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Sometimes life takes you in extrodinay directions. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I’d be sitting at a sewing machine making Samba costumes for a Samba Parade above the Arctic Circle in Norway. I am currently production managing the world’s most northern Samba Parade. This year... Click on the title...
The Sun is back, but “King Winter” is not about to loosen his grip on Norway just yet. This February has been one of the coldest in decades, so I thought this is a good time to share some personal experience on how to deal with the cold weather when...
‘I’ll be away’ is starting to be a pain. I’m organising a festival at the moment and to make a festival happen you need people, lots of people. However, this time of year is the ‘I’ll be away’ season. Spain, Brazil, Thailand, Africa, Sweden and France... Click on the title to...
Great Uncle caught a 6kg cod in the Alta fjord. He stopped by the farm to give it to Farmor and Farfar. We all sat in the kitchen watching Great Uncle gut and fillet it with expertise. And of course, the fish-out-of-water Aussie had her camera with her. Cod is a...
Moose has always gone out on the farm in the middle of Winter with just shorts and no shirt on, and sometimes without shoes! And I always profess that he is absolutely crazy! It just so happens that last week I found myself in the middle of a paddock in just...
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- Internasjonal bistand er som all annen industri
Internasjonal bistand er blitt en industrivirksomhet der frivillige organisasjoner ikke lenger fortjener navnet «frivillig», mener nederlandske Linda Polman....
Jobs vikar får 129 mill. i bonus
Tim Cook får godt betalt for de seks månedene han var vikar for Apple-sjefen....
Nesten halvparten av nordmenn over 66 år betaler regningene sine på nettet....
Prognoser om lavere arbeidsledighet møtte statsrådene som søndag startet dragkampen om milliardene i neste års statsbudsjett....
Volvo får ikke kalle seg «sikrest i verden»
Volvo tapte i retten mot Toyota. De får dermed ikke lenger bruke «sikrest i verden» om XC60....
Gud får fortsette på dollarseddelen
«In God we trust» er ikke en religiøs referanse, mener amerikansk domstol....
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Romøren slo tilbake med bakkerekord
(VG Nett) Bjørn Einar Romøren har fått mye kjeft den siste tiden etter det mye omtalte prøvehoppet i Holmenkollen. Søndag satte han bakkerekord i Kollen med 137 meter....
Snøskred ved alpinbakke - leter etter folk
(VG Nett) To personer er hentet ut i god behold fra rasområdet ved alpinanlegget i Oppdal i Sør-Trøndelag. Nå sjekker store styrker om flere er tatt....
Her er svenskenes 18-årige MGP-håp
STOCKHOLM (VG) Hun skapte stor debatt da hun trengte psykologhjelp for å ta seg gjennom Idol som 16-åring. Men i går tok Anna Bergendahl (18) hevn på alle som har tvilt på henne....
- Internasjonal bistand er som all annen industri
Internasjonal bistand er blitt en industrivirksomhet der frivillige organisasjoner ikke lenger fortjener navnet «frivillig», mener nederlandske Linda Polman....
Amerikansk Toyota-sjåfør mottar drapstrusler - kona ber om fred
(VG Nett) Livet til James Sikes (61) har blitt snudd opp ned etter at han mistet kontrollen over sin Toyota Prius mandag....
Med dette kameraet får du en vidvinkel og en zoom som mange andre kameraer bare kan drømme om. Men kvantitet betyr ikke nødvendigvis kvalitet....
Leasa's BIG adventure!
I am heading west to ski under the Colorado blue sky and hang with some of my favorite people (and animals) in the world, including Raven the kitty cat. I will be back to Athens March 15 to finish up what is hopefully my last fully loaded semester of coursework.After...
For those of you that know me, you will not be surprised to hear that I have blown up about 40 of my favorite travel photos. For the past 18 months, I have wanted to blow up my favorite photos and I finally found the time to do it. It...
