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  • Dutch first in Europe to pay car tax by kilometer


    Dutch Daily News — Authority Authority: 123
    The Dutch government has approved a bill to impose a tax on drivers for every kilometer they are on the road, which it says will reduce traffic jams, fatal accidents and carbon emissions. Rather than an annual road tax for their cars, drivers will soon pay a few cents for every kilometer (mile) on the road, in a plan ...
    18 hours ago

  • “Italian Open” at Annet Gelink


    Contemporary Art Daily — Authority Authority: 499
    Artists: Micol Assael, Elisabetta Benassi, Lara Favaretto, Flavio Favelli, Christian Frosi, Giuseppe Gabellone, Piero Golia, Diego Perrone, Giuseppe Pietroniro, Arcangelo Sassolino Venue: Annet Gelink, Amsterdam Exhibition Title: Annet Gelink Curators: Art At Work Date: October 31 – December 19, 2009 ...
    1 day ago

  • Behind the scenes with Sylvie van der Vaart on the BMW hair test


    Lucire: Insider — Authority Authority: 132
    At the end of last month, we covered a publicity stunt from BMW , where former Miss Bundesliga Sylvie van der Vaart put two BMW 3er convertibles, separated by 20 years, the hair test. Sitting in a wind tunnel, van der Vaart, arguably Germany’s and the Netherlands’ most famous WAG, had her hair blown about ...
    1 day ago

  • Dutch Declare Dominance in Dominoes


    The Moderate Voice — Authority Authority: 737
    As a little boy, I used to crawl on the floor for hours setting up dozens of dominoes in various patterns, only to topple them down—and doing it over and over again. Well, the Dutch have taken this pastime to new levels. Today, “Domino Day,” they set a new world record—again—for the most consecutive ...
    2 days ago

  • Boeing announces 2009 Engineering Students of the Year


    PlaneTalking.com — Authority Authority: 144
    The Boeing Company today announced the winners of the company-sponsored 2009 Engineering Student of the Year Award, presented by aerospace publication Flight International. This years competition had two first-place winners: Can Bayram of Northwestern University and Michael Grant of Georgia Institute of Technology.
    2 days ago

  • AMCOW AfricaSan Awards 2009 Winners


    WASH Names in the News — Authority Authority: 107
    The African Ministers’ Council on Water ( AMCOW ) has named winners of Africa’s premier awards for exemplary achievements in sanitation and hygiene. The AMCOW AfricaSan top honor for Leadership has been awarded to His Royal Highness Chief Macha , a traditional and community leader from Zambia who has used his ...
    2 days ago

  • AMCOW AfricaSan Awards 2009 Winners


    Sanitation Updates — Authority Authority: 475
    The African Ministers’ Council on Water ( AMCOW ) has named winners of Africa’s premier awards for exemplary achievements in sanitation and hygiene. The AMCOW AfricaSan top honor for Leadership has been awarded to His Royal Highness Chief Macha , a traditional and community leader from Zambia who has used his ...
    2 days ago

  • Italia x The Netherlands Friendly in Pescara: Gigi Buffon Reaches 100 caps


    World Football Commentaries by Steve Amoia — Authority Authority: 118
    Image of Marcello Lippi courtesy of Paul Blank and http://www.postproduktie.nl/.With their tickets booked to South Africa, the Azzurri have been training this past week in the Abruzzo region that was afflicted by the earthquake earlier this year. The presence of the Azzurri has provided some solace to the thousands ...
    2 days ago

  • Five new flu deaths in the Netherlands


    A TIME'S MEMORY — Authority Authority: 458
    The death toll of the AH1N1 flu in the Netherlands has risen to 22. The National Institute for Public Health has announced five new casualties, four of whom were people suffering from earlier ailments. The cause of death of one, a 3-year-old boy, cannot be traced with certainty to the H1N1 "Mexican flu" virus. So ...
    3 days ago

