Wednesday, August 31, 2005
Tuesday, August 30, 2005
Laughing cat
This cat seems to have fun. Maybee he laugh at the election campaign in Norway. All the party's chairmans tells fairy-tales.
Valgkampen i Norge er som før. Alle partiene byr over hverandre. I år har jeg for første gang ikke sett noen valgsending på TV. Gidder ikke å høre på all kranglingen mere. I dag var det visst noe om barnehagepriser og barnehagedekning. Orker ikke mere Hagen, Stoltenberg, Bondevik, Sponheim,Halvorsen og alle de andre.
Sunday, August 28, 2005
"All terrorists are Muslim"
Progress Party leader Carl I. Hagen sees the fight against terrorism as a fight against Islam.
"I know that not all Muslims are terrorists, but we have seen that all terrorists are Muslims," Hagen told Aftenposten after an appearance on TV 2 on Thursday, referring to the attacks in London and New York.
Hagen said that comparisons to Northern Ireland and Basque terrorism in Spain were "national conflicts" that did not fit into the picture.
On TV 2's program Hagen said his party wanted tougher measures to battle terrorism, and said that "we must expel people who resist western values and encourage terrorism". Hagen said that measures must be taken against those who spread fear and rejected the idea that his stance might do the same.
"No, no absolutely not. We fight for democracy and freedom of speech," Hagen said
Shame on you, Mister Hagen
"I know that not all Muslims are terrorists, but we have seen that all terrorists are Muslims," Hagen told Aftenposten after an appearance on TV 2 on Thursday, referring to the attacks in London and New York.
Hagen said that comparisons to Northern Ireland and Basque terrorism in Spain were "national conflicts" that did not fit into the picture.
On TV 2's program Hagen said his party wanted tougher measures to battle terrorism, and said that "we must expel people who resist western values and encourage terrorism". Hagen said that measures must be taken against those who spread fear and rejected the idea that his stance might do the same.
"No, no absolutely not. We fight for democracy and freedom of speech," Hagen said
Shame on you, Mister Hagen
Saturday, August 27, 2005
Norway still best place to live?!!?
Norway will top a 2005 United Nations ranking as the best country in which to live for the fifth year in a row, the head of the UN Development Program (UNDP) said on Friday.
Rich from North Sea oil and with a generous welfare state, Norway has led the world ranking since it ousted Canada from top spot in 2001. The annual list ranks countries by an index combining wealth, education and life expectancy.
"The (2005) report comes out on September 7 and yes, Norway is ranked as number 1 on the human development index," UNDP administrator Kemal Dervis told a news conference in Oslo of the forthcoming report.
He gave no other details of the ranking. Last year, Norway was followed by Sweden, Australia and Canada at the top, while Sierra Leone was the last of 177 countries listed.
But Dervis, on his first foreign trip since taking over as head of the UNDP this month, said the ranking was a reward for years of work by successive governments in Norway, the world's number 3 oil exporter behind Saudi Arabia and Russia.
"This is an achievement of the Norwegian people over a very long time. It cannot be interpreted as belonging to one government," he said.
The economy is set to expand by a stellar 3.75 percent this year, interest rates are at a very low 2.0 percent, annual inflation is almost non-existent at 1.1 percent and unemployment a low 3.7 percent.
I don't think this is right, because Sweden is better even without the oil.
Rich from North Sea oil and with a generous welfare state, Norway has led the world ranking since it ousted Canada from top spot in 2001. The annual list ranks countries by an index combining wealth, education and life expectancy.
"The (2005) report comes out on September 7 and yes, Norway is ranked as number 1 on the human development index," UNDP administrator Kemal Dervis told a news conference in Oslo of the forthcoming report.
He gave no other details of the ranking. Last year, Norway was followed by Sweden, Australia and Canada at the top, while Sierra Leone was the last of 177 countries listed.
But Dervis, on his first foreign trip since taking over as head of the UNDP this month, said the ranking was a reward for years of work by successive governments in Norway, the world's number 3 oil exporter behind Saudi Arabia and Russia.
"This is an achievement of the Norwegian people over a very long time. It cannot be interpreted as belonging to one government," he said.
