Top cross-country runners Tiidrek Nurme and Liis-Grete Arro claimed their first win at the Viljandi Lake Run (Viljandi järvejooks) on May Day a 12-kilometer event that drew elite and hobby runners to Estonia's oldest public race especially after rain on Wednesday left it wet The bog was deep too; I sank in up to my knees "It's mental — at one moment you're going downhill at a 2:50 [per kilometer] pace and the next you're knee-deep in a bog and can't get through in four minutes alternating between fields and roads," he went on Nurme and twenty-year-old Morten Siht led early on but 39-year-old Nurme's experience showed as he completed the 12-kilometer course in 37:10 Reigning champion Leonid Latsepov followed 22 seconds later Nurme said: "He had an easier time on the field; he's lighter I knew the last one and a half kilometers were my strength Liis-Grete Arro battled the tough conditions to take her maiden victory in Viljandi "I must mention that I missed the bog crossing and had to turn back but it doesn't matter — a win's a win," she added I'm a terrible orienteer; I can get lost on a one-kilometer loop Today I tried to watch where the men were going and I don't recall it ever being this hard in Viljandi," Arro added My partner and I have both longed to win this race "This event is such a sacred occasion for our family and winning it brings such a sincere and powerful emotion," she went on Helen Bell and Laura Maasik followed in second and third places Follow ERR News on Facebook and Twitter and never miss an update! 0)" class="article-poll-disclaimer" ng-bind="totalVotes + ' hääletajat'"> {{option.votes}} {{selectedLanguage.poll.votes}}/ Iga kasutaja võib hääletada {{poll.optionLimit}} vastusevariandi poolt Mission Statement: to assist the integration of foreign residents living in Spain and this is never more accurate than when you establish yourself as a foreign resident in a new country Being able to quickly familiarise yourself with the culture and customs can help ease the transition during a challenging time This is why Euro Weekly News makes it our mission to provide you with a free news resource in English that covers both regional and national Spanish news – anything that we feel you will benefit from knowing as you integrate into your new community and live your best life in Spain you can forget about translating articles from Spanish into awkward English that probably don’t make much sense Let us be your convenient and essential guide to all things that will likely affect you as a foreign resident living in Spain Police in Finland have detained three women alleged to have severely neglected and mistreated over 100 dogs when a van was stopped and searched in Nurmes The canines were found to be in incredibly bad condition with horror stories constantly emerging on the nature of ‘slaughterhouses’ with farmed animals some of the most gruesome cases of the mistreatment of other species But the story breaking out of Finland will be just as heartbreaking for many to read The vet who had assessed the dogs reported that around 60 of them had to be put down due to their health having deteriorated in such a drastic way With the remainder of the pets now under the care of animal welfare organisations citizens across Finland remain simply shocked by how anyone can commit such a vile act The three women are suspected of aggravated animal welfare violations as police now proceed to probe into the origin of the dogs and the van’s intended destination Animal cruelty represents a small subsection in a horrifying blueprint of crime whereby dogs like these are shipped internationally where they are used for all kinds of inhumane purposes Authorities in Finland are now investigating these links with sources concerned that this may have been what these particular dogs were also used for The police promise to release more information as the inquiry develops Animal cruelty and the endangering of the safety of our beloved pets puts a dark stain on the progress society appears to be making in many other areas. 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Open image viewerPolice found a mix of purebred and mixed-breed dogs in poor condition inside a van they stopped at the ABC station in Nurmes on New Year's Eve 12:07Police in Eastern Finland are investigating a suspected animal cruelty case after over 100 malnourished dogs were found in a van stopped at an ABC station in Nurmes on New Year's Eve Detective Chief Inspector Tomi Lautanen told Yle that the van contained a mix of purebred and mixed-breed dogs "We located and stopped the vehicle based on police investigations," Lautanen said A veterinarian assessed the dogs and determined that about 50-60 of them were in such poor condition that they had to be euthanised The surviving dogs are now under the care of several animal welfare organisations According to information obtained by Yle from the North Karelia District Court two of the detainees are a mother and daughter The suspects are in pre-trial custody and were remanded by the court last Friday at the request of the police Lautanen stated that some of the women lived in Finland Helsingin Sanomat reported that one or more may reside in North Karelia Lautanen did not disclose any further details due to investigative reasons Police are currently investigating the origin of the dogs They are also exploring potential international connections to the case HELSINKI FINLAND Finnish police made a disturbing discovery on New Year’s Eve when they stopped a van in Nurmes finding over 100 dogs in poor condition crammed inside determining that nearly half—around 50 to 60—were in such poor health that they had to be euthanised The remaining animals are now under the care of animal welfare organisations Police have detained three German women suspected of aggravated animal welfare violations The suspects are currently in pre-trial detention as authorities investigate the origin of the dogs and their intended destination “This is a highly unusual case,” said Detective Chief Inspector Tomi Lautanen of the Eastern Finland Police Department Authorities are also examining potential links to international networks and have stated that their investigation is in its early stages The police have pledged to release more information as the inquiry progresses Advertisement inquiries and other after-sales issues: info@helsinkitimes.fi Helsinki Times is the first and only English language newspaper providing news about Finland in English A weekly print edition of Helsinki Times was published from March 2007 up until Feb Helsinki Times is an online-only publication and other groups and individuals interested in Finland from all around the world © Helsinki Times All rights reserved.  Terms of Use | Privacy Policy Feature Films Database Southern Mediterranean films database Scriptwriters European Film Schools Production Companies Distributors International Sales Submit a Film Industry Reports Co-Production Podcast Online Screenwriting Training Course Guided Course for Feature Film Writing Script Analysis Analysis of the potential of your series Cineuropa's Training Catalogue Film Festival Photographs Newsletter Photogalleries EUFCN Location Award Euro Film Fest 27 Times Cinema GoCritic! Advertise on Cineuropa Logos and Banners PRODUCTION / FUNDING Finland / Sweden by Davide Abbatescianni 14/08/2024 - Based on Finland's national epic of the same name the film produced by Reel Media and Storm Inc will star Elias Salonen and Eero Aho in the leading roles Last week, SF Studios announced the making of a new feature helmed by Finnish filmmaker Antti J Jokinen (Helene [+see also: trailerfilm profile], Purge [+see also: trailerfilm profile]) is a big screen adaptation of the Finnish national epic poem Kalevala compiled by Elias Lönnrot and consisting of Karelian and Finnish folklore and mythology the picture will explore the themes of “grace it will be mainly shot in the aforementioned Nurmes where extensive period-appropriate sets will be built including houses The cast is led by Elias Salonen (Adults, Siege), who will star as Kullervo, and Jussi-award-winner Eero Aho (The Unknown Soldier [+see also: trailerfilm profile] Other confirmed cast members are Ilkka Koivula starring as Wäinö “It is with great pride that we at SF Studios participate in bringing this local power story to the audience The title and the production call for a lot of expectations The collaborative effort with Reel Media and Antti Jokinen has been outstanding promising an extraordinary cinematic experience for Finnish screens,” says Yaba Holst “Kalevala is a dream project for REinvent. 