http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/iceland/All the latest Iceland news headlines!240http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/iceland/1237704.html?latin-king-of-comedy-paul-rodriguez-to-test-funny-bones-tuesdayhttp://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/iceland/1237704.html?latin-king-of-comedy-paul-rodriguez-to-test-funny-bones-tuesday<p>Who is Paul Rodriguez and why is he so dang funny?</p><p> "Sometimes I wonder that myself," Rodriguez said playfully during a recent telephone interview. </p><p>"In truth, I'm just a guy who likes being a comedian. It's fun to be silly and make people laugh, especially when you get paid for it."</p>News Blogger <admin@newzblogz.com>Fri, 29 Jun 2007 15:58:03 +0000http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/iceland/1237705.html?luncheon-society-enjoys-good-food-conversationhttp://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/iceland/1237705.html?luncheon-society-enjoys-good-food-conversation<p>But as a hobby, McBarton calls up famous people and asks them to lunch. </p><p> And they show up. Sometimes more than once. </p><p> McBarton and two friends founded the invitation-only Luncheon Society a decade ago and today, its members gather several times a month in groups of 20 or 25 in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Palo Alto and soon, New York. </p>News Blogger <admin@newzblogz.com>Fri, 29 Jun 2007 15:58:03 +0000http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/iceland/1237706.html?york-cos-proceedings-an-open-bookhttp://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/iceland/1237706.html?york-cos-proceedings-an-open-book<p>Reference the letter "York priorities," June 26, by Ron DoBias, regarding the artificial turf to be installed at Bailey Field. I appreciate his enthusiasm and concern for our senior population; he seems to have taken a direct interest by attending their meetings and understanding their positions. It is apparent he did not take the same interest when it comes to the funding of the artificial turf.</p><p>The county has made it very easy to find out why it approves or votes for one project over another, and you don't even have to attend a meeting - both Channel 46 and the York County Web site have archived video of regular meetings and work sessions.</p><p>The monies do not come from the county's general fund, but from excess impact aid that is held for the school district by the county because the school district cannot carry over funds from one year to the next. This was not York County money, it was the school's money.</p>News Blogger <admin@newzblogz.com>Fri, 29 Jun 2007 15:58:03 +0000http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/iceland/1230627.html?amazed-by-fishin-datahttp://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/iceland/1230627.html?amazed-by-fishin-data<p>Fishing is sport. It is science. Fishing is business, law and conservation. It is a whole chum slick of information interconnected by hook and line. And some of these tidbits of fishin' data about this'a and a that'a may amaze you.</p><p>FISHING FOR A DOLLAR</p><p>&#183; Sport fishing revenues now surpass the citrus industry in Florida, according to the Rosenstiel School at the University of Miami.</p>News Blogger <admin@newzblogz.com>Fri, 29 Jun 2007 08:32:49 +0000http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/iceland/1230628.html?the-take-on-tip-jars-tips-toward-no-handouthttp://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/iceland/1230628.html?the-take-on-tip-jars-tips-toward-no-handout<p>Only one person called me a moron last week, so things went much better than expected. </p><p>My June 22 column questioned takeout joints that expect us to leave our well-earned cash in &quot;tip jars.&quot; My basic argument was that tips are for services beyond the preparation of food. In most takeout situations, no such service is given. There is no waiter suggesting entrees or refilling a glass of tea, just a cashier ringing up the order. So why tip? </p><p>I readied myself for a barrage of name-calling from generous free-love types. </p>News Blogger <admin@newzblogz.com>Fri, 29 Jun 2007 08:32:49 +0000http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/iceland/1226507.html?what-to-read-when-youre-a-traveling-woman-on-the-gohttp://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/iceland/1226507.html?what-to-read-when-youre-a-traveling-woman-on-the-go<p>More than ever, women are choosing to wander the globe on their own or with female compatriots. Three splashy new travel books encourage ladies to brave far-flung destinations and include practical how-tos. </p><p> If you prefer local touring, check out Evelyn Corning's tribute to hometown pride and whitewashed letters. It's a whole new way to view the alphabet. </p><p>Solo travel</p>News Blogger <admin@newzblogz.com>Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:43:33 +0000http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/iceland/1226508.html?welcome-homehttp://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/iceland/1226508.html?welcome-home<p>Three national flags were waived proudly in the wind after two men touched down at the Tacoma Narrows Airport last Friday.</p><p>Fourteen-year-old Laila Andresen, daughter of co-pilot Stein Andresen, carried the flags of Denmark, Norway and the United States toward the vintage plane, representing the groups nationalities.