Rome wins bid to host '11 beach volleyball worlds Oct 18, 2009
The last beach volleyball worlds was staged in June in Stavanger, Norway. Germany's Julius Brink and Jonas Reckermann won the men's event, and April Ross and Jennifer Kessy of the United States took the women's gold. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- More)
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Jackson, MS 39201 Last Updated: 09/23/09 05:31:19 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 90% Barometer: 30. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Floating challenge Sep 8, 2009
By Jorn Madslien Business reporter, BBC News, Stavanger, Norway ... Statoil has constructed the world's first full-scale floating wind turbine a couple of hours by catamaran from the oil town Stavanger, in the hope that one day vast wind farms could be constructed far offshore in water depths of up to 700 metres. (BBC News -- Europe)
International Airports in Latvia Sep 8, 2009
lesund, Bergen, Oslo and Stavanger and Troms; in Norway. Berlin in Germany. (Suite101.com)
Norway: Rosenborg builds league lead to seven Aug 17, 2009
Molde, which has also played 20 games but faces Viking of Stavanger on Monday, has 41 points and third-place Odd Grenland has 36. Odd Grenland edged Alesund 2-1 away on Sunday. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- Soccer)
Wunderlich acquires Norway-based SSB Securities Aug 15, 2009
Wunderlich s majority shareholder, , is based in Stavanger, Norway, and is familiar with SSB Securities. Our clients in Norway are institutional investors and companies who will benefit from Wunderlich s investment banking team which can provide advisory, M&A capabilities and capital financings, said Alfred Ydsteb;, chair of Wunderlich and chairman and owner of Coil Investment Group, the majority owner of Wunderlich. (Memphis Business Journal, TN)
Catching Up with Todd and Phil Jul 15, 2009
The upstart German team of Julius Brink and Jonas Reckermann knocked off and Phil Dalhausser in the semifinals of the FIVB World Championships last Sunday at Stavanger, Norway ... Todd and Phil sailed into the semifinals at Stavanger, a Norwegian seaport, but they took a broadside from Brink and Reckermann, who went on to defeat Brazil's Alison Cerutti and Harley Marques in the championship match. (Ucsbgauchos.com)
Travel smart Jul 9, 2009
Each day we leisurely explore Stavanger, Aalesund, Bergen and Geiranger, remote towns in the Norway fjords dotted with towering snow-topped mountains, dramatic waterfalls, medieval villages, open-air fish markets and farms accessible only by boat. Each night, while the Queen Victoria makes way for our next destination, we rest easy knowing that emergency help, day or night, is as close as tapping the top button on our phone. (The Palm Beach Post)
April Ross, Jennifer Kessy Win FIVB World Championship Jul 5, 2009
Stavanger, Norway -- It seemed appropriate that on the 4th of July, two American women would win the 2009 Swatch FIVB World Beach Championship as former USC players and Jen Kessy earned a 30-28, 23-21 sweep Saturday over Brazilians Juliana Felisberta Silva and Larissa Franca. Ross-Kessy won the gold medal as the No. 1 seeded team in the tournament that began on June 25. (Pac-10.org)
Rogers and Dalhausser Advance to Round of 16 at FIVB World Championships Jul 3, 2009
STAVANGER, NORWAY - Former Gaucho and his beach volleyball cohort Phil Dalhausser moved closer to retaining their title as they advanced to the round of 16 at the FIVB World Championships Thursday. Rogers and Dalhausser, who won gold at the 2008 Olympics in China, were solid in their first elimination match of the tourney. (Ucsbgauchos.com)
Berit Leverenz Jul 2, 2009
Williston Herald - Online Edition. Williston Herald Print Edition. (Williston Daily Herald, ND)
Poor sleep is independently associated with depression in postpartum women Jul 1, 2009
According to lead author Karen Drheim, MD, PhD, psychiatrist at Stavanger University Hospital in Norway, depression after delivery is often not identified by new mothers, whereas tiredness and lack of sleep are common complaints ... Data were collected between October 2005 and September 2006 from 2,830 women who gave birth to a live child at Stavanger University Hospital in Norway. (EurekAlert!)
