Duo Misses Game For Holland

Holland coach Bert van Marwijk has named his final 23 players for the World Cup qualifiers contra Scotland as well as FYR Macedonia, with Orlando Engelaar as a consequence Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink the two players to miss the chopped.

Ibrahim Afellay, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Khalid Boulahrouz furthermore goalkeeper Michel Vorm full return to the side having missed last month's friendly contra Tunisia.

Defensive duo Edson Braafheid together with Gregory van der Wiel appreciate the prospect to win their second caps below making their debuts contra the Tunisians.

Holland face Scotland forth March 28 ahead of meeting Macedonia four days back.

Holland squad: Henk Timmer (Feyenoord), Maarten Stekelenburg (Ajax), Michel Vorm; Giovanni van Bronckhorst (Feyenoord), Andre Ooijer (Blackburn), John Heitinga (Atletico Madrid), Khalid Boulahrouz (Stuttgart), Edson Braafheid, Dirk Marcellis, Joris Mathijsen (Hamburg), Gregory van der Wiel (Ajax); Mark van Bommel (Bayern Munich), Wesley Sneijder (Absolute Madrid), Ibrahim Afellay, Nigel de Jong (Manchester City), Demy de Zeeuw, Arjen Robben (Clear Madrid), Rafael van der Vaart (Absolute Madrid), Stijn Schaars; Klaas Jan Huntelaar (True Madrid), Dirk Kuyt, Ryan Babel (both Liverpool), Robin van Persie (Arsenal).

Holland America to contribute goods from cruise ships to needy

Holland America Line as well as Port Everglades are starting a charitable program Friday in which goods used aboard the company's cruise liners will be delivered to the needy.

Ship to Shelter, a program that the Seattle-based company started in April 2008 in companionship regardless of the Port of Seattle, is designed to take reusable goods from Holland The states ships sailing from Port Everglades moreover accommodate with them to locals.

Hundreds of individual toiletry items will be taken from four Holland America ships starting Friday and will be donated to Cooperative Feeding Broward. Weekly toiletry donations will be produced including linens, dishes, cookware as a consequence silverware will to boot be given periodically.

The states ace shoots top of hit list

Several soccer clubs in Holland were by this time forward the trail of the 23-year-old American, who warmed up for this weekend's international in Los Angeles by spending six days forward trial at Lennoxtown.

Despite reports the framework of a deal worth around £2million to transfer Kljestan from Chivas Stateside was already in placement with the MLS, who involve his contract, Celtic are in the same place as every other club interested in asset the Californian.

Kljestan impressed everyone during his trial, containing manager Gordon Strachan, as a consequence admitted he enjoyed his period at the club where he believed he was well received.

SODOM Approved For Holland's ELSROCK Festival

Veteran German thrashers SODOM take advantage of been accustomed for this year's Elsrock festival, set to take position August 29, 2009 in Rijssen, Netherlands.

The festival billing is making room as follows:

SODOM
MUCKY PUP (20th anniversary reunion motion picture)
TANKARD
ACTION IN DC
THE BUTCHER
GENERC

For conjointly information, visit www.elsrock.nl.

(Thanks: Metal-Experience.com) .

Holland looks for indoor track marks

With 10 returning athletes, Holland starts its third indoor track stretch with its third coach, as Coach Matt Adams takes over the Dutchmen as a consequence Dutchesses.Timmer Prendergast, a golden-ager; Jake Dutton, a junior; together with Billy Prendergast, a sophomore, return for the Dutchmen. Alex Bender, a elder; Corine Pettit; a junior; Sophomores Laura Zakrzewski, Brandi Pettit, Kasey Jones, along with Taylor Vanderbush; also Emily Dutton, a freshman, return for the Dutchesses.New indoor track athletes are Skylr Carrow, a senior, plus Freshmen Michael VanDreumel, Jacob Lips, and Ethan Hunt for the Dutchmen, while Brittney Moshier, a junior; Grace Elvers, a sophomore; and Jill Faltyn, an eighth grade student, are new track athletes for the Dutchesses.Holland looks for qualifying times including distances for the Section VI Indoor Track Championships, which will launch the Section's team for the New York State Meet in March at Cornell University.

Four Rescued from Dutch Penthouse Fire

Rotterdam, Holland - The Dutch Fire Department rescued four people from a burning apartment in Rotterdam early Sunday morning.

It happened in the 1000 block of the harbor around 7:45 a.m.

When firefighters arrived, they found heavy smoke in the accommodation furthermore hallway.

Later getting inside, three people were saved from the burning aparment also the fourth was helped from the hallway.

One of the residents had managed to knock down the fire with an extinguisher. Firefighters finished putting it out.

