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Daily Record
19-05-2025
- Sport
- Daily Record
Sivert Nilsen injury return timeline set as Aberdeen boss Jimmy Thelin lands major boost
The Dons star has been missing since March with a freak injury Sivert Nilsen is set to be given the all-clear to resume his Aberdeen career. The Norwegian has been out since March with a nasty eye injury. The 33-year-old is set to see a specialist this week and is expected to get the go-ahead to get back playing. He may have to play with sports glasses in the first instance. Nilsen won't come back into the playing squad for the Scottish Cup final but is likely to be allowed back to full training. It is a major boost for Jimmy Thelin and the Dons as there were major concerns when the midfielder first got hurt in a freak training incident and it impacted his sight. Nilsen had been given time off but in recent weeks has been back training at Cormack Park. The former SK Brann player will come back for pre-season and join his fellow Aberdeen teammates as they prepare for their European return. You can get all the news you need on our dedicated Rangers page, and sign up to our newsletters to make sure you never miss a beat throughout the season. We're also WhatsApp where we bring all the latest breaking news and transfer gossip directly to you phone. Join our Rangers community here and our Celtic community here.
Press and Journal
24-04-2025
- Sport
- Press and Journal
Aberdeen manager Jimmy Thelin provides update on Sivert Heltne Nilsen following freak training ground injury
Aberdeen manager Jimmy Thelin has praised Sivert Heltne Nilsen as they await a timescale on how long the midfielder will be out injured. The 33-year-old has not featured for the Dons since the 2-2 draw with Dundee United on March 2 due to an eye injury sustained in training. Thelin says it remains uncertain how long Nilsen will be out or if the midfielder will be able to feature for the Dons in the final six games of the campaign. Thelin said: 'They are making some assessments so we're still waiting for the big answer on how long everything will take so still we don't actually know for sure. 'It's a process but we have to wait maybe a week more to get more of a timeline of exactly what it's going to be. 'The retina and all these things have to calm down a little bit and then we can see how much time it will take.' The Dons have granted Nilsen permission to return to Norway while he recovers and Thelin has praised the way the player has dealt with the setback of being sidelined as the Dons chase a third-place finish in the league as well as Scottish Cup glory next month. The Aberdeen manager added: 'He's a strong character and a really professional one with his passion for football. 'His only thought is about coming back but we need to just wait and respect the situation and the experts, the doctors, will guide us to the right decisions. 'Right now he's back in Norway. He was climbing the walls here. He can't do anything right now, so we sent him back for a little bit.' The Dons welcomed back goalkeeper Dimitar Mitov and midfielder Jamie McGrath to the squad for Saturday's Scottish Cup semi-final win against Hearts. Defender Gavin Molloy is also back available following a shoulder injury but the Dons are waiting to learn if striker Ester Sokler faces a spell on the sidelines. The Slovenian missed Saturday's win at Hampden after suffering an injury in training last week. Aberdeen, meanwhile, head into the final six games of the season with everything to play for. The Dons welcome Hibernian to Pittodrie on Saturday in what could be a huge game in the race to finish third in the Premiership. Thelin is pleased his side have worked their way into a position to achieve success in the league and the Scottish Cup this season as the finishing line approaches. He said: 'That's the mentality we always try to build, and what we're aiming for in the long term. 'Everybody should feel and know how Aberdeen are going to perform on the pitch with a clear identity. 'It's not always easy to predict what's going to happen but you have to have a strong belief in what you want to happen and how you want to perform. That's the confidence we are building.'
