GrillKongen - Craig Whitson

Craig Whitson
GrillKongen (aka Grill King) makes Norway proud in TN at the SuperBowl of Swine?!
(it was in May, I missed it) & he coached the Danish Nat'l BBQ Team (did you know they had one?!) & he's really from OK & he's closed his restaurant Craig's in Stavanger (darn) & has 4 cookbooks published (in Norwegian) & a quote of his: "Knowledge is good, so is beer"?! on his webpage: http://www.craig.no/ - a local Renaissance Man?!



Cookbook cover from 2006

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Newspaper Article Link:
http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=91587619830&h=Hmm10&u=xX5Xz&ref=mf

The Washington Post - Food Section - All We Can Eat...

Note: below is an excerpt from the newspaper article, go to the link above for more & to see a photo of the man who's begun to look a bit too much like what he's cooking - he best start grillin' some veggies soon is what I'm thinking...

The Norwegians Prove Themselves in Memphis

"Last year at about this time, I had a belly full of brisket, still smelled of smoke and was rushing back to the District to put the finishing touches on my story about three international teams competing in the Memphis in May barbecue contest, the so-called Super Bowl of Swine.

The weekend was a blast: Besides the heavenly aromas and flavors, imagine men dressed in pig drag, ice coolers turned into motorized transport, and more punny team names than you can shake a pork rib at. Despite the frivolity, it's a lot of work, and the global teams' hopes for 'que glory were dashed when the none of their names were called out from the stage come awards time.

Only one of the three returned this year: 100 Degrees Celsius, under the leadership of Okie-turned-Norwegian Craig Whitson, known in his country as Grillkongen (Grill King) Craig.

What a difference a year makes.

In its third appearance in Memphis this past weekend, the team took home two second-place trophies, both in "anything but" (i.e., anything but pork) categories. That's after a single third-place trophy in 2007 and squat in 2008.

100 Degrees Celsius, named for the team's preferred sweet-spot temperature of low-and-slow barbecue (212 degrees Fahrenheit), again worked on a tricked-out smoker dubbed Bling-Bling by its acclaimed maker, David Klose of Houston....

100 Degrees Celsius was one of just two international teams this year. "I think the economy had something to do with it," Whitson said. The other, the Danish National BBQ Team (which Whitson coached), took home a trophy, too, for third place in the beef category. The team, sponsored by Weber, cooked everything on Weber equipment available at any Home Depot, said Jim Boland of Memphis, who worked with both teams..."

Article by Joe Yonan May 19, 2009; 12:45 PM ET

David Klose of Houston Link:
http://www.bbqpits.com/klose.htm or http://www.bbqpits.com/

The Danish National BBQ Team Link:
http://www.bbqlandsholdet.dk/Default.aspx?AreaID=104

And be sure to listen to their CD single?! http://www.weberq.dk/Default.aspx?ID=357 it's in Danish, but it's still funny--when you think they're singing about BBQ in Danish?!
(I've asked someone on Facebook who speaks Danish to please translate for us so we can know just how funny it really is?!)

Container

this from their homepage...

Container
...is your own private treasure trove of feminine fashion.
We design four annual collections for girls who insist on quality, a good fit - and of course individuality.
Container always checks out global trends and then personalises them by adding a certain twist. We get inspiration from all sorts of places and we consolidate all our impressions to give them a new individual style.
We mix and match across cultural divides and fabrics and we don’t give a damn about tradition and “the done thing”.
We have our own style where fashion meets personal expression. Our container of inspiration is never empty...

Our spring collection can be found in the shops in February, summer collection in April, Autumn collection in August and the Christmas collection in October.

Anita Holk - Owner

Container is sold in more than 150 shops in Denmark

These shops are located throughout the country, and it is possible to find the Container brand regardless of where you are in Denmark....click on the dealers above.

Container is also sold internationally and is currently available in Norway, Sweden, Germany, Spain, England, Italy, Greece, Finland and Russia.


