Peter and I don't have a name for our unborn child yet. I don't mean what we will name our little son or daughter when he or she has arrived - we have plenty of those and a few favourites - but what we should call s/he while it's still dancing around comfortably in my belly. It seems most people call they belly something and not just "the belly" or "the baby".
So help us decide! Can't promise we will go with it, but at least I can use it here on the blog instead of just "the baby".
We have a few suggestions already: Loppan ("the louse", but it sounds better and cuter in Swedish than in English), which my friend Malin came up with (which is growing on me but not too popular with Peter haha); Lilla vännen ("little friend"), which I have used a few times when I've been small-talking with him or her; Vildingen ("the wild one", sort of), which is a new one I've been using in the last few days because s/he has been all over the place and more active than ever*; and the (boring?) Bebisen ("the baby").
So cast your vote and/or come up with further ideas!
* Not sure if it's a phase or that s/he will be this active from now on?!
Showing posts with label Survey. Show all posts
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Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Thursday, February 04, 2010
Dream Jobs
As a prelude to this week's Friday theme...
A survey among Swedish men and women resulted in the following list of dream jobs (out of list of 131 professions):
Women's dream careers
1. Economist / financial
2. Interior design / architect
3. HR Manager / Head of Personnel
4. Author
5. Psychologist
6. Doctor
7. Life coach / career coach (not student and career guidance counsellor, i.e. syokonsulent, I guess??)
8. Lawyer
9. Marketing
10. Animal carer (not veterinarian?)
Men's dream careers
1. Engineer
2. Entrepreneur (that's not a profession as such for me, it's more a tool for doing something if that makes sense??)
3. Musician
4. Pilot
5. Management (consultant)
6. Adventurer
7. Photographer
8. Author
9. Architect
10. HR Manager / Head of Personnel
I was really surprised that musician and adventurer are high on the men's list and life/career coach and animal carer on women's. Also, I didn't know so many people dream about writing books.
The survey has been carried out by Manpower and Kairos Future and can be found here.
A survey among Swedish men and women resulted in the following list of dream jobs (out of list of 131 professions):
Women's dream careers
1. Economist / financial
2. Interior design / architect
3. HR Manager / Head of Personnel
4. Author
5. Psychologist
6. Doctor
7. Life coach / career coach (not student and career guidance counsellor, i.e. syokonsulent, I guess??)
8. Lawyer
9. Marketing
10. Animal carer (not veterinarian?)
Men's dream careers
1. Engineer
2. Entrepreneur (that's not a profession as such for me, it's more a tool for doing something if that makes sense??)
3. Musician
4. Pilot
5. Management (consultant)
6. Adventurer
7. Photographer
8. Author
9. Architect
10. HR Manager / Head of Personnel
I was really surprised that musician and adventurer are high on the men's list and life/career coach and animal carer on women's. Also, I didn't know so many people dream about writing books.
The survey has been carried out by Manpower and Kairos Future and can be found here.
Monday, June 08, 2009
When Do They Work?
Feeling extra European this past weekend (will report on the elections soon - but probably not on this blog; will keep you posted), I thought of an article on European habits that I read a few weeks ago.
Apparently French people spend the most time sleeping and eating, and because of it (?) they live longer. The French gets an average of 9 hours of beauty sleep per day while the Japanese and Korean (okay, I guess this study was wider than just Europe...) sleep only seven hours and 50 minutes per day. One hour difference may not sound that much but if you think about the difference in a given week (63 compared to 56) or in a given month (252 vs 224), you will feel pretty sorry for the Asians in questions!
According to the study the French also spend more time on cooking and eating that anyone else and nearly double that of Americans (no surprise there; it's the fast-food nation after all) and Canadians. The Japanese may not sleep but they spend almost as much time on eating as the French - two hours daily at the table. Italians and Belgians are also pretty good at taking their time at the table. The Swedes are in the middle of the league table with an hour and half a day eating.
The French and the Japanese live as long though - 84.4 and 86 respectively for women - so life expectancy must be about more than just sleeping and eating since they scored quite different results, at least when it comes to sleep. And apparently the Spaniards live long too - 84.4 for wome - even though they didn't come out on top on any of the indicators.
The survey also revealed some not so surprising gender differences. In Italy men have around 80 minutes more a day of leisure time than women. Sad. 80 minutes is quite a lot! Stark contrast to Norway where men and women have the same amount of spare time.
