional become something of an epitome journey is set in 19th century of gangster films and a cult French occupied Germany, where classic since its release in 1983. the brothers Will and Jake travel Al Pacino stars as Tony Montana, the countryside as cons, convinc- whose intelligence, guts, and ing unsuspecting towns that ambition help him skyrocket they possess powers to get rid of from a lowly dishwasher to the demons, for a hefty price. During top of a criminal empire. How- their travels the mischievous ever, as his power grows, so does brothers collect and write down his paranoia and distrust which stories of the odd characters they eventually leads to the fall of his come across. But before long, the empire. Michelle Pfeiffer plays truth about them is discovered the somewhat predictable role of by General Delatombe, and they Tony's neglected drug-addicted are sent to a tiny village to solve wife, where Steven Bauer stars in the mysterious disappearance a credible role as his concerned of numerous young girls amidst close friend F. Murray Abraham. a haunted forest. The brother’s The violence-packed screenplay soon find themselves in a fantasy was written by Oliver Stone, world, unlike any they could’ve based on Howard Hawks' 1932 imagined as they set out to save version of the film. the girls, and themselves. MTV3 23:25 Nelonen 21:00 20 21–27 JANUARY 2010 TV GUIDE HELSINKI TIMES

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14:25 Vicar of Dibley 08:00 Children’s Programming 12:15 Jeeves and Wooster 08:35 Children’s Programming 15:25 Keeping up Appearances In Finnish. 14:15 Inspector Morse 12:30 According to Jim 15:55 Holby City 11:15 Snowboarding SPORT Morse has set his sights on 13:00 Alpine Skiing SPORT 19:45 Monk In Finnish. a certain woman, when duty World Cup. Women’s Giant 22:30 Taking the Flak 11:45 Mogul Skiing SPORT calls once again Slalom. In Finnish. A British parody about a World Cup précis. In Finnish. 21:10 Capturing a Short Life 14:25 Alpine Skiing SPORT media crew in a crisis area. 12:15 Alpine Skiing SPORT DOC World Cup. Men’s slalom. 23:00 Cracker World Cup. Men’s downhill, The Patriot A documentary focusing on In Finnish. Kitzbühel. In Finnish. Nelonen 21:00 the unbearable fate of losing 16:50 Mythbusters 14:05 E! Entertainment: True a newborn baby. 17:55 National Geographic TV2 Capturing a Short Life Hollywood Story 22:05 The Commander (K15) Programming TV1 21:10 16:30 Star Wars: The Clone Wars 13:00 King of Queens Blake and the team find out California Redwood. The 07:45 Pikku Kakkonen NEW SEASON BEGINS. 14:35 Ghost Whisperer that a victim was a con in giants of the forests can Children’s programming. 17:00 Ramsay's Kitchen A celebrity medium arrives many different fields. grow to a height of over 09:30 Top Design In Finnish. Nightmares USA in town and ends up working 22:55 State Within 100m and live thousands 10:25 Animal Planet: Ms Adventure 10:55 Cross Country Skiing Purnima Dillons Restaurant, together with Melinda Brydon takes on a politically of years. Lethally stylish. SPORT Manhattan. to solve the mystery of a sensitive matter. 21:00 Amazing Race 11:25 Most Extreme Finnish Championships. 21:00 Survivor missing student. 23:45 Fear, Stress and Anger Lithuanian garden gnomes. Most talented users of devices. Women’s 10km. In Finnish. 22:30 Ray FILM 16:35 Lords of Dogtown FILM 22:35 C.S.I. Miami 12:25 Frasier 12:27 Cross Country Skiing Based on the true events The film follows the surf Stand your ground. 