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Re: I read the Daily Me

payday loan — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 03:11:16 -0000

Conservative columnist Michelle Malkin told The Daily Caller Weiner's “long history” of “skirt-chasing” raises more questions about the New York Democrat's Capitol Hill sexual secrets and expects more women with similar stories to come forward.

Re: I read the Daily Me

scary escape — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 10:40:48 -0000

Adele has signed up for online dating, we read, telling the tabs that she's joined cyber romance portal Eharmony.com. But it's not going so well. “I can't put a picture of myself, so I don't get any emails” the singer said (The Sun). ...

Re: I read the Daily Me

dui attorney Fullerton — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 01:56:49 -0000

At McMahan's request, the court agreed to allow her to have daily doses of methadone at her personal expense while she served her jail sentence. ...

Re: I read the Daily Me

Fertility Pills — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 02:42:53 -0000

How about, “We read books! We had conversations! We spent time with our kids!” In this day and age of obesity and less and less physical activity, ..

Re: You become what you believe

pabs — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 21:17:17 -0000

read my mind

Re: Tour de Helsinki

vesterinen — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:42:41 -0000

Cool pics. Thanks Toby!

Re: Tour de Helsinki

Toby Archer — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:34:25 -0000

Sounds like better tactic than we managed! Have just put some photos and videos from the ride on my blog: http://lightfromthenorth.blogs... The pics aren't very good as I only had my phone with me, but they're good for the memories!

Re: Tour de Helsinki

vesterinen — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:01:21 -0000

I knew about the different peloton, but didn't know which to choose or to ride with. We started with the group 28 and moved up from there. We didn't do any stops and finished with a smaller group that was a mix from several others. Congrats for finishing at 5 hours!

Re: Tour de Helsinki

Toby Archer — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:10:09 -0000

Good effort! I came in at a couple of minutes over 5 hrs - and ache plenty today - so 20 minutes is a great effort! :-) Did you know at the start which food stops your peleton was going to stop at? Neither myself not the guy I was riding with speak much Finnish so we didn't really get that. We did about the first 50 or 60 kms in the 32 kmph quite happily, but then Simon wanted to grab some food at one of the stops so we lost that peleton and rode too much in small groups trying to catch up to the bigger groups and really having to put lots of effort in. Finally got caught by the 28 km group about 3 kms out from the finish and came in with them - you live and learn though! Well done again, it was a great day riding with so many other cyclists.

Re: Thomas Friendman thinks like Finland. Both should think again

Samuel Klinkmann — Fri, 21 May 2010 09:34:20 -0000

Really interesting article!

Re: Joining the Investment Council of Finnish Industry Investment

Mikko — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:38:04 -0000

Many congratulations! Bring them the fresh perspectives they need!

Re: Joining the Investment Council of Finnish Industry Investment

Paula Marttila — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 07:09:13 -0000

Congrats! Looking forward to see that money put in rights hands :)

Re: Joining the Investment Council of Finnish Industry Investment

vesterinen — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 10:46:05 -0000

Thanks Constantine!

Re: Joining the Investment Council of Finnish Industry Investment

Constantine — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 10:33:27 -0000

Amazing accomplishment! Congratulations!

Re: The Hunger to change the world

Constantine — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:41:05 -0000

Work hard, but don't forget to play harder! Have fun living with the hunger Ville!

Re: Hunger is underrated

samin — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:55:57 -0000

This *is* the shit. Excellent.

Re: Critical juncture

vesterinen — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:44:31 -0000

You have a point, but I don't it's about 'fair' here. It's doing all you can do see results. I remember when I studied these issues and read through the G8 memos. Believe me, it's politics all the way and fair is very far from it. So even the best of us need to understand the stakes and the Two-level Game the statesmen need to play: When the decision makers come back home from summits, be it EU or WTO, the decisions need to be acceptable not only in the international arena, but also (and perhaps especially) in the domestic arena.

And sometimes (if we're lucky) people like Lewis can tip the domestic public to pressure the administration to make decisions acceptable that would otherwise never get passed due to “economic chauvinism”.

Re: Critical juncture

Life Tester — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:21:37 -0000

(I was curious what was the connection between putting money where the mouth is and this post. maybe investing in cleantech? :-) anyway I derailed you from that :-)

yes, your are right. creating awareness is just a start. from what I noticed (elsewhere), you need critical mass no matter how "good" your hand is.

but then, you would need the critical mass acting in the "good" direction. Lewis' 1st point was to reduce emissions in all big "polluters", but that's not quite fair: if X country is mass-polluting since 1880, they should "eat" the biggest pie of the cut, not spread it equally to all who might have came late (1980?) to the party

it's like mining Africa for people (err, slaves) and natural resources for hundred of years, then capping the emissions in Africa to XX% of the current ones.

but that politics already :-)

(lots of the TED talks are pure gold and the best ones show the problem and the solution to it)

Re: Critical juncture

vesterinen — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 18:28:23 -0000

Not disputing your point, I think you're right in what you argue. The point I tried to make was not necessarily what you're talking about tho.

I was trying to say (and apparently failed) that this video captures the sentiment I'm increasingly seeing and sensing, just as most of us do, I suspect. My point was that the delivery and expression of what we see in mediums like TED, Al Gore films etc. seem to stick. The actual issues at hand are more serious and plenty that one talk let alone blog post do justice for, but regardless of which one of the pressing global issues we choose, I'm happy we have found a way to bring the Invisible Victims (to use economics jargon) to life, even if the awareness starts with just a fuzzy feeling. And I agree with you that it very often does just that. But that's a start.

Influencing people to act starts by creating awareness to which you need their attention. This is one way to do that, through a compelling audiovisual story. Say what you will, but I felt inspired and full of positive energy after watching this.

Re: Critical juncture

Life Tester — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 17:38:55 -0000

this coverage only scratches the surface, the real problems are deeply rooted in the society (starting with tuition, accepting the differences (between humans), helping others, etc)

education and eradicating poverty worldwide should be the main drivers (cutting emissions and whatever the bankers /btw: investec got about as much coverage as his whole speech/ are pushing for will create some fuzzy feelings in the West, but the East / Far East and other remote places will still experience the same level of support (=none)

district 9 (the movie) tells pretty much were we are today as "humans"

Re: Finland's population: 5,238,460 (July 2007 est.)

goabroad — Sun, 17 May 2009 03:32:38 -0000

I like the idea of moving half the population of China. Maybe 10% if not half.

Re: Cultural Branding is king!

vesterinen — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 04:36:14 -0000

The Brandmaker,

Discussion with Henri regarding the domain have varied across the board especially concerning McCracken among others. That said, I'll let the author answer you question himself. Thanks for the comment.

Re: Cultural Branding is king!

The Brandmaker — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 04:09:51 -0000

The cultural branding discussion consists almost entirely of Holt 2004. How can a broad field be compressed to one book, and not include more from e.g. McCracken or other Holt articles??? Is this reflexive????