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Local Sweden
14 hours ago
- Business
- Local Sweden
Öresund Bridge between Denmark and Sweden has ‘most expensive toll in world'
A review by a Swedish newspaper has concluded that the Öresund Bridge connecting Denmark to Sweden is the world's priciest crossing to drive over. Advertisement The Öresund Bridge is this year marking the 25th anniversary of its opening, but has been given a title it might not want to include in the celebrations. Swedish newspaper Sydsvenskan has concluded that the 16-kilometre tunnel and bridge connection between Amager in Denmark and Skåne in Sweden has the most expensive bridge toll in the world. The current price for a single journey across the bridge in a private car is 510 Danish kroner or 750 Swedish kronor, making it the most expensive bridge by some distance according to Sydsvenskan. Subscribers to the Øresund Go discount scheme pay 178 Danish kroner per crossing, or 262 Swedish kronor. The subscription costs 365 Danish kroner or 565 Swedish kronor per year. This means that even with a subscription to the discount scheme, the first five crossings are still more expensive than on any other bridge in the world. More than five crossings in a year will result in a lower average price per crossing. Around 80 percent of motorists who use the bridge have either Øresund Go or another form of discount according to the newspaper. Advertisement The twin bridges between Kobe and Naruto in Japan are the world's second-most expensive to cross, with the Confederation Bridge in Canada in third place. Denmark's Great Belt Bridge between Funen and Zealand is the fourth-most expensive in the world. The high toll prices on the Öresund Bridge are necessary because it is user and not taxpayer-funded, Linus Eriksson, CEO of operating company Øresundsbron, told Danish news wire Ritzau. 'We haven't spent a single taxpayer krone financing this bridge and we still have debt to pay off,' Eriksson said. The Øresund Bridge was built at a cost of 14.8 billion Danish kroner in 1990, with its financing structure requiring loans to be repaid by users of the bridge. Eriksson also noted that tolls on the bridge are required to be based on ferry fares linking Denmark to Sweden between Helsingør and Helsingborg. The repayment period is a maximum of 50 years from the bridge's opening in 2000, meaning that the bridge is expected to be fully paid off by 2050 at the latest.
New York Times
20-03-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
Thomas Tuchel shouldn't try to coach like he's English. The past teaches us that
England's appointment of the third foreign manager in their history has brought the familiar and somewhat irrelevant questions. How much time is Thomas Tuchel spending in England? Will he sing the national anthem? Does he, deep down, care like those of us who have experienced decades of hurt? The more appropriate question is about what Tuchel is tasked with doing. Winning the World Cup in 2026, sure. But is Tuchel's appointment intended to bring a foreign outlook to the England national side, or should he adjust his approach to suit the English style of football? Advertisement It's a pertinent question, because the confusing thing about England's football style over the last 30 years is that the two previous foreign managers, Sven-Goran Eriksson and Fabio Capello, have been stylistically the most 'English'. In terms of formation, for example, both largely favoured an old-school English 4-4-2. In terms of personnel, both were peculiarly obsessed with Emile Heskey, who was largely out of favour in the intervening period under Steve McClaren. Neither Eriksson nor Capello seemed particularly determined to evolve the style of play and make England a more cultured footballing side. That wasn't entirely illogical. Eriksson was from Sweden, whose football style was largely inspired by English football; he often cited two English coaches who had moved to Sweden, Bob Houghton and Roy Hodgson as his inspirations. 'In Sweden in the 1970s, 4-4-2 was something completely new,' Eriksson later recalled. 'The system was based on the English model.' By and large, Eriksson continued this approach throughout his career. 'I remember asking Paul Scholes one day, 'What's Eriksson got?'', wrote Sir Alex Ferguson in his autobiography. 