<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570623806258179718</id><updated>2012-02-13T11:02:36.030+01:00</updated><category term='VUmc'/><category term='vervuiling'/><category term='Desktop'/><category term='Loach'/><category term='ipad'/><category term='appleid'/><category term='cultuur'/><category term='pvv'/><category term='Apple'/><category term='Avatron'/><category term='dvd'/><category term='banblauw'/><category term='Connexxion'/><category term='Bagger'/><category term='snorscooter'/><category term='Loting'/><category term='BTW'/><category term='iphone'/><category term='Vertalen'/><category term='brommer'/><category term='Asscher'/><category term='Concertgebouwlive'/><category term='Siemens'/><category term='Quicktime'/><category term='scooter'/><category term='PC'/><category term='windows'/><category term='google apps apple appleID'/><category term='update'/><category term='zorgverzekering'/><category term='film distribution'/><category term='Honigmann'/><category term='vvd'/><category term='Agis'/><category term='VAT'/><category term='taxi'/><category term='helm'/><category term='gevaar'/><category term='openbaar vervoer'/><category term='Stichting VSA'/><category term='cd'/><category term='language'/><category term='UPC'/><category term='fietspad'/><category term='antivirus'/><category term='iTunes'/><category term='drivers'/><category term='ipod'/><category term='tweetakt'/><category term='Youp van &apos;t Hek'/><category term='Sectra'/><category term='jazz harwich amsterdam'/><category term='drugs'/><category term='T-Mobile'/><title type='text'>Day by Day</title><subtitle type='html'>I'll try and place the odd thought, so the title is a misnomer anyway.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Martin Cleaver</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-zzHUPmKU5Ww/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAFV8/FDrxn4qXvIg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>49</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570623806258179718.post-1210364724681631832</id><published>2012-02-12T18:58:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2012-02-12T19:08:25.694+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='brommer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='snorscooter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fietspad'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banblauw'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='helm'/><title type='text'>Verkeersader #020west</title><content type='html'>Floor van de Wal werd er doodgereden, de koningin komt er langs als ze in de stad moet zijn en het is ook een hoofdroute voor Cition handhavers op toeterende snorscooters (als ze niet in de taxi zitten) onderweg van hun hoofdkantoor naar de stad.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De stad loopt vol scooters met blauwe kentekens en de ziekenhuizen lopen vol met hoofdletsels omdat men geen helm hoeft te dragen op zo een voertuig. Maar nu willen Stadsdelen West en Centrum een experiment organiseren om de overlast van deze fijnstof-kanonnen op het fietspad tegen te gaan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De bedoeling is dat de Rozengracht, De Clercqstraat, Admiraal de Ruyterweg en Jan Evertsenstraat een 30 k/u zone wordt waar alle scooters op de rijbaan moeten. Met een paar drempels was Floor van de Wal misschien nog in leven.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;iframe frameborder="0" height="350" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://maps.google.nl/maps?f=q&amp;amp;source=s_q&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;geocode=&amp;amp;q=De+Clercqstraat,+Oud-West,+Amsterdam&amp;amp;aq=1&amp;amp;oq=de+clercqstraat&amp;amp;sll=52.369809,4.872093&amp;amp;sspn=0.024735,0.066047&amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;hq=&amp;amp;hnear=De+Clercqstraat,+Oud-West,+Amsterdam,+Noord-Holland&amp;amp;ll=52.370856,4.869782&amp;amp;spn=0.024734,0.066047&amp;amp;t=m&amp;amp;z=14&amp;amp;output=embed" width="425"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;a href="http://maps.google.nl/maps?f=q&amp;amp;source=embed&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;geocode=&amp;amp;q=De+Clercqstraat,+Oud-West,+Amsterdam&amp;amp;aq=1&amp;amp;oq=de+clercqstraat&amp;amp;sll=52.369809,4.872093&amp;amp;sspn=0.024735,0.066047&amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;hq=&amp;amp;hnear=De+Clercqstraat,+Oud-West,+Amsterdam,+Noord-Holland&amp;amp;ll=52.370856,4.869782&amp;amp;spn=0.024734,0.066047&amp;amp;t=m&amp;amp;z=14" style="color: blue; text-align: left;"&gt;View Larger Map&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maar wethouder Eric Wiebes is geen voorstander van zo een maatregel. De GVB zou flinke vertragingen op kunnen lopen als bussen en trams toevallig maar 25 k/u kunnen achter die ene snorscooter in de stad die zich wel aan de regels houdt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maar zo een vaart zal het natuurlijk niet lopen. Ten eerste is er een losse trambaan over bijna de hele afstand en ten tweede zijn er geen snorscooters die maar 25 k/u rijden. Zelfs die van de politie kunnen met gemak 40 k/u halen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maar dit is natuurlijk allemaal pielen in de marge. Het blauwe kenteken is ooit ingevoerd om Spartamets op het fietspad toe te laten. Nu zou het prima zijn om elektrische fietsen te dekken. Maar in de laatste vijf jaar is het aantal 2-takt scooters met een blauw kenteken explosief gegroeid.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FeUXth5jZ9o/Tzf9ww9iBMI/AAAAAAAAFYs/AyX7-oEi4yY/s1600/cition.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="303" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FeUXth5jZ9o/Tzf9ww9iBMI/AAAAAAAAFYs/AyX7-oEi4yY/s320/cition.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ze zijn veels te groot voor het fietspad, zelfs de dienders op zo'n tweewieler weten zich prima aan te passen aan de schofterigheid door te toeteren en dan over de stoep te scheuren langs fietsers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Even voor de duidelijkheid: alle scooters, 4-takt of elektrisch – met helm, geel kenteken, op de weg en 55 k/u. Het fietspad is voor fietsen. En de moordenaar van Floor van de Wal moet nog in de bak zitten.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8570623806258179718-1210364724681631832?l=mcleaver.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/feeds/1210364724681631832/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2012/02/verkeersader-020west.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/1210364724681631832'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/1210364724681631832'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2012/02/verkeersader-020west.html' title='Verkeersader #020west'/><author><name>Martin Cleaver</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-zzHUPmKU5Ww/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAFV8/FDrxn4qXvIg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FeUXth5jZ9o/Tzf9ww9iBMI/AAAAAAAAFYs/AyX7-oEi4yY/s72-c/cition.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>De Clercqstraat, Amsterdam, The Netherlands</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.3707705 4.8697819</georss:point><georss:box>52.368347 4.8648464 52.373194 4.874717400000001</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570623806258179718.post-1785620442593041221</id><published>2012-02-02T15:44:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2012-02-02T20:08:18.070+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='iTunes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vertalen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bagger'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Apple'/><title type='text'>Omlaagladen</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;Ik heb een hekel aan nederlandstalig software - het zit in de genen. Sorry. &amp;nbsp;Maar van Apple kan en mag ik alleen in het nederlands toegesproken worden door de iTunes store (ik woon nou eenmaal in Amsterdam). Nou, nederlands? Wat te denken van zo'n bericht?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hRHOdTRoSfw/TyqelzhdjVI/AAAAAAAAFRY/gT_sADwGryc/s1600/20120201+iTunes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="175" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hRHOdTRoSfw/TyqelzhdjVI/AAAAAAAAFRY/gT_sADwGryc/s400/20120201+iTunes.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="NL" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;Moetik dat snappen? Ze gaan mijn creditcard belasten en me&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;gelukkig&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;ook nietopnieuw vragen om nummers te kopen.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="NL" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;Mijncollega's in vertaal-land zijn ook "verrast" (niet). Zie hier een paarreacties:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="NL" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;» Translatedby Google?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="NL" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;»"Overbruggend de kloof", wordt er waarschijnlijk bedoeld. Heb je daarwat aan?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="NL" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;» Als dattenminste het nummer is dat Martin wil omlaagladen.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="NL" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;» Hoekan &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;eenaankoop&amp;nbsp;nu beginnen met downloaden?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="NL" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;» Ik wil welgraag een naambadge met de tekst "vraag me niet opnieuw om dingen tekopen".&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="NL" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;» En eenvinkje erbij. Dat ik dat kan opspelden als ik in een winkel ben, en dan nietmeer&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="NL" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;» wordtlastiggevallen door verkopers.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="NL" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;» Het isnogal triest, ja. Ik vraag me af of ze gewoon een heel slecht, of eenheel&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="NL" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;» goedkoopvertaalbureau hebben ingeschakeld. (Het hoeft helaas niet altijd samen tegaan.)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="NL" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;» Als hetuit goedkoopte is, is het wel heel wrang, voor een bedrijf dat zulkegigantische&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="NL" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;» winstenmaakt, en dat zijn quasi-monopoliepositie flink misbruikt omrechthebbenden&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="NL" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;» vanzogenaamde "content" flink uit te persen als ze van hun platformgebruik willen maken.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="NL" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;» (Vraagmaar eens aan NRC en Nederlandse uitgevers.)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="NL" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="NL" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;Binnenkortgaat er een Apple Store open in het Hirschgebouw aan het Leidseplein - zullen de borden en documentatie even leesbaar zijn?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8570623806258179718-1785620442593041221?l=mcleaver.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/feeds/1785620442593041221/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2012/02/omlaagladen.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/1785620442593041221'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/1785620442593041221'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2012/02/omlaagladen.html' title='Omlaagladen'/><author><name>Martin Cleaver</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-zzHUPmKU5Ww/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAFV8/FDrxn4qXvIg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hRHOdTRoSfw/TyqelzhdjVI/AAAAAAAAFRY/gT_sADwGryc/s72-c/20120201+iTunes.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570623806258179718.post-6277322933005284692</id><published>2012-01-19T16:15:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-19T16:18:00.690+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Dutch Courage at the Gouden Reael</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Dutch Courage!!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4MTVWCf6JOY/TxgylUTGmQI/AAAAAAAADKs/9TvCLvNZjl4/s1600/Gilles-Lisa-Ian.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="289" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4MTVWCf6JOY/TxgylUTGmQI/AAAAAAAADKs/9TvCLvNZjl4/s320/Gilles-Lisa-Ian.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"&gt;Zondag 22 Januari in &lt;a href="http://www.goudenreael.nl/"&gt;De Gouden Reael&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Vanaf 16 uur: Real Sunday Afternoon&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Met een optreden van Lisa, Gilles en Ian&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Jong en nu al heel goed - Mis het niet!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8570623806258179718-6277322933005284692?l=mcleaver.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/feeds/6277322933005284692/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2012/01/dutch-courage-at-gouden-reaal.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/6277322933005284692'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/6277322933005284692'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2012/01/dutch-courage-at-gouden-reaal.html' title='Dutch Courage at the Gouden Reael'/><author><name>Martin Cleaver</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-zzHUPmKU5Ww/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAFV8/FDrxn4qXvIg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4MTVWCf6JOY/TxgylUTGmQI/AAAAAAAADKs/9TvCLvNZjl4/s72-c/Gilles-Lisa-Ian.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>Zandhoek 12, 1013 Amsterdam, The Netherlands</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.38804198050879 4.889988899230957</georss:point><georss:box>52.38561948050879 4.885053399230957 52.39046448050879 4.894924399230957</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570623806258179718.post-7221552919952223579</id><published>2012-01-19T11:45:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-21T14:53:46.581+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vervuiling'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tweetakt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='scooter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gevaar'/><title type='text'>Ban Blauw!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ravagedigitaal.org/2005/nummer7/vuilelucht.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Het wordt tijd om onze straten weer veilig en schoon te maken. Het is onbegrijpelijk dat decennia lang onze steden onderworpen zijn aan de fijnstofkannonnen die scooters heten. Scooters en andere tweewielers kunnen wel degelijk een bijdrage leveren aan mobiliteit in onze steden, maar ze moeten schoner en hun plaats weten – op de weg.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Een stappenplan&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;1 - Alle scooterrijders moeten een helm dragen. Dat is &lt;a href="http://www.verkeersnet.nl/5750/sterke-toename-verkeersongevallen-met-scooters/"&gt;veiliger &lt;/a&gt;en maakt de blauwe kenteken onmiddellijk minder aantrekkelijk.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;2 - Alle scooters moeten een gele kenteken en dus op de rijbaan.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;3 - Bromscooters moeten een begrenzer op 55 k/u, dan kunnen ze meegaan met auto’s in de stad.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;4 - Geen nieuwe twee-takt motoren mogen verkocht worden. Geef een inruil premie voor het inleveren van deze fijnstofkannonnen.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;5 - Een auto rijbewijs moet genoeg zijn om een tweewieler tot 150 cc te mogen rijden.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;6 - Er moeten betere regels komen voor het parkeren van scooters. In ieder geval moet de stoep vooral voor voetgangers zijn.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Zie ook:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.scooteroverlast.nl/"&gt;http://www.scooteroverlast.nl/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Een bedrijf zoals &lt;a href="http://cition.nl/"&gt;Cition &lt;/a&gt;zou een goede voorbeeld kunnen geven, maar al te vaak zijn hun medewerkers een slechte voorbeeld, met schuren en toeteren op de fietspad. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Gemeente Raadscommissie overleg met Eric Wiebes is uitgesteld tot 9 februari.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8570623806258179718-7221552919952223579?l=mcleaver.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/feeds/7221552919952223579/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2012/01/ban-blauw.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/7221552919952223579'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/7221552919952223579'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2012/01/ban-blauw.html' title='Ban Blauw!'/><author><name>Martin Cleaver</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-zzHUPmKU5Ww/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAFV8/FDrxn4qXvIg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>Amsterdam, The Netherlands</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.3702157 4.8951679</georss:point><georss:box>52.292658200000005 4.7372394 52.4477732 5.053096399999999</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570623806258179718.post-2789367614727438354</id><published>2011-08-12T16:11:00.006+02:00</published><updated>2011-08-12T21:02:37.117+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='jazz harwich amsterdam'/><title type='text'>Dutch Courage in Harwich!