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at one point we cross the eastern arm of Lake Simpele passing within half a mile of the frontier the eastern territories ceded to Russia in the second world war have been the subject of much myth-making with stories of an idealised Karelian past which so inspired Finnish music The reality of life on the other side of the border is less romantic “See those dark clouds?” asks the train manager pointing to the east “That’s pollution from the Russian pulp mills at Enso,” he says emphatically using the former Finnish name for the Russian community that is now called Svetogorsk we cross the 30th meridian east of Greenwich – the first of four occasions when our train passes that line of longitude The easternmost railway station on the line (and thus anywhere in the European Union) is at Uimaharju a village that lies as far east as St Petersburg slightly marred by a cluster of pulp mills and saw mills We chat and he explains that Orthodoxy may be a mark of the east “The Finnish Orthodox Church is an official state church here in Finland,” he says breaking off to point out a tiny wooden chapel capped by an Orthodox cross Karelian-style wooden houses Photograph: Hidden EuropeThe last 90 minutes of the journey is the finest part of the entire ride from Helsinki the Grand Duchy of Finland was part of the Russian Empire and there are moments when I feel transported back in time to the rural Russia of tsarist times the green-and-white diesel railcar has emptied out We slip by clearings in the forest where rye and potatoes are grown past Karelian-style wooden houses and some very fine wooden churches we pass a huge farmstead which had been painstakingly moved from its original location on the Russian side of the border It’s a nice example of how Finland has “recreated” elements of Karelian culture and identity within its constrained The end of the line in Nurmes the furthest one can travel by train into North Karelia.Nurmes is a lovely wee township that is gearing up to mark the 150th anniversary of its founding by Tsar Alexander II in 2023 perched on a narrow peninsula jutting into the northernmost part of Lake Pielinen While it is just possible to make a day trip from Helsinki to Nurmes and back the better choice is to stay overnight and then continue on by bus The two main options are to head north-west through the Karelian forests to Kajaani or south-west to Kuopio both well-placed on Finland’s mainline rail network Both bus routes run once daily (except Saturdays) An Intercity train of VR Finnish Railways. Photograph: Rami Salle/VR GroupThe IC1 leaves Helsinki daily except Sundays at 6.57am. With a change in Joensuu, arrival in Nurmes is at 2pm. The return service leaves Nurmes at 3.40pm, giving arrival in Helsinki at 11.03pm. Interrail passes are valid throughout without any supplements. Read moreOne-way tickets in standard class (called Eco in Finland) from Helsinki to Nurmes if booked well in advance start at €25.60, but may be more than twice that if booked just prior to travel. The supplement to upgrade to first class is always €17.90. Fees for private compartments vary with how many people are travelling. Book tickets online at VR Finnish Railways Tickets for onward bus journeys from the railhead at Nurmes can be booked on the Matkahuolto app or website The single fares from Nurmes to Kuopio and Kajaani are €21.80 and €25.80 respectively You are using an outdated browser. 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View our privacy policy. × The cookie settings on this website are set to "allow cookies" to give you the best browsing experience possible If you continue to use this website without changing your cookie settings or you click "Accept" below then you are consenting to this Close Metrics details are relevant nutritional elements in the Nordic countries approximately 60% of the Finnish population is actively involved in (berry) foraging We conducted 67 interviews with Finns and Karelians living in Finnish Karelia to: (a) detect the use of wild edible plants (b) compare those results with the published data about neighbouring Russian Karelians and (c) document the sources of local plant knowledge we observed a similarity in wild food plant knowledge among Karelians and Finns from Karelia we detected divergences in wild food plant knowledge among Karelians living on both sides of the Finnish–Russian border the sources of local plant knowledge include vertical transmission acquisition from “green” nature shops promoting healthy lifestyles childhood foraging activities performed during the famine period following WWII We argue that the last two types of activities in particular may have influenced knowledge and connectedness with the surrounding environment and its resources at a stage of life that is crucial for shaping adult environmental behaviours Future research should address the role of outdoor activities in maintaining (and possibly enhancing) local ecological knowledge in the Nordic countries After the independence of the Grand Duchy of Finland from the Russian Empire in 1917 the province of Karelia remained part of Finland the eastern part of Karelia was first occupied and then annexed by the Soviet Union This resulted in the evacuation of a large portion of the Karelian and Finnish population to Finland Finnish-speakers from Karelia and their descendants as well as Karelians who speak the currently endangered Karelian language have lived on both sides of the Finnish–Russian border This allows for cross-cultural comparison between Finns and Karelians living in the eastern Finnish province of North Karelia and a cross-border comparison between Karelian-speakers living on either side of the Finnish–Russian border Document current and past uses of wild food plants in North Karelia (Finland) by Karelians evacuated to this territory in 1940 and by the local Finnish population of the same age as well as by the descendants (children and grandchildren) of both groups; Detect similarities and differences in the use of wild food plants among Karelians and Russians living in the Republic of Karelia Identify factors which might have influenced local plant knowledge transmission in Finnish Karelia We documented the current and past use of 47 wild food plant taxa, belonging to 21 families, among Finns and Karelians of Finnish Karelia. Seven taxa were used only by Karelian interviewees, 15 only by Finns, and 25 were shared between the two groups (see table in the Appendix) The Jaccard Similarity Index (JI) was 59% when all current plant taxa were included and 73% when only current plants mentioned by at least three informants were considered Carum carvi was mentioned by four Finnish interviewees but by no Karelians The four most cited wild food plants among Finns and Karelians were shared between the two groups (Table 1) The most common families were Ericaceae (320 DUR among Finns 354 DUR among Karelians) and Rosaceae (215 DUR among Finns Among those who mentioned wild food plant use in either group the average number of used plants per person was around nine yet the range was higher among Finns (from 2 to 27 taxa) than Karelians (from 5 to 18 taxa) On average Finns recalled 20 wild food plant uses (DUR) per interviewee (ranging from 4 to 38) while this number was slightly higher among Karelians at 22 DUR per interviewee (ranging from 5 to 41) most of the uses referred to the past (over 50%) with approximately one-third referring to continuous uses (i.e passed down from previous generations) and around 10% representing recently adopted uses Temporary uses (those adopted and abandoned in a short period of time) represented only 2% of the DUR in both groups The most common food uses were snacks (120 DUR among Finns followed by jam and pies among Finns (78 and 66 DUR and pies and porridge among Karelians (83 and 69 DUR for which parts other than their fruits were used the following are notable: the sap of Betula sp as a drink (9 DUR among both Karelians and Finns) the aerial parts of Urtica dioica mainly for soup or tea (15 DUR among Karelians and 24 DUR among Finns) and the leaves of Rumex acetosa mainly as a snack in childhood (13 DUR among Karelians and 16 DUR among Finns) fresh shoots of Picea abies and the leaves of Oxalis acetosella as snacks were also found to be relevant (13 and 12 DUR Berries were the most common wild food plants used. In fact, fruits constituted over 80% of the DUR (n = 1120, 518 DUR among Finns, 602 DUR among Finnish Karelians) among the plant parts used. Berries were also the most common wild plant-based ingredient in food preparations (Fig. 1). Graphical representation of detailed use reports and plant parts used among Karelians (a) and Finns (b) living in North Karelia all DUR below 10 are included under the category “other” Legend: ruispuuro: rye porridge with lingonberry mash; vispipuuro: whipped semolina porridge with lingonberry juice; kiisseli: a viscous berry soup thickened with potato starch which can be eaten hot or cold; survo: mashed berries After snacks and the production of jam, the most frequently mentioned preparations were pies, porridge, cordial and kiisseli or kissel (thick fruit soup) (Fig. 1) followed by berry soups and survo (mashed berries) Pastries are an important part of Karelian and Finnish culture Our interviewees reported Vaccinium myrtillus and V as the most used fruits for large open pies among both Finns and Karelians Porridge included two traditional types: ruispuuro (rye porridge with lingonberry mash) and vispipuuro (whipped semolina porridge with lingonberry juice) interviewees also frequently put whole berries into porridge the most common berries for porridge were Vaccinium vitis-idaea (ruispuolukkapuuro) and to a lesser extent V while up to seven other fruits (including Sorbus aucuparia and Rosa spp.) are also added to porridge Kissel (Kiisseli in Finnish) is another berry-based product common to other Nordic countries It consists of a viscous soup made from berries and potato starch Karelians living in Finland and Russia shared the most widely used wild food plants (all berries), although in a slightly different order of frequency (Fig. 2). Number of shared species among Karelians living across the Finnish–Russian border Russians living in the Republic of Karelia and Finns living in North Karelia Compared with Karelians living in Finland, those living in Russia reported 11% more past uses, a slightly higher number of continuous uses, and 9% more recently adopted uses (Fig. 3). Comparison of the periods of use of wild food plants among Karelians living in Russia (left) and in Finland (right) Among both groups, the most common food uses were snacks, pies, jam, and kissel, while porridge was reported only in Finland and mors reported only in Russia (Fig. 4). Mors is a drink made by adding sweetened boiled berry pulp to hot water. Top-5 most common food preparations among Karelians living in Finland and Russia vertical knowledge transmission was mentioned (e.g “mother taught me how wild plants can be used in