'Scholesy could shed no light.' It's not that Ferguson thought Eriksson was a bad manager, more that he wasn't sure he was offering anything new. That wasn't the case for much of his career, because Eriksson generally went around Europe and had success by replacing man-marking with zonal defending in a 4-4-2. But as Eriksson himself later said of the England job, 'This was the first time I did not need to explain my footballing philosophy to a new team; 4-4-2 and zonal marking were terms well ingrained in English football's vocabulary. That was helpful.' Granted, Eriksson did try moving away from that system at times — with a diamond midfield and then with David Beckham as a deep-lying passer in a 4-3-3. On both occasions, he reverted to his favoured system quickly. Advertisement Similarly, Capello was an old-school manager who followed in Arrigo Sacchi's footsteps at Milan with a zone-based 4-4-2 when many Italian managers favoured man-marking with a three-man defence. Jamie Carragher spoke about how he was lured out of international retirement specifically to work with Capello, having grown up admiring the defensive quality of his old Milan side. But he was 'disappointed' by the lack of detail in Capello's approach, compared to what he was accustomed to under Rafa Benitez at club level. Capello went back to basics. On the other hand, Terry Venables was probably the most adventurous and flexible manager England has ever had. Glenn Hoddle was initially fixated on a Christmas tree formation and, although he moved away from that plan, had England playing in a positive and flexible way. Kevin Keegan didn't care too much about tactics but was at least fundamentally attack-minded. McClaren was renowned as a forward-thinking assistant manager, and upon taking the top job, experimented in terms of system — fatefully so, in the end. Hodgson's downfall was not being too defensive, as many wrongly remember, but trying to use four attacking players in the same side at both World Cup 2014 and Euro 2016, and leaving the defence exposed. And Gareth Southgate, while infuriatingly cautious at times, was clearly tactically flexible and initially quite innovative — his use of Jesse Lingard and Dele as free No 8s at World Cup 2018 proved very effective. This is, of course, overlooking Sam Allardyce's reign, which is fair enough considering he only lasted a single game. But otherwise, if you tried the footballing equivalent of a blind taste test, and had to pick out the two foreign managers solely from 'formation' and 'profile of players in key positions', you would struggle to get either correct. Tuchel is different from Eriksson and Capello. For a start, he's worked in English football and knows the reality of the Premier League. And while there's arguably been a slight shift back towards somewhat 'traditional' English concepts in recent years — heavy pressing, inswinging corners, a focus on 'winning the duels' — he also knows he's dealing with technically gifted and tactically intelligent players. There's no need for Tuchel to over-adjust and get England playing in boxy formations and passing in straight lines, as Eriksson and Capello seemed to think was necessary. Advertisement Rather than former England managers, Tuchel's model for his approach is actually a current England manager. Sarina Wiegman has succeeded as England Women manager by being unashamedly true to her own philosophy, familiar to other Dutch coaches. Tactically, she overhauled the playing style and demanded that England became more cultured. She favoured Mary Earps in goal, ahead of better shot-stoppers, because of her distribution. She made the technically gifted but physically slight Leah Williamson, previously a squad player without a defined position, her captain and key centre-back. She made Keira Walsh, a Spanish-style deep playmaker, the heart of her side. She's picked strikers for their link play as much as their ability in the box, and even when she's had two in-form centre-forwards, has resolutely fielded only one. When things go wrong defensively, Wiegman routinely complains that it's because England haven't kept possession well enough. This has been successful, in part, because English players are now accustomed to playing in positive football sides, based around possession and pressing. They no longer play old-school football, and there's no reason for a foreign manager to come in and try to act like an old-school English coach. Indeed, it shouldn't be forgotten how fortunate England are to have two coaches who have won the highest prizes in Europe before taking charge: Wiegman the European Championship, Tuchel the European Cup. Granted, Spain have won the Women's World Cup and men's European Championship in the past two summers with relative unknowns. But then, Spain already had their philosophy. England usually need a steer in the right direction — and not a foreign manager who simply conforms to English ideas. But, so far, it seems Tuchel evidently doesn't see things that way. 'It needs to reflect the Premier League,' he said of his anticipated football style at his first press conference. 