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" &gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OEvKWEe3vFM/TkVkPizXLvI/AAAAAAAAA9k/JafX2aGvM0I/s1600/Dutch%2BCourage3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 210px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OEvKWEe3vFM/TkVkPizXLvI/AAAAAAAAA9k/JafX2aGvM0I/s320/Dutch%2BCourage3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640024326554463986" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qoDjP1AjL8I/TkU089-guwI/AAAAAAAAA9c/begONcXnE7I/s1600/Dutch%2BCourage2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Exciting young Dutch jazz talent (who call themselves the Sexy Jazz Princes) shakes up the town of Harwich!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" &gt;Ian Cleaver, Midas and Gilles Meest&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;er from Amsterdam play at the New Bell Inn,  &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "&gt;Outerpart Eastward, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "&gt;Harwich, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "&gt;Essex (behind the Electric Palace).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); " &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); " &gt;Saturday 13 August from 8 pm.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); " &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); " &gt;Admission free&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); " &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); " &gt;Grateful thanks to the &lt;a href="http://www.tendringcamra.org.uk/newbellharwich.html"&gt;New Bell Inn&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a href="http://www.rock-school.org.uk/"&gt;Rock School&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8570623806258179718-2789367614727438354?l=mcleaver.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/feeds/2789367614727438354/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2011/08/dutch-courage-in-harwich.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/2789367614727438354'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/2789367614727438354'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2011/08/dutch-courage-in-harwich.html' title='Dutch Courage in Harwich!'/><author><name>Martin Cleaver</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-zzHUPmKU5Ww/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAFV8/FDrxn4qXvIg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OEvKWEe3vFM/TkVkPizXLvI/AAAAAAAAA9k/JafX2aGvM0I/s72-c/Dutch%2BCourage3.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570623806258179718.post-7915952936743622639</id><published>2011-07-21T20:41:00.008+02:00</published><updated>2011-07-21T21:50:08.655+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Desktop'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Avatron'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='PC'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Apple'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ipad'/><title type='text'>Air Display?</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;The wonders of Apple and iTunes. The company (it is one, right?) profits from confusing customers. You complain to Apple and they blame iTunes and vice versa. Bit they can also take it a step further and blame anyone  else in range. &lt;/span&gt;Sounds like &lt;a href="http://j.mp/qbBLDu"&gt;Catch 22&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;It's just happened again. I bought "Air Display" by &lt;a href="http://avatron.com/"&gt;Avatron &lt;/a&gt;on 8 July. I played with it and unfortunately  discovered it was not able to play an .avi file from a PC on the iPad as secondary monitor. Not only that, the PC display stayed messed up even when Air Display wasn't running. There was suddenly a whole area of invisible virtual desktop (lost mouse, strange remote display).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;I tried posting to the &lt;a href="http://avatron.com/forums/list.php?46"&gt;Avatron forum&lt;/a&gt;, but the relevant technical forum is read-only (?). So I contacted Avatron and they offered a couple of suggestions that were not able to solve the problem. All I ended up with was a bland "&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "&gt;No, this is not a known issue. We'll certainly look into this and see if we can reproduce the issue."&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;So today I ended up contacting iTunes. But they referred me back to Avatron because it was a technical problem. So I asked Avatron for a refund, but Avatron replied "&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "&gt;If you'd like to pursue a refund you'll need to contact Apple." But as soon as I tried to return to the relevant iTunes link I was informed "&lt;/span&gt;U hebt al een probleem gemeld met dit artikel, of het is te oud om te melden." No idea why Apple still insists on addressing me in Dutch to inform me that I had already reported a problem, but that's obviously Catch 23.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;Or course writing this blog costs a lot more than €7.99, but that seems to be the Apple strategy to stop complaints. Make it more expensive to complain than to shrug your shoulders and put up with it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8570623806258179718-7915952936743622639?l=mcleaver.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/feeds/7915952936743622639/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2011/07/air-display.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/7915952936743622639'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/7915952936743622639'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2011/07/air-display.html' title='Air Display?'/><author><name>Martin Cleaver</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-zzHUPmKU5Ww/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAFV8/FDrxn4qXvIg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570623806258179718.post-1349598920372870397</id><published>2011-07-20T19:46:00.006+02:00</published><updated>2011-07-20T22:25:22.142+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Tarantella</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTY3OTgwMzI3N15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNDczODI5NA@@._V1._SY317_CR131,0,214,317_.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 317px;" src="http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTY3OTgwMzI3N15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNDczODI5NA@@._V1._SY317_CR131,0,214,317_.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wat een rijkdom aan muziek komt er uit het zuiden van Europa. In veel uithoeken van Spanje en Italie is de Moorse invloed te horen en voelen. Je kan het horen in flamenco of de muziek van Napels  (bv &lt;a href="http://j.mp/pZSjRT"&gt;Dreaming by Numbers&lt;/a&gt; van Anna Bucchetti) . De rijkdom van zo'n muzikale geschiedenis leeft nog door in fusion. Ik ben gisteren naar &lt;a href="http://j.mp/o52jYo"&gt;Tous les Soleils&lt;/a&gt; geweest (leuke film, trouwens) en heb hernieuwd kennis gemaakt met de &lt;a href="http://j.mp/mXmogV"&gt;Tarantella&lt;/a&gt;. Even rond gesnuffeld en er &lt;a href="http://j.mp/p9FvyJ"&gt;bleek&lt;/a&gt; een plaat van. Later werd het duidelijk dat wij zelfs een &lt;a href="http://j.mp/q1W8Tv"&gt;andere plaat&lt;/a&gt; van "L'Arpeggiata" en Christine Pluhar in onze CD collectie hadden. &lt;div&gt;Een jaar of twintig geleden ben ik een Napolitaan tegengekomen in Florence die ook zijn eigen rijke muzikale erfdom combineerde met allerlei andere muzikale stromingen - zelfs reggae. (Waar ben je nou, &lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/gianfranconarracci"&gt;Gianfranco Narracci&lt;/a&gt;?)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Maar de boodschap van de tarantella is en blijft dat muziek alles geneest.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8570623806258179718-1349598920372870397?l=mcleaver.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/feeds/1349598920372870397/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2011/07/tarantella.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/1349598920372870397'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/1349598920372870397'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2011/07/tarantella.html' title='Tarantella'/><author><name>Martin Cleaver</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-zzHUPmKU5Ww/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAFV8/FDrxn4qXvIg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570623806258179718.post-1268737379063905945</id><published>2011-07-17T11:01:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2011-07-20T09:45:03.266+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Kinkerstraat heeft een "Passage"?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HlOVimm7zD4/TiYTzxfZQUI/AAAAAAAAAnk/xN023841KLg/s1600/20110716-1610-038.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 216px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HlOVimm7zD4/TiYTzxfZQUI/AAAAAAAAAnk/xN023841KLg/s320/20110716-1610-038.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631210164252655938" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://localhost:59910/e9bac026df1b9220712a29222f4cc7fe/image/48b666d600158d38.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; FLOAT: right; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="http://localhost:59910/e9bac026df1b9220712a29222f4cc7fe/image/48b666d600158d38.jpg?size=320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Winkeliers klagen dat de Kinkerstraat niet meer bereikbaar is voor automobilisten... maar die is ook vaak niet eens voor voetgangers makkelijk bereikbaar.&lt;div&gt;Er is duidelijk een dringend tekort aan logisch en realistische fietsparkeerplaatsen. Mag de Kinkerstraat weer op de schot? Sloop die lelijke zuidkant tegelijk!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8570623806258179718-1268737379063905945?l=mcleaver.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/feeds/1268737379063905945/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2011/07/kinkerstraat-passage.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/1268737379063905945'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/1268737379063905945'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2011/07/kinkerstraat-passage.html' title='Kinkerstraat heeft een &quot;Passage&quot;?'/><author><name>Martin Cleaver</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-zzHUPmKU5Ww/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAFV8/FDrxn4qXvIg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HlOVimm7zD4/TiYTzxfZQUI/AAAAAAAAAnk/xN023841KLg/s72-c/20110716-1610-038.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570623806258179718.post-2213009937561112762</id><published>2011-07-16T22:10:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2011-07-16T22:31:20.230+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Dead Grass Smells!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D49P4riOh-k/TiHwWRZMdUI/AAAAAAAAAms/PIHMQx1QSQk/s1600/20110709-1448-002.jpg"&gt;&lt;img border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D49P4riOh-k/TiHwWRZMdUI/AAAAAAAAAms/PIHMQx1QSQk/s320/20110709-1448-002.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ik zag gras en dacht even aan een trapveldje. Daar is het stadsdeel natuurlijk dol op - zeker op de oude plek van het stadsdeelkantoor. Daarna viel er geen regen en alles werd bruin. Een paar dagen later was het late-lamented grasveld weg. Om daarna weer te verschijnen groen en vers. Er is natuurlijk genoeg regen geevallen de laatste paar dagen. Dus toch wel moestuinen met grasveld? En een feest? Maar het feest is jammerlijk ook in het water gevallen.&lt;br /&gt;Maar wat moet er met dat stuk grond aan de Bilderdijkkade. Circus/kermis terrein? OudWestermoskee? Cultureel centrum/Bioscoop? Tennisbanen? Weer woningbouw? Dan maar graag Tennisbanen! Nu moet iedereen naar het Vondelpark of verder. Tijdelijk aan de Bilderdijkkade om later de Centrale markt te vervangen? Maar moet ik het misschien wel harder roepen? OPHOUDEN MET DE STAD NOG VOLLER TE BOUWEN!&lt;div&gt;(zie ook: &lt;a href="http://irreversible.nl/?tag=bellamytuin"&gt;http://irreversible.nl/?tag=bellamytuin&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"&gt;&lt;img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;" align="middle" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8570623806258179718-2213009937561112762?l=mcleaver.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/feeds/2213009937561112762/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2011/07/ik-dacht-even-aan-een-voetbal-veld.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/2213009937561112762'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/2213009937561112762'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2011/07/ik-dacht-even-aan-een-voetbal-veld.html' title='Dead Grass Smells!'/><author><name>Martin Cleaver</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-zzHUPmKU5Ww/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAFV8/FDrxn4qXvIg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D49P4riOh-k/TiHwWRZMdUI/AAAAAAAAAms/PIHMQx1QSQk/s72-c/20110709-1448-002.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570623806258179718.post-1516343940288474928</id><published>2011-05-11T20:17:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2011-05-11T20:18:24.089+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Havelaar</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-c04272GFfKw/TcrSslV5GHI/AAAAAAABAXI/iKbep6heTRs/s1600/20110511+Bigband+Daily2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-c04272GFfKw/TcrSslV5GHI/AAAAAAABAXI/iKbep6heTRs/s400/20110511+Bigband+Daily2.jpg" width="298" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8570623806258179718-1516343940288474928?l=mcleaver.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/feeds/1516343940288474928/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2011/05/havelaar.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/1516343940288474928'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/1516343940288474928'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2011/05/havelaar.html' title='Havelaar'/><author><name>Martin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hAZFXIBM4JU/StjfSJQApcI/AAAAAAAAft0/mR7NX1r5CQs/S220/Me+5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-c04272GFfKw/TcrSslV5GHI/AAAAAAABAXI/iKbep6heTRs/s72-c/20110511+Bigband+Daily2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570623806258179718.post-1349638505216285341</id><published>2011-05-02T15:43:00.009+02:00</published><updated>2011-05-03T15:23:49.621+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Jazz in de Havelaar!</title><content type='html'>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: white;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;1053 SX Amsterdam&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="color: white;"&gt;020-6890711&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: white; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 14pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:k.buizer@combiwel.nl" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: white;"&gt;k.buizer@combiwel.nl&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: white; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 14pt;"&gt;zondag vrij parkeren&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 16pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8570623806258179718-1349638505216285341?l=mcleaver.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/feeds/1349638505216285341/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2011/05/jazz-in-de-havelaar.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/1349638505216285341'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/1349638505216285341'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2011/05/jazz-in-de-havelaar.html' title='Jazz in de Havelaar!'/><author><name>Martin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hAZFXIBM4JU/StjfSJQApcI/AAAAAAAAft0/mR7NX1r5CQs/S220/Me+5.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570623806258179718.post-1818360810186118795</id><published>2011-04-25T12:49:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2011-04-25T16:06:05.760+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Apple for Tutor</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autostrade_of_Italy"&gt;AutoStrade&lt;/a&gt; remain an interesting phenomenon in Italy. &amp;nbsp;The motorway network is huge. It also remains a source of amusement, irritation and occasional incomprehension.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In one of the most beautiful countries on earth, with a great tradition of design, the motorways are &amp;nbsp;incredibly ugly and illogical. As soon as you cross the border, you have to pay a nominal two-euro fee for the first few miles. As soon as you reach Milan, you are repeatedly informed that the only way to Bologna is to stay in the outside (far left) lane. Until you have circumvented the whole of Milan only to discover that all three lanes of the motorway go to Bologna. Why are there no international agreements on signposting? And do the Italians really think it’s easy to read such a vast number of signs if you also have some in white on blue, some in white on green and the rest in black on white?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-57IublU2v0o/TbVRNWRY5oI/AAAAAAAA_TA/0b2GDhEcdSg/s1600/20110424-1841-075.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="208" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-57IublU2v0o/TbVRNWRY5oI/AAAAAAAA_TA/0b2GDhEcdSg/s320/20110424-1841-075.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Then you discover that the whole length of motorway from Milan to Rimini has now been fitted with that wonderful invention “&lt;a href="http://www.autostrade.it/assistenza-al-traffico/tutor.html"&gt;Tutor&lt;/a&gt;”, i.e., your average speed is metered all the way and your GPS tends to bleep continuously if you touch 130.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have also discovered the disadvantages of such a speed-control system. One percent is content to pootle along at 100 in the inside lane. There are still some that try to race at 200 km/hr in the outside lane but 90% chugs along at 127 km/hr in the middle lane, with occasional attempts to overtake at 131 km/hr. So the inside lane is empty, the middle lane is always blocked and the outside lane is very dangerous with some cars trying to do 200 and others 130.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I couldn’t believe that was the intention of the project until we reached Bologna, where it became apparent that the inside lane was apparently permanently closed, to prevent people blocking the middle lane, I suppose, because now there wasn’t one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I still wonder who those are that race at 200. Do they know the system doesn’t work? Are they police offers or Mafia who can bribe the Tutor?