Link: www.container.dk & click on UK Version (for English)

Shop location: at Jaerhagen Mall in Kleppe, Solaveien 25 - KomInnAS, Interior og Gaver

Tlf. 51 42 85 55 Epost: post@kominnas.no

Shop webpage: http://www.kominnas.no/

Note: webpage is in Norwegian, can Google translate to English--but sadly they do not have the Container clothes on their webpage, only in the shop...look for this logo, see below, they're upstairs at the Jaerhagen Mall in Kleppe...

Directions: taking the 39 from Stavanger toward Kristansand or South, after Kvadrat Mall, take the exit for 44 toward Bryne & after you pass the Godsterminal roundabout, before tunnel going on to Bryne, at large roundabout with an iron blue bird statue standing tall in the middle, in Kleppe, is the Jaerhagen Mall to your left with a McDonalds too at the road as you turn to the left...
(or if all else fails just go to http://www.gulesider.no/ & search for directions & print out a map)

Sally Ann

Sally Ann
...is The Salvation Army's fair trade concept.
The shop...sells designer and handcraft products manufactured in Bangladesh, Kenya and Peru.
Through The Salvation Army's network in these countries, poor and underprivileged groups, such as prostitutes and disabled people, get a job with fair wages.
The selection of products range from interior decoriation and gift items to clothing and accesories.
Most products have a western design and all hold high quality, plus they carry an interesting story...

www.sallyann.no

The Salvation Army (Frelsesarmeen) www.frelsesarmeen.no
The Salvation Army's first Norwegian corps was started in Oslo in 1888.
Today, the office in Oslo is the Territorial Headquarters for the Salvation Army in Norway, Iceland and The Faroes.
The territory has 115 corps, providing various activities.

descriptions from: www.vistnorway.com

www.fretex.no

Sally Ann in Fretex

In Stavanger, you can now buy products from Sally Ann in a separate section in the Fretex shop at Mariero.
Sally Ann is The Salvation Army concept of Fair Trade.
Sally Ann's goal is to transform people's lives and combating poverty.
Many people in Bangladesh, Moldova, Kenya and Peru produce rugs, runners, bags, cards, baskets and furniture.
These products are now for sale in Stavanger, in addition to the Sally Ann store on Majorstua in Oslo.

Chairman of the Sally Ann, Major Inger Marit Nygård opened the department

Locations (3 in Rogaland):

(1) Fretex Mariero, Stavanger

Adresse: Langflåtveien 15, Mariero
4017 Stavanger

Telefon: 51 58 16 70
E-post: Anne.Kristin.Klungtveit@fretex.no

Åpningstider: Man 09.00-17.00
Tirs 09.00-17.00
Ons 09.00-17.00
Tors 09.00-19.00
Fre 09.00-17.00
Lør 09.00-15.00

(2) Fretex Vaisenhusgt., Stavanger

Adresse: Vaisenhusgt. 5
4012 Stavanger

Telefon: 51 89 53 73
E-post: tor.k.nilsen@fretex.no

(3) Fretex Breigt.20, Stavanger

Adresse: Breigata 20
4006 Stavanger

Telefon: 51 89 40 33
E-post: martha.nydal@fretex.no

Anthony Gormley - Broken Column

Note: photo from different source than DK Eyewitness - Art

DK Eyewitness Companions - Art 2005
Robert Cumming
Text previously published in A.R.T: A no-nonsense guide to art and artists
Painting - Sculpture - Artists - Styles - Schools
www.dk.com

pg 468 Contemporary Art

Anthony Gormley
1950 - British
UK, India, Sri Lanka
Sculpture, installations
London, Tate Collection
$145,600 in 2004 - Quantum Cloud XIV (sculpture)

He is an artist of increasing stature who has never been afraid to go against the grain of fashion.
His characteristically (but not exclusively) life-size human figures have no specific features & are made of metal, visibly soldered together in static poses. The are casts of the artist's own body. He is wrapped in clingfilm, then clothe, then coated with wet plaster, which dries.
He is then cut out of the resulting mould, which is reassembled, & lead or other maetal is pressed into the void, or beaten to take his form, & the pieces are welded together.
Gormley studies Buddhism in India, & there can be little doubt that he is an artist trying to say something (in which he may or may not succeed) rather than to play to a market.
His 20-metre (65-ft) - high Angel of the North dominates the main A1 road on the approach to Tyneside.
Key Works: Bed, 1980-81 (London: Tate Collection)
Three Ways: Mould, Hole, and Passage 1981 (London: Tate Collection)
Untitled (Man Falling) 1985 (Private Collection)
Maquette for Leeds Brick Man 1986 (Leeds: City Art Gallery)

