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. AROUND LA WITH AVA®: Around in Circles It’s here! Welcome to 2017, Finland’s 100th year of Independence. The collective excitement is palatable and unbounding as this year opens and…
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AROUND LA WITH AVA®: Gratitude
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AROUND LA WITH AVA ®: Spooks and Saunas
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AROUND LA WITH AVA®: The Sauna Starts In Southern California
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From Finland to Stardom, an Afternoon with Actress Taina Elg
From Finland to Stardom: An Evening with Taina Elg Event photos by Jonny Kahleyn Dieb Finlandia Foundation hosted ‘From Finland to Stardom: An Evening with Taina Elg’. Through anecdotes,…
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Los Angeles is a city of great love stories—real and fantasy. Let me tell you one of them. After all, February 2016 has Valentine’s Day and Sadie Hawkins’ Day—that every…
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Many Happy Returns?? Americans have never quite bought into Boxing Day when the rest of the world blatantly returns gifts that “… do not fit” without guilt. And, to…
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FINNISH EDUCATOR PASI SAHLBERG TOURS THE U.S. Reporter: Tomi Hinkkanen Photos by P. Shalberg, Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho, Karri Huhtanen and ‘Tungsten’ Finnish education system has repeatedly been ranked as the best in…
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REPORTER: TOMI HINKKANEN – LOS ANGELES PHOTOS: JONNY KAHLEYN SUPERMODEL SUVI’S GREEN HAVEN Suvi Koponen’s modeling career got started at 16 when she won a Finnish modeling TV show. The…
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STORY: PIA PAKARINEN REPORTER: TOMI HINKKANEN – LOS ANGELES PHOTOS: JONNY KAHLEYN MAKE-UP AND HAIR: KRISTINA DUFF Pia Pakarinen by Jonny Kahleyn © The Finnish beauty queen was crowned Miss…
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Kaliforniassa syntynyt Elma Maisack (entinen Manninen) palveli lottana Suomessa talvi- ja jatkosodassa. Sodan jälkeen hän palasi Kaliforniaan. Hänen päiväkirjansa kertoo sota-ajasta yksityiskohtia, jotka tuppaavat muuten jo unohtumaan – kuten Hitlerin…
Read MoreAdvance voting in the United States for the Presidential Elections of 2018
Advance voting in the United States for the Presidential Elections of 2018 Advance voting for the Presidential Elections 2018 is possible in the United States on January 17. – 20.,…
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Ava by Jonny Kahleyn Dieb Full Cosmic Cycle Around LA with Ava® Did you map your way to the path of totality of the eclipse this summer? Did you plan…
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Around LA with Ava®: Shades of May into Hues of Blue A children’s ditty goes: “Spring has sprung, The grass is riz, I wonder where the flowers is?” The traditional…
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