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8570623806258179718-1818360810186118795?l=mcleaver.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/feeds/1818360810186118795/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2011/04/apple-for-tutor.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/1818360810186118795'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/1818360810186118795'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2011/04/apple-for-tutor.html' title='Apple for Tutor'/><author><name>Martin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hAZFXIBM4JU/StjfSJQApcI/AAAAAAAAft0/mR7NX1r5CQs/S220/Me+5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-57IublU2v0o/TbVRNWRY5oI/AAAAAAAA_TA/0b2GDhEcdSg/s72-c/20110424-1841-075.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570623806258179718.post-6845555004532417589</id><published>2011-04-11T13:43:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2011-04-11T13:46:30.429+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Alerts to Year  2011 Threats in Europe</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;BY JOHN CLEESE&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The English are feeling the pinch in relation to recent terrorist threats and have therefore raised their security level from "Miffed" to "Peeved." Soon, though, security levels may be raised yet again to "Irritated" or even "A Bit Cross."  The English have not been "A Bit Cross" since the blitz in 1940 when tea supplies nearly ran out.  Terrorists have been re-categorized from "Tiresome" to "A Bloody Nuisance." The last time the British issued a "Bloody Nuisance" warning level was in 1588, when threatened by the Spanish Armada.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Scots have raised their threat level from "Pissed Off" to "Let's get the Bastards." They don't have any other levels. This is the reason they have been used on the front line of the British army for the last 300 years.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The French government announced yesterday that it has raised its terror alert level from "Run" to "Hide." The only two higher levels in France are "Collaborate" and "Surrender."  The rise was precipitated by a recent fire that destroyed France 's white flag factory, effectively paralyzing the country's military capability.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Italy has increased the alert level from "Shout Loudly and Excitedly" to "Elaborate Military Posturing." Two more levels remain: "Ineffective Combat Operations" and "Change Sides."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Germans have increased their alert state from "Disdainful Arrogance" to "Dress in Uniform and Sing Marching Songs." They also have two higher levels: "Invade a Neighbor" and "Lose."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Belgians, on the other hand, are all on holiday as usual; the only threat they are worried about is NATO pulling out of Brussels .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Spanish are all excited to see their new submarines ready to deploy. These beautifully designed subs have glass bottoms so the new Spanish navy can get a really good look at the old Spanish navy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Australia , meanwhile, has raised its security level from "No worries" to "She'll be alright, Mate." Two more escalation levels remain: "Crikey! I think we'll need to cancel the barbie this weekend!" and "The barbie is canceled." So far no situation has ever warranted use of the final escalation level.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-- John Cleese - British writer, actor and tall person&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;I have nothing to add!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8570623806258179718-6845555004532417589?l=mcleaver.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/feeds/6845555004532417589/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2011/04/i-have-nothing-to-add-alerts-to-year.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/6845555004532417589'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/6845555004532417589'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2011/04/i-have-nothing-to-add-alerts-to-year.html' title='Alerts to Year  2011 Threats in Europe'/><author><name>Martin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hAZFXIBM4JU/StjfSJQApcI/AAAAAAAAft0/mR7NX1r5CQs/S220/Me+5.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570623806258179718.post-728407830030741548</id><published>2011-03-24T19:58:00.007+01:00</published><updated>2011-03-25T10:14:00.059+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='appleid'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Apple'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ipod'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='iphone'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ipad'/><title type='text'>My AppleID has been hijacked – by Apple</title><content type='html'>I have had &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;one&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; Apple account ever since buying my first iPod. I have now four iPods and four iPhones in the house as well as two Macs and several PCs. All that time I have used my one AppleID for everything. (The kids also occasionally need it for their apps.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yesterday I found out that I could start using “&lt;a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/find-my-iphone/id376101648?mt=8"&gt;Find my iPhone&lt;/a&gt;” for my iPhone 4, but for some reason when I tried it, all I got was the message that my email address annex Apple ID account name could not be used for the "Find my iPhone". &amp;nbsp;“The email address has already been verified for a different account.” That’s weird. I only have one AppleID and one email address.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-cteQQMixYv4/TYxcVZVDe4I/AAAAAAAA9Yg/bo72Go5VqCs/s1600/20110325+AppleID.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="314" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-cteQQMixYv4/TYxcVZVDe4I/AAAAAAAA9Yg/bo72Go5VqCs/s320/20110325+AppleID.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;So I added a second email address I have for work just to enable to “Find my iPhone”. But apparently to FIND your iPhone you have to LOSE your email address/AppleID. So now my AppleID has apparently acquired my work email address as its name and I can’t change it back. No one can explain to me why. I also have no idea what an &lt;a href="https://appleid.apple.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/MyAppleId.woa/"&gt;AppleID&lt;/a&gt; actually is. I am not supposed to share it &amp;nbsp;– even with relatives (the children) – but they don’t have credit cards, so I have to.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How many computers/iPods/iPhones can I have on one account? Is there a limit and if so why? How does one communicate with Apple? I haven’t even started on the problems one can have with a &lt;a href="http://j.mp/gyfvZL"&gt;Google account&lt;/a&gt;, but will Apple please solve this issue first?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The bottom line - accordi&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;ng to a very amiable Apple iTunesStoreSupport staffer who wanted to help - "Your email had been already used on your account and Apple identifies this as an Apple ID. This is the reason you are not able to change the mail." No idea what that means. But apparently I am not the only one with this &lt;a href="http://j.mp/gnrNFQ"&gt;problem&lt;/a&gt;. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8570623806258179718-728407830030741548?l=mcleaver.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/feeds/728407830030741548/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2011/03/my-appleid-has-been-hijacked-by-apple.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/728407830030741548'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/728407830030741548'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2011/03/my-appleid-has-been-hijacked-by-apple.html' title='My AppleID has been hijacked – by Apple'/><author><name>Martin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hAZFXIBM4JU/StjfSJQApcI/AAAAAAAAft0/mR7NX1r5CQs/S220/Me+5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-cteQQMixYv4/TYxcVZVDe4I/AAAAAAAA9Yg/bo72Go5VqCs/s72-c/20110325+AppleID.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570623806258179718.post-1441008630347710331</id><published>2011-03-17T22:03:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2011-03-17T23:21:07.921+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Connexxion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Agis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='taxi'/><title type='text'>Taxi?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;Taxi? Zittend ziekenvervoer?* Veevervoer? Ergens is er een taalkundig probleem ontstaan.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Als je dagelijks naar het ziekenhuis moet voor een zware behandeling, mag je wel een beroep doen op de verzekering om voor vervoer te zorgen, maar dat willen ze liever niet. Dus dan maar in een bestelwagen, stinkend naar rook , scheurend door de stad, via kinderboerderijen en achterafstraatjes in West over hobbels en op sterk wisselende snelheden. Een normaal mens zou al misselijk worden, laat staan iemand die chemotherapie of bestraling moet krijgen of heeft gekregen, iemand met darmen al van streek die ook nog &amp;nbsp;last heeft van wagenziekte.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Wanneer het busje precies langs komt is ook een gok. Voor een rit van 15 minuten rekent &lt;a href="http://www.connexxion.nl/taxi/20/"&gt;Connexxion &lt;/a&gt;dat je 45 minuten van te voren moet vertrekken – en dat is ook plus of min 15 minuten. Op die manier ben je vooraf minstens een uur kwijt. En weer terug is het nog langer – het kost 10 minuten om iemand aan de lijn te krijgen die je dan vertelt dat je nog een half uur mag wachten op een busje. Die vervolgens langs andere adressen moet. Een goede GPS ontbreekt, dus het is vaak zoeken in delen van de stad met grote woonblokken.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Dan is de tram toch nog aantrekkelijker. Iemand die ziek is en zorg nodig heeft zou op een “taxi” kunnen rekenen, maar je krijgt&amp;nbsp;“veevervoer”… na 94 euro per jaar eigen risico te moeten betalen. &amp;nbsp;Alsof de ziekte zelf niet al genoeg risico is. Wij zijn veroordeeld tot verzekeringsmaatschappijen. Niet alleen als je auto rijdt, maar in alle facetten van de maatschappij – niet te vergeten de &lt;a href="http://www.agisweb.nl/"&gt;Zorg&lt;/a&gt;. &amp;nbsp;En verzekeraars willen natuurlijk zo veel mogelijk geld ontvangen en zo min mogelijk uitgeven. Dankzij “verzekeringen” kost onze zorg tweekeer zoveel en gaat al dat geld richting Apeldoorn of Amersfoort.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;En wat de verzekering betreft – hoe meer je verdient, hoe meer je betaalt en blijkbaar hoe minder recht je hebt op hulp.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*zittend ziekenvervoer is eigen vervoer, openbaar vervoer en taxi-/rolstoelvervoer&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8570623806258179718-1441008630347710331?l=mcleaver.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/feeds/1441008630347710331/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2011/03/taxi.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/1441008630347710331'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/1441008630347710331'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2011/03/taxi.html' title='Taxi?'/><author><name>Martin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hAZFXIBM4JU/StjfSJQApcI/AAAAAAAAft0/mR7NX1r5CQs/S220/Me+5.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570623806258179718.post-2384030243127269843</id><published>2011-02-27T14:53:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2011-03-24T20:01:30.204+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='google apps apple appleID'/><title type='text'>I am me</title><content type='html'>&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;"Unfortunately, it is not possible to combine two accounts or to merge  data."&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;"In most cases, it's not possible to move products from one Google Account to  another."&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;"If your current YouTube account is linked to a Google Account, it may be  possible to transfer your YouTube account depending on when it was created. Some  settings will be available to you and, unfortunately, some may not."&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;I am me and, first and foremost in an internet sense,&amp;nbsp;I am &lt;a href="http://www.cleaver.nl/"&gt;me&lt;/a&gt; on Google. I am not &lt;a href="http://www.me.com/"&gt;Mobile Me&lt;/a&gt; with Apple... but I do have a problem - conflicting accounts. I have a &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;name&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt; and that is also my email address. I don't want another email address, but will apparently have to get myself one if, for instance, I want to keep using &lt;a href="http://picasa.google.com/"&gt;Picasa&lt;/a&gt;. My Google Apps account is obviously Google and my &lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/home"&gt;Picasaweb&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;account is also Google, but they are actually different accounts, connected to one and the same email address. I now only notice the problem with my Google Docs... Depending on which URL I use, I get to see my Google Apps documents or my Google Docs.&lt;br /&gt;But what to do with Picasa? I have 80 GB of photo storage available and that space is now accessible under my name and the email address I use for all my mail, but that will apparently have to change. Why can't I just move everything to my Apps account, I hear you ask? &amp;nbsp;Because Google says &lt;a href="http://j.mp/gtV0Kt"&gt;I can't&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;I have no idea why I can't just merge the two account. I just want all my docs, photos and videos from both accounts in one place. &amp;nbsp;I pay for storage under my email address, and want to keep using it there. &lt;b&gt;Please sort out the mess, Google!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8570623806258179718-2384030243127269843?l=mcleaver.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/feeds/2384030243127269843/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2011/02/i-am-me.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/2384030243127269843'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/2384030243127269843'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2011/02/i-am-me.html' title='I am me'/><author><name>Martin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hAZFXIBM4JU/StjfSJQApcI/AAAAAAAAft0/mR7NX1r5CQs/S220/Me+5.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570623806258179718.post-430349690942246763</id><published>2011-02-21T09:22:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2011-02-23T17:43:49.699+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Containerdorp</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"&gt;Van 15/2/2011 t/m 22/7/2011 van 7.30 t/m 16.30 zijn vier parkeerplaatsen op de Bilderdijkstraat in beslag genomen voor de werkzaamheden aan de parkeergarage van de Liefde.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eyKPB-DGgmk/TWIeahNDdHI/AAAAAAAA8Ig/BwO31r-jwsY/s1600/20110220-2227-007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eyKPB-DGgmk/TWIeahNDdHI/AAAAAAAA8Ig/BwO31r-jwsY/s320/20110220-2227-007.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"&gt;Maar deze parkeerplaatsen zijn – ondanks vergunning maar zoals je ziet – niet alleen overdag in gebruik. Dit containerdorp heeft een hek er omheen en is duidelijk gebouwd om langdurig en ononderbroken aanwezig te zijn. Leuk – een WC voor je deur. De hek is ook een onveilige element – het grenst aan een veel-te-smalle fietspad en stoep met hogesnelheits (snor)scooters. Deze fietspad heeft uiteindelijk alleen de goedkeuring van de Fietsersbond gekregen omdat er een brede schampstrook ernaast is - maar die is nu nog gevaarlijker met een reeks blokken op de rand.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hFTZgbELpDs/TWTEy8BqfwI/AAAAAAAA8Kc/v4Ooz1yOXnY/s1600/20110223-0920-001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hFTZgbELpDs/TWTEy8BqfwI/AAAAAAAA8Kc/v4Ooz1yOXnY/s320/20110223-0920-001.jpg" width="236" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"&gt;In combinatie met de afsluiting van grote stukken Nassaukade zorgt dit ook voor een chronisch gebrek aan parkeerplaatsen in de buurt. Auto’s staan nu ‘s nachts overal geparkeerd waar het niet mag. Deze probleem zou een beetje verlicht kunnen worden als de overbodige “laad- en losplaatsen” op de brug over de Da Costakade op de De Clercqstraat onmiddelijk opgeheven zouden worden en vervangen door 4 parkeerplaatsen. Deze laad- en losplaatsen zijn ooit aangelegd voor Sterk (hoek Nassaukade) maar nooit door Sterk gebruikt. Ze worden nu uitsluitend gebruikt door bezoekers van de koffieshop Cheech en Chong.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"&gt;De parkeergarage zou weer lekken. Dat is de buren wel bekend. Sinds de bouw van de Liefde is er namelijk ook een kentering in de waterhuishouding rond en onder de omliggende panden aan de Bilderdijkstrat en Hugo de Grootkade. Kelders die altijd droog waren zijn nu vochtig, tuinen zijn langdurig onderwater, muren vallen uitelkaar. Gebruikers van de Liefde garage zijn niet de enige met wateroverlast!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"&gt;Wat is er misgegaan met de vergunning? Waarom is er behoefte aan een containerdorp hier? Is er geen ruimte bv in de parkeergarage zelf? Als ik mijn auto op een laad- en losplaats zet door gebrek aan echte parkeerplaatsen, dan krijg ik gegarandeerd een bekeuring. &amp;nbsp;Krijgt deze aannemer ook een stel bekeuringen?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8570623806258179718-430349690942246763?l=mcleaver.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/feeds/430349690942246763/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2011/02/containerdorp.