By Gorill

Hello, and welcome to my homepage.


You simply MUST look at all that I have made .......

Old gloss images that have come to life again, through the card!

Mittens or hats ....

A great gift for someone you are fond of ....

To self or others - or just looking for ideas, so then you further. Patterns are mine. Therefore, each product unique.

Click to inwards to see .....

Welcome!


If you would like contact please send me a mail.
www.mail@bygorill.no

Webpage Link:
http://www.bygorill.no/

Also she's on Facebook too, become a Fan...

Note: I know her, she's volunteering at Red Crossing with the Assylum Seeker Women on every Wednesday's here in Stavanger--who knew, she can make lovely knitwear & cards too?!
Knit one, Pearl two, Knit one, Pearl two...(that's all I know, how to say it--not do it?!)

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Egersund Julemarked

Egersund Julemarked
3 - 13 December, 2009

http://www.julebyen.no/

Translated from the webpage:
This year arranged Norway cutest juleby for nothing less than the sixth consecutive year.
As it should be, we have also this year carpentry together a monumental cultural program.
In addition, we offer include the real Matglede, Christmas mulled wine at our singing monks, ...happy people in all the streets, and the experience of it eventually so recognizable Egersund Nissen, to mention a few.
This year's juleby other words smack full of adventures for young and old. Welcome!

Opening hours for the Christmas Town Egersund 2009

Thursday 3 and 10 December kl. 16:00 - 20:00
Friday 4 and 11 December kl. 16:00 - 20:00
Saturday 5 and 12 December kl. 10:00 - 18:00
Sunday 6 and 13 December kl. 12:00 - 18:00
Pause Monday 7, Tuesday 8 and Wednesday 9 December

Bus or train running from Stavanger or Sandnes...

13. December

12:00 . . . Christmas market opens
13:00 . . Angels in Globen Angels in Julegloben (*aka the Igloo)
14:00 . . . Olav, Amy & little Maja in Globen with Nathalie Omdal & Reidar Bjaanes that people
15:00 . . "Snekkeren" with children & youth orchestra from Bjerkreim Gospel Company in Globen (Note time: 15:30)
16:00 Christmas market & church opens Christmas market & church opens "Snekkeren" with children & youth orchestra from Bjerkreim Drum Circle rhythm fest finale!
17:00 Puppet in Globen Puppet in Globen Christmas Thief in Globen .
18:00 Christmas Thief in Globen Olav, Amy & little Maja sings with the audience in Globen Christmas Town rods Christmas Town closes for the year

Postal address:
Christmas Town Egersund
PO Box 416
4379 Egersund

Contact:
Kari Robertson Arntsen
Tel: 926 30 979

Note: all photos from their webpage, took my own this year because I can finally say I've been to Christmas Markets (in Gamle, Stavanger & Hanasand, Rennesoy & in Egersund, Norway?!) Jingle, jingle...

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Keramikeren - Tove's Ceramics

Tove Seierstad Wiik

From Tove's webpage for her Ceramics Shop...

Address: Old Route 5, 4018 Stavanger Phone: 996 26 530

Email: post@keramikeren.no

Webpage: http://www.keramikeren.no/

Opening hours: Mon-Fri 09-16/9-4:00, Thu 09-18 /9-6:00, Sat by app't

Outlets: FIVE Hons - Randaberg & Stord, Be Z - Sandnes,
Charm & SOUL - Stavanger, Gallery F-12 - Forus

About: Completed a graduate Keramisk Transformer in 1995,
Started own workshop on Hinna in 2004,

Quote: "My character is artistic ceramics designed for a feminine & delicious way"

Note: I've bought 4 ceramic angels, 3 tea light holders, 2 mugs with the 3 swords on them & am waiting for the bells & prob. a ship bowl & a vase that reminds of K-rock (all local handmade gifts for friends, but maybe I won't give away the bells?!)

Moods of Norway

Moods of Norway

Welcome to the super interactive web shop created and run by our fantastic grandmother.

After her 976th birthday our grandmother discovered the beauty of the world wide web and the wonders of the modern day computers. After a super quick crash course by her grandchildren, an elegant web shop was launched to the sounds of barry white, bert baccharac, and three generations of Chippendale dancers.

