were founded by my ancestors from the Netherlands‚ better known as “Dutch Settlers” hold annual Tulip Festivals throughout the world. It just happens to be that in 2004 Readers Digest named‚ my birthplace‚ of Holland‚ Michigan to be “the best small town festival in America.” In 1927‚ over 83 years ago‚ the idea to have this festival of tulips came about. Then in 1928 the Holland City Council appropriated funds for an to get 100‚000 bulbs from the Netherlands and sell them to the locals for a
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possible Turkish intervention on the Acehnese side. All this constituted enough proof of Aceh’s status as a bonafide independent state that was recognizable worldwide. In 1824‚ occurred the most important events in Aceh’s history which was the signing of the London Treaty or referred as the the Anglo-Dutch Treaty. Through this treaty‚ the Dutch then gained controlled over all the British possessions on the Sumatera including Aceh. In exchanged from that‚ the Dutch surrendered their possessions in
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SURVEY THE FOOTWEAR MARKET IN THE NETHERLANDS Publication date: April 2008 Report summary This CBI market survey discusses the following highlights for the footwear market in the Netherlands: . Dutch consumption of footwear was € 2‚413 million in 2006‚ or 70 million pairs‚ up by an annual average of 1.3% over the period‚ while production fell by 7.5% to € 82 million or 3 million pairs. . In 2006‚ the Netherlands imported footwear valued at € 1‚793 million
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STREET CITY COUNTRY Young Enterprise HvA Amsterdam 133 Fraijlemaborg 1102 CV Amsterdam The Netherlands January 24‚ 2011 Subject: Application letter Young Enterprise Dear Sir / Madam‚ With this letter I would like to inform about the possibility of becoming the Production Manager during the second semester of the Young Enterprise project. In my opinion my qualifications very closely meet the needs for this position. As you will see in the attached resume‚ I have worked in
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The Netherlands has always been a major player on the world market for cut flowers. Around 60% of the world export market for flowers is traded in The Netherlands‚ with sales of $16‚7 billion of Floricultural products in 2008. The Netherlands started cultivating and growing flowers with tulips from Turkey by the end of the sixteenth century. As a market for flowers emerged‚ greenhouses of glass‚ heated by gas were built and in 1908 the first flower trade organization was founded. In 2009‚ there
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FACULTY OF LAW UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA North Sea Continental Shelf Cases (Federal Republic of Germany v Denmark and The Netherlands) I.C.J. Reports 1969‚ p.3 An Analysis PREPARED BY: MUHAMMAD ARIF BIN AZMI (LWB05B) 2011149991 This is a research proposal submitted for the subject of LAW510 Public International Law PREPARED FOR: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IBRAHIM BIN LAMAT Lecturer of Public International Law (LAW510) North Sea Continental Shelf Cases: An Analysis By MUHAMMAD ARIF BIN
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I have been living in the Netherlands for 18 years now‚ I am not surprised by all the drugs and prostitution. To be honest‚ I never understood why people would go to Amsterdam‚ just to see the prostitution and drugs. But now I am living in the United States‚ I am beginning to understand the attraction to view the vast differences in culture. A lot of the laws are stricter in America‚ for example‚ to legally drink you have to wait until you are 21‚ while in the Netherlands‚ the legal drinking age is
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structure‚ and the realization that their very liberties were at stake‚ stirred the masses into revolt. As the internal conflict of the Low Countries (the northern seven now formally aligned and declaring independence as the United Provinces of the Netherlands--or "Holland") against Spain continued‚ England was eventually dragged into the fray because‚ like all conflicts that waged in Europe at the time‚ the matter of religion was again at stake. England‚ Protestant itself‚ was already in conflict with
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modern society‚ and every human being has a different view on it according to their culture‚ their nation’s laws‚ and their own personal beliefs. Many people believe that Euthanasia should never be legalized‚ while others in countries like the Netherlands and Belgium already had it legalized. There are arguments for and against its legalization. Many people draw conclusions about Euthanasia from just the facts that are pro-Euthanasia‚ or just from the facts that are against Euthanasia. Tonight
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perspective and draw my conclusions as an aid so you can make the impartial decision for yourselves whether we should have the right to control our own very existence. As of 2011‚ active euthanasia is only legal in the three Benelux countries: the Netherlands‚ Belgium and Luxembourg. However topical the subject may be‚ it is still illegal in the United Kingdom. In the United Kingdom‚ in 1987 a survey suggested that 72% of the survey respondents were in favour of legalised euthanasia. Given this statistic
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