is pleased to announce a strategic development that aligns with its ambition to achieve SEK 12 billion in revenue and a 10% EBITA margin has strengthened its market presence with the acquisition of the well-established electrical contracting firm Kragerø Elektriske This acquisition represents another step in Nimlas' growth journey across the Nordics is known for its specialized expertise in electrical installations with its 23 employees and a revenue of approximately 45 million SEK will further enhance Konstel’s portfolio and service depth in the Telemark region Kragerø Elektriske’s competencies and reputation for quality across residential and commercial projects Konstel’s annual revenue now surpasses 2.3 billion SEK solidifying its position as Norway's leading multi-location electrical contractor with over 1,300 employees across 32 companies “Bringing Kragerø Elektriske into the Konstel family is a strategic move that expands our service offerings and builds on our commitment to quality and expertise in the region We look forward to collaborating with Kragerø's talented team to continue delivering outstanding solutions to our clients.” Managing Director of Kragerø Elektriske shared his excitement about the acquisition: “As a family-owned company Becoming part of Konstel provides access to resources and capabilities that will allow us to better serve our customers in collaboration with Konstel and its subsidiaries.” Nimlas Group’s success is driven by strategic acquisitions and a firm commitment to growth through advanced technical installations This acquisition moves us closer to our ambitious goals of SEK 12 billion in revenue and a 10% EBITA margin while reinforcing our position as a trusted provider of essential services in Norway Nimlas Group is a leading Nordic technical installation services company with over 130 locally managed businesses operating through Sandbäckens in Sweden we provide a full range of technical services including heating Nimlas vision is to become the most profitable installations group driving sustainability in the Nordics, providing the best environment for companies to grow. The group has an annual turnover of approximately SEK 8 billion. Learn more at www.nimlasgroup.com So she decided to give them to Head Start programs donations "show up from everywhere." Local businesses and Scout troops hold book drives Kids collect books at their birthday parties and drop them off a children's book author in San Francisco e-mailed Swope a couple weeks ago to ask if the book bank would be interested in some of her books The book bank receives most of its funding from the Portland Schools Foundation and the Meyer Memorial Trust coordinating hundreds of volunteers who help prepare the books for donation and making sure the books get into the hands of needy children the bank has handed out more than 50,000 books to nearly 4,000 children it made its first donation to an elementary school giving more than 1,800 books to kindergartners and first-graders at The Children's Book Bank is holding a citywide book drive from 10 a.m.-4 p.m Organizers invite you to bring your gently used children's books to any of New Seasons' nine locations as well as the Whole Foods in Laurelhurst and Bridgeport Village The book bank collects books for preschool-aged children and is especially interested in collecting Spanish language books The Children's Book Bank is on Facebook and Twitter To volunteer with the Children's Book Bank But the group's primary focus remains preschool According to a research paper published in 1990 by the MIT Press children from a middle-income homes have been read aloud to for an average of 1,200 hours by the time they reach school That number plummets to 25 hours for low-income children Sixty-one percent of low-income children in the United States have no children's books at home according to one 1996 study of reading literacy These children arrive at school already far behind They tend to have less exposure to letters and their sounds For many of Megan Kirsch-McMaster's Head Start students the book bank's donations mean the chance to learn what books are how to use their imagination when reading and how a story is told in print "They have the biggest smiles on their faces" on the day the book-bank volunteers delivers bundles of books who teaches at the Creative Science School "They just dive into those books from the book bank and pull each one out and start reading them "They take a lot of pride in owning books," she said 'These are my books' when their parents come to pick them up." he still treasures the books he got from the book bank months ago Tucked into his bundle from the book bank were books about the jungle and safari animals -- Tyson's favorites "He still reads them," Kragero said we still go through them constantly." 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students Judy (Erickson) Larsén and Gloria (Erickson) Palmer who attended the one room school until it consolidated with Becker schools in 1967.  