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What is the hink pink for "what is the spot left by a huge water ballooon?" 214 The hink pink for the spot left by a huge water balloon is a fat splat. Hink Pinks are silly rhyming pairs which can be used as answers to riddles. To any given riddles, there might be more than one correct answer. The whole idea of hink pinks is to use your own imagination in trying to find words that rhyme together. So, in future we suggest that you try to figure out the answer yourself. Hink pinks are fun to make as illustrated by the following web-site: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/4455/hinks.html
What is the hink pink for what does a two headed monster use to think with? 216 The monster thinks with his main brain.
In june 2002 the Hanasaari Cultural Centre and the Helsinki City Library organized a conference titled A Space for the Future - Library Buildings in the 21st… 1370 You can find the programme and most of the proceedings in the conference webpages, published in the new webpages of Helsinki City library, http://www.lib.hel.fi/Page/73a56460-0868-4da8-a666-2866bcc2cd7b.aspx . I wonder if you are familiar with the material of the IFLA satellite meeting in Järvenpää, Finland in th year 2005? The proceedings can be found here, http://www.fla.fi/PHYSICALvsVIRTUAL05/ .
I have been told by a danish collegue that Helsinki library offers a digital language course online in severel languages. I have not been able to find the… 187 I`m afraid there is no digital language course online offered by Helsinki City Library at the moment. I couldn`t find any information about that either. Helsinki City Library offers e.g. e-books for customers to borrow https://www2.helmet.fi/ebook/?LANG=en In some swedish libraries it`s possible to download music and audio books onto mp3-players. Maybe in the near future it`s possible to offer language courses also.
How do I view marriage records 612 You can’t view marriage records - if you mean official records which are kept by local register offices (maistraatti = http://www.maistraatti.fi/en/index.html ). They work together with The Population Register Center, which holds information on all Finnish citizens: (http://www.vaestorekisterikeskus.fi/vrk/home.nsf/pages/index_eng). From the church (parishes) you get literary information about their members but you have to know the parish where the person is living. To get information about an individual from these registers costs. Some public libraries hold collections of old parish registers (mostly from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries). You can find old marriage information on these microfilms, too.
Do you have any idea from where I could find some audiovisual material in English related to teamwork, international teamwork, improving teamwork or different… 278 We have checked all the Finnish universal and regional library databases, but unfortunately we have not been able to locate any audiovisual material related to teamwork. It is possible to request material from libraries outside Finland. Ask your home library for help.
I hear that you have a kind of starter kit( how to use the library, etc?) for the children come to libraries for the first time. Will you please tell me about… 619 In Helsinki city library we have children’s web pages. In these pages Bookster (The official web creature of the Helsinki City Library) will show children for example how to use the library. You find pages in English here: http://www.lib.hel.fi/en-GB/children
I am comparing folklore customs for the time when a child has pulled a primary or "baby" tooth. I would like to know if the Sami have a tradition for such a… 279 I have found a few short mentions about the sami beliefs or stories about the loss of the first tooth as a child. Schefferus, also in English: The history of Lapland (orig. 1674), chapter 26: Of their childbearing. He refers to Samuel Rheen and in the book: En kortt relation om lapparnes lefwarne och sedher,... (Uppsala 1897) Rheen writes about that belief at least on page 9 in chapter: Om barnssens Vpfostrande och vptuchtellsse and on page 14 in the chapter: Huru the inbördes ärfwa hwar... The child gets a reindeer of his own from the person who first sees the first tooth. T.I Itkonen writes about the thing in Suomen lappalaiset part 2, p. 394. He tells the same story about the gift to the child: The father of the child gives the child a…
I want to download the project proposal entitled Bread for the World 196 Youy can download various information about Bread for the World from their website http://www.bread.org Here are some useful links that lead to download-pages on that site: http://www.bread.org/learn/policy-statements/ http://www.bread.org/learn/hunger-reports/hunger-report-2006-download.h… For additional information about the matter, i recommend sending e-mail straight to them: Contact Us: 50 F Street, NW, Suite 500, Washington, DC 20001 phone: (202) 639-9400 toll-free: (800) 82-BREAD fax: (202) 639-9401 email: bread@bread.org institute@bread.org
Ask a librarian team, I have a question about libraries in prisons in Helsinki and in hole Finland. Do you have libraries in prisons and are they in a good… 606 You can find some information about libraries in Finnish prisons on the page of Vankeinhoitolaitos http://www.vankeinhoito.fi/ > Tietopankki > Kirjasto. On that page it says that there are libraries for prisoners in prisons and that the libraries are taken care of by the prisons themselves. On the same page there is a link to Vankeinhoitolaitoksen kirjasto (http://www.vhkk.fi/kirjasto.htm). Under Library (on the bottom on the left) you can find some information in English. On the page you can also find their email-address (vhl.kirjasto@om.fi). It is best to turn directly to this special library with your questions.