GE Oil & Gas awarded StatoilHydro contract Jun 26, 2009
The Tordis and Vigdis oil fields are in the North Sea, west of the StatoilHydro (NYSE: STO) home base of Stavanger, Norway ... The company also maintains a test and assembly facility in Stavanger, where all tooling operations will be carried out. (Houston Business Journal, TX)
A lot at stake for these games Jun 16, 2009
Beach days Olympic champions Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers will be defending their global title at next week's world beach volleyball championships in the unlikely venue of Stavanger, Norway. Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh, the Beijing titlists and three-time women's champs, will be absent. (Boston Globe)
* Save the cars, green the engines May 24, 2009
Just 15 months later, this month, a retrofitted Corolla demo model with an engine from Detroit-based Azure Dynamics was on display at the Electric Vehicle Symposium, a trade show in Stavanger, Norway. What will it take to make this idea work. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Car race on 'hydrogen highway' May 21, 2009
Oil and gas producer, StatoilHydro, has built several hydrogen filling stations along the route which runs between Oslo and Stavanger, to cater for cars with fuel cells. Ulf Hafseld from StatoilHydro says they believe hydrogen engines are an effective alternative to carbon dioxide emitting petrol engines. (BBC News -- Technology)
Fuel-cell car rally opens Norway's hydrogen highway May 12, 2009
DRAMMEN, Norway (Reuters) - Norway opened a 560 kilometer (350 mile) "hydrogen highway" on Monday with more than a dozen hydrogen-powered cars rallying along a scenic route between its capital city Oslo and North Sea oil hub Stavanger. Norwegian oil and gas producer StatoilHydro has built several hydrogen filling stations between the two places to cater for cars with fuel-cells that generate electricity from a chemical reaction between hydrogen and oxygen or burn hydrogen in a combustion engine... (Scientific American)
Mazda Builds First RX-8 Hydrogen RE for Norway Apr 28, 2009
The HyNor project aims to enable hydrogen vehicles to travel along a 580-kilometer stretch of highway by establishing a chain of hydrogen stations between Stavanger and Oslo in Norway. Mazda agreed to collaborate with HyNor on the project in November 2007 and began validation of the RX-8 Hydrogen RE's driving performance on Norwegian public roads in October 2008. (JCN Network, Japan)
Just For The Health Of It-Diet Change May Ease ADHD Apr 11, 2009
As part of a long-term study that began in 1996-1997 in the southwestern Norwegian town of Stavanger, 23 children aged 4 to 11 all suffering from hyperactive disorders including ADHD were put on milk-free and/or gluten-free diets. Their development has been monitored by researchers ever since in a quest to prove a theory by scientist Karl Ludvig Reichelt that a metabolic disorder hinders the adequate breakdown of certain proteins in kids suffering from hyperactive disorders. (Billerica Minuteman, MA)
New routes on Icelandair from $822 Apr 7, 2009
Icelandair has also been busy with other changes to their 2009 schedule, and will be debuting flights to Stavanger, Norway and Dusseldorf, Germany this summer ... New York-Stavanger: $891. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Viking beats Odd Grenland 3-0 in Norway Mar 16, 2009
Ragnval Soma added the third goal in the 21st in front of 12,816 fans at the stadium in Stavanger. Molde, which beat Lyn Oslo 1-0 away, was the only other side to win, with the other games in the first round of matches ending in draws. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Sports)
Peter Cummings, the man who broke... Feb 14, 2009
GJBB, Stavanger, No 00001F94 rway. the entire situation in the financial sector is beyond belief and merits a police enquiry, no excuses. (New York Post -- Business)
Local Weather Feb 8, 2009
Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 02/08/09 07:15:32 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 89% Barometer: 30. (Florida Today)