But I wonder, with all that sleeping and eating, when to the French work??
Apparently French people spend the most time sleeping and eating, and because of it (?) they live longer. The French gets an average of 9 hours of beauty sleep per day while the Japanese and Korean (okay, I guess this study was wider than just Europe...) sleep only seven hours and 50 minutes per day. One hour difference may not sound that much but if you think about the difference in a given week (63 compared to 56) or in a given month (252 vs 224), you will feel pretty sorry for the Asians in questions!
According to the study the French also spend more time on cooking and eating that anyone else and nearly double that of Americans (no surprise there; it's the fast-food nation after all) and Canadians. The Japanese may not sleep but they spend almost as much time on eating as the French - two hours daily at the table. Italians and Belgians are also pretty good at taking their time at the table. The Swedes are in the middle of the league table with an hour and half a day eating.
The French and the Japanese live as long though - 84.4 and 86 respectively for women - so life expectancy must be about more than just sleeping and eating since they scored quite different results, at least when it comes to sleep. And apparently the Spaniards live long too - 84.4 for wome - even though they didn't come out on top on any of the indicators.
The survey also revealed some not so surprising gender differences. In Italy men have around 80 minutes more a day of leisure time than women. Sad. 80 minutes is quite a lot! Stark contrast to Norway where men and women have the same amount of spare time.
But I wonder, with all that sleeping and eating, when to the French work??
Thursday, December 04, 2008
....Ask What You Can Do for the Climate
Granted, things might be changing in the midst of the financial crisis, but the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency's yearly survey on people's attitudes to climate change that was presented three weeks ago did have some uplifting information.Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man.
No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings.
John F Kennedy
- 8 in 10 Swedes think that they can contribute personally to putting a halt to climate change, which is a clear increase since 2002 when "only" 68% said yes and roughly the same response as last year
So how do people contribute*?
- by choosing public transport - 54%, up from 45%
- by taking the train instead of air travel for long-distance journeys - 76%, up from 71%
- by car-pooling - from 54% to 59%
- by leaving the car at home - 57% compared to 33% seven years ago
- by lowering the indoor temperature - from 36% to 59%
- by driving slower (eco-driving) - 63%, up from 41%
What other measures wouldn't people mind taking?
- buying energy-saving domestic appliances - 86% answered "absolutely"
- driving a car with a better fuel-economy - 77%
- taking the train instead of a plane - 76%
- decreasing the energy use in the home - 75%
But when asked if people were willing to eat less meat, only 40% said yes.
67% wants more information on climate change, especially help with choosing goods and services that reduce CO2 emissions.
What else did people say?
- 100% said that they knew or had heard about climate change
- 96% thinks that Sweden has already been affected or will be affected by climate change
- 71% thinks that it is very important that Sweden takes action against climate change
- 84% thinks that Sweden is able to do something to halt climate change
- 80% thinks that they themselves can do something
- 67% wants more information on how they can reduce their own carbon footprint through news in the media, while other information sources are preferred by between 21 and 46
Finger crossed that the EU agrees its Climate & Energy package (the 2020 package) in the coming weeks!
* Figures compare 2002 and 2008 if not otherwise indicatedTuesday, May 06, 2008
Abort now!*
* i.e. stop this development now
I'm a bit worried by the latest developments on the issue of abortion in the EU. European Parliamentary Forum (EPF) has just published a new survey of European parties' view on abortion, which concludes that 36 out of 75 parties, mainly Social Democrat, Liberal and Left parties, are in favour of the right to abortion. EPF defined this as "still big support for" the right to abortion, as some of the parties that don't specifically express the right to abortion in their party manifesto implicitly support the right, but to me, that isn't good enough. Actually I don't know what the views of the party was last year or five years ago or ten years ago, but it feels like people are questioning this fundamental right for women to decide over their own body.
Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands and Sweden are some of the countries where there is broad consensus on the right to abortion (though one wonders sometimes what the Swedish Christian Democrats really think), while parties in Ireland, Poland and the UK are more divided. For example, in the UK there are differing opinions within the Labour party if the right to abortion on socio-economic grounds should be extended or restricted.