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/430349690942246763'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/430349690942246763'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2011/02/containerdorp.html' title='Containerdorp'/><author><name>Martin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hAZFXIBM4JU/StjfSJQApcI/AAAAAAAAft0/mR7NX1r5CQs/S220/Me+5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eyKPB-DGgmk/TWIeahNDdHI/AAAAAAAA8Ig/BwO31r-jwsY/s72-c/20110220-2227-007.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570623806258179718.post-2991169434262976004</id><published>2011-01-27T17:19:00.006+01:00</published><updated>2011-02-15T08:03:32.476+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='VUmc'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sectra'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Siemens'/><title type='text'>Is the problem solved?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: 9.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Sometimes I despair of technology and bureaucracy, certainly in combination. My wife has cancer and things are looking bleak, but in the last year she has been sent from one department to another in Amsterdam’s large academic hospital, the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.vumc.nl/zorg/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #5588aa; text-decoration: none;"&gt;VUmc&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. It took them more than a year to discover that her cancer was back. By then, much too late, she decided to return to Amsterdam’s National Cancer Institute (&lt;a href="http://www.nki.nl/Ziekenhuis/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #5588aa; text-decoration: none;"&gt;AvL/NKI&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;) for further treatment. However that is not always an easy thing to do, certainly when CT, PET and MRI scans are involved along with the relevant equipment produced by&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.medical.siemens.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/PSOptionCategoryDisplayView~q_catalogId~e_-11~a_categoryId~e_1025165~a_catTree~e_100010,1007660,12752,1025165~a_dcache~e_1~a_langId~e_-11~a_productType~e_6~a_storeId~e_10001.htm"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #5588aa; text-decoration: none;"&gt;Siemens&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- using&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.sectra.com/medical/ris_pacs/solutions/pacs/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #5588aa; text-decoration: none;"&gt;Sectra&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;software at the VUmc and using&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.carestreamhealth.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #5588aa; text-decoration: none;"&gt;Carestream&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;at the AvL.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Repeatedly in the last few weeks we’ve been informed by one doctor after another at the AvL that they cannot peruse the scans they had received from the VUmc. These were the scans made while she was still attending the old hospital, and that are needed now to compare the state of the cancer now &amp;nbsp;in January and back then in October/November. So today we took another CD along with us and gave it to the radiology department at the AvL. However the AvL radiologist made it clear he was not going to look at the images on the scan because he couldn’t read them into his system. He could have looked at them using the viewer software provided on the CD, but this is second best. By making a nuisance of ourselves, we managed to find out that two major hospitals in Amsterdam – the AvL/NKI and the neighbouring&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.slotervaartziekenhuis.nl/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #5588aa; text-decoration: none;"&gt;Slotervaart&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Hospital are both unable to use CDs of scans sent by the VUmc. And vice versa. This has been going on since November, but the problem has still not yet been solved. Apparently Sectra has decided to wait for the next major release of their software before fixing this bug. But if the problem can't be solved on the spot, then think up a workaround. For instance, use&amp;nbsp;the old &lt;b&gt;Radworks&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;(by GE Healthcare) to burn the CDs. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8570623806258179718-2991169434262976004?l=mcleaver.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/feeds/2991169434262976004/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2011/01/solve-problem.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/2991169434262976004'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/2991169434262976004'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2011/01/solve-problem.html' title='Is the problem solved?'/><author><name>Martin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hAZFXIBM4JU/StjfSJQApcI/AAAAAAAAft0/mR7NX1r5CQs/S220/Me+5.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570623806258179718.post-3913218453525105098</id><published>2011-01-22T10:45:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2011-01-22T17:50:35.133+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Marsh Award</title><content type='html'>&lt;i&gt;Letters? No. I never get letters!&lt;/i&gt; Just before Christmas. It was a delightful shock. I was nominated for the &lt;a href="http://www.marshchristiantrust.org/default.asp?V_ITEM_ID=3"&gt;Marsh Award for Children’s Literature in Translation&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;And now I&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.esu.org/news/item.asp?n=11982"&gt;won&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I got the invitation on Christmas Eve and read on the net that The Marsh Award “was founded to highlight the exciting books made accessible to young people in the UK through their encounters with works in translation”. I fully support the aims of the foundation in setting up this award.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It’s such a pity that so many in the English-speaking world know so little about the other languages and cultures. I have spent most of my working life making subtitles in English for Dutch films. That is also how I first came in contact with Toon Tellegen – subtitling an animated TV series of his stories.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have always been convinced that film, spoken language and subtitling are an excellent cocktail to allow people to get inside a different culture. I think that is also why so many Dutch people, even young ones speak such good English. So I’d like to thank Jan Willem Looze of OJTV for introducing me to the work of Toon Tellegen&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I would also like to thank David Bennett and Frances Elks of Boxer Books for the faith they put in me. The road was occasionally strewn with rocks. I would also like to thank my wife and children for listening to me and of course Toon Tellegen for writing such delightfully zany stories and Jessica Alhberg for illustrating them so wonderfully.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So anyway – I got a letter on Christmas Eve. A translator’s dream.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hAZFXIBM4JU/TTqnGXzas4I/AAAAAAAA6bU/Sj_a-BuGJiU/s1600/Letters1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hAZFXIBM4JU/TTqnGXzas4I/AAAAAAAA6bU/Sj_a-BuGJiU/s320/Letters1.jpg" width="252" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8570623806258179718-3913218453525105098?l=mcleaver.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/feeds/3913218453525105098/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2011/01/marsh-award.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/3913218453525105098'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/3913218453525105098'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2011/01/marsh-award.html' title='Marsh Award'/><author><name>Martin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hAZFXIBM4JU/StjfSJQApcI/AAAAAAAAft0/mR7NX1r5CQs/S220/Me+5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hAZFXIBM4JU/TTqnGXzas4I/AAAAAAAA6bU/Sj_a-BuGJiU/s72-c/Letters1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570623806258179718.post-8098804320922583237</id><published>2010-11-19T22:43:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2010-11-19T23:09:24.778+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Scientologie met hoofddoeken</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span lang="NL"&gt;&lt;a href="http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fethullah_G%C3%BClen"&gt;Fethullah Gülen&lt;/a&gt; en zijn netwerk aan organisaties zijn terug in het Nederlandse nieuws&amp;nbsp; na een periode van relatieve rust. De seculiere Turkse gemeenschap heeft herhaaldelijk gewaarschuwd dat Gulen niet zo onschuldig is als hij eruit ziet met zijn grote snor.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span lang="NL"&gt;Desondanks worden wij herhaaldelijk gerustgesteld over de goede bedoelingen van organisaties als&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stichtingwittetulp.nl/" style="color: #2a5db0;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;Stichting Witte Tulp&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.islamendialoog.nl/" style="color: #2a5db0;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;Stichting Islam en Dialoog&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dialoogacademie.nl/" style="color: #2a5db0;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;Dialoog Academie&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&amp;nbsp;(platform van academici),&amp;nbsp;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cosmicus.nl/" style="color: #2a5db0;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;Stichting Cosmicus&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&amp;nbsp;(middelbaar onderwijs) en ondernemersvereniging Hogiaf&lt;span lang="NL"&gt;.&amp;nbsp;Onze regeerders en veel politieke partijen staan te popelen om een sprankje licht te vinden in de duisternis van de moderne Islam. Echter, met een nieuwe rapport van&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Martin van Bruinessen&amp;nbsp;&lt;span lang="NL"&gt;aan het parlement en de getuigenissen van mensen die betrokken zijn geweest bij Fethullah Gülen, is het steeds duidelijker dat zijn organisaties kenmerken hebben zoals we die vinden bij de Scientology “kerk”.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span lang="NL"&gt;Dit viel me toevallig 18 maanden geleden al op. In mei 2008 ging ik met mijn zoon naar het&amp;nbsp;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.e-nemo.nl/?id=5&amp;amp;s=79&amp;amp;d=1155&amp;amp;PHPSESSID=e...&amp;amp;l=1195&amp;amp;PHPSESSID=e..." style="color: #2a5db0;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;Wetenschapsfestival&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&amp;nbsp;in Nemo. Dit was op uitnodiging van de beroemde vader op zijn basisschool die later zo veel steun zou ontvangen van&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://hoeiboei.blogspot.com/2010/08/interculturele-communicatie-in.html" style="color: #2a5db0;" target="_blank"&gt;Jihad Alariachi&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;voor zijn religieuze ijver.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;Nemo was afgeladen met kinderen en hun ouders. Ongebruikelijk voor een dergelijk groot evenement, was de meerderheid allochtoon en heel veel meisjes droegen hoofddoeken. Ik werd ook getroffen door het grote aantal jonge Turkse mannen in chique pak, alsof het een uniform was.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span lang="NL"&gt;Dat is ook blijkbaar wat&amp;nbsp;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Rinnooy_Kan" style="color: #2a5db0;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;Alexander Rinnooy Kan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&amp;nbsp;aantrok om zitting te nemen in het comité van aanbeveling van de Stichting Witte Tulp. "Ik ken De Witte Tulp van het Wetenschapsfestival in Amsterdam.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"&gt;Dat was een hele leuke bijeenkomst met een positief maatschappelijk doel.” zei hij onlangs. Die jongens&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;gaven me een ongemakkelijk gevoel, alsof het evenement rond L. Ron Hubbard was georganiseerd.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span lang="NL"&gt;Naast de Turkse mannen waren enkele Turkse meisjes duidelijk van de organisatie, traditioneel gekleed als betaamt bescheiden en vrome moslims - met hoofddoek. Er was echter ook een groot aantal meisjes die minder duidelijk allochtoon waren en die droegen nette pakken min of meer identiek aan die van de Turkse jongemannen. Ik vond dat vreemd dus vroeg ik aan een paar van hen hoe ze daar terecht kwamen. Ze waren ingehuurd, net als de jonge studenten die je een abonnement willen aansmeren&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;buiten deAH.&lt;span lang="NL"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Dat antwoord was heel onthullend, hoewel pas later bij mij het kwartje viel. Door de publicatie van een artikel in&amp;nbsp;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.binnenlandsbestuur.nl/achtergrond/2010/07/modern-en-dieprelegieus.425543.lynkx" style="color: #2a5db0;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;Binnenlands Bestuur&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&amp;nbsp;vielen mij pas echt de schellen van de ogen. Hierin wordt de manier geopenbaard waarop de Witte Tulp buitenstaanders en de pers misleidt, bijvoorbeeld doordat plotseling in hun huiswerkklassen meisjes en jongens worden gemengd als prinses Maxima een keer op bezoek komt. Dit maakt duidelijk hoe hypocriet de beweging is. In deze context, waren de meisjes in die pakken toch iets minder onschuldig. Het was duidelijk weer een poging om voor de buitenwacht een show van tolerantie en moderniteit op te voeren. De parallellen met de Scientology blijven opvallend.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="NL"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bit.ly/anMjjb"&gt;Foto's?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8570623806258179718-8098804320922583237?l=mcleaver.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/feeds/8098804320922583237/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2010/11/fethullah-gulen-en-zijn-netwerk-aan.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/8098804320922583237'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/8098804320922583237'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2010/11/fethullah-gulen-en-zijn-netwerk-aan.html' title='Scientologie met hoofddoeken'/><author><name>Martin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hAZFXIBM4JU/StjfSJQApcI/AAAAAAAAft0/mR7NX1r5CQs/S220/Me+5.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570623806258179718.post-7942524568547478482</id><published>2010-10-29T21:07:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2010-10-29T21:10:48.813+02:00</updated><title type='text'>New Amsterdam</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: small; "&gt;&lt;div&gt;Open letter to Apple NL&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I’m working on a Youp van ‘t Hek approach to Apple.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;You have shops worldwide and in many countries they are multilingual. But Holland is apparently monolingually Dutch. The Apple Store is not available in English. So the many  expats in Holland and multiculti immigrants have to wade through a site in Dutch only.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;That’s bad enough, but you also sell crap software. I need to convert video files from the xenophobic AIC format – which can only play on Macs. I have tried various options on a PC and on a Mac, but decided I discovered I should really get myself Quicktime Pro. It’s there in the Apple Store (Quicktime Pro is Quicktime Pro in Dutch too, not “Sneltijd Prof” in the Appel Winkel).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;So anyway I ordered Quicktime Pro for PC and also for Mac. I had to do that in two transactions because apparently the store is not capable of allowing orders for more than one item at a time. Okay. Anyway, I got myself codes for Quicktime Pro 7 for both Mac and PC. I managed to install the PC code fine, but my new MacBook wouldn’t play ball. I tried to install QT7, but it informed me that QT X was already installed. That doesn’t allow for conversions? That’s why you need to buy the QT 7, ain’t it? Who knows? And there’s no one to ask.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Now the next hurdle is to find some way to contact Apple. I can call a phone number (9-6 Mon-Fri, but email? No way!) I want to use my Mac to convert a bunch of AIC Mov files into something I can use on my PC too.  But how?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Now an attempt to contact you by mail. WIth a CC to Youp.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Please reply, and also internationalise your site.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Greetings from Old Amsterdam&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Martin Cleaver&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8570623806258179718-7942524568547478482?l=mcleaver.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/feeds/7942524568547478482/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-amsterdam.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/7942524568547478482'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/7942524568547478482'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-amsterdam.html' title='New Amsterdam'/><author><name>Martin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hAZFXIBM4JU/StjfSJQApcI/AAAAAAAAft0/mR7NX1r5CQs/S220/Me+5.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570623806258179718.post-1489592816853068596</id><published>2010-10-26T00:36:00.005+02:00</published><updated>2010-11-19T15:49:34.583+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='T-Mobile'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Youp van &apos;t Hek'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='UPC'/><title type='text'>@youpvanthek effect</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;Ik was een van de eersten in Amsterdam die digitale televisie nam via UPC. Als Engelsman wilde ik naar  BBC Four  kijken.