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NAW's Reading Guide (Periodicals postage paid in Seattle, WA) TIME-DATED MATERIAL — DO NOT DELAY Arts & Culture Features « Bøkene er magiske hester Meet the og kameler, som på et blunk Two Norwegian tar oss dit vi vil—hvor som real Vikings helst i hele verden! » comics artists Read more on page 22 – Tor Åge Bringsværd Read more on page 6 Norwegian American Weekly Vol. 126 No. 28 July 24, 2015 Established May 17, 1889 • Formerly Western Viking and Nordisk Tidende $2.00 per copy Welcome to NAW’s reading guide Summer is a time for relaxing, and for us at NAW that means reading. In this issue you’ll find enough of our favorites to get you through the lazy weeks of summer What’s inside? News 2-3 Opinion 4-5 Features 6 Puzzles 7 Business 8 Sports 9 Fiction 10 Summer Reading 11-15 Roots & Connections 16 Obituaries & Religion 17 Taste of Norway 18 Travel 19 In Your Neighborhood 20-21 Arts & Entertainment 22 Norwegian Heritage 23 $1 = NOK 8.173 updated 07/17/2015 In comparison 06/17/2015 7.7233 01/17/2015 7.5593 07/17/2014 6.1932 Photo credits: (book) Kate Ter Haar / Flickr; (beach on Lofoten) CH / Visitnorway.com 2 • July 24, 2015 norwegian american weekly NyhETEr FrA NorgE Nyheter hytter lånes bort til andre familier 21 toppbloggere får refs for ulovlig reklame Nordmenn fra nord til sør Mange av landets største bloggere bry­ låner bort hyttene sine til ter loven, mener Forbrukerombudet. Dette får ikke konsekvenser for blog­ familier med dårlig råd gerne, selv om de påståtte lovbruddene har pågått lenge. Forbrukerombudet VG har gjennomført tilsyn med landets Eileen Steinnes (31) hadde fortalt mest populære bloggere for å se om eldstedatteren på elleve år at den lille famil­ merkingen av reklame var god nok. ien også i sommer måtte belage seg på å være Tilsynet viser at bloggerne har blitt hjemme i sommerferien. Datteren beroliget dårligere på å merke reklameinnlegg moren og sa at det ikke var så farlig. siden sist Forbrukerombudet hadde Familien hadde jo tross alt aldri vært tilsyn. Av de totalt 40 bloggerne som bortskjemt med noen Syden­turer eller ble sjekket var det 21 som har brutt hytteturer. Likevel visste alenemoren at det markedsføringsloven flere ganger. kanskje stakk litt ekstra for sine små, å nok Dette er bare i tilfeller der Forbruker­ en gang skulle komme tilbake på skolen i ombudet har klar dokumentasjon på august uten noen spennende historier å for­ regelbrudd. Nå har Forbrukerombudet telle til klassekameratene som hadde vært på sendt brev til disse bloggerne for å be storslåtte ferieturer. Foto: Pixabay de om å skjerpe seg. Men så kom Steinnes over Tom Elias­ Nå kan barn fra lavinntektsfamilier få en sommerferie i slike hytter. (Aftenposten) sens annonse. Han er en av flere nordmenn som har hevet seg på trenden med å låne mange barn som gruet seg til sommerferien, samme følelsen som hun og hennes fire barn To av ti kvinner sjikaneres i jobbfylla ut hyttene sine gratis til de familiene som la ut en Facebook­status der de tilbød å låne har fått. Hver femte kvinne har opplevd sek­ trenger det aller mest. bort hytta i Finland i en uke til en barnefami­ — Det skulle vært flere som Tom og suell trakassering fra fulle kollegaer på Riksrevisjonen la i fjor frem rapporten lie som skulle ønske det. kona hans. Vi er evig takknemlige for det de jobbfest. Dette viser en undersøkelse som fastslo at 78,000 norske barn lever i Innlegget ble delt over 700 ganger på har gjort for oss, forteller Steinnes, og legger som TNS Gallup har utført for rus­ lavinntekstfamilier. Det offentlige har fått bare noen minutter. gledesstrålende til: feltets samarbeidsorganisasjon Actis. refs for at det gjør for lite for at disse barna — Vi fikk henvendelser fra Stavanger til — Penger betyr lite i forhold til den Undersøkelsen viser at 11 prosent av skal få delta i sosiale sammenhenger. Nå trår Finnmark. Det viste oss hvilket behov det er kjærligheten man har til hverandre, men å få alle spurte har opplevd uønsket sek­ nordmenn fra Troms til Aust­Agder til for at for dette. Nå har vi fått så mange henven­ beskjeden at vi skulle på hyttetur, gjorde hele suell oppmerksomhet i forbindelse barn fra lavinntekstfamilier får en sommer delser at vi har valgt å låne den ut en uke til. sommeren for barna. Vi har levd i en boble med alkoholbruk i jobbrelaterte situas­ som de vil huske. Dessverre kan vi ikke låne den ut til alle som av lykke den siste uken. joner. I tillegg svarer syv prosent at de Tromsøværingen Tom Eliassen (54) spør, forteller han. har opplevd utrygghet, trusler, trakas­ hadde ikke forestilt seg interessen han fikk Familien Steinnes drar tilbake fra hytte­ English Synopsis: Norwegians around the country are loaning their cabins to families with less money. sering eller vold på jobbarrangement­ da han og kona, etter en samtale om hvor ferien med ny energi. De håper flere får den er, skriver Dagsavisen. — Dette bør gi grunn for