Monster Storms
Northern Norway has been hit by a monster blizzard. Early this morning more than 100 roads were closed. It has been the worst hurricane in decades.
My frien Jack took this picture today when he was traveling to Hovden out in the Vesterålen islands.
Onthe way to Hovden in the blizzard - Photo Jack Lihaug
劉曉波 – Liu Xiaobo – A very dangerous criminal
Liu Xiaobo - Nobel Peace Price Laureate 2010
Well, that’s what the Chinese governtment thinks. They locked this gentle man for 11 years. His crime? He only wants democracy for his people and the great nation of China to prosper. But his vision of prosperity is obviously not what the Communist Party in China envisions as prosperity.
The Nobel Peace Price committee announced on the 8th of October 2010 that this years laureate was Liu Xiaobo. The Chinese government locked his wife up in house arrest, and has since detained all Xiaobo’s relatives. That means his chair at the ceremony today is going to be empty. The last time this happened was when Nazi Germany send Carl von Ossietzky into concentration camp in 1935.
So why is Liu Xiaobo such a “dangerous criminal”. He is a poet by trade, but he has uttered his ideas about a federal state system, with Tibet and Taiwan as free associated states in this union. That is nothing less than blasphemous words in the ears of the Chinese Communist Party.
Read more about Liu Xiaobo by clicking here.
維基百科的文章關於 2010年諾貝爾和平獎得主中劉曉波中文。 An article in chinese can be found here.
Nobel Medal
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Silent day
Silent day by the Ofoten Fjord (Please, click image for mega-panorama)
All work and no play
At least I have my good friend Jacks beautiful pictures taken out in the islands of Vesterålen (Bø) to relax my eyes on once and a while:
Bø in Vesterålen - photo: Jack Lihaug
Moving can be a slow and painful affair
I started the Norwegian Success on Facebook “Ren norsk fisk uten kjemikalier”. This was a campaign against pumping fish full of waste products and phosphates in order to improve wight and coulour, which in well over a week gathered almost 5.500 fans. Not bad for a Norwegian site. But there were quite a few complaints about the title. It was not correct Norwegian, it was not serious enough etc. etc. so. I title on a Facebook Site cannot be altered, once it has been published (thank you very much, Facebook, for making our lives so easy…) I put to a vote if we should move to a new group. There was a majority, although not big, for moving. After long deliberations with myself and my brilliant co-administrator, Ann, the decision was made to move.
This is obviously a painstaking process. From yesterday until now in 19 hours only 320 people has migrated into the new page. It seems as if people don’t really read messages sent to them from Facebook Sites. In fact the old group is actually growing..! What a headache… Well, I am quite confident that people in time will like the new page better.
Thanks for all the birthday-wishes!
It’s been a nice day with lots of delightful birthday wishes. Thanks a lot!
I grew up in the Apollo era and was born just a few months after man first set foot on the lunar surface. Ever since my childhood days I have loved space exploration. I remember when I was 3-4 years old, running around in the garden at night with an empty bottle of Tabac aftershave that I got from my dad – held up against the starry night sky – imagining that it was this black and white Apollo spacecraft traveling to the moon!
Yesterday I was hoping for the Space Shuttle Discover, STS-131, to blast of on the second last Space Shuttle mission in history – but unfortunately there was a hydrogen gas-leak from the bleed off valve and the mission had to be scrubbed. Looking forward to the blast off!
Space Shuttle "Discovery" waiting on the launch pad. The launch yesterday had to be scrubbed due to a hydrogen bleed off valve leak.
Norway (almost) cut in half – The house is shaking in the hurricane
It is blowing hurricane today in Northern-Norway. Hurricane force winds starts at 63 knots – today a weather station measured 109 knots winds (126 miles per hour / 202 kilometers per hour).
There is an ancient, mythical Norwegian creature from the sea called “Draugen”. Today my friend the photographer Jack Lihaug actually captured a picture of “Draugen”:
Draugen - Photo: Jack Lihaug
Draugen (painted by Theodor Kittelsen)
See more of Jack Lihaug’s stunning photos on his Facebook-page.
The Troll Hunter Official trailer ENGLISH version!
Ohh, no – here they come again!
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The Troll Hunter – The Trolls are coming!!!
Ohhh, no – here they come – the TROLLS!!!
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Busy keeping Norwegian Fish clean
The Facebook-campaign has been a tremendous success! 1.100 “likes” in a little over a day – not bad for a Norwegian site! The petition is a little slower, but we are getting there! Remember the population is only 4.9 millions.
The 3 first and biggest head-lines in today’s news on the main Norwegian news channel, NRK, was spot on regarding additives in meat and fish. SURPRISINGLY several CEO’s of several large supermarket chains bluntly admitted that they don’t eat the same meat and fish (containing phosphates) that they sell to Norwegian consumers – nor feed it to their kids. That says it all – I rest my case (for now)…
Snapshot from the Pure Norwegian Fish Campaign on Facebook
Danish Friends need not to worry…!
My Danish friends need not to worry about taking a trip to Northern Norway. I just found this package of Danish Meatballs (Danske Frikadeller) in one of the local supermarkets today 🙂
Danish Meatballs in the local supermarket RIMI on Ankenes
Silent Evening in snowy Narvik
Silent Evening in snowy Narvik
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