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Het kostte me een paar euro per maand voor een paar extra kanalen inclusief de door mij begeerde  begeerde BBC4. Echter ongeveer een jaar geleden is mijn digitale tv gestopt met werken. Sleutelen aan de mediabox en contact met UPC brachten niet het gewenste resultaat. Heb bleef eeuwig 15.06 op het scherm en niets kam eruit of ging erin.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Daarom heb ik in september 2009 de mediabox weggezet om er later naar te kijken wat tot gevolg had dat sindsdien ik alleen naar de analoge televisie konden kijken. Deze week hebben we besloten dat het tijd was om opnieuw te beginnen om alles aan de praat te krijgen maar  toen ik bankafschriften controleerde, ontdekte ik dat ik nu € 10 betaald voor wat UPC noemt een “Royaal” pakket. Dit abonnement is blijkbaar ingegaan in april van dit jaar.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Ik was niet op de hoogte van enige verandering in mijn UPC televisie-abonnement, dus dit kwam als een schok. Vooral omdat wij al meer dan een jaar geen digitale TV hadden.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Ik nam een abonnement op UPC digitaal in 2006. Ik was en ben alleen geïnteresseerd in BBC Four. Hoe is het mogelijk dat mijn goedkope extra kanalen pakket werd omgezet in een UPC Royaal pakket zonder mijn medeweten tegen aanzienlijke hogere kosten voor mij? &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Moet ik al die andere rare zenders voor lief nemen? &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Youp - help me voordat ik ook twee jaar aan de lijn hang met UPC. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8570623806258179718-1489592816853068596?l=mcleaver.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/feeds/1489592816853068596/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2010/10/joepvanthek-effect.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/1489592816853068596'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/1489592816853068596'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2010/10/joepvanthek-effect.html' title='@youpvanthek effect'/><author><name>Martin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hAZFXIBM4JU/StjfSJQApcI/AAAAAAAAft0/mR7NX1r5CQs/S220/Me+5.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570623806258179718.post-1053046802734466258</id><published>2010-10-24T21:48:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2010-10-24T22:35:23.320+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Stiekum verliefd</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;Vandaag was ik even op bezoek bij een vriend in de haven. Hij woont op een afgelegen landtong met water aan beide kanten. Er is ‘n weg – maar die gaat nergens heen. Alleen naar een paar binnenvaartschepen die nu de zijhaven delen met stadsnomaden, krakers en oude schippers. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Ik stond met de hond te dollen toen een auto langkwam van de punt. Een vrouw zat achter het stuur. Maar dat was niet zomaar een vrouw die ik zou verwachten in een afgelegen hoek van de haven met krakers en schippers.  Nee, ze had een allesverhullende Marokkaanse hoofddoek aan. Een vrouw alleen in de auto. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Vijf minuten later kwam nog een auto langs. Achter het stuur een man – met een grote baard en  “noord-Afrikaans" uiterlijk. Op de hoedeplank lag een islamitisch boek. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Wat deed dat stelletje daar? Wilde ze samen studeren? Of  waren ze dol op elkaar, iets  onmogelijk binnen de beperkingen van hun cultuur. Dan maar met twee auto’s naar een afgelegen hoek van de haven - om met elkaar te zijn zonder een verstikkend godsdienst.  Die bleef op de hoedeplank toekijken.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8570623806258179718-1053046802734466258?l=mcleaver.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/feeds/1053046802734466258/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2010/10/stiekum-verliefd.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/1053046802734466258'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/1053046802734466258'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2010/10/stiekum-verliefd.html' title='Stiekum verliefd'/><author><name>Martin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hAZFXIBM4JU/StjfSJQApcI/AAAAAAAAft0/mR7NX1r5CQs/S220/Me+5.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570623806258179718.post-7591349322254627714</id><published>2010-10-20T20:31:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2010-10-20T20:34:29.116+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Blijven lachen – en zo moet het ook.</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;Hans van Zetten geeft commentaar over de WK turnen in Rotterdam.  De Chinese kinderen (allemaal boven de 18 – haha) lachen als een boer met kiespijn als een landgenoot het net niet goed doet. Zijn commentaar? “Blijven lachen – en zo moet het ook.”&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Ik zal dat onthouden – dat is volgens mij de kern van de politiek correct linkse reactie op Wilders en de opkomst van rechts, ook op &lt;a href="http://www.parool.nl/parool/nl/5/POLITIEK/article/detail/1035326/2010/10/20/West-verzet-zich-tegen-fouilleren.dhtml"&gt;overvallen&lt;/a&gt; en jongeren misdaad. Al dreigt onze maatschappij ontregeld te worden – “Blijven lachen – en zo moet het ook.”&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Nee zo moet het niet. Wij laten nog steeds geen vuist zien tegenover jongeren die geen regels kennen. Wij zijn blank, zwart, nederlands en allochtone. Wij heten Martin en Ahmed, Ayaan en Ingrid, Job en Henk. Maar er zijn normen en waarden die steeds vervagen omdat ze blijkbaar niet zo belangrijk zijn. Sinds Mussert is “Nederlandse waarden verdedigen” blijkbaar een vloek. Dat is jammer. Met Mussert, Hitler en zelfs Wilders heeft het weinig te maken.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8570623806258179718-7591349322254627714?l=mcleaver.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/feeds/7591349322254627714/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2010/10/blijven-lachen-en-zo-moet-het-ook.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/7591349322254627714'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/7591349322254627714'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2010/10/blijven-lachen-en-zo-moet-het-ook.html' title='Blijven lachen – en zo moet het ook.'/><author><name>Martin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hAZFXIBM4JU/StjfSJQApcI/AAAAAAAAft0/mR7NX1r5CQs/S220/Me+5.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570623806258179718.post-3702571609565395278</id><published>2010-10-04T15:29:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2010-10-04T15:35:03.902+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Blauw op straat, niet op het fietspad!</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"&gt;&lt;span lang="NL" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;color:black;mso-ansi-language:NL; mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"&gt;Ik ben een van de &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=122664711106575"&gt;vele mensen&lt;/a&gt; die steeds meer het gevoel krijgen dat de regering een grote fout gemaakt heeft door “blauwe kentekens” toe te staan: snorfietsen op het fietspad. Het was de bedoeling dat trage "spartametten" en elektrische fietsers wel op het fietspad zouden rijden. Maar onduidelijke wetgeving betekent dat er nu Vespa’s en grote scooters zich op het fietspad wagen. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"&gt;&lt;span lang="NL" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;color:black;mso-ansi-language:NL; mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"&gt;Veel (te veel) van die scooters zijn opgevoerd, waardoor men 50 k/u of sneller op het fietspad rijdt. Mensen in de stad balen als ze continu in de uitlaatgassen zit (vaak van 2-takt motoren) en continu getoeter horen achter zich (grote overtreders inAmsterdam West zijn "handhavers" van &lt;a href="http://www.cition.nl"&gt;Cition&lt;/a&gt;. Mensen buiten bv op de heide of in de duinen balen van razende scooters in een rustgebied.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"&gt;&lt;span lang="NL" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;color:black;mso-ansi-language:NL; mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"&gt;Zelfs de regering begint te beseffen dat veel snorscooters opgevoerd zijn en men vraagt zich af hoe lang het zal zijn voordat de regering deze beesten van de fietspad weer gaat weren.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"&gt;&lt;span lang="NL" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;color:black;mso-ansi-language:NL; mso-fareast-language:EN-GB;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"&gt;Toen zag ik vandaag een voorstel van het AMC voor een helmplicht voor jonge fietsers (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language: EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nu.nl/binnenland/2348368/kinderen-verplicht-fietshelm.html"&gt;http://www.nu.nl/binnenland/2348368/kinderen-verplicht-fietshelm.html&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="NL" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;color:black;mso-ansi-language:NL; mso-fareast-language:EN-GB;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"&gt;. Zouden de statistieken over trauma’s aan kunnen geven of snelle scooters op het fietspad meer hoofdletsels veroorzaken?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8570623806258179718-3702571609565395278?l=mcleaver.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/feeds/3702571609565395278/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2010/10/blauw-op-straat-niet-op-het-fietspad.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/3702571609565395278'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/3702571609565395278'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2010/10/blauw-op-straat-niet-op-het-fietspad.html' title='Blauw op straat, niet op het fietspad!'/><author><name>Martin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hAZFXIBM4JU/StjfSJQApcI/AAAAAAAAft0/mR7NX1r5CQs/S220/Me+5.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570623806258179718.post-297291016638041972</id><published>2010-10-03T01:45:00.006+02:00</published><updated>2010-10-03T02:01:04.503+02:00</updated><title type='text'>iPod titels</title><content type='html'>As a service to foreign guests, tonight’s performance of Richard III in de SSBA will be surtitled in English. (www.ssba.nl)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The surtitles will also be transmitted on wifi as an experiment and can be received on iPhones and iPod Touchs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To receive the titles on your device, first download the “Simultext” app from the App Store.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then in the auditorium connect by wireless to the “Figaro” access point.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Start Simultext and the device should connect to the In-Ovation software used for the surtitles. (A green dot bottom right means you are connected.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When titling starts, pressing the screen toggles between English, Dutch and no titles.&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;br /&gt;www.figaro-systems.com   www.spotsoftware.nl&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8570623806258179718-297291016638041972?l=mcleaver.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/feeds/297291016638041972/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2010/10/ipod-titels.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/297291016638041972'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/297291016638041972'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2010/10/ipod-titels.html' title='iPod titels'/><author><name>Martin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hAZFXIBM4JU/StjfSJQApcI/AAAAAAAAft0/mR7NX1r5CQs/S220/Me+5.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570623806258179718.post-5308937097726119659</id><published>2010-08-27T22:42:00.016+02:00</published><updated>2010-09-03T21:27:01.833+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Interculturele communicatie</title><content type='html'>In 2007 was ik verontwaardigd omdat een Turkse vader op de (christelijke) basisschool van onze kinderen liet weten dat zijn kinderen niet mee zouden doen aan de "&lt;a href="http://www.ouders.nl/mopi2007-cleaver.htm"&gt;juffenverjaardag&lt;/a&gt;" - om alle juffen en meesters te danken voor hun werk. Het was "tegen hun godsdienst". Ik schreef: "Als wij onze kinderen willen leren om in vrede te leven met respect voor elkaar, dan moeten wij elkaars feesten en gebruiken, normen en waarden accepteren, begrijpen en delen."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maar mijn brief heeft meer dan 3 jaar later de verontwaardiging opgeroepen van Mevr Jihad Alariachi* - "&lt;a href="http://www.amsterdam.nl/gemeente/diensten_bedrijven/abc/abc_interculturele"&gt;Coordinator ABC Interculturele Communicatie&lt;/a&gt; van de gemeente Amsterdam". Voor een vollediger versie van dit verhaal zie het stuk van &lt;a href="http://hoeiboei.blogspot.com/2010/08/interculturele-communicatie-in.html"&gt;Carel Brendel&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ze schreef: "Ik verbaas mij dat u het raar vindt dat hij als docent Interculturele Communicatie niet wilt dat zijn kind meedoet aan verjaardagen. U geeft aan dat iemand die zo denkt eigenlijk onmogelijk Interculturele Communicatie kan doceren. Ik denk dat u dan geen idee heeft wat Interculturele Communicatie inhoudt."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mijn antwoord?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dag Jidad.&lt;br /&gt;Mooi dat je reageert op mijn brief na zoveel tijd, maar zou reactie bevreemdt me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hier in de buurt (Amsterdam West) worden blanke vrouwen door Marokkaanse jongeren voor hoer uitgescholden. Homo’s worden mishandeld. Joden kunnen zich niet vertonen. Moslimvrouwen durven niet naar buiten zonder hoofddoek. Snackbars hier in de buurt durven geen varkensvlees meer te serveren en moeten zich als “halal” afficheren. En nu mogen van jou moslims niet eens met verjaardagen meedoen? Wat zijn onze prioriteiten?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ik had er misschien bij moeten melden dat de school vooraf als voorwaarden aan alle ouders stelt dat alle kinderen meedoen met alle activiteiten – dus ook met feesten van elkaars godsdiensten (kerst en suikerfeest), met schoolreizen en met andere bezigheden. Maar als je “intercultureel communiceerder” ben, mag je je blijkbaar aan alle regels onttrekken. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ik begin steeds meer het gevoel te krijgen dat "uitburgeren" belangrijker is dan "inburgeren" in Amsterdam en dat een tolerant land zoals Nederland met steeds meer intolerantie van radicale moslims rekening moet houden. Terwijl een Marokkaan die bij de politie Rotterdam voor Marokko spioneert een taakstraf krijgt, riskeert een Nederlandse vrouw die meeloopt met een demonstratie in Iran de doodstraf en mogen niet-moslims in moslimlanden niet eens eten overdag tijdens ramadan, alcohol drinken of naar de kerk gaan. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Volgens mij is er behoefte aan jouw betrokkenheid en inmenging maar dan wel om moslim allochtonen te laten integreren in plaats van radicaliseren. Maar in jouw taalgebruik schijnt dat nog altijd “assimileren” te heten. Ik kan me nauwelijks voorstellen dat de Gemeente Amsterdam in jou een geschikte "Coördinator ABC Interculturele Communicatie" heeft.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Jihad mocht trouwens de demonstratie tegen Wilders van Nederland Bekend Kleur niet presenteren omdat ze ook zich &lt;a href="http://www.nederlandbekentkleur.nl/RAR/Discussie.html"&gt;uitgesproken&lt;/a&gt; had tegen homo's.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Moeten wij trouwens verwachten dat deze interculturele communicator binnenkort gaat eisen dat de creatie mythe net zoveel aandacht krijgt in de biologieles als Darwin en de Evolutie?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8570623806258179718-5308937097726119659?l=mcleaver.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/feeds/5308937097726119659/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2010/08/interculturele-communicatie.html#comment-form' title='15 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/5308937097726119659'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/5308937097726119659'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2010/08/interculturele-communicatie.html' title='Interculturele communicatie'/><author><name>Martin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hAZFXIBM4JU/StjfSJQApcI/AAAAAAAAft0/mR7NX1r5CQs/S220/Me+5.jpg'/></author><thr:total>15</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570623806258179718.post-7991163290942829936</id><published>2010-07-12T00:32:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2010-07-12T00:35:21.015+02:00</updated><title type='text'>West maakt HET verschil</title><content type='html'>Niet echt een blog, meer een citaat:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;West maakt het verschil&lt;br /&gt;Stadsdeelvoorzitter Martientje Kuitenbrouwer hield een speech bij de kennsimakingsbijeenkomsten met bewoners: 'We willen het verschil maken. Maar dat kunnen wij niet alleen. Daar hebben wij u hard bij nodig.'&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Amsterdam West heeft ontzettend veel kansen om het verschil te maken. We liggen centraal in de stad, we hebben prachtige parken, we hebben creatieve ondernemers, ambitieuze schoolbesturen Maar we leven wel in onrustige tijden. Een grote groep mensen in dit land heeft bij de verkiezingen aangegeven ontevreden te zijn. In Amsterdam is dat een op de tien inwoners. Dat is een signaal waar we niet omheen kunnen. Tegelijkertijd maak ik me zorgen over die mensen die zich hier niet langer thuis voelen. Die bang zijn. En misschien wel de grote opgave waar wij in Amsterdam West voor staan is ervoor te zorgen dat iedereen meetelt hier in West. Waar je ook vandaan komt, van wie je ook houdt of hoe je eruitziet.'