NordenBladet – Various systems play a crucial role in supporting school operations, including the Primus-Wilma student management system and the digital platform Desku. Here’s a brief overview of these systems and their purposes:
Primus-Wilma Student Management System:
The Primus-Wilma student management system serves as a repository for essential student-related information, encompassing details such as student and guardian contact information, attendance records, evaluations, and educational history. Moreover, it acts as a conduit for communication between the home and the school. Parents can access Wilma via the Suomi.fi service, which verifies parental custody rights directly from the population information system. Following this validation, parents gain access to their child’s data on Wilma. The inclusion of the Suomi.fi service enhances Wilma’s information security by ensuring that only authorized individuals can access the student’s information.
Desku is a digital desk designed to simplify the daily routines of both students and teachers. It offers a unified view for distributing services, documents, applications, and electronic learning materials pertinent to school activities. Desku is browser-based, making it compatible with all environments and supportive of all single sign-on services in Finland. Through this digital desktop, users can access the various digital services essential for the school’s daily functioning, all under a single user ID.
You can log in to the Desku website here: Desku.fi
NordenBladet – What is Wilma? Wilma, in the context of the global internet, serves as a versatile Service Virtualization tool that combines the functions of a Service Stub and an HTTP/HTTPS Transparent Proxy, primarily utilized by software developers and testers. However, in this article, we shift our focus to the Finnish perspective, specifically discussing Wilma as the web interface for educational purposes.
Wilma.fi stands as widely adopted educational platform, fostering a digital learning journey from kindergarten through high school. This platform plays a pivotal role in organizing and assessing educational activities, facilitating seamless communication, and enhancing information flow between educational institutions and students’ families.
Wilma operates as the web interface for educational institution management, ensuring a secure environment for teaching and early childhood education. Notably, it’s increasingly adopting a microservices architecture, incorporating both self-developed and partner-produced services. All data interactions within Wilma are directly synchronized with underlying databases like Kurree and Primus, ensuring real-time data accuracy, availability, and consistency.
Within Wilma, students have the ability to select courses, track their academic progress, access bulletins, and communicate with their teachers. Meanwhile, educators can input grades and attendance records, update their personal information, and engage with students and their guardians. For guardians, Wilma serves as a vital tool to monitor and investigate their child’s attendance, establish communication channels with teachers, and stay informed about school announcements.
Furthermore, Wilma is utilized by educational institution staff, management, and workplace supervisors, enhancing overall administrative efficiency.
To access Wilma, users can log in on the Wilma.fi website by entering their respective usernames and passwords in the designated fields. This service is accessible in both Finnish and Swedish languages.
In Helsinki, schools have widely adopted the Wilma web interface, offering guardians invaluable insights into instructional details and teaching arrangements. For students, it’s a means to track their academic journeys, while in general upper secondary schools, it facilitates course enrollment and management.
To whom and on what terms
Guardians receive their username and password for Wilma when their child starts school. Guardians lose their Wilma username and password when the student turns 18. Pupils receive their usernames and passwords from the school.
Wilma is part of Visma Enterprise Oy. Visma Enterprise offers a wide range of educational management electronic services and HR and workforce management solutions.
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NordenBladet – “Baldur’s Gate 3” boosts Hasbro’s stock trading success. The release of Baldur’s Gate 3, a highly acclaimed role-playing video game from Larian Studios, has sent ripples through the gaming world. But the impact doesn’t stop at the gaming community; it’s reverberating in the stock market as well.
Hasbro, a household name in the world of entertainment and gaming, is set to reap substantial benefits from this game’s success. With its stock trading on multiple exchanges, including the NYSE and NASDAQ, Hasbro is poised for significant gains. The game’s popularity, along with other key factors, has analysts and investors eyeing Hasbro’s stock with great anticipation. In this story, we delve into the connection between Baldur’s Gate 3’s triumph and Hasbro’s stock performance, uncovering the promising prospects that lie ahead for this global entertainment giant.
Baldur’s Gate 3, developed and published by Larian Studios, stands as the third installment in the Baldur’s Gate series, rooted in the Dungeons & Dragons tabletop role-playing universe. Initially, a partial version of this game debuted in early access format on macOS, Windows, and the Stadia streaming service on October 6, 2020. It continued in this early access phase until its full release on Windows on August 3, 2023. There are plans for macOS and PlayStation 5 versions to launch on September 6, 2023, while the Xbox Series X/S version is anticipated in 2023. Regrettably, the Stadia version got canceled when Stadia ceased operations.