24 of the 75 surveyed parties want to reduce the number of abortion, which is not obviously the same as wanting to ban them, but it depends how (and why) you want to reduce them. The Swedish Christian Democrats, Liberals, the Centre Paty and the Left party belong to this category although the Christian Democrats want to restrain the grounds for the right to abortion. I can also support measures that reduce the number of abortions if these concentrate on the causes of unwanted pregnancies, increasing access to and use of contraceptives and discouraging the use of abortion as a type of contraceptive, but any means that try to limit women's right and access to abortion is really a no-no for me. I think it's probably safe to say that countries where abortion is banned or restricted have as high number of abortions as countries where access is free, and more women in dying in the process.
Some facts about the right to abortion in the EU
Completely free until at least twelve weeks into pregnancy: Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, France, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Czech Republic, Germany and Hungary
Allowed on socio-economic grounds (also to save the women's life and on physical and psychological grounds): Cyprus, Finland, Luxembourg and Great Britain
Allowed only to protect physical health: Poland
Allowed only to protect mental health: Spain, Northern Ireland
Allowed only to save the woman's life: Ireland
Sources: Europaportalen and Political Party Mapping by European Parliamentary Forum on Population and Development
I'm a bit worried by the latest developments on the issue of abortion in the EU. European Parliamentary Forum (EPF) has just published a new survey of European parties' view on abortion, which concludes that 36 out of 75 parties, mainly Social Democrat, Liberal and Left parties, are in favour of the right to abortion. EPF defined this as "still big support for" the right to abortion, as some of the parties that don't specifically express the right to abortion in their party manifesto implicitly support the right, but to me, that isn't good enough. Actually I don't know what the views of the party was last year or five years ago or ten years ago, but it feels like people are questioning this fundamental right for women to decide over their own body.
Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands and Sweden are some of the countries where there is broad consensus on the right to abortion (though one wonders sometimes what the Swedish Christian Democrats really think), while parties in Ireland, Poland and the UK are more divided. For example, in the UK there are differing opinions within the Labour party if the right to abortion on socio-economic grounds should be extended or restricted.
24 of the 75 surveyed parties want to reduce the number of abortion, which is not obviously the same as wanting to ban them, but it depends how (and why) you want to reduce them. The Swedish Christian Democrats, Liberals, the Centre Paty and the Left party belong to this category although the Christian Democrats want to restrain the grounds for the right to abortion. I can also support measures that reduce the number of abortions if these concentrate on the causes of unwanted pregnancies, increasing access to and use of contraceptives and discouraging the use of abortion as a type of contraceptive, but any means that try to limit women's right and access to abortion is really a no-no for me. I think it's probably safe to say that countries where abortion is banned or restricted have as high number of abortions as countries where access is free, and more women in dying in the process.
Some facts about the right to abortion in the EU
Completely free until at least twelve weeks into pregnancy: Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, France, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Czech Republic, Germany and Hungary
Allowed on socio-economic grounds (also to save the women's life and on physical and psychological grounds): Cyprus, Finland, Luxembourg and Great Britain
Allowed only to protect physical health: Poland
Allowed only to protect mental health: Spain, Northern Ireland
Allowed only to save the woman's life: Ireland
Sources: Europaportalen and Political Party Mapping by European Parliamentary Forum on Population and Development
Sunday, May 04, 2008
Questionned
Found a blogging questionnaire over at Sweet Home Alabama.
1. How long have you been blogging?
Since 29 September 2004 but I only posted twice that autumn and started for real on 22 March 2005
2. What was your view of blogs and bloggers a month before you started blogging yourself?
Blogs were pretty new and exciting and my friend - Nonna - had started one, so I wanted to join the club. I figured I also had things to write that people might find interesting :)
3. What was the first blog you fell in love with?
I can't really remember but the first two I read regurly and which inspired my own blogging were Nonna's as mentioned above, and Tomato and Basil Sandwiches.
4. What do you think about your first blog posts when you read them now?
They are pretty good, some short but some pretty long and attempts to be a bit political. I didn't know how to post pictures then, or, I knew but it wasn't as easy on Blogger as it is now, so I lack illustrations.
5. How many blogs do you read regularly?
At least 30. Those in the link list to the left and some other ones.
6. Of the bloggers you read, how many are diary blogs and how many are subject blogs/e.g. technology, fashion, politics blogs?
A mix of everything. Most are general, every-day blogs but I read a few politics blogs. I hardly ever read targetted fashion, design or travel (etc.) blogs though. I like the mix of entries in each blog.