&lt;br /&gt;'De laatste tijd is er veel ophef over het antisemitisme dat de kop opsteekt. Joden die zich meer en meer onveilig voelen en het soms al bijna gewoon vinden uitgescholden te worden op straat. Ik spreek Marokkaanse jongeren die zich niet welkom voelen. Homo's die bang zijn, vrouwen die uitgescholden worden voor hoer. Turkse ondernemers die emigreren naar Turkije omdat ze de Amsterdamse tolerantie niet herkennen.’&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Het gesprek aangaan&lt;br /&gt;'Aan ons de keuze om hierin een verschil te maken, aan u die keuze. We kunnen ons laten bang maken, of we kunnen het gesprek aangaan. We kunnen wegkijken of we kunnen een hand uitsteken en ons inleven in tante Jo die na 50 jaar haar buurt niet meer herkent omdat haar burer de taal niet spreken. Inleven in Aziz die zich nergens thuis voelt, niet in Nederland en niet Marokko. Inleven in Ton en zijn vriend die er helemaal geen zin in hebben om hun homoseksualiteit te verbergen. Aan ons de keuze dat verschil te maken; je terugtrekken of meedoen; je mening klaar hebben of luisteren; je schouders ophalen of terugvechten.’&lt;br /&gt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Zelden heb ik zoveel mooie woorden gelezen met zo weinig betekenis. Een typisch geval van de problemen bagataliseren en van regentachtig gedrag. D66 mag zich schamen dat ze zo een accord ondertekenen.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8570623806258179718-7991163290942829936?l=mcleaver.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/feeds/7991163290942829936/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2010/07/west-maakt-het-verschil.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/7991163290942829936'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/7991163290942829936'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2010/07/west-maakt-het-verschil.html' title='West maakt HET verschil'/><author><name>Martin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hAZFXIBM4JU/StjfSJQApcI/AAAAAAAAft0/mR7NX1r5CQs/S220/Me+5.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570623806258179718.post-5218586719033466399</id><published>2010-06-12T08:08:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2010-06-12T08:08:35.310+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Concertgebouwlive'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Op naar het Concertgebouwlive. Komt allen (na 12)!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8570623806258179718-5218586719033466399?l=mcleaver.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/feeds/5218586719033466399/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2010/06/op-naar-het-concertgebouwlive.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/5218586719033466399'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/5218586719033466399'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2010/06/op-naar-het-concertgebouwlive.html' title=''/><author><name>Martin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hAZFXIBM4JU/StjfSJQApcI/AAAAAAAAft0/mR7NX1r5CQs/S220/Me+5.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570623806258179718.post-9151787884083749666</id><published>2010-06-10T19:48:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2010-06-10T20:19:13.499+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pvv'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cultuur'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vvd'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cd'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dvd'/><title type='text'>Oh wat zijn wij dom!</title><content type='html'>Veel vrienden zijn verdrietig dat de VVD en PVV aan de winnende hand zijn. Ook zijn ze  bang dat de cultuur er onder gaat lijden. Maar als wij meer geld verdienen met z'n allen is er meer geld voor de cultuur. Een grotere subsidie op de korte termijn uit slinkende reserves is ook weinig waard. &lt;br /&gt;De PVV wordt aan alle kanten gedemoniseerd. Alsof dat helpt! Mensen hebben PVV gestemd omdat ze schoon genoeg hebben van de gevestigde partijen. Doe iets aan de problemen; geef niet de PVV de schuld. Dat is niets meer dan een aanval op de democratie. &lt;br /&gt;De cultuur moet nieuwe inkomstenbronnen aanboren. Niet blijven klagen dan mensen geen DVDs en CDs kopen - die zijn gewoon te duur en dat geld gaat echt niet naar de kunstenaars.&lt;br /&gt;Laten wij accepteren dat de kiezers gesproken hebben en er wat aan doen, niet blijven zeiken dat PVV stemmers dom zijn!&lt;br /&gt;Rechte coalitie (VVD, PVV, CDA)? Paars Plus (VVD, PvdA, D66, GL)? De oude partijen (VVD, PvdA, CDA)? Misschien is er een andere optie:&lt;br /&gt;VVD - Rutten - 31&lt;br /&gt;PvdA - Marcouch - 30&lt;br /&gt;PVV - Wilders - 24&lt;br /&gt;Volgens mij moet dat wel kunnen. Een doener met visie bij de PvdA, geen theedrinker!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8570623806258179718-9151787884083749666?l=mcleaver.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/feeds/9151787884083749666/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2010/06/veel-vrienden-zijn-verdrietig-dat-de.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/9151787884083749666'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/9151787884083749666'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2010/06/veel-vrienden-zijn-verdrietig-dat-de.html' title='Oh wat zijn wij dom!'/><author><name>Martin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hAZFXIBM4JU/StjfSJQApcI/AAAAAAAAft0/mR7NX1r5CQs/S220/Me+5.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570623806258179718.post-6464535696307203558</id><published>2010-05-11T14:15:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2010-05-11T14:17:01.896+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='film distribution'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Honigmann'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Loach'/><title type='text'>Films are to be watched</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs548.ash1/31994_1276395957573_1460209357_640678_749973_n.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 141px; height: 200px;" src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs548.ash1/31994_1276395957573_1460209357_640678_749973_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Film makers make films so they can be seen. Obviously they also choose to earn their living doing so. Yet getting their films seen is and remains the most important aim of any film maker. Somehow, a large part of the industry has lost this perspective and seems to regard making money as more important than getting films shown.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Michael Moore gave away copies of his films on the torrent. Most distributors and the industry regard P2P as a danger; yet it is one that they play into the hands of themselves. If you buy a DVD, you have to spend five minutes watching a warning about copying. Get hold of a copy and there’s no warning. So only the honest get punished for being honest.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Many film makers are taking advantage of the opportunities of new media and new distribution channels to present their films to a larger audience. Recently Ken Loach decided to put all his old classic films on Youtube. They are the films I grew up with and which shaped my opinions and youth. Yet having put them on Youtube to reach a mass audience, the distributors in France, Holland and Belgium decided this was obviously in breach of their copyright and made Youtube block anyone wanting to watch these films from those countries. That’s a great way to make friends and influence people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Dutch Peruvian film maker Heddy Honigmann has for a long time fought for her films to be released on DVD. At last she has got her way and a boxed set of four films is available – but only with Portuguese subtitling. Her international distributors apparently cannot cooperate closely enough to make such a venture possible with at least Dutch and English subtitles. This is a shameful state of affairs and reflects an unwillingness and apparent inability of the film industry to drag itself kicking and screaming into the 21st century. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I appeal to all distributors to do their utmost to make the as much of the history of cinematography available to as many people as possible. It’s really not going to do any harm to allow Ken Loach or anyone else to put their films on Youtube. You never know, people might see them and want to view a good quality copy in the comfort of their living room instead of hunched in front of the computer.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8570623806258179718-6464535696307203558?l=mcleaver.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/feeds/6464535696307203558/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2010/05/films-are-to-be-watched.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/6464535696307203558'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/6464535696307203558'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2010/05/films-are-to-be-watched.html' title='Films are to be watched'/><author><name>Martin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hAZFXIBM4JU/StjfSJQApcI/AAAAAAAAft0/mR7NX1r5CQs/S220/Me+5.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570623806258179718.post-8923889489530015635</id><published>2010-05-05T20:12:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-05-05T20:14:14.620+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Elisabeth learns from Beatrix?</title><content type='html'>The British may well be about the discover the wonders of coalition government and the dance that precedes it. Many European countries have known it for years. Britain however still has a fraying form of government that assumes everyone is either black or white, red or blue, Whig or Tory, government or opposition.&lt;br /&gt;Now however the wonders of cabinet/government formation and the preceding phase – known conveniently and logically if strangely in Dutch as “information” are about to be discovered in the UK. Brown might lose yet stay in power or Cameron may fail to acquire majority and yet claim victory. Suddenly the British monarch may find herself in a position well known to her Dutch Oranje-Nassau cousins and yet one that is very embarrassing for the Windsor family.&lt;br /&gt;In Holland it is the Queen who decides – on the basis of advice from her counsel – who should first set about “informing” a government (setting the rules for who negotiates with whom under the guidance of the “informator”) and then she decides on the individual who should be the “formator”, coordinating the formation of the government.&lt;br /&gt;I have always regarded it as a very civilised procedure – even though republicans oppose the power thus vested in the monarch to influence the democratic process. The essence of proportional representation is that the parties have decided on their manifesto and policies in advance. But they also have to indicate the extent to which they are willing to negotiate and compromise. This provides a more wysiwyg manifesto than the British system. If you are in opposition – and certainly as a liberal centre party – in the  British system you can basically claim what you like – no one is there to check your claims. In Holland people know whether and how the various parties can cooperate. The large right-wing anti-immigration PVV party – not a neo-nazi party like the BNP – put itself out of the running to form a coalition because it wanted to ban the headscarf in public buildings, schools etc (as they do in Turkey). Such a ban could not count on any support from other parties, so even when they were the largest party (as in Almere) they soon dropped out of the coalition race.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8570623806258179718-8923889489530015635?l=mcleaver.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/feeds/8923889489530015635/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2010/05/elisabeth-learns-from-beatrix.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/8923889489530015635'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/8923889489530015635'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2010/05/elisabeth-learns-from-beatrix.html' title='Elisabeth learns from Beatrix?'/><author><name>Martin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hAZFXIBM4JU/StjfSJQApcI/AAAAAAAAft0/mR7NX1r5CQs/S220/Me+5.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570623806258179718.post-4100273144215156492</id><published>2010-04-22T20:02:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2010-04-22T20:21:38.272+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Berlijnse muur in de Bilderdijkstraat</title><content type='html'>Amsterdam OudWest zou samengaan met de rest van west, maar intussen is het in twee verdeeld door een muur. Mensen die van de Potgieterstraat bij de Kwakersstraat willen komen moeten of naar de De Clercqstraat of naar de Kinkerstraat. Lekker omlopen omdat een oversteek "gevaarlijk" zou zijn (volgens sommigen) of "een foutje van het stadsdeel" (volgens anderen). &lt;br /&gt;Intussen moet alle verkeer in een zuidelijke richting een alternatieve route vinden. Een aantal jaren geleden heb ik hoogst persoonlijk de stadsdelen OudWest en Westerpark benaderd met een idee voor een alternatieve route voor fietsers. Met een nieuwe brug over de Hugo de Grootgracht bij de Waterkant zou er een mooie fietsverbinding gemaakt kunnen worden tussen het Westerpark en het Vondelpark.&lt;br /&gt;Die is ook gemaakt – maar jammer genoeg is er weinig ruchtbaarheid aan gegeven. Die route was zelfs klaar net voor het begin van de werkzaamheden aan de Bilderdijkstraat. Ik ben zelfs niet eens voor de feestelijke opening uitgenodigd. Nog erger is dat fietsers uit Westerpark en OudWest er niet eens op geattendeerd zijn dat er een alternatieve route was. Dus toen (en nu weer) probeert iedereen zich langs de werkzaamheden te wormen – ondanks borden die de boete al aangeven – in plaats van een mooi alternatief te gebruiken langs de Bilderdijkkade. &lt;br /&gt;Tot overmaat van ramp zag ik toevallig vandaag die overbodige tante van AT5 die probeerde uit te leggen wat er nu weer voor opbrekingen zijn in de stad, maar dan met als voornamelijk doel om mensen curieus te maken en niet te informeren. Fietsers moeten langs de Nassaukade, volgens haar. Gelukkig lag ze dit keer - voor de verandering - niet over een afzetting gedrapeerd. Maar de informatie werd er niet duidelijker op. &lt;br /&gt;Zal Stadsdeel West verbetering brengen? Nou - erger dan het oude stadsdeel bestuur is nauwelijks denkbaar, maar ik heb niet veel hoop.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8570623806258179718-4100273144215156492?l=mcleaver.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/feeds/4100273144215156492/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2010/04/berlijnse-muur-in-de-bilderdijkstraat.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/4100273144215156492'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/4100273144215156492'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2010/04/berlijnse-muur-in-de-bilderdijkstraat.html' title='Berlijnse muur in de Bilderdijkstraat'/><author><name>Martin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hAZFXIBM4JU/StjfSJQApcI/AAAAAAAAft0/mR7NX1r5CQs/S220/Me+5.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570623806258179718.post-56268458131476819</id><published>2010-04-18T19:21:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2010-04-19T13:53:48.576+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Bijlmerparktheater... theater?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hAZFXIBM4JU/S8xEQ1r007I/AAAAAAAAuUc/TKq-5VLwm0I/s1600/20100418-1700-037.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hAZFXIBM4JU/S8xEQ1r007I/AAAAAAAAuUc/TKq-5VLwm0I/s320/20100418-1700-037.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461815504173061042" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ik ben vandaag de Bijlmer ingedoken. Ik was ook benieuwd naar wat er terechtgekomen was gekomen van vernieuwingsplannen en de toekomstige Bijlmer met meer kleine huizen en zonder grote blokken. &lt;br /&gt;Ik weet zeker dat wij een stap in de goede richting genomen hebben, maar ben ook bang dat er tegelijkertijd twee stappen de verkeerde kant op zijn genomen. Nu &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;weet&lt;/span&gt; ik dat Cultuur een achtergestelde positie inneemt in de Bijlmer. &lt;br /&gt;Ik was bij het “Bijlmerparktheater”. Dat is niet in het Bijlmerpark. Wel er tegenaan maar alleen van de andere kant bereikbaar, op een niet bestaand adres zonder openbaar vervoer en met gevangenis, politiebureau en drugsopvang als buren. Oh trouwens – op de weg staan er geen borden voor en ook niets op het gebouw zelf - een leuk zoekplaatje! (En de enige dranken zijn fris, bv Fernandes, en Nestlé poederkoffie - armoedig, dus.) Er is ook geen parkeergelegenheid dicht in de buurt dus en geen bushalte: Sorry, Bijlmerparktheater, ik ben voorlopig geen vaste klant. En dit keer was ik er overdag... gelukkig. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Volgens de literatuur en de &lt;a href="http://www.bijlmerparktheater.nl/index.php?ID=6"&gt;site&lt;/a&gt;: 10 minuten vanaf Station Bijlmer. Nou voor een getrainde jogger misschien. Op een zondag middag kan je nergens in de buurt parkeren en moet je ook nog betalen. "Aha," dacht ik, "De Amsterdamse Poort is open! Gezellig." Niet dus, maar toch moet je betalen. Dik kans ook dat je met het Ajax publiek te maken krijgt.&lt;br /&gt;Mensen (en vooral vrouwen) die daar werken worden met de taxi de buurt uit getransporteerd – maar als je cultureel bent en naar het theater wilt – mag je een half-uur les in sociale veiligheid aan vast plakken. Eerste vraag is natuurlijk – waarom zijn de Heineken Music Hall en Ziggo Arena naast het station, maar het Bijlmerparktheater een rot einde weg? Stomme vraag natuurlijk – voor cultuur moet je iets over hebben. Je moet achteraf in een kale vlakte naast een park en gevangenis. Het stadsdeel zal wel een verklaring hebben maar ik moet eerlijk bekennen – dat kan me niets meer schelen. Na een uur wandelen in een verlaten Amsterdamse Poort op een zondag in april – ik kom weer kijken over een jaar of twintig.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8570623806258179718-56268458131476819?l=mcleaver.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/feeds/56268458131476819/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2010/04/bijlmerparktheater-theater.