14:20 Desperate Housewives SPORT in Ray Charles’ life, this and skateboarding trends TV2 23:30 24 (K15) 15:20 Grey’s Anatomy World Cup. Women’s film depicts the legendary that originated in Venice 16:15 Samantha Who? 2x7.5km. In Finnish. singer’s poor childhood, Beach, California during 07:45 Pikku Kakkonen Samantha takes part in a trial of 13:05 Cross Country Skiing rise to fame and the messy the 1970s. Directed by Children’s programming. SUB a memory-enhancing drug and SPORT private life of a drug addict. Catherine Hardwicke. In Finnish. begins to remember important Finnish Championships. Directed by Taylor Hackford. Starring: Emile Hirsch, 10:30 Disc Golf SPORT 10:00 Cow & Chicken things about her past. Men’s 15km. Starring: Jamie Foxx, Kerry Heath Ledger. European Open, Tampere. 10:25 Futurama 16:45 Greek In Finnish. Washington. USA/Germany 2005 In Finnish. 10:50 Wildlife Nannies 47 hours and 11 minutes. 14:55 Cross Country Skiing USA 2004 21:00 The Patriot (K15) FILM 11:05 Cross Country Skiing 13:40 Mask 17:45 Funny Home Videos SPORT 01:20 Unit An adventure drama about SPORT 14:10 King of the Hill 20:00 Wipeout World Cup. Men’s 2x15km. Benjamin Martin, a single Finnish Championships. Out of the closet. 21:00 Casanova FILM In Finnish. father of seven children. He Women’s 2x7.5 km. 14:40 Baywatch Heath Ledger plays the 15:25 Nordic Combined SPORT SUB is an ex-soldier who wants In Finnish. 15:30 Project Runway fabled romantic as a man World Cup. Ski Jump and nothing but to move on 12:25 Cross Country Skiing 16:25 One Tree Hill who, after failing to win the 10km ski. In Finnish. 15:10 E! Entertainment: Whose and look after his children, SPORT The start of a new life. affection of a particular 16:15 Figure Skating SPORT Wedding is it anyway? but when the past comes Finnish Championships. 17:15 F Word Best of Venetian woman, strives to European Championship. 16:10 E! Entertainment: Dress knocking on his door he has Men’s 2x15 km. In Finnish. The wildest adventures discover the real meaning In Finnish. My Nest to fight once more. Directed 14:15 Cross Country Skiing and tastiest treats from of love. Directed by Lasse 17:40 V75 Trot 16:40 Mad TV by Roland Emmerich. SPORT seasons 1-3. Hallström. Starring: Heath In Finnish. 17:30 Friday Night Lights Starring: Mel Gibson, Heath World Cup. In Finnish. 18:10 Make Me a Supermodel Ledger, Sienna Miller, 22:05 Little Big Man (K15) FILM The small town boys face a Ledger. 15:00 Nordic Combined SPORT 19:05 Make Me a Supermodel Jeremy Irons. USA 2005 A classic western about challenge as they travel to USA/Germany 2000 World Cup. In Finnish. 20:00 The Shot 23:35 FlashForward the adventures of a white Dallas for a crucial match. 00:05 American Chopper 16:35 Figure Skating SPORT 21:00 Mystic River (K15) FILM man raised by the Indians. 19:00 American Idol 01:50 Vampire Bats (K13) FILM European Championships. A touching drama about Directed by Arthur Penn. Jacksonville. This horror flick sees In Finnish. three childhood friends JIM Starring: Dustin Hoffman. 20:00 Pitchmen: Gadgets to biologist Maddy Rierdon’s 18:00 Biathlon SPORT from a riverside town who USA 1070 Glory life take on a shocking turn Men’s 12.5km. In Finnish. are reconnected in their 09:55 Amazing Adventures of a 00:20 Da Vinci’s Inquest 21:00 Hotel Babylon when one of her students 20:00 Orgoglio adult life by a brutal murder. Nobody 01:05 Live: Rock in Rio 2008 The hotel workers are is found dead and she finds In Italian. Directed by Clint Eastwood. Leon Logothetis attempts to afraid of losing their jobs herself fighting against 22:35 The Guard Starring: Sean Penn, Tim take a river boat to Bristol, as the Japanese owner nature. Directed by Eric 23:20 Sopranos (K15) Robbins, Kevin Bacon. but everything doesn’t go YLE TEEMA threaten to close the whole Bross. Starring: Lucy USA 2003 quite to plan. place down. Lawless, Dylan Neal. 23:45 Terminator: The Sarah 10:25 Boy’s Weekend 19:05 Deti Arbata 22:05 Ibiza USA 2005 YLE TEEMA Connor Chronicles The boys return with the In Russian. 23:00 Miami Vice SERIES ENDS. reruns of the first season. 19:55 Amazon with Bruce Parry 23:55 X Files 18:00 A Star Is Born FILM 00:40 Baby Faced Body Builders 10:55 Excellent Adventure Part 6/6. 