What s in the barrel? (photo: Pia Blak) Something s happened (photo: Pia Blak) Medlemsblad

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1 Den Danske Forening Heimdal March 2015 What s in the barrel? (photo: Pia Blak) Something s happened (photo: Pia Blak) Medlemsblad Newsletter for the Danish Association Heimdal Established 1872

2 THE DANISH ASSOCIATION HEIMDAL INC 36 AUSTIN STREET NEWSTEAD QLD 4006 Contact details: Contributions We would love to share your news and stories. You are welcome to send s with stories, news and photos to the editor for publication. The closing date for the next issue is 20 March We reserve the right to edit or not publish your contribution. Any material published does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Danish Club or the Editor. Editor: Lone Schmidt Phone: for the next barrel, which was decorated by Tommy Brandi with cats and crowns, bats, masks and lots of flags. The yummy fastelavnsboller from Britt and Rene were a popular treat as well. Finding the best dressed boy and girl wasn t an easy task, but we finally decided on Liva as the best dressed girl. Webmaster: Peter Wagner Hansen Phone: Skype: pete.at.thebathouse admin@danishclubbrisbane.org From the Editor March is looking like another big month with events including Det store kolde bord, a loppemarked (garage sale), two concerts and of course Café Danmark. Your committee has had its first meeting and discussed among other things an approach from a local Lions Club, who would like to use the club for its meetings. The Swedish Club has decided not to run Kafe Svea on a regular basis, there was little support from their members. Jessica from Swedish Goodies will offer pop-up events from time to time to satisfy Swedish cravings for lollies and other goodies! Kids and adults had a great afternoon at our Fastelavnsfest with entertainment by Kupaleja and then on to bashing the barrel, it didn t give up the goodies without a good fight. Alan will have to learn to do sloppy work Sadly, Denmark was hit by a terrorist attack that same weekend; I found an interesting article about terrorism and the reactions it provokes in Western democracies, hope you enjoy it. WELCOME TO OUR NEW MEMBERS Mark & Claire Jensen, Ferny Hills Julia & Scott McLauchlan, Wilston Anna Jensen, Bulimba

3 What s on at the Danish Club? Café Danmark Friday 27 February 2015 from 6 pm Meet up with new and old friends for the first Café Danmark of the year. Our smørrebrød menu varies from time to time, but you ll usually find rullepølse (spicy rolled pork), smoked salmon, roast beef, leverpostej and roast pork on the menu. And hot dogs. The bar offers Tuborg and Carlsberg beer varieties imported from Denmark just for us. Right now we even have Red Tuborg. If you like a glass of wine with your food, we have whites, reds and sparkling by the glass. After you have eaten, check out our tempting selection of Danish licorice, chocolates and other goodies! Get delicious Danish pastries, rye bread and other specialty breads, organic biscuits and crisp breads direct from Britt s Organic Bakery. Tea offers smallgoods and quality meats from Heinz Meats, the Danish butcher at Woolloongabba, as well as her own goodies, sometimes including remoulade. Order in advance and pick up at the café. Sunday Lunch (Store Kolde Bord) Sunday 8 March pm for 1 pm start Enjoy a traditional Danish Sunday lunch at the club see the details in the newsletter and get your booking in. Invite friends and family as a surprise Easter egg! Loppemarked / Garage Sale Sunday 22 March 2015 (see details on back page) 10 am 2 pm Concert Thursday 26 March 2015 FRASER & HAAS Doors open 6:30 pm Café Danmark Friday 27 March 2015 from 6 pm Concert Wednesday 1 April 2015 KVONN Doors open 6:30 pm Legestue / Play Group Every Friday

