Latest number of “I Narvik” is out! Great magazin with superb graphichs and pictures
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-The Greatest Christmas City in the North
Front Cover of the local Newspaper - Fremover - today. It reads -Greatest Christmas city in the North
That is the proud statement from Åsunn Lyngedal in today’s edition of the local newspaper Fremover (today’s issue can be bought by clicking here). The pictures inside the newpaper of the annual lighting of the Chistmas Spruce tells us that, yes there might be something there in that statement! The council of shopowners has bought a totally new set of Christmas decorations, with some beautiful light displays.
This is a important boost for those overly stretched citizens of this overly stretched municipality, after the mayor, more or less gambled the entire income of all hydroelectric energy for the next fifteen years by taking a loan from an American investment house, Terra Securities. And the mayor lost the gamble thus hurtling our society “off the cliff”. Did it have any consequence for her and her total lack of pure and simple common sense? Nope, she is still in power…
This city, booming with high-tech industries and optimism, suddenly got the news: because of the financial scandal, there is to be an extreme increase in income taxes and other taxes. Schools, roads, homes for the elderly, kindergartens and streetlights (duh! in one of the darkest cities in the winter) will all feel the knife in a desperate attempt to get rid of the debt of three quarters of a billion kroner. That’s some 700.000.000. kroner divided with a population of 18.000.
There is a program on Discovery Channel, with three ex-swindlers show you the tricks of the trade. They always end their programs with the phrase: –If it sounds too good to be true – it probably is. Maybe the mayor should have watched that show once and a while, and maybe this entire misery could have been avoided.
Strange moon above Narvik
Moon above Narvik Harbor (HDR-compilation)
Experimented somewhat with my tiny pocket camera (that will have to do – I can’t afford the EOS dream since NOBODY has liked my blog enough to DONATE by clicking the yellow “Donate”-button to the right here. That’s it. If your handicapped in this Socialist Dream State, the government flogs you! Since you are the least likely person to give any trouble since you have enough with your ailment and really no fighting will to strike back.
The poverty has skyrocketed during the 5 years this socialist govenment has been in power. At the same time the state has hired some 100.000 people more, directly from the streets, and given the administrative positions, where these people are put into positions where they are processing the ill and handicaped. The easiest is to turn down applications, simply because these co-worker plain and simple don’t know what the hell doing. I mean these government employees can’t even do the most basic things like writing Norwegian…
So this government has secured their next term in power by buying (using taxpayers money) votes through the hiring of an enormous army of people in very little effective organizations where they can turn down applications. Like a friend of mine. She is chained to a wheelchair and has a right to some funds to get a car that is custom build for her handicap. Turn down… After months struggling and hiring an expensive lawyer, she finally got her car, that the law states she should have had in the first place.
I have not been paid my pension in 2 years…… Yep, two years ago. I talked to the assholes in NAV more than six months ago. They just laughed at me – couldn’t care less. Probably will have to wait another year and take some loans to survive. Fat chance of getting a loan as long as my pension isn’t payed. God I hate this nepotistic communist state, Norway. It really eats at me being treated like crap. When I was working they happily took most of my income in taxes and fees. Now, When an unfortunate disease har struck me down, there is no help in sight. I hope they all burn in hell – nepotistic, corrupt assholes!
Well, just had to blow out some steam. – it is extremely frustarting.
Today s picture, was taken yesterday and I have used a High Dynamic Range software on it, which produced a nice picture of Narvik, but left the Moon looking somewhat strange.
Amethyste – A Singer with an Angelic Voice that reverberates straight to your soul!
Amethyste Lyne Langdeau-Spardel
My friend Amethyste sings with a voice that totally blows me away. I connected with her through Bryan EL, whom with she is working together with at the moment. There is an undefinable timbre in this clear, angelig voice of here, that is soooo rare, so I decided to write this very short introduction.
Amethyste sings like an angel – or at least like I imagine an angel would sing – had I ever met one. I guess you could meet an angel on his first barcrawl, singing with a beer an whiskey voice. After all angels only are a heavenly beings too…
Well, that was a totally sidetrack, if you ever saw one. Back to the Lovely Amethyste!
