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I would like to know how to make toothpaste. 708 26.1.2009 Here are a couple of web sites where you can read how toothpaste is made: http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/eng99/eng99398.htm http://www.madehow.com/Volume-3/Toothpaste.html
Is there a CD recording of a Finish military or military-type brass band playing FINlANDIA? 708 27.1.2016 You probably mean Finlandia, op. 26 by Jean Sibelius. There are some CD recordings of the complete Finlandia played by a Finnish military(-type) brass band. I found these four: 1. 90 vuotta suomalaista sotilasmusiikkia : Puolustusvoimien juhlalevy (2 CDs and 1 DVD, Puolustusvoimat SAMCD 90, 2008) (Finlandia played by Sotilasmusiikkikoulu) 2. Viimeinen asemiesilta (Poptori 50181052, 2006) (Finlandia played by Kaartin soittokunta, the hymn part sung by two male choirs) 3. Puolustusvoimien Varusmiessoittokunta 17: Suomalaista sotilasmusiikkia 3 (PEttus-os SAMCD-22, 2003) (Finlandia played Puolustusvoimien Varusmiessoittokunta 17) 4. Haminan Soittokunta: Viisi vuotta (Haminan Soittokunta HamSKCD-1, 2001) (Finlandia played by Haminan…
Could you provide me with statistics for the number of enquiries handled by the Helsinki Public Library for the years 2001, 2002, 2003? 706 5.5.2004 Statistics for the number of enquiries handled by the Helsinki City Library for the years 2001, 2002, 2003: 2001: 1 164 629 (3666) 2002: 1 054 046 (5329) 2003: 748 601 (9618) Parenthetic figures indicate the number of enquiries handled via the Internet.
Why purple colour is used for psychotherapy? 701 22.1.2009 You probably mean colour therapy, which is not a branch of classical psychotherapy. On the other hand, arts therapy is widely accepted as valid treatment among classical psychotherapists as well, but in this kind of arts therapy, separate colours hardly have special meaning or significance. In colour therapy, the colour purple can be interpreted in several ways. Have a look e.g. at the following links: http://www.holisticonline.com/Color/color_purple_scarlet.htm http://www.crystalinks.com/colors.html http://www.colourtherapyhealing.com/
How are organized the visits and the training on databases for students in finnish university libraries ? 700 26.11.2003 University of Helsinki Undergraduate library would be an expert to answer your question. http://www.opiskelijakirjasto.lib.helsinki.fi/ugl/index.htm Ask A Librarian - The Online Reference Enquiry Service of Finnish Libraries is produced mostly by Finnish public libraries. Unfortunally Undergraduate library doesn't take part to this ask a librarian service. In the undergraduate library web page there is an library tutorial also in english, so library is teaching information retrieval skills for students very well. http://www.opiskelijakirjasto.lib.helsinki.fi/ugl/index.htm The tutorial is a part of the Academic Information Skills Project at the City Campus In order to get more information please contact the Undergraduate library. Contact…
Can I get a book on the social services? I want to know what is all about and to know more about it? 700 1.4.2008 I searched from Helsinki metropolitan area's library database Helmet, http://www.helmet.fi/ . I found the following about social services in English: 1. Richards, Judy: "The complete A-Z health & social care handbook" (Hodder & Stoughton, 1999) 2. Niemelä, Heikki: "Social security in Finland" (Helsinki, Social Insurance Institution, 2006) 3. "The third sector in Finland : review to research of the Finnish third sector" editors: Martti Siisiäinen, Petri Kinnunen, Elina Hietanen (Finnish Federation for Social Welfare and Health, 2000) 4. "What are we doing there? : experiences and lessons learned from development cooperation in health care and social welfare (1990-2005)" editors: Ursula Aaltonen and Simo Mannila (National Research…
Do you have any piano to practice? 700 11.11.2011 There is a piano and a grand piano in the Sello Library. You can reserve a time to practise tel: 09-8165 7615. There is also a digital piano in the Kirjasto 10 at the center of Helsinki. Reservations tel: 09 3108 5000.
