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	<title>Norway Blog :: Business &#38; Culture &#187; Entertainment</title>
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		<title>Basic Info on Online Gambling in Norway</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2008 08:51:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Davis May</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Online casinos are at the height of their popularity right now, yet the people that live in Norway cannot play the games that they love online. There are people from many other countries that are logging in and playing online to their hearts content, but this is not a possibility if you live in this [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Online casinos are at the height of their popularity right now, yet the people that live in Norway cannot play the games that they love online. There are people from many other countries that are logging in and playing online to their hearts content, but this is not a possibility if you live in this country. Here there are currently laws making it illegal, but because there is not a block on IP addresses many people still continue to play despite the fact that it is illegal.</p>
<p>Norway has a fear that too many residents will become too caught up in the process of playing in their computers that they will cease to be worthwhile residents of the country because they will become addicted to the games, which is why they will not legalize online casinos.</p>
<p>Many argue that this is not reason enough to ban the online gambling, because those that are addicts will find a way to play whether it is online or not. Many people feel like they are being punished for the addiction of a few and they want the laws changed.</p>
<p>Norway is currently flirting with the idea of imposing laws like the United States has. The United States is different than a lot of other countries because they do not just have laws against gaming online, they have blocked IP addresses so that people from the country cannot even create accounts with these online casinos. In addition, it is a crime for the financial institutions that the casinos work with to do business with Americans.</p>
<p>This makes it really tough, if not impossible, for most Americans to get online and play the casino games that they love. This is the intent, but it just has people looking for illegal ways to obtain the entertainment that they seek. Wouldn&#8217;t it just be easier to allow people to play online and try to regulate the online casinos much like the British and the Italians do?</p>
<p>Those in Norway don&#8217;t like the idea of having their entertainment options dictated to them. While it&#8217;s bad enough that there are laws against visiting online casinos now, most people can still access the websites and even play, they are just taking a risk because if you are caught gambling online in Norway it is a felony.</p>
<p>On one hand it is nice that Norway is trying to protect its citizens, but many are frustrated that they cannot play the casino games that they want to play in the comfort of their own home.</p>
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		<title>Music And Dance Of Norway</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:34:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angeles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although there is scant written record of what kind of music was played in Norway but there is a vast audio record which provides some insight to this. Minor or Modal scales with a sober and haunting sound form the music of Norway. There is very little written record to give the background of the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Although there is scant written record of what kind of music was played in Norway but there is a vast audio record which provides some insight to this. Minor or Modal scales with a sober and haunting sound form the music of Norway. There is very little written record to give the background of the origin and existence of music but it is learned that religious and traditional music prevailed. Like many other countries, Norway too experienced a revival in the 20th century. Ballads and short songs are the common types of traditional or folk songs.</p>
<p>Other popular kind of folk music is hymns, work songs, trialling vocals skillingsviser. Like the nearby countries of Sweden and Denmark, Norway too has a Nordic dance music tradition. The most distinctive instrument in Norwegian folk music is hardingfele. Bygdedans including halling, pols, springleik, rull, gangar and springar are the traditional dances of Norway. They were performed on important events such as weddings, funerals etc and were called the Courting Dances. Few dances were also brought from Europe like the fandango, reinlender, waltz polka and mazurka. Norwegian harp, bukkehorn, harpeleik, lur are a few other traditional instruments.</p>
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