She’s got a fabulous voice that just must have been created back in time with a very generous pinch of divine inspiration and talent sprinkled over her vocal cords, sending the very essence of her through her songs to all of around the globe .
Amethyste says:
I am on I-Tunes 🙂 I have 3 CDs out… My latest came out last december for Christmas 🙂 Search for Amethyste
Just go to iTunes and search for Amethyste! Avery nice place to start shopping for Christmas Presents this year, I’d say! Angelic voice ringing out by the fireplace as Christmas Eve descends on us. What could be better to get you in the mood for the hollidays?
And last but not least: Amethyste has now gotten a permanent place in my musical friends’ “Hall of Fame” which you can find in the column to the right!
1.000 visits to this page in less than 2 months!
This blog has received more than 1.000 visits in the time it has been active – that is – less than 2 months! Not bad, or what?
To commemorate the turn of 1.000 visits I dedicate this picture of The Northern Light to YOU – my dear reader! I wish you will continue to follow this blog, and one way to follow this blog, is by adding your email address in the field to the right under “EMAIL SUBSCRIPTION”. The ONLY thing you will receive is updates on my posts! No spam, nothing else! Just pure and simple news from Northernblogosphere!
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The More You Get – The Longer You’ll Live!
Do you want to live longer AND better? Then here is the answer. Really, it is – I know – I’ve spent hundreds of hours researching this, and the literature, just in the past few years is overwhealming!
Essential to life! Vitamin D on CBN NEWS! Click to watch!
Newest issue of I NARVIK just published!
Another great issue of the magazine I NARVIK has just been published. Their slogan is: “We spread happiness!” That is true! They really do! Click here to enjoy this colorful magazine with lots of great pictures!
Nr 4 - 2010 of I NARVIK has just been published! Russian ballerinas in downtown Narvik is this issue's front cover (Please click image to see the latest issue!)
More Pure Fish
Today there has been a lot of private work, and I have done some translations. Apart from all this, there has been some more campaigning on the Campaign for Pure Norwegian Fish, and luckily the main public service news-channel in Norway, NRK, still keeps the focus on food additives – which is really admirable! Signing off with Today’s Panorama:
Today's Panorama of the inner part of the Ofoten Fjord and Narvik (please click for a larger picture)
Norwegian Fish – (about) to become a Scam! SIGN PETITION TODAY! Norsk Fiskesvindel – SKRIV UNDER I DAG!
There has been a rotten hustle going on with Norwegian meat for years. It has become a “tradition” pumping the meat full of salt, water, phosphate and other additives to increase the weight, change the color and prolong shelf-life. NOW this scam is about to become an excuse for doing the same with The Norwegian Gold – FISH…! Already some Norwegian fish factories are illegally injecting fish with water, salt and phosphate – and now they want it legalized. Not only water and phosphate is going to be injected into the fish, but also fish-guts…!!! For what? For increasing weight and change color, so you – the consumer – won’t know that the fish is actually old and grey – because the fish meat is still white and shiny…!
What a SCAM! My grandfather Rolv Bjugn was a honest, hard working fisherman and it took a lot to make him angry. But I guarantee you he would not have been happy if he had watched the news yesterday..!
Sign the petition today! Keep Norwegian fish pure and of high quality an value! Please, Click Here – Skriv under i dag – hold norsk fisk ren! Klikk her!
My Grandfather - Rolv Bjugn - on his fishing vessel "Havleik", he is standing on the foredeck while sailing for the cod fishery in Lofoten Islands.
The Unbelievable Story
The Unbelievable Story, so Unbelievable that you might not believe it… The film is not open for embedding, so in order to watch it, click on it, then click on the link “Watch on YouTube” or just plain and simply click here!
City-view
View of downtown Narvik from the AMFI shopping mall towards the center of the city. Town hall on the left and the Fagernes mountain in the background.
“Visit” Narvik..!
A few excellent links on Narvik:
INARVIK – Magazine about Narvik (Norwegian)
FREMOVER – Local Newspaper (Norwegian)
DestinationNarvik – Travel information about Narvik (English version)
Wonder what the Norwegian pages is all about? Try Google Translate!
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