4 Get all your Danish Baked Goodies from Britt s Bakery at Café DANMARK 4th Friday of each month Authentic Danish Pastry & Organic Bread Products Kringler, Smørtærter, Kanelstænger, Birkes, Rundstykker, Fuldkornsrugbrød, Kransekagekonfekt, Småkager, Knækbrød og bagerens dårlige øje. For information, order forms and delivery details, go to our website: Unit 5/10 Energy Crescent, Molendinar QLD 4214 Ph: Fax: brittsorganic@gmail.com HEINZ MEATS TRADITIONAL SMALLGOODS Continental butcher and deli 611 Stanley Street, Woolloongabba QLD Ph: (parking behind shops) Dansk udskæring på bestilling Lammekød Grisekød Oksekød Hamburgerryg Røget flæsk Spegepølse Rullepølse Pålæg og røgvarer blandt andet: Medisterpølse Ost: Knækpølse Havarti Wienerpølse Esrom Leverpostej HOURS: Tuesday - Friday 8am - 5:00pm, Saturday 7am - 1pm CLOSED: Sunday & Monday

5 SUNDAY LUNCH DET STORE KOLDE BORD Sunday 8 March pm for 1 pm start Photo: Soren Hoimark Easter is coming around early this year (Good Friday is Friday 3 April) and our traditional Sunday Lunch or Det store kolde bord is just around the corner. Invite family and friends along to enjoy a Danish smorgasbord at the Danish Club. There are many favourites on the menu including pickled herring, roast beef, smoked salmon, fish wedges with remoulade, roast pork with red cabbage, leverpostej, rullepølse and cheese. The bar is stocked with Tuborg and Carlsberg brews from Denmark and a variety of snaps. Price: $40 for members and $45 for guests (children under 12 $20/$22.50). All tickets must be booked and pre-paid by Tuesday 3 March Lone Schmidt at treasurer@danishclubbrisbane.org or ring on to make your booking. Payment by EFT to Suncorp Bank, BSB Account in the name of Danish Association Heimdal Payment details: 8Mar15, your name and membership number

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7 FRASER & HAAS IN CONCERT THURSDAY 26 MARCH 2015 DOORS OPEN 6:30 PM The musical partnership between Alasdair Fraser, Scotland s premier fiddle ambassador, and the highly talented young Californian cellist Natalie Haas is one of the most exciting developments in Scottish traditional Music. Alasdair has a concert and recording career spanning 30 years, with a long list of awards, accolades, and feature performances for film (Last of the Mohicans, Titanic). He is also a recipient of the Scottish Heritage Center Service Award for outstanding contributions to Scottish culture and traditions. The 25-year-old Haas, a graduate of the Juilliard School of Music, is in the vanguard of young cellists re-defining the role of the cello in traditional music. Fraser and Haas present a lively and evocative repertoire, featuring the return of the cello to its historical role at the rhythmic heart of Scottish dance music. Together the duo has recorded five albums and Alasdair has recorded countless solo and band projects over his long and illustrious career. Entry: $30 at door, $28 pre-booked, $20 concessions

8 Rune Lykkeberg: Terror vender vores samfunds principper imod os Terrorister kan ikke ødelægge vores åbne samfund eller demokrati. Det kan kun vi selv. Det siges, at det var et attentat på demokratiet. Det hævdes, at det virkelige mål for skuddene forrige lørdag i København hverken var de to mænd, der blev dræbt, eller de fem politifolk, som blev såret. Det virkelige mål skulle være selve det danske samfund og de principper, vi bekender os til. Men terrorister kan ikke ødelægge det åbne samfund, og intet attentat kan underminere demokratiet i Danmark eller nogen andre steder. Terrorismen er frygtindgydende, og for de konkrete ofre er det allerede slut. Det er indlysende, at der er god grund til sorg, frygt og vrede lige nu. Men terrorister kan ikke ødelægge vores demokrati eller underminere de principper, vores fællesskab bygger på. Det kan kun vi selv.»hele Vesten og især USA har overvurderet betydningen af terrorismen«, pointerede den amerikanske politiske tænker Francis Fukuyama i oktober 2014 til magasinet New Statesman:»Den er et stort problem, den kommer ikke til at forsvinde i den nærmeste fremtid, men den er ikke en eksistentiel trussel«. Der er altomfattende opbakning til, at Danmark skal være en retsstat og et demokrati med forsamlingsfrihed og ytringsfrihed, og den bliver ikke anfægtet af en enkelts mands skyderier i København. De fanatiske ideer og den islamistiske ideologi har ingen chance for at vinde kampen om, hvordan vores samfund skal indrettes, og hvilke principper vi vil leve efter. Vi kan ikke fængsle folk for en forbrydelse, som de måske vil begå Islamister overbeviser ikke så mange tvivlere, at de kan blive en politisk trussel, og de inspirerer ikke så mange tænkende borgere, at det overhovedet vil blive en seriøs diskussion. Eller som Fukuyama konstaterede:»for langt de fleste mennesker er tiltrækningen ved den form for radikalisme lig nul«, konstaterede Fukuyama. Det store spørgsmål er ikke, om Danmark vil blive ved med at være et liberalt demokrati. Det vil vi naturligvis også være om ti og tyve år. Det store spørgsmål er, hvordan vi vil være det. Og her er der noget på spil. For vores samfund er kendetegnet ved tre principper, som langt, langt de fleste tager for givet. Vi vil have frihed, sikkerhed og åbenhed. Det krænker vores forestilling om, hvad vi bør kunne, hvis vi ikke kan trykke tegninger, som gør grin med en profet, eller ikke kan mødes i et forsamlingshus til en snak om, hvordan vi skal leve sammen. Vi kan ikke acceptere, at islamiske doktriner, som bliver håndhævet med vold og våben, skulle kunne stoppe

