culture truly only by having a close contact with the local people who hold it. In our case (international students) we have the chance to live in the Netherland for at least four years which is enough time to learn the Dutch language in a decent level and integrate to a certain level into the Dutch way of living. The first imprint of the Netherlands for me was the neatly formed square shaped green fields and farms that I saw from the airplane window in a splendid sunny day of August while the airplane
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tradition marry more than one wife? Dutch view of polygamy. What is the assignment? The assignment is to make a report about a chosen subject. What is the chosen subject? The chosen subject is to research why and how some young men in the Netherlands‚ according to Islamic tradition‚ marry more than one wife. Describe the reasons and the ritual. Involve the Dutch legal criteria for marriage and the Dutch view of polygamy. Compare the Dutch view with the criteria in the Sharia Islamic Law) What
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I have been living in the Netherlands for 18 years now‚ I am not surprised by all the drugs and prostitution. To be honest‚ I never understood why people would go to Amsterdam‚ just to see the prostitution and drugs. But now I am living in the United States‚ I am beginning to understand the attraction to view the vast differences in culture. A lot of the laws are stricter in America‚ for example‚ to legally drink you have to wait until you are 21‚ while in the Netherlands‚ the legal drinking age is
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Belgium is a country which it’s GDP is nearly similar with Malaysia‚ has an exported volume of $296.1 billion ranked 13th in the world at year 2009. Belgium mainly exported machinery and equipments‚ finished diamonds and foodstuff. Germany‚ France‚ Netherlands‚ UK‚ US‚ Italy are the biggest export trading partners to Belgium. Graph 2.3 is the chart about the contribution of trading partners of Belgium in percentage. In Belgium‚ the trading balance is slightly towards the imported sector which means that
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must be overcome. As in the year 2015 – 2016‚ when my family and I lived in Wageningen-Netherlands to support my husband pursuing his postgraduate degree. Many things or problems I have experienced made me look for ways to make lives there easier for me as well as for others. There are common problems experienced by newly arrived Indonesian in the Netherlands. The most uncomfortable things living in the Netherlands‚ for me and most of Indonesian is the climate. Living in a subtropical country‚ with
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been cited for underperformance with regards to public service delivery. The government had frequently shifted this blame on non-performance of its civil servants. This was taken as a key political agenda in the run up to the 2002 elections in the Netherlands. Fortuyn’s argument was that government had refused to exercise control by holding public sector managers accountable and setting targets for them. The authors examine the Dutch political system. Traditionally‚ the system has thrived on consensus
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in it. * war ended with Dutch victory in 1830 1831 – Second Phase of Padri War * Lasted until 1838 1870-1900 - The Liberal Period 1873-1913 - The Aceh War * was an armed military conflict between theSultanate of Aceh and the Netherlands which was triggered by discussions between representatives of Aceh and the U.S. inSingapore during early 1873. The war was part of a series of conflicts in the late 19th century that consolidated Dutch rule over modern-day Indonesia‚ concurrent
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management organization is trying to understand the opportunities presented by the Royal Dutch/Shell pricing discrepancy. This case analyzes the benefits of shares of two twin companies Royal Dutch and Shell. Royal Dutch trades are more actively in the Netherlands and U.S. markets‚ whereas Shell trades are more actively in the United States. They are getting price benefit mainly from arbitrage opportunities arising from daily stock price difference between the prices of twin equities that cross-listed in
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resulted in the Union of Utrecht‚ uniting the northern provinces of the Netherlands‚ until then under the control of Phillip II of Spain. The newly formed Dutch Republic‚ or United Provinces of the Netherlands‚ was the wealthiest and most trade engaged nation in Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries. Components like geographic location‚ economic superiority‚ and religious toleration led to the vast popularization of the Netherlands. However‚ this Golden Age was not prolonged. From 1650 to 1713‚ the
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of the Netherlands. During 1940‚ the German occupation officials forbid Jews from the civil-service and required Jews to register the assets of their business. In January of 1941‚ the German auth- orities required all Jews to register themselves as Jews. 159‚8 06 people registered themselves as Jews‚ including 19‚561 born of mixed marriages. As of April 29‚ 1942‚ Jews were required to wear a yellow Star of David on their clothing. Deportations of Jews from the Netherlands began in
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