The economy is set to expand by a stellar 3.75 percent this year, interest rates are at a very low 2.0 percent, annual inflation is almost non-existent at 1.1 percent and unemployment a low 3.7 percent.
I don't think this is right, because Sweden is better even without the oil.
Thursday, August 25, 2005
Wednesday, August 24, 2005
Kjell Magne Bondevik, prime minister of Norway
Bondevik hope to be the prime minister for the next four year.
If he fail he can be a pro footbal(soccer) player. Here at Norway Cup in Oslo.
Monday, August 22, 2005
Saturday, August 20, 2005
Friday, August 19, 2005
Grandma grew cannabis
An 81-year-old woman with a green thumb got a shock when her grandchildren spotted one of her flourishing plants.
Inger Livold was satisfied with the healthy green plant growing by the wall in front of the elderly center, even if she hadn't planted it herself, she told local newspaper Drangedalsposten.
The 81-year-old garden enthusiast said that the plant appeared where she usually feeds birds.
"It was my grandchildren that spotted it. Grandma, that's hash, they said. You can't have that in the garden," Livold told the newspaper.
The pensioner called the police herself and police lieutenant Terje Gautefall confirmed that she had an unusually lush cannabis plant in the garden, NRK (Norwegian Broadcasting) reports.
The 'culprit' appears to have been birdseed, since the cannabis plant is surrounded by sunflowers.
Gautefall confiscated the illegal plant, but Livold has plenty of others to attend to in the center garden.
Inger Livold was satisfied with the healthy green plant growing by the wall in front of the elderly center, even if she hadn't planted it herself, she told local newspaper Drangedalsposten.
The 81-year-old garden enthusiast said that the plant appeared where she usually feeds birds.
"It was my grandchildren that spotted it. Grandma, that's hash, they said. You can't have that in the garden," Livold told the newspaper.
The pensioner called the police herself and police lieutenant Terje Gautefall confirmed that she had an unusually lush cannabis plant in the garden, NRK (Norwegian Broadcasting) reports.
The 'culprit' appears to have been birdseed, since the cannabis plant is surrounded by sunflowers.
Gautefall confiscated the illegal plant, but Livold has plenty of others to attend to in the center garden.
A spy among us
Who is the spy? I think it's the one to the left.
Maybee it's me. Everybody can be a spy among cats!
Wednesday, August 17, 2005
Tuesday, August 16, 2005
Flasher pester nudist
Nudists at open beach Huk in Oslo are being increasingly harassed by photographers, flashers and vulgar requests and police have had to respond several times this summer.
"I don't go to Huk any more," says a 52-year-old woman who wishes to remain anonymous. She had to call police after feeling threatened by a man on the beach.
"He stood in my way when I was about to go past him on a path. He wanted to talk to me, and while he did, he sat down and fingered his penis. He was very threatening," the woman said. The man had a criminal record, including violent assaults on women.
The woman has had several unpleasant episodes involving men at Huk.
Nudist Trond Hegstad believes those who abuse the beach are lonely individuals who are outcasts.
Police have had to respond to a series of complaints from nearby residents and nudists. Oslo's Nudist Society began receiving complaints as early as the spring.
ONS board chairman Johannes Vinnes says that number of complaints is increasing.
As a result of Peeping Toms hiding in vegetation near the nudist beach, Oslo's Agency of Outdoor Recreation and Nature Management has removed several bushes, Vinnes said, but complaints continue.
"There are flashers, solicitations and activities we do not want. The way they try to pick people up is unacceptable, it is direct and vulgar," Vinnes said. "We have no influence over who can be on the beach. We have no way to chase people off."
There have been reports of flashers at the border of the beach, who expose themselves to passersby. Voyeurs and sneak photography with mobile phones is another problem.
"There are men who sit and masturbate. That isn't very pleasant. And then there are voyeurs, who sit fully dressed," said a woman nudist. She has also seen a male nudist throwing a mobile phone into the water - photography is banned on the beach.
"The worst is when people start to point and make comments about people. Some times I get so angry I go over and tell them that such behavior just isn't on.
Kilde:Aftenposten
"I don't go to Huk any more," says a 52-year-old woman who wishes to remain anonymous. She had to call police after feeling threatened by a man on the beach.