Photo insert: Angel of the North
Anthony Gromley, 1997-98, height 20 meters (65 ft), steel sculpture, Gateshead (UK)
The work has a poetic significance as a memorial to the area's now defunct coal mining industry.
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Side Note: Angel of the North, recreated in straw for a worthy cause...
in image Googling photos of the original found this Angel of the NW

Photo title on webpage: The Angel of the North West was a great success and supported Hope House.



www.snugburys.co.uk/sculpture.htm

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Broken Column Challenge Taken

photo from Gard Karlsen webpage
(the one we have yet to get a close-up of)

November 12, 2008 Challenge was given to find them all?!
May 29, 2009 Challenge accepted & half-way done thru the list of 23...

How many others before us have tried & failed we don't know...
Could be many a local school project as well, but find no webpages as proof...

There's only 1 local webpage to be found, besides the Rogaland's Museum webpage (they do own it all afterall) & their link to a Broken Column map...

Here you can see one attempt at finding them all & the photographs...
(except they didn't go into the private house, while we were allowed--but then we still have to get a boat to go out to rock awash off an island near Hundvag for a close up photo, so I guess we're even) www.gardkarlsen.com/broken_column.htm

Ours will be another successful attempt, started today - very successfully - were granted access to more than imagined (15 done) & we'll find a boat yet to make it to the island for the rock awash one at close range...

To be finished sometime next week (8 to go) - then we'll proudly post it all on Facebook followed by a link on the Rain in Stavanger Blog soon after...

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Here following is from Gard Karlsen's page...

What is Broken Column?

According to http://www.stavanger-web.com/

23 iron sculptures, all 1.95 meters tall, have been placed in and around Stavanger's City Center. Some have been erected outdoors and some inside shops, schools and even a private home.

The artwork is made by Antony Gormley, a London-based sculpter also known for Another Place.

It took 4 years to decide whether or not to place the figures in Stavanger.
The project is financed by the Municipality of Stavanger, Stavanger Art Society and Rogaland Art Museum.
Each sculpture is fitted 1.95 meters lower than the previous.

The first iron man is placed at the Art museum some 40 meters above sea level. The last sculpture is found in the sea just outside of Natvigs Minde downtown Stavanger.

I first encountered Mr. Gormley's work at the Sola beach when Another Place took place. Another Place was 100 sculptures (similar to the ones that are described above) placed on the beach and out in the water at Sola...

But now, similar sculptures are back in Broken Column and I will present som pictures of the various statues below.

The sculptures' are all 1.95 tall and they all face 10° west.

The 'Fish Market' sculpture is the one that has given the direction for the rest of the sculptures. It is loacted in the harbour and it is looking out at the sea.

Each sculpture is also placed in a specific height. Sculpture no. 1 is located at Stavanger museum of fine arts and it is located at 41.41 meters above sea level.

Sculpture number 2 is 41.41 - 1.95 = 39.45 meter above sea level and this continues until the last one located 1.23 meters below sea level at Natvigs Minde.

Please check out Mr. Gormely's page (http://www.antonygormley.com/) for more pictures of previous work.

On this page I will present pictures that I have taken of the different sculptures. I have not been able to take pictures of all of them yet but this page will be updated as soon as I take more pictures.

Please click on the Stavanger map to move to the different sculptures or just scoll down to see the photos. Click on each thumbnail to get a larger picture.

Map kindly provided by Kevin Paul Scarrott, cartographer, http://www.stavanger-guide.no/

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Or this link will take you there directly, from Home to Other Practical Maps to Broken Column Antony Gormley (Map & Views PDF)

or www.stavanger-guide.no/maps/maps_other/broken_column.pdf

2009 Swatch - FIVB World Championships

Beach Volleyball at Pulpit Rock in Norway May 25

Photo Credit:
Beach Volleyball: 2009 FIVB WCh features something unique
2009-05-15 28:00
http://en.olympic.cn/news/sports_news/2009-05-15/1796087.html

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Stavanger Norway Grand Slam Beach Volleyball

For a week in June - July the FIVB World Tour beach volleyball event comes to Stavanger, for the Norway Grand Slam event.