The students also sang old time and patriotic songs played games of a bygone era such as The Old Brass Wagon and Red Rover enjoyed a nature hike and a picnic by the creek on the school property.  The annual summer program is hosted by the Erickson family Norway to Santiago Township (north of Becker) in 1897 There was a need for a school in the area and the schoolhouse was built near the Jens Ellefson farm The school building was also used as a church for several years.  The loan for the school building was $450 The first teacher who taught at Kragero school (District 47) earned $100 for the entire school year school was only in session for five months Local resident Tom Barthel purchased Kragero School from Becker School district in 1995 The school closed in 1967 and at that time there were 16 students enrolled at Kragero Barthel and his wife Gail Wilkinson have worked hard to keep the school in its original condition and have graciously allowed the historic school to be used for the past 27 summers with the first authentic one-room school class offered in 1994 MOORHEAD — It’s been 50 years since the Moorhead Sports Center opened its doors Indoor hockey was left out in the cold after voters rejected measures in 1969 and 1970 An arena plan finally got the support it needed in a May 1973 vote when 60.2% of the vote favored the facility the building that had an estimated price tag of about $880,000 was finally the indoor home of the Spuds youth hockey programs and the Concordia College teams scored a goal in the Spuds' first high school game there Kragero said the building hasn't changed all that much "It still has a lot of the same feel as when we first walked in there,” Kragero told the Sports Time Machine recently Hibbing Memorial Arena opened in 1935 and was the first to use refrigeration for artificial ice there were 60 indoor arenas in Minnesota; by Kragero and his teammates grew up playing on the various outdoor rinks in Moorhead The Spuds played and practiced at the Coliseum in Fargo Kragero said he and his teammates were able to skate for the first time indoors at the new Centennial Park Arena in 1972 but practices his sophomore year at the Coliseum called for an early alarm so we had to go over to the Fargo Coliseum and practice at 6:30 in the morning,” he recalled as it also found challenges finding ice time at the Coliseum “Moorhead has long been in need of an indoor hockey and skating arena,” Forum sportswriter Will Gullickson wrote in the May 6 director of Moorhead Area Vocational Technical Institute manager of Western States Life Insurance agency in Fargo The proposed plans were to build a 37,000-square-foot building the Moorhead Park and Recreation Board named it the Moorhead Sports Center as to sell the project on not only its hockey rink but as a year-round facility that could host events With the vote taking place a day after Memorial Day in 1973 the polls were slow with just 615 voters before noon “A lot of people are mixed up on the days,” one election judge told The Forum but it was still less than 25% of the city’s eligible voters The voters were asked to approve a bond up to $880,000 with $400,000 in federal revenue sharing and school district money and $480,000 in real estate tax-based bonds The Moorhead District School Board pledged $100,000 from capital outlay funds An additional $150,000 would come from the Moorhead City Council and the same from the Clay County Board of Commissioners a 60.2% approval for a measure that needed a simple majority to pass the school board approved schematic plans for the Sports Center which would be built adjacent to the high school The high school (which has since been replaced) opened in 1967 The arena plans called for a pre-cast concrete shell and board member Daryle Olson said the new arena should carry some brickwork of its own to match “I can’t see that concrete blends with it,” Olson said in The Forum at the time Other board members said adding brick would increase the cost of the building and it might be too late to even consider such an option “The architects felt this was complementary to the school,” said Duane Carlson Olson withdrew his objections after learning that adding brick facing would cost $15,000 to $18,000 for partial brick facing and $31,553 for all brick Archie Vraa was approved to be the Moorhead Sports Center first manager at a salary of $11,500 Video from State Historical Society of North Dakota The Spuds were able to begin practicing in the Sports Center in November 1974 “For the guys that all played hockey for years growing up outside controlled environment instead of fighting the cold and the wind and all of that,” Kragero said recently “We had to walk from the high school to the Sports Center because we didn’t have lockers over there,” Kragero recalled but they were basically just to put your skates on and go onto the ice.” The Spuds took on Anoka in their first game in the Sports Center on Dec The game had a bit of an inside rivalry as Moorhead head coach Mike Hajostek and Anoka head coach Joe Poole were high