Critics showered Baldur’s Gate 3 with praise, applauding its gameplay, storyline, abundant content, and the wide array of choices available to players.
Baldur’s Gate 3 is a role-playing video game offering both solo and cooperative multiplayer modes. Players can craft one or more characters and assemble a party, which can include pre-generated characters, to delve into the game’s narrative. Additionally, players have the option to take one of their characters online to form a party with other players. Much like previous entries in the Baldur’s Gate series, the game features turn-based combat, akin to Larian’s earlier titles Divinity: Original Sin and Divinity: Original Sin II, with all combat adhering to the D&D 5th Edition rules.
The game unfolds in the year 1492 DR, taking place more than 120 years after the events of Baldur’s Gate II: Shadows of Amn and a few months after Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus. Its storyline offers a branching narrative characteristic of classic CRPGs, where the core story elements remain fairly consistent regardless of player choices, yet with substantial variations in the details, particularly in relation to the numerous side quests. Players have the option, at the game’s outset, to either create an entirely original character with an open backstory or select one of seven pre-made “origin characters.”
Trading chart of Hasbro stock (HAS) for the last month on the NasdaqGS exchange (Source: Finance.Yahoo.com)
In an unrelated note, Bank of America has expressed optimism about Hasbro’s stock, forecasting further gains. This positivity stems from strong demand for three of Hasbro’s game properties. The bank maintained its “Buy” rating and raised its price target to $90, up from $85, indicating a 41% potential upside from the previous day’s closing price. In response to this bullish outlook, the stock witnessed a more than 7% surge on Tuesday (22. August), Yahoo reports.
Bank of America’s confidence in Hasbro’s prospects is grounded in the success of Magic: The Gathering expansion sets, as well as the popularity of two recently launched digital games from which it collects royalties: Monopoly Go and Baldur’s Gate 3.
Meanwhile, Dungeons & Dragons-based Baldur’s Gate 3 has already sold more than 2.5 million units since it was released on the PC earlier this month. The game will be released on the Playstation 5 early next month.
Bank of America estimates Hasbro could collect $60 million in royalties from Monopoly Go if it reaches $500 million in revenue in its first year, and $61 million in royalties from Baldur’s Gate 3 if it can sell 10 million units.
NordenBladet – Chandrayaan-3 is the third Indian lunar exploration mission under the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) Chandrayaan programme. It consists of a lander named Vikram and a rover named Pragyan, similar to those of the Chandrayaan-2 mission. The propulsion module carried the lander and rover configuration to lunar orbit in preparation for a powered descent by the lander.
Chandrayaan-3 was launched on 14 July 2023. The spacecraft entered lunar orbit on 5 August, and the lander touched down in the lunar south pole region on 23 August 2023 at 12:32 UTC, making India the fourth country to successfully land on the Moon, and the first to do so near the lunar south pole.
ISRO’s mission objectives for the Chandrayaan-3 mission were:
* Getting a lander to land safely and softly on the surface of the Moon.
* Observing and demonstrating the rover’s driving capabilities on the Moon.
* Conducting and observing experiments on the materials available on the lunar surface to better understand the composition of the Moon.
On 26th August, ISRO confirmed that two out of the three mission objectives have been accomplished already, while the third scientific experiments, is underway.
Recently, Russia also tried to land on the surface of the moon, but their automatic station Luna-25 was destroyed in a collision with the surface of the moon.Before that, Russian spacecraft had not reached the surface of the moon for 50 years.
Where is the Chandrayaan 3 now?
Pragyan rover of Chandrayaan 3 has been carrying out experiments on the South Pole of the moon since its successful landing on August 23.
Why is Chandrayaan-3 important?
On Aug. 23, thanks to the success of Chandrayaan-3, India made a strong mark in space history. Not only did it become the first nation to land a spacecraft near the south pole of the moon, but also the fourth to create imprints on Earth’s gleaming companion at all.
Who invented Chandrayaan-3?
S Somanath, an aerospace engineer, helped in the design of the rocket the Launch Vehicle Mark-3 or the Bahuballi rocket that lifted Chandrayaan-3 into orbit. He is seen as an able leader whom the scientists and engineers at ISRO look up to.
Hussar will deliver a speech on the Black Ribbon Day, when the victims of the totalitarian regimes of the past are remembered, the cooperation between the Nordic Countries and the Baltic States is celebrated, and support to Ukraine is expressed on the Independence Day of the country.
