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Dutch Forks Coates Ready For Carolina
Irmo, SC (WLTX) --- After helping Dutch Fork win back-to-back state championships, Alaina Coates is ready for the next chapter of her basketball career. When the 2012-13 season ended, Dutch Fork was undefeated, ranked in the top 10 by USA Today and a big reason for that was the 6-4 Coates. The McDonald's All-American who was also named All-USA by USA Today is hoping to contribute early ...
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Dutch cannabis cafe ban in doubt after trial run in Maastricht
Maastricht was chosen to test the ban on "drugs tourists" from May 1st last year because its location on the borders with Germany and France means it attracts some 1.6 million visitors to its 13 city centre coffee shops every year. Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA ...
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PanaComs PhilipsSamsung Warehouse Sale Begins Today
Bandar Seri Begawan - PanaCom Sdn Bhd, the authorised distributor ofSamsung and Philips electronic products in Brunei Darussalam will hold the Philips/Samsung Warehouse Sale 2013 starting today until June 2, 2013 at its warehouse located opposite Maktab SOAS at Jalan Padang in the capital. The event will commence from 10am to 9pm daily and for public convenience the organiser has provided ...
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Royal Dutch Shell Officials Bayelsa Community Disagree Over Cause Of Oil Spills In Taylor Creek
By SaharaReporters, New York Community members of Betterland, Ikarama and Kalaba communities in Bayelsa State have reported massive discharge of crude oil into Taylor Creek in Yenagoa local government area of Bayelsa. The residents of the area said the spills have been happening over the past week. Saharareporters sources disclosed that crude oil discharged from Well 2 operated by Shell ...
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Dutch destroyer Van Gerwen wins inaugural Dubai Darts Masters
Dutch sensation Michael Van Gerwen became the inaugural champion of the Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters on Friday night, beating fellow Dutchman Raymond Van Barneveld 11-7 in the final. The victory was the 24-year-old's third tournament success on the spin after snatching the Premier League title from Phil Taylor as well as the European Darts Open in Dusseldorf. Van Barneveld hung on ...
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Bond set at $500K for transient accused of double stabbing near Nederland
Hilbourne Sutherland appears in court at the Boulder County Jail on Friday. Sutherland was arrested in connection with a double stabbing in a campground near Nederland. ( PAUL AIKEN ) Bond was set today at $500,000 for a Boulder transient who is accused of stabbing two people at a campground near Nederland late Wednesday night. Hilbroune Sutherland, 38, faces two counts of second-degree ...
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Music Review New Amsterdam Singers at St. Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church
Among ensembles that champion new music, many trumpet the wide diversity of the composers they perform. Yet there is much to be said for a group that builds long-term associations with favored composers. This has been a defining attribute of the New Amsterdam Singers, a skilled 70-voice choir, which ended its 45th season with a concert on Thursday night at St. Ignatius of Antioch ...
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American Exports Terrence Boyd surprised by ex-club Borussia Dortmunds Champions League run
AMSTERDAM - It may sound funny, but Rapid Vienna ace Terrence Boyd admits he'll be more nervous watching former employers Borussia Dortmund battle in Saturday's UEFA Champions League final than he is when he plays. The US forward, who has 16 goals and eight assists across all competitions heading into Sunday's Austrian Bundesliga closer against SV Ried, will be cheering on ...
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Dutch Lions Announce Youth Tryouts
DAYTON, Ohio - The Dayton Dutch Lions Youth Academy has announced its tryout dates for the 2013-2014 youth teams. After one of the Youth Academy's most successful years and additional talented teams and partnerships created, the addition of the summer Super Y program, and the hosting of our own tournament, the Youth Academy is looking to expand even further. If you are looking to take your ...
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Four new faces in Netherlands squad for Asia trip
Oranje will take on Indonesia in Jakarta on June 7 before travelling to Beijing to face China on June 11, and a 21-man squad has been named.Lerin Duarte (Heracles Almelo), Dwight Tiendalli (Swansea City), Jens Toornstra (FC Utrecht) and Miquel Nelom (Feyenoord) could potentially make their Netherlands debuts, with the team scheduled to come together on May 29. Meanwhile, Jonathan de Guzman, Dirk ...
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Country singer Jade Holland signed to UK label
JADE Holland's boots were made for something much more than walking. It didn’t take long before the world caught on to the North’s best kept country music secret after the singer, 23, was signed to a UK-based record label this week, launching her onto a worldwide platform.Thumbprint Music offered the Townsville-based star a six-year deal after they discovered her on ...
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Win PITCH Festival Tickets
is one of the newer additions to the calendar. Set in Cultuurpark Westgasfabriek - a redeveloped factory site situated in Amsterdam West - it matches a unique location with a carefully curated bill. Azealia Banks is set to appear at PITCH Festival, while Hudson Mohawke will provide a DJ set. Newly signed to Warp, Darkstar's live show displays a rare sense of control, and the London group ...