bekymring og vi mener arbeidslivet må ta mer på alvor de ut­ fordringene som ligger i alkoholbruk, sier Actis’ generalsekretær Mina Ger­ Ingen rom Vil ha et hjelmpåbud hardsen. Hun oppfordrer NHO, LO og de andre store arbeidstakerorgan­ Trygg Trafikk vil ha et isasjonene til å gjøre mer for å holde orden i egne rekker. Hun ønsker også i fengsler hjelmpåbud, en alders­ klare retningslinjer for hvor og når det grense og opplæring er akseptabelt å drikke alkohol på ar­ Kriminelle slipper unna beidsplassen. Både NHO og LO svarer for elsyklistene at bruk av rusmidler i jobbsituasjoner fordi fengslene er fulle er problematisk, men begge mener de NRK tar problemet på alvor. NRK (VG) Årsaken ser vi ulykkesstatistikken, Politiet på Romerike løslate kriminelle forteller Mette Magnussen, distriktsleder i Fra økonomisk nedtur til stor opptur på grunn av manglende varetektsplasser. Trygg Trafikk Vestfold. for Norwegian Norske fengsler aldri har vært så fulle som — Hodeskader er det mest alvorlige i Norwegian hadde et resultat før skatt nå. forhold til sykkelulykker, sier hun. på 456 millioner kroner i årets andre — Det merker vi flere ganger hver en­ Trygg Trafikk vil at et hjelmpåbud også kvartal. Flyselskapet tjener stadig mer este uke, sier politiadvokat Peter Ristan i skal gjelde vanlige sykler, men mener det er på tilleggstjenester som bagasjegebyr Romerike politidistrikt. spesielt viktig når det er snakk om elsykler. og setevalg. Resultatet er en kraftig Han sier at det som oftest er vinnings­ — Du kommer raskt opp i fart. Etter bedring fra samme periode i fjor, da kriminelle og rusmisbrukere som blir løslatt. bare noen få tråkk, er du oppi 20 kilometer i Foto: Aleksander Joyce / NRK selskapet gikk 137 millioner i minus. Det er den type kriminalitet som folk flest timen, sier Magnussen. I Norge bruker nesten 50 prosent av syklistene hjelm. — Dette har vært et godt kvartal for legger merke til. Hun har snakket med politiet i Dan­ oss, med en positiv utvikling jevnt — Vi må prioritere de mer alvorlige mark, og kan fortelle at danskene er bekym­ over hele rutenettet, ikke minst på sakene som vold, sedelighet, og eventuelt ret i forhold til utviklingen i antall dødsulyk­ Syklistenes landsforening syns ikke det langdistanserutene. Vi har fylt flyene, drap når det skjer. ker på elsykler. er nødvendig med et slikt påbud fordi de lansert nye ruter til spennende desti­ Aldri før har norske fengsler vært så — I årets seks første måneder hadde de mener at elsyklistene ikke er mer utsatt enn nasjoner og ikke minst fått gode til­ overfylte som nå, viser tall fra Kriminalom­ ti dødsulykker på elsykkel. andre. Magnussen mener imidlertid at det er bakemeldinger fra kundene i form av sorgsdirektoratet. Dermed blir det lengre De fleste som var involvert i dødsulyk­ for tidlig å si noe om dette nå. to Skytrax­priser, sier administrerende soningskøer og færre varetektsplasser. Hit­ kene i Danmark, var eldre. Derfor ønsker — Vi har omtrent akkurat fått elsyklene direktør Bjørn Kjos i en kommentar til i år har fengslene hatt en gjennomsnit­ Trygg Trafikk også en form for opplæring til til Norge. På slutten av året, når ulykkesstatis­ til kvartalstallene. Flyselskapets om­ tlig kapasitetsutnyttelse på 98.1 prosent, det elsyklistene. tikken er klar, vil vi se om det er flere ulykker setning i andre kvartal i år var 5.86 høyeste tallet noensinne, skriver Bergens — Det kan være lenge siden de satt på et på elsykler. milliarder kroner, en økning på drøyt Tidende. sykkelsete, sier Magnussen. Informasjonssjef Hulda Tronstad i 800 millioner fra den samme perioden Politiadvokaten i Romerike politidistrikt Magnussen har også fått med seg argu­ Syklistenes landsforening ønsker at folk skal i fjor. forteller at det til tider er ganske frustrerende mentene mot et hjelmpåbud—at det ikke lar sykle mer, men er redd det motsatte vil skje (Aftenposten) å ikke ha nok plasser til alle kriminelle som seg håndheve, og at det kan føre til at det blir dersom det blir et hjelmpåbud. Hun har mer skulle vært varetekstfengslet. færre som velger å sykle. tro på andre tiltak, som bedre sykkelveier. Hun avviser imidlertid begge. English Synopsis: The Police in Romerike are — Vi som mennesker ønsker å gjøre English Synopsis: The road safety organization releasing criminals—mostly burglers and drug ad­ ting riktig. Er det et påbud om bruk av syk­ Trygg Trafikk wants to enforce helmets, an age limit, dicts—because there is no more room in the prisons. and training for those riding electric bikes. kelhjelm, tror jeg at langt flere vil bruke det. norwegian american weekly July 24, 2015 • 3 news page Arctic nations This week in brief “Speed cells” found Oslo Airport gets fresh coffee on wheels “Flintstones car” helps in fishing pact American company Starbucks introduc­ es a mobile facility for travelers on their neuroscientists discover Coastal states agree to way out of Norway.
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