food”) “nowadays we learn everything from there [the Internet]”) and offline resources (e.g “I read it in cookbooks” and “[the recipe] was in a magazine”) As stated by a Finnish interviewee (woman born in 1939) “I read Mihin marjamme kelpaavat [‘What our Berries are Useful for’ a famous post-war promoter of edible wild plants in Finland] a book byAlfred Vogel (1902–1996)] […] It contains pretty good advice” interviewees mentioned two activities related to school which involved wild plants A vast majority of the interviewees recalled a mandatory herbarium activity that lasted until the end of the 1960s in which up to 120 specimens had to be collected and their scientific names learned verbatim Some other interviewees claimed that this activity has been partially resumed since the 1990s children have had to take photos of certain wild plants instead of collecting them The second activity was recalled by a few elderly interviewees there was a mandatory activity to collect lingonberries during a school trip in autumn children collected them with parents and then brought the berries to school A certain minimum quantity from each child was required (from one to five L were reported and lingonberries were used in the school canteen (e.g This was part of providing food supplies to school as there were no official school meals provided by the state at that time parents brought food to school according to their ability and means (e.g these kinds of school activities happened only once a year and children were involved in various other foraging activities with their families throughout the year as foraging was a means of survival and enriching the diet in the lean post-war years Partially in connection with this fourth point there is now a fifth manner of knowledge transmission: “specialist” knowledge is transferred from health food store owners to customers who visits an organic food shop in Nurmes (near Lieksa fibres and vitamins [in berries and mushrooms] [especially] now when those superfoods have become available These [imported berries] contain lots [of flavonoids fibres and vitamins] and they are advertised as so healthy But if you think about how many berries there are and how much clean nature there is in Finland […] These [local berries] are advertised mainly in those health food stores.” Another interviewee (Finnish woman born in 1958) confirmed we have a huge amount of our own superfoods” “I get nettle seeds from my neighbour’ s hill A shift of perception among the importance of different approaches to the relation to non-human nature with regard to knowledge sources was detected An interviewee (Finnish man born in 1941) pointed out that “[people] were closer to nature [in the past] Now everything has to be proved through research” A different way of conceiving connections of people with nature was expressed by a Finnish woman (born in 1952) “I am more interested in [pure] knowledge than in exploiting nature I have something of a judicial relationship although nature is something very close to me.” some narratives expressed how younger generations have a different/lower contact with non-human nature: “Millions of litres of both berries and mushrooms remain unpicked in the forest I think the problem is that my generation still knows something and also how to move about in the forest there are children who have never seen a live cow [There is] no contact with the countryside or forest ‒ you can buy everything from the shop We used to go with our children to the forest born in 1965) shared his childhood memories about his family’s summer activities: “We gathered wild strawberries [Fragaria vesca] in Suhmura and at our summer cottage in Nurmijärvi you needed to get just a small bowl of berries and it was a great treat […] [Now] my boys don’t [collect anything] we observed a similarity in wild food plant knowledge among Karelians and Finns in North Karelia we identified  five main mechanisms by which North Karelian inhabitants acquire knowledge about wild food plants We also acknowledge the common historical roots of Karelians and Finns and possible long-term similarities in their use of wild food plants The second main result involves the divergence in wild food plant knowledge between Karelians living in Finland and those in Russia This dissimilarity may be due to the long period of time (over 70 years) in which the two groups have lived in different political and under different culinary influences (availability of ingredients in shops resulting in the two groups gradually being assimilated into Finnish and Russian culture Despite a common history and shared cultural identity in the past Karelian LEK appears to be creolised with Finnish LEK Karelians in the Russian Federation have more in common with local Russians than with the Karelians across the Finnish border We acknowledge that some differences may also be due to slightly different classifications there is a partial overlap of the concept of Russian mors and Finnish “juice” (mehu) as Russian mors might at least partially intersect with berry drinks reported under “juice” in Finnish Karelia both Finns and Karelians simply boiled berries in water an originally German device called a “steam juicer” (mehumaija) started penetrating the Finnish mass market and both Finnish and Karelian interviewees switched to using it for making mehu Steam juicers also existed in the USSR starting in the 1960–1970s but Russian Karelians apparently did not use them A partial overlap also occurs within the concepts of porridge in Finnish Karelia and mousse in Russian Karelia this divergence in knowledge appears mostly to be due to the past decades of separation accompanied by the downplay and destruction of Karelian cultural values and traditional practices in the Soviet Union and Russia the policy towards Karelians has been different as Karelia and the epic Kalevala are considered part of Finnish national heritage and have been appropriated by mainstream society The other three mechanisms deserve closer attention we want to highlight three main limitations of this study “Karelians” included not only Karelians who experienced displacement in the 1940s but also their descendants born in Finland (some of which also had a Finnish parent) while “Finns” included individuals who did not have any Karelian ancestors people classified as (local) “Finns” might have one or two parents who were born outside Finnish North Karelia the terms “Finns” and “Karelians” should be considered as partially arbitrary most of the interviewees were conveniently selected in Finland as they were contacted by phone or mail beforehand and thus our sample might not be entirely representative of the whole population Interviews in Russia were collected mostly on the spot (i.e where the plants were found) according to the interviewee’s availability the interviews were conducted in either Finnish and Russian which are spoken by the interviewees in the respective countries rather than in the endangered and increasingly less used Karelian language and therefore some nuances in meaning might have been lost (although plant names were also collected in Karelian) We suggest that increasing the opportunities of connecting people which we observed as a part of the everyday experience of people from a very young age in Finnish Karelia might represent a basis for developing long-lasting habits of leisure and fitness activities The example of Finnish Karelia also teaches us to value local wild resources by including them in everyday seasonal gastronomic practices The study area. 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The authors declare no competing interests Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations Download citation DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-35918-7 Anyone you share the following link with will be able to read this content: a shareable link is not currently available for this article Sign up for the Nature Briefing: Anthropocene newsletter — what matters in anthropocene research a former faculty member of the Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering (ESE) at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health Mario Battigelli II and Lorenzo Battigelli and baptized in the Battistero di San Giovanni He was one of five children and the only son of Enrico and Elena Battigelli He received a medical degree in 1951 from the University of Florence Following a fellowship at the Clinica del Lavoro at the University of Milan he earned a master’s degree in public health from the University of Pittsburgh in 1957 he accepted a joint faculty appointment at the UNC Schools of Public Health and Medicine His career was characterized by a devotion to public health — particularly the environmental causes of occupational lung diseases He worked all his life to defend and protect the sacredness of human labor “Mario was a faculty member in ESE when I arrived in 1966,” shared Don Francisco, PhD professor emeritus of environmental sciences and engineering at the Gillings School “He was with the Industrial Hygiene Program Area He also provided medical care and advice to many of our students also holds a doctoral degree from our department.” Battigelli retired to Chapel Hill and read widely he also cared for the elderly in Chapel Hill serving on the Orange County Nursing Home Advisory Committee He was an active member of UNC’s Newman Catholic Community He will be remembered for his intellectual curiosity and skilled care as a clinician and researcher at the Newman Catholic Student Center in Chapel Hill Contact the Gillings School of Global Public Health communications team at sphcomm@unc.edu events and announcements to be shared via our newsletter and digital screens View and download the visual elements associated with the Gillings School the School offers the following PowerPoint