Investigators say the fire began in the stovetop area of the kitchen.

The accommodation sustained almost $25,000 in damage as a consequence no one can live their until repairs are raised.

The Red Cross was called in to help the people who lived there.

Holocaust survivor shows courage in recounting painful tale

Marion Blumenthal Lazan, the author of "Four Perfect Pebbles," was 6 years old in 1939 when German soldiers invaded Holland and imprisoned her Jewish family in a concentration camp. She didn't regain her full freedom again until the mid-1940s. Lazan spoke last week to students at the Spring-Ford Seventh Grade Center on the same day President Barack Obama was inaugurated as the nation's 44th president. Lazan gave a similar presentation the next day at Pottsgrove High School.

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Holland supermarkets boycotted on rumors of Israel donations

The fighting in Gaza resulted in unexpected collateral damage this week for two discount supermarket chains in Holland, after their Muslim shoppers began boycotting following rumors that the supermarkets are donating to Israel.

In a statement released Tuesday, the two German-based international food giants Aldi and Lidl said the rumors - which circulated in e-mails and even mobile text messages - were false.

From Holland to Holland - de Boer made journey to US in 1956

It was 1956, and de Boer had the challenge of assimilating into his new life here in Holland, coming from my country Holland.

"Immigrants tend to straddle two countries and two cultures," he wrote. "There is a sense of ambivilence toward their adopted country and their country of origin — a sense they belong to both, yet fully to neither ... This feeling of ambivilences grows acutely stronger as I become older.

"But there is also a positive side to that growing ambiguity. As a result of the emigration experience, I have become more of a world citizen by having experienced two different cultures."

De Boer graduated from Michigan State University and Boston University, and pursued a career as a collegiate and professional soccer coach. These days, back in Holland, he has written and published a book called, "Rough Seas: An Immigrant's Journey from Holland to Holland."

He wrote, "The story of my youth, a time capsule from another era that links the past to the present, hopefully will help my children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews and family members who follow to develop a greater appreciation and understanding of the immigrant experience."

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Global warming linked to European viral epidemic

The epidemic has been shown to extend to neighboring countries such as France, Germany, Holland and Luxembourg. He said, This animal-borne disease, scarcely known before 1990, has been increasing in incidence in Belgium and Holland with a cyclic pattern, reaching epidemic proportions since 2005.
The fact that the growing combined effect of hotter summer and autumn seasons is matched by the growth of NE in recent years means this epidemic can be considered an effect of global warming.

NE is caused by infection with Puumala virus (PUUV), which is spread by the bank vole, a rodent common throughout most of Europe. The authors believe that warmer weather causes increases in the amount of 'mast', plant seeds from oak and beech trees, that forms the voles� staple diet. This plethora of food results in increases in the vole population and warm summers raise the chances that people will visit the forests where the voles live.

Dutch Hotel expands and invests in the future

He was born in a hotel in Holland, which his parents ran and then later followed in their footsteps by making his mark in the same industry.

He said: “At the moment it is difficult for everybody. You hear about the stores that are closing, like Marks and Spencer. But we haven't noticed it so much in the hotel industry.

“We are pretty sharp at the moment.

“We are already building a new conference centre that will be delivered in April."

All bedrooms at the hotel will be refurbished in a new scheme starting in April, meaning guests can expect even higher standards of comfort during their stay.

As well as the new conference centre at the bottom of flats behind the hotel, there will be a new restaurant, kitchen and bar and the reception area will double in size.

Wenger:"Van Persie is more of a goalscorer than Bergkamp"

The Holland forward is Arsenal's leading scorer with 13 goals, and was named captain for the FA Cup third-round tie against Plymouth.

Wenger believes Van Persie, signed from Feyenoord in May 2004, has started to tap his potential.

"At the start we gave him Dennis Bergkamp as a role model and he is growing into that role very well," said the Arsenal boss.

"He is more of a goalscorer than Dennis and I think he has developed his vision and passing well."

Wenger added: "Robin is passionate about the game."

"He was a little bit sidelined in Holland when we bought him and [during the] first year we observed him when he was more on the bench. In fact, we watched him more in the reserves than in the first team.

"When he arrived here it was a big move for him physically and mentally, however I believe he has survived because of his talent and his intelligence but mainly because of his passion for the game.

The Cake Cart

They claim chocolate sprinkles imported from the Netherlands, although you're not certain how important tiny bits Holland are, in the scheme of things. The organic, locally-grown ingredients, however...The best thing: with no store, there's not much time on the counter. And they bake some interesting cupcakes: "birthday cake," "Far East" (think ginger and lemon), "'sup, Doc?" (a carrot cake homage to Bugs Bunny) and so on.

