Vereniging Nederland-Maleisië (VNM-Nieuwsbrief, Mei 2013)

14 May

The newsletter to contain numerous articles written in Dutch and English. Do check all articles by different contributors before checking on my contribution.

I contributed the book review article for VNM-Nieuwsbrief May 2013 which entitled The Eurasians, A Founding Community of Penang (book review)
By Eustace Anthony Nonis. Phoenix Printers Sdn. Bhd, Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia, 2012. ISBN 978-967-11007-0-7.
Photographs. Pp. 134.

Do refer page 6 & 7 of the VNM-Nieuwsbrief

Click VNMNieuwsbrief_2013-1 to access the newsletter. Enjoy!

For information please contact or checkout the website below:

Editor: Bert Lever

Vereniging Nederland-Maleisië / Netherlands-Malaysia Association

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Software Patents - New Zealand takes the lead

14 May

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New Zealand                   1

Patent Trolls                   0

In the world of bits and bytes, the above score means a lot. If you have been following my chain of thought, I believe Software is going to run everything we use. I have written about it before, the biggest hurdle in the exciting development is a cog in the wheel called the…

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More Research

30 Apr

Reblogged from Belle Grove Plantation Bed and Breakfast:

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As we move closer to landscaping the grounds at Belle Grove Plantation, I have found myself drawn to other gardens to research  plants we might want to use. Sunday, I visited the Norfolk Botanical Gardens. It is one of my favorite gardens here in Virginia and always leaves me inspired.

The plants I was most interested in were the Azaleas and Camellia.

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I AM THAT I AM

28 Apr

Reblogged from Clarabelle:

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Growing from Within

I am very heavily into my own self development and as I feel myself growing from within I feel it is stripping back built up beliefs that don't serve me well and returning me back to who I really am.  I am very aware of this change happening within me and I feel the dreams I had as a child, which I let go of for 30 years, finding their way back to me - like an inner calling with drive and purpose.

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Bangsal Srimanganti

14 Apr

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Bangsal Srimanganti is located inside the palace of Yogyakarta. It is the hall that used to be a place to receive the important guests of the king. In the middle of the hall, there is a king's throne where he sat to meet the guests. Some royal heirloom, such as gamelan (musical intruments) are placed here.

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Startup Reykjavik 2013

6 Apr

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I started on this journey to build a Startup Community in Iceland right after the Financial Collapse of 2008. What is needed when you need to create a lot of startups is an acceleration platform and I searched tirelessly for it and I bumped into TechStars and the first video I saw of TechStars I knew that is what we needed to have right here in Iceland.

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More Trade News in Brief - Week 14 (1 – 7 April 2013)

6 Apr

Reblogged from Trade News in Brief:

* USTR - Reports on Barriers to Trade
 
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) publishes various Reports on Barriers to Trade:
 
Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT Report)
 
Sanitary and Phytosanitary Barriers to Trade (SPS Report)
 
2013 National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers
 
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* UN - Global Arms Trade Treaty Approved
 
The United Nations General Assembly has approved a global arms trade treaty to regulate the international trade in conventional arms.

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