Iceland’s government has asked the U.S. ambassador to explain the treatment of an Icelandic tourist who says she was held in shackles before being deported from the United States.
On the net: eggmann.blog.is/
Just received - very promising light show in Helsinki during few days of February:
Every night from the 22 to the 29 of February 2008, the vapour emissions of he Salmisaari power plant in Helsinki will be illuminated to show the current levels of electricity consumption by local residents. A laser ray will trace the cloud during the night time and turn it into a city scale neon sign. Nuage Vert is a communal event for the area of Ruoholahti, which anticipates esoteric cults centred on energy and transforms an active power plant into a space for art, a living factory. In tandem, as a reversal of conventional roles whereby the post-industrial factory is turned into space for culture, Kaapeli (the cultural factory) becomes the site of operation and Salmisaari (the industrious factory) becomes the site of spectacle.
Info: nuage vert
Via Katastro.fi
I checked recently our local media Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish), and found an article with heading: “The sole power plant of blocked Gaza is closed” where numbers turned totally wrong: they wrote that Gaza power plant produces 65% of electricity rest come from Egypt and Israel. Other media sources providing totally different numbers:
While Gazans are undoubtedly suffering, the dark picture painted by the mainstream media is different from the reality. As the Israel’s Foreign Ministry notes, the supply of electricity to Gaza from the Israel and the Egyptian power grids (124 Megawatts and 17 Megawatts respectively) has continued uninterrupted. These 141 Megawatts of power represents about three quarters of Gaza’s electricity needs.
Source: Honest Reporting
Israel Electric Company workers’ committee chairman Miko Zarfati goes further:
“This is Palestinian spin. No one has stopped the supply of electricity to the Strip,” Zarfati told Ynet. He claimed that his employees worked day and night in a power plant in Ashkelon while putting themselves in danger of being hit by Qassam rockets falling in the area.
The Gaza power plant only produces 30% of the electricity consumed in the Strip while Israel supplies the rest.
“It is simply offensive and arrogant for them to claim that there is shortage,” Zarfati said….
“The situation is totally absurd. We’re continuing to supply them electricity despite the (demand) overload for electricity in Israel and despite the fact that Israeli residents and Electric Company workers that are being sent to Gaza Vicinity communities are under threat from Qassam rockets,” Zarfati railed.
Ha’aretz also reports that despite the blackout in Gaza City, southern and central Gaza - which receive electricity from Israel and Egypt directly - were not affected by the shutdown.
What numbers are right? Provided by Helsingin Sanomat or by other meda? Does Helsingin Sanomat reporters need to check their sources carefully before publishing such influential articles?
I have contacted Helsingin Sanomat by email asking to check out the facts and adjust article if needed. They didn’t answer me yet.
Picture and caption: Honest Reporting
It seems that bloggers get the “upraised nose” kind of attitude whenever they submit things to Digg. Bloggers are seen as self-serving and selfish in their self-promotion. I’m here to tell you that it just isn’t so. The story will air on Sky News in the UK on Feb 22, 2008.
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Some time ago we published an interview with Swedish designer Karl-Oskar Karlsson on our blog. It’s became a good tradition to establish good relationships between NDB and designers we interviewed and they sending us their updates and new product/design announcements, giving us excellent opportunity to keep hand on the beat of Nordic Design. This time Karl-Oskar sent me an update about his new products and site renovation: as usual, his designs are awesome and site looks great!
New creations of Karl-Oskar Karlsson:
Black Jacks
Ergonomic hand tool for glass blowers. In cooperation with ESSEMCE SWEDEN.
Photos of Fusing
Photos on canvas and photopaper in sizes up to 100×150 cm. (If you want to buy them for your new interior project, contact Karl via his site).
Jewelry
Beautiful necklaces made of glass in the kingdom of crystal.
Link: www.karloskar.net
Cool Hunting: Lindstrøm: ” We recently followed the Norwegian electronic musician Lindstrøm to Studio B in Brooklyn for his first ever live performance in the U.S. The producer and founder of Feedelity records has been gaining much attention lately for his ’space disco’ style. Raised on country and western, Lindstrøm quit his band and job to devote all his time to producing this danceable music. In his studio, where he oftentimes collaborates with fellow Norwegian Prins Thomas, we witness the experimentation and creative process as they bounce ideas off each other. Back in New York, a chance encounter with a fellow European DJ on the street leads to a conversation about the glory days of Ibiza. During an interview he enlightens us with the thought process behind his airy synth effects and strobe light percussion.”
(Via Cool Hunting.)
January, 15th 2008 Design Hotels will open their new property, Grims Grenka hotel in Oslo, Norway. The hotel
’s 42 large deluxe rooms and 24 suites will feature “floating” beds (an illusion created by illumination effects). Room design blends traditional Scandinavian and avant-garde styles, in green, white and golden colours……
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