Where can I find information concerning toypoodles? 699 6.4.2010 Something about toy poodles(very little) is in the book Diane Morgan: The poodle : an owner's survival guide. In Amazon you can find more books concerning toy poodles http://www.suomi.fi/suomifi/suomi/tietopaketit/perustietoa_suomesta/vae… Something in Internet http://www.thetoypoodle.com/ http://www.poodlesavvy.com/toy-poodle-savvy.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poodle http://www.yourpurebredpuppy.com/reviews/toypoodles.html http://www.makupalat.fi/Categories.aspx?classID=23940b8e-c55c-4c74-ba00… http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/toypoodle.htm
I am looking for great books by Finnish authors who identify as female. I'm looking for a diverse range of books: from fiction to non-fiction; books written a… 699 7.12.2018 This is of course a question where the method of defining who is significant can vary. There are a lot of book and authors, but i start here with a few and hope that my colleagues will continue the list.  The first name that comes in mind is Minna Canth who lived 1844-1897 and was a very significant female writer and a champion of equal rights, https://kansallisbiografia.fi/english/person/2816The translations of her work can be hard to find, but here are three that I found in one of our former answers: Sanoi Minna Canth - Pioneer Reformer, Extracts from Minna Canth's Works and letters. Edited by Ritva Heikkilä. Porvoo 1987. Sivut 141-280.Anna-Liisa. Portraits Of Courage. Plays by Finnish Women. Edited by S. E. Wilmer. Helsinki1997.The…
What is the iso vihan aika? I have seen it mentioned many times in Finnish histories but it has never been explained. 698 2.5.2002 "Isoviha" is the certain period in Sweden-Finland's history between 1700-1721. You can read more about Finland's history in http://www.finland.fi/finfo/english/
For my masters dissertation I am researching into how Public Libraries classify adult fiction books.I would be interested to know how Finnish libraries… 696 30.7.2003 Hello! Finnish public libraries use genres when classifying adult fiction. Most used way is to separate few well known genres from the fiction stock. In Kallio branchlibrary we have separated crime (detective novels), horror, science fiction, fantasy, romance, war, humor and hunting (fishing & hunting)novels. Rest of the books are normally on the self, and e. g. translated literature and finnish literature are on the same shelf. Some libraries might use more genres e.g. Kuhmo library. It´s not common to classify the whole fiction stock. Content description and subject indexing of novels helps in fiction retrieval. I couldn`t find scientific material in english. Here in one web-dissertation. It is in finnish, but there is an english…
Dear librarians, I’m looking for a quotation by Johann Wolfgang Goethe : „And here I stand, with all my lore, Poor fool, no wiser than before“. Can you tell me… 694 7.1.2003 In Goethe's most famous work Faust exclaims his sorrow over his inability to learn everything: "I've read, alas! through philosophy, Medicine and jurisprudence too, And, to my grief, theology With ardent labour studied through. And here I stand with all my lore, Poor fool no wiser then before!" or "I HAVE, alas! Philosophy, Medicine, Jurisprudence too, And to my cost Theology, With ardent labour, studied through. And here I stand, with all my lore, Poor fool, no wiser than before." The second quotation (and the one to be preferred according to the Goethe Institut Inter Nationes homepage http://www.goethe.de/kug/rec/ogf/enindex.htm) can be found on the Project Gutenberg webbsite http://www.ibiblio.org/gutenberg/etext02/faust10.txt The…
Need information on national flower. Bird? Animal? 693 2.5.2001 Finland´s national nature symbols are http://www.finland.org/natsyeng.html
I am doing a research on Ivan Timiriasew, russian photographer in Finland, who used to live in Helsinki inbetween 1890-1927. He used to work as a… 692 9.12.2016 We have these magazines (they are magazines, not newspapers) in the HelMet book stacks in Pasila library: http://www.helmet.fi/en-US/Libraries_and_services/Pasila_Library/Whats_… There are also collections of his photograph in Museovirasto (National Board of Antiquities)and in Helsingin kaupunginmuseo (Helsinki city Museum) http://www.nba.fi/en/index http://www.helsinginkaupunginmuseo.fi/en/ There are also information of him in the websites of Suomen valokuvataiteen museo (The Finnish Museum of Photography), but unfortunately just in Finnish: http://kukakuvasi.valokuvataiteenmuseo.fi/#valokuvaaja/174 You can find some photographs of Ivan Timiriasev from the websites of Museovirasto: https://www.kuvakokoelmat.fi/pictures/search/field:…
I want to know information about Alfred Lunt. I especially want to verify his Finnish background. He was a famous actor in USA in the l920-l950's and was… 690 31.7.2001 After checking all the resources at our disposal, I regret to have to tell you that we could not find any more information than you already had. (The only web page mentioning Alfred Lunt's Finnish background was http://www.genealogia.fi/emi/art/lstar179e.htm ) There might still exist a slight possibility of finding out something through the Institute of Migration (http://www.migrationinstitute.fi/index_e.html ). We recommend that you contact them.