</p><p>A small contingency of Danish friends and others cheered to celebrate a flawless roundtrip adventure to Stauning, Denmark.</p>News Blogger <admin@newzblogz.com>Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:43:33 +0000http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/iceland/1226509.html?-8216energyhttp://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/iceland/1226509.html?-8216energy<p>Summit guest speakers to cover variety of topics but have similar goalsBy Lara KirknerMammoth Times Staff Writer</p><p>Those who read the Mammoth Times two weeks ago know that the High Sierra Energy Foundation, in partnership with Southern California Edison and Cerro Coso Community College is bringing an energy Summit to the Town of Mammoth Lakes this August. Recently the Mammoth Times was able to chat with two of the guest speakers who plan to attend the conference that will explore local and global energy.Bill Glassley, a Project Manager in the Renewable Energy Generation Research and Development Office of the...</p><p>In the coming year HSEF hopes to put out a guide on the use of renewable energy sources, and since Glassley has a background in renewable energy sources, as well as experience in other countries with their concepts and applications of renewable resources, he will be an appropriate participant in Mammoth&#8217;s renewable energy process.Ted Flanigan, President of EcoMotion, a consulting firm approved by Southern California Edison for its partnerships such as the High Sierra Energy Initiative, wil...</p>News Blogger <admin@newzblogz.com>Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:43:33 +0000http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/iceland/1226510.html?as-no-bid-deals-soar-congressional-panel-wants-more-oversighthttp://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/iceland/1226510.html?as-no-bid-deals-soar-congressional-panel-wants-more-oversightNews Blogger <admin@newzblogz.com>Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:43:33 +0000http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/iceland/1226511.html?james-"russell"-johnson-owner-rjs-restauranthttp://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/iceland/1226511.html?james-"russell"-johnson-owner-rjs-restaurant<p>Company: RJ's Restaurant. In August of 2006 my son, Eric, and I discussed opening a restaurant. Although new to me, Eric had approximately 12 years in the restaurant/bar business. He had worked in Memphis and Denver, Colo., and we felt like we could open and build a business together. </p><p>Year of birth: 1951 </p><p>Hometown: Fort Payne, Ala. </p>News Blogger <admin@newzblogz.com>Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:43:33 +0000http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/iceland/1226512.html?mayfair-lion-takes-charge-of-90th-anniversary-paradehttp://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/iceland/1226512.html?mayfair-lion-takes-charge-of-90th-anniversary-parade<p>Imagine inviting 13,000 people to a party that took five years to organize and having to change your location in the middle of the planning process.</p><p>That's exactly what Mayfair Lion Georg Toft, 71, had to do as chairman of this year's parade celebrating the 90th Anniversary of the International Association of Lions Clubs on July 4.</p><p>"Everything was originally supposed to be at Navy Pier," he said. "Our logo even has a picture of Navy Pier on it. We picked the date for the convention eight years ago. The dates were set, the hotels were booked and about 13,000 people are going to march in the parade."</p>News Blogger <admin@newzblogz.com>Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:43:33 +0000http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/iceland/1226513.html?northwest-side-lion-in-charge-of-anniversary-paradehttp://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/iceland/1226513.html?northwest-side-lion-in-charge-of-anniversary-parade<p>Imagine inviting 13,000 people to a party that took five years to organize and having to change your location in the middle of the planning process.</p><p>That's exactly what Mayfair Lion Georg Toft, 71, had to do as chairman of this year's parade celebrating the 90th Anniversary of the International Association of Lions Clubs on July 4.</p><p>"Everything was originally supposed to be at Navy Pier," he said. "Our logo even has a picture of Navy Pier on it. We picked the date for the convention eight years ago. The dates were set, the hotels were booked and about 13,000 people are going to march in the parade."</p>News Blogger <admin@newzblogz.com>Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:43:33 +0000http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/iceland/1226514.html?tolkien-tales-come-alive-in-denmarks-unspoiled-faeroe-islandshttp://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/iceland/1226514.html?tolkien-tales-come-alive-in-denmarks-unspoiled-faeroe-islands<p>GJOGV, Faeroe Islands (AP) - It's just after 9 p.m. when the magic begins. The late-setting sun breaks through purple rain clouds to drape the rugged island of Eysturoy in a golden shimmer.A perfect rainbow arches over the Slaettaratindur mountain. Offshore, a wild ocean launches ferocious swells against the Giant and the Witch, two spectacular rock pillars that protrude from the surf like craggy teeth.