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/56268458131476819'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/56268458131476819'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2010/04/bijlmerparktheater-theater.html' title='Bijlmerparktheater... theater?'/><author><name>Martin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hAZFXIBM4JU/StjfSJQApcI/AAAAAAAAft0/mR7NX1r5CQs/S220/Me+5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hAZFXIBM4JU/S8xEQ1r007I/AAAAAAAAuUc/TKq-5VLwm0I/s72-c/20100418-1700-037.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570623806258179718.post-9094248469608895554</id><published>2010-04-12T15:45:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2010-04-12T15:57:56.644+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Getoetst</title><content type='html'>Ik ben naar het speeddating voor uitgelotenen in Hotel Arena gegaan (van de &lt;a href="http://www.onderwijsconsument.nl/ouders/nieuws.php?aid=1683"&gt;OCO&lt;/a&gt;). Ik was net gaan zitten om het Berlage Lyceum aan te prijzen (als lid van de ouderraad) toen een meisje bij me aan tafel kwam zitten. 11 jaar, strak (marokkaans) hoofddoek. Ze wilde informatie over het Berlage. Advies? Vwo. Waar wilde ze naar toe? Cygnus. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dat snapte ik niet. Hoezo niet naar het Cygnus, dan? Blijkt ze een Cito score van 544 te hebben en een vwo advies van een basisschool in Oost. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Op de achtergrond staat haar vader maar zij doet het woord. Dat moet ook - deze oude marokkaanse vader spreekt geen nederlands. Waarom dan niet op het Cygnus - die heeft toch niet geloot en er zijn zelfs nog plaatsen vrij?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Ja - ik moest een toets doen en ben gezakt." Dat snap ik dan niet. Een familie waar geen nederlands gesproken wordt, toch een cito van 544 gehaald en ook een vwo advies... en het Cygnus zegt dat ze niet mag komen? Ik wordt moedeloos. Dat zo een meisje een cito van 544 haalt mag een wonder zijn. Met een beetje hulp thuis had ze waarschijnlijk 550 gehaald. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Er was ook een zwarte jongen - moeder spreekt geen nederlands en nauwelijks engels (komt uit Ghana of Nigeria denk ik). Hij had een cito van 549, maar is uitgeloot. Schrijnend gevallen allemaal. Wat moeten die kinderen? En dit jaar is het zelfs erger dan vorig jaar.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8570623806258179718-9094248469608895554?l=mcleaver.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/feeds/9094248469608895554/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2010/04/getoetst.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/9094248469608895554'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/9094248469608895554'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2010/04/getoetst.html' title='Getoetst'/><author><name>Martin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hAZFXIBM4JU/StjfSJQApcI/AAAAAAAAft0/mR7NX1r5CQs/S220/Me+5.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570623806258179718.post-464541984569246370</id><published>2010-03-17T20:50:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2010-03-17T20:52:46.217+01:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hAZFXIBM4JU/S6Ey2K3iWaI/AAAAAAAAnW0/1DJ9xIpLxNI/s1600-h/OnStage.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 229px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hAZFXIBM4JU/S6Ey2K3iWaI/AAAAAAAAnW0/1DJ9xIpLxNI/s320/OnStage.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449692930306628002" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On 19 March, the Junior Jazz Catz (Jazz Juniors - small combo) is playing in Podium Mozaiek, in Amsterdam (Bos en Lommer). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The band is:&lt;br /&gt;Robbert Dasovic: ten sax,vocal&lt;br /&gt;Joell Wilson: alt sax&lt;br /&gt;Remy van't Hoff: alt sax &lt;br /&gt;Ian Cleaver: trpt &lt;br /&gt;Mathilde van der Moezel: gtr &lt;br /&gt;Camilla Niemans: piano &lt;br /&gt;Joris van Toledo: bass &lt;br /&gt;Doris van Regteren Altena: drs, vocal &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The show starts at 7.15 pm19:15&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://www.podiummozaiek.nl/?cat=theatercafe&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8570623806258179718-464541984569246370?l=mcleaver.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/feeds/464541984569246370/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2010/03/on-19-march-junior-jazz-catz-jazz.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/464541984569246370'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/464541984569246370'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2010/03/on-19-march-junior-jazz-catz-jazz.html' title=''/><author><name>Martin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hAZFXIBM4JU/StjfSJQApcI/AAAAAAAAft0/mR7NX1r5CQs/S220/Me+5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hAZFXIBM4JU/S6Ey2K3iWaI/AAAAAAAAnW0/1DJ9xIpLxNI/s72-c/OnStage.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570623806258179718.post-7066608862787915257</id><published>2010-03-16T07:46:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2010-03-16T08:00:29.787+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Petition for the release of Jafar Panahi</title><content type='html'>Please sign this petition:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To: *Sadeq Larijani,  Head of the judiciary of the Islamic Republic of Iran*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We, the undersigned, call for the immediate and unconditional release of nationally and internationally recognized Iranian film maker, Jafar Panahi.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jafar Panahi (جعفر پناهی) has won top prizes at the Venice, Cannes, Berlin and Chicago film festivals, most notably for the award-winning film Circle. Through his films and his influence he has given voice to many of his fellow Iranians and has always courageously defended their human rights.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Panahi was arrested by Iranian security forces at his home on Monday night, 1 March 2010, together with his wife, daughter (the inspiration behind the film Offside), and 15 guests. Panahi's wife and their daughter were among the 14 released late on Wednesday, 3 March 2010, but Panahi and two of his guests, Mohammad Rassoulof and Mehdi Pourmoussa, are still being held.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No reasons have been given behind his arrest, and the only claim made thus far is that this was not a politically motivated arrest by the government (government prosecutor, Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi, 2nd March 2010)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We, the undersigned, dispute this claim as Jafar Panahi was a vocal critic of the previous and current administration. He was previously targeted for attending the public memorial for Neda Agha-Soltan, shot in July 2009. He was barred from travelling to attend the Berlin Film Festival in February 2010.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We, the undersigned, view his arrest in light of his influence as a filmmaker struggling for the liberation of conscience in a state that has long relied on the overwhelming use of authoritarian power.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jafar Panahi, among other renowned artists, is paying a terrible price for courageously voicing out the people’s will in a time where few avenues are available. We would like this unlawful and unjust treatment to be stopped. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please reply to: Alireza Khatami (a.r.khatami@gmail.com)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8570623806258179718-7066608862787915257?l=mcleaver.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/feeds/7066608862787915257/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2010/03/petition-for-release-of-jafar-panahi.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/7066608862787915257'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/7066608862787915257'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2010/03/petition-for-release-of-jafar-panahi.html' title='Petition for the release of Jafar Panahi'/><author><name>Martin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hAZFXIBM4JU/StjfSJQApcI/AAAAAAAAft0/mR7NX1r5CQs/S220/Me+5.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570623806258179718.post-7224264463353120676</id><published>2010-03-01T22:56:00.008+01:00</published><updated>2010-03-04T11:03:46.480+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='zorgverzekering'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='openbaar vervoer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='drugs'/><title type='text'>Idealen</title><content type='html'>Ben ik naïf? Jazeker. Maar er zijn een aantal dingen die ik graag zou willen veranderen. En radicaal.&lt;br /&gt;1) Om te beginnen wil ik de zorgverzekering afschaffen. Gratis medische zorg is veel goedkoper dan de Agis, Ohra, VGZ en al die andere andere nietszeggende namen. Misschien krijg je 5 procent fraude, maar je bespaart 30 procent administratiekosten (duizenden administratieve banen in Apeldoorn etc).&lt;br /&gt;2) Laten wij gewoon kiezen voor gratis openbaar vervoer. Het zou veel goedkoper zijn als men geen OV chipkaart moet maken en kraken.&lt;br /&gt;3) Legaliseer alle drugs. Kweek zelf hash in Holland en koop alle heroïne op uit Afghanistan. Veel goedkoper dan al die soldaten, veel goedkoper dan oorlog met de Taliban. En ook veel goedkoper dan de misdaad in Nederland.&lt;br /&gt;4) Ga voor groene energie - kernenergie!&lt;br /&gt;5) Brom-/snorfietsen met gele en blauwe kentekens op de weg. Een slooppremie voor 2-takt tweewielers en subsidie op zuinige 4-takt en electrische scooters. &lt;br /&gt;6) Alle scholen moeten openbare scholen zijn. Geen religieuze scholen - protestants, katholiek, islamitisch of joods. Ontdek religie in maatschappijleer.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8570623806258179718-7224264463353120676?l=mcleaver.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/feeds/7224264463353120676/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2010/03/idealen.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/7224264463353120676'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/7224264463353120676'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2010/03/idealen.html' title='Idealen'/><author><name>Martin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hAZFXIBM4JU/StjfSJQApcI/AAAAAAAAft0/mR7NX1r5CQs/S220/Me+5.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570623806258179718.post-3686072521577229426</id><published>2010-02-17T10:59:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2010-02-17T17:37:25.398+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Waar is de wethouder van onderwijs?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="  ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Waar is de wethouder van onderwijs? Eerst laat hij Ahmed Marcouch de MBO problemen oppakken en er mee aan de haal gaan. Daarna brengt hij basisschool kinderen in groep acht in de problemen door niet voor genoeg goede plaatsen op middelbare scholen te zorgen.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Vandaag in de krant nog twee struikelblokken: Restaurant 15 zou eigenlijk Restaurant 12 moeten heten, gezien het niet mogelijk is met de huidige gemeentelijke bureaucratie om genoeg kandidaten te vinden om chef de woorden onder leiding van Jamie Oliver. Ten tweede krijgt Amsterdam een eervolle vermelding als bezitter van de allerslechtste Pabo in het ganze land.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Terwijl onze wethouder van onderwijs alle leuke feestjes in de stad afloopt op zoek naar stemmen, blijft de onderwijs portefeuille onbewaakt.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Kinderen die na de middelbare school willen, krijgen nog steeds oneerlijke concurrentie van kinderen buiten de stad. Ondanks beloftes van Asscher en de OSVO, hebben veel kinderen in de randgemeenten voorrang bij scholen in buurtgemeenten terwijl kinderen in Amsterdam achter het net vissen. Kinderen hier hebben geen enkele voorrang, ook doordat een onevenredig deel van de plaatsen op een goede school gebruikt worden door kinderen van buitenaf. Natuurlijk heeft Amsterdam een regio functie, maar zorg er dan wel voor dat je genoeg plaatsen hebt om een regio functie te vervullen.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Het zou ook onze wethouder van onderwijs sieren als hij evenveel kansen zou bieden aan slimme kinderen uit onze achterstandsbuurten als kinderen uit Monnikendam en Uithoorn. Misschien kan Achmed Marcouch beter de problemen van de kernprocedure aanpakken.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8570623806258179718-3686072521577229426?l=mcleaver.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/feeds/3686072521577229426/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2010/02/waar-is-de-wethouder-van-onderwijs.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/3686072521577229426'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/3686072521577229426'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2010/02/waar-is-de-wethouder-van-onderwijs.html' title='Waar is de wethouder van onderwijs?'/><author><name>Martin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hAZFXIBM4JU/StjfSJQApcI/AAAAAAAAft0/mR7NX1r5CQs/S220/Me+5.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570623806258179718.post-6253861324658264678</id><published>2010-02-16T22:21:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2010-02-17T07:42:15.459+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='BTW'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='VAT'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Apple'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='language'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Quicktime'/><title type='text'>Apple can't do 'Rithmetic</title><content type='html'>It's very strange how major companies work sometimes. It can also give an interesting glimpse of their mentality and attitude to customers. &lt;div&gt;For instance... take Apple. A nice friendly company, you would think. BUt it isn't always easy. I wanted to buy "Quicktime Pro" - video software for the PC from Apple. You can click on a link in the free version and it takes you to a site offering it for £20. So you try to buy but then it turns out you're in Holland and then it's €30. Not sure how they work that out, because £20 is €23.  The €30 also includies Irish VAT. Now that is weird: it should actually be including Dutch VAT, as it is purchased from a Dutch site.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Another interesting Apple anomaly: if you give a Dutch address for the Apple store then you will only be able to use the store in Dutch. All descriptions of software are also in Dutch and you only have to hope the software itself will be in English. In Germany, the site is only German. But in Belgium or Switzerland you can choose a language and English is okay too. But that is on the side.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Back to Quicktime. So you want to buy it from the Dutch site including Dutch VAT (or none at all if you are a business) and to pay using the standard (and relatively safe) Dutch internet banking system: iDeal. But no. You can only pay with a credit card. Strange and inefficient as far as I am concerned.  Any contacts with Apple are met with a polite but firm rebuttal. "We only sell it for this price and including Irish VAT. You can write and ask for the VAT back. Sorry, the Apple Store in Holland is only available in Dutch."&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;You suddenly start to get a glimpse of what life is like in Appleville. You have no choice, so Apple call the tricks. No company would dare be so haughty in PC land. There's too much competition. Long live the competition. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8570623806258179718-6253861324658264678?l=mcleaver.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/feeds/6253861324658264678/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2010/02/apple-cant-do-arithmetic.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/6253861324658264678'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/6253861324658264678'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2010/02/apple-cant-do-arithmetic.html' title='Apple can&apos;t do &apos;Rithmetic'/><author><name>Martin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hAZFXIBM4JU/StjfSJQApcI/AAAAAAAAft0/mR7NX1r5CQs/S220/Me+5.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570623806258179718.post-1888202687975937611</id><published>2010-02-16T12:19:00.006+01:00</published><updated>2010-02-16T22:41:47.851+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Asscher'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Loting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Stichting VSA'/><title type='text'>Asscherburgers</title><content type='html'>Het lijkt alsof de wethouder voor onderwijs meer tijd heeft voor campagne dan voor zijn eigen werk. Er zou gisteren ruimte gemaakt worden voor overleg met de &lt;a href="http://stichtingvsa.nl/"&gt;Stichting Vrije Schoolkeuze Amsterdam&lt;/a&gt; over juridische stappen tegen ongelijkheid in aanmelding bij middelbare scholen. De OSVO (vereniging van schoolbesturen) geeft toe dat Amsterdamse kinderen achtergesteld worden tegenover kinderen uit randgemeenten als het gaat om het aanmelden voor middelbare scholen. Kinderen in Amstelveen krijgen nog steeds voorrang, zelfs in de tweede ronde, als ze zich aanmelden bij scholen in die gemeente. Amsterdamse kinderen krijgen nergens voorrang. CDA, D66 en VVD hebben duidelijk gemaakt dat dit een onacceptabele situatie is. Lodewijk Asscher zelf geeft toe dat het niet klopt, maar had geen tijd gisteren om met de Stichting VSA te overleggen. Hij had het veel te druk met het presenteren van de Asscherburger bij de &lt;a href="http://www.burgermeester.eu/"&gt;Burgermeester&lt;/a&gt; aan de Elandsgracht. Vandaag moet een reclamebureau geopend worden. De campagne gaat blijkbaar voor alles!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8570623806258179718-1888202687975937611?l=mcleaver.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/feeds/1888202687975937611/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2010/02/asscherburgers.