aFlood control in the Netherlands is an important issue for the Netherlands as about two thirds of the country is vulnerable to flooding while at the same time the country is among the most densely populated on earth. Natural sand dunes and man made dikes, dams and floodgates provide defense...
An extreme example of this kind of gratitude can be found in Corrie Ten Boom’s book,The Hiding Place,in which she documents her family’s experiences in the Netherlands during WWII. After the Nazis invaded her country, her family hid Jews in a secret room in their home and helped smuggle...
Although Amsterdam may be more famous for Rembrandt, the Rijksmuseum, and reefers, some people believe the Netherlands is also famous for Dutch chocolate. But, does anyone really know what Dutch chocolate is? Hint: it's a little more complicated than just being made near The Hague.Chocolate ...
Like Paul urged in his letter to the church in Ephesus, ultimately, I want to “live a life worthy of the calling I have received” (Ephesians 4:1). Since none of us knows our departure date, I want to live every day as if it were my last, a day without regret. Our family of...
“Cette lettre,cachetéed’un petitcachetde cire bleue. “This letter,sealedwith a littlesealof blue wax.” 5. 遵循原文的句法结构 e.g. “ceux qui ne sont pas du même avis” 比起“those who do not agree.”,LD选择译成“those who are not of the same opinion.” ...
Our first full day in The Netherlands had been organised ages ago with Mousey for him to show us parts of his country that wouldn't be so easy for us to get to ourselves. Unfortunately you can't plan the weather and it was the beginnings of a hurricane, so wet and windy. We have ...
Have you heard any update to the ICT letter about accepting proof of home ownership or long term rental contract in lieu of the 2000 dollar lodging requirement. Any recent confirmation from people who permitted to satisfy that requirement by showing they owned a home in Costa Rica would be nic...
(Bruno lamented in a letter to Meyer Lansky that the Mafia had become a “sideshow bureaucracy”). Mostly, it acted as a mediator for the small, independent cells to not interfere and cause inter-organization wars. Because of their proximity to Cuba and their remaining interests on the ...
Methods for the isolation, maintenance and identification of yeasts. In The Yeasts—A Taxonomic Study; Kurtzman, C.P., Fell, J.W., Eds.; Elsevier Science Publishers: Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1998; pp. 77–100. [Google Scholar] Libkind, D.; Brizzio, S.; Ruffini, A.; Gadanho, M....
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