01:20 Most Haunted JIM A classic tale of a film star DOC Wacken Open Air heavy 21:00 How the Beatles Rocked who falls in love with a young The everyday life of body metal festival. the Kremlin DOC 10:00 Ultimate Gadgets singer and helps her gain fame builders. 11:25 Tricked Out The Beatles were never TV VIISI 10:30 Extreme Fishing while his own career is falling 01:45 Stargate SG1 13:25 Steve Schirripa’s Hungry allowed to perform in the Costa Rica. apart. Directed by George Mouth-watering Italian food. Soviet Union, but nevertheless 18:00 Jon & Kate Plus 8 12:20 Lonely Planet Cukor. N: Judy Garland, James 13:40 Any Given Latitude made an impact on the people. 19:00 Scrubs Perth. Mason. USA 1954 TV VIISI Portugal. 21:58 A Hard Day's Night FILM JD struggles with his interns 13:15 Jurassic Fight Club DOC 20:55 Don Giovanni Unmasked 14:05 Chopper Challenge The first film on The Beatles and uses it as an excuse to The monsters of the Ice age. Mozart’s opera as a 18:00 Biography: Winona Ryder Johnny Goodson. concentrates on a ‘typical’ go out with Elliott. 14:10 Shadow Force TV-version by Barbara 19:00 Dennis the Menace Strikes 15:00 American Hot Rod day of the band as they travel 20:00 Breaking The Magician’s 18:30 London Ink. Willis Sweet. Starring Again FILM 18:00 Dangerous Encounters from Liverpool to a TV studio Code 19:30 Good Buy, Bad Buy Russian baritone Dmitri It's Mr. Wilson's birthday, Brady Barr returns with new recording and finally to a 21:00 Holy Smoke (K15) FILM California Choices. Hvorostovski. and the day starts out fine episodes featuring the most live gig. Directed by Richard While on a journey of 20:00 Expedition Africa 22:05 Deti Arbata until guess who shows dangerous animals the world Lester. UK 1964 discovery in exotic India, The end is near, but many In Russian. up uninvited. Directed has to offer. beautiful young Ruth things can still go wrong. by Charles T. Kanganis. 19:00 Man v. Food Barron falls under the SERIES ENDS. Starring: Don Ricles, George 19:30 Pressure Cook influence of a charismatic 21:00 UFO Files DOC Kennedy. 20:00 Flip This House religious guru to the Scientists talk about UFOs. USA 1993 21:00 Biography: David Berkowitz dismay of her family. 22:00 Kill Arman 21:00 Lisa Williams: Life Among New Yorkers lived in fear Directed by Jane Campion. Malaysia. In Finnish. the Dead during 1976 and 1977 when Starring: Kate Winslet, 22:30 Bait Car Ghosts in the garage. a serial killer lurked on its Harvey Keitel. 23:00 Heliloggers 22:00 Flashpoint streets. USA/Australia 1999 00:00 Disorder in the Court (K15) 23:00 Breaking The Magician’s 22:00 Build It Bigger A Hard Day's Night 23:05 Alias 01:00 Chopper Challenge Casanova Code 23:00 Contender YleTeema 21:58 01:55 Travel Sick (K15) Nelonen 21:00 00:00 Tough Love 01:00 Police Interceptors

Ray Mystic River This biographical drama tells the When they were kids growing tale of the legendary Ray Charles. up together in a rough section Featuring a remarkable perfor- of Boston, Jimmy Markum, Dave mance from Jamie Foxx, the film Boyle and Sean Devine spent follows the inspiring story of a their days playing stickball on the musical genius. Born in a poor street, the way most boys did. Georgian town, Charles lost his Nothing much ever happened sight at the age of seven, shortly in their neighbourhood. That is after witnessing his brother’s until Dave was forced to take accidental death. Motivated by the ride that would change all of a fiercely independent mother, their lives forever. In adulthood, Charles found his calling behind the three childhood friends are a piano keyboard. The singer reunited through a brutal murder gained a reputation within the touching each and every one of US and quickly exploded into them. Jimmy’s teen daughter worldwide fame. While revolutio- has been murdered and