</p><p>All that's missing from the storybook setting is a band of orchs or goblins crawling out from behind a rock, or a pipe-smoking hobbit emerging from one of the turf-roofed houses.The Lord of the Rings analogy is never far away in the Faeroe Islands, a barren and wind-swept archipelago whose volcanic peaks shoot out of the Atlantic Ocean halfway between Iceland and Norway. Local legend even claims the ring of power is hidden here.&quot;The one who holds it gets lots of powers but the one who holds...</p>News Blogger <admin@newzblogz.com>Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:43:33 +0000http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/iceland/1226515.html?tolkien-tales-come-alive-in-unspoiled-faeroe-islandshttp://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/iceland/1226515.html?tolkien-tales-come-alive-in-unspoiled-faeroe-islands<p> PHOTO GALLERY Faeroe Islands </p><p>GETTING THERE </p><p> * Local airline Atlantic Airways flies daily from Copenhagen and twice a week from London; www.atlantic.fo. Expect some serious turbulence during landing. </p>News Blogger <admin@newzblogz.com>Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:43:33 +0000http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/iceland/1207825.html?food-notes-restaurant-eve-takes-top-honors-at-rammyshttp://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/iceland/1207825.html?food-notes-restaurant-eve-takes-top-honors-at-rammys<p>Old Town's own Restaurant Eve and Chef Cathal Armstrong took two of the honors June 17 at the 25th annual Rammy Awards Gala, including Chef of the Year (Armstrong) and Wine and Beverage Program of the Year. </p><p>Evoking the glamour of old Hollywood, with glittering chandeliers and sensuous food, the awards gala reunited the chefs and restaurateurs who have turned Washington into a major dining destination town over the past quarter century. </p><p>Presented by the Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington, the glitzy Silver Anniversary event drew over 1600 guests. Culinary stars, foodies and fashionistas toasted the areas chefs, restaurants and industry leaders whose contributions have transformed the nations capital and beyond into a world-class dining destination. </p>News Blogger <admin@newzblogz.com>Tue, 26 Jun 2007 06:43:56 +0000http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/iceland/1203448.html?orem-library-hosts-wwii-veterans-exhibithttp://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/iceland/1203448.html?orem-library-hosts-wwii-veterans-exhibit<p>Marine Gunnery Sgt. Keith Renstrom joined the war effort in 1940, traveled to Iceland with his unit to keep the Germans from getting it, and later fought in several bloody Pacific island-hopping battles during World War II. </p><p>Twice wounded during the ferocious fighting to wrestle Iwo Jima from the entrenched Japanese, he returned to Hawaii after the war for surgery.</p><p>"I hated the Japanese like everyone else did, but then I got my act together before we got to Iwo Jima," said Renstrom, who lives in Orem and has served a mission for The Church of Jesus of Christ of Latter-day Saints in Japan.</p>News Blogger <admin@newzblogz.com>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 15:29:37 +0000http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/iceland/1203449.html?these-girls-are-real-razzle-dazzlershttp://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/iceland/1203449.html?these-girls-are-real-razzle-dazzlers<p> Most people know about synchronized swimming. Synchronized ice skating is similar. It includes elements of dance. And it takes teamwork. No matter how tall or short team members are, they have to maintain the same strides. </p><p> They do formations of pinwheels, circles, weaving, line and blocks in sequence, along with some footwork and moves to go with the music. </p><p> "I love it," said Brittany Gray, 16, of the Dazzlers. "I like skating with a group. I feel more secure than when skating by myself." </p>News Blogger <admin@newzblogz.com>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 15:29:37 +0000http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/iceland/1203450.html?youtube-post-leads-to-a-visit-and-a-proposalhttp://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/iceland/1203450.html?youtube-post-leads-to-a-visit-and-a-proposal<p>Since he posted his cellphone number on YouTube in April, in a quest to "be there" for lonely souls around the world, Ryan Fitzgerald has spoken to tens of thousands of strangers about everything from the meaning of life to what they should eat for lunch.</p><p>But the 20-year-old Southbridge man never really stopped talking to Kara Lael Fraim, a lively young woman from upstate New York, who struck him as "like me, but a girl." Their first conversation lasted nine hours. A few days later, Fitzgerald boarded a bus to upstate New York for a visit.</p><p>"You're going to think I'm absolutely nuts, and I feel kind of nuts," he said in a phone interview yesterday from her home in Cohoes, N.Y. "But I guess you can say we're engaged."</p>News Blogger <admin@newzblogz.com>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 15:29:37 +0000http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/iceland/1203451.html?3-friends-turn-lunch-into-brushes-with-famehttp://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/iceland/1203451.html?3-friends-turn-lunch-into-brushes-with-fame<p>Bob McBarton is a businessman, husband, father and suburban Antioch homeowner.</p><p> But as a hobby, McBarton calls up famous people and asks them to lunch.</p><p> And they show up. Sometimes more than once.