14-year-old sailor girl Laura Dekker was found on Sunday night after going missing from her Utrecht home on Friday. Dekker was found on the Caribbean island of St. Martin after going missing earlier on the...
created by amyellensoden | 8 hrs ago | updated 8 hrs ago 48 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment
14 year old Laura Dekker, placed under a supervision order by Dutch courts to prevent her attempting to become the youngest person to sail around the world solo is missing from her father's home in Ultrecht. ...
created by stejeb | 1 day ago | updated 23 hrs ago 59 views | 10 recommendations | 0 comments
Blof is a popular Dutch pop/folk band, singing songs about Dutch subjects generally.
Visiting a concert of Blof is highly recommended to those who love the Dutch culture.
Blof's sold out concert in Tivoli,...
created by PePe Tickets | 46 wks ago | updated 46 wks ago 58 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
It has been 12 years since the Netherland's canals froze on their own, but this year it has been cold enough, so thousands of skaters defied the freezing temperatures and hit the ice; and as a result the hospital...
created by Amy Judd | 48 wks ago 141 views | 3 recommendations | 0 comments
"UTRECHT, Netherlands - Dutch police say a man who pushed his exposed buttocks against a restaurant window as a joke was injured when the glass broke and lacerated his behind.Authorities say a man, 21, and two others had run down a street Sunday morning with their pants...
"The cash-in-transit company Dansk Vaerdihandtering A/S (DVH) have decided to implement the Transtrack tracking & tracing system. The system from Transtrack International and Secquens enables closer planning and following of cash transports, thus making them considerably...
created by uusjio | 1 year ago 353 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
"Testosterone supplements don't do older men much good, Dutch researchers said on Tuesday.
The amount of the hormone in the blood drops naturally as men age and is associated with a decline in physical strength and mental functioning as well as a fatter midsection.
In a study...
Ever since I began to look at where my readers come from, I have seen names of cities I did not know of. To illustrate my point, this morning Camposanpiero (near Padua, Italy) topped the list followed by Novi Iskur (or Novi Iskar, Bulgaria). At number 4, I found Walsden(West...
Another item from the "Ick" files... "UTRECHT, The Netherlands — Dutch researchers are trying to grow pork in a laboratory with the goal of feeding millions without the need to raise and slaughter...
created by ricknight | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 1094 views | 15 recommendations | 4 comments
A study suggests that women who are left-handed have a higher risk of dying, particularly from cancer and cerebrovascular disease - damage to an artery in the brain or an artery that supplies blood to the brain.
While it could be a chance finding and the evidence is far from...
From the National Geographic: Small changes in Earth's orbit and tilt may have regulated the cyclical rise and fall of many prehistoric mammal species, new research suggests.Earth's orbital patterns are believed to drive long-term climate change.Over millions of years these...
created by jorolat | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 742 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
11-12 March 2006 Utrecht: Interaction is the
Crystalpunk Drug
A "Crystalpunk Workshop for Soft Architecture" event
Oudenoord 275, Utrecht
Essentially it was William Butler Yeats who defined
soft architecture as early as 1888 when he wrote:
"Behind the visible are chains...
created by kate | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 462 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Hi,Saw this on nettime and thought I'd pass it along.----Terrorism accomplishes its goal without bombs in the Lowlands--Yesterday I was finished with work and wanted to go home. As usual I'll check somewebsites to see if there were any delays with the trains. Since the...
created by kate | 4 years ago 857 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments