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Employment , forced termination of employment, legal issues surrounding employment and the current cabinet Balkenende IV don’t go together very well. After the near crash of the current cabinet last year, minister Donner has said today he thinks the regulations regarding the termination of employment should be re-evaluated and perhaps even adapted to respect employers more. Today, regulations around employment
Continue readingSaturday, and the bigger part of yesterday, my blog fell out of the air. It was planned maintenance, and I would like to apologize for the fact it happened unannounced. On the bright side: it brought some new hardware to the server, and it now runs a newly configured install of the OS. You’ll probably don’t notice it, but the
Continue readingThis morning, I got into my car, and went on my way from my home to Nieuwegein for work. After succesfully reaching the Rotterdam Ring, I took the southern route as the northern had 1km queue on it. Nothing bad there, and all’s well. Then, without previous warning I heard a somewhat muffled bang and saw quite large clouds of
Continue readingIn the USA, the race is on. All candidates for the democratic and the republican parties did it, previous to and even during their campaign. Fund raising through dinners, shows and private parties. Anyone with money and a little affiliation is welcome. Luckily, the fund raising is not anonymously, all gifts have to be registered and published. Back to our
Continue readingTomorrow it is that dreaded day in the year. At least, for the man. Every year the 14th of Februari is the day you cannot do anything well for your partner. If you buy her a gift, it probably is not what she expected and she’ll let you know, and if you do nothing on this ‘special’ day, you’ll be
Continue readingTaken from the 07:33 intercity Rotterdam – Leeuwarden, somewhere between Gouda and Utrecht Centraal Station at speed and through the glass. Edit: Now with original EXIF-info in the picture.
Continue readingYes, the title does indeed say "constitutional discrimination", as this is what the European Commission thinks of the practice in our country. Recently, the European Commissioner of Social Affairs Vladimir Spidla has sent the Dutch government a letter concerning the treatment of homosexuals, and the more strict compliance to a European regulation stemming from the year 2000. This guidance is
Continue readingBad, bad American banks. Giving mortgages to people who have a high risk of not being able to pay the monthlee fees, and reselling the packaged mortgages to other institutions. Oh well, it has happened, and we cannot do anything about it. With the prices of housing stagnating, and the dollar decreasing in value, a crisis of unknown propotions seems
Continue readingJanuari 29th, 2008 will reach the history books as the day crime legally does pay. A hindustan drugdealer from The Hague has been allowed to keep his ‘bijstand’, a fact undeniably righteous. Until you know the circumstances. The man (42 years of age) is a known and convicted drugdealer, has been sent to prison for it some 5 years ago.
Continue readingI’ll start with the pictures here: All those in Holland probably have heard of the Chinese freighter which drifted ashore last Friday. This Saturday, I went to the ‘Slufter’, which is at the very edge of the Maasvlakte, and saw the thing through my lens. It’s big, it’s bulky and old. Zhen Hua 10, owned by Shanghai-based Crane manufacturing company
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