2024-03-15 15:12:15
European rules that require companies to combat abuses by their foreign suppliers have nevertheless received the support of the EU countries. The so-called due diligence law has been strongly weakened following fierce resistance from large companies, such as the Dutch dredging company Boskalis.
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He still doesn’t know what hit him. And he finds it hard to fully describe how it felt. But something was completely wrong with Thomas Arnoldsen.
Østjyden, who can become Danish handball’s next star name, made his debut last spring on the A national team and was on the verge of a move to the big club Aalborg, when something happened to his body. Or head. Or both places.
– I really felt it at the end of last season in Skanderborg. When the body finally had to rest, it was as if it collapsed completely. As if the whole house of cards toppled over. At the beginning I just lay on the sofa and mightn’t do anything, says Thomas Arnoldsen.
It wasn’t just plain tiredness following a long season. Perhaps he paid the price for a very early breakthrough in Skanderborg’s league team, great responsibility and plenty of playing time. Year following year.
Maybe it ran deeper. He does not know. But he is convinced that it was a mistake to go with the U21 national team to the World Cup last summer.
– In retrospect, I should never have made it to the final round. I might play, but I mightn’t function. Socially, I was a completely different person. I mightn’t be myself, he explains.
– The youth national team has always been the place where I have found peace. Some of my best mates ran around on that team. My twin brother Frederik was also selected, so it was difficult to say no. But in that final round I didn’t feel well. I should have said that, says Thomas Arnoldsen.
Gradually it became clear that he had to pull the plug. Had to drop the start of the season in Aalborg, and had to postpone the meeting with the new teammates.
– I had come to a new club and a new city and had to meet new people. I just wanted to show what I can do. It was a difficult message to give to Aalborg, but when I was told it was nice, says Thomas Arnoldsen.
The agreement was that he should go on holiday. But he only felt that he was getting worse.
– Then the management in Aalborg was quick to say that I should have a break. No matter how long it would be. I might get all the help I needed, he says.
The break ended up being four months. He calls it “a tough period”.
He found that lying on the sofa only made him feel worse, so he kept busy until he finally made his debut for his new club in December.
But what it was that knocked his legs out from under him, he hasn’t become much wiser.
– I wish I might give an answer, but I simply don’t know. I can’t really come up with one thing where it went wrong. Whether it’s been stress related or exhaustion, I’m still figuring out.
– I don’t know if I’ll ever find the answer. I hope so. First of all, I am happy that it has gone in the right direction, says Thomas Arnoldsen.
He is back in the A national team, which meets Switzerland on Saturday. Like so many others in the handball world, national coach Nikolaj Jacobsen is enthusiastic regarding the young full-back.
– Well-thought-out, skilled defender, a playmaker who is also dangerous to score and who dares to go for goal when things get tough.
– He has come back well. There are some fluctuations, but that is natural when he has been out for a long time and is still young, says Nikolaj Jacobsen.
On the handball court, Arnoldsen feels back to full strength. But the downturn has left its mark on the soul.
– There are still things I struggle with. But I’ve learned how important it is to be 100 percent honest regarding how I feel.
– It’s not possible for me to go and feel bad. Then it’s better to talk to someone. Although it may well be a bit taboo for some, it is important to do it. The sports world is sometimes a tough world to be in, says Thomas Arnoldsen.
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2024-03-16 07:15:03
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Work is advancing at the El Roble de Yungay School, within the framework of the Public School Infrastructure Improvement Program, “Best School”, of the Ministry of Energy, implemented by the Energy Sustainability Agency (AgenciaSE) whose objective is to promote the implementation of projects to improve public school infrastructure, which raise quality standards for the country’s students.
The work, carried out by the company “Constructora Pablo Alberto Molina García y Cía. Ltda.”, has a budget close to 212 million pesos and involves the total remodeling of the infrastructure, through the construction of screens at the main and rear access, reconstruction of the roof and cover structure, the total replacement of lighting, improvement of the electrical system, the extension of dividing walls in the classrooms, painting of interior walls, among other actions that will fully renew the El Roble School.
Currently, the work is 50% complete, projecting its completion for May of this year. “We are very happy to see how progress is being made in this important project, which points to one of the main commitments of the Government of our President, Gabriel Boric, regarding raising quality standards within the country’s educational establishments. Furthermore, the works continue to strengthen energy efficiency and, in the particular case of the El Roble School, giving a tremendous boost to rural education in the commune of Yungay,” detailed the Seremi of Energy, Dennis Rivas.
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President Gabriel Boric promised that before winter all the people affected by the forest fires that affected the Valparaíso Region will have a roof before next winter.
The president led the delivery of kits of school supplies for students whose families were affected by the accidents.
The measure will benefit regarding 4 thousand students, who have been identified through the registry carried out through the Basic Emergency File (FIBE). These sets They consider the same implements and materials as the set provided by the School Supplies Program (PUE), and were complemented with a backpack and two additional university notebooks.
But the ceremony was not without controversy. During her speech at the activity, Mayor Macarena Ripamonti called on President Boric regarding the conditions of the residents affected by the fires.
“These backpacks and these school supplies will, in most cases, be stored inside a tent, because we still cannot arrive with the necessary emergency housing. The children will probably have their school supplies and backpacks, but I don’t know if they will be able to attend classes even though we start this Wednesday, because there are no showers or bathrooms to be able to clean themselves enough,” he expressed.
In addition, he accused that there is not enough transportation or food capacity, “despite, and I am grateful, that we are all doing everything we can and dedicating more than 18 hours of work to fulfill our labor and political responsibility, we are still missing too much.”
“There are always things that can be improved”
In the followingnoon, the head of state visited sectors of the damaged areas, met with the mayors of Viña del Mar, Villa Alemana and Quilpué, local and national authorities, and with the technical coordinator for reconstruction.
At the end of the instance, he responded to those who have said “very lightly that nothing has been done here”: “I want to tell you that that is not true. “There are always things that can be improved, there are places where we might be more efficient.”
“In the face of a catastrophe of these characteristics, there will always be needs that have not yet been covered, but that we are making the maximum effort to reach, but it is not true that nothing has been done,” he added.
In addition, he expressed his commitment to those affected by the fires. “The urgency today and where the main efforts are focused is on the roof. Between now and winter, until the rains stop, all affected families have to have a roof over their heads. “Those are emergency homes or some of the alternatives that the corresponding authorities will take into account, but between now and winter everyone has to have a roof,” he said.
Along with this, President Boric called on the National Congress to approve the Fire Law and the creation of the National Forest Service.
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