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/1888202687975937611'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/1888202687975937611'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2010/02/asscherburgers.html' title='Asscherburgers'/><author><name>Martin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hAZFXIBM4JU/StjfSJQApcI/AAAAAAAAft0/mR7NX1r5CQs/S220/Me+5.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570623806258179718.post-8699323295203700445</id><published>2010-02-09T12:55:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2010-02-09T13:05:23.324+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Villa's in West</title><content type='html'>Meerdere panden zijn onder de prijs verkocht in Oud West onder PvdA wethouder Hans Weevers. Niet alleen maar kapitale villa's aan het Vondelpark, maar ook scholen. Er is  een oud schoolgebouw aan de Ten Katestraat. In 2001 hadden de bewoners een voorlopig  koopcontract om het te kopen voor 2,5 ton. Maar het stadsdeel trok zich terug in 2003. Later is het weer aan de bewoners aangeboden voor meer dan 6 ton maar toch uiteindelijk verkocht aan een woningbouwvereniging voor minder dan 4 ton. Hoe kan dat? Waarom liever een woningbouwvereniging (die nu ook de bewoners eruit wil krijgen) dan de bewoners zelf?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8570623806258179718-8699323295203700445?l=mcleaver.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/feeds/8699323295203700445/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2010/02/villas-in-west.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/8699323295203700445'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/8699323295203700445'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2010/02/villas-in-west.html' title='Villa&apos;s in West'/><author><name>Martin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hAZFXIBM4JU/StjfSJQApcI/AAAAAAAAft0/mR7NX1r5CQs/S220/Me+5.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570623806258179718.post-3549047197226383631</id><published>2010-02-08T11:18:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2010-02-08T11:29:44.472+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Da Costanieuws - dorpspolitiek</title><content type='html'>Ans Teunen vind Joke Bakker een kanjer. Deze VVD raadslid doet veel voor de buurt en is jarenlang actief met jongeren en ouderen. Dus schrijft Ans Teunen een stuk voor de Ouderen Dacosta Nieuwsbrief:&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;Verkiezingen &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;(artikel ingezonden door Ans Teunen) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;Woensdag 3 maart zijn er verkiezingen voor de gemeenteraad en de stadsdelen. Ons Stadsdeel, Oud-West, wordt opgeheven en vormt met de stadsdelen Westerpark, Baarsjes en Bos en Lommer het nieuwe stadsdeel "West". &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;Tot nu toe bestond onze stadsdeelraad uit 17 leden. Voor' t nieuw stadsdeel staan slechts 7 raadsleden uit Oud-West op een verkiesbare plaats. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;Dat betekent, dat men hoog op de lijst van een partij moet staan, wil je in de raad komen. De meesten van ons kennen Joke bakker. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;Zij staat op het ogenblik nummer zes op de VVD lijst, dus onverkiesbaar. Joke is al jaren het sociale gezicht van de VVD in Oud-West. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;We zien haar regelmatig in ons Servicepunt, maar ook op veel andere plaatsen. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;Daar praat ze met de mensen, luistert goed naar ze en probeert problemen op te lossen en geeft goede raad. Als ons Servicepunt problemen of verlangens heeft, kun je bij haar goed terecht en brengt ze deze ter sprake in de Stadsdeelraad en vaak met succes. Daarom is het voor ons van groot belang, dat zij in de nieuwe stadsdeelraad komt. Wat kunnen we daaraan doen? Zoek eerst de lijst van de VVD op en maak het hokje voor haar naam rood, dus alleen haar hokje, want meerdere hokjes rood maken, maakt Uw stem ongeldig: U had dan beter thuis kunnen blijven! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;Zij heeft ruim 500 voorkeurstemmen nodig om in de raad te komen. Laat Uw stem erbij zijn! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Wees een makker, &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;stem Joke Bakker!!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Maar dat kan dus niet. De linkse partijen mogen de buurt bestoken met nieuwsbrieven en zelfs glossy bladen over onze oude stadsdeel, maar als een lokale nieuwsbrief een stuk opneemt met een oproep om VVD te stemmen, dan moet de hele oplage terug.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8570623806258179718-3549047197226383631?l=mcleaver.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/feeds/3549047197226383631/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2010/02/da-costanieuws-dorpspolitiek.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/3549047197226383631'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/3549047197226383631'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2010/02/da-costanieuws-dorpspolitiek.html' title='Da Costanieuws - dorpspolitiek'/><author><name>Martin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hAZFXIBM4JU/StjfSJQApcI/AAAAAAAAft0/mR7NX1r5CQs/S220/Me+5.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570623806258179718.post-4607544231090733547</id><published>2009-12-23T18:53:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2009-12-23T19:07:23.521+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy Xmas</title><content type='html'>It's a great Dutch tradition that, come Christmas, all those people who served you in some way throughout the year get some kind of reward. Most of all, for instance, those who deliver your papers. Here it's cheaper to get them delivered than to buy them in the shop. In other countries, like England, it is the other way round. &lt;div&gt;It means  that around Christmas time, all kinds of people turn up on the doorstep  claiming to have delivered the paper all year. We haven't actually had a single local rag the last year (the free local newspapers in which the local council informs the population about building permits etc.), but we still get a visit from some kid claiming to deliver them. You have to be very cool to ring a doorbell claiming to deliver something that hasn't been seen in years. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8570623806258179718-4607544231090733547?l=mcleaver.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/feeds/4607544231090733547/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2009/12/happy-xmas.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/4607544231090733547'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/4607544231090733547'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2009/12/happy-xmas.html' title='Happy Xmas'/><author><name>Martin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hAZFXIBM4JU/StjfSJQApcI/AAAAAAAAft0/mR7NX1r5CQs/S220/Me+5.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570623806258179718.post-5077610783054993479</id><published>2009-11-05T13:08:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2009-11-05T13:13:27.188+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Dutch English in danger...</title><content type='html'>People have always been amazed at just how well the Dutch speak English. Of course they'd always like to speak it better, and occasionally think they can. We can't have that, as English translators, can we? And we probably won't for much longer. &lt;div&gt;When people ask, I always explain the Dutch skills in the English-language as resulting from the fact that the Dutch watch a lot of television and all of it in the original language. That means a lot of British and American series on Dutch TV, all with subtitles. Even children are used to subtitling rather than dubbing, and this also contributes to their reading and writing skills. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;But all that's about to change. In the last few weeks, the Disney Channel put in an appearance on the Dutch cable network and has taken the unparalleled and awful step of dubbing English-language children's programmes into Dutch. No more reading subtitles whereas in the past, even 6- to 8-year-olds had some English skills because they had been subjected to a diet of the Olsen twins and Batman.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;So it'll be a great relief to English native speaking translators like me that the Dutch are about to see the quality of their English plummet.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8570623806258179718-5077610783054993479?l=mcleaver.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/feeds/5077610783054993479/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2009/11/dutch-english-in-danger.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/5077610783054993479'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/5077610783054993479'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2009/11/dutch-english-in-danger.html' title='Dutch English in danger...'/><author><name>Martin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hAZFXIBM4JU/StjfSJQApcI/AAAAAAAAft0/mR7NX1r5CQs/S220/Me+5.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570623806258179718.post-2484483624261645906</id><published>2009-10-29T18:28:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2009-10-29T19:27:31.693+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='antivirus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='windows'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='update'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='drivers'/><title type='text'>Updates</title><content type='html'>These days it's essential to keep the computer up to date. Some software sorts it all out on its own, some gets a little out of control - I want to change my mp3 tags about once a month,but always have to update the tagging software first. Don't get me wrong, it's a great package, but I just want to use it. &lt;div&gt;In the meantime, Microsoft makes sure Windows is up to date - along with some drivers - and the anti-virus does so too. But the rest gets left out. &lt;div&gt;It would be better if there was just one a package to keep track of all updates to drivers and software, and CNet has apparently seen the market value of such an approach. It's just a pity that their offerings fall lamentably short of providing a real solution. First I tried CNet Version Tracker Pro, but it kept offering to update my up-to-date drivers to older versions.  Now I can try CNet TechTracker, but it even tries to downgrade my Avira Pro to an Avira Free. It also only allows me to own one PC. I do have more, at home and at work, like so many people. Looks like CNet wants a free ride. If you want to serve your audience and take advantage of their advertising income, you also have to do some work and actually check whether the drivers are up to date.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8570623806258179718-2484483624261645906?l=mcleaver.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/feeds/2484483624261645906/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2009/10/updates.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/2484483624261645906'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/2484483624261645906'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2009/10/updates.html' title='Updates'/><author><name>Martin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hAZFXIBM4JU/StjfSJQApcI/AAAAAAAAft0/mR7NX1r5CQs/S220/Me+5.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570623806258179718.post-7269287642324625142</id><published>2009-10-25T18:34:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2009-10-25T18:49:50.290+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Expats</title><content type='html'>Okay, I admit it, I'm an expat. Torn from my native soil and thrust into the heart of the Dutch Metropolis (locally and weirdly known as the "Randstad"). &lt;div&gt;I tore myself away from the UK - like so many other later Expats - because I couldn't settle and find a job. So now I am an Amsterdammer, but one with a few strange asides. I can't adjust to the lack of service in shops and - while appreciating the advantages of a different democratic system based on consensus - I also see its disadvantages.   &lt;div&gt;Today there was an &lt;a href="http://www.expatica.com/iamnotatourist/"&gt;Expat Fair&lt;/a&gt; in Amsterdam. Realy quite a surprisingly pleasant affair. Okay, it was dominated by Real Estate, Insurance and Removals, but fortunately also had Australian football, American Ladies and BritSoc - alongide my &lt;a href="http://www.dutchnews.nl"&gt;favourite&lt;/a&gt; local source of information and delicious cheese from Ron Pieters at the &lt;a href="http://www.reypenaer.com"&gt;Reypenaer&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The most surprising stall however was that of the Dutch Labour Party - the slightly left party of regents that has ruled Amsterdam for decades. Familiarity breeds contempt and the incestuous corruption that Britain is only now starting to discover among indolent social democrats has caused most of the problems Amsterdam now faces. I'm glad that opinion polls here now suggest the PvdA is in for an historic drubbing.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8570623806258179718-7269287642324625142?l=mcleaver.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/feeds/7269287642324625142/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2009/10/expats.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/7269287642324625142'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/7269287642324625142'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2009/10/expats.html' title='Expats'/><author><name>Martin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hAZFXIBM4JU/StjfSJQApcI/AAAAAAAAft0/mR7NX1r5CQs/S220/Me+5.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570623806258179718.post-5834047299501952357</id><published>2009-10-17T13:41:00.005+02:00</published><updated>2010-02-17T22:17:58.294+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Circus Theatre</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;This morning my son had the opportunity to "space" Amsterdam's Royal Carré Theatre. He's going to do a &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.elleboog.nl/nl/voorstellingen/turbulentie/"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;circus show&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt; there in December with 20 other kids and several real live circus artistes. They were able to use the large round auditorium as a playground and rehearsal space, just for an hour or two. They'll be performing there on 9-11 December, and while they are there the Christmas Circus will be set up. There'll be horses in the stables under the stage and lions in cages behind. Scary when you emerge from the stage door late at night!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Scarier is the financial straits of many cultural initiatives for young people. Budgets are being cut and there is apparently only money for multicultural initiatives. Unfortunately this does not always ensure quality. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;On a different tack - congratulations to the Dutch anti-vaccinators for winning the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style=" line-height: 18px; font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meester_Kackadorisprijs" onclick="this.target='_blank';" class="normal" title="http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meester_Kackadorisprijs" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(217, 17, 24); text-decoration: underline; background-position: initial initial; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Meester Kackadorisprijs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;, a &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style=" line-height: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;major prize for quackery. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8570623806258179718-5834047299501952357?l=mcleaver.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/feeds/5834047299501952357/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2009/10/circus-theatre.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/5834047299501952357'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/5834047299501952357'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2009/10/circus-theatre.html' title='Circus Theatre'/><author><name>Martin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hAZFXIBM4JU/StjfSJQApcI/AAAAAAAAft0/mR7NX1r5CQs/S220/Me+5.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570623806258179718.post-8983125492585261621</id><published>2009-10-16T22:31:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-10-16T22:56:01.123+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Autumn</title><content type='html'>The days are getting shorter and the weather less clement. The trees are still green, but with amber accents. It's time to get away, but there's just too much going on. &lt;div&gt;School is out, but the worries of seeing a school system groaning under the burden of too much to do for too little cash are not reassuring. Certainly not when you still have a son to go through secondary school. There aren't enough good schools. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I am glad to see a healthy development in England. At last there's growing awareness of the benefits of play and the dangers of a formal education too young. If you try and teach four year olds to read, some will manage, but even more will be put off school for life.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;A great &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG9CE55wbtY"&gt;contribution&lt;/a&gt; to this debate by Ken Robinson. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8570623806258179718-8983125492585261621?l=mcleaver.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/feeds/8983125492585261621/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2009/10/autumn.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/8983125492585261621'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8570623806258179718/posts/default/8983125492585261621'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mcleaver.blogspot.com/2009/10/autumn.html' title='Autumn'/><author><name>Martin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hAZFXIBM4JU/StjfSJQApcI/AAAAAAAAft0/mR7NX1r5CQs/S220/Me+5.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