7. Recommend (and link to) a blogger who is very different to you, whose blog you like?
Alvas pappa (Alva's dad) blogs about his daughter and being a father, so that's obviously something I can't relate to, but I enjoy reading his blog a lot (and I hope he won' stop blogging!).
8. Recommend (and link to) a blogger who is very much like you, whose blog you like?
Lullun in Greenland lives a very different life to mine (so I guess she would qualify under (7) too, but as I begin to get to know her (through the Internet world at least) I feel that we have very similar personalities and interests.
9. What do your closest family and friends think about your blogging?
Most of my friends don't know that I blog (even if I'm wrong they are very bad at commenting or ever mentioning it). My mum reads it regularly and seems to enjoy it. Some of my relatives also read it and as they are bloggers themselves, I assume they are positive towards it. My boyfriend used to read it a lot in the beginning of our relationship but now not as much (though I have complained about that!) - it was a bit unfair actually as he learned all these things about me without having to ask! :)
10. Do people who know you think that you are yourself in your blog?
I think so. I try to be myself at least and write only my own opinions or take on things. Thereof the name of the blog: Anna, Fair and True!
11. Have you found a good balance for how private and personal you want to be in your blog, or do you move the boundaries all the time?
Yes, I think I started out pretty good and I have kept that "system". I have never intented to be neither anonymous and secret nor write about everything I do, think, feel and post a lot of personal photos (especially of family and friends who may not want their face on the Internet).
12. Name a few things you would never blog about and why?
I probably wouldn't blog about difficult things I was going through, or at least not tell the whole story, and I wouldn't rat on friends or others who could get hurt. I also sometimes avoid topics that I don't know enough about and don't feel qualified to debate.
13. To what extent do you blog for self-confirmation?
Part of it for my ego, I won't deny that. It's fun to write something and hear what people think about it. But it's not only about that but about getting people engaged in discussion, feeling community with other people, learning from what others write on my blog. It also fun to work out how blogging works technically, learn some htlm-code, try out different blog designs, etc.
14. Do you think you can get to know a person by reading his/her blog?
Definitely, especially if they are personal, even if they are anomymous but still personal. There are several bloggers who I would really like to meet because I think they seem like genuinely nice, fun and interesting people.
15. Have you met people IRL (in real life) after having made contact with them through the blog?
No, not yet but I would love to meet some of my regular bloggers.
16. Do you think it can be bad for certain persons to blog?
No, not so long as there are others things in your life too (my boyfriend thinks I spend too much time blogging, reading different blogs, Facebooking, etc. but on average it's only 1 hour a day probably so I don't think I need to worry). Some people with certain jobs or who are public persons should perhaps be a bit careful with what they write and how personal they are but in general I think blogging is a positive phenomenon.
17. Have you ever been hurt by anything that has been written to you/about you in the comments or in other blogs? If so, how have you dealt with it?
Not that I can remember. There have been differences of opinion but the discussion has never got out of the way. I know some people that have receive anonymous e-mails about something they have blogged about but it has never happened to me.
18. Have you written things you have regretted in your own or other people's blogs?
I don't think so, I hope not.
19. What are the disadvantages of blogging for you?
As I mentioned above, it's time-consuming and a little bit addictive (you don't want to let down your readers by not blogging regularly ;) but it's so much fun and rewarding so I think it's still on the plus account for me.
20. Do you think that you are still blogging in two years' time? If so, do you think your blogging will have changed?
Definitely! And why change a winning concept! ;)
21. Do you think bloggers have (or will have) some influence on our culture, or are they a group of people that mostly influence each other?
Both!
22. Finally, can you summarise what your blogging has meant to you?
A new hobby, a new channel for knowledge (i.e. for myself in new sources of info, opinions and knowledge) and a new group of friends.
23. Name 5 bloggers you think should answer the questionnaire?
I extend the invitation to all the blogs on my blog roll!
1. How long have you been blogging?
Since 29 September 2004 but I only posted twice that autumn and started for real on 22 March 2005
2. What was your view of blogs and bloggers a month before you started blogging yourself?
Blogs were pretty new and exciting and my friend - Nonna - had started one, so I wanted to join the club. I figured I also had things to write that people might find interesting :)
3. What was the first blog you fell in love with?
I can't really remember but the first two I read regurly and which inspired my own blogging were Nonna's as mentioned above, and Tomato and Basil Sandwiches.
4. What do you think about your first blog posts when you read them now?
They are pretty good, some short but some pretty long and attempts to be a bit political. I didn't know how to post pictures then, or, I knew but it wasn't as easy on Blogger as it is now, so I lack illustrations.