template This form allows faculty and staff to create a new web profile or update a current one This form enables Gillings School representatives to submit requests for website edits The Estonian Transport Administration is negotiating the acquisition of land for the reconstruction of the Libatse-Nurme section of the Tallinn-Pärnu highway The current owner wants the state to exchange the land for other plots of the same value no suitable locations have yet been identified To convert the almost 20-kilometer-long Libatse-Nurme section of the highway into a four-lane road the Estonian state needs to acquire 16 plots of land The plots needed are currently owned by a forestry company The landowner has expressed willingness to exchange the plot it owns for state-owned land of the same value The owner considers the land resource as more important to the company than any potential financial compensation The owner also wants the state-owned land parcels to be located in the immediate vicinity or area A land exchange would additionally save the company the bureaucratic work necessary to find a replacement for the resources it would be giving up A notice of initiation regarding the procedure was sent to the landowner at the end of 2023 the Transport Administration made an offer for the transfer of the land it did not obtain the state's authorization to exchange the specific areas of land selected by the company it turned out that the proposals made by the private owner were not suitable for the state," said Sülvi Seppel-Hüvonen head of the Transport Administrations' land department "The state needed these specific pieces of land in order to fulfil its obligations The processor responded to the landowner with its reasoning The landowner then made a new selection in cooperation with the Transport Administration this was also not considered suitable for exchange for a number of reasons." The Transport Administration stressed that this was not a dispute but just one of the possible procedures involved in transferring privately owned land to the state under the Acquisition of Immovables in Public Interest Act The landowner also confirmed that they had no objections to make  to the Transport Authority The landowner accepts that the state will purchase the The Transport Authority plans to offer the landowner new land but there is also the potential option of giving them compensation the delay in acquiring the land should not affect the start of the planned construction works the land acquisition process is initiated a couple of years before construction starts to allow time for lengthy procedures," said Seppel-Hüvonen "The start of construction can be delayed if lengthy litigation should arise we hope to find the best solution in order to start the construction of the Tallinn-Pärnu highway  on time we have not been able to point to any recent projects whereby the construction process has been delayed as a result of no agreement with the owner being reached." 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Mukunga won the 2021 Tallinn Marathon with a time of 2:30.43 Volume 14 - 2020 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2020.00001 Environmental thermal conditions play a major role at all levels of biological organization; however there is little information on noxious high temperature sensation crucial in behavioral thermoregulation and survival of small ectothermic animals such as insects a capability to unambiguously encode heat has been demonstrated only for the sensory triad of the spike bursting thermo- and two bimodal hygro-thermoreceptor neurons located in the antennal dome-shaped sensilla (DSS) in a carabid beetle We used extracellular single sensillum recording in the range of 20–45°C to demonstrate that a similar sensory triad in the elaterid Agriotes obscurus also produces high temperature-induced bursty spike trains Several parameters of the bursts are temperature dependent allowing the neurons in a certain order to encode different but partly overlapping ranges of heat up to lethal levels in a graded manner ISI in a burst is the most useful parameter out of six Our findings consider spike bursting as a general fundamental quality of the classical sensory triad of antennal thermo- and hygro-thermoreceptor neurons widespread in many insect groups being a flexible and reliable mode of coding unfavorably high temperatures The possible involvement of spike bursting in behavioral thermoregulation of the beetles is discussed the mean firing rate of the neurons in regular and bursty spike trains combined does not carry useful thermal information at the high end of noxious heat no firm information is available on whether and how various burst patterns depend on temperature in these insects and DHN to temperature are described by distinct dose–response curves Spike bursting ability of the neurons is discussed in the context of heat coding and behavioral thermoregulation of the beetles Ground surface temperatures above 45°C were observed on 26 days and maximum ground surface temperatures attained 50°C sensory neurons on the beetle’s antennae Reproductively immature adults of the elaterid A obscurus overwintering in their pupal cradles in soil were collected in autumn 2015 and 2016 The beetles were placed in plastic containers (18 × 28 × 9 cm) filled with the mixture of moist sand and soil and maintained in a refrigerator at 2–3°C Five days before the electrophysiological experiments the beetles were transferred singly into 50-mm plastic Petri dishes provided with a moist filter paper (Whatman International UK) disc at the bottom and conditioned at 20°C in the Versatile Environmental Test Chamber MLR-35 1H (SANYO Electric Japan) at 16 h light and 8 h dark (16L:8D) photoperiod Conditioning of the animals at 20°C was imperative to achieve sufficient electrical contact with neurons located in the antennal DSS and acceptable signal-to-noise ratio The beetles were not fed but were provided with clean tap water daily Electrophysiological experiments were conducted with reproductively mature beetles from March to May 2016 and 2017 dehydrated with a graded ethanol series (10%–30%–50%–70%–90%–95%–100%) and critical point dried using a CPD 030 Bal-Tech (Baltzers Liechtenstein) Dried samples were positioned on an aluminum stub with a conductive adhesive carbon disc sputter coated with a thin layer (30 nm) of gold using a K550 (Emithech UK) and examined by Dual Beam FIB/SEM FEI Helios Nanolab 600 (Thermo Fisher Scientific USA) using the electron column (operating voltage = 5 kV; current = 0.17 nA) USA) under visual control with the electrophysiological microscope Eclipse FN1 (Nikon The microscope was equipped with the Nikon ITS-FN1 Physiostage consisting of the X-Y Translator and stainless steel Stage mounted on the Passive Anti-Vibration Science Desk (ThorLabs All electrophysiological experiments were carried out in a 100 × 120 × 100 cm Faraday Cage FAR01 (ThorLabs Electrical events recorded in the DSS via a custom-made Preamplifier Board (input impedance 10 GΩ; Interspectrum Estonia) were led to the input of the main amplifier unit ISO-DAM 8A (World Precision Instruments Inc. filtered with a bandwidth set at 10–3,000 Hz and relayed to a computer hard disc for data storage using the 16-bit A/D data acquisition unit Micro 1401-3 (CED UK) at a sampling rate of 20 kHz and Spike 2 software (CED Spike-train responses of the sensory neurons were tested at temperatures ranging from 20 to 45°C with 5°C increments the mean firing rate of 30 test beetles was recorded and analyzed at each temperature the number of test beetles (N) was increased until bursty spike-train responses from 30 individuals were obtained for analyses in most cases Due to the low proportion of bursty spike trains of the DHN and CHN at the low end of noxious heat (below 35°C) N for these two exceptional instances was lower The total number of insects used in the experiments was approximately 260 Recording spike firing activity of the sensory neurons innervating antennal dome-shaped sensilla (DSSs) in A (A) SEM image of a group of DSSs at the tip of the terminal flagellomere favorable for electrophysiological recordings Note that only a small tip of the sensillum peg (PT) is directly exposed to ambient air Panels (B,C) show tip profile of the tungsten indifferent and recording microelectrode The recording electrode used was approximately 0.6–0.8 μm in diameter at a distance of 5 μm from the tip (D) At moderate temperatures up to 30°C the recording microelectrode typically picked up three different spike waveforms belonging to cold-hot neuron (CHN) The spikes produced by the CHN were always conspicuously the largest in amplitude the number of spike shapes recorded in a DSS was four The spikes from the “fourth” neuron were always very small hardly distinguishable among the noise fluctuations in most cases They originated from some of the adjacent sensilla the relatively large spikes from the “fourth” neuron probably arose from the CHN of a neighboring DSS The spike trains produced by the “fourth” neuron were omitted in this study the sensory neurons in DSS switched from regular firing to burst firing mode the sensory neurons had a different threshold temperature for spike bursting spike bursts were only produced by the MHN and CHN while the DHN fired regularly A sample recording made at 45°C from another DSS demonstrated that high-frequency spike bursts were produced by the MHN and DHN (H) Note that the CHN stopped spike production completely All the recordings were made from different DSSs Design of our setup for humidity and thermal stimulations of insect antennal sensilla has been described in detail several times earlier (Merivee et al., 2010; Nurme et al., 2015; Must et al., 2017) it would be reasonable to explain the main principles of functioning of the setup in brief To