Norwegians are a bunch of complainers

Summary: Norway complained to South Africa about Jimmy Manyi, the Department of Labor’s director general, for promoting private business interests in a meeting with the Scandinavians about job creation. The Manyi dude was disappointed about the complaint because he was offering a free presentation on South Africa’s black economic empowerment program. Norway's ambassador said that he had discussed issues that were not relevant to South Africa’s “decent jobs” program.


My Thoughts: I think this is really uncool of Norway. Let the man say what he wants to say. It's not your country so you have no say in what he gets to discuss. Get off his back. Even if he was talking about irrelevant stuff you don't need to go and complain about it. He wants to talk about it so let him be. GOODNESS GRACIOUS!



Source: http://preview.bloomberg.com/news/2010-05-28/norway-complains-about-south-african-labor-official-business-day-reports.html

Norway loves hockey almost as much as Canada..

Summary: In the 2009-10 campaign a 22 year old Norwegian led the league in scoring with 64 points and earned himself MVP honors. This guy is considered "The Norwegian Hobbit" because he is 5-foot-9 and 170 pounds. Mats Zuccarello-Aasen officially signed with The Rangers even though the whole world already knew that he was going to sign with them.


My Thoughts: I think this is an important article because sports are important in all cultures. I could care less that he signed with the Rangers because I don't watch hockey but lots of other people are excited for him. Sports get lots of different people together and helps people socialize and share a common interest. (if that made any sense) People learn a lot from sports. They learn how to stay healthy, work with others, get along with them, and have positive attitudes and not be a sore loser. I know this isn't what the article is about but that is what the article makes me think of.

Source: http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/37362348/ns/sports-player_news/

NORWAY HAS THE KEY TO TROPICAL DEFORESTATION

Summary: Norway hopes to boost aid to fight tropical deforestation at a conference tomorrow, and to set in motion a partnership to unlock cash pledged at the Copenhagen summit to help slow climate change. Fifty nations will take part in the Oslo meeting, to be attended by Britain's Prince Charles and the financier George Soros, to forge a "partnership" between donors and countries from the Amazon to Congo basins for protecting forests. The United States, Australia, France, Japan, Britain and Norway agreed on $3.5bn from 2010-12 to save forests.


My Thoughts: This article is basically the same as the one I did yesterday but i didn't realize it until half way through my article i thought to myself "this sounds familiar". so yeah, I'll just write about it again. I think it is fantastic that everyone is trying to save the forests so much. So many countries want to protect the wildlife.

Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/may/26/norway-climate-deforestation

Eurovision!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Summary: This week’s 2010 Eurovision Song Contest semi-finals are being held in the Norwegian capital of Oslo. Contestants from 39 countries compete in front of an audience of 125 million people. This is scheduled on May 29th. Eurovision is one of the world’s longest-running television programs. Was made in an effort to bring unity to the war-torn nations of Europe. Travelers to Norway should be prepared to be overwhelmed by the country's rugged beauty. Visitors to Norway can expect to enjoy a variety of activities which include hiking, guided glacier walks, camping, fishing, horseback riding, cycling and winter sports.


My Thoughts: Singing competions are always so much fun. You get to see people either sing really bad or really good or just average. I'm sure everyone watching the singing contests always wish they could sing as good as some of the singers. Since the Semi-finals of the show are being held in Norway then there aren't going to be anyone who is a horrible singer. This is still an interesting concert to go and watch though. I think it is nice that in the article they tell what other activities you can do in Norway. Norway is a very outdoorsy country so people who do not like to be outside might not have as fun of a time. But I'm sure they'll still enjoy the concert and enjoy looking out the window at the beautiful country.


Source: http://www.huliq.com/10012/93669/2010-eurovision-song-contest-shines-travel-spotlight-oslo-norway

John Tate.........what a cool guy.

Summary: American John Tate accepted Norway's 6 million kroner ($900,000) Abel Prize for mathematics Tuesday for his role as "a prime architect" of number theory. The article talks about how he hopes the prize will inspire governments and other funding bodies to increase their budgets for basic research. This guy is now retired. The annual Abel Prize was created by the Norwegian government in 2003. The winner is selected by an international committee of five mathematicians.


My Thoughts: Awards are always fun. I think it's great when nice people receive awards. People who I consider nice are people who win awards and don't take advantage of it. John Tate just wanted to send out a message to the world and ended up getting an award for his smartness. What a cool guy. I hate the stuck up smart people who win and are like "oh look at me I'm amazing and smart and so cool" blah blah blah. Those people don't deserve awards.



Source: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gjDzyeOZqmG7iomYNI0-CilaONKQD9FTUTAG0

SAVE THE FOREST

Summary: This article tells how president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono left for Norway at 7am local time on Tuesday to attend an international conference on climate change and forests in Oslo on May 26-27. Representatives from 40 countries would attend the conference. The meeting is expected to be able to produce an agreement regarding the REDD+ mechanism for immediate implementation.


My Thoughts: I love the forest. I think the forest is a beautiful and sacred place and should be preserved as long as possible. It's important to get everyones opinion so i think it's great that other countries were at this meeting.



Source: http://www.antara.co.id/en/news/1274801311/ri-president-leaves-for-norway

The ship, the ship, the ship is on FIRE!

Summary: One of Germany's best-known cruise ships caught fire Sunday while visiting the coast of Norway, forcing a ship-wide evacuation. all 364 passengers aboard the Peter Deilmann Cruises vessel were taken off safely and are now on land. The news service says the fire began in the ship's machine room and was quickly contained. There's no word yet on how significant the damage was to the vessel.


My Thoughts: I think it would be horrible to be the people on the boat because you would have to stop before your destination and it would just ruin your whole vacation. Some people don't get a lot of time for vacation so when they make time to go they really want to relax. But, if there's a fire on a ship that wouldn't be very relaxing. I think it's good that none were hurt.


Source: http://www.usatoday.com/travel/cruises/item.aspx?type=blog&ak=93809.blog