he vows nising music, Charles simultane- revenge in an attempt to find ously fought segregation and the killer before the police does. championed artists’ rights within Sean is the homicide detective the corporate music business. assigned to the case, gather- Ray provides an unwavering ing difficult and disturbing portrait of a musical genius as evidence, while attempting to it follows him overcome a drug handle Jimmy’s rage and need for addiction while transforming into retribution when Dave becomes a beloved performer. the prime suspect. MTV3 22:30 Sub 21:00 HELSINKI TIMES TV GUIDE 21–27 JANUARY 2010 2121

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09:30 Always Greener 09:50 The Young and the Restless 09:30 Always Greener 09:50 The Young and the Restless 11:05 YLE News in English 11:00 Emmerdale 11:05 YLE News in English 10:50 Emmerdale 11:10 Miss Marple 12:55 Lipstick Jungle 11:10 Miss Marple 12:45 Private Practice 14:30 Doctors 14:15 Two and a Half Men 14:30 Doctors 14:10 Alf Ben treats two professional 14:45 Northern Exposure Will an alcoholic patient get 14:40 Northern Exposure ice skaters. 17:05 The Bold and the Beautiful Mac to face his problems 15:35 You Are What You Eat 15:05 Louis la Brocante 18:00 Emmerdale with drinking? Pam lives on white bread, In French. 21:00 24 (K15) 15:05 Louis la Brocante while Charlotte is a heavy 17:05 Miss Marple 05:00-06:00. Jack’s In French. drinker. A murder takes place in a race against the terrorists 17:05 Miss Marple 17:05 The Bold and the Beautiful small country town. Part accelerates. Burn Notice The goddess of revenge. 18:00 Emmerdale Force Ten from Navarone 2/2. 22:30 Burn Notice MTV3 22:30 Part 1/2. 21:00 Prison Break (K15) TV2 22:05 22:20 Band of Brothers (K15) SERIES BEGINS. An action 19:00 Billy Connolly - Journey to The firm plans to relocate The end of the war has comedy series about an 07:00 Children’s Programming the Edge of the World the sixth Skylla. Mahone 07:00 Children’s Programming nearly arrived but the agent who ends up on the In Finnish. Connolly continues his follows the leads, while In Finnish. battalion takes part in blacklist of the intelligence 13:00 Birth Stories journey through the Arctic Michael’s crew mourns the 13:00 Birth Stories

the occupation of Hitler’s community. 13:30 Newlywed, Nearly Dead Ocean. He meets with the loss of a member. Michael 13:30 Exchanging Vows famous mountain fortress. 23:35 Psych Melissa and Buddy are at Inuit in Baffin Island and gets serious news about his SERIES BEGINSThis In Austria the men find out each others throats about gets to take part in a seal condition. reality series follows two that everyone won’t be sent the smallest things. hunt. 22:30 C.S.I. New York completely different couples home in one go. Part 10/10. SUB 14:00 Open House Part 2/4. The team gets a shock when plan each others weddings. 15:30 Desperate Houseviwes 21:00 Forgiven FILM Warrick is found murdered 15:30 Desperate Housewives 07:00 Children’s Programming 16:25 Days of Our Lives Based on true events, this inside his car by a Las Vegas 16:25 Days of Our Lives TV2 In Finnish. 17:20 Everybody Loves Raymond film follows the tragic restaurant. 17:20 Everybody Loves Raymond 16:30 E! Entertainment: Wildest 17:50 Dr. Phil confession of a wife on 23:25 Justice 17:50 Dr. Phil 06:50 Pikku Kakkonen TV Show Moments Dreams of sudden riches. her husband’s incestuous 00:25 3rd Rock from the Sun 21:00 NCIS Children’s programming. 