SPECIM secures a 3.5 M€ investment by Bocap, strengthens its global market position

Edit Community news 29 Aug 2017
SPECIM, Spectral Imaging Ltd. has agreed to an investment of EUR 3.5 million by Bocap SME Achievers Fund II Ky, with the aim to double its . current 10 M€ revenues by 2020 ... With this move it will take full commercial advantage of its superior knowledge, the entire R&D investment, and the new camera family,” explains Specim’s Chairman Risto Kalske, who has brought several high-tech companies into rapid growth ... http.//www.specim.fi/....

New Book From Lord Of The Rings Author Published 100 Years After It Was Written

Edit Gamespot 01 Jun 2017
Although J.R.R. Tolkien is best known for The Lord of the Rings, he wrote many other stories during his life. Over the years, several of his earliest works have been released that give a glimpse of Tolkien's first attempts to construct fantasy tales and worlds ... J.R.R ... Titled The Story of Kullervo, it shows a different attempt by Tolkien to take many influences from Scandinavian and Anglo-Saxon folklore and turn it into a fantasy story ... ....

Sibelius: Kullervo, etc; Kortekangas: Migrations CD review – thrilling and commanding

Edit The Guardian 23 Feb 2017
The new account of Kullervo is conceived very much along the same lines as his first, with an absolute command of the 80-minute span, with its elements of symphony, cantata and opera ... As on the previous recording, the mezzo soloist in the central scena for Kullervo and his ......

Nokia Plans Big Mobile Phone Comeback In 2017 With New Android Line, But There May ...

Edit Inquisitr 09 Dec 2016
Nokia is planning to fight its way back to the top of the mobile phone industry after years of lagging behind several of its competitors. Nokia was once the world’s “dominant” cell phone manufacturer, a recent article from Fortune recalls ... Now, the Finnish company is looking to regain some of the ground it lost ... That’s not deterring Nokia ... — Päivi Kalske (@kalske) December 6, 2016 ... The Inquisitr News ....

JRR Tolkien's Middle-earth love story to be published next year

Edit The Guardian 19 Oct 2016
The Middle-earth tale tells of the love between the mortal man and the immortal elf ... Read more ... Although no further Middle-earth titles have been published since The Children of Húrin, a host of previously unpublished works by The Lord of the Rings author have been released, from his retelling of a Finnish legend, The Story of Kullervo, to his poem The Fall of Arthur and his translation of the 11th-century Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf. ....

A musical tour of Europe’s great cities: Helsinki

Edit The Guardian 24 Aug 2016
In the fourth in our series, we look at the Finnish capital and its music. Next up. Prague – leave your suggestions for the Czech city below. @StephenMossGdn. I chose Helsinki as our next port of call on a whim ... “The trouble … is that not a lot of Finnish music has an urban feel to it ... Facebook. Twitter ... My number one piece of Finnish music is Sibelius’s Kullervo, an everyday tale (based on the national epic) of incest, murder and suicide ... ....

Latest Tolkien title explores the roots of Middle-earth

Edit The Examiner 14 May 2016
Tolkien fan looking for a new "Lord of the Rings," or even "The Silmarillion," "The Story of Kullervo" will probably disappoint you. But, if you have an interest in the origins of Tolkien's storytelling, and the underpinnings of his mythology of Middle-earth, "Kullervo" may be just what you are looking for ... Until this year, "The Story of Kullervo" ......

Tolkien's previously unpublished 'Story of Kullervo' is a diamond in the rough

Edit The Oklahoman 09 May 2016
"THE STORY OF KULLERVO," by J.R.R ... According to editor Verlyn Flieger, "The Story of Kullervo" is not only J.R.R ... Flieger, who is a specialist in comparative mythology with a concentration in Tolkien's work, wanted to introduce Tolkien fans to "The Story of Kullervo," a story Tolkien himself called his "germ of an attempt to write legends of my own."....

Sibelius: Symphonies Nos 5 & 7; En Saga review – Elder brings care but occasional chill

Edit The Guardian 06 Apr 2016
4 / 5 stars. Hallé/Mark Elder. (Hallé). Mark Elder’s Hallé Sibelius series has been a leisurely affair. The first disc, containing the First and Third Symphonies, appeared in 2009, the next, featuring the Second, came out in 2013. This pairing of the Fifth and Seventh leaves just the Fourth and Sixth, and hopefully Kullervo, to complete the cycle ... Related. Sibelius. Symphony No 2; Pohjola's Daughter; The Oceanides – review ... ....

Two Rare J.R.R. Tolkien Poems Found In 1936 School Magazine

Edit Inquisitr 17 Feb 2016
J.R.R. Tolkien is well known for the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit fantasy tales, but now two poems – written by the author in 1936 – have come to light ... It was by chance that a U.S ... He said how excited he was at the discovery ... According to the International Business Times, back in August 2015 Harper Collins published Tolkien’s retelling of The Story of Kullervo, a Finnish poem found in the Bodleian Library at Oxford University....

Unseen JRR Tolkien poems found in school magazine

Edit The Guardian 16 Feb 2016
Two works by the Lord of the Rings author discovered in the 1936 annual of Our Lady’s School in Oxfordshire ... Twitter ... My excitement when I saw them was overwhelming ... Related ... Fans of the novelist have been given a wealth of previously unpublished material to enjoy in recent years, from last year’s release of his retelling of the Finnish epic poem The Story of Kullervo, to the unfinished Middle-earth story The Children of Húrin ... ....

Scientists Have Breached The Blood-Brain Barrier For The First Time And Treated A Brain Tumor Using An "Ultrasonic Screwdriver"

Edit IFL Science 10 Nov 2015
A non-invasive technique designed to send chemotherapy medication through the protective barrier surrounding the brain has been successfully trialed for the first time on a patient with brain cancer ... It's very good at doing its job, but unfortunately that represents a hurdle in medicine ... implanting ultrasound emitters into the brain ... Kullervo Hynynen at Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto, is more precise and non-invasive ... ....
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