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...Norway" is usually code for "small in non-glaciated countries," but the half-Norwegian Mena has a voice that fits on American pop radio while also setting her apart from all the other teen girls with a stylist. She scats her way through the verses, which allows her to fit in lots of sensitive/spooky Morissette-ish ramblings ("I probably forgot to tell you this/Like that time when I forgot to tell you about the scar/Remember how uncomfortable that made you feel?"). Then she hits the high notes in the chorus with surprising joy and clarity...
...Family Pride Coalition, an advocacy group, on a special Father's Day weekend event expected to draw 35 gay families. And in July, R Families Vacations, a Rosie O'Donnell--branded upstart, inaugurates its first Caribbean cruise for gays and their clans. Rosie will be on board the Norwegian Dawn along with her partner Kelli O'Donnell and their four kids. The voyage will feature special workshops on topics from surrogacy to schools, as well as Rosie-chosen entertainment. R Family is planning a series of ski trips, camping trips and European tours...
...promote global norms for energy efficiency; the legislators want to limit globally--to 1 watt--the amount of power an appliance consumes while in standby mode. Sound minor? International adoption of that standard alone would save billions of dollars and dramatically reduce electrical demand. In March 2003 Norwegian M.P. Ingvild Vaggen Malvik became the first to turn an eParliament discussion into potential law when she took that energy-efficiency issue to her legislature. As the eParliament grows, good ideas about government could prove contagious. --By Jeff Chu/London
...many people," wrote playwright Henrik Ibsen, "have nothing to do but yearn for happiness without ever being able to find it." But even that great Norwegian depressive might have become giddy with excitement at the prospect of Cate Blanchett playing his femme fatale Hedda Gabler, as the Australian star will do for the Sydney Theatre Company from late July. Ibsen's bored 19th century housewife with a gun is a volatile vehicle for a high-voltage actress looking to make her mark, a kind of career-defining harpy Hamlet. Just ask Judy Davis, who's now appearing on the Sydney...
...Guests into the Wartburg, from "Tannhauser" Wagner Overture to "Poet and Peasant" Supre Prelude in C-sharp minor Rachmaninov Fantasia, "Aida" Verdi Suite, "Sigurd Jersaliar" Grieg a. In the Hall of the King b. Festival Marea Saeterjentens Sondag (Solitude on the Mountain) Bull Svendsell Swedish Wedding March Soderman Second Norwegian Rhapsody Svendsen Finlandia, Symphonic Poem Sibelius Humeresque Tehaikovsky-Jacchia Waltz "On the Beautiful Blue Danube" Strauss