determine the sensory modality and reaction type of the neurons thermal and humidity stimuli were presented to the antennal flagellum by two carbon-filtered both air stream 1 and air stream 2 were preset at the same temperature of 20°C but at different absolute humidity (AH) content Thermal stimulations at different levels of steady temperature by air stream 1 were always performed at constant absolute humidity (9 g m–3) The stimulating air stream 1 and air stream 2 at a velocity of 2 m s−1 through terminal aluminum outlet tubes with an inner diameter of 8 mm were pointed at the antennal flagellum of an intact beetle An electromagnetic air valve (Model 062 4E1; Humphrey Products USA) and a digital timer (Model 4030; Kaiser Fototechnik Germany) were used to switch rapidly between the two air streams Both the tested antennal DSSs and a thermocouple junction were located at the intersection of the air stream 1 and air stream 2 with the thermocouple junction at a distance of 1 mm from the tested DSS The signal from the thermocouple circuit was led to the second input channel of Micro 1401-3 (CED UK) and saved on a PC hard disc for recording temperature of the stimulating air stream 1 and air stream 2 using Spike 2 software (CED Custom-made airflow hygrometers (Interspectrum Estonia) based on the LinPicco™ capacitive humidity analog module A01 (response time <5 s accuracy < ± 3% RH; Innovative Sensor Technology Switzerland) were used to measure humidity content of air stream 1 and air stream 2 before the heating units Required humidity contents were achieved by mixing dried air (5% RH) and moistened air (95% RH) in an appropriate proportion Signals from the hygrometers were led to the third and fourth input channel of the Micro 1401-3 (CED UK) and stored on the hard disc for data analysis The sensory neurons in DSS were allowed to be adapted to each stimulating steady temperature for 2 min before the recording with the duration of 10 s was made All the statistical analysis was performed with the statistical software STATISTICA 11 (StatSoft Firing rate response of antennal DSS neurons to different levels of steady temperature at constant humidity conditions was analyzed with one-way ANOVA and post hoc Tukey test Kruskal–Wallis test was used to evaluate the effect of temperature on the various bursty spike train parameters of the antennal DSS neurons All test results were considered statistically significant at P < 0.05 The number of tested beetles N for each data point was 17–30 because the statistical software used summarizes the values of each data point subjected to analysis Firing rate response of antennal DSS neurons to different levels of steady temperature (A,C,E) accompanied by their coefficent of variation (B,D,F) Both regular spike trains and bursty spike trains of the neurons combined were subjected to the analysis Recordings were made at constant absolute humidity 9 g m–3 condition Note that mean firing rate of the CHN and DHN did not depend on temperature at the high end of noxious heat ranging from 35 to 45°C (A,E) Also note that response variation of the CHN in different DSS increases with temperature increase (B).Vertical bars show standard errors of the means The number of tested insects for each data point (N) = 30 Repeatability of spike burst responses of the DSS neurons in a rapid warming experiment Note that a particular DSS neuron produced nearly identical bursty spike trains (A,B) in response to the same consecutive warming stimulus Temporal interval between the two stimulations was 10 min F1–F4 show fragments of the original recordings (A,B) in a shorter timescale High-frequency spike bursts of the CHN were shown in the fragments F2 of (A) and F4 of (B) Double round dots demonstrate bursty spikes of the DHN in the fragments F1–F4 Bunches of arrows in the fragments F1–F4 indicate bursty spikes generated by the MHN Dependence of bursty spike train parameters (mean ± standard error) of the antennal DSS neurons on temperature (A–F) and lowercase italic letters show significant differences between the means at P < 0.05 (Kruskal–Wallis test) for the MHN The number of tested insects (N) for each data point = 17–30 Higher values of this parameter serve as an indication of probable spike bursts occurrence in a spike train Spike burst frequency (bursts s−1) mirrors the rate of information transmission to the central nervous system via burst packages produced by the DSS neurons the number of spikes per burst and the inter-spike intervals in a burst describe the inner structure of the bursts They allow evaluation of the number of possible burst patterns produced by the three DSS neurons demonstrating degradation of spike waveforms produced by the DHN and MHN at the high end of noxious heat All the recordings were obtained from the same sensillum all the three neurons fired in a regular manner and displayed normal spike shapes the MHN switched from regular spiking to spike bursting (arrows) while the DHN continued regular firing (black dots) When stimulating temperature was raised to 45°C spike amplitude of the DHN gradually decreased (C) and then fully disappeared (D) while the MHN continued burst firing by normal spikes (C,D) No spiking activity was observed in the CHN Note that the spike train fragments (C,D) originate from the same 18-s recording (E) When the stimulating temperature was increased further (48°C) spike bursts of the MHN began to degrade also; only the first spike in a burst was of normal amplitude followed by spikes with gradually diminishing amplitude up to the noise level producing high-frequency spike bursts consisting of spikes with normal shape (F) After cooling of the DSS to the initial temperature of 35°C the DHN and the MHN fully recovered from their high temperature-induced spike shape degradation demonstrating that the observed changes in spike waveforms were reversible Biological relevance of this type of bimodality remains enigmatic because the same mean firing rate values of these neurons cannot encode air RH and temperature at the same time the classical triad of insect thermo- and hygroreceptor neurons in DSS sensilla is unique presynaptic sensory system is capable of responding to high temperatures in a burst firing mode comparable to that of the DSS neurons of carabids and elaterids Our results show that ISI in a burst is the most useful parameter among six parameters all ISI points of all three receptor neurons are significantly different between adjacent temperatures in the range of 30–45°C These findings suggest that temperature alone drives the great variety of burst patterns the MHN generates in response to noxious heat our results show no indications that RH might be involved in spike bursting response of the MHN and DHN the mean number of spikes in a burst and the inter-spike intervals in a burst produced by the three DSS neurons vary from 2.5 to 8 spikes per burst and from 5.5 to 31 ms producing a great variety of different burst firing patterns capable of encoding high temperatures in a graded manner insects need to continuously monitor ambient temperature and to respond immediately to deleterious heat when confronted burst frequency of the DSS neurons varies from 1.5 to 7.1 bursts per second with its higher values at the high end of noxious heat This rate of information transmission to the central nervous system via burst packages seems to be high enough allowing an insect to avoid overheating and death suggests that it is widespread in many if not all insects with the classical sensory triad of thermo- and hygroreceptor neurons We speculate that information about ambient air humidity and heat coded by regular and bursty spike trains of the bimodal NHN and DHN might be conveyed through different synaptic outputs to respective central neuronal pathways for further processing as well they spend substantially less time in areas with temperatures ranging from 40 to 45°C compared to those at 35–40°C Further discriminatory experiments are needed to specify how neuronal activity is correlated with functional discrimination of 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Roman Fosti's personal best in the marathon is 2:10 he finished 68th in Japan with a time of 2:25.37 said he experienced a very high pulse rate right from the start despite also having plans to pace himself by starting steadily "If a car has high revs and you want to change gears "I had exactly that situation today...I ran with a 185-190 [beats per minute] pulse and got across the line I couldn't run empty because the form has not been as it could have been." "The most important thing is that I'm over the finish line I'm still glad I finished the olympic marathon and I'm honored to have done so on such company," Fosti said. "Sure there are some mixed feelings that I haven't met my goal of being in the top half with the plan of turning on the pace at the 15th kilometer Fosti reported he already had maximum effort pulse rate after 10 km Overtraining in the early summer and in his last training sessions in the mountains in Kenya won Gold in the men's and women's events respectively Sunday is the final day of the Tokyo Olympics; decathlete Maicel Uibo is flag-bearer for Estonia at the closing ceremony also to be attended by President Kersti Kaljulaid Estonia's Tiidrek Nurme finished in a respectable 11th place (2 hours 12 minutes 46 seconds) in the men's marathon final at the European Athletics Championships in Munich on Monday Estonian were sixth overall in the team rankings 25 seconds behind race winner Richard Ringer of Germany with Estonia ending sixth overall in the team rankings finishing in 2 hours 10 minutes 21 seconds just three seconds quicker than Israel's Maru Tefer in second place "The level has been getting tougher in recent years the guys are faster and the conditions were pretty good You had to