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Green Gifts That Keep Giving

Avital Binshtock | Posted 12.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Laptop, Backpacks, Hitachi, Green, Christmas, Eco-Friendly, Trees, Cell Phone, Pc, Recyled, German, Wear Your Music, External Hard Drive, Bracelet, Adapters, My Dutch Bike, Shopping, Central America, Plastic Bottles, Joan Jett, T-Shirt, Brazil, Sierra Magazine, Sap, Style, Jack Johnson, Silver, Bicycle, Gifts, Coasters, Eric Clapton, Charity, Tee, Chiclero, MP3 Player, Recycled, Battery Pack, Jewelry, Guide, Agate, Fashion, Bike, Amsterdam, Glee Gum, Voltaic, Holidays, Mac, Hemp, Solar, Gracious Home, Rockers, Packaging, Aluminum, Musicians, Sugar, Guitar Strings, Dutch, Hanukkah, Bags, Environment, Fashionista, Ben Lee, Bamboo, Electra, Rablabs, Gramicci, Simpletech, Green News
Avital Binshtock

Shopping for picky loved ones is difficult enough. Factor in your commitment to eco-sensitive products, and a holiday shopping mission can become as daunting as an unaided ascent up El Cap.

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Anne Frank Tree Dying, Saplings Planted

AP | TOBY STERLING | Posted 12.04.2009 | World

Read More: Bos Park, Germany, Chestnut Tree, Nazis, Anne Frank, Netherlands, Amsterdam, Diary of Anne Frank, Saplings, Chestnut, World News

AMSTERDAM — The ancient chestnut tree that cheered up Jewish teenager Anne Frank as she hid from the Nazis is dying, but thanks to a planting ca...

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Filmmaking, Sumo and Space Tourism Take Flight at IDFA

indieWIRE | indieWIRE | Posted 11.24.2009 | Home

Read More: Amsterdam, Home News

A man who travels to small villages making movies, a Japanese boy who leaves his village to join a sumo group, and American millionaires who pay hug...

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Dutch teenager postpones plan to sail the globe

AP | Posted 10.26.2009 | Home

Read More: Amsterdam, Sydney-Australia, Australia, Britain, New Zealand, Home News

AMSTERDAM — A 14-year-old Dutch girl who hopes to become the youngest sailor to circumnavigate the globe solo said Monday she will wait until the school year ends before starting her attempt.

Laura Dekker is awaiting a court's decision on whether she can go ahead with her voyage or whether it would be too risky for a girl her age.

The Utrecht court temporarily blocked her departure in August out of concern for her safety. The decision sparked a worldwide debate on how much authorities and parents should limit children's freedom to undertake risky adventures.

"Before I made the plan I didn't expect (so much publicity) but now I'm trying to make the best of it," she told NOS television in an interview Monday.

"It's probably the most prudent if I just finish this school year" which ends in May, she said, citing the arrival of winter weather and a need for preparations before she departs on her 26-foot (8-meter) boat named "Guppy."

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11 U.S. sites selected for Anne Frank saplings

Haaretz. | Haaretz | Posted 10.16.2009 | Home

Read More: Amsterdam, Home News

Eleven U.S. sites have been selected to receive saplings derived from the chestnut tree that consoled Anne Frank as she hid during Nazi occupation in ...

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Anne Frank (VIDEO): Museum Posts Only Known Footage Of Anne Frank To YouTube

AP | Posted 10.04.2009 | World

Read More: Jews, Anne Frank House Museum, Anne Frank Video, Anne Frank YouTube, Holocaust, Wwii, Anne Frank, Amsterdam, Anne Frank Vid, YouTube Channel, Jewish, Judaism, Anne Frank Museum, Bergen-Belsen, Anne Frank Video Footage, Ann Frank Video, World News

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — The Anne Frank House museum in Amsterdam has begun airing the only known video of the teenage diarist on a channel dedi...

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Eco Skyscrapers: Green Architecture Reaches For The Sky

WebEcoist | Steph | Posted 11.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Toronto, Mexico City, Moma, Vancouver, Green Building, Architecture, International Sustainable City, La Tour Vivante, New York City, Dubai, Eco Skyscrapers, Green Architecture, Green Technology, Green News, Sustainability, Tanzania, Amsterdam, Pyramid Farm, Green News

With a burgeoning global population that has ever-growing needs for both food and housing, many architects are looking up for sustainable solutions th...