The shop is as smooth as silk and as trustworthy as grandma herself. At the moment our grandmother is serving the shop by herself, but in the near future the Chippendales are joining her to bring the web shop to the peak of global domination

webpage link: http://www.moodsofnorway.com/

webshop link: http://www3.moodsofnorway.com/default.asp?file=ws&mode=front

Note: Written up on Harvard Business Publishing...
Link: http://harvardbusiness.org/product/moods-of-norway/an/609106-PDF-ENG

Moods of Norway
by Robert D. Austin, Shannon O'Donnell, Dorte Krogh

20 pages. Publication date: Jun 22, 2009.

Describes a young fashion company competing in a variety of unconventional ways, many "experience economy" related. Moods fronts their brand with the "boy band" images of its three founders and designs eccentric features into their clothes as a way of gaining mindshare among customers even though they cannot spend on marketing the way their competitors do. The case invites students to explore an unusual business model in both concept and execution.

Another Note: Where the Moods Boys met Norwegian Design Council to Harvard Business Case Study with Copenhagen Business School - read more to get the connections...

Link: http://www.norskdesign.no/2009/harvard-business-case-moods-of-norway-article10668-8026.html

Shops in Stavanger, Norway:

Capone - Kilden, Gartnerveien 16, 4016 Stavanger
Capone - Klubbgata 5, 4019 Stavanger

Hoyer - Breigate 4, 4006 Stavanger

dna Stavanger 8108-10 - Sorengaten 14, 4006 Stavanger

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Elle's Gluten Free Kitchen

Blogger Spotlight:

Elle Hermansen & her Gluten-Free Norwegian Pancakes! (Crêpes)
by Jay on August 4, 2009

There are numerous gluten-free pancake mixes around – I’ve tried most, but unfortunately, they don’t seem to satisfy. They always seem to end up really heavy on my stomach and dry. Also – I have lactose allergy, and the mixes might be low in gluten, but they’re high in lactose!

I finally decided to use an old simple recipe for regular pancakes, substitute some ingredients – and try my hand at making it lighter and still tasty. A lot of us gluten-free folk cannot handle a lot of milk – I don’t think I’m alone – so this recipe is lactose-free as well.

This is a Norwegian recipe – and pancakes around here are neither thick nor fluffy; they are more like French crêpes. Which I actually prefer! Mmmmm! Norwegians take pride in making the pancakes as thin as possible.

As you can see I fried up some bacon (wish it was Canadian!), because it gives you the option to roll it up in the pancake/crêpe. I usually end up eating the bacon on the side because I thoroughly enjoy eating mine with Nutella. Inspired by the Parisian street food!

I am eating it with Nugatti in (Norwegian Nutella-wannabe…it’s ok). Also, no pancake is complete without Canadian maple syrup! Make sure you purchase a malt-free kind. This Winnetou 100% pure natural maple syrup doesn’t seem to affect my tummy.

What you want to do is make sure you have the following simple ingredients. There are only four and it is the easiest recipe ever. My cat Beatrix enjoys making these for me on Sunday mornings

You’ll need;


3dl/10oz Gluten-free flour: I personally like this kind the best because it’s a mixture of corn, rice and potato flour. You could even mix your own concoction at your nearest bulk foods store.

5dl/17oz Lactose-free milk: You can substitute for regular milk if you are a champ! Either way it’s great! What I use isn’t actually lactose-free, it’s lactose-reduced, but my tummy says it’s ok ?

½ teaspoon Salt

4 medium sized eggs (free-range – let them chicks run around a little).

… and this is how you do it;


First – mix the flour and the salt in a bowl with half the milk. Use a hand- or stand-mixer for the job. As soon as it’s properly mixed – add the rest of the milk and crank the mixer up once more.

Crack the eggs in a separate bowl and add them all to the mix once you’re happy the free-range hens have delivered quality wares. Run the mixer for a while to mix it all up good and get a little froth on it.

When you’re satisfied – get out your favourite timer and set it/him/her (in my case) to 15 minutes. Your mixture needs some time to age proper

Once it’s time to cook, make sure your pan is good and hot. Add some margarine to it, then strike a pose and pour from the bowl, into whichever corner from which your house is tilted (mine goes to the left!). As soon as it has settled a little – use a spatula to spread the uncooked, top part of the mix so that it covers the whole pan.