18:05 Sturm der Liebe 20:00 America’s Next Top Model acts. Directed by Paul 22:00 Extraordinary Hoarders In Finnish. In German. The winner of the season is Wilmshurst. Starring: Lucy DOC 10:35 McLeod’s Daughters 19:00 Two and a Half Men announced. Cohu. SUB Excessive hoarding is an Tess offers Jasmine a job at An unforgettable wedding 21:00 Desperate Housewives UK 2007 indication of a type of the station. ceremony. What is the fate of the ones 07:00 Children’s Programming compulsive disorder. A 11:20 Mission of the Millionaires 19:30 Will & Grace injured in the accident? In Finnish. person suffering from it - Survival of the Rich 20:00 Big Bang Theory The women think about TV2 14:20 Pussycat Dolls: Girlicious cannot stop collecting 16:10 Snowy River: The 20:30 The Simpsons what their lives would be 16:00 E! Entertainment: E! valueless stuff although it McGregor Saga 21:00 Fast and the Furious (K15) if the circumstances were 06:50 Pikku Kakkonen Investigates causes shame and guilt. 17:21 Pikku Kakkonen FILM different. Children’s programming. 18:05 Sturm der Liebe 23:20 Frasier Children’s programming. Fast rides and the whiff 22:00 Sex and the City (K13) In Finnish. In German. 00:20 Navigare In Finnish. of petrol shape this film 22:40 Sex and the City (K13) 10:35 McLeod’s Daughters 19:00 Two and a Half Men 00:50 Las Vegas 19:20 Expedition Guyana portraying the illegal races 23:35 Frasier 16:10 Snowy River: The 19:30 Will & Grace The team dives deeper into taking place on the streets 00:05 Bronx Is Burning McGregor Saga 20:00 Friends the rainforest filled with of Los Angeles. Directed by Billie and George solve their Kathleen publishes The phone number. JIM scorpions and poisonous Rob Cohen. dispute in order to continue secret information in the 20:30 The Simpsons centipedes. They come across Starring: Vin Diesel. building a winning team. paper and has to face the 21:00 Cops With Cameras 17:30 Kenny vs. Spenny the world’s largest tarantula. USA 2001 consequences. Car thieves. Who can ride a cow the 22:35 Third Watch 23:05 The Duudsons 22:05 Force Ten from Navarone 22:00 Journeyman longest? 23:20 Fixer (K15) 23:35 Tonight Show with Conan JIM (K15) FILM Dan finds a kidnapped child 18:00 Border Security O'Brien During World War II, several as he travels back to the Illegal immigrants are 01:30 Girls of the Playboy 15:05 Feasting on Asphalt oddly assorted military 90s. Against the wishes rumoured to be working for YLE TEEMA Mansion Alton Brown visits the Rocky experts are teamed in a of Livia, he makes sure the a furniture manufacturer. Mountains and investigates mission to raid and destroy kidnapper finds himself 18:30 Bondi Rescue 19:00 Cuéntame Cómo Pasó the origin of hamburgers. a bridge vital to enemy behind bars. Six friends are struggling In Spanish. TV VIISI 18:00 Border Security strategy. Directed by Guy 23:00 Stargate SG1 in the water with only one 21:05 Made in Sheffield DOC A scan of a student’s Hamilton. 23:55 Tonight Show with Conan lifeguard to help them. A document by Eve Wood 18:00 That 70s Show luggage reveals weapons Starring: Robert Shaw, O'Brien 19:00 World's Most Amazing about the birthplace of The yearbook of Eric and the and gets the immigration Harrison Ford. 00:50 Bones Videos electronic pop music. crew comes out. officers moving. UK 1978 01:40 Blade: The Series A sole sailor gets stuck in 22:00 Paul Merton in India 18:30 Grounded for Life 18:30 Bondi Rescue 00:05 Comedy Inc. (K13) a storm and an earthquake Shillong and Kolkata. 19:00 America’s Funniest Home 19:00 World's Most Amazing hits a casino. Part 2/5. Videos Videos TV VIISI 20:00 Speeders 22:45 Suchwiin Bulmyeong (K15) 19:30 8 Simple Rules for Dating Sports matches turn serious YLE TEEMA 20:30 Bait Car FILM My Teenage Daughter when the going gets a tad 18:00 That 70s Show The streets of Oakland work A dark portrayal of the Bridget’s modeling dreams. too tough. 17:00 Undersea World of Red puts a stop on having fun. as the set for car thieves everyday life of three 20:00 Jon & Kate Plus 8 20:00 World’s Most Daring Jacques Cousteau 18:30 Grounded for Life who are about to get busted. Korean youths, whose life 21:00 Archie: The Six Stone Baby Rescues Narrated in Finnish. Sean’s attempt to teach 21:00 Still Missing Madeleine seems to be nothing more DOC Dangerous youths. 