9 vores samtaler. Og det virker voldsomt begrænsende, hvis vi skal være bange for at gå til politiske møder og samtidig kalkulere, om det nu også er værd at sætte livet på spil for. Endelig vil borgerne vide, hvad der sker i fællesskabet. Det forekommer igen voldsomt indskrænkende, hvis vi ikke kan blive orienteret om forbrydelser og terrorattentater, bare fordi det kan gøre os bange eller sprede terroristernes budskab. Vi kræver åbenhed. Det er ikke bare paragraffer i grundloven, som vores institutioner opdrager os til at anerkende, og som politiet håndhæver. Det er derimod principper, der er blevet til en del af vores fælles bevidsthed om, hvem vi er, og hvordan vi vil leve. Som regel tager vi det for givet, at vi kan få frihed, sikkerhed og viden uden omkostninger. At vi kan sige, hvad der passer os, bevæge os, som vi vil, og få billeder fra alle begivenheder, uden at det på nogen måde truer os. Men det var allerede den engelske filosof Isaiah Berlins indsigt, at det liberale demokratis principper ikke går op i en højere enhed. Hvis vores samfund skal fungere, må vi balancere mellem vores egen forventning om, at vi kan gøre, som det passer os, og vores hensyn til fællesskabet. Frihed er både det enkeltes menneskes frihed til at forfølge ideer og drømme og den fælles frihed til at snakke os til rette om nogle regler, der forpligter os alle. Vores principper vil ifølge Berlin altid være i konflikt, og vi skal i hver enkelt situation afgøre, hvilket ideal vi sætter højest. Det, vi plejer at kalde mangfoldighed eller pluralisme, er ikke bare friheden til at spise kinesisk mad, se amerikanske film og gå i danske skoler. Det er også en anerkendelse af, at der er indbyggede modsætninger i vores grundlæggende principper, og at vi hele tiden må vælge mellem frihed, sikkerhed og åbenhed. Det er derfor, at USA, Danmark og Sverige alle tre er indlysende liberale demokratier, men også vidt forskellige fællesskaber. Det, der kan være rimeligt og retfærdigt i Danmark, kan være skandaløst og uacceptabelt i Sverige og USA. Det, der gør terrorismen så utrolig effektiv, er, at den afdækker konflikten mellem vores principper. Det bliver med ét åbenlyst, at vi ikke på samme tid kan få maksimal frihed, maksimal sikkerhed og maksimal åbenhed. Sådan har det altid været, men det bliver sjældent sat på spidsen som virkelige valg. Hvis vi insisterer på retsstatens beskyttelse af det enkelte individ, må vi leve med, at de mennesker, som er kendt af efterretningstjenesterne og mistænkes for at ville det onde, ikke kan spærres inde og holdes væk uden dom. Vi kan ikke fængsle folk for en forbrydelse, som de måske vil begå. Friheden for samfundets gode og dydige borgere må også være friheden for dem, der måske ikke er det. Enten må vi acceptere et sted som Guantánamo, hvor folk fængsles uden retssikkerhed, eller også må vi leve med, at mulige terrorister kan bevæge sig frit i samfundet blandt os.