Now – it’s a regular pancake – get your spatula under it – flip it – and serve! Put the bacon, Nutella and syrup on the table and invite the neighbours! It doesn’t matter if they’re not allergic; the pancakes are just THAT good!


Elle ;)

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Webpage link where her post was, that I've copied (hope nobody minds too much,

just passing on the good stuff for the locals) called Gluten Free Post...

http://glutenfreepost.com/?p=1368

But she's got a Blogspot Blog going too, put on my Norway Blogs (see sidebar)

www.ellehermansen.blogspot.com

Happy Gluten Free Cooking--even apparently in Norway?!

(I do have friends that eat like this & Vegans or Vegetarians too,

so will give it a try once--but for now this post's for them?!)

Sidenote: Elle's also teaming up with Katie of Kate's Cupcakes for some Gluten Free Cupcakes -

coming soon at a restaurant or bakery...here in Stavanger, Norway (or you'll be able to order too I'm guessing?!)

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Auma Obama in Norway for CARE

This weekend, in Oslo, Norway - Auma Obama, 1/2 sister to Barrack Obama, is here for the CARE program in Africa (she's come from Kenya)

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See local news article on webpage here...

www.nrk.no/nyheter/kultur/1.6815345

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See TV video on local newspaper webpage here...

www.aftenbladet.no/utenriks/article1095929.ece

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If either in Norwegian, you can use the Translate button on Google toolbar or go to Translate.Google.com to do that for the whole page too...

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I almost got to drive for the military here involved in collections for CARE this weekend, but they had enough volunteer drivers - I do afterall have my newly acquired local driver's license?!

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Here's an article & photo of what the collection cups look like - a "bossebaerer" or translated as a "gun carrier" (curious translation) Just a big plastic cup with a handle & a slot on the top lid usually locked up too...

www.nrk.no/programmer/tv/tv-aksjonen/1.6822220

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Another article about CARE, helping women & children with a photo...

www.nrk.no/programmer/tv/tv-aksjonen/1.6749074

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Or go directly to the CARE webpages...

Global CARE webpage-

http://www.care.org/

(check out the Blogs section too: Africa, Poverty, Food Crisis, HIV/AIDS, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Congo, Health, Entrepreneurship & Economic Development...)

Note: watch the "I am powerful" video in the Video Gallery under Web Features too...

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or you can go to the Norway CARE webpage -

http://www.care.no/

(tip: any webpage with a ".no" means it's from Norway)

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Keiko buried in Halsa, Norway

Photo of Keiko's gravesite memorial in Taknes Bay,
on GoogleEarth by RSherman
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/5990050

Keiko (many know him from Free Willy) is buried in Halsa, Norway
North of Kristiansund in Vagland region (Nordemoere - Central Norway)
After living in Taknesfjord/bay from Sept 2002 to Dec 2003

3 Articles in Norwegian newspaper at the time:
http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article690508.ece

http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article691549.ece

http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article691382.ece

Copy of first article:
Norway mourns loss of Keiko
Pneumonia is being listed as the most likely cause of death for celebrity whale Keiko, who made Norway his home late last summer after surfacing in a western fjord. Local officials are calling Keiko's sudden demise "downright sad."
AVNINA BERGLUND

Keiko's minders noticed that he seemed ill on Thursday and stopped eating. He was found dead Friday evening after exhibiting signs that he was having trouble breathing.

"I think this is downright sad," Margrethe Saether, mayor of the local township of Halsa, told Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) on Saturday. "It is, at any rate, what we'd call a natural death. He initially seemed to have a cold, but when he was checked after darkness fell Friday, he was lying dead at the pier."

Officials cordoned off the area at Taknes Bay in Nordmoere, not far from Kristiansund, to keep the media and public away from Keiko's corpse. They said Keiko would either be brought up on land or towed out to open sea and slaughtered.

Keiko was thought to be in his mid-20s and had spent a quiet summer swimming around in the bay where he'd been relocated late last year. The move was made in an effort to protect him from the thousands of human well-wishers who flocked to the area to get a glimpse of him.