New York Times
05-04-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
Book Review: 'Tongues,' by Anders Nilsen
TONGUES: Volume 1, by Anders Nilsen I've been getting TONGUES (Pantheon, 368 pp., $35), a retelling of the Greek myth of Prometheus, in the mail for years now. The artist Anders Nilsen serializes it and self-publishes each chapter, which arrive in big envelopes that often include little zines of Nilsen's sketches and notes that illustrate his process, like prizes in a box of Cracker Jack. As fun as that is, it's a relief to have the story so far available in a single codex so that I can give my poor back issues a breather. I find that the story's least familiar moments are the ones I wish I could fold up and carry with me in my pocket. Nilsen works hard to ground his story in our seemingly endless war-torn historical moment — and how could you restage stories from Greek myth and not write about war? — but his most vivid images are those I've never seen depicted in any medium. They emerge unexpectedly, in much the same way a giant, beautiful seedpod emerges from the ruined throat of a dead soldier while his comrades bicker about what to do with his corpse. It's in contrasts like this one that Nilsen guides us into truly uncharted territory, somewhere between the simultaneous boredom and tension of all-too-familiar life during war and the sudden awesome appearance of Gyges, one of the Hechitonchiraes (literally 'the hundred-handed ones'). The hapless mortals in 'Tongues' are shunted into and out of danger by a scheming, shapeshifting god called Z and his minions, while Z's uncle, called the Prisoner, looks down at them from the mountaintop where he lies chained and tries to comprehend the intricacies of contemporary life. In this, he has the help of his dearest friend, the eagle who eats his liver every day. The names have been tinkered with slightly, but the dramatis personae are obviously the Greek pantheon, with much of their pettiness and vanity intact in Nilsen's new setting, an anonymous West Asian country. There, Z is amassing a cult of his own militant worshipers for mysterious and almost certainly nefarious purposes. Z fears only one thing: an assassin employed by Athena. She turns out to be a little girl named Astrid, who is kidnapped by cultists during a terrorist attack and then recruited by the gods. Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times. Thank you for your patience while we verify access. Already a subscriber? Log in. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
Yahoo
29-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Residents learn about smart meters at NYSEG event
The president and CEO of New York State Electric & Gas met with community members Wednesday at Lockport Town Hall to answer questions about smart meters. NYSEG is seeking the go-ahead from homeowners across Western New York to switch their homes to smart meters. Residents have taken to social media to express concerns about what conversion means for their electric bills. According to a NYSEG fact sheet, a smart meter is an electric meter or natural gas meter with two-way wireless communications with the utility's secure data center. It transmits energy use and meter status automatically. This meter eliminates the need for personnel to read electric meters, and makes detection of power outages automatic. Residents can use Energy Manager, an online tool, to more precisely observe their energy use and costs. NYSEG CEO Patricia Nilsen said the meters ensure that a customer gets a bill on an actual reading. 'With Energy Manager, they can monitor their energy by the hour. Customers can go back two days to see what was used. So if they plugged in an electric car, they can see the difference.' Nilsen said that if the power goes out, smart meters send an alert to the household address. This allows utility trucks to stop only where they are needed, rather than going door to door. Homeowners have expressed concerns that the utility can control a home's power use remotely through the smart meter, Nilsen said, and impose 'black outs.' She assures customers that this is not the purpose for smart meters. Some homeowners have claimed on social media that their utility costs increased after their smart meter was installed, Nilsen said. Most often, she said, this impression is due to customers receiving estimated utility reads before their smart meter was installed, and seeing a difference with the actual bill. According to an October commentary by Christine Alexander of NYSEG, the company, along with RG&E, sends out 2 million bills a month. She said less than half a percent leads to customer complaints. Alexander said the company encourages customers to call so a customer service representative can go line by line through their accounts and better understand what factors may actually be leading to billing variations. Town residents Reggie Rosati and Kathy Galus attended the information session and were able to have their questions answered. Rosati said she walked in unhappy, having received a bill for $1,500 last month. She said she was ready to opt out of the smart meter, but after learning more had changed her mind. NYSEG staff went through Rosati's utility charges and decided that her old meter needed to be replaced at no charge. 'It's definitely the way to go,' Rosati said. 'I'm going to give it a chance.' Galus described reading utility bills as 'reading Greek.' She said she felt better after speaking with NYSEG staff. To speak with a NYSEG customer service representative, call 800-572-1111 (NYSEG) or 800-743-2110 (RG&E).
CBC
05-03-2025
- Sport
- CBC
Canada's Natalie Wilkie skis to silver at Para nordic world championships in Norway
Canadian Para cross-country skier Natalie Wilkie added another world championship medal to her collection on Wednesday after racing to silver at the Para nordic worlds in Trondheim, Norway. The three-time Paralympic champion from Salmon Arm, B.C., reached the sprint classic podium in the women's standing category, finishing just 0.21 seconds behind Norwegian favourite Vilde Nilsen in the one-kilometre race. Nilsen captured gold with a time of three minutes 52.92 seconds in the six-woman final, which saw American Sydney Peterson claim bronze. Wilkie, a seven-time Paralympic medallist, is poised for more success at next year's Milano-Cortina Winter Games after another standout season. The 24-year-old claimed a pair of silvers at last month's Para cross-country worlds in Toblach, Italy, crossing the finish behind Nilsen in the 10km an 20km interval start freestyle events. She also captured two Para biathlon world titles last month in Pokljuka, Slovenia. Wilkie competes in the LW8 classification for skiers with arm impairments. She lost four fingers on her left hand when she was 15 in a workshop accident at school.