10 Og hvis vi fastholder, at vi vil vide alt, hvad der foregår, og have så mange billeder som muligt, må vi acceptere, at vi kommer til at gå terroristernes ærinde. Det er jo ikke attentaterne i sig selv, der terroriserer os. Det er frygteligt, at en mand til et debatarrangement bliver skudt, og det er rædselsfuldt, at en vagt ved en synagoge bliver dræbt. Men det er først de konstante billeder fra gerningsstedet, blå blink over hele gaden og reportagerne fra en bange by, der bringer truslen ind i hundredtusinder af danske hjem, ligesom det var tvbillederne fra Frankrig, som gjorde terrorismen konkret for et globalt publikum. Det, der virkelig kan ramme vores samfund, er, at vi lader behovet for sikkerhed underminere vores frihed og krav på viden. Den kamp kommer nu. Det er en virkelig kvalitet ved et oplyst samfund, at borgerne vil vide, hvad der sker, men konsekvensen er, at vores medier fungerer som enorme forstærkere, der gør konkrete forbrydelser til globale terrorattentater. Det skræmmer ikke kun seerne, det risikerer naturligvis også at inspirere mulige terrorister. Vi har lige set, at de, der gennemfører et bestialsk attentat som i Paris, bliver fordømt fra alle sider. Men de kommer også til at spille hovedroller i det, der minder om en global spændingsfilm. De kommer i fjernsynet som en slags fordømte helte, der er villige til at dø for en højere sag. Det koster dem livet, men de får mere end 15 minutters verdensberømmelse. Det er præcis terrorens styrke, at den vender vores samfunds principper mod os selv. Vores frihed misbruges til at skade os, de brugte amerikanske flyvemaskiner til at smadre amerikanske symboler, og de bruger vores kommunikation til udbredelse af deres rædsler. Det er samtidig terrorens svaghed, at den ikke kan andet end ødelæggelse. Den tyske filosof Jürgen Habermas skrev efter 11. september 2001, at terroren er den eneste måde, man kan ramme en modstander på, som ikke kan besejres. Og det gælder stadig. Det er således ikke terroristerne, som er rigtig farlige for os. Det er vores reaktion på terrorismen, som er den største trussel mod friheden og sikkerheden i vores fællesskab. Nu 14 år efter kan vi se, at det ikke var terroren, som for alvor belastede den amerikanske retsstat. Det har været amerikanernes reaktion på den. Og på samme måde vil det være vores eget valg, hvor hårdt vi vil blive ramt af attentaterne i København. Vi har grund til at være bange i den konkrete situation, og det vil begrænse os. Men det, der virkelig kan ramme vores samfund, er, at vi lader behovet for sikkerhed underminere vores frihed og krav på viden. Den kamp kommer nu. (kilde:

11 FEEL AT HOME WITH SBS DIGITAL RADIO Listen to the Danish language every Thursday at 4pm Choose one of the many platforms: SBS Digital Radio 3, Digital TV (channel 39), Live on Demand via phone and Androids apps Streaming Online at sbs.com.au: Danish/Swedish/Norwegian/Finnish Via Podcast Further information on Error! Hyperlink refd. Soren Hoimark is the local contact for DABGO. The group meets at the Danish Club on the 1st Wednesday of the month (next meeting date is 4 March 2015 at 6 pm). Visit the DABGO website to join and get more information. Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) is showcasing a number of classics under the theme Myths & Legends from 9 January to 8 March including The Ten Commandments, Mad Max, Lord of Rings trilogy and The Maltese Falcon. Visit for details. Is your passport expiring soon? Make sure to visit the Danish Consulate in Brisbane to get a new one on 10 and 11 March 2015 from 9 am 5 pm. Ring Lars Kirk for details and/or an appointment or him on consul@rdcqld.org.au Quick update from Committee: Grant for approx. $1,300 received from Brisbane City Council towards rate payments. Thank you! We re updating the toilets at the club house with new cisterns and seats. Applying for funding for complete overhaul. Holiday rental at Miami, Gold Coast: 2 brm apt. $550/4 nights. Close to beach and all amenities. Phone: Hanne Steen Selmer is the local representative for Danes Worldwide contact him via queensland@rep.danes.dk Check out the gorgeous new polo shirts worn by the Folk Dancing Group. The club has donated $1,000 towards them to support their participation in Nordlek in Viborg in July this year. Contact details for the Royal Danish Consulate General in Brisbane Consul General Lars Kirk consul@rdcqld.org.au