19:05 North and South Henry sympathy turns into DOC than pain and suffering. Archie suffers from a rare 21:00 Who Killed Joennie Mae Thornton suffers from love a failure. Madeleine McCann Directed by Kim Ki-duk. MOMO Syndrome which Chappell? (K15) DOC and Margaret faces a great 19:00 America’s Funniest Home disappeared in May 2007 Starring: Dong-kun Yang. accelerates growth. The racially motivated murder loss. A misunderstanding Videos during a family holiday South Korea 2001. 22:00 Die Bienen (K15) FILM of a black woman in 1964 concerning a certain man’s 19:30 8 Simple Rules for Dating in Portugal. The police In Korean. Karla meets her father in went unpunished, although identity and an encounter My Teenage Daughter has dropped the case as Mallorca, where he is stung the evidence against three with the police make the Bridget gets a chance to inconclusive, but the parents by a wasp creating a life- white men was bulletproof. relationships of the young attend a top university. still hold on to a piece of threatening reaction. While This documentary rewinds ones ever tenser. 20:00 Lisa Williams: Life Among hope. As the two-year a desperate search for an time and looks at why justice Part 3/4. the Dead anniversary of the girl’s antidote takes place, the was not served. 20:00 Un village français 21:00 Tough Love disappearance draws near, wasps attack new victims. 22:00 Disorder in the Court In French. The women get to show their her father travels back to Directed by Michael Karen. (K15) 21:00 Electric Dreams DOC sexy side during a photo Portugal. Starring: Janin Reinhardt. SERIES ENDS. What kind of technological shoot. 22:30 Penn & Teller (K15) Germany 2008. 23:00 South Park (K15) breakthroughs astonished 23:10 Footballer’s Wives: Extra 23:05 South Park (K15) In German. 23:30 Kenny vs. Spenny British families in the Time 23:35 Kenny vs. Spenny Made in Sheffield 01:00 Police Patrol 1980s? 23:40 K11 01:00 Police Patrol YleTeema 21:05 Police work in the air. Part 2/3. In German.

Choir Wars, that show about farmers In the season opener, the first gusting. They have started speaking trying to find a wife, Finland’s Top sketch involved the four of them in English though, presumably for Model and so on ad infinitum and, standing somewhere in the frozen export purposes, God help us. for that matter, ad nauseum too. North, in the middle of nowhere, The main cultural event last Duuds, Sub TV doesn’t have many Finnish- stuffing ice into their mouths. weekend was, of course, Miss Fin- made shows adorning its schedules, Then they took off their clothes, land 2010. I’m amazed this is still enough already and the ones they do have are pretty and stood there in their birthday going on really, and I still don’t see poor. Unfortunately this includes suits for what I guess must have the point of it, except to provide NICK BARLOW the one that started last week on been at least 45 minutes. Eventu- blokes with some titillating eye- A word of warning: I went to the Friday at 21:30 the fourth season ally they got a bit chilly and ran candy. Those ‘swimsuits’ weren’t half dentist’s a few hours ago, and as a of Duudsonit, a.k.a. The Duudsons off into the sauna. As a spectacle revealing, eh? Phwooar, did you see result my head is the size of a wa- – Finland’s answer to Jackass. it was hardly riveting stuff – four the size of her knockers? Wouldn’t termelon and it feels like a family They’ve had their moments blokes standing naked in the snow mind getting a piece of that. Check of rats is gnawing a nice warm bur- – the fake bank robbery from ages and ice, getting cold. I could do out her melons! Laaaavely. Fapfap- row in my lower jaw. Therefore, I’m ago springs to mind as being pretty that in my back garden to be hon- fap. Etc. I could go on