"He stood in my way when I was about to go past him on a path. He wanted to talk to me, and while he did, he sat down and fingered his penis. He was very threatening," the woman said. The man had a criminal record, including violent assaults on women.
The woman has had several unpleasant episodes involving men at Huk.
Nudist Trond Hegstad believes those who abuse the beach are lonely individuals who are outcasts.
Police have had to respond to a series of complaints from nearby residents and nudists. Oslo's Nudist Society began receiving complaints as early as the spring.
ONS board chairman Johannes Vinnes says that number of complaints is increasing.
As a result of Peeping Toms hiding in vegetation near the nudist beach, Oslo's Agency of Outdoor Recreation and Nature Management has removed several bushes, Vinnes said, but complaints continue.
"There are flashers, solicitations and activities we do not want. The way they try to pick people up is unacceptable, it is direct and vulgar," Vinnes said. "We have no influence over who can be on the beach. We have no way to chase people off."
There have been reports of flashers at the border of the beach, who expose themselves to passersby. Voyeurs and sneak photography with mobile phones is another problem.
"There are men who sit and masturbate. That isn't very pleasant. And then there are voyeurs, who sit fully dressed," said a woman nudist. She has also seen a male nudist throwing a mobile phone into the water - photography is banned on the beach.
"The worst is when people start to point and make comments about people. Some times I get so angry I go over and tell them that such behavior just isn't on.
Kilde:Aftenposten
Sunday, August 14, 2005
Pakistan's Independence Day
It's Pakistan's Independence Day today!
Congrats to all the Pakistanis on this gr
eat day!
Congrats to all the Pakistanis on this gr
eat day!
The summer holidays are over
Thursday, August 11, 2005
Tuesday, August 9, 2005
Charlie Kinder's finger tips are his eyes
When Charlie Kinder was a fourth-grader and still could make out hazy sunrises and sunsets, he was captivated by a place from a geography lesson: the Land of the Midnight Sun — where for several weeks the summer sun never sinks below the horizon.
For someone who grew up fighting blindness as his cataracts worsened, Scandinavia was more than a place — it was a metaphor for sight.
Kinder, now 72, lost his sight when he was 20, but he never lost his love for a land he will likely never see. He has not only immersed himself in the culture, he also began studying the Norwegian language.
At first his lack of vision made learning the language difficult, particularly with no class lessons readily available in braille. But that changed when Kinder began studying Norwegian at the Scandinavian Language Institute in Ballard and his classmates, determined that he be included in the lessons, combined their high-tech know-how to help Kinder "see" the Norwegian language. They researched, recorded, converted computer files into braille and repeated the procedure every week.
What emerged, for Kinder, was a ticket to the Scandinavia of his heart.
"It was wonderful," he said.
Kinder was born in the tiny town of Las Animas, Colo., into a family more inclined to emphasize his limitations than help him achieve his potential.
Even as a young child, he had cataracts that made the lenses of his eyes opaque, obscuring his vision. It was a condition that could not be corrected with surgery. Kinder wanted to be a professional musician, but his parents advised against it. Instead, he learned to tune pianos at the Colorado Institute for the Blind, his keen ears helping to compensate for what his eyes lacked.
He was filled with wanderlust, traveling from state to state, tuning forks in his pocket, knowing the inner mysteries of uprights, spinets and grands like the faces of old friends.
But he never forgot the geography lessons that took him to where the sun could shine at midnight. "I used to love to sit and watch it get dark at 4 o'clock," he said, recalling the distant days when he still had vision. "I tried to imagine what it was like to have the sun shining at 11:45 at night."
Kinder moved to Seattle in 1990 to take a maintenance job with the Lighthouse for the Blind. He was listening to the radio in his South Seattle apartment one Saturday morning when he heard Doug Warne and Ron Olsen's Scandinavian Hour on KBLE-AM (1050). Someone was teaching Norwegian and Kinder was enthralled — it was the language of a world of sunrises and sunsets different than anywhere else on earth.
Although Kinder is "Norwegian by choice," not ancestry, he joined the Sons of Norway, Leif Erikson Lodge, began attending "kaffestrua" (coffee klatches) and sported Nordic sweaters trimmed with pewter buttons. When the radio language lesson ended, he enrolled in Ed Egerdahl's Norwegian class at the Ballard institute.