'The Premier League is a very physical league, it's a very demanding league, a very direct league. We should be brave enough to play like an England squad, and not try to copy other styles too much. It should reflect the values of the country, and the strongest league in the world. We shall try to implement a direct style, an attacking style, and we will try to increase the intensity in our game.' There's a balance to be found. England probably won't tiki-taka their way past the best opponents, in part because of the lack of top-class midfield options. 'Direct style' presumably means an emphasis on breaking quickly, rather than playing long balls up to Harry Kane. Advertisement But England have spoken about having a physical league for decades, and have regularly turned up to tournaments and found themselves unable to compete physically — precisely because their league is so draining and they're running on empty. With temperatures at World Cup 2026 likely to be very testing, England need to be capable of playing, and dominating, at a slower tempo, too. If Tuchel is to fail, it might not be for footballing reasons. Tuchel is more likely to encounter significant problems with the press than with gegenpressing. Both Eriksson and Capello were startled by the off-field challenge of managing England and their downfalls ultimately had little to do with footballing matters. This isn't exclusive to foreign managers, of course. Hoddle had to resign for comments made in an interview, and Allardyce was undone by a newspaper sting operation. No other major footballing nation's press manage to get rid of so many international managers. Perhaps the hostile days of old are over, and the relationship between team and media seems to have improved in recent years. But it was rather convenient that Cole Palmer's injury allowed him to call up Morgan Gibbs-White after the somewhat exaggerated outcry over his initial omission. Maybe Gibbs-White was genuinely next on Tuchel's list, or maybe he was keen to avoid a lengthy furore in his first international window. An unusually short 18-month contract means Tuchel doesn't have much time to comprehensively re-model England — but that's fine, considering this is a side that has reached the last two European Championship finals, and semi-final and quarter-final in the last two World Cups. More modest tweaks are required. But England do need to be more assertive in possession, and in particular, more tactically flexible within games. Tuchel's sides have generally been impressive in those respects, and much as he's keen to speak about England's traditional strengths, he shouldn't overlook his own.
Yahoo
01-03-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Parent-driven bill aims at providing additional ABA paraprofessionals at CCSD for students on spectrum
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – The Nevada Legislature will hear a parent-driven bill aimed at providing additional Applied Behavior Analysis paraprofessionals and other therapy support to students on the spectrum. It's been years of emotions for parents like Eve Eriksson. 'My daughter was at the end of a dark tunnel, and I couldn't communicate with her,' she shared with 8 News Now. After years of ABA therapy, every day her daughter Evelyn is making progress. She said her 7-year-old is autistic and nonverbal. 'And with ABA and some of her other therapies it's like my daughter is coming out of that tunnel,' Eriksson said. A tunnel Eriksson is coming out in support of ABA Therapy. According to the Child Mind Institute, the therapy is a method used to help kids often diagnosed with autism learn new skills, improve communication, and reduce problem behaviors like hurting themselves. There's also controversy behind it. One criticism of ABA is that the earliest version of it used punishments as well as rewards. 'It's so important that she be able to have those supports in school,' Eriksson said. She said Evelyn never got that support while in school at a very young age. Eriksson said there's just not enough staff or qualified paraprofessionals to support children like her.'I don't feel like she's invited into public education,' she said. Left with no choice, Eriksson, like many families in the Las Vegas valley, had to choose ABA therapy and take her daughter out of traditional school. She now homeschools her daughter where she also receives her necessary therapy. Eriksson is now advocating for the passage and implementation of Nevada Senate Bill 174. According to the bill, it would allow outside paraprofessionals to provide ABA and other therapy to students in Nevada. 'This would give them the opportunity to actually go to the school and work with the children in class with educators,' Mike Lee said. 'I have a 6-year-old child, he has autism, he's non-speaking and nonverbal and so I do have a great amount of concern.' Lee authored the bill in collaboration with Board Certified Behavior Analyst or BCBA Samantha Lemons. 