</p>News Blogger <admin@newzblogz.com>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 15:29:37 +0000http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/iceland/1193604.html?bernstein-back-on-beat-with-clinton-bookhttp://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/iceland/1193604.html?bernstein-back-on-beat-with-clinton-book<p>NEW YORK &#8211; Carl Bernstein would like to talk about his book, a meaty, 640-page slab that is parked on a table where he is eating lunch one recent afternoon. Everything about &#8220;A Woman in Charge: The Life of Hillary Rodham Clinton,&#8221; says Serious Commitment, a phrase that has not been associated with the voracious and easily distracted half of the Watergate duo for a long time. But seven years after he started, here it is, a bona fide varsity-level hardback.</p><p>You can hear relief in his voice, and who could blame him? Like it or not, Bernstein is forever measured against the canny, tireless reporting and writing he did at the age of 28, after a break-in that ultimately ended a presidency. And he is forever measured against Bob Woodward, his onetime byline buddy and a modern publishing phenomenon. Stolid and utterly focused, Woodward has written more than a dozen books &#8211; six since Bernstein signed the Clinton deal in 1999, all of them bestsellers.</p><p>Is it fair to compare? No, it&#8217;s not. But the Bernstein of today has little choice but to contend with the Bernstein of yore, if only because the accomplishments of the latter are the reason we remain interested in him today. In the first few years after Watergate, Bernstein frittered away millions in a frenzy, on travel, home renovations, clothing and God knows what else, until he nearly went broke. His drinking became a problem. Nora Ephron portrayed him as the ultimate rake in &#8220;Heartburn,&#8221; a not-very-fictional account of the dissolution of their marriage.</p>News Blogger <admin@newzblogz.com>Sun, 24 Jun 2007 15:13:20 +0000http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/iceland/1193605.html?contract-talks-promise-drama-plenty-of-tensionhttp://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/iceland/1193605.html?contract-talks-promise-drama-plenty-of-tension<p>CHICAGO - Soon it will be time again to shake hands and come out fighting.</p><p>This contest pits grown men in business suits against each other. In this corner, white collar; in that, blue. Those employed by General Motors, Ford and Chrysler against those in the United Auto Workers who labor for them.</p><p>In just a few weeks, both sides will gather in a large room, exchange pleasantries and smile for the cameras.</p>News Blogger <admin@newzblogz.com>Sun, 24 Jun 2007 15:13:20 +0000http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/iceland/1193606.html?luminaries-who-lunchhttp://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/iceland/1193606.html?luminaries-who-lunch<p>On the surface, Bob McBarton is a businessman, husband, father and suburban Antioch homeowner.</p><p>But as a hobby, McBarton calls up famous people and asks them to lunch.</p><p>And they show up. Sometimes more than once.</p>News Blogger <admin@newzblogz.com>Sun, 24 Jun 2007 15:13:20 +0000http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/iceland/1193607.html?the-kid-is-back-in-seattle-griffey-excited-about-returnhttp://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/iceland/1193607.html?the-kid-is-back-in-seattle-griffey-excited-about-return<p>The stance remains virtually unchanged, a tableau that any Seattle</p><p>Mariners fan of a certain age can visualize in their sleep.</p><p>Left elbow cocked high. Bat poised at a menacing angle, then waggling</p>News Blogger <admin@newzblogz.com>Sun, 24 Jun 2007 15:13:20 +0000http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/iceland/1185091.html?ask-yourself-whyhttp://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/iceland/1185091.html?ask-yourself-whyNews Blogger <admin@newzblogz.com>Sun, 24 Jun 2007 06:47:10 +0000http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/iceland/1185092.html?this-mirror-will-reflect-the-legacy-of-many-a-minnesotanhttp://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/iceland/1185092.html?this-mirror-will-reflect-the-legacy-of-many-a-minnesotan<p>In a state where a glacier-sized chunk of the populace takes great pride in Nordic roots, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts' "A Mirror of Nature: Nordic Landscape Painting, 1840-1910" has the potential to be as popular a destination as the lakeside cabin this summer. </p><p>Organized by the Nordic National Galleries, the exhibit, which opens today, features 107 landscape paintings by artists from Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Iceland, who were all inspired by some aspect of nature. Artists highlighted in the show include Edvard Munch, Harald Sohlberg, Carl Larsson and Johan Christian Dahl. The five thematic, as well as chronological, groupings of the exhibit are Nordic Sublime, Close to Nature, In the Open Air, Evocative Landscape and Landscapes of the Mind.</p><p>Today's opening festivities, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., include free admission to the ticketed show; Nordic music by the Hardingfelelag group, May-Britt Forsberg and Flickorna Fem; midsummer activities; and a lecture by lead exhibit organizer Torsten Gunnarsson ($5), director of collections at Nationalmuseum, Stockholm.</p>News Blogger <admin@newzblogz.com>Sun, 24 Jun 2007 06:47:10 +0000