The discussions at the meeting of the speakers of the Nordic and Baltic (NB8) parliaments will focus on the current trends of parliamentary cooperation, foreign and security policy, as well as the new possibilities for Nordic-Baltic and transatlantic cooperation, considering Finland’s recent and Sweden’s upcoming accession to NATO. Cooperation in topical issues in the international interparliamentary organisations will also be spoken about.
Hussar will also have a bilateral meeting with Speaker of the Riksdag (Parliament of Sweden) Andreas Norlén. “We appreciate the close bilateral relations and high-level visits between the two countries. This year, the meetings of heads of state, the Prime Ministers, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and other ministers have taken place. The crowning point of our relations was the meaningful and memorable state visit by the King of Sweden in May,” Hussar said. He underlined that we were very much looking forward to Sweden’s accession to NATO as it would be important for the whole Alliance and especially to the security of the Baltic Sea Region.
Hussar noted that the report on the future cooperation between Estonia and Sweden set out four priority areas where the authors of the report saw the greatest potential for further cooperation. These are digitalisation, climate, energy policy and sustainable forestry.
Kivimägi thanked the government and people of Japan for their significant assistance to Ukraine in its war against Russia. “I want to express my thanks to the Japanese people who are supporting peace around the world to such a massive extent. All in all, Japan has donated eight billion euros in support of Ukraine, which is a colossal sum of money,” Kivimägi said.
The Vice-President of the Riigikogu emphasised that the war was not being waged between Ukraine and Russia alone, but that the democratic world was fighting autocratic regimes. “If Russia wins, it will only be a matter of time before it attacks another democratic country,” Kivimägi predicted.
The Vice-President of the House of Councillors agreed that the international security situation had never been this complicated, which makes cooperation between countries with similar values more important than ever before. He admitted that Japan might seem like a faraway country but actually Estonia and Japan were only separated by one single neighbour – Russia. Nagahama also expressed his hope that the visit of the Japanese parliamentary delegation would encourage cooperation between the two countries, and at a broader level than just between the parliaments.
The two Vice-Presidents and their colleagues also engaged in an exchange of ideas on digitalisation and IT, EXPO in Japan, flight connections, car tax system in Japan, and the longevity of the Japanese. In 2023, the life expectancy in Japan has attained 85 years of age. The Chairman of the Estonia-Japan Parliamentary Friendship Group Raimond Kaljulaid also took part in the meeting.
According to Mihkelson, the aim of the visit of the international delegation, which takes place on the eve of and on the Independence Day of Ukraine, is to express firm support to Ukraine. The discussions at the meetings with the members of the Parliament and Government of Ukraine will focus on the security situation and the provision of the necessary aid to Ukraine that would help Ukraine achieve a strategic victory in the war of aggression waged by Russia. Holding Russia to account and compensation for the damages caused by the aggression will also be spoken about.
In Kyiv, the 25-member delegation of parliamentarians will meet with Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Ruslan Stefanchuk and Chairs of the Committees of the Verkhovna Rada. They will also visit the solemn plenary sitting of the Verkhovna Rada. They have also planned to have meetings with Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Olha Stefanishyna, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Yevhen Perebyinis, Deputy Minister of Defence Andriy Shevchenko and Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Oleksiy Sergeev.
During the visit, the delegation will also attend the Third Summit of the Crimea Platform, which is held in Kyiv. Tomorrow, when Ukraine celebrates its Independence Day, the parliamentarians will visit Hostomel International Airport and the city of Irpin near Kyiv.
Representatives of the parliaments of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Iceland, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Spain and Sweden as well as the European Parliament, who belong to the international parliamentary network United4Ukraine, which was formed to support Ukraine, participate in the visit.
NordenBladet – Summer has quickly passed, it’s raining and raining and the rain is already getting annoying. Time has passed extraordinarily quickly. Oftentimes I have started blogging and then given it up, I just don’t want to bother or there are other duties to be done. I won’t be doing the wedding blog today, I thought that since I had a birthday yesterday, then I’ll do the birthdays overview before proceeding with the wedding blog, and there have been lots of birthdays during the summer!
August (more precisely August 20th) was my birthday. Like most of the times I didn’t make it a thing this year. I don’t like to celebrate my birthday, on this day I am rather withdrawn and prefer to sob in my pillow. Aging, that ain’t no joy. I made a cake and that’s all. In the morning we went for a walk in Saku bog with Allan and in the evening we went together to a nice 90-minute Thai double massage after which Allan bought me a mega large and super beautiful rose bouquet from Viru street flower kiosk. I’ll also remember the birthday thanks to my daughters’ birthday card that said: You are not old, you are retro. Well then. Hahaaa ?????
