Category Film and photo
Trasiga barnskor i Sverige!
Somliga men inte alla fattiga barn går med trasiga skor. Man gör ju allt man kan för att verka “normal” och inte väcka uppmärksamhet så har man ett par hela skor tar man de skorna på sig när man går till skolan, om man inte har ett par hela skor kanske man blir borta från […]
Scandinavian countries are fulfilling the American dream better than America these days
CNN reports this morning: The truth is, Scandinavian countries are fulfilling a huge part of the American dream better than America these days. Thankfully, we’re still an innovation powerhouse, and we need to spend more on R&D rather than cutting those budgets. And perhaps we need to target some of that innovative thinking towards restoring the […]
Why Even Tragedy Gets A Laugh
Flora Lichtman and Ira Flatow talks to comedian Tig Notaro who found out she had breast cancer and incorporated the news into her stand-up routine—and got quite a few laughs from the audience. Robert Provine joins the discussion and talks about the origins of laughter, what separates the amusing from the truly funny, and why even […]
The roots of punk: Sex pistol’s John Lydon speaking in London
Listen to John Lydon himself with Gideon Coe and an audience of 150 people in central at BBC in London. Where the safety pins a symbolic ornament from the beginning? Listen to the BBC broadcast to find out…. And a film about when punk came to a small town in Finland. The devil came too….
Temple Grandin my hero!
Temple Grandin what a brave women! She gives me courage! I have seen the short movies with her, the HBO movie with Claire Danes about her and listened to interviews with her I can not stop thinking about how amazingly brave she really has been in her life going through all “the doors of life” […]
Africa for Norway: raising money in Africa to help poor Norwegians struggle through winter
Who says Africa can’t contribute to us in the cold north? The Norwegian Students’ and Academics’ International Assistance Fund – an aid agency in Norway (www.saih.no) – has made a video in cooperation with South African students which turnes the tables and question about solidarity and power relations concerning third world development organizations are put in […]
Zlatan´s ego in French
“Les Guignols de l’info” (news puppets) is a French satire program known to make fun of famous people. Now Les Guignols has taken on Zlatan Ibrahimovic and has created a doll that resembles Zlatan and he has several times been “interviewed” by the news anchor doll in live broadcast before and after games. He responds […]
Läshunden Alfa – Alfa the readingdog
Läshunden Alfa finns på plats varje tisdag fr.o.m. 2.10 kl. 13-14 på Ekenäs stadsbibliotek. Uppmaningen på bibliotekets hemsida lockar: Tycker ditt barn om hundar? Går han eller hon i lågstadiet och behöver träna extra med sin läsning? […]
The first photograph ever taken in Finland
A fellow blogger – Mats Söderlund – has published on the Crop Factor blog the first photograph taken in Finland. Wow! It really looks as something someone could have taken with a pinhole camera at our Photography summerschool at Goldsmith! It was taken by Henrik Cajander, a doctor who lived on the very street the photo was taken. […]
Maj Lind competition in Finland – many 100.000 finger movements
We had taped the Maj Lind competition and watched it this grey Sunday morning on Finland. It is amazing! In many ways, artistically of course and for me as a non-professional it seems just overwhelming and hard to understand technically that anyone in such a skillful way can move their fingers across the keyboard so fast […]
Ylva Rancken-Lutz
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