5. How many blogs do you read regularly?
At least 30. Those in the link list to the left and some other ones.
6. Of the bloggers you read, how many are diary blogs and how many are subject blogs/e.g. technology, fashion, politics blogs?
A mix of everything. Most are general, every-day blogs but I read a few politics blogs. I hardly ever read targetted fashion, design or travel (etc.) blogs though. I like the mix of entries in each blog.
7. Recommend (and link to) a blogger who is very different to you, whose blog you like?
Alvas pappa (Alva's dad) blogs about his daughter and being a father, so that's obviously something I can't relate to, but I enjoy reading his blog a lot (and I hope he won' stop blogging!).
8. Recommend (and link to) a blogger who is very much like you, whose blog you like?
Lullun in Greenland lives a very different life to mine (so I guess she would qualify under (7) too, but as I begin to get to know her (through the Internet world at least) I feel that we have very similar personalities and interests.
9. What do your closest family and friends think about your blogging?
Most of my friends don't know that I blog (even if I'm wrong they are very bad at commenting or ever mentioning it). My mum reads it regularly and seems to enjoy it. Some of my relatives also read it and as they are bloggers themselves, I assume they are positive towards it. My boyfriend used to read it a lot in the beginning of our relationship but now not as much (though I have complained about that!) - it was a bit unfair actually as he learned all these things about me without having to ask! :)
10. Do people who know you think that you are yourself in your blog?
I think so. I try to be myself at least and write only my own opinions or take on things. Thereof the name of the blog: Anna, Fair and True!
11. Have you found a good balance for how private and personal you want to be in your blog, or do you move the boundaries all the time?
Yes, I think I started out pretty good and I have kept that "system". I have never intented to be neither anonymous and secret nor write about everything I do, think, feel and post a lot of personal photos (especially of family and friends who may not want their face on the Internet).
12. Name a few things you would never blog about and why?
I probably wouldn't blog about difficult things I was going through, or at least not tell the whole story, and I wouldn't rat on friends or others who could get hurt. I also sometimes avoid topics that I don't know enough about and don't feel qualified to debate.
13. To what extent do you blog for self-confirmation?
Part of it for my ego, I won't deny that. It's fun to write something and hear what people think about it. But it's not only about that but about getting people engaged in discussion, feeling community with other people, learning from what others write on my blog. It also fun to work out how blogging works technically, learn some htlm-code, try out different blog designs, etc.
14. Do you think you can get to know a person by reading his/her blog?
Definitely, especially if they are personal, even if they are anomymous but still personal. There are several bloggers who I would really like to meet because I think they seem like genuinely nice, fun and interesting people.
15. Have you met people IRL (in real life) after having made contact with them through the blog?
No, not yet but I would love to meet some of my regular bloggers.
16. Do you think it can be bad for certain persons to blog?
No, not so long as there are others things in your life too (my boyfriend thinks I spend too much time blogging, reading different blogs, Facebooking, etc. but on average it's only 1 hour a day probably so I don't think I need to worry). Some people with certain jobs or who are public persons should perhaps be a bit careful with what they write and how personal they are but in general I think blogging is a positive phenomenon.
17. Have you ever been hurt by anything that has been written to you/about you in the comments or in other blogs? If so, how have you dealt with it?
Not that I can remember. There have been differences of opinion but the discussion has never got out of the way. I know some people that have receive anonymous e-mails about something they have blogged about but it has never happened to me.
18. Have you written things you have regretted in your own or other people's blogs?
I don't think so, I hope not.
19. What are the disadvantages of blogging for you?
As I mentioned above, it's time-consuming and a little bit addictive (you don't want to let down your readers by not blogging regularly ;) but it's so much fun and rewarding so I think it's still on the plus account for me.
20. Do you think that you are still blogging in two years' time? If so, do you think your blogging will have changed?
Definitely! And why change a winning concept! ;)
21. Do you think bloggers have (or will have) some influence on our culture, or are they a group of people that mostly influence each other?
Both!
22. Finally, can you summarise what your blogging has meant to you?
A new hobby, a new channel for knowledge (i.e. for myself in new sources of info, opinions and knowledge) and a new group of friends.
23. Name 5 bloggers you think should answer the questionnaire?
I extend the invitation to all the blogs on my blog roll!
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