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Thursday, 22. May 2008, 09:20:48
Learning Danish
Thursday, 22. May 2008, 04:12:47
Foreigners aren't the only ones who have a hard time learning the Danish language. A new study shows that Danish children are slower than toddlers in other countries at picking up their native language's nuances.The study, conducted by the University of Southern Denmark's Centre for Child Language, showed that Danish children on average have a vocabulary of only 80 words at the age of 15 months. Conversely, Swedish children at the same age can handle 130 words, while Croatian toddlers have mastered up to 200.
The research shows that by the age of two, Danish children are nearly up to speed.
According to the study, the primary reason Danish children lag behind in language comprehension is because single words are difficult to extract from Danish's slurring together of words in sentences. Danish is also one of the languages with the most vowel sounds, which leads to a 'mushier' pronunciation of words in everyday conversation.
Big Delay on Operations
Friday, 16. May 2008, 04:19:04
The healthcare workers' strike has begun to cause serious treatment delays which doctors say will take up to a year to get back to normalAfter four weeks of the nurses' strike, hospitals are now backlogged up to a year by the cancellation of around 217,000 operations.
Patients in queue for non-acute operations such as knee and hip replacements will be pushed back the farthest, although hospitals have not yet worked out a specific order in which individual patients will be treated.
The strike has now lasted full four weeks, and is still going strong. It has now been reported that a man died because of lack of treatment. He was a heart patient and a haemophiliac and should have been operated on April 15th - the day the strikes began. His operation was cancelled, and on May 9th he got chest pain and an ambulance picked him up. Unfortunately they didn't know his background so they drove him to a wrong hospital, where he passed away in the casualty department.
Will Economic Crisis hit Denmark?
Tuesday, 13. May 2008, 04:07:40
Experts are predicting the recession that has hit the US will be felt in Denmark starting as soon as next year.
It is apparently still true that when the US sneezes Europe catches a cold, as both the Danish Bank Nordea Bank and the International Monetary Fund believe a weakening British pound and an waning US dollar will hamper the world's economy, and Denmark will not be spared.
A new analysis indicates that several other factors have also contributed to a bleaker economic outlook for the next two years: the bottom of the Danish housing market having fallen out, American consumers are shutting their pocketbooks, an ailing stock market and rising food and fuel prices.
Nordea still predicts a growth of 1.5 percent of GNP in 2008 - and that is only half that of 2007. By 2009, the bank says growth will have slowed to 0.9 percent. Predictions from IMF are even more grim, as they forecast only a 0.6 percent growth by 2009.
The sluggish growth will be felt on the job market, as a serious increase in unemployment.
As of March 1st 2008 - Statistic Denmark's most up-to-date figures - unemployment was at an all-time low of 55,400, or just 2 percent.
*Saves a little extra for a rainy day*
It is apparently still true that when the US sneezes Europe catches a cold, as both the Danish Bank Nordea Bank and the International Monetary Fund believe a weakening British pound and an waning US dollar will hamper the world's economy, and Denmark will not be spared.
A new analysis indicates that several other factors have also contributed to a bleaker economic outlook for the next two years: the bottom of the Danish housing market having fallen out, American consumers are shutting their pocketbooks, an ailing stock market and rising food and fuel prices.
Nordea still predicts a growth of 1.5 percent of GNP in 2008 - and that is only half that of 2007. By 2009, the bank says growth will have slowed to 0.9 percent. Predictions from IMF are even more grim, as they forecast only a 0.6 percent growth by 2009.
The sluggish growth will be felt on the job market, as a serious increase in unemployment.
As of March 1st 2008 - Statistic Denmark's most up-to-date figures - unemployment was at an all-time low of 55,400, or just 2 percent.
*Saves a little extra for a rainy day*
Warning Labels
Tuesday, 6. May 2008, 04:14:42
As a service for my fellow bloggers, I give you:
Warning Labels for Bloggers
Warning Labels for Bloggers
Some strikers are maybe ready to call off the strike!
