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26 Olympic Medals for Norway International “Norway Condemns the Use So Long Sochi: a of Violence in Ukraine in the Recap of Norway’S Strongest Possible Terms (Periodicals postage paid in Seattle, WA) TIME-DATED MATERIAL — DO NOT DELAY Business Roots Douchebags™ All-new « Ikke noe menneske er lykkelig for skis hvis det ikke selv tror det er det. » crosswords! Read more on page 4 – Publilius Syrus Read more on page 10 Norwegian American Weekly Vol. 125 No. 8 February 28, 2014 Established May 17, 1889 • Formerly Western Viking and Nordisk Tidende $2.00 per copy News in brief 26 Olympic medals for Norway International “Norway condemns the use So long Sochi: a of violence in Ukraine in the recap of Norway’s strongest possible terms. The proudest moments authorities have a responsibil- ity to stop the violence immedi- at the Olympics ately,” said Minister of Foreign Affairs Børge Brende on Thurs- DENISE LELAND day, Feb. 20. Many people have Norwegian American Weekly been killed and a great many in- jured during the last two days. Now that the 22nd Winter There have been mass demon- Olympic Games have come and strations in Kiev in the wake of gone, let’s take a look back at how President Viktor Yanukovych’s Team Norway performed overall. decision not to sign an associa- In the overall medal count, tion agreement with the EU in Norway finished second in gold November. medals with a final count of 11, (Ministry of Foreign Affairs / after host nation Russia with 13. Norway Post) Norway had 26 total medals, add- ing 5 silver and 10 bronze to their Børge Brende has this weekend triumphant gold medal winnings. been on his first visit to Af- This means that Norway still reigns ghanistan as Norway’s Foreign as the overall winningest nation in Minister. He visited Norwegian the history of the Winter Olympics, installations and had talks with now with 329 total medals and 118 Afghan leaders. He also toured Photo: Harry How / Getty Images a Norwegian-built training fa- See > OLYMPICS, page 5 Norway’s women took all three medals in the cross country 30K mass start free. cility for the Afghan anti-terror police. Camp Lion is located on a hillside outside the capital Bjørndalen elected to IOC Kabul, and is built and financed French sentenced by Norway. For the last two years, it has been the main re- Athletes’ Commission Lifetime in prison for Joshua French for sponsibility of Norwegian spe- Sochi Olympians elect Bjørndalen and murder that may never have happened cial forces to train the Afghan anti terror police, and Norway Wickenheiser to the Commission in a DAGBLADET / NRK suicide due to the high level of al- will continue to be engaged in record 80.87 percent turnout by athletes the training program. cohol in his blood, which was 2,7 (NRK / Norway Post) In Congo, Judge Serge Kabon- at the time he was found dead. do sentenced Joshua French to life- Norwegian investigators still time in prison for killing cellmate maintain that their findings show Tjolstolv Moland. The Norwegian that Moland took his life and rule What’s inside? Criminal police, however, thinks out the prosecution’s allegation News 2 – 3 the murder never happened. Ac- that he was drugged and killed. Business 4 cording to Judge Kabondo, it was impossible for Moland to commit See > FRENCH, page 15 Sports 5 Opinion 6 – 7 Taste of Norway 8 Travel 9 “Blind” a success Roots & Connections 10 Obituaries & Religion 11 Photo: Vow / Wikimedia Commons Photo: VancityAllie.com / Eskil Vogt’s feature Ole Einar Bjørndalen. Wikimedia Commons In Your Neighborhood 12-13 Hayley Wickenheiser. debut is a bestseller Norwegian Heritage 14 term of approximately eight years. SPECIAL RELEASE Arts & Entertainment 15 SPECIAL RELEASE International Olympic Committee A new Olympic record was set Norwegian Film Institute Back Page 16 by the Sochi athletes after 80.87 Ole Einar Bjørndalen from per cent of them made their way Norwegian director Eskil $1 = NOK 6.0338 Norway (biathlon) and Hayley to the voting booths to cast their Vogt’s feature debut, Blind, will be updated 02/24/2014 Wickenheiser from Canada (ice votes. released domestically on 28 Febru- In comparison hockey) have been elected to the IOC President Thomas Bach ary by Norsk Filmdistribusjon, but Athletes’ Commission of the In- said: “As one of the founding after screening – and awarded – at 01/24/2014 6.1549 ternational Olympic Committee members of the IOC Athletes’ two international film festivals, it Photo courtesy of NFI 07/24/2013 5.9159 (IOC) by their peers at the Sochi In “Blind” Ingrid retreats to the safety 02/24/2013 5.6680 2014 Olympic Winter Games for a See > ATHLETES, page 6 See > BLIND, page 15 of her apartment. 