Caught on camera: Oxford Photography festival makes debut
Held over three weeks, across 20 venues, the Photography Oxford Festival features the work of leading photographers from Britain, the United States, Germany, New Zealand, France, Finland, Egypt and Italy. The event's director, photojournalist Robin ...
Finland: English dominance worries language teachers
Traditional grammar-focused language teaching is no longer effective in adult education in Finland, as older generations shy away from it. Today’s adult students of languages want practical exercise sand are happy to do homework. Adult language ...
Cage Warriors 72 results: Tauru submits Tait to capture vacant bantamweight title
Following his title-winning effort, Tauru called for his first defense to go down in his home country of Finland. “If someone wants to take it, come to Finland and come take it,” Tauru said in his post-fight interview. “I would love to have Cage ...
FIFA Women’s World Cup 2015 Qualifiers
13 September 2014 Russia – Germany Referee: Pernilla Larsson (SWE, photo) Albania – Norway Referee: Morag Pirie (SCO) Denmark – Malta Referee: Ella Martinez (ESP) Croatia – Slovenia Referee: Monica Larsen (NOR) Slovakia – Ireland Referee: Simona Ghisletta (SUI) Sweden – Bosnia Referee: Zuzana Kováčo ...
The 10 Most Competitive Countries in the World
Source: Thinkstock Competition: It’s what we base our entire economic system on, particularly here in the United States. It’s the most fundamental element of the free market system and where many innovations and new technologies ultimately see their genesis. Through creative destruction and other me ...
Spot the Finnish mammal
by Matthew Cobb This was tw**ted by my pal Professor Sophie Scott of University College London, who is in Finland at the moment. At first I thought it was just paranoia (all those birch trees) but apparently not…There’s a mammal in this pic. What and where is it? (Click on the pic to embiggen).
DN Stockholm Halvmarathon 2014
Some 13.500 runners from 80 countries finished running the streets of Stockholm in DN Stockholm Halvmarathon September 13, 2014. The route is quite flat, but there are few nice uphills to enjoy. On Saturday weather was sunny +18C. The spectators and several live bands supported runners extremely wel ...
Day One Hundred Ninety-Seven
Sent by: tequila87 From: Moscow, Russia ID number: RU-422840 Notes: I had this card in the Russia section of my postcard collection, but I realize now that was a mistake. Sure, it was sent from Russia and has a Russian ID number, but it actually shows the hippopotamuses at the Natura Artis Magistra, ...
