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  • Tired of life? Group calls for assisted suicide

    9 Feb 2010 | 7:02 am
    A group of older Dutch academics and politicians have launched a petition in support of assisted suicide for the over-70s.

  • Cabinet admits Iraq war mistakes

    9 Feb 2010 | 6:07 am
    The cabinet has admitted MPs could have been better informed about security service 'doubts and conjectures' about Iraq's supposed weapons of mass destruction in the run-up to the 2003 invasion.

  • Cabinet considers Nato Afghanistan request

    9 Feb 2010 | 5:49 am
    The cabinet is considering continuing Dutch involvement in Afghanistan past the August 2010 pull-out date following Nato's formal request for a delay, defence minister Eimert van Middelkoop told reporters on Tuesday.

  • Breast cancer check age limit is legal

    9 Feb 2010 | 5:28 am
    The government is within its rights to limit the national breast cancer screening programme to women below the age of 75, the Hague district court ruled on Tuesday.

  • 62,000 old cars scrapped for money

    9 Feb 2010 | 5:23 am
    Some 62,000 old cars have so far been taken off the roads in return for payments under the government's scrappage scheme.
 
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    BigNewsNetwork: Netherlands

  • Gullit to lead Dutch-Belgian World Cup bid

    9 Feb 2010 | 10:56 am
    The ex-Dutch international will now HEAD the bid, having already been heavily involved in the process. Gullit has also been joined by ambassadors including Johan Cruyff, Marco van Basten, Clarence ...

  • Cane harvester from New Holland Fiat

    9 Feb 2010 | 10:39 am
    CHENNAI: New Holland Fiat India, part of Case IH Global, a leading manufacturer of farm machinery, has launched new sugar cane harvester, Austoft 4000. According to a release, the new harvester aims t...

  • Mindshare Keeps Unilever in U.S.

    9 Feb 2010 | 9:56 am
    The Hollywood Reporter Digital Edition is an exact replica of the print edition with page turner technology, delivered directly to your inbox Monday-Friday. Access THR's Digital Edition from your co...

  • Dutch consider Afghan training role

    9 Feb 2010 | 9:45 am
    forces in Afghanistan will pull out of combat in the province of Uruzgan as planned in August but some may stay on “in a smaller and time-limited” deployment to help train the Afghan national army...

  • Dutch car-maker Spyker Cars begins UK production

    9 Feb 2010 | 9:01 am
    A Dutch-based luxury car-maker began production in Britain today, bringing its assembly line to the same site as one of its major suppliers. Spyker Cars said its new 20,000sq ft plant at CPP M...
 
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    Governement.nl

  • Response to development cooperation report

    18 Jan 2010 | 2:21 pm
    In an initial response to a new report by the Advisory Council on Government Policy (WRR), development minister Bert Koenders said that the WRR?s recommendations provided an opportunity to move forward with the modernisation of development cooperation.

  • Balkenende: terrible tragedy in Haiti

    15 Jan 2010 | 2:28 pm
    Reflecting on the ?terrible earthquake? that struck Haiti on 12 January, Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende lamented this ?tragedy of unprecedented scope?. He spoke of the ?tremendous suffering and massive engagement on a global scale'.

  • Retirement age to be raised to 67 in two stages

    23 Dec 2009 | 6:57 pm
    The government has announced plans to raise the age of retirement under the General Old Age Pensions Act (AOW) to 67 years to 66 in 2020 and 67 in 2025. The new legislation will include measures to enable people to work longer.

  • Balkenende pleased with US Afghanistan strategy

    7 Dec 2009 | 4:28 pm
    In a telephone call with Vice President Joseph Biden, Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende has welcomed the US government's plans for Afghanistan.

  • Kroes is EU's new Digital Agenda Commissioner

    27 Nov 2009 | 6:00 pm
    European Commission President José Manuel Barroso has announced the portfolio responsibilities for the next Commission. Neelie Kroes has been given the Digital Agenda portfolio and will be one of the vice presidents.
 
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    Bad News from the Netherlands

  • Caretakers Afraid at Work

    9 Feb 2010 | 12:48 am
    Caretakers in large institutions have incurred the largest percentage of security incidents at work, in comparison to other employees at major institutions. About 22% of doctors, nurses, receptionists and cleaning personnel in care institutions are suffering from insecure situations. In schools, the percentage is 14.1%. More caretakers than other professions feel that employers have cut back on security personnel at their places of work.www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/5961034/__Zorgverleners_bang_op_werk__.html

  • Twenty Percent of Young Non-Western Immigrants Unemployed

    8 Feb 2010 | 1:55 am
    Recent data from the Central Bureau of Statistics show that 20.5% of non-western youngsters were unemployed in 2009. The year before the percentage was 16.8. Whereas unemployment among all autochtonous Dutch was 4%, among non-westerners it was 11%. The unemployment among autochtonous was 9.6%.www.trouw.nl/nieuws/economie/article2980243.ece/Een_vijfde_allochtone_jongeren_werkloos.html

  • State Subsidized Radio Station Makes Trailer on Future Murder of Politician

    7 Feb 2010 | 2:23 am
    The subsidized radio station FunX has prepared a trailer for a movie as yet unmade in which the right-wing PVV party leader Geert Wilders is being murdered. The trailer, which is being shown on a website linked to the radio station, also shows people mourning Wilders’ death and wreaths with pictures of him. The PVV party has asked the minister of education how a subsidized station can show such programs and why the taxpayer must finance this.www.ad.nl/ad/nl/1012/Binnenland/article/detail/461345/2010/02/04/PVV-Smakeloos-filmpje-over-moord-op-Wilders.dhtml

  • Leader of Student Party in Municipal Elections Shown Naked on Poster

    3 Feb 2010 | 11:30 pm
    The Student058 party which is running in the municipal elections of Leeuwarden has put up a poster showing its leader Michel Hania naked. His penis is covered by a glass of beer. The picture was taken in the Assembly Hall of the Leeuwarden Municipality.www.trouw.nl/nieuws/article2978685.ece/Lijsttrekker_studentenpartij_naakt_op_poster.html

  • Labor Leader Wouter Bos: We made a big stupid mistake

    3 Feb 2010 | 2:36 am
    Labor Leader Wouter Bos has said in a RTL TV broadcast that each party is entitled to make a big stupid mistake in its electoral campaign. He was reacting to the proposal of two Labor parliamentarians Pierre Heijnen and Paul Kalma to delay municipal elections till the weather gets warmer. Bos said they had been rightly criticized in the faction meeting on Tuesday. The proposal led to many jokes by members of other parties. The Socialist Party offered Labor free hats and the Christian Democrats offered pea soup, to keep them…
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    Dutch Daily News