2 • February 28, 2014 norwegian american weekly NyhETEr FrA NOrgE Nyheter Koster 700.000 dagen 604 bill. i Barn av ingeniører er flinkest Norske elever er blitt dårligere i matte, «Taiko» frakter det kjemiske stridsmidler fra var Aftenpostens overskrift da de nye statsgjeld PISA-resultatene kom i desember. Syria—for 700.000 kroner dagen PISA-undersøkelsen sammenligner 15-åringers kunnskapsnivå i ulike VG Det er tre grunner til at staten land, og lages av Organisasjonen for låner milliarder i Norge økonomisk samarbeid og utvikling Så langt har Utenriks- (OECD). Nå har OECD laget en ny departementet (UD) betalt ut E24 analyse av undersøkelsesdataene. Der 51,6 millioner kroner i leie for ser de spesielt på forholdet mellom det aldrende skipet. Det gir en Etter at E24 torsdag publiserte en ar- elevprestasjoner og foreldrenes yrke. dagpris på nesten 700.000 kro- tikkel fra NTB som kunne fortelle at Norge Konklusjonen er klar når det gjelder ner. ved utgangen av 2013 hadde 604 milliarder Norge: Når foreldrene har høyere ut- —Utgiftene inkluderer kroner i statsgjeld, utløste det heftig debatt i danning innen ingeniørfag og natur- blant annet mannskap og kommentarfeltet. vitenskapelige fag, gjør ungdommene forhåndsbetaling av bunker- Hvorfor må staten låne 604 millioner det skarpest. Det gjelder både matte, solje. Vi får tilbakebetalt even- kroner, samtidig som oljefondet er på mer lesing og naturfag. Nest best er det å ha tuell ubrukt bunkersolje når enn 5.000 milliarder kroner? foreldre som jobber innen IT og kom- oppdraget avsluttes, så slutt- En munikasjonsteknologi, eller foreldre summen kan bli noe lavere, For det første handler det om å sikre som er saksbehandlere og byråkrater. skriver Frode Overland Ander- Foto: Wikimedia Commons statens evne til å betale regningene sine. I motsatt ende av skalaen finner vi sen i UD i en e-post til VG. Den Taiko (japansk for “Drum”) av den norske rederiet Wal- —Staten trenger en buffer mellom inn- barn av renholdere og ulike typer plei- Kostnadene for den nor- lenius Wilhelmsen Logistics. Vist her kai i Port of Auckland, betalinger og utbetalinger. Det er jo ofte en ere, kjøkkenhjelpere og assistenter. ske fregatten KNM «Helge Auckland, New Zealand. tidsforskyvning mellom når penger kommer Disse ungdommene skårer særlig lavt Ingstad» kommer i tillegg. inn på konto og når de går ut av konto, sier i matte og naturfag. Den nye analysen Den koster ifølge Forsvaret 514.000 kroner utsettelse. Det betyr at de ikke vil bli fer- Haugerud. avdekker også interessante forskjeller dagen. dig før i sommer—og en gigantregning for For å dekke opp for slike svingninger mellom land. I Danmark og Finland Det betyr at den svært forsinkede oper- norske skattebetalere dersom Norge skal har staten behov for en buffer, en slags kas- er det for eksempel barn av ansatte i asjonen koster norske skattebetalere 1,2 mil- fortsette oppdraget med samme innsats som sakreditt, som den sikrer seg gjennom lån, IT-bransjen som topper statistikken, lioner kroner—hver eneste dag. i dag. forklarer Haugerud. fulgt av juristbarn. I USA og Storbri- —Kostnadene per måned er som for- —Det er ikke rom for pruting. Tidsfris- To tannia gjør barna til leger og advoka- ventet. Samtidig er det en kjensgjerning at tene må overholdes, sier kilden til AFP. Den viktigste årsaken til at staten låner ter det dårligere i matte enn barna til oppdraget tar lenger tid enn opprinnelig Deler av kjemikaliene er nå lagret om penger, er for å finansiere statsbankene, altså renholdere i Shanghai og Singapore. planlagt, på grunn av sikkerhetssituasjonen bord på «Taiko», som sammen med de tre Husbanken, Statens Lånekasse og Innovas- Analytikerne i OECD mener det siste og logistiske forhold, sier Andersen. andre skipene i Operasjon RECSYR (Re- jon Norge for å nevne de mest kjente. beviser at det er mulig å gi alle barn Oppdraget med å hente ut størstedelen moval of chemical agents from Syria) seiler —Innlån i finansmarkedet er en praktisk gode muligheter i livet gjennom skole- av det som en gang var Assad-regimets top- rundt i Middelhavet og venter på ordre om å måte å finansiere disse virksomhetene på, systemet, til tross for den sterke sam- phemmelige kjemiske våpen skulle vært fer- dra til Syria for å hente mer. forklarer ekspedisjonssjefen. menhengen mellom elevprestasjoner dig allerede til nyttår. Da Stortinget vedtok opprettelsen av Men bare en brøkdel av den dødelige English Synopsis: The Norwegian vessel Taiko in Oljefondet på begynnelsen av 1990-tallet, og foreldrenes yrke. Syria is costing the Ministry of Foreign Affairs mil- (Aftenposten) kjemikalielasten er hentet ut. lions of dollars to maintain, and even more after Syria ble det diskutert om «oljepenger» burde fi- Torsdag kveld sier kilder til nyhetsby- has requested a 100 day delay. This is costing Norwe- nansiere økninger i statens lånebehov. Ny OECD-rapport rået AFP at Syria har bedt om 100 nye dager gian taxpayers 1.2 million NOK per day. —Men Stortinget kom etter hvert til at Altfor mange unge nordmenn blir rek- det mest ryddige var at det bli gjort en årlig ruttert til trygd og «naving» på grunn overføring fra Statens Pensjonsfond Utland av frafall i skolen og manglende fer- som tilsvarte underskuddet på statsbuds- digheter i lesing og regning.
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