run fast to get a good place," Nurme said after the race Also representing Estonia in the men's marathon were Kaur Kivistik who finished in 32nd (2 hours 17 minutes 51 seconds) and Roman Fosti who placed 41st (2 hours 19 minutes 35 seconds) with a combined time of 6 hours 50 minutes 11 seconds The result that left Nurme pleasantly surprised Estonian athletics and all the fans who came here," said Nurme this year 32 dogs have been attacked by wolves near the eastern border Open image viewerJussi Aro and his dog Minka try out a ‘chili vest’ prototype Image: Pertti Huotari / Yle11.12.2016 8:00•Updated 11.12.2016 10:06Residents of the eastern town of Nurmes in Finland will be testing out a new invention designed to keep their pets safe next spring: A safety vest for dogs that contains chili cartridges If a wolf attacks a dog wearing the vest and punctures the fabric the cartridges release chili powder that sprays on the wolf’s face and mouth Prototypes of the product were available already in 2014 but the actual vests will be trailed for the first time in Finland in the spring of 2017 People who have agreed to participate in the testing have been asked to keep a list of the pros and cons of the invention Mäntyharju resident Jussi Aro has developed the protective vests for a decade already Wolves in the wild have injured 32 dogs along the eastern Finland-Russia border so far in 2016 and residents of the area are frightened to allow their pets and children to move out of doors The dog safety vest will be tested in the town of Nurmes because observers have recorded a lot of wolf movement in the area Local police suspect that a wolf was illegally killed in Nurmes in late November Farmers want hunters to keep the wolf from the foldPublished 20152015Wolf pack appears in western UusimaaPublished 20152015Sources: Yle Open image viewerA summer cottage in Asikkala Image: Juha-Petri Koponen / YleYle News17.5.2020 15:00The demand for summer cottage rentals in Finland has escalated as a result of the coronavirus pandemic Uncertainty over when travel restrictions and will ease and curbs on large gatherings are prompting people in Finland to seek refuge at rental cabins Sari Tuomaala's lakeside home at Pielinen in eastern Finland will become a seasonal rental as soon as the teacher's summer holiday begins Tuomaala made a practical decision when she purchased the summer cottage-like property in Nurmes as her winter home When she heads off to her second home in Leppävirta she will rent her home in Nurmes as a summer home to people who don't have a summer retreat of their own Tuomaala said that she has noticed that the coronavirus crisis has increased demand for the rental "Many don't have the chance or can't go to a relative's for a summer vacation as we did in the past pensioners long for a place of refuge and a change from isolation," she added but noted that she intends to travel domestically during her annual holiday "I will visit remote small places where I don't need to be in contact with a lot of people," she explained The teacher said that she will deep clean her home before new guests arrive "I believe that there is a lower risk of getting coronavirus here than in [other] kinds of accommodation where you would be exposed to contact with many people," she declared Tuomaala noted that young people are increasingly switching on to summer cottage rentals "Groups of under-30-year-old friends want to spend time with each other and because there are no places to hang out [now] they rent a cottage," Sebastian Lagerlöf of online cottage rental service Nettimökki.com said Nettimökki is part of a cluster owned by publisher Otava which also maintains other online portals for boat Traffic on the other sites has also picked up but the demand for cottages is in a class of its own -- searches have soared by 111 percent compared to one year ago "About 100,000 people in Finland search for rental cottages every week Demand usually peaks at the beginning of June," she added A cottage rental from Nettimökki costs on average 800 euros for a week Prices are not determined so much by location as they are by amenities provided Although the sealing off of the Uusimaa region during spring hiked demand in the area many residents are prepared to look further afield for longer summer holiday stays the closure of many hotels and inns has contributed to the spike in demand for summer cottages Tori.fi currently has more then 6,500 adverts for summer cottage rentals The number of notices posted by private renters has especially increased and have risen more than 50 percent compared to last year Meanwhile the overall number of notices has doubled from last year "Usually searches peak at the beginning of June but this year people have been searching more than during the high period last year," Kuusela noted She added that some of the most-searched-for locations in Finland have been Kuusamo Nettikökki's Lagerlöf said that he doesn't believe that large numbers of people begin renting their cottages "People want their own cottages right now Many have already spent more time there this year than they have in years The business benefits are relative," he commented people are on the lookout for all kinds of cottages Some want a place that is close to a sports field or boating facility while others just want a peaceful spot in the wilderness According to Tori.fi others are happy to find a place on dry land or in an allotment garden Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker The Transport Administration has decided to extend the completion deadlines for two road construction projects in Harju County and Pärnu County by a couple of years the planned length of the 2+2 lane section on the Pärnu-Uulu highway will be reduced the minister of economic affairs and infrastructure issued a directive establishing the Transport Administration's road infrastructure development investment plan for 2021-2027 The plan includes road maintenance investment projects co-financed by the European Union's Cohesion Fund and the Regional Development Fund based on the Transport Administration's assessment the progress of the work has created a need to modify the scope of two projects and adjust the expected completion deadlines for two others The planned length of the 2+2 lane section between Pärnu and Uulu is being changed While the original plan called for a 9.6-kilometer-long section One reason for this adjustment is uncertainty regarding the cross-section design of the Tallinn-Pärnu-Ikla road beyond this project towards Ikla "A special spatial plan is set to be prepared to determine the most appropriate cross-section and section length," the Transport Administration stated the administration noted that the final segment of the road experiences a twofold decrease in traffic volume making further construction of a 2+2 road financially unfeasible more road weather monitoring systems will be installed than originally planned as the technology has become more cost-effective Construction of two road sections postponed The construction of the 2+2 lane section between Libatse and Nurme in Pärnu County will be postponed by two years with the new completion deadline set for 2029 instead of 2027 the deadline extension is necessary due to the failure of the initial construction tender and the need to find a more optimal solution The completion deadline for the Harku grade-separated intersection on Paldiski highway in Harju County has also been pushed back Originally scheduled for completion this year the new estimated deadline is now either 2027 or 2028 The revised timeline for this road project is linked to the outcomes of all tenders for the Libatse-Nurme 2+2 lane section The administration plans to begin construction on the Harku intersection only after these results are known The Transport Administration's initial plan was to build the 22-kilometer Libatse-Nurme section of Via Baltica in two phases a tender was issued for the 12-kilometer Are-Nurme segment the project will be divided into four phases Your browser does not support all the necessary functions Please update your browser to its latest version to ensure the best user experience we will also be offering bus connections on some of our railcar routes to improve travel comfort Railcars are used on non-electrified railway sections Railcars run on the routes Pieksämäki–Joensuu–Nurmes there is still a railcar running between Iisalmi and Ylivieska even though the railway section is now electrified There is limited space on board the railcar and booking a specific seat is not possible if a lot of tickets were booked for a railcar service a bus was ordered in addition to the railcar 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Trains between Karjaa and Turku will run at longer intervals Due to the Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency’s Helsinki–Riihimäki track renovation project there will be changes to the use of Ainola station as well as short interruptions during Easter and the summer The railway project will also affect the use of Järvenpää and Saunakallio stations Pännäinen railway station will be known as Pietarsaari-Pedersöre Give us feedback and enable us to build a better service together The Ministry of Climate assesses Carbon Dioxide emissions resulting from the burning of peat cut in Estonia bring a significant environmental impact and until the adoption of a new climate law the ministry plans to halt issuing permits on new peat cutting zones Estonia's largest peat production area is in Pärnu County encompassing the Lavassaare and Elbu peat areas where several companies are engaged in the industry currently cutting an area of 350 hectares of peat The company has submitted an application to the Environmental Board (Keskonnaamet) to utilize a further new peat production area of about 100 hectares This area is located in the same seam as currently being cut said: "To maintain production and its quality we need to use the reserve production blocks which ensure us longer sustainability and the courage to invest." The company also wants to extend the mining permit for the area where it is currently mining The Environmental Board has not yet made a decision on either application Similar applications have been submitted to the board by other entities The Lavassaare and Elbu peat production area is mostly located in Tori Municipality While the municipality cannot prevent the expansion itself it is monitoring the situation with concern said: "There are some significant objects worth protecting it is vital to preserve such special objects and landscapes it is reasonable for the state to consider how much peat cutting we will do and what the balance between the natural world and industry might be." The Ministry of Climate meanwhile says it believes that peat cutting exerts a significant impact in terms of CO2 emissions head of the climate department at the ministry said: "What the CO2 emissions target for the land use sector will be by 2030 is still a matter of negotiation and this will be done during the process of drafting the climate law." advisor at the Estonian Peat Association (Eesti Turbaliit) meanwhile said that the current data considers cut peat to be an immediate environmental emission so the real emission is spread over this period the Ministry of Climate has no plans to issue any new peat cutting permits Remmelgas said: "The plan is to halt the issuance of new permits for new peat cutting areas until the climate law is adopted." Remmelgas said it is yet to be determined whether new areas solely refer to those that have never been exploited before or if expanding an existing peat production area as planned by the Pärnu County company Nurme Turvas The construction in Pärnu County of two-lane road sections of the E67 known in the Baltic states as the Via Baltica – or Pärnu mnt in Estonia alone – is going ahead as planned The nearly 10-kilometer Pärnu-Uulu section The stretch of Tallinn-Pärnu-Ikla highway in Pärnu County is being expanded to four lanes two in each direction (known in Estonian as "2+2") including the nearly 10-kilometer Pärnu-Uulu section towards Riga to the south and the 2.6-kilometer Sauga-Pärnu section in the other direction head of the Transport Administration's (Transpordiamet) western division said the Pärnu-Uulu section will be completed by mid-July Vaidla said: "About 95 percent of the work on the Pärnu-Uulu section is finished." the contractor has managed to exceed expectations and the planned completion and acceptance of the project are set for July 17," Vaidla went on and other final stages are ongoing," he added Vaidla also said construction work on the Sauga-Pärnu two-lane section remains on schedule "The completion date for the Sauga-Pärnu work is in 2025 and I am quite confident that we will meet this deadline too," he added Vaidla noted that plans are in place to begin construction this year on the nearly 10-kilometer Are-Nurme segment "We hope to receive the project in the coming months after which we can proceed with the construction tender We aim to secure the contract by early autumn with initial work planned for the end of this year," Vaidla explained Netflix’s Little Siberia is a Finnish dark comedy thriller directed by Dome Karukoski and adapted from Antti Tuomainen’s novel Little Siberia a war veteran who now serves as a small-town pastor His quiet life takes a sharp turn when a meteorite crashes into the remote village of Hurmevaara As Joel scrambles to protect the rare rock and personal reckoning amid a harsh Nordic winter the production headed to Nurmes in Finland’s North Karelia region blanketed in snow and steeped in Karelian tradition Nurmes gave the film what it needed - a raw and isolated atmosphere. The biting cold and the vast snowy landscapes didn’t just set the mood but became part of the story itself. The crew leaned into the natural setting and let the landscape shape the tension on screen, giving Little Siberia its distinct and immersive feel Netflix’s Little Siberia is based on Antti Tuomainen’s novel Little Siberia (2018) Hurmevaara may only live within the pages of Antti Tuomainen’s novel, but the world of Little Siberia was brought to life far from fiction. The filmmakers chose Nurmes a quiet town tucked away in the North Karelia region of Finland Its snow-covered forests and frozen roads echoed the isolated wilderness from the book The goal was simple yet ambitious which is to build a world that feels as bleak and lonely as the story demands with its Karelian roots and intimate village vibe Its landscape didn’t just match the setting The winter there pulled no punches the production faced a daily battle against the elements Every shoot had to be mapped out with care Every scene was timed to make the most of what little light the Finnish winter would allow Although Hurmevaara is not an actual village its visual design is rooted in northeast Finland’s rural characteristics Hurmevaara was conceived as an isolated settlement within the Lieksa municipality in North Karelia The film aimed to authentically replicate these visual elements using the surroundings of Nurmes The filmmakers utilized both natural and practical effects to ensure visual continuity Artificial snow was used alongside natural snowfall to maintain the film’s cold and claustrophobic atmosphere across scenes The production also employed heavy-duty vehicles to navigate treacherous roads leading to remote filming locations The crew’s familiarity with Finland’s rugged terrain proved essential to maintaining the film’s production schedule experienced in working under harsh weather conditions played a crucial role in overcoming environmental hurdles Local technicians specializing in winter cinematography, set construction, and costume design ensured the film’s aesthetic integrity remained intact. Additionally, the cinematography team capitalized on the region’s diffused natural light caused by overcast skies, using it to enhance Little Siberia’s noir-like visual tone. To address sound recording issues caused by wind and snow, advanced windshields and directional microphones were employed to preserve the film’s audio clarity. Little Siberia is now streaming exclusively on Netflix. Your perspective matters!Start the conversation 2007 B7 remembering.ca The following obituaries are published in today's Edmonton Journal at www.remembering.ca Notices may not appear alphabetically due to space requirements Allen Pilkie Dargis Schryver Dixon Snozyk Gully Stilwell Henry Taylor James Tkachuk Karabonik Todd Koy Veld Laarz Ward Lokszyn Wood Miller Zwarg Nurme 285465 KARABONIK Irene Katherine (nee STACHNIK) On August 13 Anita (Neal) Allen of Edmonton; four grandchildren Marcus and Kristen; one brother Paul (Doris) Stachnik of Edmonton; two sisters-in-law Edith Stachnik and Tillie Turta; and also by many nieces her parents Frank and Anne Stachnik and three brothers Interment will take place in Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church Cemetery 5 miles west of Highway on Highway to Range Road then 1 miles south Donations in memory of Irene may be made to Cross Cancer Institute Hainstock Son Funeral Chapel in charge of all arrangements "An Honored Provider of Dignity -118585 KOY 2007 Melanie Koy quietly passed away at the Grey Nuns Hospital at the age of 93 Memories of her will be cherished by her daughter Chris and son-in-law Bob Marler; grandsons Brian (Alison) and Craig (Marlis); and children Ethan and Kaitlin As well by a sister; three nephews and their families; a cousin and her husband; and many friends She was predeceased by her husband Eric; a brother and his wife; and a brother-inlaw Melanie had a varied and productive life and was happiest when she was with She always kept busy until very recently when her health was failing Her final resting place will be with her husband at Glenwood Memorial Gardens where a Graveside Service will be held at a later date In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the charity of one's choice To sign the book of condolences visit www.glenwoodmeomorial.com GLENWOOD 467-3337 Funeral Home Serving Edmonton Sherwood Park Area -163253 LAARZ Alberta passed away at the age of 69 years She leaves to mourn her loss her loving husband Allan; one daughter Marlene; Three sons Larry (Marianne) of Calgary AB; Charles of Edmonton; Sean of Parksville; four grandchildren Johanna One brother John (Linda) Cox of Leduc; numerous nieces and nephews Reverend Sheila Hagan-Bloxham and The Reverend Dr In lieu of flowers donations can be made in Darlene's memory to the Alberta Heart Lung Association PO Box 4500 Station Edmonton Condolences: www.serenity.ca Serenity Funeral Service Your Community Owned Not for Profit Funeral Cremation Provider LOKSZYN Annie will always be remembered by her husband granddaughters and She also be great -grandchildren Her family would like to thank Annie's doctors and nursing staff at the Bonnyville Hospital at Protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church Dobrianski will I be the celebrant with interment in the church cemetery donations may be made to Haying in the 30's or Bonnyville Health Centre (Palliative Care) Box 425 Alberta passed away suddenly from cancer at the age of 22 years young Chelsea (Nathan Kennedy); nieces and nephews Alberta where a Funeral Service will be held the following day Interment to be held the Paul Band Cemetery Amy Elizabeth The family of Amy Miller sadly announces her passing on August 13 Amy will be lovingly remembered by her children: Don (Lois) all of the greater Edmonton area and Richard (Betty) of Brockville Ontario; fourteen loved grandchildren (Jean She was predeceased by her George (Dusty) Miller in 