school teammates at Thief River Falls filling all the available seating at the time Senior co-captain Al Lund got the party started for Moorhead with the first-ever goal in the new building at 11:42 of the first period Anoka tied it in the second period before Kragero’s goal early in the third gave Moorhead a 2-1 lead “I know I was in the slot area in front of the net,” Kragero recalled 50 years later “and I can’t remember who I got the pass from but he got it over to me in the slot and I kind of just gave it a one-time shot and it went over the goalie’s glove.” who along with Kragero led the Spuds in scoring the previous season was still in need of its finishing touches he went on to play football as a defensive back at North Dakota State but his passion really was hockey because he was such a great skater,” Kragero recalled discussions began to add a second ice sheet voters were asked to approve a $2.9 million bond issue most of which would go toward that project The city also would contribute money from its general fund and park fund reserves to the project IM John Paul Wallace (AUS) headed into the final round of 6th Kragero Resort Open 2023 with a full point lead 7/8 Despite losing the final round game to GM Titas Stremavicius (LTU) John still managed to finish first on tie-breaks IM Elham Abdulrauf (NOR) and FM Saad Abobaker Elmi (NOR) finished with 6.5/9 They were placed third to ninth respectively according to tie-breaks GM Leon Luke Mendonca had a great tournament His sole loss was against the eventual champion GM Visakh N R was the only other Indian who participated in this event Leon is currently playing at ChessOrg Festival Bad Woerishofen 2023 where he is in a four-way lead with GM Visakh N R GM Iniyan P and the reigning Commonwealth Open 2022 champion IM P Shyam Nikhil with a score of 4.5/6 each GM Leon Luke Mendonca (2541) did a simple yet effective knight maneuver from d4 to d6 via b3 The game continued 27...Ba6 28.Rad1 axb4 29.axb4 Rb8 30.Ra1 Bc8 31.Ra4 h6 32.Rea1 and soon Black gave up his queen for a rook and knight. Leon went on to beat FM Dagur Ragnarsson (ISL 5 WGMs and 2 WIMs participated from 23 countries across the world in this five-day nine-round Swiss league Rating tournament The tournament was organized by IA Truls R Jørgensen - Kragero Chess Club from 22nd to 26th February 2023 at Kragero Resort The time control for the event was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment Details We have launched the ChessBase India App. Check out this amazing resource! Android for now - Download the app now Follow Tweets by @ChessbaseIndia ChessBase India is proud to be the official partner of chessbase.com reporting on events in India Like our Facebook page for more Indian chess updates The all new 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Subscribe now and stay update with our awesome video content.  The enchanting but unwittingly destructive 600kg marine mammal a young female walrus nicknamed Freya has enchanted Norwegians by basking in the sun of the Oslo fjord making a splash in the media and bending a few boats The 600kg (1,300lb) marine mammal has been named after the Norse goddess of love and beauty She has already been sighted in the UK, the Netherlands, Denmark and Sweden and has now chosen to spend part of the summer in Norway Freya has already been sighted in the UK Photograph: Tor Erik Schrder/NTB/AFP/Getty ImagesFreya first gained notoriety in Norway by climbing on to pleasure boats in Kragero and has been doing the same in the waters of the capital since 17 July which normally lives in the more northerly latitudes of the Arctic has sparked curiosity among locals and made headlines in the press Newspaper Verdens Gang has put up a livestream of the walrus’s every move on its website Freya has been filmed chasing a duck and attacking a swan before dozing on boats struggling to support her bulk “It’s a pity about the material damage but that’s the way it is when you have wild animals,” Rolf Harald Jensen standing next to a hapless inflatable boat buckling under the animal’s weight Freya out for a swim in Oslo’s Frognerkilen bay. Photograph: NTB/ReutersAfter considering moving or even euthanising Freya if she were to pose a danger to the public, Norwegian authorities have decided to leave her in peace. “She is doing well, feeding, resting and seems to be in good condition,” Norway’s Directorate of Fisheries said on Monday. However, it emphasised the need for people to keep a distance and strongly advised against swimming or kayaking near Freya. “[She] is not necessarily as slow and ham-fisted as one might think when she is resting,” it said. Read more“A walrus is not normally a danger to humans as long as you keep a safe distance. But if it is disturbed by humans and doesn’t get the rest it needs, it may feel threatened and attack.” The walrus is a protected species that feeds mainly on invertebrates such as molluscs, shrimps, crabs and small fish. An adult male weighs around one tonne while a female weighs about 700kg. the Norwegian chess grandmaster took on three opponents simultaneously — and he was completely blindfolded This meant he had to visualize the three games in his mind while playing against the clock This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. The action you just performed triggered the security solution. There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data. You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked. Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. 2013 4:01 AM ESTWhen Viswanathan Anand and Magnus Carlsen lean over the chessboard at Chennai’s Hyatt Regency on Nov 9 for Game 1 of the World Chess Championship it will mark the coming together of the sport’s first superstar with its first sex symbol It will be arguably the most closely watched contest since the 1972 Cold War confrontation in Reykjavík between American Bobby Fischer and Russian Boris Spassky (Also on LightBox: Searching For …and Finding Bobby Fischer: Photographs by Harry Benson) may be the only chess player in the world who risks being mobbed in the street Millions of his countrymen watched on live TV — yes — when he first won the title in 2000 That’s still the highest sporting achievement by an Indian and it led to a huge revival of chess in a country that claims to have invented the sport Millions of Indian kids now forced by their parents to take chess lessons have Anand to blame If Anand has the greater fan following of the two The Norwegian with the smoldering good looks and six-pack abs has been featured in advertising campaigns as a clotheshorse alongside the likes of Liv Tyler and turned down a small role in the most recent Star Trek movie the two grand masters granted highly unusual access to photographer Misha Friedman himself a former competitive player at schoolboy level in the USSR in the 1980s and in the U.S Friedman recalls reading about the great duels between Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov and being fascinated by the idea of chess champions preparing for a battle of wits The images he captured of Anand and Carlsen reveal that it’s as much physical as psychological Carlsen plays volleyball: even in this brainiest of contests Carlsen is the hot favorite: he’s ranked No and may be the best player in the history of the sport Chess skills are measured by a complex formula known as the Elo rating system and Carlsen’s rating of 2872 last February was the highest ever recorded But the world championship is as much about temperament and tenacity as about technical skill he may never be able to walk in the streets again Misha Friedman is a photographer based in New York. LightBox previously featured his work on Tuberculosis in Ukraine Bobby Ghosh is the editor of TIME International. Follow him on Twitter @ghoshworld This sprawling spa resort harbours an 18-hole golf course swimming pools with an eye-catching diving platform Set among pine forests and overlooking the craggy Telemark coastline pebble-like sofas and picture windows offering sea views Quality Spa & Resort Kragero, Kragero, Telemark, Norway (00 47 35 97 11 00; kragerospa.no) Sweden's first floating hotel opened a couple of years ago to offer accommodation at one of the west coast's most popular fish restaurants (the name means "salt and herring") Six floating pontoons of two-storey clapboard buildings house stylish rooms that are named and decorated according to different spices; each comes with a sitting area to drink in the views of the Bohuslan coast archipelago A sauna catamaran is the latest innovation Salt & Sill, Klädesholmen, Tjörn, Vastra Gotaland, Sweden (00 46 304 67 34 80; saltosill.se) on the coastal road that trails north from Copenhagen It is surrounded by fishermen's houses of the same era The hotel was brought up to date by its present owners in 2003 with classic Scandinavian style prevailing in the 22 bedrooms The restaurant has gained attention for its seafood-focused menu and has a terrace for summer dining A jetty offers the chance to cool off in the sea while the capital's two sandy beaches and a nature reserve are a little further afield Skovshoved Hotel, Strandvejen 267, Charlottenlund, Hovedstaden, Denmark (00 45 3964 0028; skovshovedhotel.dk) Hotel J is perfectly positioned to explore both the city and the constellation of islands that bursts east into the Baltic Sea White painted wood and soft linens in stars and stripes purvey a New England beach house feel Hotel J, Ellensviksv 1, Nacka Strand, Stockholm, Sweden (00 46 8 601 30 00; eng.hotelj.com) this timber hotel overlooks Storfjord and the Sunnmore Alps It has a private cruiser for fjord touring to Unesco-listed Geirangerfjord Storfjord Hotel, Skodje, Romsdal, Norway (00 47 70 27 49 22; storfjordhotel.com) This traditional Danish "badehotel" (bathing hotel) dates back almost a century Rooms are painted in hues that mimic the Kattegat Sea outside Helenekilde, Strandvejen 25, Tisvildeleje, Zealand, Denmark (00 45 4870 7001; helenekilde.com). 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