Ruddingardagur

Í dag er so ruddingardagur, har ung sum eldri í kommununi fara út at rudda rusk úr náttúruni.

Tað eru nógvar kommunur í Føroyum, sum hava ruddingardag. Á ruddingardegnum í Eysturkommunu(har eg búgvi), varð fyrst farið yvir í skúlan til kaffi/saft og rundstykkir kl. 8:30. Farið varð so at rudda ymsastaðnið í kommununi. Tá ruddingin varð liðug, varð farið á fótbóltsvøllin at grilla, og hugna sær saman. Hvørt húski, ið luttekur í ruddingini, fær so 3 træplantur í potti.

Veðrið var so ótrúliga gott, at tað kundi næstan ikki verið betri! Sól, 14 stig og eitt lítið lot.. :D

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"Clearing"-day

Today is clearing day(cleaning outside, making it tidy?), where both young and old people in the municipality go outside to take up garbage in the nature.

There are many municipalities in the Faroe Islands which have "clearing-day." On the "clearing-day" in East-municipality(where I live), people first went over to the school for coffee/lemonade and morning buns at 8:30 AM. Then there was cleaned different places in the municipality. When the clearing was done, people headed for the football field to barbeque, and have a great time together. Every family(/house) who attended in the clearing/cleaning, then got 3 treeplants in pots.

The weather was so incrediblely great that it almost couldn't have been better! Sun, 14 degrees Celsius, and a light breeze.. :D

ALS, ein hin besta skipanin í heiminum

Eg hoyrdi í tíðindunum í dag, at broytingarnar í ALS skipanini nú eru samtyktar. Og eftirsum at fíggjastøðan í heiminum er sum hon her, so skrivi eg stutt um broytingarnar her.. :P

Við broytingunum í ALS skipanini verður útgjaldið 80% av a-inntøkuni fyrsta árið, og loftið sett til 20.000 krónur um mánaðin, ímóti góðum 12.000 krónum áður. Annað árið lækkar útgjaldið niður í 75%, og loftið verður 18.750 krónur. Loftið verður væl betri enn í hinum Norðurlondunum. Loftið í Danmark er 17.000 krónur um mánaðin, og í øðrum Norðurlondum er tað uppaftur lægri.

Áðrenn broytingarnar rindaði ALS um 50 milliónir krónur út um árið, og hækka tær upp í einar 90 milliónir krónur aftaná broytingarnar. ALS(ArbeiðsLoysisSkipanin) hevði fyri einum 10 árum síðani hall, men hava spart í góðum tíðum, og eru nú klár at gjalda út aftur, nú heldur ringari tíðir eru. ALS hevur nú um 700 milliónir krónur á bók. Og arbeiðsloysið í mars 2009 var 3,4%(955 fólk, 554 mannfólk og 401 konufólk).


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ALS, one of the best systems in the world

I heard on the news today that the changes in the ALS system are now passed. And because of the Global Crisis is as it is, I'm going to write shortly about the changes here.. :P

With the changes in the ALS system, the "payment" will be 80% of the [income taxed at source] the first year, and the maximum wage DKK 20,000 a month, while it was around DKK 12,000 before. On the 2nd year of unemployment, the "payment" decreases to 75%, and the maximum wage will be DKK 18,750. The maximum wage will be better than in the other Northern Countries. The maximum wage in Denmark is DKK 17,000 a month, and in other Northern Countries, it's even less than that.

ALS paid out around DKK 50,000,000 a year, and will this number increase to around DKK 90,000,000 a year after the changes. ALS(the Unemployment System) had for around 10 years ago nothing, but have saved up in the good times, and are now ready to pay back out, now when worse times are(..?). ALS does currently have around DKK 700,000,000 "in the bank". And the unemployment rate in mars 2009, was 3,4%(955 people, 554 of them were men and 401 women).

Umhvørvisvikan í Tórshavn

Umhvørvisvika var í Tórshavn í døgunum 4. til 10. maj. Endamálið við umhvørvisvikuni var at varpa meira ljós á umhvørvið. Temaið í umhvørvisvikuni í ár var Orka.