The bay is also known for attracting other wild orcas, and Keiko's minders from the Free Willy-Keiko Foundation had kept hoping he'd join up with them and return to the wild himself. After a lifetime in captivity, however, the whale who sprang to international fame in the movie "Free Willy" never showed any interest in being on his own.

Saether noted that Keiko was without a doubt her township's biggest celebrity. His death will likely stem the sudden surge of tourists who traveled to the remote area on Norway's northwestern coast to see him.

Keiko was initially captured off Iceland in 1979. He then spent years in various aquatic parks in North America before being moved back to Iceland in an effort to return him to the wild. He was released from an Icelandic fjord in the summer of 2002 and swam to Norway on his own, only to resurface off a local village and immediately attach himself to local residents who swam and fished in the area.

His antics proved an immediate tourist draw, prompting those who'd been working with him for years to move him to Taknes. They continued to care for him after attempts to reunite him with wild orcas failed, and last summer he was being fed as much as 40 kilos of herring every day.

Aftenposten English Web Desk
Nina Berglund

Also read more at these links:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3700297/

or
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keiko_(orca)

His own webpage:
http://www.keiko.com/


YouTube tribute videos:
Free Willy - Will You Be There MJ song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEdgUnxawi8


RIP Keiko (Lucky one)

Geotourist landscape hotel

HOTEL JUVET™

At the farmstead of Burtigard, Alstad, in Norddal municipality, a tourism enterprise has been established that is quite out-of-the-ordinary; a landscape hotel that offers a short-stay holiday concept based on geotourism.


The landscape hotel is comprised of the farmhouse, the barn, and initially up to ten detached hotel rooms that have been sited separately in practically virgin scenery. Each room has its own unique view of this craggy Norwegian landscape: the farmstead, river, valley, mountains or the ravine. The rooms are of modern design that blend into the landscape, creating a harmonious marriage where Nature and modern design bring out the best in each other.


In the high season our guests are offered a five-day stay that is crowned with activities and experiences organised in the Western Norwegian fjord landscape. Professional hosts take care of guests’ needs, accompany them on trips, prepare their food and inform them about the landscape, culture, geology and history of the area. In this way, guests depart from there with a distinct feeling that they really have experienced a bit of Norway.


Outside the summer season the landscape hotel holds theme stays, and directs its marketing at companies and organisations. Weekends are largely set up for weddings, birthday celebrations, family gatherings, mystery trips etc.


The farm is situated by Gudbrandsjuvet (Gudbrand’s ravine), which is the most popular natural attraction on the road between Trollstigen and Geiranger. This stretch of road is soon to be accorded status as a National Tourist Route. The hotel concept, due to open in 2008, is a result of a co-operation between the National Tourist Routes association, architect firm Jensen and Skodvin (JSA) and landowner Knut Slinning.

Read more at...
Link: www.juvet.com

Mystery flower in Stavanger

My photo of the 'mystery flower' - taken in the neighborhood

of Stavanger, Norway (somewhere in Tasta on Bomloveien)

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Read more about the mystery flower...

at http://www.thebluekimono.blogspot.com/

Post from June 15, 2009 Monday

by SallyMandy

"The Mystery of the Double Dahlia" (*ahhh...mystery solved?!)

Note: with a lot of great photos of Dahlia's, like this odd one in black & white...

(all the rest are in brilliant colors)

Dahlia II Print by Caroline Kelly

borrowed from www.eu.art.com

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Puffins, Clown birds of the sea

Photo credit - naturephoto-cz.com

The Puffin Festival...

is a culture and nature festival where participants are given an update on the state of seabird stocks.

It is also a family event for young and old with a concoction of performers and artists from near and far who create a positive experience and festivities.

Welcome to happy festival days in Røst.

http://www.visitnorway.com/en/Product/?pid=62885

The Puffin Festival (Thurs 25th - Sun 28th June 2009)
NO-8064 Røst (aka Rostlandet)
http://www.lundefestivalen.no/

Note: numerous photos & drawings of puffins on this webpage that are copy protected, so you'll have to just go there & see for yourself...

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Photo credit - worldculturepictorial.com

From the Times

May 20, 2006

A bird's eye view of puffins in Norway

It’s 5.45pm on a remote Norwegian island. Time for the puffins to arrive, says Caroline Hendrie

In the far north of Norway legend has it that on the same day each year, at 5.45pm precisely, puffins — hundreds of thousands of them — return to their breeding ground, a steep craggy island off the fishing hamlet of Gjesvaer.