  • Alexandra Richards at Amsterdam Fashion Week

    admin
    30 Jan 2010 | 12:09 am
    Alexandra Richards, daughter of Rolling Stones guitarist Keith is in Amsterdam for the Amsterdam Fashion Week 2010. The 24 year old blonde is a model, artist, and DJ in New York City. She was invited by her Girlfriend Gulcen Olcay, owner of the funky clothing brand “SuperTrash” a true LA it- girl label for independent women with great sense for fashion and style. SuperTrash was found in L.A., by socialite Ava Rily, a true Hollywood girl, but brought to big European success in cooperation with the Dutch fashion entrepreneur Olcay Gulsen. Today SuperTrash is a well known brand in…

  • Dutch smokers should pay more for healthcare

    admin
    29 Jan 2010 | 1:02 am
    Dutch Non-smokers should pay less for for their health insurance than smokers. This is the advice of the Council for Public Health Care RVZ is to advise ministers. The council wants to ensure the insurance premium dependents on the lifestyle of the insured and unhealthy Dutch should pay more for healthcare. People who don’t smoke and those who do sports and are not overweight should pay lower health insurance premiums the government is to be told. To prevent the charges becoming too expensive for those on low earnings, the council will recommend that the basic health insurance premium…

  • Apple iPad tablet first look

    admin
    27 Jan 2010 | 2:28 pm
    Apple’s New iPad tablet early hands-on impressions after Apple’s media event in San Francisco are very positive. People rave about the iPad’s speed, calling it “blazingly fast” with no lagging at any point. Responsiveness of the system and applications, as well as loading of web pages, is seen as excellent by those who have handled the device. The 1024 x 768 screen is also well-regarded in both reviews, described as “stunning” with the ability to show small text “crisply”. Reports on the feel of the device “substantial but…

  • Dutch Breaking News Tweet

    admin
    26 Jan 2010 | 1:30 pm
    MSNBC found the right man to help to move into social media: 20-year-old Michael van Poppel, a Dutch media maven with a newsfeed on Twitter. Michael van Poppel started a Twitter feed called “BreakingNews” three years ago, from an apartment in Tilburg, the Netherlands. He aggregated news from the internet and linking to breaking headlines from around the world onto his feed. Twitter was but a year old and Van Poppel just 17 at the time, but the novel idea drew an overnight following. BreakingNews’ first major scoop, to the astonishment of the European news establishment, was…

  • McDonalds fired employee over cheese slice

    admin
    26 Jan 2010 | 1:07 pm
    A Dutch branch of McDonalds in the Friesian town of Lemmer was wrong to fired an employee for giving away an extra slice of cheese to a colleague on a break on her hamburger, a Dutch court ruled on Tuesday. The employee lost her job at a branch of the fast-food chain in the northern town of Lemmer in March last year. The fast-food chain argued that this turned the hamburger into a cheeseburger, and so the employee should have charged more. McDonald’s said she had broken staff rules prohibiting free gifts to family, friends or colleagues, by giving the extra slice of cheese, the…
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    Amsterdam Travel Guide

  • Perfect Time for a Quick Getaway to Amsterdam

    Jessica
    12 Jan 2010 | 5:35 pm
    The middle of January isn’t necessarily the time when most people think about a getaway trip to Amsterdam - the city isn’t exactly known for being warm in winter, after all. But as has been noted recently, winter trips to Amsterdam can be a really good idea. The weather isn’t usually as bad as you [...]

  • Long-distance buses to or from Amsterdam on Eurolines

    Roger
    16 Dec 2009 | 3:42 pm
    If you are a skint backpacker or just a cheapskate in general and you want to get to or from Amsterdam in the absolute cheapest possible way that doesn’t involve car-jacking or hitchhiking, then the good news is that there is an excellent network of long distance buses ready for you. The company is actually [...]

  • Amsterdam in winter: A surprisingly good time to visit

    Roger
    11 Dec 2009 | 2:30 pm
    If you are on the fence as to whether or not you should visit Amsterdam in the winter, the answer is almost certainly yes. To quickly sum things up, the winter weather is far milder than in, say, Berlin or Prague, and on top of that, prices and crowds are at their lowest levels of [...]

  • Winter flights to Amsterdam aren’t great bargains just yet

    Roger
    3 Dec 2009 | 2:39 pm
    Every month or two I like to run down the best airfare prices I can find from each of 10 key cities in the US, Canada, and the UK. When I began this time I expected prices to be about as low as they’ve been in years, but that actually wasn’t the case. There is [...]

  • Win an almost-free trip for 2 to Amsterdam by trading away something you like

    Roger
    19 Nov 2009 | 3:05 pm
    The excellent Netherlands Tourism Board is partnering with the uber-artsy Lloyd Hotel in Amsterdam for an interesting contest that will award one winner with a free trip for two to the Dutch Capital, including three nights at the Lloyd. The fun gimmick here is that to enter you have to offer to trade away something [...]
 
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    Amsterdam Travel and Visitors Guide

  • Amsterdam gears up for steep budget cuts; raising tourist tax a possibility

    CityDesk
    8 Feb 2010 | 10:07 am
    Pay up for the ferry to and from Amsterdam-North. Spend less on arts and culture. Raise real estate and tourist taxes, and make people pay more for parking permits. Budget cuts in the areas of education, healthcare, roadworks, and a sharp reducation in the number of civil servants. Those are some of the options Amsterdam's Municipal Executive board will have to choose from in order to make sure the city will live within its budget while facing steep cuts over the next four years.

  • Amsterdam: coffeeshops near schools may not have to close

    CityDesk
    4 Feb 2010 | 8:50 pm
    Amsterdam mayor Job Cohen later this month will present the city councel with a handful of alternative measures designed to prevent the forced closure of coffeeshops located near schools.Federal rules to go into effect no later than December 2011 will prohibit coffeeshops from operating within 250 meters from a high school.

  • Virgin Vacations: Amsterdam world’s most bicycle friendly city

    CityDesk
    26 Jan 2010 | 9:09 am
    Amsterdam is the most bicycle-friendly city in the world, says American travel agency Virgin Vacations. In its listing of "11 Most Bicycle Friendly Cities in the World," Amsterdam ranks number one. Small wonder. Amsterdam truly is bike heaven.