Í sambandi við umhvørvisvikuna gjørdi klippfisk fýra stuttfilmar, ið allir viðgjørdu evnið, "Soleiðis spara vit orku!"

Her eru leinkini til teir fýra stuttfilmarnir hjá Klippfiski:

Ovurnýtsla/endurnýtsla - Um ovurnýtslu og endurnýtslu, tveir háttir at liva uppá ;)

Emballaga - Um hvussu langa tíð tað tekur náttúruni at bróta niður ymisk tilfør

Alternativur fluttningur - Um heldur at nýta bussar ístaðin fyri bilar

Alternativ orka - Um at nýta orku, ið á annan hátt bara fer til spillis.. xD

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Environment Week in Torshaven

There was an environment week in Tórshavn on the days, 4th to 10th of may. The purpose of the environment week was to make more people notice the environment. The theme of the environment week this year was "Energy."

Because of the environment week, Klippfisk(an shortfilm/movie-thing on the Faroes) made four shortmovies which all had the subject: "This is how we save energy!"

Here are the links for Klippfisk's four shortfilms:

Using too much/recycling - About using too much, and recycling - two ways of life ;)

Emballage - About how long it takes nature to "dissolve" different types of stuff

Alternative movement - About using busses instead of cars

Alternative energy - About using energy, which otherwise would not be used.. xD

Til reiðar til svínakrím

Tit hava nokk øll hoyrt um hættisliga svínakrímið, sum herjar í Meksiko, Suður Amerika, og sum nú er komið eysturum Atlantshavið, til Evropa, har man hevur funnið tilburðir av svínakrími í millum annað Týsklandi og Spania.

Her er ein tíðindastubbi frá føroyska tíðindaportalinum, portal.fo:

Til reiðar til svínakrím

Føroyski pandemibólkurin hevur viðgjørt støðuna, um svínakrím skuldi breitt seg til Føroya

Stig fyri stig viðgjørdi bólkurin tilbúgvingarætlanina, soleiðis at full semja var um hvussu krímið skal handfarast í Føroyum. Limirnir í bólkinum fingu í felag endurtikið, hvønn leiklut teir ymsu myndugleikarnir hava í tilbúgvingarætlanini, og møgulig ivamál vóru greidd.

Niðurstøðan er, at sum heild er støðan góð í Føroyum, og um so er, at H1N1 verður staðfest, so eru myndugleikarnir tilbúnir. Føroyar hava nógvan sonevndan antiviralan heilivág (t.d. tamiflu) á goymslu til at fyribyrgja og viðgera svínakrím við. Í løtuni kunnu vit viðgera yvir 30% av Føroya fólki, sum er meira enn fleiri av okkara grannalondum, og sum verður mett at verða ríkiligt í sambandi við eina pandemistøðu. Harumframt hava Føroyar í samstarvi við Statens Serum Institut, eins og Danmark, fingið vaccinutrygd til umleið helmingin av føroyingum.

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Ready for swine flu

You have all probably heard about the bad swine flu, which is attacking in Mexico and South America. It has now also come over the Atlantic Ocean, and to Europe, where there has been found cases of swine flu in Germany and Spain, and other places.

Here is a news article from the Faroese newsportal, portal.fo:

The Faroese pandemic group has discussed the situation, if the swine flu should come to the Faroe Islands.

Step by step, the group discussed the safety measures, so that everyone agreed on how the flu shall be treated in the Faroe Islands. The members in the group were together told once again, which role the different authoroties have in the safety measures, and possible disputed points were solved.

The conclusion is that the situation in the Faroe Islands is pretty good. And if the H1N1 flu gets confirmed to be here, then the auhoroties will be ready. The Faroe Islands have a lot of the so called antiviral medecine(f.ex. tamiflu) in stock for preventing and treating the swine flu with. At the moment we can treat over 30% of the Faroese people, which is more than a lot of the neighbour countries can, and is more than thought being enough to treat a pandemic situation. In addition to that, the Faroe Islands, in co-operation with "the State Serum Institute," have, just like Denmark, gotten vaccination security for around half of the Faroe Islanders.