about how not in the best of moods, which you funny – but while Johnny Knoxville est, except the neighbours would sexist, insulting, and ridiculous it is, might find notice when compared and his gang of childlike simple- probably call the cops. or how you can see beautiful wom- with my normal, uplifting style. tons gave up the ghost a while The next stunt had three of them en everywhere in Finland anyway, But the world of television has not back, the four Duudsons (there hanging upside down, eating and or that all the women in the show been lying supine and helpless on used to be two but in an incredible drinking stuff, the plan apparently looked pretty good, but only be- a dentist’s chair. Far from it. display of advanced mitosis they being to see how far they could go cause they’d spent two hours with First off, since it’s January you just, one day, sprouted two identi- without vomiting through their nos- a hair stylist, a week with a clothes might have noticed there’s a whole cal replicas) are gamely plodding es. When the emesis began, I admit designer, and had three inches of bunch of new Finnish shows starting along, trying to wring the last I’d had enough. I’m all for puerile make-up sand-blasted onto their this month. Generally, these are all drops of entertainment value from stunts but this wasn’t funny or origi- faces. But to be honest, my jaw is rehashes of old pap from last year – basic human bodily functions. nal, just boring and moderately dis- hurting, and I can’t be arsed. 22 21–27 JANUARY 2010 TV GUIDE HELSINKI TIMES

Thu 1/21 wednesday 27.1. −6 −6 TV1 MTV3 NELONEN −11 Thu 1/21 Fri 1/22 Sat 1/23 Sun 1/24 Mon 1/25 Tue 1/26 Wed 1/27 −13 09:30 Always Greener 09:50 The Young and the Restless +2 +4 +3 +4 +3 −4 −2 11:05 YLE News in English 10:55 Emmerdale −15 11:10 Miss Marple 12:50 Starter Wife −17 +11 +6 +6 +7 +10 +11 +15 −9 14:30 Doctors 14:15 Loop +29 +29 +31 +27 +32 +32 +32 Marc helps a young woman 14:45 Northern Exposure −7 trying to save her father’s life. More light! Fri 1/22 +12 +11 +10 +10 +8 +14 +10 15:05 Louis la Brocante 17:05 The Bold and the Beautiful −5 −5 −1 +4 −3 +1 +4 In French. 18:00 Emmerdale −11 17:05 Miss Marple It’s Diane’s turn to be −6 −7 −9 −9 −9 −11 −4 The goddess of revenge. questioned. −14 Part 2/2. 21:00 C.S.I. Niceland +2 +4 +4 +4 +3 −1 −1 19:55 Last of the Summer Wine A body is found next to the YleTeema 19:00 −16 −1 −2 −1 −2 −4 −5 −7 22:55 The Street casinos with car trails next −16 to it. Young football talent Billy 07:00 Children’s Programming −17 +17 +19 +20 +17 +17 +19 +22 gets kicked out of his 22:30 Black Gold In Finnish. −18 coaching squad and faces This documentary-style 13:00 Birth Stories −9 −2 −4 −3 −4 −3 −6 −7 some tough challenges. reality series chronicles three Eleanor’s residential −8 oil drilling rigs in Texas. problems continue. +14 +18 +15 +18 +15 +16 +16 23:30 Mythbusters 13:30 Exchanging vows Sat 1/23 +22 +23 +23 +22 +23 +25 +22 TV2 00:35 3rd Rock from the Sun Two young couples compete over a dream honeymoon. −15 0 +2 +1 0 0 −3 −4 06:50 Pikku Kakkonen 15:30 Desperate Housewives −17 Children’s programming. SUB 16:25 Days of Our Lives +4 +5 +6 +3 +3 +2 0 In Finnish. 17:20 Everybody Loves Raymond −18 −6 −6 −8 −8 −7 −9 −4 10:35 McLeod’s Daughters 07:00 Children’s Programming Michael refuses to go to Accommodation In Finnish. school. −17 +24 +17 +16 +19 +23 +22 +21 arrangements cause tension 14:20 Pussycat Dolls: Girlicious 17:50 Dr. Phil −17 at the farm. The theme of the week is 20:00 The Bachelorette −17 +4 +4 +4 +1 +3 +7 +6 −11 16:10 Snowy River: The confidence. The hopeful bachelors −17 +14 +14 +14 +14 +14 +14 +13 McGregor Saga 16:00 E! Entertainment: True continue to charm DeAnna 17:23 Pikku Kakkonen Hollywood Story Pappas. +5 +7 +5 +3 +5 +3 +2 Children’s programming. Patrick Swayze. 21:00 Grey’s Anatomy Sun 1/24 +9 +7 +10 +13 +16 +14 +13 In Finnish. 