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Women in Hip-Hop: The B-girl Be Festival

Lauri Lyons | Posted 11.18.2009 | Entertainment

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Lauri Lyons

When it comes to women in hip-hop, don't call it a comeback. Women have been here for years.

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Amsterdam Live!

Jeff Rivera | Posted 11.15.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Mr. Hudson, Amsterdam, Kanye West, Amstel Light, Entertainment News
Jeff Rivera

mstel Light wound down the Summer with their Exclusive Summer Event Series in New York, known as Amsterdam Live.

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Mighty Movie Podcast Exclusive: Spike Lee & Stew on Passing Strange: The Movie

Dan Persons | Posted 09.19.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Amsterdam, South Central LA, Live Performance, Broadway, Theater, Broadway Musicals, Digital Film, Spike Lee, Musicals, Interview, Exclusive, Germany, Public Theater, Berkeley, Sundance 2009, Stew, Rock and Roll, Entertainment News
Dan Persons

I got a chance to sit down with Spike Lee and singer/songwriter Stew to discuss the New York musical hit, Passing Strange.

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OpenSkies to suspend NYC-Amsterdam service

NewYorkology | NewYorkology | Posted 08.24.2009 | Home

Read More: Amsterdam, Paris-France, France, New York-New York, Home News

OpenSkies, British Airway's premium-class spin-off airline, said today it will end service between New York and Amsterdam as of Aug. 16 and ins...

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Amsterdam is an art lover's town

Brooklyn Paper | Brooklyn Paper | Posted 08.16.2009 | Home

Read More: Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Home News

Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Mike McLaughlinThe Brooklyn PaperAMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS — Rust...

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Brooklyn cyclists would love Amsterdam -- a truly bike-friendly city

Brooklyn Paper | Brooklyn Paper | Posted 08.14.2009 | Home

Read More: Brooklyn Paper, Brooklyn, Biking, New York, New York News, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Home News

Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Ben MuessigThe Brooklyn PaperAMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS — In this old ...

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Muslim Mayor's Gay Rights Drive Fights Homophobia In Conservative Amsterdam Suburb

Huffington Post | Posted 08.02.2009 | World

Read More: Amsterdam, Gay Rights, The Netherlands, Netherlands, Foreign Affairs, Muslim Gay, Homophobia, Gay, Gays, Europe, Gay Issues, Advocacy, Ahmed Marcouch, Religion, Muslim Mayor Amsterdam, Gay Muslim, World News

Ahmed Marcouch, the Muslim mayor of Slotervaart, an uncharacteristically conservative suburb of Amsterdam, is fighting back against a long-lived trend...

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Traveling as Press vs. NGO Head: Same Adventure

Jim Luce | Posted 06.29.2009 | Media

Read More: Europe, Lome, United Nations Department of Public Information, Hong Kong, Guatemala City, Sri Lanka, Galle, Air France, South America, Asia, Ngo, Guyana, Chennai, Dallas, Paris, Singapore, Peru, Indonesia, Port-Au-Prince, Tokyo, Amsterdam, Miami, Dominican Republic, Aceh, Dubai, Swine Flu, Mexico City, Journalist, Africa, Ghana, San Salvador, Central America, International Development, Santo Domingo, Mexico, Colombia, New York, Haiti, Refugee Camps, Frankfurt, Jakarta, Tamil, Tsunami, Hurricane Jeanne, Togo, Post 9/11, India, Orphans International Worldwide, Huffington Post, JFK Airport, Bangalore, Gonaives, Bucharest, Media News
Jim Luce

I have flown from Haiti to Peru to Guyana in the Americas, Hong Kong to Indonesia to Sri Lanka in Asia, and Togo to Ghana in Africa.

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TomTom iPhone App; iPhone Magnetometer; Boot Camp in 10.6

Dygest.net | Dygest.net | Posted 06.08.2009 | Home

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MacRumors has learned that Apple's Boot Camp utility under Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard will include Windows HFS drivers, which will allow Windows insta...