1980 donations may be made to the Alberta Heart and Stroke Foundation SIMPLY CREMATIONS I FUNERAL SERVICES EDMONTON 780-465-6363 FORT SASKATCHEWAN 780-998-1422 -161150 NURME Anna Nurme of Edmonton passed away at the age of 93 years Anna will be sadly missed and forever remembered by her loving daughter Sirpa (Bill) Carveth the Uusikorpi family as well as many other close friends Anna was predeceased by her husband Viljo in 1994 and son Simo in 2000 A very special note of thanks goes to the staff at Capital Care Dickinsfield Main A for the dedication and care they gave to Anna A Celebration of Anna's Life will be held on Friday August 17th Edmonton with interment to follow at Edmonton Cemetery 11820-107 Avenue Friends who so wish may make memorial donations directly to the Altzheimer's Society of Edmonton Foster McGarvey 10011- 114th Street (780) 428-6666 send condolences: www.fostermcgarvey.com -149425 PILKIE the family announces the passing of Bertha Pilkie on August 3 Bertha is survived by her grandchildren: Andrea (Gordon) Jones and long-time special friends Margaret Pugh and Corinne Tanner Annie (Alfred) Zimmerman and Marjorie (Roy) Rustad Bertha and her siblings were born and raised in Edmonton Bertha always wanted to be a nurse and in 1929 she graduated from the Royal Alexandra School of Nursing While nursing at the hospital in Vermilion They were married in 1932 and had a daughter Billie and his dad owned and operated the Columbia Theatre in Vermilion the family all moved to Edmonton and opened the Inglewood Theatre They retired when Billie was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis Family and friends were always very important to Bertha She loved to see her grandchildren through all the years of growing up Bertha had a wonderful outlook on life and faced all challenges with faith and character active life and left us all with many happy memories A special thank-you to all the nurses and staff on Stn 2C at the Grandview Care Centre for their care and compassion given to Bertha during her final days A Memorial Service will be held on August 18 may be made to the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Edmonton Frankie is survived by her loving children: Patti (Larry) Ofner Dan (Jan) O'Flaherty and one stepson Trevor (Ellie) Dixon She Veronica is predeceased by her children's father O'Flaherty and grandson on Robbie O'Flaherty Prayers will be held at ConnellyMcKinley Edmonton Chapel (10011-114 Street our mother would be pleased that you make a donation to the Marian Centre (10528-98 Street The family wants to express sincere thanks to the staff at Rosedale Estates for their kindness to Mom Connelly-McKinley 10011- 114th Street; (780) 422-2222 to send condolences: www.connelly-mckinley.com -190975 SCHRYVER Alberta passed away at the age of 87 years Theresa (Bill) Clark of Fort McMurray and Ena (Aime) Theroux of Red Deer A Mass of Christian Burial for George will be held at St A family interment will follow in Holy Cross Cemetery on Monday Respecting George's wishes of his love for nature and wanting to cut a flower your donation may be made to the Sign of Hope Campaign T6E-3V3 or to a charity of one's choice Connelly McKinley 10011- 114th (780) 422-2222 send condolences: www.connelly-mckinley.com -199896 SNOZYK John Snozyk of Edmonton passed away at the age of 89 years Donations may be made to a charity of ones choice visit www.parkmemorial.com Park Memorial Edmonton 426-0050 Family Owned Funeral Home 2007 Kathleen Ina Stilwell passed away peacefully on Sunday She is survived by her son Robert (Terry) Gillis and cousins Audrey Jones and Craig (Monique) Barnstable Kathleen was predeceased by her brother Bill Trimble of Bellingham A Celebration of Kathleen's life will be held on Friday at Chapel of Howard McBride A private family interment will be held Memorial donations in Kathleen's memory can be made to the Edmonton S.P.C.A Howard McBride Westlawn (780) 484-5500 -122321 TAYLOR 2007 our mother passed away a courageous battle with cancer Beatrice will be lovingly remembered by her five children: Frank of Edson Jim (Wanda) both of Hinton and Carol (Don) of Yellow Creek Blair and Tammy; a brother Thomas Gordon of Drayton Valley; two sisters: Dorothy Stewart of McBride BC and Jacqueline Gordon (Lloyd) of Victoria as well as numerous nieces She was predeceased by her husband Foster in 1984 and a son Mark in 1995 Interment will follow in the Pioneer Cemetery memorial tributes may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society An Honoured Provider of Dignity Memorial -206163 For information on placing an OBITUARY Phone: 780-429-5533 For Information on placing an IN-MEMORIAM Phone: 780-428-1234 164941 TKACHUK Michael's Extended Care for the wonderful care of our brother for the past ten years and I'm sure John would also say thank you at Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church with interment in Church lieu of other tributes donations may be made to the charity of one's To send condolences visit www.parkmemorial.com Park Memorial Edmonton 426-0050 2 Family Owned Funeral Home Larry also was the owner operator for several motels in Victoria Besides his loving wife and best friend Margaret (Peggy) Todd (nee Smith Larry is survived by his daughters Madelyn Todd and her two children of New Zealand; his very special sister Grace Gordon and eldest sister Berdie Lunn of Winnipeg He is also survived by his extended family nephew Rick Harding (Lise) and their families niece Peggy (Marvin) McNally and family of Medicine Hat and their mother Beverley; nephews Arlin and Robert and father and brother-in-law Richard Harding also of Calgary; our special friends in Greenwood Doreen and Gerry and Nina helpful and special friend Marilyn Hart and dear friends at Watergrove Park our long time home care provider Marlene (Sgt Mgr.) and home care nurses Anne Harder and Glen Larry was predeceased his parents Robert and Julia (nee Noble) Todd Those wishing to pay their respects may do so at McINNIS HOLLOWAY'S Crowfoot Chapel (82 Crowfoot Circle N.W.) on Friday Funeral Services will be held at McINNIS HOLLOWAY'S Crowfoot Chapel (82 Crowfoot Circle Forward condolences through www.mcinnisandholloway.com A special thank you to all the staff at the Colonel Belcher Veterans Care Centre Also the paramedics that have helped Larry so many times memorial tributes may be made directly to the charity of the donor's choice a tree will be planted at Fletcher Park Memorial Forest by McINNIS HOLLOWAY FUNERAL HOMES 2007 After a year long battle with esophageal cancer Left to mourn his loss is his beloved mother Sylvia Veld brother Peter (Janice) Veld and their children and grandchildren A heartfelt thanks to Caroline and her staff and volunteers at the General 9Y unit for their loving care and support he became a constant companion and support for our mother A Celebration of his life will be held on Friday at the Chapel of Howard McBride Westlawn (16310 Stony Plain Road donations can be made to the Miller Palliative Care Unit (Mel Miller Hospice AB T5K OL4) or to the Canadian Cancer Society 8215 112 Street Howard McBride Westlawn (780) 484-5500 WARD Ken Ward passed away suddenly at the age of 69 He will be lovingly remembered and sadly missed by his family and colleagues at the University of Alberta where he was a professor in Educational Administration for more than 30 years He is survived by his one son Bryan Ward of Vancouver two step sons Damon and Blair; his partner of many years Sharon Alberda sister-in-law Terry Ward and niece Lisa Pols (John) He was predeceased by his brother Jerry Ward and mother and father he spent time in Edson as principal of the High School prior to receiving his PH.D in Education Administration He had a life- long passion for teaching and a dedicated commitment to his students in Alberta and abroad Please join the family for a time of Celebration of His Life on Friday August 17th at 2:00 p.m at Hainstock's Funeral Chapel 9810-34 Avenue the family requests that donations be made to the University of Alberta Foundation for Cancer Research 1H1 Point 91 Walter Mackenzie Center 8440-112 St 2007 It is with great sadness that her family announces the peaceful passing of Clara Clara will be sadly missed and forever remembered by her family; daughters nine greatgrandchildren and one great -greatgranddaughter Eugene and Special thanks to all the staff at Grandview Extended Care Hospital for their care and kindness during all the years Clara spent with them A Memorial sErvice will take place at Westlawn Memorial Gardens on Saturday Inurnment at Westlawn Memorial Gardens following the service Donations in lieu of flowers may be made to Capital Care Grandview passed away peacefully with his family at his side on Monday His is survived by his loving family; his wife of 39 years and Mary Fleming; his motherin Florence Storseth as well as numerous other family and many dear friends Orrin Olson and Jim Fleming; father-in-law Wayne Boomer and Frank Culver; and his precious niece from Barrhead United Church with Reverend Sharon Foster officiating Interment will follow in Hillcrest Cemetery Donations gratefully accepted to Barrhead Healthcare Centre AB T7N 1M1 or Fort Assiniboine United Church Tributes and condolences may be sent to www.mem.com Arrangements entrusted to Rose Garden Chapel of Barrhead -035658 Cards of Thanks DUKART The family of the late Debra Dukart would like to thank all who honored us with their heartfelt gifts of food Your kindness is greatly appreciated and will always be remembered We are all blessed with the many beautiful memories Debbie has left for us to cherish Just the love and sweet devotion of those who think of you will be done" seems hard to say When one we loved has passed away Vaults EVERGREEN Memorial Gardens cemetery arrangements for two Gethsemani Gardens 998-7241