Another SNOW day...turned into a rain day!
TO: Faculty, Staff and StudentsThe University of Georgia will close as of 2 p.m. today, Tuesday, March 2, 2010.Ahhh, you gotta love an email like this, especially when you have a history of higher education class at 2 p.m. Woohoo! But, this snow day does not even compare to...
As a way to celebrate Black history month and the desegregation of UGA, the Holmes/Hunter Lecture Series was established in 1985 to honor Dr. Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter-Gault--the first black students enrolled at UGA in 1961. This year "America's Educator", Ron Clark--the founder of the Ron Clark Academy in...
IHE Ladies' Night with Origami
Now that I have my own place, I can finally entertain! Woohoo. I love entertaining! So, I invited all of the ladies in my PhD program to dinner and origami. The main reason for the gathering was to celebrate Stephanie & JayneFrances passing their final exams (yahoo!) But, I gotta...
My New Home...in Athens, Georgia
It's funny to say that this is the first time I have lived alone. But, it is true. My entire life, until now, I have always lived with other people: from my family, to roommates, to boyfriends, to my sister, and even undergraduate UGA students (in Oxford). After about a...
Undercurrent
Tilfeldig møte mellom redaksjonelt stoff og annonser? (klikk på bildet for større versjon).......
Store Norske og Wikipedia som kilder
(Klikk på bildet for større versjon. Eller hent bakgrunnstallene). Wikipedia er fortsatt mest siterte kilde i et utvalg av de største norske mediene. I 2009 falt imidlertid antall ganger Wikipedia ble eksplisitt nevnt som kilde for første gang i leksikonets historie, fra 1038 til 859 i ni av de største...
She was an unknown street photographer of Chicago and died last year. John Maloof discovered her photos after buying tens of thousands of negatives at an auction. A selection of photos are already online. Maloof writes: After some researching, I have only little information about Vivian. Central Camera (110 yr...
Noen annen konklusjon er ikke mulig etter "Harry & Charles". Alt ved produksjonen la opp til at vi skal tro på at den som dramatisering trygt basert på historiske kilder. Så er de sentrale hendelsene oppdiktet. Tor Bomann-Larsen tar det nødvendige oppgjøret: Det ligger et uomtvistelig ansvar i å dikte...
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More snow on Flickr!......
ABC Nyheter - Forsiden
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Martin Fourcade vant jaktstarten
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Full alarm etter røyk i tunnel
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CAROLIEN: LIFE AT 70NORTH.
Canberra, great whites and beachlife
I visited the Capital of Australia, Canberra last Friday. As expected from information in guidebooks, the city isn't very interesting. Many office buildings and political departments. Interesting though to visit the Parliament buildings and see the Government "in action". The political system is very British, not a surprise for a...
Exploring Sydney and surroundings in beautiful weather: the day before I arrived it was 41 C, but yesterday it was about 21 c and today somewhere in the higt twenties.Lovely weather and long days, not dark before about 21.00 in the evening. I really felt love at first sight for...
Next stop New Zealand, exploring parts of the northern island: Bay of island, Auckland and Rotorua.Driving in a rent-a-car with everything on the "wrong" side, I have travelled around about 1000 km, giving me an impression of New Zealand. To me it feels very British: a combination of Ireland/England/Scotland with...
Today I visited the capital of Fiji, not so very interesting as I knew already from other tourists, but good to do some shopping, and not at least enjoy the tour to Suva and back. There are so many things happening along the road: the island has one road following...
Yesterday I had the most wonderful day on this trip so far: I booked a so called eco-tour out in the inlands of the island, visiting a real village (not a touristy one)situated one hour from the end of the road. We had to go by boat on the river...
Bula! is the thing at the moment,for those of you who've never been to Fiji...Bula is the greeting her for hello and goodbye.Arrived early this morning after 3 days LA, nice town, but 3 days was enough for me: I've seen Hollywood, Santa Monica and the beaches and Downtown LA,...
