Who Lights the Stars

Tomorrow there will be a silent moment at 12 PM in Norway and Sweden in memory of the victims on Utøya and in Oslo. Life will somehow go on after the incredible atrocities in Norway.

We must remember there are still good things in life. There is still happiness and love and wonderful children laughing and glorious sunshine and everything that is good in the world. There are still good people that make life worth living.

Listen to Eva Dahlgren ask who lights the stars and who turns the winds. Let her voice help you to start the healing. Let her lift your soul.

Remembering the Massacre

Stavkirken in Second Norway today.

Don´t Forget To Vote

The registered members of Second Pride have from Saturday July 23rd until Saturday July 30th to vote for the Board of Second Pride 2012.

For easy voting first login on the Voting Platorm, then use the links for the different positions that are conveniently provided in the e-mail that has been sent to you from Second Pride.

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Scandinavia in Mourning

As the dust is starting to settle after the horrific atrocities in Norway yesterday,. We are all more or less in a state of complete shock in the whole of Scandinavia.

Our hearts go out to our grieving brothers and sisters in Norway for the awful massacre that was perpetrated yesterday. We are all watching the news directly transmitted from the Norwegian television NRK and are all in tears and utter dismay.

As far as has been reported so far, this is what happened.

Anders Behring Breivik, 32, an ethnic Norwegian and right wing extremist who is also a Christian fundamentalist and a islamophobic nationalist had a field day yesterday.

It all started with a bomb exploding outside a government building in central Oslo at 3.26 PM on Friday. The explosion killed at least seven people and seriously injured ten others. A tall blond man dressed as a policeman was seen close to the location.

The first reports of the massacre on the island of Utøya, outside Oslo, started coming around 18.25 PM on Friday.

The Norwegian Social Democratic Party´s youth organization was having it´s yearly summer camp on the island and had gathered 560 Norwegian and International youths.

Anders Behring Breivik, dressed in a police uniform, called on the youngsters to gather around him for news about the bombing in Oslo. As they did so he proceeded to start shooting them down, one by one. When the youngsters scattered all over the small island to take cover, and hide or attempting to swim away from the island, Anders Behring Breivik started to seek them out in their hiding places and shoot them execution style, one after the other.

He walked around seeking out his victims and shooting those he found in cold blood for approximately an hour and a half before he could be stopped.

Picture shows Anders Behring Breivik shooting at the beach (Photo by Marus Arnesen, NRK)

The death toll on the island is presently at 85 confirmed dead, but it is expected to increase as there are still many listed as missing.

Anders Behring Breivik was apprehended by The Norwegian Police´s Special Forces. He has been taken into custody and is now being questioned by the police on the events.

Our thoughts and love go out to the murdered and injured, their families and friends and to the whole Norwegian people at this time. This is the worst massacre that has happened in the Nordic countries in modern history and is an attack on democracies everywhere.

We will stand together, side by side, with our Norwegian brothers and sisters, to defend our common beliefs and against the aggression of the right wing extremists, the Christian fundamentalists and the islamophobes and xenophobes.

100,000 pageviews

Today Bock in SecondLife passed 100,000 pageviews since June 1st, 2010. This is the 889th post.

The blog has been in existence since August 25th, 2009, although I didn't start blogging regularly until January 12th, 2010. I started out blogging in Swedish but since August 14th, 2010, it´s been mainly in English.

On this occasion I would like to take the opportunity to thank all my regular readers and of course the incidental ones also. Thanks for following me through thick and thin, good times and bad!

Lots of hugs all around!

Two Terrorist Attacks in Norway - Updated

The Norwegian Social Democratic Party´s youth organization was having it´s yearly summer camp on the island of Utøya, outside Oslo, Norway.

Several hundreds young people where assembled, mostly Norwegians but also International guests, when someone dressed in a police uniform started shooting into the crowds. 10 people are believed to have been killed.

The shooter has reportedly been arrested. The reasons for his crazy actions have not yet been reported.

Meanwhile In Oslo city center, close to the government buildings, a bomb exploded today and killed 9 people.

The Norwegian police believe the two attacks are connected.

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My heart goes out to the victims of these terrible attacks and to their families and friends.I also think of all my friends in Norway and hope they and their families are safe.

Worlds Largest Graffiti

Do you want to check out the worlds largest graffiti? Then go for a look at the island of Al Futaisi in the United Arab Emirates using Google Maps or Google Earth.  

The incredibly wealthy sheikh Hamad bin Hamdan Al Nahyan, who is member of the country´s royal family, has had his first name shoveled out in the desert sands by laborers from Pakistan and Bangladesh. The inscription is three kilometer long. 

Isn't that a terribly creative way to spend your money and wealth in a world where disease and famine kills people by the millions? I feel like slapping someone.