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The World In Photos: 30 April, 2009

Huffington Post | Posted 05.31.2009 | World

Read More: Italian Brige, Slideshow, Pakistan, The Netherlands, Rome, Mexico, Slide Show, Queens Day, Tennis, Pope Benedict XVI, Dutch, Kiev, Swine Flue, Horse Race, Indian Elections, Korea, Buner, Taliban, Radek Stepanek, Pirates, Sout Korea, Apeldoorn, Car Crash, Amsterdam, World News

The HuffPost's selection of photos of today's news and events from every corner of the globe. This Huffington Post World feature is available Monday t...

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Dutch Parade Struck By Car (VIDEO)(PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.31.2009 | World

Read More: Dutch Parade Attack, Amsterdam, Dutch Queen Beatrix, Dutch Parade Car Crash, Dutch Parade, Netherlands, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Video, World News

UPDATE: According to Reuters, the death toll from the incident is four, with 13 other injured. [WATCH:] ----- At least two people died during a p...

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Taxing THC: Turning Old New York into New New Amsterdam

Warren Holstein | Posted 05.09.2009 | Comedy

Read More: New Orleans, Rockefeller Drug Laws, Marijuana, Drugs, Amsterdam, California, Military Industrial Complex, Glaucoma, Norml, David Paterson, Drug War, Medical Marijuana, Blue Laws Repealed, Decriminalization, Budget Deficit, New York, Tom Ammiano, Politics, Cannabis, Intractable Pain, Federal Budget Deficit, Marijuana Amsterdam, Blue Laws, Neoconservatives, Weed, Legalize Marijuana, Ground Zero, Law Enforcement, Economy, Comedy News
Warren Holstein

Bollocks! How is that California, the crossroads of implants, spray tans and superficiality, has a leg up on the Empire State, on the possible legalization and taxation of Cannabis sativa?

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Alleged Italian Gangster Arrested In Amsterdam Over Bloody Massacre

The Guardian | John Hooper | Posted 04.13.2009 | World

Read More: Italian Gang, Amsterdam, Italian Mafia Murder, Germany, The Netherlands, Holland, Italy, Italian Mafia, Giovanni Strangio, Europe, Italian Gang Murder, World News

An alleged Italian gangster accused of leading one of the bloodiest massacres in the annals of organised crime has been seized by police in Amsterdam....

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Turkish Plane Crashes In Amsterdam, 9 Die

AP | TOBY STERLING | Posted 03.28.2009 | World

Read More: Turkish Plane, Turkish Airlines, Amsterdam, Turkish Plane Amsterdam, Amsterdam Plane Crash, Turkey, Hasan Tahsin, Turkish Plane Crash, Amsterdam Turkish, Plane Amsterdam, Turkish Crash, Turkish, Turkish Airline Crash, Planecrash, Crash Plane Amsterdam, Crash Airplane Turkisch, World News

HAARLEMMERLIEDE, Netherlands — A Turkish Airlines jetliner plummeted out of the mist and plowed into a muddy field Wednesday near Amsterdam's ma...

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Amsterdam's Gay Christmas Features Mary In Drag

AP | ARTHUR MAX | Posted 01.21.2009 | World

Read More: Europe, Amsterdam, Gays in Amsterdam, Amsterdam Gay Christmas, Homosexuality in Amsterdam, Mary in Drag, Christians for Truth, Gay Christmas, Chrismas Wishes Gay Profile, Gay Christmas Netherlands, Amsterdams Gay Christmas, Amsterdam Nativity Scene, World News

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — Amsterdam hosted a Christmas celebration for its gay community on Sunday featuring a nativity tableau with a male Mary ...

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Amsterdam To Close Many Of Its Brothels, Marijuana Cafes, Sex Shops

AP | TOBY STERLING | Posted 01.06.2009 | World

Read More: Amsterdam, Amsterdam Brothels, Netherlands, Amsterdam Marijuana Cafes, World News

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — Amsterdam unveiled plans Saturday to close brothels, sex shops and marijuana cafes in its ancient city center as part o...

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Amsterdam Screenings a Hit: New Cities Open this Week

Josh Tickell | Posted 01.03.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Global Warming, Fuel, Documentary, Amsterdam, Fuel Movie, Entertainment News
Josh Tickell

There's nothing that makes me appreciate the United States more than traveling abroad. Our "can do" American attitude could be the very thing that pulls the world out of its economic slump.

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