The Club de Madrid, the Bellona Foundation and the energy company Hafslund ASA have joined forces and will organize a top level climate conference in Norway 5-6 June 2008. It will be an ambitious and solutions-oriented conference which can act in a joint effort to provide input for the international negotiation process on a [...] Read more »
ramblings of a Dutchman ’stuck’ in No(r)way
web log of Evert Meulie
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Ariane Wilhelmina Máxima Ines
The newest member of the Dutch Royal House has gotten a name, and it is: Ariane Wilhelmina Máxima Ines. The 3nd daughter of Crown Prince Willem Alexander of Orange & Princess Maxima entered this over-crowded planet on April 10th, 2007 around 9.56pm. More info (in Dutch) on this page.
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Coincidence… or conspiracy?
Here’s one for all you conspiracy nuts out there:
Within the time frame of just mere hours both the Church of Greece (aka the Greek Orthodox Church) and the Mormon Church (aka The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) lost their leaders in the last 24 hours.
Gordon Bitner Hinckley, President of the Church, died due [...] Read more »
‘Norwegians are being experienced as reserved and hard to establish social relationships with’
This is a conclusion mentioned in an article on the Norwegian web site digi.no about new research carried out by Oxford Research on behalf of the Norwegian Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion and NHO.
Norwegian companies have a great need for qualified IT personnel, and Norway is not able to cover this need. Companies [...] Read more »
Is a superstorm approaching Europe?
I came across an article in the web log of one of the renowned Dutch meteorologists, Piet Paulusma. In it he refers to a warning by Piers Corbyn, about a possible superstorm that could hit the United Kingdom & Western Europe in the 2nd half of November 2007. Corbyn bases his long-term forecasts on what [...] Read more »