Last year they were 25 minutes late, so just in case they were early this year, there we were, a crowd of locals and tourists, binoculars pointed out to sea and necks craned for the first siting...

Read more of the article at the following link...

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/travel/holiday_type/cruises/article721210.ece

Need to know:

Caroline Hendrie travelled with Norwegian Coastal Voyage (...www.hurtigruten.co.uk).

A six- night voyage north, leaving Bergen between July 25 and August 29, costs...
including full board, flights and transfers.

The bird-watching excursion to Gjesvaer costs...

When to go: From now until September — the puffins are particularly visible until mid-July.

Next year’s Return of the Puffins escorted tour, with an onboard ornithologist, leaves on April 9, 2007. (Note when article was written in 2006)

The cost...per person, includes the six-night voyage, one night’s half board at a hotel in Honningsvag, onboard lectures, Gjesvaer bird-watching trip, North Cape excursion, flights and transfers.

Reading: Norway (Lonely Planet...)


Photo credit - birdfinders.co.uk

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Photo credit - mypets.net.au

And sadly (or not for past survivals sake) they bred a special dog, the Lundehund, to hunt them (puffins) in the winter for food, read more here about this rare breed...

http://www.damninteresting.com/the-norwegian-puffin-dog

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Note: All photos above borrowed from Google Images...

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Rost Travel Guide:

Bird Nesting Colonies
The steep and towering islands southwest of the populated island of Røstlandet, are "home" for the largest number of nesting birds in all of Norway, - with approximately one fourth of the country´s seabird population. A "census" taken in 1992 shows a population of 2,5 million adults birds.
During the summer, there are daily boat trips to the nesting colonies. On the island of Vedøya, you can see the remnants of early settlement, showing that the island was probably an old fishing and hunting station. Bird lovers and researchers, both at home and abroad, regularly visit these ornithologically important islands. Moreover, a book about the birds on Røst has been published in Norwegian, English, German and French.

http://www.world66.com/europe/norway/lofotenislands/rost

Note: I'll be on the lookout for this book, in English...

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Ten Things You Should Remember When Touring Norway
By Jonathan Williams

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9.) Bird Watching
If you're into some nature viewing, then you should go to Norway and see nature unfurl or rather stretch its wings. Find your way into the islands of Lofoten and admire some 87 species birds that flocks its marshes and other bodies of water. Visit the towering island of Rostlandet, home of Norway's nestling birds, and see some 2.5 million adult birds right before your eyes.

http://ezinearticles.com/?Ten-Things-You-Should-Remember-When-Touring-Norway&id=1005861

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More little, most likely entirely, unknown facts about Rost/Rostlandet, Norway...

UFO sighting In 1986 Rostlandet, Norway

Note: while I was looking, why not check out Stavanger too--so here in 1958 a UFO sighting...

4 January 1958 14:30 - Stavanger, Norway - Woodcutter incident.
An object landed, and a very tall man stepped from the machine.

http://www.ufodna.com/uf15/uf2/152285.htm

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Ink Fest 5th Int'l & 10th Food Fest

Posterdesign By Ronaldo Dalcin

LeadingLight Stavanger & Tattooworld Stavanger

Proudly Presents

5th.
International
TattooConvention
Stavanger - Norway.
24.-25.July.2009

YLondon Ink
Dan Gold
www.discoverychannel.co.uk/realtime/londonink
YElisabeth Varley
World Record Holder for Most Tattooed Senior Lady.
http://www.isobelvarley.com/
YElaine Davidson
World Record Holder for Body Piercings
http://www.elainedavidson.co.uk/
YMagician / Illusionist/
Daniel Larsen
http://www.magiens-mester.com/

~Traditional TattooStick
~Art by Vatea Tahiti
~Art by Sulu'ape pili mo'o
~Contest * Artfusion * Shows
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Webpage

Link: http://www.tattooconvention.no/

Dates/Ticket Prices

Fredag/ Friday
150,- nok Voksne (Adult)
75,- nok Barn 12-16 år (Children)
Gratis Barn under 12 år
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Lørdag/ Saturday
150,- nok Voksne
75,- nok Barn 12-16 år
Gratis Barn under 12 år
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WeekendPass
200,- nok Voksne
130,- nok Barn 12-16 år
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Family pr dag:
350,- nok 2 Voksne 2 Barn
50,- nok +ekstra barn
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Family Weekendpass
500,- nok 2 Voksne 2 Barn
75,-nok +ekstra Barn
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Fra 21.00- 23.00 hver dag: 18 års grense.
Between 21.00 - 23.00 eatch day. 18 years minimum age.