On August 4th we celebrated Allan’s mom’s birthday. We drove to Viljandi, went to a restaurant and for the evening we drove to nature near Lake Võrtsjärv. Next day we visited the play “Big Boy and Small Boy” and after that drove back to Tallinn.
August is also the birthday month of my dad!! That birthday we will celebrate next weekend in Tartu among the family.
July was Allan’s birthday. There was also a lot of fun with the greeting card. Namely Estella thought that Allan turned 33 and thus made such a card. Actually he turned 38 🙂 This year we didn’t also celebrate Allan’s birthday but despite that not a single anniversary passes in our family without an amazing self made cake!
In May we organized a triple birthday party in our garden. The birthday children were Estella Elisheva (turned 17), Ivanka Shoshana (turned 15) and Allan’s older brother Ardo. The keywords of this birthday are: amazing home made dishes (Ardo is a master chef!), hot tub, and a wonderful evening among the nearest and dearest. Amazing!
Below are the photos from the birthdays (get yourselves ready for lengthy scrolling since there are lots of pictures!!!).
My birthday:
Allan’s mother’s birthday in Viljandi on August 4th and 5th:
Allan’s birthday July 27th:
Allan’s older brother’s birthday and the children’s joint birthday:
“The defence cooperation between Estonia and Finland has been going on for decades. Now that Finland is a member of NATO, we will have even more opportunities to further cooperation. In these complicated times, we should take full advantage of these opportunities,” Hussar emphasised. The Speakers expressed their delight that Esonia and Finland were important partners to each other which was also manifested in the close cooperation between the parliaments of the two countries.
Besides Finland’s NATO membership and the cooperation between the Estonian and Finnish parliaments, the support to Ukraine, including in its accession to the European Union and NATO, was also discussed at the meeting. Energy security was in focus, too. The President of the Riigikogu pointed out that Estonia wished to decouple itself from Russian power grid and to synchronise itself with the continental European grid. He noted that it was Estonia’s goal to establish offshore wind farms as well as to develop the use of solar energy.
Chairman of the National Defence Committee Kalev Stoicescu also participated in the meeting.
Today, Speaker Halla-aho also met President Alar Karis and Prime Minister Kaja Kallas and visited the Memorial to the Victims of Communism at Maarjamäe in Tallinn.
Photos of the meetings will be uploaded with a delay (Author: Erik Peinar, Chancellery of the Riigikogu)
“The meetings with Taiwanese leaders mainly focused on Russia’s aggression in Ukraine and its global impacts, including geopolitical stability in the Taiwan Strait. We unanimously found that democracies needed to cooperate to protect the rules-based world order,” Mihkelson said. “It is in the interests of the Baltic countries to prevent further deterioration of the global security situation. A change to the status quo in the Taiwan Strait by using military force would be unacceptable and would have a global negative impact,” he emphasised.
According to the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, it will be necessary to strengthen commercial and economic links with Taiwan, which has a strong democracy and a technologically advanced economy. It is also necessary to seek ways to expand cooperation in areas such as culture, education, research, and tourism. “We need to consider the opening of a Taipei Mission in Estonia to tighten economic and culture contacts. Estonia is the only Baltic state that does not have a non-diplomatic mission of Taiwan at the moment,” Mihkelson noted. “Estonia could seriously consider sending its trade representative to Taipei where representatives of 16 EU countries and the representation of the Commission are present,” he added.
Mihkelson was on a visit to Taiwan with the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Latvian parliament Rihards Kols and the Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Lithuanian parliament Žygimantas Pavilionis.
On the joint visit of the Chairs of the Foreign Affairs Committees of the Baltic parliaments that lasted from 6 to 11 August, they met the President of Taiwan Tsai Ing-wen, the President of the Legislative Yuan Si-Kun You, the Premier of the Executive Yuan Chien-Jen Chen, Foreign Minister Joseph Wu, Digital Affairs Minister Audrey Tang, and minister of the Mainland Affairs Council Chiu Tai-san. They also met representatives of the Foreign and National Defense Committee, and the parliamentary friendship group, as well as the main opposition parties the Kuomintang (KMT) and the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). They also held discussions with representatives of the Center for China Studies of the National Taiwan University, think tanks, and non-governmental organisations.