Conoco Phillips is the main sponsor of the event, which brings people from all over the world - and hundreds of tons of beach sand to Vaagen - the main harbour in Stavanger, with volleyball courts all around the harbour, plus a stadium built each year for the event.


In the first couple of years it was just the men that competed here, but now it is both men and women.It brings a great atmosphere - and Stavanger is popular with the players - made even more special by the visits of large cruise ships in the harbour most days. It also has one of the biggest prize-money purses.


In the days before the beach volleyball tournament a ship arrives in town carrying sand, which is then placed half a metre deep around the harbour, where the courts (about 10 of them) will be.In 2006 there was a barge in the harbour with 2 courts and a beach-bar - a nice addition.It takes about three weeks to build the main stadium, which closes the road on the north side of the harbour.


When: Thursday 25 June - Sunday 5 July 2009
Where: Vaagen harbour in central Stavanger
Website (norsk): http://www.vmstavanger.no/

Borrowed From StavangerTravel.com write up of 2007 event
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See Also Wikipedia...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Beach_Volleyball_World_Championships


The 2009 SWATCH FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships is an upcoming beach volleyball event, which is scheduled to be held from June 26 to July 5, 2009 in Stavanger, Norway. The Swatch FIVB World Championships are organized every two years, and Norway is the first Northern European country to host the event. The city of Stavanger has earlier hosted ten Open and Grand Slam events at the SWATCH FIVB World Tour.

Prize Money - US$1Mil

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Another article & mention of special events for the event - Beach Volleyball on Pulpit Rock (that's surreal?!) http://en.olympic.cn/news/sports_news/2009-05-15/1796087.html

Here the original article (Norsk): www.vg.no/sport/artikkel.php?artid=572749

Ida, Missing Link, in Oslo

The Norway Post, Doorway to Norway

May 21, 2009 Thursday

In New York, an international team of scientists, led by Jorn Hurum of the Natural History Museum in Oslo on Tuesday unveiled a well preserved fossil of what they claim to be "the Missing Link".

The beautifully preserved remains of a 47-million-year-old, lemur-like creature was unveiled at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, by the city's mayor. It has been named Ida, after Jorn Hurum's daughter.

Ida was discovered in the 1980s in a fossil treasure-trove called Messel Pit, near Darmstadt in Germany. For much of the intervening period, it has been in a private collection.

The investigation of the fossil's significance was led by Jorn Hurum, who said to BBC that the fossil creature was "the closest thing we can get to a direct ancestor" and described the discovery as "a dream come true".

He said the team concluded that she was not simply another lemur, but a new species. They have called her Darwinius masillae, to celebrate her place of origin and the bicentenary of the birth of Charles Darwin...

But Dr Hurum believes that the missing link is exactly what Ida is.

He told BBC News that the key to proving this lay in the detail of the foot. The shape of a bone in the foot called the talus looks "almost anthropoid".

The fossil will now be put on display at the Natural History Museum in Oslo. NOK 2.2 million has been granted to upgrade security at the museum, NRK reports.

(NRK/BBC)
Rolleiv Solholm

Read more of this article at... http://www.norwaypost.no/

Read more about the UNESCO world heritage site of Germany's "Grube Messel" or Messel Pit at... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messel_Pit

Note: Anyone read "Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body" by Neil Shubin? Then you'd really have perked up at not just the mention of "missing link" but also the detail of the "foot" on this fossil in particular...if you're in the Yahoo Book Group in Stavanger then you would of read this book for the 200th Anniv. of Darwin's birth & about 150 yrs since the publication of his famous theory & you'd understand more about the why & how fossils tell us so much more about ourselves than you'd ever imagine...even better this one is in our own backyard nearly, to Stavanger, just over in Oslo--Road Trip?!