Just informing you which other food we export, except for cheese.

Four Holland America Ships Adding Family-Style Italian Restaurant

Canaletto, a popular family-style Italian restaurant on Eurodam, is such a star that Holland America has decided to introduce it to four more ships: Oosterdam, Veendam, Noordam and Amsterdam, during planned dry docks scheduled to be completed in early May 2009.

Canaletto comes to life for dinner each evening when a section of the Lido restaurant is transformed into the Italian restaurant. Although reservations will be encouraged, walk-ups will be accommodated and the restaurant is no charge.

The restaurant features cuisine from many regions in Italy, and the menu begins with an antipasti plate with a fresh selection of meats and vegetables chosen nightly by the chef. Soup choices include a traditional Italian minestrone and zuppa di pesci, assorted seafood in a tomato broth.

Holland America plans first circumnavigation of Australia

If you're a Holland America fan you might want to hold off until 2010 when the line offers its first circumnavigation of the continent.

The 34-day voyage out of Sydney will take place aboard the 1,432-passenger Volendam and include visits to 18 ports. It also will include two days of cruising the scenic Great Barrier Reef coastline during daylight hours -- something Holland America says no other premium line offers.

The around-Australia cruise will begin March 14, 2010 and includes overnight stays in Hobart, Perth and Sydney. Other ports of call are Melbourne, Adelaide, Albany, Exmouth, Darwin, Cairns, Whitsunday Island and Brisbane, Australia.

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In addition, the line says passengers can sign up for an optional add-on tour to Komodo National Park in Indonesia to go searching for one of the fewer than 300 Komodo dragons that live in the region.

Duty of Care on Board Holland America

Many of these people will cruise on Holland America. Holland America is one of the "high end" cruise lines.

Passengers develop the expectation that they deserve more from Holland America. And, quite frankly, they do.

Passenger expectations primarily relate to customer service. But certainly cruise passengers, and particularly those on Holland America should also receive the highest standard of care when it comes to on board and excursion safety.

Many passengers are legally owed the highest standard of care. This applies to passengers on trains, buses, etc. However, the law has evolved in such a way that cruise lines, including Holland America, owe their passengers only an ordinary duty of care.

Duty of care is important because it sets the parameters by which negligence claims are judged.

Sahar heads to Holland

Chelsea forward Ben Sahar has joined Eredivisie side De Graafschap on a six-month loan deal.

The Israel international spent the first half of the season on loan at Portsmouth but he did not have the opportunity to impress.

FC Utrecht had hoped to take Sahar in January but they have now been pipped by Dutch rivals De Graafschap.

De Graafschap are currently languishing in 17th place in the Eredivisie and Sahar will want to help fire them up the table.

The 19-year-old has previously had loan spells in the Championship with Queens Park Rangers and Sheffield Wednesday.

‘The Jewish faith is very strong’

It was 1938 when 16-year-old Stokkink and her father fled over the border into Holland, where her mother already was waiting for them.
The next two years were wonderful. "I was a regular person," she said. "I was no longer dirty trash or an outcast."

That peace didn't last long, however. By 1940, the Nazis invaded Holland. Most Jewish residents were rounded up and moved to a ghetto in Amsterdam, she said, but for about a year and a half the family hid in the attic of a business acquaintance.

The two-room living space included a small bed for her and a couch for her parents. A closet stored potatoes and turnips, and once a week the family would purchase a big loaf of rye bread from the black market.

Going underground Although Holland was forced to surrender, many residents continued to fight against the Nazis.

Holland Fresh Group expand again at Fruit Logistica

The Holland Fresh Group return again with exhibitors from all over Holland to this years Fruit Logistica exhibition in Berlin. Again this year, they have increased in numbers to present a truly dramatic presence. In the UK, we first met the group at The World Fruit & Vegetable Show held in London. This year in Berlin the stands will total 2241 m2 of floor space, including 52 booths and 84 companies.

When asked about the major representation that the Holland Fresh Stand now makes within Fruit Logistica, Ger van Burik proudly commented that “The floor space of our group has grown by 100% from 2005 to 2009."

Exhibiting personnel will total over 500, all working on the beautifully presented stands, full of fantastic produce from the Dutch companies.

Moroccan organizations in Holland agree to attend Auschwitz memorial

Finally, I can submit a positive article about my country!

Moroccan groups decided to attend the ceremony after a direct invitation from Dutch Integration Minister Eberhard van der Laan called on Thursday.

Van der Laan emphasized the need for Jews and Muslims to "come together by understanding each other's pain and suffering."

"Muslims should understand what al-Nakba is for Muslims, the Shoah is to Jews, and vice versa." van der Laan said.