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Pub Tekehtopa or Cafe Apothecary in Oslo Norway
Café Tekethopa in Oslo is the old state hospital’s apothecary (pharmacy) from 1872 which was converted to a trendy restaurant in 1997. It’s a three-story mansion, originally with the pharmacy on the first floor and two apartments on the two above. Today it also houses Restaurant Ylajali and Bar Babylon...
Rakfisk dish as traditional fish delicacy from Norway
Rakfisk or fermented fish, is a unique food speciality from Norway, similar in process to the making of cheese, and can be as odiferous as the French cheeses. With a soft texture; in extreme cases, the fish flesh is so soft you can spread it – on Norwegian flatbread of...
Anette Sagen first ski jump in Oslo new Holmenkollen Norway
Holmenkollen Ski Jump arena in Oslo is Norway’s most visited tourist attractions and has been the centre of Norwegian ski sports for more than 100 years. The first ski event took place in January 1892 with a hill record of 21.5 meters. Since then, there have been 18 reconstructions....
Playful girls and boys in snowy Norway
Girls and boys playing in the snow in Norway is no sensation of course – rather a habit The Winter Olympics in Vancouver proves it gives result. We enjoy being outdoors in the snow with the cold, fresh and crisp air. It makes you feel alive, surrounded by...
Winter Olympics 2010 Inuksuk from Canada in Norway
The Canadian Winter Olympics symbol of the Vancouver games is well known for Norwegians: The inuksuk is to be seen in Oslo by the Maritime Museum at Bygdøy island: An inuksuk (plural inuksuit) is a stone landmark or cairn, used by the Inuit, Inupiat, Kalaallit, Yupik, and other peoples...
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Her er topp ti drømmeyrker....
Dette er ingen spøk: Perana Z-One er klar for produksjon - vi har sett den. Se bilder og video....
Drømmer du om å tegne ditt eget kjøkken? Bad? Garasje? Hytte? Tilbygg? Eller er du bare glad i å tegne?...
London: Bo rett over puben for 95 pund
Maskulint og lekkert med kort vei til barstolen....
Det kan bli historie....
Vi bygger mediesenter for stua
Her forteller vi deg om våre valg og viser prosessen - trinn for trinn....
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Historisk vindkule i Suezkanalen
Trafikken har ikke vært lavere på 20 år....
Dermed tok Martin Fourcade sin første verdenscupseier i skiskyting i jaktstarten søndag....
Rafael Nadal gjorde comeback etter kneskade med seier i Indian Wells....
Senterpartiet mener staten er klar for en kraftig slankekur....
Krever strandsoneloven myket opp
- Uhørt at strandlinjen i Oslofjorden og på sørlandskysten skal legge rammene for Hordaland og på Vestlandet....
Nå starter krangelen om budsjettet
Prognoser om lavere arbeidsledighet møtte statsrådene som søndag startet dragkampen om milliardene i neste års statsbudsjett....
A Canadian in Norway
I don’t dream often during sleep other than to carry on working out problems of great logical importance, the solutions to which seem to slip through my fingers like the sands of time when I hazily emerge from my nightly coma.Once or twice a year, I have an unbridled sex...
We are the champions my friendsAnd we'll keep on fighting til' the endWe are the championsWe are the championsNo time for losers'Cause we are the champions of the worldBeaverbooshPost Script of BB's Notables (Chrono)Alexander Bilideau – you are a beautiful human beingPetra Majdic – you are outstanding girl, get well...
Part 2 of the games as the second and final week draws to a close! I have not been able to pry Mrs. BB from the television for the duration. She is a winter Olympic junkie.Norway and Canada are neck and neck in the medal race.Canada is going for gold....
Critisism of Olympic Proportions
The Winter Olympics are now at the half way point and not without controversy. The games are being held in Vancouver, Canada, not my home town, but a nice part of the country.Everyone prior to the event expected one of the best Olympics ever. I mean Canada: modern, progressive, efficient,...