  • Raise minimum age for prostitutes; Close Red Light District in early morning hours, Amsterdam alderman says

    CityDesk
    19 Jan 2010 | 2:00 am
    Amsterdam's world famous Red Light District should be closed for prostitution between 4 am to 8 am, an Amsterdam alderman says. In addition, the minimum age for prostitutes must be raised from 18 to 23 years, says Deputy Mayor Lodewijk Asscher, proposing measures meant to combat forced prostitution.

  • No ice skating on Amsterdam’s canals for now

    CityDesk
    13 Jan 2010 | 5:07 pm
    Effective this thursday, the city of Amsterdam wil cancel a recent ban on sailing through some of its canals. The ban was meant to allow a network of canals to freeze over -- turning a large section of the city into a giant ice skating rink. But the weather isn't playing along...
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    About.com Amsterdam Travel

  • Where to Find Good Mexican Food in Amsterdam

    4 Feb 2010 | 3:12 am
    Spicy food can be hard to come by in a country where mild salsa makes most natives sweat. I love spicy food, especially when it comes in a Mexican or even Tex-Mex package. If you're in Amsterdam and find yourself craving a little jalapeño heat, try one of my picks for Amsterdam's Best Mexican Restaurants. From authentic Mexican mole to Tex-Mex tostadas to a brick-sized Baja-style burrito, these restaurants dish out the city's best south-of-the-border-style food (and I'm not talking about Belgium). Where to Find Good Mexican Food in Amsterdam originally appeared on About.com Amsterdam…

  • Make Reservations Now for March Restaurant Week in Amsterdam

    1 Feb 2010 | 12:44 am
    Reservation books will start filling up quickly at the Amsterdam eateries participating in Restaurant Week, which runs the first full week in March. Organized by online dining guide DiningCity.com and other corporate sponsors, the event gives customers an opportunity to dine at some of the city's best restaurants, where prices may have previously deterred them, by offering surprise, three-course menus at a set (discounted) price. Basics of Restaurant Week in Amsterdam When: March 1-7, 2010 Where: Participating restaurants, which include some of the city's most lauded. What: Set three-course…

  • Find Chocolate Euphoria at Amsterdam's Puccini Bomboni

    24 Jan 2010 | 5:46 pm
    There's a reason chocolate is the sweet treat of choice for Valentine's Day: it's is known to trigger the release of endorphins in the brain (read: it might make your darlin' feel dreamy). So, if you're in Amsterdam, grab your favorite girl or guy and get to Puccini Bomboni. You can thank me for the euphoric feelings later.Find Chocolate Euphoria at Amsterdam's Puccini Bomboni originally appeared on About.com Amsterdam Travel on Monday, January 25th, 2010 at 01:46:41.Permalink | Comment | Email this

  • How Not to Get Lost in Amsterdam

    22 Jan 2010 | 2:30 am
    Some people like to get "lost" when they visit a foreign destination. I'm not really one of those people. Sure I like to be spontaneous sometimes, but when I have two days to see a city, I want to make sure I don't waste time wandering the same path, getting nowhere. It's not difficult to get all turned around in Amsterdam. These tips for navigating the city will help steer you in the right direction. Pictured: Amsterdam's ring of canals can present a navigating challenge Photo Courtesy of Amsterdam Tourism and Convention Bureau How Not to Get Lost in Amsterdam originally appeared on…

  • Amsterdam in Just a Few Words

    16 Jan 2010 | 11:43 pm
    People who know me well wouldn't say I'm a woman of few words. But in an effort to describe a city that often escapes description, I offer this concise quick list of qualities I call Amsterdam in Just a Few Words. Some are short, others are long, all are appropriate. Let me know what you would add to the list! Amsterdam in Just a Few Words originally appeared on About.com Amsterdam Travel on Sunday, January 17th, 2010 at 07:43:59.Permalink | Comment | Email this
 
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    AmsterdamNews.net

  • Gullit to lead Dutch-Belgian World Cup bid

    9 Feb 2010 | 10:56 am
    The ex-Dutch international will now HEAD the bid, having already been heavily involved in the process. Gullit has also been joined by ambassadors including Johan Cruyff, Marco van Basten, Clarence ...

  • Cane harvester from New Holland Fiat

    9 Feb 2010 | 10:39 am
    CHENNAI: New Holland Fiat India, part of Case IH Global, a leading manufacturer of farm machinery, has launched new sugar cane harvester, Austoft 4000. According to a release, the new harvester aims t...

  • Mindshare Keeps Unilever in U.S.

    9 Feb 2010 | 9:56 am
    The Hollywood Reporter Digital Edition is an exact replica of the print edition with page turner technology, delivered directly to your inbox Monday-Friday. Access THR's Digital Edition from your co...

  • Dutch consider Afghan training role

    9 Feb 2010 | 9:45 am
    forces in Afghanistan will pull out of combat in the province of Uruzgan as planned in August but some may stay on “in a smaller and time-limited” deployment to help train the Afghan national army...

  • Dutch car-maker Spyker Cars begins UK production

    9 Feb 2010 | 9:01 am
    A Dutch-based luxury car-maker began production in Britain today, bringing its assembly line to the same site as one of its major suppliers. Spyker Cars said its new 20,000sq ft plant at CPP M...
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    WordPress Tag: Netherlands

  • For expats of all colours, shapes & sizes

    spongebob
    9 Feb 2010 | 10:13 am
    Καλησπέρα καλησπέρα, τώρα θα αναρωτιέστε τι θέλει να πει ο ποιητής… Και μπαίνω στο θέμα…

  • Best Advice Ever

    daisysus
    9 Feb 2010 | 8:16 am
    Dutch fans were warned: bring your own condoms!! Dutch Health, Welfare and Sport Secretary Mariette Bussemaker told The Times Live, a South Afican publication,that they are expecting between ten and twelve thousand Dutch supporters at the world cup.  When she was told that one of the problems during the cup will be shortage of condoms, she decided to warn all Dutch supporters to pack their own. Well, at least the Dutch government knows it’s people well.  And really, all governments should learn from them.  Warn your citizens to take precautions instead of pretending no one but…

  • Afghanistan v USA Bring it on and bring Kabul boys to World T20

    Mudassar Ijaz
    9 Feb 2010 | 6:50 am
    World T20 Qualifiers for Jamican event are in progress in Dubai started today 9th Feb, 2010. The first day was a very interesting day in qualifiers already two upsets and third in progress (maybe we will have results till I finish this post). Tournament two favorites Ireland and Scotland were upset by Afghanistan and USA. Canada is also having an upper hand over Netherlands (last year Dutch beat England in World T20’s first match). So it is all interesting and we have to wait for the final to see which two teams are going to qualify for the next World T20 and may the best teams do and…

