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Emirates Palace Hotel, Abu Dhabi
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Girl walking on beach in front of Emirates Palace hotel on the south-western tip of Abu Dhabi island. Following centuries of hardship, living of what little the desert and the pearl diving could offer, the Emirati of today like to indulge in all kinds of luxury. The Emirates Palace is Abu Dhabi’s response to neighbor…
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Rare Breed(ing)
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More and more unknown people lay claim to their fifteen minutes in the limelight. Today two of them could be seen on the front page of my local newspaper “Sogn Avis”. Under the headline “Rare Breed”, they are shown in something which allegedly is a wrestling pose. I’m not a prejudiced man, but there’s something…
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– Have you had my bombs checked yet, sir?
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It is the third of December, it is a dark and cold winter’s morning in the small village of Sandane, in the western part of Norway, population 6000. At the local airport, a grumpy check-in attendant is registering passengers for the morning flight to Bergen and Oslo, before urging the customers on to the even…
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Randy Newman: Short people got no reason to live!
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Short people got – no reason, short people got – no reason, short people got – no reason to live. They got – little hands, little eyes, they walk around telling great big lies, they got – little noses, and tiny little teeth, they wear – platform shoes on their nasty little feet. (Chorus) Well,…
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Convincing on anti-piracy
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The anti-piracy organizations have a great challenge in trying to pass their message through to the vast multitude of Internet users who by now have grown accustomed to having unlimited amounts of free music and films freely available at their digital door-step. This film probably doesn’t contribute towards this goal either: Best Anti-Piracy Ad Ever…
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Roadtrip California, Nevada and Arizona: Itinerary and things to do
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28 things I did during a two week drive in California, Nevada and Arizona from the 21st of October until the 3rd of November 2007 in the company of friend and colleague Idar Thoresen Kvam. I remember looking for something like this list before leaving, in the event that someone else is too, here is…
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Holidays coming up: Western USA
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For the next two weeks Avinet colleague I.T.Kvam and myself, are going on a road-trip in California, Nevada and Arizona hoping to get the highlights of San Francisco, Yosemite Valley, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, Las Vegas and the Grand Canyon. Depending on whether we can get a steady up-link now and then we may –…
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Photos of ghosts
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I don’t don’t believe in ghosts? I mean, I don’t believe in them during broad daylight when everything is clear to the eye. After sleeping alone in a large, old, haunted, wooden-building during a storm night some years back, I am no longer sure that I can say the same during night! I could hear…