“Turn off the TV, dinner is on the table and it is getting cold,” says Mrs. BB for the second time.This is the familiar cry of parents in households around the world trying to get their children to the dinner table.Unfortunately in Mrs. BB’s case, this is the familiar cry...
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Norway News
Free Hormonal Contraception Halved Termination Rate
The result was that the abortion rate in the trial cities was halved. The project came to an end in December 2009, and the results obtained by the SINTEF Technology and Society scientists were quite clear: The abortion rate in the trial cities was halved, and the women involved were...
Singer picked for UK Eurovision bid
A 19-year-old singer has been chosen to represent the UK in this year's Eurovision Song Contest....
Ask AP: Air travelers' luggage, a skier's death
Saving people's lives, of course, is an airline's top priority whenever a plane crashes....
Meeting on deforestation boosts morale and budget
PARIS a " A conference bringing together more than 60 nations Thursday added $1 billion to the fight against deforestation and boosted the morale of those hoping to save the world's forests a " a key defense against global warming.Three months after a morose ending to climate change talks in...
Norway doomsday seed vault hits half-million mark
This November 2007 image released by the Global Crop Diversity Trust shows work going on under floodlights in the bitter cold of polar darkness to complete the Svalbard Global Seed Vault....
Deforestation conference to turn plans into action brings nations at heart of problem to table
French President Nicolas Sarkozy will open a daylong conference Thursday of some 40 nations to start turning plans into action to save the world's forests and help rein in the noxious gases blamed for climate change....
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- Utroskapet slo ned som en bombe
Popstjernens kone klarer ikke tilgi mannen etter den sjokkerende nyheten......
Får pikante MMS av lettkledde jenter
- Jeg har en hjemme som ikke setter pris på det, sier Farmen-deltageren......
- Forholdet var dømt til å mislykkes
Superparet innså selv at det ikke fantes håp......
- Jeg var i det dypeste sorte hull
Men noen dager før Mesternes Mester fikk Anette Bøe endelig erstatning etter seks års kamp....
Her er MGP-Didriks tøffeste kamp
- Nå er det full krig......
Fikk ryggtrøbbel etter turboslanking
- Jeg har fått skikkelige problemer......
Nettavisen
Friidrettsutøveren Ashton Eaton overrasket alle - inkludert seg selv - da han slettet en 17 år gammel verdensrekord....
Anders Gløersen gikk fortest av samtlige i prologen. Ni nordmenn kvalifiserte seg....
LIVE: Manchester United jakter tabelltoppen
Fulham har to strake seiere over United i serien. Kan Rooney og co. forhindre at dette blir den tredje?...
Renta viktigst for regjeringen
Statsminister Jens Stoltenberg truer med renteøkning og industridød dersom neste års statsbudsjett ikke blir stramt nok....
Av 17 norske jenter klarte sju å kvalifisere seg til sprintkvartfinaler....
- Kan få til noe veldig, veldig stort
Norges beste kombinertløper krever endringer. Skjønner ikke hvorfor han ikke får dele vinnerresepten....
Irish Nomad in Norway
Oslo St Patrick's Day Parade 2010
For anyone interested in watching the Irish of Oslo march through Oslo City Centre in all shades of green, here are the details of today's event which starts at 13.00 at Jernbanetorget.The sun is shining, which takes slightly from the authenticity of the occasion. REAL St Patrick's Days parades are...
Two Irish former Eurovision Song Contest Winner's are on their way to Oslo. First off will be Johnny Logan, two-times recipient of the prize. He won for the first time 30 years ago. I remember the night very vividly considering I was only two years old at the time. Ahem....
I think I might have spring fever. I have this incredible urge to cast off my wool underwear in favour of more normal attire. I find myself looking at normal coats and jackets and thinking maybe - next week - if the daytime temperature stays hovering around plus one. This...