Egerdahl, who has taught for almost three decades, has had four blind students in his classes and found they often struggled. Kinder was the exception. He had reached Egerdahl's third-level or intermediate Norwegian class — all without being able to read. Still, Kinder was not happy with his progress.
"I was frustrated. ... I wasn't getting anywhere," he said. And whenever the class read Norwegian aloud he could never take his turn. Skipping Kinder bothered the class.
Kinder made calls to Oslo for information about Norwegian language programs for the blind. So did other classmates. But the issue was how to translate the Norwegian lessons from Egerdahl's class into braille.
Several students had an idea. Wally Haugan scanned the text materials into a computer character-recognition program that allowed him to create a Norwegian text document. That electronic text could then be fed through a voice synthesizing program to create a compact disc recording of the text materials in Norwegian.
Once the materials were available electronically, student George Hadley, with the help of Tape Ministries NW in Seattle, transferred it into a braille-type font and added the extra letters of the Norwegian alphabet. It takes about five to six pages worth of braille print to equal one page of text.
When the first translation was complete — the students repeat this procedure for every lesson — Hadley walked in and put a braille document on Kinder's desk. Kinder was stunned. Suddenly, Kinder was reading, filling the classroom with flowing Norwegian as his fingers effortlessly tracked the braille as if he had read Norwegian his entire life.
"It was amazing," student Peggy Hilton said. "We can all see the [illustrations] of the little guys and how to make our mouths do the sounds for &Aelig;, Ø and Å and he's creating all the sounds that we do."
"We all applauded long and enthusiastically when he finished his first paragraph," Egerdahl said. "The excitement and joy in Charlie's face in something I will never forget. It is the best classroom moment I have had in my 27 years of teaching. ... [It took] the joint effort of so many to accomplish this miracle for Charlie."
A miracle indeed, Kinder says with gratitude. He lives on Social Security and knows he is unlikely to ever be able to afford to visit the country of his imagination.
But at least now, he said, the Land of the Midnight Sun is at his fingertips.
For someone who grew up fighting blindness as his cataracts worsened, Scandinavia was more than a place — it was a metaphor for sight.
Kinder, now 72, lost his sight when he was 20, but he never lost his love for a land he will likely never see. He has not only immersed himself in the culture, he also began studying the Norwegian language.
At first his lack of vision made learning the language difficult, particularly with no class lessons readily available in braille. But that changed when Kinder began studying Norwegian at the Scandinavian Language Institute in Ballard and his classmates, determined that he be included in the lessons, combined their high-tech know-how to help Kinder "see" the Norwegian language. They researched, recorded, converted computer files into braille and repeated the procedure every week.
What emerged, for Kinder, was a ticket to the Scandinavia of his heart.
"It was wonderful," he said.
Kinder was born in the tiny town of Las Animas, Colo., into a family more inclined to emphasize his limitations than help him achieve his potential.
Even as a young child, he had cataracts that made the lenses of his eyes opaque, obscuring his vision. It was a condition that could not be corrected with surgery. Kinder wanted to be a professional musician, but his parents advised against it. Instead, he learned to tune pianos at the Colorado Institute for the Blind, his keen ears helping to compensate for what his eyes lacked.
He was filled with wanderlust, traveling from state to state, tuning forks in his pocket, knowing the inner mysteries of uprights, spinets and grands like the faces of old friends.
But he never forgot the geography lessons that took him to where the sun could shine at midnight. "I used to love to sit and watch it get dark at 4 o'clock," he said, recalling the distant days when he still had vision. "I tried to imagine what it was like to have the sun shining at 11:45 at night."
Kinder moved to Seattle in 1990 to take a maintenance job with the Lighthouse for the Blind. He was listening to the radio in his South Seattle apartment one Saturday morning when he heard Doug Warne and Ron Olsen's Scandinavian Hour on KBLE-AM (1050). Someone was teaching Norwegian and Kinder was enthralled — it was the language of a world of sunrises and sunsets different than anywhere else on earth.