'We want to target behaviors where they're occurring so if we have kids that are engaging in maladaptive behaviors in the school setting or they need support with their social-emotional, their communication in the school setting, we obviously want to push in there,' she said. BCBA's like Lemons, work with people who have developmental issues. She also runs Little Lemons Therapy in Las Vegas. It provides in-home ABA therapy to children with autism. 'We have some kiddos that need support in schools, autism doesn't stop,' said Lemons. 'ABA can work for everybody and everything.' Both Lemons and Lee shared an internal memo with 8 News Now Ozzy Mora sent by the Clark County School District in 2021 to its staff. It said, 'Outside ABA therapists are not allowed to provide ongoing services to students during the school day.' According to CCSD's website, there's an entire page devoted to ABA and student support resources. Sources tell 8 News Now the district had just recently updated its page. 8 News Now reached out to CCSD about SB 174 and additional questions about its paraprofessionals. After several attempts, the school district responded with a statement: CCSD continues to track SB 174 as part of the 2025 Nevada Legislative Session. District staff work with legislators to monitor changes made to the language in bill drafts. CCSD provides public comment on bills as appropriate throughout the process as the legislation progresses. 'I'm not the biggest advocate for ABA therapy,' Cash Colligan said. Colligan is a proud father of an autistic child and worries ABA therapy can be harmful. 'There's too much fear-mongering with autism to where parents try to get this methodology of fixing or normalizing,' he said. 'You definitely have to fight and advocate for what you know is best for your child.' He said all kids should be accepted for who they are. As for Evelyn's mother, Eriksson just hopes one day her daughter can go back to school and get the education she deserves. Many other parents reached out to 8 News Now Ozzy Mora to include their stories as part of their efforts to get SB 174 passed. Other people want to know where the money will come from exactly to pay for these additional paraprofessionals and how they will integrate into CCSD's special education classroom. SB 174 outlines it should not be a fiscal burden to the school district. In Nevada, Medicaid does cover a certain amount of ABA Services for autism treatment. The first hearing for SB 174 was scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 26, but was pushed back to a later date. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
11-02-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Former Canucks Winger Loui Eriksson Officially Retires From The NHL
Former Vancouver Canucks winger Loui Eriksson has officially announced his retirement. The 39-year-old last played during the 2022-23 season in the SHL with Frölunda HC. Eriksson played 1,050 games in the NHL, including 252 with the Canucks. Latest From : Canucks Elias Pettersson's Linemates For The 4 Nations Face-Off Revealed Canucks Thatcher Demko Named Second Star Of The Week (Feb 2-9, 2025) The Weekly Rewind: Vancouver Canucks Recaps From February 3 To 9, 2025 In a statement, Eriksson wrote, "It's time. After a year and a half of reflection, it's time to officially retire. Hockey has given me more than I could have ever imagined. I've had the highest of highs and lowest of lows, but at the end of the day, I'm so thankful for the memories that I'm bringing as I walk away from the game of hockey." Eriksson retires from NHL after 16 seasons: — (@NHLdotcom) February 10, 2025 Eriksson first arrived in Vancouver after signing a six-year, $36 million contract during the 2016 offseason. During his five seasons with the organization, Eriksson scored 38 goals and recorded 90 points. Some of his highlights with the Canucks include recording the primary assist on Elias Pettersson's first career goal and helping Vancouver reach the second round of the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Swedish winger's time with the Canucks came to an end in 2021 when he was traded to the Arizona Coyotes. The trade was massive as it sent a second-round draft pick in 2022, a seventh-round draft pick in 2023, Jay Beagle, a first-round draft pick in 2021 and Antoine Roussel in exchange for Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Conor Garland. Eriksson spent one season in Arizona before playing his final season in the SHL. Make sure you bookmark THN's Vancouver Canucks site and add us to your for the latest news, exclusive interviews, breakdowns, and so much more. Also, be sure to leave a comment at the bottom of the page and engage with other passionate fans through
