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The Dutch media and experts are blaming local authorities and the Bush administration for the huge damage that is done. It seems that funding the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq coursed cuts in funding in protecting Americans at home.

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Rotterdam telt vele viespeuken. Volgens de directeur ROTEB “lopen er makkelijk 100.000 viespeuken rond in Rotterdam”.

bron: www.vvdrotterdam.nl

Op www.grafbezoek.nl kunt u een bloemetje bestellen en laten bezorgen bij een graf waarvan vervolgens door de bloemist een foto wordt gemaakt. Deze foto van het graf met bijgezette bloemen wordt naar keuze geplaatst op grafbezoek.nl en/of per e-mail aan u verzonden. Op deze manier kunt u de staat van het graf zien tesamen met uw bijgezette bloemen.

Website: www.grafbezoek.nl

Watskeburt met je jaarclub ? [mix ala Jiskefet]

Tijdens een familieweekend op het platteland van Brabant stuitte ik in de keuken op deze vliegenvanger. Helaas vergeten te kijken naar het bouwjaar.

Gelukkig bood het internet uitkomst: www.efarm.nl

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A nice overview of produced (not in progess!) research from the netherlands, found at phdweblogs.net

We mentioned before that claims as held by some media, that internet is providing information similar to regular media, were simply not true.

Well here is another sign:

Wikipedia is fast becoming the number-one online resource for web surfers hungry for context about breaking news, in what must be a sad comment on the ability for traditional news media to keep its audiences well-informed.

theregister.co.uk

Moreover, even CNN (with half its staff working on the online section) and famous for its news coverage for breaking news events, recognizes that.

Chinese students who are being caught cheating on their test or final exam will be brought to court.

China recently introduced a new law which makes cheating during a final exam a crime. Although no maximum penalty has been set, it will probably be pretty effective against cheaters.

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As you’ve probably noticed Barnhard Blog is not paying much attention to Katrina’s aftermath. Nor do I raise a New Orleans discussion during conversations with my American friends. The chaos the hurricane and officials caused in New Orleans is just too indescribable and shameful.

In fact I just try to distance myself from the “Who is to blame” discussion. I hope that as soon as the city and the World are beginning to recover from the first shock, an overview of what has caused this chaos and why it continuous will become more clearly. Let’s deal with the finger pointing later. I guess it does not really help the traumatized victims now.

Unfortunately the above mentioned desire to distance myself fails. Especially when confronted with stories and discussions on Dutch weblogs with links to American media and video footage. One example is the New Orleans dog massacre.

St. Bernard Parish is home to an unknown number of dogs left behind during the exodus from Katrina. With their owners missing, the animals fend for themselves.

While the National Guard is trying to feed the dogs so they stay alive, three blocks away the sheriff is killing as much of them as possible because he thinks nobody is helping / feeding them.

View clip: www.dallasnews.com ( shocking footage )

Who is in charge of communication over there?

“Commietravel” tries to provide an insight about the origin of Communism and about the way Communism has been implemented in various ways in countries and organisations. “Commietravel” is not a moralist organisation. This way the objectivity of all her activities will be guaranteed. So Communism is not good nor bad.

Website: www.commietravel.nl (nl) & www.commietravel.com

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Bestaande uit een groot aantal horizontale spijlen, beschikt de deur over infraroodsensoren die analiseren hoe groot de persoon of het object is dat door de deur heen moet. Vervolgens gaat de deur precies ver genoeg open om doorgang te verstrekken, om zich vervolgens weer te sluiten.

Gevonden op: www.diepstraten.net

Website van Tanaka: www.e-taf.co.jp

The new Chinese JMC Landwind is the first Chinese SUV to enter the European market. The Chinese manufacturer chose The Netherlands as their introduction market for its cars. The crash test results of the Royal Dutch car association ANWB, the German ADAC and other European car clubs are the worst results they encountered in the past 20 years.

Video: Crashtest Landwind 64 km/h
Video: Crashtest inside 64 km/h

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We wrote about it before. Now with nice: video !

Video from: www.grc.com

With the intelligent design nonsense discussion going on, some good news. Maybe they need some more ASPM ?

The size and complexity of the human brain sets us apart from other creatures. Now results published in the current issue of the journal Science suggest that the evolution of our gray matter is ongoing.