  • Parallel coevolution in delta water management: California and the Netherlands

    arjenzegwaard
    9 Feb 2010 | 4:44 am
    This article explores the similarities between management processes in two deltas: the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta (the “Bay Delta”) in California in the United States and the Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt Delta in the Netherlands. It delves into the coevolutionary histories of dynamic socio-ecological and political processes, by analyzing parallel strategies used by institutions of governance, science and nature to frame delta water and land management debates. This brings out similarities in argumentative strategies employed by actors in debates over uncertainties within delta governance…

  • Zombeer: Shocking Drunken Bloodsucking Zombies from Beyond the Vat

    disembedded
    9 Feb 2010 | 1:31 am
    Zombeer: Shocking Drunken Bloodsucking Zombies from Beyond the Vat Zombeer is a dark and shocking horror short film by the Dutch director Rob van der Velden, whose previous short horror film won a Dutch Quentin Taratino Competition.  A drunken brew master has embarrassed the town brewery for the last time and has been exiled to the lonely late-night shift.  But he hasn’t let this setback interrupt his drinking, and he ends up falling head-first into a boiling vat of churning hops.  Now we all know that this would turn any drunk into a raging zombie, right?  And that the now-tainted beer…
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    BLISS

  • WeR3

    1 Feb 2010 | 3:20 am
    Outdoor space, the final frontier These are the voyages of the Bliss Gardener Her continuing mission to explore strange new worlds To seek out new life and new civilisations To boldly go where no gardener has gone before Quite some time ago it struck me that embarking on a journey in space is strangely akin to starting out as a gardener as you never know what will happen next, who you'll

  • Bad

    19 Jan 2010 | 2:45 am
    Dolly: I can't watch this anymore, I really can't, that dog is so bad. Bad, bad, really, really bad!Tara: who's bad?Tara: when we went shopping the other day I just popped into the butcher's while Yolanda wasn't looking and helped myself to a string of sausages.It is self service in there, isn't it? So who's bad?Dolly: but stealing sausages is not the only bad thing that pup did. I won't look but

  • Indulging in a Spot of Indoor Gardening

    12 Jan 2010 | 4:54 am
    Gardening outside is not an option when my garden is covered in 15 cm of snow so I've opted for a spot of indoor gardening today.First off I went to buy a nice bouquet of tulips. After I had turfed out the Christmas tree I felt in dire need of some floral therapy.Gorgeous, are they not? I think so anyway, and they seem to get even more beautiful as time progresses.I've put my tulips on a pedestal

  • Do Not Disturb!

    7 Jan 2010 | 4:31 am
    Snow...................gently falling inch by inch, transforming the dreary, bare landscape into a magical placewhere any moment now, the Ice Queen will make a frosty appearance.Wreaking havoc, polar bears and all, on the purity of the driven snow.Stop this nonsense immediately Ice Queen, so we can enjoy this pristine blanket of snow that has turned our dull and drab winter world into something

  • Tick Tock

    31 Dec 2009 | 4:23 am
    Tick tock, the old Mora clock ticks away the seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years, decades, centuries.She was made a long time ago, round 1850, tick tock, in the Swedish province of Dalarna. Bad weather and poor soil forced the farmers in the Mora (town) area to look for other ways to supplement their income. The villagers of this area turned around 1750, tick tock, to
 
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    ECHR BLOG

  • ECHR and France News

    8 Feb 2010 | 11:47 pm
    Last month, a new blog on the ECHR and France was started by Zeki Mardin, in the English language. It focuses on both new applications, pending ones, and follow-up of the European Court's judgments concerning France. The intended readership is not so much academics, but rather professionals working with law firms and NGOs. Good luck with that new resource, Zeki!

  • Two Articles on EU and ECHR

    8 Feb 2010 | 12:50 am
    As a follow-up to my recent post on possible EU accession to the ECHR, here are references to two recent academic articles on the issue, addressing some problems in diverging case-law:* Jiri Malenovsky (a judge at the European Court of Justice), 'L’enjeu délicat de l’éventuelle adhésion de l’Union européenne à la convention européenne des droits de l’hommes : de graves différences dans l’application du droit international, notamment général, par les juridictions de Luxembourg et Strasbourg', Revue Générale de Droit Public International, first issue of 2010.* Johan…

  • Book on ECHR Reforms and Domestic Implementation

    5 Feb 2010 | 12:15 am
    This week a new book on the relationship between the European Court's reforms and a better domestic implementation of the Convention has been published by Intersentia. Costas Paraskeva, a human rights lawyer in Cyprus, has written 'The Relationship Between Domestic Implementation of the ECHR and the Ongoing Reforms of ECtHR' based on his PhD thesis defended at London Metropolitan University. This is the abstract:The European Court of Human Rights has become a “victim of ongoing reforms”. Continuous efforts to streamline and reinforce the system have proved inadequate in managing the…

  • Medvedev Signs Protocol 14 ECHR

    5 Feb 2010 | 12:11 am
    Yesterday, the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed the law approving Protocol 14 ECHR, reports press agency ITAR-TASS. This was the last remaining step to take before Russia formally ratifies by depositing its acceptance with the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. Protocol 14's time has finally come. Now all attention can focus on the Interlaken conference preparing essential reforms.

  • EU Accession to ECHR

    3 Feb 2010 | 11:58 pm
    Yesterday and the day before, the Spanish Presidency of the European Union and the EU's Fundamental Rights Agency organised a conference on EU accession to the ECHR. The entry into force of the European Union's Lisbon Treaty at the end of last year in combination with the upcoming entry into force of Protocol 14 ECHR will enable this accession. Accession will mean that a judge elected in respect of the EU will become part of the Court, bringing in particular expertise. Individuals will be able top bring complaints about the EU to Strasbourg after exhausting the EU's own existing system of…
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    Happy Hotelier

  • America’s Cup 33: Racing will start Februari 8, 2010

    Happy Hotelier
    6 Feb 2010 | 8:24 pm
    The Schooner (or Cutter) America The Auld Mug is named after I’ve not followed the intermediate legal battles in detail, although they are fascinating, but tomorrow, February 8, 2010, weather permitting the now three race only competition will start for the 33rd time at sea at Valencia, Spain. Since I attended part of the 150 year’s America’s Cup celebration in Cowes, UK, in 2001, I’m following it with more than usual interest and you can find me posting about it in my America’s Cup Category here. Off course the official site of the America’s Cup has been…