12 THE HIDDEN CAMINO By Louise Sommer A spiritual journey into the heart of the pilgrimage, where nothing is as it first seems The book can be purchased from all online book stores in both hard copy and as e-book. As a special offer to all members of Heimdal, you can also order the book directly from Louise Sommer for $25 + postage and have your copy personally signed. If you wish to do so, please contact Louise at sommerinstitute@gmail.com Everyone has heard of the Camino de Compostela a famous pilgrimage across the north of Spain undertaken since medieval times. Lesser known is that the pilgrimage holds secrets that reach deep into the mysteries of ancient Europe, a fact first revealed to Louise Sommer in a series of dreams that set her on a path of discovery beyond her wildest imagination. Follow in the author s footsteps and experience a world of wonders and revelations as hidden truths step out from behind the shadows. This book will make you question everything you think and believe about the Camino. Louise Sommer, born in Denmark in 1972, has a Bachelor Degree in Social Education and a Masters Degree in Educational Psychology. She has worked extensively in institutional settings, specialising in the treatment of grief and crises. She now works in Australia as an author and psychotherapist, and is the founder of The Sommer Institute. Louise lectures on women in European history, European goddesses, their origins and their psycho-social importance. For more information about Louise Sommer and her work visit: Facebook, Pinterest and Twitter

13 KVONN - TRADITIONAL FOLK MUSIC FROM FAROE ISLANDS Arelmedia Management and the Brisbane Music Bureau are delighted to present a band from a far corner of the world. KVONN is a lively five piece from the Faroe Islands that plays traditional and contemporary folk music from Scandinavia. KVONN's repertoire includes music composed by the band members, as well as traditional tunes and tunes from the 18th century notebook of Faroese musician and scholar Jens Chr. Svabo. Three of the musicians, Sharon Weiss, Ívar Bærentsen and Kristian Blak, are regular members of the international, Faroe-based group Spælimenninir, that since 1977 has toured widely in Europe, the United States, Japan and Australia playing at folk festivals, dances, clubs, and concerts and conducting educational programs in schools and universities. Since their early teens, both Angelika Nielsen and Mikael Blak have performed often with Spælimenninir, and for the last few years KVONN has existed as a group on its own. The Danish Club 36 Austin Street, Newstead QLD 4006 Wed 1 April from 7.30pm bookings via