Although Kinder is "Norwegian by choice," not ancestry, he joined the Sons of Norway, Leif Erikson Lodge, began attending "kaffestrua" (coffee klatches) and sported Nordic sweaters trimmed with pewter buttons. When the radio language lesson ended, he enrolled in Ed Egerdahl's Norwegian class at the Ballard institute.
Egerdahl, who has taught for almost three decades, has had four blind students in his classes and found they often struggled. Kinder was the exception. He had reached Egerdahl's third-level or intermediate Norwegian class — all without being able to read. Still, Kinder was not happy with his progress.
"I was frustrated. ... I wasn't getting anywhere," he said. And whenever the class read Norwegian aloud he could never take his turn. Skipping Kinder bothered the class.
Kinder made calls to Oslo for information about Norwegian language programs for the blind. So did other classmates. But the issue was how to translate the Norwegian lessons from Egerdahl's class into braille.
Several students had an idea. Wally Haugan scanned the text materials into a computer character-recognition program that allowed him to create a Norwegian text document. That electronic text could then be fed through a voice synthesizing program to create a compact disc recording of the text materials in Norwegian.
Once the materials were available electronically, student George Hadley, with the help of Tape Ministries NW in Seattle, transferred it into a braille-type font and added the extra letters of the Norwegian alphabet. It takes about five to six pages worth of braille print to equal one page of text.
When the first translation was complete — the students repeat this procedure for every lesson — Hadley walked in and put a braille document on Kinder's desk. Kinder was stunned. Suddenly, Kinder was reading, filling the classroom with flowing Norwegian as his fingers effortlessly tracked the braille as if he had read Norwegian his entire life.
"It was amazing," student Peggy Hilton said. "We can all see the [illustrations] of the little guys and how to make our mouths do the sounds for &Aelig;, Ø and Å and he's creating all the sounds that we do."
"We all applauded long and enthusiastically when he finished his first paragraph," Egerdahl said. "The excitement and joy in Charlie's face in something I will never forget. It is the best classroom moment I have had in my 27 years of teaching. ... [It took] the joint effort of so many to accomplish this miracle for Charlie."
A miracle indeed, Kinder says with gratitude. He lives on Social Security and knows he is unlikely to ever be able to afford to visit the country of his imagination.
But at least now, he said, the Land of the Midnight Sun is at his fingertips.
Monday, August 8, 2005
Sunday, August 7, 2005
A beautiful part of an old tree
Dette er ett virkelig ett fint stykke av ett gammel tre. Det ligger på en låve i Nord-Odal, Hedmark og er tilsalgs.
Friday, August 5, 2005
Liverpools soccer star John Arne Riise
SOCCER star John Arne Riise's mother sprang to his defence last night after he sent mobile phone messages to 15 models and glamour girls for a date.
One of the recipients in his native Norway called the 23-year-old Liverpool player a bit of a text pest.
But his mum Berit said: "Yes, my son is on the lookout. But he's single now and I can't understand any girl being upset."
Riise, who recently split from wife Guri, 24, wrote: "I have always thought you charming, cute, sexy.
Having already been turned down by Girls Aloud singer Sarah Harding, his targets included Norwegian reality TV star Lene Alexandra Oien, 21, who claims to have had a threesome with a porn star and Robbie Williams
My opinion in this case is that he is a damned fool
Thursday, August 4, 2005
Norske Skog Union, Skien legges ned
Norske Skog Union står for fall
Konsernledelsen i Norske Skog er sterkt bekymret for den betydelige overkapasiteten på produksjon av treholdig trykkpapir i Europa. Derfor har ledelsen sannsynligvis bestemt seg for å avvikle driften ved Norske Skog Union i Skien.
Det er dramatisk for Grenland og ikke minst for de 340 ansatte som ikke passer inn i konsernets globale strategi.
Overkapasitet
Bakteppet for konsernledelsens beslutning er ene og alene overkapasiteten på avispapir i Europa. I USA og Canada er produksjonskapasiteten kjørt ned mens anleggene i Europa stort sett har gått for fullt. Store konkurrenter som UPM-Kymmene og Stora Enso sitter på maskiner som kan kjøre differensierte produktkvaliteter, og selv om også de periodevis har kjørt ned litt av produksjonen, har ikke dette hjulpet på overproduksjonen av avispapir i Europa.