  • #TweetUpTheHague: Why attend and how to boost TweetUp success

    Happy Hotelier
    3 Feb 2010 | 2:05 pm
    It’s an omission that I didn’t post earlier about a TweetUp, especially since I attended my first Tweetup, #TweetUpTheHague no 1 already back in August 2009. What is a TweetUp? I like this definition of Paul McFredies of WordSpy: A real world meeting between two or more people who know each other through the online Twitter service I’ts as simple as that. No more no less. My reasons to attend #TweetUpTheHague Even dogs do it :-) as you can see from the photo of Oppi, the dog of Eppo. On a more serious note: To satisfy my always present insatiable curiosity: who is behind that…

  • Email Marketing Software for Newsletters for Bloggers

    Happy Hotelier
    1 Feb 2010 | 1:53 pm
    Some of my travelblogger friends send newsletters on a more or less frequent basis. Since I’m revamping my Haagsche Suites Sites, I would like to have a possibility to send newsletters that integrate blog posts. So I’ve been asking around and thus far came across the following possibilities which I will check: AWeber. Campaign Monitor. SendBlaster. Mailchimp My Newsletterbuilder Feedblitz Off course you can have your readers subscribe via Feedreader e-mail subscription, but I don’t like to get an email of every post somebody posts, and believe my readers here nor my future…

  • Travel and The IPad – Some preliminary Thoughts

    Happy Hotelier
    28 Jan 2010 | 2:54 pm
    In an impressive presentation Steve Jobs introduced the world to the IPad. What influence will it have on travel? Some preliminary thoughts: In the preamble Steve explained that Apple is by now bigger than Nokia, Samsung and Sony profitability wise in mobile devices…It may be assumed that it will be rolled out big 60 or 90 days from now. My main question is: Will you be able to leave your laptop (or eee netbook) home for an Ipad? If so, it is a must have. You can e-mail, write, calculate and make key note presentations with it, browse the web, watch photos and videos with it and listen…

  • What happened to the vintage Nested Suitcase Design?

    Happy Hotelier
    26 Jan 2010 | 7:18 am
    Via Cribcandy I came across this vintage nested suitcase installation. Cribcandy found it on Mocoloco and Mocoloco found it at Design*Sponge. It made me wonder what designers do nowady with this perfectly pratical idea. If you travel you can’t have enough suitcases, but at home those darn suitcases take a lot of space…what better than to nest them in storage? I did a quick image search on Nested Suitcases, but couldn’t find any eye candy design. Did I overlook something or is the idea obsolete and am I only nostalgic? What happened to the vintage Nested Suitcase Design? is a…
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    A Touch of Dutch

  • Learning Dutch Words: Part Three

    5 Feb 2010 | 2:41 am
    I love sharing these because, as I've written about before, it has helped me learn new words by relating pictures and things which I am surrounded with daily or often. I hope this tip will be a help for you if you are also learning Dutch or another language. For my previous blog entries to help learn Dutch words through pictures, click here. Feedback about these words from native speakers of Dutch is always welcome, and I appreciate corrections if any are needed, so please feel free to share in the comments!In the photo above, to say the sun is breaking through the clouds, or a sunbreak, is…

  • Learning Dutch Words

    2 Feb 2010 | 3:16 am
    Learning Dutch doesn't need to be overwhelming. One of the ways I began to learn quickly was to familiarize myself with what things around me daily were in Dutch. This is only a suggestion and may not be your style of learning, but it worked for me and still does today. I began with whatever I needed to use on a daily basis, and this process still occurs daily for me.The picture above: Crab in Dutch is krab.Plural = krabben.In Dutch, a b and a d on the end of a word sound slightly different than they'd normally be pronounced. D on the end of a word is pronounced more like a t. B on the end of…

  • Beautiful Things

    28 Jan 2010 | 10:25 pm
    A very nice surprise! I received recently a blogger award from Kristin over at A Military Wife in Paradise!I am going to slightly change the topic of this award from 7 interesting things about myself to 7 things I find beautiful in the Netherlands.The rules to this award are as follows: Thank the person who gave you the award.Paste the award on your blog.Link the person who nominated you for the award.Share 7 things you find to be beautiful around you.Nominate 7 bloggers or less. As I have done, you too may use the same topic or change this to whatever is interesting to you, about you or what…

  • Learning Dutch Words: Part Two

    28 Jan 2010 | 7:16 am
    I really enjoyed sharing these before, so here are a few more. And I will share more of these every so often.First, as seen above, Bad & Douche Crème is Dutch for "Bath & Shower Cream."Some native English speakers and especially Americans may think immediately "douche" means something else, but it in Dutch it means indeed "shower."Crème is originally French for "cream," but the Dutch also use this, and douche is also originally French for a shower. Douching in English usage usually refers to washing out a body part or cavity. See here for more about this. Douche is also a slang word…

  • Starbucks: They're Popping Up Everywhere!

    26 Jan 2010 | 1:48 am
    I've needed to update about this for quite some time now!Now I know for sure there is a Starbucks at Utrecht Centraal train station since August 5, 2009, and there is one at the Amsterdam Centraal train station since November 6, 2009. Also four locations are found inside of Schiphol Airport, with the newest found at the D-Pier which opened on December 11, 2009. Also one recently opened in Leiden on January 5th [here], and one is soon to come to Rotterdam in the spring of 2010. More updates soon! [Source/Bron]Starbucks at Amsterdam Centraal.Photo © Meteorry Used with written permission.Note:…
 
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  • Vragen over gebrek regie Balkenende 'niet relevant'

    9 Feb 2010 | 11:39 am
    AMSTERDAM - Het huidige kabinet is ministerieel verantwoordelijk voor de besluiten rondom de inval in Irak, maar niet voor de procedurele gang van zaken rondom de besluitvorming. Gerelateerd nieuws: - Kabinet erkent veel kritiek commisie-Davids - 'Kabinet erkent niet goed inlichten kamer over Irak'  

  • Fout piloot oorzaak crash bij Libanon

    9 Feb 2010 | 11:38 am
    BEIROET - Een fout van de piloot is de oorzaak van de crash van een toestel van Ethiopian Airlines bij Libanon vorige maand, waardoor alle negentig inzittenden om het leven kwamen. Gerelateerd nieuws: - Zwarte dozen crash Libanon gevonden - Piloot Boeing maakte 'vreemde draai' - Zware storm lijkt oorzaak vliegtuigcrash - Passagiersvliegtuig neergestort bij Libanon  