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15 Do you need Danish beer, snaps, chocolate or licorice? We can help you find it. Price list Beer Tuborg Gold 24x33 cl (cans) $ 60 Carlsberg Black Gold 24x33cl (cans) $ 60 Snaps Jubilæum 100 cl $ 75 Taffel (Rød Aalborg)100 cl $ 75 O P Anderson Akvavit 100 cl $ 65 Aalborg Porse 70 cl $ 55 Aalborg Dild 70 cl $ 55 Brøndum 70 cl $ 55 Lysholm Linieakvavit 100 cl $ 80 How to order and pay: By treasurer@danishclubbrisbane.org By phone Payment by EFT to Heimdal s account at Suncorp Bank BSB Account Bitters Dr Nielsens Bitter 70 cl $ 50 1-Enkelt 100 cl $ 65 Other Blå Ga-Jol 100 cl (original) $ 55 Gul Ga-Jol 100 cl (salt) $ 55 Grøn Ga-Jol 70 cl (salmiak) $ 55 ONLY AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS OF THE DANISH ASSOCIATION HEIMDAL INC Fish balls, chocolate, licorice and other goodies mainly from Denmark 100 g containers / $2.50: Toms Ama r bidder Toms Heksehyl Toms Chokofanter Haribo Pinocchiokugler Haribo Salminger Haribo Lakridsmasker Haribo Labre Larver Haribo Saltbomber Haribo Lakridsæg Carletti Saltlinser Carletti Lakridspinde Haribo Rotella 500 g $ Haribo Matador Mix 140 g $ 4.00 Pingvin Heksehyl 140 g $ 4.00 Pingvin Seksløbermix 140 g $ 4.00 Pingvin Blanding 300 g $ 6.00 Pingvin Stangmix 300 g $ 6.00 Pingvin Tommestok 25 g $ 1.00 Bon Bon Hurlumhej mix $ g Toms Bridgeblanding 250 g $ 6.00 Ga-Jol Blå, gul 2 x 23 g $ 3.00 Lykkeberg Fiskeboller 400 g $ 4.00 ABBA fish balls (375 g tins) $ 5.00 Bouillon, lobster sauce or shrimp sauce AMANDA cod roe (200 g) $ 5.00 Dronning Makrel I tomat 125 g $ 3.00 Anthon Berg Plum in madeira $ Anthon Berg Apricot in brandy $ Anthon Berg Opera Mints 350g $ Anthon Berg Opera Mints 150g $ 5.00 Toms Snebolde 139 g $ 5.00 Toms Orangegrene 75 g $ 4.00 Toms Orangebuer 75 g $ 4.00 Toms Aakander 125 g $ 6.00 Toms Mimoser 125 g $ 6.00

16 Dansk Legegruppe Vores danske legegruppe mødes hver fredag i Heimdals lokaler fra 9.30 til kl Aldersgruppen er fra 0 til 5 år, søskende til yngre børn er selvfølgelig velkommen i ferierne. Vi starter altid med formiddagskaffe og hjemmebagte boller, efterfølgende varierer aktiviteterne med fri leg, hoppeborg, tegning og sanglege mv. Vi skiftes til at medbringe boller og tilbehør. Vi betaler $2 hver gang per familie, medlemskab af Playgroup Queensland og den danske klub Heimdal er en betingelse. Nye medlemmer er meget velkomne til at komme og være med. For yderligere information kontakt: Iben igk1972@hotmail.com Study & Stay in Australia? Your door to the best in Australian Education & Training. IAE Study In Australia is owned and operated by a Dane Riborg Andersen a former teacher and senior government employee, with a strong background in both Danish and Australian education and training. We are a professional International Education Agent, with over 18 years experience. Did you know that when Denmark decided that it wanted every senior secondary student to have an international experience, the Danish Undervisningsministeriet invited Riborg, as the only Australia representative, to run workshops for Danish secondary schools seeking to establish relationships with international counterparts, to encourage their students to have an international study experience? Using our knowledge and expertise, we help Danish (and many other international students) to come and study in Australia. Do you have family or friends in Denmark wanting to come and study in Australia? We are here to help. For individual students, we can help you to find a suitable school, college or university taking into account a student s academic background, family/friendship ties in Australia, their strengths and interests, budget and aims. We place students into primary and secondary schools, TAFEs and universities all over Australia. For Danish schools, colleges and universities, we can help you to identify suitable partner institutions in Australia, and develop successful Study Abroad programs. Over the years, we have established such programs between Australian institutions and schools/colleges in Aalborg, Aarhus, Skanderborg, Silkeborg, Køge and Roskilde among other places. Tell us what your aims are, and we can find the best way forward. Did you know Australia now offers a 485 Graduate Visa for students graduating from any 2-year Australian Bachelor or Master s degree, and wanting to stay in Australia for another 2 years to work and/or play? Want to know more? Ask us. And the best news We do not charge any service fee, as we are paid by the Australian schools, colleges and universities. We look forward to hearing from you. Contact: Riborg Andersen riborg@studyinaustralia.com.au or phone