The research, led by Bruce T. Lahn of the University of Chicago, focused on two genes called microcephalin and ASPM
[...] They found that for both genes, one variant occurred much more frequently than would be expected by chance, suggesting that natural selection is at work. The microcephalin variant arose about 37,000 years ago; the ASPM one just 5,800 years ago, the team reports.

more in the journal of science

Although there are many conceptual doubts, not the least engineering, the American FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) has allowed airspace tests for the LiftPort Group. The LiftPort Group aims to make “the space lift” reality before 12th April 2018.

Because space-stations need transport lifts as well they receive now more backing. Got to love that Space Lift target though.
Previous entry about the space lift is here.

Update: Can’t wait? Bring you own custom build satelite in orbit for 40,000 dollar, no millions required.
Update2: Date 2018 seems also deadline for landing 4 men on the moon.
Update3: First Critics about insane costs have already stood up in the New Scientist.

Weatherman Claims Japanese Mafia Behind Hurricane Katrina

POCATELLO, Idaho (Wireless Flash) – Here’s a theory that’s sure to cause a storm of controversy: A meteorologist in Pocatello, Idaho, claims Japanese gangsters known as the Yakuza caused Hurricane Katrina.

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Now it’s time to blow friends or preferably your foes away, whenever you have some dumb argument with counting:

The Mathematics Theorem Top 100

True, I could prove some of them wrong in the supermarket, but it’s the idea that counts right?

Update: Remember that linux version you had?

Barnhard.nl proudly presents the first translated “Troonrede” podcast (click free) . You can find the spoken speech text here.

The ‘Troonrede’ (a kind of ’state of the Union’ (USA)) is read by the Queen every third Tuesday of September (since 1904).

You may note that we have used for this podcast “Sayz me” software.

a reflection by Cultural Anthropology student Vincent Barnhard
with help from and translated by Chocotoffert
spell check will be done soon (incl. handy .pdf document)

First posted in Dutch on this page

Introduction

In the 16th and 17th century, Wunderkammern or so called chambers of curiosities were special rooms that collected curiosities of all nature. The Wunderkammer was non-scientific. Besides a form of entertainment was the Wunderkammer above all an attempt by the owner to reflect his world-view into a theater of curiosities (Newhouse, 1998; Parnell, 2004).

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I get told over and over again that my cd-r disks have limited life. I have told again and again that I know this. But haven’t heared exact number of years. So, now, read this article and you know it as well.

Agreement Shenyang Aircraft Corporation and Stork Aerospace for joined development and manufacturing of aerostructures

Today at the Beijing Aviation Expo the Chinese aircraft manufacturer Shenyang Aircraft Corporation (a subsidiary of AVIC-I) and Dutch Stork Aerospace have signed a Heads of Agreement for collaboration in the development and manufacturing of aerostructures for commercial aircraft.

Shenyang Aircraft Corporation (SAC) provides leading capabilities in tool design and fabrication, machining, assembly and composite production. Stork Fokker AESP, a Stork Aerospace company, provides leading capabilities in program management, structure design and engineering, composite (thermoplastics) and metal bonding.

Website: www.stork-aerospace.com

AMSTERDAM - De Nederlander Joop van Delft is deze week een weblog gestart over orkaan Rita.

Van Delft woont sinds 1984 in Houston en schrijf op zijn site over zijn belevenissen. De Nederlander wilde met zijn familie richting Dallas vertrekken, maar omdat hij in 10 uur slechts 75 kilometer had afgelegd wegens overvolle wegen besloot hij terug te keren naar Houston.

Website: www.rita.blog.nl

An interesting new search-engine for businesses has launched recently. Better than the Gouden Gids (other dutch search engine) this search engine provides like a website around a 1000 words, pictures and video as well. Number of businesses covered: 800,000. Number of languages available to search with: 4. Information mostly as bought from the chamber of commerce. To top it off, it also includes a buttom which, when pressed, will make the company call you back. Ideal!

Surf ilocal here.

Apparently someone found US warplans from the 1920’s that talks about invading Canada. Okay, now who finds Canada plans for invading the US? Wait, such a brother-twist must have a fanpage. Check: indeed it exists.

Tijs.org was kipnapped for a while, amazing story and a great lesson in how you should register your domain.

In a tale of distress, misery and miscommunication this very site was kidnapped, ransomed and mistreated before being heroically rescued and put back online again.

The morale of this story is of course never to register your domain name with the same people who host it. And to make sure that your domain name is registered in your own name not some born again christian cokeheads at some hosting provider somewhere in texas. If the last would also have been the case i would have never gotten my domain name back.

Website: www.tijs.org