  • Taskforce pakt overvallen drastisch aan

    9 Feb 2010 | 11:32 am
    ROTTERDAM - De Taskforce Overvalcriminaliteit komt met een arsenaal aan maatregelen om het aantal overvallen en straatroven drastisch terug te dringen. Gerelateerd nieuws: - Politie lost reeks gewelddadige overvallen op - Aantal overvallen blijft toenemen - Avond vol overvallen in Rotterdamse regio  

  • Politie doorzoekt woning verwarde man

    9 Feb 2010 | 11:24 am
    DEN BOSCH/BERGEN OP ZOOM - De politie doet dinsdagmiddag onderzoek in de woning van een 43-jarige verwarde man uit Bergen op Zoom die dinsdagochtend zorgde voor opschudding in een trein naar Den Bosch. Gerelateerd nieuws: - Geen explosieven gevonden op station Den Bosch  

  • 'Snowmageddon II' op komst in VS

    9 Feb 2010 | 11:23 am
    WASHINGTON - De Verenigde Staten maken zich dinsdag op voor een zware sneeuwstorm die de oostkust opnieuw onder tientallen centimeters sneeuw zal bedekken. Gerelateerd nieuws: - Sneeuwchaos in oosten VS duurt voort - Vluchten afgelast in noordoosten VS  
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  • Beschonken man mist nieuwe rotonde 'uit gewoonte'

    8 Feb 2010 | 2:51 pm
    Een dronken automobilist is door de mand gevallen, nadat hij in de Limburgse gemeente Nuth uit gewoonte een nieuwe rotonde miste. Dat meldt de politie vandaag. De rotonde tussen Schimmert en Arendsgenhout is een paar maanden geleden aangelegd. Ter hoogte van de rotonde lag eerder een bocht naar rechts. De 39-jarige man uit Valkenburg aan de Geul wilde vermoedelijk de niet langer bestaande bocht nemen, wat natuurlijk niet goed ging. Hij eindigde tien meter verderop in een waterbuffer van zo'n twee meter diep. Tegen de man wordt proces-verbaal opgemaakt.

  • Arts van Michael Jackson aangeklaagd

    8 Feb 2010 | 2:46 pm
    De arts van wijlen Michael Jackson is aangeklaagd voor dood door schuld. Dat is vandaag in de Amerikaanse stad Los Angeles bekendgemaakt. De arts Conrad Murray was lijfarts van de op 25 juni vorig jaar overleden Amerikaanse popartiest. Murray was bij Jackson toen die op 50-jarige leeftijd overleed. De zanger had onder meer een buitengewoon zwaar slaapmiddel toegediend gekregen. Murray ontkent verantwoordelijkheid, mede omdat Jackson vaker het bewuste propofol had gekregen. Als de arts schuldig wordt bevonden, kan hij maximaal vier jaar cel krijgen.

  • VVD wil beelden inbraak online zetten

    8 Feb 2010 | 2:15 pm
    De Amsterdamse tak van de VVD is van plan beelden van een inbraak in een restaurant op haar website te zetten. De partij zegt dat de eigenaar van restaurant Roots de inbrekers met de camera heeft vastgelegd, maar dat de politie de beelden nog niet openbaar wil maken. De VVD wil niet wachten. "Er is nu voor de tweede keer in een week ingebroken. De VVD wil er niet op wachten tot er een derde inbraak plaats vindt", laat raadslid Bas van 't Wout vanavond weten. "Als de beelden van de eerste inbraak gepubliceerd waren, dan was de tweede inbraak voorkomen." De politie laat weten van het voornemen…

  • Vier jaar cel voor Londense politieofficier

    8 Feb 2010 | 1:03 pm
    Een hooggeplaatste officier van de politie in Londen is vandaag tot vier jaar gevangenisstraf veroordeeld. Hij had een man met wie hij om 685 euro ruzie had, mishandeld en op valse gronden gearresteerd. De jury verklaarde politiecommandant Ali Dizaei schuldig aan wangedrag in een openbaar ambt en misleiding van justitie. Hij kan binnen enkele weken zijn ontslag tegemoet zien. Volgens politiechef Paul Stephenson heeft Dizaei het vertrouwen van het publiek beschaamd en behalve zijn eigen naam ook die van het gehele politiekorps geschaad. Dizaei had in juli 2008 een 24-jarige Iraakse zakenman…

  • Ook C1000 zweert gecastreerde big af

    8 Feb 2010 | 1:01 pm
    Na Albert Heijn stopt ook C1000 met de verkoop van vlees van gecastreerde biggen. Dat laat de winkelketen vandaag weten. Vanaf volgende maand worden de inkoopeisen aangepast met het doel om eind volgend jaar geen vlees van gecastreerde biggen meer in de winkel te hebben liggen. Stichting Vakens in Nood had gedreigd naar de rechter te stappen over het vlees van ongecastreerde biggen. Die zaak is nu van de baan. De supermarkten waren al van plan vanaf 2015 geen castratievlees meer te verkopen, maar C1000 heeft die deadline nu vervroegd. Een kleine maand geleden kondigde Albert Heijn ook al aan…
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  • Even uitzichtloos leven in Parijs en Nairobi

    Ernst-Jan Pfauth
    9 Feb 2010 | 8:42 am
    Afrika-correspondent Koert Lindijer en Frankrijk-correspondent René Moerland schreven voor het NRC Weekblad van deze week een bijzonder stuk. Ze bezochten samen de sloppenwijken van Nairobi en de banlieues van Parijs en peilden de woede en het isolement aan de rand van de Europese en de Afrikaanse stad. Vroeger droomden inwoners van de buitenwijken nog over een leven in het rijke gedeelte, inmiddels weten ze: wie arm is, blijft arm. Nrc.tv maakte een reportage over de ontdekkingstocht van beide correspondenten:

  • Greenpeace had het jaren geleden al over eco-seks

    Ernst-Jan Pfauth
    9 Feb 2010 | 7:18 am
    Eind 2009 blogden we er al over: dé trend voor 2010, volgens trendwatchers: eco-seks. De trendwatcher ging niet verder dan een milieuvriendelijke condoom met FSC-keurmerk. Maar Greenpeace had acht jaar geleden al tips, ontdekte opinieblog Sargasso. Jawel, de organisatie die vroeger enkel de wereldzeeën afvoer om milieuvervuilers te hinderen, klopte anno 2002 al op je slaapkamerdeur. Figuurlijk gezien dan hè? In dat metafoor past de badkamerdeur trouwens ook prima, want één van de tips van Greenpeace is: neem samen een bad. Of zeep elkaar in onder de douche. Greenpeace-activist in 2006 op…