I was wondering, which Helsinki library has the widest selection of English periodicals? As in magazines and newspaper? Kiitos! 690 19.8.2011 The widest selection of magazines and newspapers in english language is in the Helsinki City Main library in Pasila. The address is Rautatieläisenkatu 8. In the summertime the library of the University of Helsinki has a wide range of newspapers and magazines in the student library and Minerva.
Which musical instruments are available in libraries? I'm asking specifically for violin. I've seen there are music rooms that I can reserve, but I don't know… 689 2.10.2013 This is what Sello library offers as musical instruments: In the Music department: A piano, a baby grand piano, a harmonium, an electric piano, an electric guitar, an electro acoustic guitar, an electric bass, digital drums. The music rooms have a piano or the baby grand and the harmonium, you can borrow the electro acoustic guitar to play there. Studio has a digital drum set, a midi-keyboard, and you can borrow the electric guitar, electro acoustic guitar and the electric bass to play in the studio. In Pointti, the youth department: an electro acoustic guitar, an acoustic bass guitar, a cajon (percussion). You can play or try the instruments in Pointti or in the music rooms of the Music department. And here are the musical instruments…
I would like to know about the origin of the English language. 688 20.1.2009 The English language originate from the dialects, now called Old English, which were brought to England beginning in the 5th century. Recommended link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language Recommended books: Crystal, Dvid: The English language. - London: Penguin, 1990. ISBN: 0-14-013532-4 English: history, diversity and change (edited by David Graddol, Dick Leith and Joan Swann). - London: Routledge, 2002. ISBN: 0-415-13118-9
I am looking for material (books, cassetes, videos, CDs etc) for studying Danish (the language) on my own. Could you kindly tell me where would it be… 687 10.4.2001 There are some Danish courses in English in the public libraries: Jones, W. Glyn : Colloquial Danish--a complete language course. 1998 Danish phrase book / compiled by Lexus Ltd with Gert Ronberg. 1998 Garde, Anna: Danish dictionary--English-Danish--Danish-English. 1995 | Scandinavian phrase book & dictionary. 1995 Elsworth, Bente: Danish--a complete course for beginners . 1994 The availability of these courses you can check in this Internet adress: http://www.libplussa.fi/#en
I would like the contact information for a record company in Finland: Sportin' Life Records. Thank you. I want to order a CD from the company. The CD is … 687 17.7.2001 The band Trouble Bound Cospel http://www.lpg.fi/badvugum/ was in Bad Vugum, it is an Internet store for records. Bad Vugum B O X 3 6 2, 9 0 1 0 1 O U L U, F I N L A N D phone / fax: + 358-(0)8-274 910 e-mail: badvugum@sgic.fi Outside Europe the Postage and packaging is -250g USD 4 and -500g USD6.http://www.lpg.fi/badvugum/prices.html#WORLD