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Deconstructing Norway: A tune for travel, on backroads and byways
LILLEHAMMER, Norway - The visitors touring Maihaugen Heritage Village were itching with curiosity. They'd wandered the site's narrow lanes and peered inside the 200-year-old log cabins. They'd explored the craft shops and traditional hand-hewn barns...Tags: Edvard Munch, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Music Industry, Trips and Vacations, Music
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'Looper' in the loop to open Toronto: 'Cloud Atlas,' 'Much Ado,' 'Hyde Park' among fest screeners
Variety"Looper," helmer Rian Johnson's time-travel thriller starring Bruce Willis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Emily Blunt, will open the 2012 Toronto Film Festival with a genre groove echoing the populist tone set by 2011 opener "From the Sky Down," Davis...Tags: Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams, Sally Potter, Kristen Bell, Neil Jordan
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Chefs gather for OpSail Fleet Chefs Challenge
Chefs from 18 U.S. and international ships participated in the Virginia OpSail 2012 Fleet Chefs Challenge June 9-10 along the downtown Norfolk waterfront. Each onboard chef was paired with a Virginia chef in a culinary contest that used Virginia and...
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Flying squids: the rocket science behind cephalopods
Squids can fly? If you are a member of the relatively small community of squid aficionados you've known this for a while.
But if you are a normal person with just a passing interest in cephalopods and all their many diverse abilities, the fact that these...Tags: Research, Science, Google Inc., Microsoft Corporation
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Tracking Tiki culture, influence
May the Tiki gods smile on Chris Jepsen tonight when he takes the stage at Don the Beachcomber (formerly Sam's Seafood) amid waterfalls and carved island statues.
After all, it's like a dream come true for the Huntington Beach native, whose passion...Tags: Armed Forces, Stephen Crane, Defense, Huntington Beach, History
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Discovering Oslo
Tribune staff reporterThere's a challenge to visiting a place whose populace has made a career of leaving home. Stockholm's a cultural center. Copenhagen's a party town. But Oslo? It's the capital of a nation best known for what its people have done someplace else. Edvard...Tags: Sculpture, Navy Pier, Steaks, Petroleum Industry, Edvard Munch
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Marketplace for marine life and death is skyrocketing
Knight Ridder-TribuneIn late October 1991, Sebastian Junger was living in Gloucester, Mass., and eking out a precarious living as a freelance journalist when a drastic turn in the weather changed his life. What would become known as the Storm of the Century _ the unheard-...Tags: George Clooney, Wolfgang Petersen, Hurricanes, Book, Trips and Vacations
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