My son spent 45 minutes this morning trying to ride a bike in the snow. It's possibly marginally easier than cycling on the gravel that lies beneath. It was only 8 AM but Spring light is in the air if not Spring weather.I was impressed by his perseverance. Shame he...
For someone who lives so far away from family and many of my friends, I've been very slow off the mark with Skype. I did download it a few years back but found it slowed my laptop down. I also got lots of nuisance messages from various Turkish men,...
For a while I told myself I was finding it difficult to blog because I'd been in Norway so long that nothing seemed strange enough to be interesting to write about anymore. Now my excuse is that as we're leaving in a matter of months, and this fact colours everything...
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Leter etter folk etter snøskred
Redningsmannskaper leter etter folk etter at det i ettermiddag gikk et stort snøskred ved en alpinbakke i Oppdal i Sør-Trøndelag. Skredet var 600 meter langt og 60 meter bredt, og ble trolig utløst av offpiste-kjørere. Ifølge NRK skal to personer ha klart å komme seg ut av skredområdet. Ingen er meldt savnet, men...
- Lav rente viktigst for regjeringen
Det viktigste for regjeringen er å lage et budsjett som holder rentene lave, sikrer norske arbeidsplasser og gir en god velferd. Det var meldingen fra statsminister Jens Stoltenberg før regjeringens budsjettkonferanse startet i dag. Stoltenberg sier til Avisenes Nyhetsbyrå at det må kuttes i bruken av oljepenger, men lover at dette ikke...
16 opprørere skal ha blitt drept i et flyangrep nordvest i Pakistan i dag. Pakistanske kampfly gikk til angrep i et område som anses som en base for Taliban. Angrepene skjer etter at opprørere den siste uka har utført flere selvmordsaksjoner mot flere byer i Pakistan....
Innbyggerne på Breivikeidet og i Oldervik i Tromsø kommune som fredag ble evakuert på grunn av snøskredfare kan flytte hjem igjen i dag. Det melder NRK. Norges Geotekniske Institutt vurderte snøskredfaren som meget stor fredag ettermiddag, og beordret evakuering. 22 av innbyggerne fulgte rådet, mens fire personer valgte å bli i hjemmene sine....
- Burde ha sjekket lovverket først
- Den norske kvinnen som nektes norsk pass til de to barna hun har fått ved hjelp av en indisk surrogatmor burde ha sjekket loven først. Det mener både leder og nestleder i familiekomiteen på Stortinget, Aps Gunn Karin Gjul og Frps Solveig Horne. VG skriver i dag at kvinnen ikke...
Bom for de norske skiskytterne
Det ble helbom for de norske skiskytterne under jaktstarten i Kontiolahti i Finland i dag. På mennenes jaktstart ble Emil Hegle Svendsen best av de norske på 7. plass etter fire strafferunder. Franske Martin Fourcade vant foran Christian De Lorenzi og Vincent Jay. Hegle Svendsen beholder likevel ledelsen i verdenscupen sammenlagt. Alexander Os ble...
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Er de noe tess? Med en ny hjemmetest kan du sjekke kvaliteten selv....
Trenden er at barn skaffer seg venner tidligere nå enn før....
BMW med tidenes råeste partytriks
Trenger du litt liv i selskapet? Se video....
Frukt kan gjøre deg feit....
Slik blir du kvitt snøen i hagen
Snøen smelter raskere dersom du strør på jord eller veksttorv....
Palm har laget en annerledes og knallbra profftelefon....
Dagsavisen / Forsiden
Nå under sperregrensa....
Nå under sperregrensa....
Zuccarello Aasen best i Sverige
Mats Zuccarello Aasen (22) sanket to nye poeng i siste kamp mot Rögle og...
Zuccarello Aasen best i Sverige
Mats Zuccarello Aasen (22) sanket to nye poeng i siste kamp mot Rögle og...
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