  • Op de eerste rang naar ontruiming station Den Bosch kijken

    Mark Beunderman
    9 Feb 2010 | 5:16 am
    Morgen in nrc.next uiteraard een artikel over het bomalarm in Den Bosch. Momenteel zoek ik via Twitter ooggetuigen. Met succes. Fabienne van der Werff woont tegenover het station van Den Bosch. Ze vertelt: “Toen de politie aan de deur kwam heb ik de tv zacht gezet en gedaan of ik niet  thuis was. Ik wilde wel op de eerste rang zitten. Ik hoorde de politie tegen de buren zeggen dat ze wel binnen mochten blijven, maar wel uit de buurt van de ramen of het balkon moetsen blijven. Een paar buren in het appartementencomplex zijn toch naar buiten gegaan. Ik ben blij dat ik binnen ben gebleven,…

  • Tip: stap niet in het ‘frame’ van Wilders

    Haagse redactie
    9 Feb 2010 | 3:45 am
    Een debat winnen van Geert Wilders is niet gemakkelijk. De PVV-leider is sterk in framing, schrijft de Delftse hoogleraar bestuurskunde Hans de Bruijn in zijn onlangs verschenen boekje Geert Wilders in debat. Zo zei Wilders een keer: „We raken Nederland kwijt aan de massa-immigratie, aan het Marokkaanse tuig dat scheldend, spugend en onschuldige mensen in elkaar rammend door het leven gaat.” Dat is een frame; een bepaalde manier van kijken naar de werkelijkheid, een ‘mindset’. Archieffoto Wilders door Alex MacNaughton De tip voor de concurrentie is duidelijk: stap nooit in de frame…

  • Sleur een spijkerbroekmodel van z’n stoel af

    Ernst-Jan Pfauth
    9 Feb 2010 | 3:30 am
    Zo, beste modemakers. Kijk eens op de site van spijkerbroekenmerk Wrangler voor een bijzondere manier om een collectie te presenteren. Consumenten trouwens ook, want daar is het spectaculair genoeg voor. Een hevig getatoeëerd model gehuld in denim is ‘versleepbaar’ over de site. Je kan ‘m van z’n stoel afsleuren, of een halve breakdance laten uitvoeren. En voor iedereen die op mannen valt, biedt de site waarschijnlijk nog een extra dimensie, want wrangler.com begint met het ontkleden van het model. Screenshot Wrangler De site is in flash gebouwd. Zodra je het model…
 
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  • Minister laat corporaties betalen

    9 Feb 2010 | 10:08 am
    Minister Van der Laan dwingt twee woningcorporaties om hun bijdrage aan de Vogelaarwijken over te maken. Het gaat om Woningstichting Den Helder en Woonschakel in Medemblik.

  • Griekse maatregelen tegen crisis

    9 Feb 2010 | 8:13 am
    De Griekse regering heeft maatregelen aangekondigd om de financiële problemen in het land het hoofd te bieden. Zo wil het de pensioenleeftijd verhogen van 61 naar 63 jaar en regelingen schrappen voor vervroegde uittreding.

  • GM wil miljarden staatssteun Opel

    9 Feb 2010 | 6:58 am
    GM wil het geld gebruiken voor een grote reorganisatie bij Opel.

  • Onderzoek mishandeld kind belastend

    9 Feb 2010 | 5:09 am
    Van de jaarlijks 16.000 meldingen van kindermishandeling, is 10% onterecht. Dat blijkt uit cijfers van de MO-groep Jeugdzorg, de organisatie die de Advies- en Meldpunten Kindermishandeling (AMK) vertegenwoordigt.

  • Leeftijdsgrens test borstkanker mag

    9 Feb 2010 | 4:36 am
    Vrouwen van 76 jaar en ouder mogen bij het screenen van borstkanker worden uitgesloten.
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  • Davis klopt Morrison in trainingswedstrijd

    8 Feb 2010 | 3:43 pm
    Shani Davis heeft maandag bij een trainingswedstrijd op de Richmond Olympic Oval een geslaagde test afgeleverd. De Amerikaanse schaatser, tijdens de Winterspelen topfavoriet op de 1000 en 1500 meter, noteerde op de kilometer een tijd van 1.09,36. Daarmee bleef hij exact 0,4 seconde boven het baanrecord van zijn landgenoot Trevor Marsicano.

  • Sms redt Griek in Nieuw-Zeeland

    8 Feb 2010 | 3:43 pm
    Een Griekse toerist is gered op een berg in Nieuw-Zeeland nadat hij per sms de hulp inriep van familie in Griekenland.

  • Hughes veel sneller dan Voorhuis

    8 Feb 2010 | 3:39 pm
    Op de drie kilometer bleef Jorien Voorhuis tijdens de trainingswedstrijd in de Richmond Olympic Oval steken op 4.14,04. Ze legde het in een rechtstreeks duel af tegen de Canadese Clara Hughes. De schaatsster die vrijdag tijdens de openingsceremonie namens het gastland de vlag met de Maple Leaf het BC Place Stadium binnendraagt, kwam tot 4.08,85.

  • Shani Davis geeft visitekaartje af

    8 Feb 2010 | 3:37 pm
    Met een uitbundig ‘Wow!’ begroette Shani Davis tijdens trainingswedstrijden in de Richmond Olympic Oval zijn zege op de 1000 meter. De Amerikaan, die duidelijk met de handrem er op reed, klokte 1.09,36 (17,01 – 25,54 – 26,81).

  • IOC-preses Rogge staat protest toe

    8 Feb 2010 | 3:30 pm
    "Wij accepteren protesten", was de reactie van IOC-voorzitter Jacques Rogge op de vraag of het International Olympisch Comité actie gaat ondernemen tegen mogelijke demonstraties. De eerste protestactie is al aangekondigd en staat gepland voor vrijdag wanneer de Winterspelen in Vancouver worden geopend.
 
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  • De Bakker bereikt tweede ronde toernooi Rotterdam

    9 Feb 2010 | 9:42 am
    Rotterdam, 9 febr. Thiemo de Bakker (21) heeft voor de eerste keer in zijn tennisloopbaan de tweede ronde bereikt van het ABN Amro World Tournament in Rotterdam. De geboren Hagenaar, die in 's-Gravenzande woont, was vandaag in Ahoy in twee sets te sterk voor de Tsjech Jan Hajek. De setstanden waren 7-6 (5) en 6-3.

  • De kabinetsreactie op het Irak-rapport in zes punten

    9 Feb 2010 | 9:31 am
    De ministerraad werd het vanmorgen na weken van moeizame besprekingen eens over een kabinetsreactie op het rapport van de commissie-Davids. Wat zei de commissie en wat is de reactie van het kabinet?