18:05 Sturm der Liebe Bailey’s father announces −14 20:00 Blood, Sweat and T-shirts In German. his disapproval of her life +18 +19 +16 +16 +17 +17 +18 The shocking exploration of 19:00 Two and a Half Men choices. Mark and Lexie have −16 six Britons to India’s clothing Charlie helps Jake to prepare to face a woman from Mark’s +8 +8 +9 +10 +6 +7 +8 −19 industry continues to a a school presentation. past. Thatcher criticises +15 +13 +12 +14 +16 +14 +13 sweatshop in New Delhi. 19:30 Will & Grace Webber’s behaviour. −17 22:05 Law and Order: Special 20:00 Friends 22:00 Clear and Present Danger −17 +29 +28 +27 +27 +29 +28 +28 Victims Unit (K15) Christmas in Tulsa. (K15) FILM A young boy goes missing 20:30 The Simpsons In this film based on a Tom −11 −17 +19 +20 +20 +21 +19 +16 +17 and is later found murdered. 21:00 Top Chef Clancy novel, Jack Ryan’s −14 −5 −4 −6 −4 −1 −2 −9 The killer turns out to be The chefs have to come up new mission leads him deep another neighbourhood boy. with special treats for Gail into the world of political Mon 1/25 −14 −15 −18 −16 −12 −10 −9 Simmons’ bachelorette scheming and he uncovers party. a major plot concerning 0 +2 −1 +2 +1 −5 −7 YLE TEEMA −16 22:00 Ashes To Ashes the Columbian drug trade. +5 +5 +3 +7 +11 +9 0 Gene kills a car thief and Directed by Phillip Noyce. −16 18:00 Global Nomad: China Alex begins to suspect that Starring: Harrison Ford, −4 −5 −5 −6 −7 −10 −10 −21 Manchán Magan travels something’s not right. Willem Dafoe. USA 1994 −22 in China and analyses the 23:00 C.S.I 00:45 Frasier +4 +4 +3 +4 +1 +1 −3 changing society. Part 3/6. A book restorer is found 01:15 Lincoln Heights −20 +5 0 +3 +3 +3 +5 +5 19:00 Niceland FILM dead inside a cage. This recommended watch is 23:55 Tonight Show with Conan −18 −19 +34 +31 +28 +29 +30 +26 +23 a touching and somewhat O'Brien JIM −18 surreal drama circling 00:50 Family Guy +11 +9 +9 +8 +7 +9 +7 Tue 1/26 around the questions of 18:00 Border Security −1 −3 0 +7 +2 +3 +4 love and the essence of life. An Israeli man claims to −10 Directed by Fridrik Thór TV VIISI be in Australia on fishing +27 +31 +29 +31 +31 +30 +30 Fridriksson. business. −15 −3 −3 −4 −4 −6 −9 −12 Starring: Martin Compston, 18:00 That 70s Show 18:30 Bondi Rescue Gary Lewis. Iceland/ Red sees red as the young Sometimes even the −14 −18 −18 −20 −19 −17 −16 −9 Germany 2004 ones rebel. lifesavers fail to prevent a −15 20:26 Walks with an Architect 18:30 Grounded for Life drowning. −14 −16 −17 −16 −15 −12 −6 −21 Marseille with Rudy 19:00 America’s Funniest Home 19:00 The World’s Most Amazing +9 +7 +6 +6 +7 +6 +4 Ricciotti. In French. Videos Videos −17 −21 22:00 Six Feet Under (K15) 19:30 8 Simple Rules for Dating Drunken mishaps. −19 +14 +3 +1 +2 +4 +3 +3 22:55 Paul Merton in India My Teenage Daughter 20:00 Chopper Challenge Shillong and Kolkata. Part 3/5. CJ skips a family Christmas 21:00 Modern Marvels: James Wed 1/27 +6 +4 +3 +4 +5 +4 0 23:40 Little Mosque on the Prairie and heads to Las Vegas. Bond Gadgets DOC −3 −3 −1 −1 −2 −7 −8 21:00 Domestic disturbance In the 007-films, James −6 (K15) FILM Bond gets to play with some In this thriller, a teenage cool gadgets. Many of them −14 boy witnesses his new have actual equivalents in −8 Thursday 1/21 stepfather commit a murder, the real world as well. −10 but nobody believes what 22:00 American Hot Rod he saw. Slowly, the killer’s Rebuilding the Cadillac of −11 8:59 am 4:03 pm 9:40 am 3:18 pm shady past catches up with Elvis Presley. Part 1. him. Directed by Harold 23:00 South Park (K15) −9 −10 9:12 am 4:13 pm 9:59 am 2:59 pm Becker. Starring: John A million little pieces. −9 James Bond Gadgets Travolta, Vince Vaughn, Teri 23:30 Kenny vs. Spenny 9:14 am 3:59 pm 11:01 am 1:48 pm JIM 21:00 Polo. USA 2001 01:00 Police Patrol

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