Administrasjonen i Norske Skog opplyser i en pressemelding idag at de anbefaler å legge ned produksjonen ved Norske Skog Union i Skien i første kvartal 2006. Årsaken er den vedvarende overkapasiteten på papirproduksjon i Europa
02.august
Styret i Norske Skog vil avvikle Union
Endelig beslutning i styret og bedriftsforsamlingen forventes i månedsskiftet september/oktober, og det legges opp til avvikling i første kvartal 2006. - En nedleggelse av Norske Skog Union vil være første trinn i en restruktureringsplan for investeringer i selskapets anlegg i Norge, sier konsernsjef Jan Oksum i pressemeldingen.
Årsaken til at styret følger anbefalingen fra administrasjonen er vedvarende overkapasitet på produksjon av trykkpapir i Europa.
04.august: Privatinestorene Petter Stordalen og Øystein Spray Spetalen la i går inn bud på Norske Skogs anlegg i Skien. Vi får håpe at de får kjøpe bedriften.
Investors bid to save Union
Two of Norway's biggest financial celebrities have plunked NOK 100 million down on the table to take over the Union paper plant from Norske Skog. Their bid puts Norske Skog on the spot, because the forest products giant want to simply shut Union down.
Öystein Stray Spetalen and Petter Stordalen claim they're keen on keeping the paper plant, which remains profitable, alive.
Konsernledelsen i Norske Skog er sterkt bekymret for den betydelige overkapasiteten på produksjon av treholdig trykkpapir i Europa. Derfor har ledelsen sannsynligvis bestemt seg for å avvikle driften ved Norske Skog Union i Skien.
Det er dramatisk for Grenland og ikke minst for de 340 ansatte som ikke passer inn i konsernets globale strategi.
Overkapasitet
Bakteppet for konsernledelsens beslutning er ene og alene overkapasiteten på avispapir i Europa. I USA og Canada er produksjonskapasiteten kjørt ned mens anleggene i Europa stort sett har gått for fullt. Store konkurrenter som UPM-Kymmene og Stora Enso sitter på maskiner som kan kjøre differensierte produktkvaliteter, og selv om også de periodevis har kjørt ned litt av produksjonen, har ikke dette hjulpet på overproduksjonen av avispapir i Europa.
Administrasjonen i Norske Skog opplyser i en pressemelding idag at de anbefaler å legge ned produksjonen ved Norske Skog Union i Skien i første kvartal 2006. Årsaken er den vedvarende overkapasiteten på papirproduksjon i Europa
02.august
Styret i Norske Skog vil avvikle Union
Endelig beslutning i styret og bedriftsforsamlingen forventes i månedsskiftet september/oktober, og det legges opp til avvikling i første kvartal 2006. - En nedleggelse av Norske Skog Union vil være første trinn i en restruktureringsplan for investeringer i selskapets anlegg i Norge, sier konsernsjef Jan Oksum i pressemeldingen.
Årsaken til at styret følger anbefalingen fra administrasjonen er vedvarende overkapasitet på produksjon av trykkpapir i Europa.
04.august: Privatinestorene Petter Stordalen og Øystein Spray Spetalen la i går inn bud på Norske Skogs anlegg i Skien. Vi får håpe at de får kjøpe bedriften.
Investors bid to save Union
Two of Norway's biggest financial celebrities have plunked NOK 100 million down on the table to take over the Union paper plant from Norske Skog. Their bid puts Norske Skog on the spot, because the forest products giant want to simply shut Union down.
Öystein Stray Spetalen and Petter Stordalen claim they're keen on keeping the paper plant, which remains profitable, alive.
Wednesday, August 3, 2005
Moving from The Nederlands to Norway
Twenty people from The Nederlands want to move to a small place in Norway. The name of the place is Vestre Slire. I just heared on the radio today. I don't know anything about this place.
Is there anyone in The Nederlands who have heared about this?
Is there anyone in The Nederlands who have heared about this?
You have to choice the rigth way
You have to choice the rigth way, tits or water
My recommendation:Water
Tuesday, August 2, 2005
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