I'm a french guy writing you from Paris. I'm wondering where may I find other "Ask a librarian" websites on the web. Such websites from Europe, USA, Canada and… 631 Finnish Ask a librarian- service has an open archive. You can find it on the page www.libraries.fi, on the top on the right there is a link to Ask a librarian-service and right under that Archive. There are links to several online services from the page www.libraries.fi (Finnish version www.kirjastot.fi > Kirjastoala (on the top on the right) > Verkkotietopalvelu (on the bottom on the left) > Kirjastojen verkkotietopalveluita (or direct address http://www.kirjastot.fi/fi-FI/kirjastoala/verkkotietopalvelu/ )You can also find several European libraries from this address http://www.theeuropeanlibrary.org. You can search for online-services from each library’s own page. It is possible to find several Ask a librarian-services around…
Could you please provide me with a list of the finnish libraries that have photo cataloguies from portuguese photographers. 643 The University of Art and Design Library and the University of Lapland hold a book titled: Portuguese photography since 1854 = Livro de viagens / edited by M. Tereza Siza and Peter Weiermair. University of Art and Design Library http://www.aralis.fi/department.asp?path=9280;9472 University of Lapland Library http://www.ulapland.fi/?deptid=11001 In addition, The Fine Art Academy Library holds: Character and player : João Penalva / Herausgeber/editor: Silvia Eiblmayr Fine Art Academy Library http://www.kuva.fi/portal/english/library/ In addition to these academic libraries whose collections can be searched online, it is worthwhile inquiring from the following art museum libraries whether they have photographers' catalogues. These…
Do you have any books or handbooks in Albanian Language? 521 Yes we have. You can search in HelMet-catalogue (www.helmet.fi) also in English. Books in Albanian language you can find like this: choose guided search Keyword , write two small stars (**), limit your search by material code ’book’ and by language ’Albanian’. You can also choose Sorting order by ’year of publication’ or ’alphabetical’. As a result you get the collection of literature in Albanian language in Helsinki metropolitan area City Libraries (Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa, Kauniainen). In Helsinki Pasila, the Main Llibrary, has the biggest number of books in Albanian, but at the moment the library is closed for renovation.
Can I order books from another library in Finland (e..g. Oulu Library) to be sent to Helsinki? If yes, what are the costs? Kittos. 895 Yes you can if the material you need doesn't exist in libraries in the metropolitan area. The form for interlibrary loans you find here http://www.lib.hel.fi/page.asp?_item_id=3459 . Interlibrary loan inside Finland or from Nordic countries costs 4 €.
I'm Brazilian and I am totally impressed about Finland. I want to have more contact to Finland, so if you could tell me some Books about Finland I might thank… 577 Concerning your request about books about Finland, I here found you some books consisting, history, finnish society and architectual sights. Finland : a cultural guide / Pirkko-Liisa Louhenjoki-Schulman, Kaius Hedenström [Kantele] : Aava Books, 2005 (Vammala : Vammalan kirjap.) ISBN 952-5490-00-9 Finland / Roger Connah/ London : Reaktion Books, 2005 ISBN 1-86189-250-0 Art in Finland from the Middle Ages to the present day / [Bengt von Bonsdorff .. et al.] ; [translation: Hildi Hawkins, Jüri Kokkonen [Helsinki] : Schildt, 2000 ISBN 951-50-1116-7 Towards a networked Finland : the Information Society Council's report to the Finnish government : february 2005 / [English translation by Hanna Liikala] [Helsinki] : The Prime Minister's Office,…
How long did Seija (wife of the author Gunnar Mattson) live after having her child in "The Princess" (islandic title "Prinsessan")? 1509 Seija lived over 30 years after that. She died 9.12.1997. Norwegian teacher and writer Ola Tungesvik has written a book: Jos vain saan olla onnellinen... (Om jeg får vaere lykkelig...) and that book tells about Seija, too. Gunnar Mattsson died 1989. Ola and Seija had seven happy years together before Seija died.
I`m sudent of the Moscow State University of Culture and Arts at faculty of information resources. I write degree work on a theme " Digital services in… 223 There are very few publications concerning Digital Services of Finnish Libraries 2004-2006, but i hope the next articles will help you to find some information about digital services: 1. http://www.lib.helsinki.fi/finelib/koulutus/Tempus.html 2.http://www.libraries.fi/library_branch 3.http://www.splq.info/issues/vol37_4/08.htm 4.http://www.splq.info/issues/vol37_2/10.htm 5.http://www.lib.helsinki.fi/finelib/digilib/pps.html (articles: Hormia-Poutanen, Kristiina: Digital library users and usage patterns in Finland. Kortelainen, Terttu: Informetic viewpoint to national digital library material.
I need a pattern according to whicth I can offer "ask a librarian" service in reference section of my library. I live in Iran I want to know whitch libraries… 2431 I'm afraid that your specific question about iranian libraries offering an Ask a librarian -service is too difficult for me to answer, since i can't read arabic letters and can not therefore search the websites of iranian libraries. It might be a good idea to ask for assistance in the National library of Iran, http://www.nlai.ir/ . There is an international Ask a librarian service Questionpoint.org, that migt be able to help you http://www.questionpoint.org . In Sweden there is a multilingual Ask a librarian -service, they do not yet offer service in arabic, but they are planning to do so, maybe they could help you in your search. The address is http://www.eref.se/se-admin/vrleb_question_patron.asp?virtual_desk_id=43 . I can tell you…
As a library student at Simmons College, Boston, USA, I am currently working on a project about Finnish libraries. After examining the Finish library system, I… 163 Finland adopted a new Constitution in March 2000. Like its predecessor, the new Constitution states that Finnish and Swedish are the national languages of Finland. According to the Constitution, the public authorities are required to provide for the cultural and societal needs of the Finnish-speaking and Swedish-speaking populations of the country on an equal basis. In practice, this means that various social services, education and information must be provided in both languages. The law also ensures bilingual government in Finland. This means that all legislation and other important documents must be available in both Finnish and Swedish. http://virtual.finland.fi/netcomm/news/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=26218 http://www.om.fi/20802.htm The…
Good morning! Please, help me to find a literature for this topic: "Analysis of state's regulation methods of sea transport by the example of ferries in Baltic… 594 It is very difficult to find literature concerning your question, but you can browse for example the Google with the following search terms: state regulations baltic sea area “sea transport”. Here are a couple web-addresses which deal with the subject: http://www.balticsea.net/ http://www.meriliitto.fi/?l=en&p=14