  • Dutch Horizons


    A Photo a Day from Planet Earth — Authority Authority: 128
    "Another lonely tree, Hoge Veluwe, Holland ". Taken by Katarzyna
    3 days ago

  • House in the Netherlands by Rocha Tombal Architecten


    Sweet Station — Authority Authority: 444
    A project by Rocha Tombal Architecten , this house seems to be the product of “sculpting” aside from being of an architectural value. The exterior design looks almost surreal with its windows “coming out” of the actual building. The unexpected architecture is also reflected in the original interior design. ...
    3 days ago

  • The Late Leo Boogaard: A Dutch Voice of Conscience On Sathya Sai Baba


    Call For Media and Government Investigation — Authority Authority: 117
    Many individuals who have led lives of dedicated service, both in the Sathya Sai Organization and well beyond it, have left Sai Baba for the most prinicipled reasons.  In a moment, I shall come to the case of the former leader of the Dutch organization, Leo Boogaard . The ruthless and unconscienable manner in ...
    4 days ago

  • Dutch civic leadership too White


    Islam in Europe - Commentary by Snouck — Authority Authority: 123
    The Amsterdam Advisory Council for Diversity released a report stating that the leadership of civic society in Amsterdam is dominated by White people. The Chairperson of the council, Ankie Verlaan stated: Amsterdam is almost entirely run by white Dutch people. There is hardly anyone from an immigrant background on ...
    5 days ago

  • Sultan Kosen: World’s Tallest Man visits Madurodam, the smallest city in the Netherlands


    Dutch Daily News — Authority Authority: 123
    Sultan Kosen the tallest man in the world will be visiting Madurodam, the smallest city in the Netherlands.Dutch Miniature City Madurodam will be visited on Monday by the world’s tallest man, Sultan Kosen , from Turkey, according to a spokesman from the attraction in The Hague. Sultan Kosen was recently named ...
    5 days ago

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    3 continent family — Authority Authority: 125
    {3 years today}{& counting}{I married the best guy eva}***Today also marks 8 years since I moved to the Netherlands. 8 years. Despite all of my traveling before that move, I never imagined I would actually be living here. In Holland.{me, in ireland visiting family one month after arriving in holland. i dragged ...
    5 days ago

  • Climate studies to benefit from 12 years of satellite aerosol data


    Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority Authority: 616
    Aerosols, very small particles suspended in the air, play an important role in the global climate balance and in regulating climate change.
    6 days ago

  • All of your cycling news – November 10, 2009


    Bike World News — Authority Authority: 142
    Bit of a slow news day today once you get past the million articles talking about the bidding war for Alberto Contador... Bianchi signs on for Ceramica Flaminia, U.S. devo riders take on the Six Day... For the full story, go to http://www.bikeworldnews.com
    6 days ago

  • News: Brooklyn, Jim Carrey, Asteroid, Jodi Rell, Subway Drama


    -Towleroad News- [#gay] — Authority Authority: 740
    This is how an American soldier is made . Brooklyns oldest gay bar, The Starlite Lounge, in danger of closing : "The Starlite Lounge has been a Crown Heights fixture since the 1960s,serving gays and non-gays. In recent years, the venue has become adestination for neighborhood folks looking for a casual ...
    6 days ago

  • The Netherlands. Another toddler dies of AH1N1 flu


    A TIME'S MEMORY — Authority Authority: 458
    Another young child has died of Mexican flu in the Netherlands. The boy aged 2 had been admitted to the Nijmegen University Medical Centre with flu symptoms, and was suffering from other ailments as well. The boy is the youngest victim so far. The National Insitute for Public Health announced on Friday that so far ...
    6 days ago

  • Biggest Poker Tournament in the Netherlands


    Dutch Daily News — Authority Authority: 123
    The Master Classics of Poker, the most important poker tournament of the Benelux, begins this Tuesday in Holland Casino Amsterdam. About three hundred poker players are expected to compete in the most expensive tournament in the Netherlands, according to a spokesman. The participants need to bring 6200 euros each to ...
    6 days ago

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