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Raytheon UK upgrading Dutch air force radar sites
Four additional radar sites of the Netherland's air force are being upgraded by Raytheon in Britain. The upgrade will include improved technology such as WiMax interference filtering for discerning true from false targets caused by the blades of wind turbines at wind farms. The award, the value of which wasn't disclosed follows Raytheon's successful implementation of the first ...
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Saudis say Dutch patent on MERS virus hampers research
The normally civil world of international health diplomacy was shattered yesterday, when Saudi Arabia complained that a patent taken out by Dutch scientists who isolated the Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) virus was impeding Saudi efforts to track the virus within its own ...
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Dutch Technology Turning Waste into Green Gas Goes Global
- ECN and Royal Dahlman sign licence agreement for MILENA gasification The MILENA technologytoproduce green gas, electricity or fluid fuels from waste and biomass, developed by leading Dutch energy institute ECN, will be applied on a global scale in the next few years. ECN has signed a license agreement with Dutch company Royal Dahlman, which will implement this technology in various countries ...
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The Netherlands leads the way in approving refugee requests IND
The Netherlands is more likely to give asylum seekers residency papers than the rest of the European Union, according to the head of the Dutch immigration service. Rob van Lint said at the presentation of the IND's annual report on Friday the organisation does not refuse as many people asylum as is often suggested. 'The Netherlands honours 40% of requests compared with 27% in the rest ...
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Horse meat scandal arrest Dutch police arrest meat wholesaler in horse meat probe
Horse meat arrest: Investigators from the Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority arrested the man on suspicion of fraud and detained him for further questioning. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of six year's imprisonment, according to ...
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Dutch independent retailer Free Record Shop files for bankruptcy
Dutch independent retail group Free Record Shop on Friday filed for bankruptcy but hopes are high for a restart. 'Together with the curator, we will assess if a restart is possible,' the company said in a statement. 'We are also looking to see if the shops can be kept open in the meantime. There is a very good chance the Free Record Shop will remain a high street fixture.' ...
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Gassing geese to restart near Schiphol
Officials will begin the process of gassing up to 10,000 geese which have settled in a 20km radius of Amsterdam's Schiphol airport next week. Provincial government allows the mass killing because of the risk of collisions between aircraft and flocks of geese. In 2010, a Maroc Air plane was forced to make an emergency landing after geese hit the motor. Bird protection groups say it would ...
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Ferring Presents Phase III Data for a Controlled Release Misoprostol Vaginal Delivery System for Labour Induction at ...
Ferring Presents Phase III Data for a Controlled Release Misoprostol Vaginal Delivery System for Labour Induction at the First European Congress on Intrapartum ...
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Raytheon to upgrade additional Netherlands air bases following successful deployment of first Wind Farm Mitigation kit
HARLOW, England, May 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --The Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) has contracted Raytheon ( ) to upgrade four additional Airport Surveillance Radar sites following the successful implementation of the first Wind Farm Mitigation upgrade at RNLAF's Woensdrecht Air Base. The upgrade includes technology enhancements, including WiMax interference filtering (4G filtration), and ...
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St. Philips College honored for being top VITA site
The IRS and the City of San Antonio honored St. Philip's College for helping low-income residents qualify for $6.7 million in tax returns. The Internal Revenue Service and the City of San Antonio both honored St. Philips Colleges Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program for helping processing $6.7 million in refunds for local residents in 2013. St. Philips prepared the most returns out ...
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Photos An Exclusive Look into the Dutch Chef Andrew Carmellini’s Gourmet French Vacation
A hyperactive child, Andrew Carmellini once told a reporter that--to keep him busy--his mother used to give him polenta and measuring spoons. "She said it was the only thing that would calm me down." That unyielding energy lasted into Carmellini's adult years, taking him from cooking school to a gig making meals for New York's governor Mario Cuomo, to a nomadic voyage across ...
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The Netherlands to sell stake in uranium enricher
The Netherlands is to sell its stake in Urenco, the uranium-enriching company owned by the Dutch and British governments and German energy companies. However, the sale can only take place when nuclear safety, non-proliferation and assured delivery have been guaranteed, the finance ministry said in a statement. The German firms and British government have already said they want to sell their ...
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Foreign selling of dollar sparks Unilever inflows talk
Unilever Plc plans to pay up to $5.4 billion to raise its stake in its Indian subsidiary Hindustan Unilever Ltd. The open offer will open on June 21 and close on July ...
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Amsterdam and the Clash of Civilisations: is this city on the frontline?
There is a polarising pattern of insult and violence going round and round in Europe, and Amsterdam seems to be one of the cities leading the continent down the spiral toward a culture of intolerance toward everyone who isn't European.
The Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks is frequently in the media for his decisively controversial cartoons that seem to unremittingly try and provoke the Islamic communities across Europe. Just this week alone he was the target of two separate assassination plots that were to be carried out, interestingly, by two women who had converted to the religion he vilifies. Read more
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