Monday, 5. May 2008, 15:33:39
Striking daycare teachers and nursing home attendants can be back on the job by Wednesday if a new contract struck after marathon negotiations on Sunday is approved by the workers' union.Representatives from union FOA and KL, the national association of local councils, announced early today that they had come to an agreement that added an extra 35 million kroner to the value of the three-year contract the union's members rejected in April. The total value of the contract is now 5.7 billion kroner.
The agreement must be approved by union representatives before work can resume. Union members have until 29 May to vote on the agreement. If they reject it, the strike will resume on 3 June.
The National Nurses Organisation has refused to relax its demands and is continuing to strike.
Coca-Cola and Kellogg's
Monday, 5. May 2008, 04:04:22
Coca-Cola and Kellogg's have been reported to the Danish authorities for misrepresenting their products' contents on their labels. The Danish Consumer Council has informed the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration of food label violations committed by the two international companies.
Kellogg's cereals and Coca-Cola soft drinks list the fat and sugar content of their products as being by 'portion'. However, the consumer council says that measurement varies from product to product and is often too small to be a realistic indicator of what a person's intake would be. For example, Coco Pops cereal lists its portion measurement as 30 grams - far less than a bowl of cereal would typically be.
In addition, the products contents are calculated as being for 'an adult woman of normal weight'. But how tall, fat or thin is a "standard" woman?
The labels reflect changes in the declaration rules initiated by the new 'Guidelines Daily Amounts' (GDA) regulations, instituted by the European food industry. Those guidelines are not as strict as Danish labelling laws.
I hope they get a heavy fine for making things opaque. The strict rules Denmark have are to help the costumers.
Kellogg's cereals and Coca-Cola soft drinks list the fat and sugar content of their products as being by 'portion'. However, the consumer council says that measurement varies from product to product and is often too small to be a realistic indicator of what a person's intake would be. For example, Coco Pops cereal lists its portion measurement as 30 grams - far less than a bowl of cereal would typically be.In addition, the products contents are calculated as being for 'an adult woman of normal weight'. But how tall, fat or thin is a "standard" woman?
The labels reflect changes in the declaration rules initiated by the new 'Guidelines Daily Amounts' (GDA) regulations, instituted by the European food industry. Those guidelines are not as strict as Danish labelling laws.
I hope they get a heavy fine for making things opaque. The strict rules Denmark have are to help the costumers.
Street Kings
Sunday, 4. May 2008, 05:52:26
Keanu Reeves plays a LAPD cop who gets caught up in a cat and mouse game of murder and violence. Reeves learns from his boss (Forest Whitaker) that a former partner has been turning over dirty details about him. When Reeves goes to confront the former partner, two thugs shoot the partner down so Whitaker must cover up the fact that Reeves was there because it would look like Reeves called out a hit on his partner. This here is where the trouble begins because Reeves wants vengeance for his partners death and soon he begins to uncover a dirty game of money and death. The plot has too many unconnected and essentially useless strands, and too many undeveloped characters whose purpose is either to kill or be killed. Banal, is the word that first springs to mind. And I hated the ending.
out of 6.Louis Vuitton
Friday, 2. May 2008, 05:37:41
A Danish art student named Nadia Plesner recently put together a project to try to raise money for the victims of genocide in Darfur. As part of the campaign, she created a t-shirt with a drawn image of a Darfur victim "pimped" out like Paris Hilton is: Carrying a designer handbag and a small dressed up dog. The idea was, that if Paris Hilton can get so much publicity by doing so little, it was worth a try for the Darfur victims also. The entire profits from the t-shirts are going to help the victims.Louis Vuitton responded to Nadia's campaign by sending her a letter, telling her firmly to end the campaign immediately, as they believe one of their products is being portrayed in the art piece. Nadia refused and told the company that she would not take down the t-shirt or the image. In response, the Louis Vuitton company went from friendly to nasty. It sued, demanding $7,500 for each day she keeps selling the product, $7,500 for each day she displays its original cease-and-desist letter and $7,500 for each day she mentions the name "Louis Vuitton" on her website.
This is an entirely non-commercial venture. All of the profits are given to charity. The design has some differences from the Louis Vuitton bag, and hardly seems likely to specifically damage the Louis Vuitton brand. The t-shirts are clearly not competing with Louis Vuitton but are only made to help some people who are suffering.
Come on big guys. Get a grip!
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