Y mom Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y mom Y

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July (personal) Note:

family visitor came to Stavanger, Norway for 2 wks in July & then another 2 wks off on Holiday out of the country after that for the rest of July, so was gone a month & little time for Blogging about Norway?!

There was a Food Fest in Stavanger too, got back in town just in time to miss it what with suffering from Jetlag & all?! Maybe next year...

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Photo credit - visitnorway.com

Some of what was missed this year...

(only in Europe/Norway I'm guessing would this come up)

Photo credit - aftenbladet.no

The Gladmatfestival had an early start Tuesday night, with the sensual photo exhibition from artist Tom Haga.

http://gladmatavis.no/

Naked Ingredients, 69 Sensual Recipes...

Photos by Tom Haga

http://www.tomhaga.no/ (photographer's webpage)

Food by Sven Erik Renaa

Photo Credit - Foto Thomas Fosse

Kokk Sven Erik Renaa og Fotograf Tom Haga har samarbeidet om en sensuell kokebok.

Boken lanseres under Gladmatfestivalen.

http://www.rogalandsavis.no/nyheter/article4346987.ece

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Gladmat food festival Stavanger Norway

Gladmat is a food festival in Stavanger Norway that means many things to many people. If you want to sit with friends and have familiar food, you will find it - but you can also find strange and unusual food; many local producers of fish, meats, herbs, breads and other foods that you never knew existed; you can sit and watch master cooks taking part in gastronomic competitions. Ideas for dinner party place settings to parades - Gladmat has it all.

http://www.stavangertravel.com/event/gladmat-food-festival-stavanger.cfm

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And the map layout for 2009...

http://www.stavanger-guide.no/gladmat/

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Rogafest Valuen Beach

The whole Rick Astley takes Rogafest

PRESS RELEASE:

Saturday 27. June takes even Rick Astley Vaulen with Hitparade of the rare.
Unlike many of their colleagues from the 80's that still appears on the clubs around Europe, have Rick Astley in recent years been a reincarnation of the rare.
Before he takes Vaulen Saturday 27.
June, headlines Rick concerts in the biggest arenas in the UK, including Wembley, Machester Arena, Liverpool Echo Arena and Birmingham NEC.
Rick Astley has during his career sold over 40 million records, and in 1987 he topped the list VG in Norway, with a monster hitter "Never gonna give you up".

Same song topped charts in 16 countries, including the United States and England.

Song was the best selling single in England that year.
In a few years Rick Astley spat out 13 top 30 singles, including songs like "She wants to dance with me", "Whenever you need somebody," "My arms keep missing you", ”Don`t say goodbye”, and "Together forever".

The latter, also topped the American and British pop charts.
In 2008 Rick was nominated in the class "all time best artist" during the MTV Music Awards. Among the other nominees were Britney Spears, Green Day, U2 and Christina Aquilera.

Rick won the award.
Rick Astley set for Rogafest with full band.
In addition to Astley we also have the pleasure to launch a couple of French goodies that will bring out the dancing feet, including Kaoma who in 1989 had a monsterhit with the song "Lambada", and discovers the gang in Ottawan, best known for songs "Hands up" and "DISCO"

Both bands will be part of a half hour long summer medley that will visit international and national artists.
Other artists that appear at this year's Rogafest De Lillo, Find Kalvik, Di Derre, m.fl

For additional information please contact:
Organizer Henning Aarekol, mobile 95 91 90 96, henning@rogafest.no
Producer Thomas Borg Vang, mobile 94 14 68 23; thomas@playevent.no

Link to webpage: http://www.rogafest.no/ (then Google translate for English)

from the photo gallery on official webpage: http://www.rickastley.co.uk/

Video - You Tube - Never Gonna Give You Up

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOU8GIRUd_g