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18 NORTHERN LIGHTS Pål Brekke has sent us details about a brand new documentary about the Northern lights: The Northern lights is nature s most fascinating light phenomena. And our new documentary explains this in a new and very innovative way. It is the most complete documentary ever made and includes aurora footage from an award-winning photographer. We have the film in 8 languages. We are providing the DVD version for resale in the US and I think many people with Scandinavian heritage would like this. The film contains brand new - never before seen - graphics and animations specially made for this documentary. In particular how the particles from the Sun run along Earth s magnetic field - colliding with atoms - exciting them to emit light. Bonus film: A five minute film that includes very unique «real-time» video taken by the experienced photographer Ørjan Bertelsen ( using new supersensitive camera equipment. The film also contains video from the Hurtigruten Cruiseline. Original music by Herman Rundberg. See more about the film and the trailer at The 25 minute documentary takes you on a breathtaking journey through space. With topquality animations and spectacular solar imagery from NASA satellites, it tells the full story of the northern lights from myth to science. The film is packed with interesting historical anecdotes and includes tips about how to take your own stunning aurora photos. It includes some of the world s best photography and time lapse sequences of the northern lights. The film is perfectly suited for use at science museums, planetariums, hotels and by aurora tour guide companies. The documentary is produced by Pål Brekke, an internationally recognized solar physicist and public outreach expert with many years at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Co-producer is award-winning aurora photographer Fredrik Broms ( Contact one of us for a preview of the film and for license options. (photo:

19 crime is falling everywhere - in Austria, crime is at its lowest level since In Spain, murders were down from 364 in 2012 to 302 in Europe in stats: from Spain to Sweden From women in the workplace to income inequality, the differences between European countries are getting greater in lots of areas. Find out who's best at having babies, who's most dependent on the state and who's most likely to get cancer. Some of the stats are predictable: it is perhaps unsurprising that Swedes and Swiss earn more than Italians and Spaniards, while the number of people claiming unemployment benefits has fallen over time in Sweden and Germany, while rising in France, Spain and Italy. The Nordic countries also do well when it comes to income inequality, with Sweden and Denmark among the most equal places in Europe. But while inequality is slowly rising in the north, Italy is slowly becoming more equal - and is already more equal than Spain and the UK. You might be surprised to learn that well-functioning, prosperous Switzerland is one of the most unequal countries in the rich-country OECD. More surprising, perhaps is that even those countries with economic problems have seen crime fall. Indeed, There are also some surprising differences in countries that should be quite similar. Denmark has one of the world s highest cancer rates; nextdoor Sweden one of the lowest. Danes fondness for booze and cigarettes gets the blame. When it comes to sex and marriage, the Catholic countries of the south are less traditionalist than you might expect. Only 3.3 Italians per 1,000 got married in a record low. The figure was the same in crisis-hit Spain. Compare that to 4.8 in Germany, 5.1 in Denmark or 5.3 in Sweden. And women in the north are far more likely to work - 70 percent of Danish women and 77 percent of their Swedish counterparts are in the workforce. Compare this to 54 percent of Germans and 39 percent of Italians. Italy is also doing badly at having babies. It s worth noting that no country in Europe reaches the 2.1 births per woman needed to keep the population steady (once immigration is taken out of the equation). The French (2.01) beat the European average of 1.58, as do the Swedes (1.91) and the Danes (1.71). Spaniards, however, had only 1.32 babies per woman; Italians But it s not all about money - the prosperous Swiss only manage 1.54 babies per women. Different ways of collecting and measuring data means that not all the figures in the articles are directly comparable, but it still makes for interesting reading. (source:

20 Den Danske legeguppe inviterer til Loppemarked Legegruppens medlemmer oplever tit, at danske familier søger danske ting: legetøj, børnebøger, voksenbøger, spil, tøj og meget andet. Og mange andre har ting og sager, som andre kan have bedre gavn af! Derfor inviterer vi til loppemarked i den danske klub søndag den 22. marts fra Kl Alle den danske klubs medlemmer er velkommen til at komme med dansk/lokalt, småt og stort. Vi har selvfølgelig begrænset standplads, så vi beder jer som ønsker at sælge om at booke en stand senest søndag den 15.marts. Det er gratis at booke en stand. Vi byder selvfølgelig endnu flere velkommen til at komme og gøre et godt kup på dagen. Legegruppen byder på kaffe/te og kage for $1 pr stk/pr kop. Reserver din stand ved at maile Tina Kinkead tina@kinkead.com.au eller ring på mobil Mange hilsner fra den Danske Legegruppe Brisbane