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Noctilucent clouds observed
Noctilucent Clouds over the western part of the Netherlands on July 2nd 2008 around 03:45 h. local time.
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Globalization ?
Many people realize they can't identify themselves with things belonging to only one country or one group of people. They feel it as 'incomplete' as they realize they are a product of everything they met and everywhere they went, so from all experiences together. It is also a product that is changing all the time, as new experiences are added ( Read more... ) -
National borders don't exist
Sometimes, discussions tend to be really useless when it is about having a double nationality or adhesion to your country. What are we talking about anyway?
Just be very happy if someone is open for ideas and cultures in foreign regions. And notices the abundance of things there are from the ‘other side’ of a border to offer for a country, a region ( Read more... ) -
Follow the leader
Sometimes I asked myself how crazy people can be made. I hear people in southern Beirut saying that everything will be ok as long as Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah is still alive. That their homes are totally destroyed, that they lost people within their family and friends seems not to be important. A man, whose son is dead is telling Nasrallah that he ( Read more... ) -
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Verdronken mensen op weg naar Europa? Vermoorde burgers in Afghanistan? Dode kinderen in Libanon? Het is mede het gevolg van Nederlands en Europees beleid. En daarmee mede de verantwoordelijkheid van burgers van die landen.
Verschuilen achter en stilzwijgend meegaan met al dan niet democratisch gekozen politieke of religieuze leiders terwijl ( Read more... ) -
Japanese children!
In Japanese companies abroad a big amount of the management is Japanese. Members of this management usually stay 3 or 4 years in a country before going back to Japan or another country. Detail is that management members are most often men and also their wifes and children move with them. The picture shows the result of the creative playing of ( Read more... ) -
Women in power
The map below shows in which countries women are or were in power. The meant countries are coloured.
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A worldwide poll this time
A worldwide poll done by BBC & Gallup International asking 'is your country governed by the will of the people?' gave following - maybe not surprising - results:
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