  • Opel vraagt om miljarden staatssteun

    9 Feb 2010 | 7:45 am
    Frankfurt, 9 febr. Opel, de Duitse dochteronderneming van het Amerikaanse General Motors, heeft een verzoek ingediend voor Europese staatssteun voor een bedrag van 2,7 miljard euro. Daarmee wil de onderneming een herstructurering van Opel financieren. Dat heeft Opeltopman Nick Reilly vandaag gezegd.

  • President Sri Lanka ontbindt parlement

    9 Feb 2010 | 7:44 am
    Rajapaksa maakt zo de weg vrij voor verkiezingen, een dag na de arrestatie van zijn tegenstander Fonseka.

  • Heerema leent Spyker miljoenen

    9 Feb 2010 | 7:36 am
    Offshorebedrijf Heerema, een vroegere werkgever van Victor Muller, leent Spyker 25 miljoen dollar voor de overname van Saab.
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  • Amsterdam gears up for steep budget cuts; raising tourist tax a possibility

    CityDesk
    8 Feb 2010 | 10:07 am
    Pay up for the ferry to and from Amsterdam-North. Spend less on arts and culture. Raise real estate and tourist taxes, and make people pay more for parking permits. Budget cuts in the areas of education, healthcare, roadworks, and a sharp reducation in the number of civil servants. Those are some of the options Amsterdam's Municipal Executive board will have to choose from in order to make sure the city will live within its budget while facing steep cuts over the next four years.

  • Amsterdam: coffeeshops near schools may not have to close

    CityDesk
    4 Feb 2010 | 8:50 pm
    Amsterdam mayor Job Cohen later this month will present the city councel with a handful of alternative measures designed to prevent the forced closure of coffeeshops located near schools.Federal rules to go into effect no later than December 2011 will prohibit coffeeshops from operating within 250 meters from a high school.

  • Virgin Vacations: Amsterdam world’s most bicycle friendly city

    CityDesk
    26 Jan 2010 | 9:09 am
    Amsterdam is the most bicycle-friendly city in the world, says American travel agency Virgin Vacations. In its listing of "11 Most Bicycle Friendly Cities in the World," Amsterdam ranks number one. Small wonder. Amsterdam truly is bike heaven.

  • Raise minimum age for prostitutes; Close Red Light District in early morning hours, Amsterdam alderman says

    CityDesk
    19 Jan 2010 | 2:00 am
    Amsterdam's world famous Red Light District should be closed for prostitution between 4 am to 8 am, an Amsterdam alderman says. In addition, the minimum age for prostitutes must be raised from 18 to 23 years, says Deputy Mayor Lodewijk Asscher, proposing measures meant to combat forced prostitution.

  • No ice skating on Amsterdam’s canals for now

    CityDesk
    13 Jan 2010 | 5:07 pm
    Effective this thursday, the city of Amsterdam wil cancel a recent ban on sailing through some of its canals. The ban was meant to allow a network of canals to freeze over -- turning a large section of the city into a giant ice skating rink. But the weather isn't playing along...
 
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  • De ICT Trends van 2010

    29 Jan 2010 | 5:07 am
    Voor de meeste organisaties staan er weinig vernieuwende ontwikkelingen en investeringen op de agenda voor 2010. Dit jaar zal vooral gebruikt worden om de bestaande ICT te optimaliseren en te upgraden daar waar dit niet meer uitgesteld kan worden.Veel projecten zitten in het verder benutten van consolidatie en virtualisatie van de storage en servers omgeving. Security blijft een doorlopend "hot topic", simpelweg omdat de meeste organisaties zich realiseren dat je hier weinig concessies kan doen. De meeste upgrade projecten zullen Microsoft gerelateerd zijn. Vervanging van hardware zal verder…

  • Bewaar je bestanden veilig online met Wuala

    29 Jan 2010 | 2:27 am
    Door alle technische vooruitgang worden de harde schijven goedkoper en groter, neemt de grootte van je bestanden toe en heb je nu meer foto’s en filmpjes op je computer staan dan ooit tevoren.Denk dan eens na over de veiligheid van deze gegevens. Heb je een goede veiligheidskopie van al deze mooie herinneringen? Hoewel het concept al zo oud is als de weg naar Rome, hebben ook in 2010 nog steeds veel te weinig computers zo’n backup.Bedenk het volgende eens: Wat gebeurt er als vandaag de harde schijf van je computer stuk gaat? Wat ben je dan allemaal kwijt? Na het lezen van dit artikel heb…

  • Disaster Recovery, een praktijkvoorbeeld

    28 Jan 2010 | 4:24 am
    Stel je voor, je serverruimte is onder water komen te staan en de servers doen het niet meer, hoe zorg je dat je organisatie zo snel mogelijk weer door kan werken? Traditionele oplossingen zijn het spiegelen van systemen op SAN-niveau en reserve hardware op een andere lokatie. Of je hebt een contract met een uitwijkcentrum waar je de server herbouwt. De eerste methode is duur en de tweede geeft een grote vertragende factor. Als je benieuwd bent hoe je dit anders kan aanpakken is deze dag voor jou.Alex Warmerdam, NGN-er van het eerste uur en Erkend Netwerk Professional gaat op woensdag 17…

  • Presentaties van Google Apps en MS BPOS evenement

    21 Jan 2010 | 6:14 am
    Gistermiddag, 20 januari, organiseerde de NGN het evenement 'Messaging and collaboration in de wolk met Google Apps en Microsoft BPOS'. Hier kan je ook de presentaties downloaden:Maarten Kleyn - Fog Ed Feskens - BPOS introductie Jan Brink Edudeltat - Migratie naar Google Apps Matthijs van Dijk - Migratie naar BPOSIn de loop van de volgende week zullen de opnames van deze middag online komen te staan.De tweets van deze dag staan hier mooi bij elkaar gevoegd.

  • Techworld Seminar 'Windows 7 migratie'

    21 Jan 2010 | 5:32 am
    Op 31 maart organiseert Techworld in samenwerking met de NGN een seminar over het migreren naar Windows 7. Er zullen presentaties plaatsvinden van praktijkverhalen van beheerders die hun omgevingen al naar Windows 7 hebben omgezet. Beheerders kunnen hun eigen migratieproject indienen, en de meest interessante gevallen worden gepresenteerd tijdens het seminar. Het seminar kost normaal gesproken 99 euro, maar NGN-leden krijgen 20 euro korting. Meer informatie en inschrijven hier.
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