Vancouver cruise ship business rebounds with 20 per cent jump
Source: Vancouver Sun
Amsterdam :: Netherlands | updated 2013-05-24 17:23:57 -0700 | political-news
Port Metro Vancouver says it's all good news this year on the cruise-ship front. This year, we're seeing an increase of more than 20 per cent for the season from last year, the port's manager of business development, Carmen Ortega,...
James Salter: The ‘writer's writer's writer' finds fame with All That Is
Source: The Globe & Mail
Laren :: Netherlands | updated 2013-05-24 16:08:13 -0700 | allnews
EDT James Salter's first novel in 34 years, All That Is, has placed him belatedly in the literary limelight. (Ed Betz/Associated Press) The writer James Salter is in the extraordinary position of having become very famous for not being famous...
James Salter: The ‘writer's writer's writer' finds fame with All That Is
Source: The Globe & Mail
Laren :: Netherlands | updated 2013-05-24 16:08:13 -0700 | allnews
EDT James Salter's first novel in 34 years, All That Is, has placed him belatedly in the literary limelight. (Ed Betz/Associated Press) The writer James Salter is in the extraordinary position of having become very famous for not being famous...
Gerbrand Bakker interview: Escape to the strangest country with newly crowned winner of The ...
Source: The Independent
Amsterdam :: Netherlands | updated 2013-05-24 11:21:43 -0700 | sports-news
I can state with a reasonable degree of certainty that, before Gerbrand Bakker's The Detour, no other major novel from continental Europe had ever featured characters who watch the BBC's rural relocation series Escape to the Country. The Detour, which...
This Week in Music Tech: Mount Kimbie, Four Tet, Carl Craig, Traxman, and More, Plus an In-Depth ...
Source: XLR8R
Amsterdam :: Netherlands | updated 2013-05-24 08:50:37 -0700 | entertainment-news
Herb Powers Jr., makes the latest edition of This Week in Music Tech an essential one. As part of the current Red Bull Music Academy, Four Tet broke down his live set-up, explaining the individual components and ways in which...
The First Image Ever of a Hydrogen Atom's Orbital Structure
Source: io9
Amsterdam :: Netherlands | updated 2013-05-24 08:49:18 -0700 | technology-news
What you're looking at is the first direct observation of an atom's electron orbital an atom's actual wave function ! To capture the image, researchers utilized a new quantum microscope an incredible new device that literally allows scientists to gaze...
Smart Charging Stations For Electric Cars Could Be Easy To Hack
Source: BusinessInsider
Amsterdam :: Netherlands | updated 2013-05-24 08:31:42 -0700 | technology-news
Even though Tesla's recent sales numbers painted a positive picture for the often beleaguered company, it's still very early days for the electric vehicle market. The availability of EV charge points has been cited as a key obstacle in EV...
Great Ideas! 4 Hot New High Chairs You Have to See
Source: Celebrity Baby Blog
Amsterdam :: Netherlands | updated 2013-05-24 07:22:59 -0700 | entertainment-news
Hot New High Chairs You Have to See 05 / 24 / 2013 at 10:00 AM ET Meet the newest breed of high chairs: they're functional, sleek, and totally stunning to look at even with oatmeal running down their legs. They're so...
Weval "The Most (David Douglas Remix)"
Source: XLR8R
Amsterdam :: Netherlands | updated 2013-05-24 07:16:42 -0700 | entertainment-news
The slow-burning, jazz-leaning original track is transformed on Douglas rework into a streamlined, bass-driven house cut which moves with just a touch of slow-motion but benefits from plenty of build-and-release tension.
Insurance for city cyclists is too expensive
Source: Dutch News
Amsterdam :: Netherlands | updated 2013-05-24 07:16:04 -0700 | technology-news
A three-year package for a bike worth 750 costs around 180 in Amsterdam, but just 90 in the countryside. In Amsterdam, nine bikes are stolen per 1,000 residents every year. But in the Frisian town of Harlingen, the cheapest place...
Dutch independent retailer Free Record Shop files for bankruptcy
Source: Dutch News
Amsterdam :: Netherlands | updated 2013-05-24 07:16:01 -0700 | business-news
There is a very good chance the Free Record Shop will remain a high street fixture.' The Free Record Shop group has been hit by the surge in online music and dvd sales and is currently in the process of...
Could the Defence Secretary quit over more cuts? Downing Street's alarm at Philip Hammond going 'on ...
Source: Mail Online UK
Arnhem :: Netherlands | updated 2013-05-24 07:14:25 -0700 | technology-news
I could fill the page with the foulups the MOD do on a weekly basis. Scrap the whole lot and just buy proven items from the open market. They have wasted more than our national deficit the past 10 years....
Avanti gruppen consulting ingeniører kjelerommet huset går gjennom,zimbio
Posted by: mendelizzanne
Amsterdam :: Netherlands | updated 2013-05-24 05:06:19 -0700 | business-news
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Direct debit processor plans to sell shops information about users
Source: Dutch News
Amsterdam :: Netherlands | updated 2013-05-24 02:46:35 -0700 | business-news
Information about how many times people use different shops and how much they spend will be extremely useful to the retail sector, Equens says. The company, owned by the three big Dutch banks, says it will guarantee the anonimity of...
Four arrested in Maastricht cannabis cafe raids
Source: Dutch News
Maastricht :: Netherlands | updated 2013-05-24 02:46:22 -0700 | political-news
However, a court ruling last month in favour of one coffee shop, closed by Maastricht mayor Onno Hoes because it broke the rules, has given rise to hopes that the ban on foreigners may be dropped. Amsterdam in particular -...
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