But not everything will be positive about this message, because Dutch MP Harry van Bommel of the leftist Socialist Party will not be present at the Auschwitz commemoration.

He was filmed calling for an "intifada" (uprising) against Israel during a pro-Palestinian rally where protestors also shouted explicit anti-Semitic slogans.

His announcement in the next days that he would be present at the Auschwitz commemoration caused fury among Dutch Jews.

Netherlands: More new houses built, fewer building permits granted

The decline was most prominent in the province of North Holland. The largest increase was recorded in the provinces of South Holland and Utrecht.
The number of building permits issued gives an indication of the number of houses to be built in the near future. On average, it took 22 months for a new house to be finished after the building permit was issued.

By the end of September 2008, the stock of unfinished dwellings was nearly 189 thousand, more than 1 percent up on one year previously. With 42 thousand, the largest stock was recorded in South Holland, the smallest in the province of Zeeland (3.7 thousand). .

Montreal Museum Presents Art Of Kees Van Dongen

In the light of new research and previously little-known works, the artist's career will be traced from his early days in Holland to his move to Paris and his participation in the famous Salon d'Automne of 1905, which established Fauvism as a new movement in modern art. Arresting paintings of nudes and flirtatious women that retain the sumptuous colours and rich impasto of his Fauvist works will be examined through the themes of exoticism, spectacle and Orientalism. The show will also include an impressive selection of large society portraits of the most celebrated personalities of the Roaring Twenties, which will illustrate his mature period. After Monaco and Montreal, the exhibition will travel to Barcelona's Picasso Museum.

The Montreal presentation will present, for the first time in North America, the outstanding collection of works by Van Dongen recently acquired by the Nouveau Musee national de Monaco, including the magisterial Spotted Chimera (1895-1907) and the Tabarin Wrestlers (1907-1908), an astonishing canvas that has not been exhibited for over fifty years, and Tango of the Archangel (1922-1935).

Holland America Line Committed to Culinary Excellence

Have you ever heared about the Holland America Line? This cruise ship is a duplication of the legendary Holland America Line, a ship that sailed between Holland and America in the early 50's.

Holland America Line has opened a new Culinary Training Program, designed in cooperation with the Culinary Institute of America (CIA), at its training center in Manila, the Philippines, to train shipboard culinary staff for its expanding fleet of premium cruise ships. Trainees will live at the facility while completing a three-week immersion culinary course.

"Holland America Line is renowned for its culinary expertise and extraordinary food presentations in the dining rooms and many specialty restaurants," said Richard D. Meadows, executive vice president, marketing, sales and guest programs. "Our new culinary training program in Manila will ensure that our culinary and beverage staff continues to raise the bar as we provide outstanding meals and service to our guests."

The curriculum was designed by the CIA under the direction of a Holland America Line Culinary Operations team lead by Steve Kirsch, director of culinary operations, and Rudi Sodamin, master chef.

Dutch Statesman Wilders accused

2008 was a restless politic year in Holland. Dutch Statesman Geert Wilders released his Fitna-movie, full of criticism of religion, namely Islam.

The decision has inflamed a long-running debate in Holland about free speech and the criticism of the Islam, with critics from across the political spectrum questioning the bounds of the country's defamation laws.
However, the harsh nature of Wilders' comments and his association with the far-right Freedom Party in Holland have grouped him with an increasing number of European politicians who have used fear and resentment of Muslim immigrants to garner influence.

Although the charges against Wilders are the first to emerge from a European court, it is not the first time he has faced prosecution for his comments. In September, a Jordanian court in Amman issued charges of blasphemy and defamation against Wilders and 11 Danish editors for the publication of cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammad.

[Soccer] Manchester City complete £15m signing of Dutch midfielder

Ok, as you all may know, soccer is the most favorite sport in Holland. During a game of the national team, it becomes very quiet on the streets. And one of our national players, Nigel De Jong, has made a transfer from the German HSV to Manchester City lately.

The midfielder has confirmed he will join the club after agreeing personal terms and he will make his debut against Newcastle at home on Wednesday next week.

De Jong had an escape clause in his Hamburg contract stipulating he could leave for 2.5million euros ($2.35m) at the end of this season.

City chiefs decided they did not want to wait that long and stunned Hamburg with their offer last week.

Sensing they could make even more of a killing, Hamburg announced they would consider it over the weekend in a tactic which succeeded in extracting at least another 2m euros from City's seemingly bottomless transfer kitty.

De Jong turned down the opportunity to sign a new $55,000 a week deal at Hamburg.

The German club's boss, former Spurs manager Martin Jol, intends to use City's money to bring in three new players.