Amsterdam

were written with a ballpoint pen. These pens were not in use at the time Anne Frank lived.(Is the Holocaust a Hoax)” The first ballpoint pen was used in Argentina after World War II in the year 1945. That is the same year Otto Frank returned to Amsterdam to retrieve his leftover belongings of the annex his family inhabited during the two year long game of hide and seek. In the coming years two more renderings of the diary were produced, one being written in part with ballpoint pen, the next…

prostitution are wrong. Janice Crouse wrote an article on the topic, and she states within that “Nor does legalization end corruption -- laissez-faire Amsterdam closed one-third of their legal brothels because of ties to organized crime while acknowledging that the illegal brothels are thriving outside the official zone” (1). So although Amsterdam had legalized prostitution, many of the legal…

Vincent van Gogh’s, Skull of a Skeleton with Burning Cigarette Most definitely, well known painter Vincent van Gogh, certainly led a most intriguing and captivating life within the tough art world. Early in life, van Gogh did not have it easy. With the loss of his older brother-who had the same name and birthdate- van Gogh felt miserable, and fell into a state of gloom at a young age. Throughout his life, Vincent Van Gogh suffered through many forms of rejection. One of them being, love. When…

John Rolfe, and English farmer, set sail on The Deliverance across the Atlantic Ocean to find land of North America. In 1610, John settled in Jamestown where just about 60 out of 500 previous settlers remained. John found out quickly that Jamestown was not what he expected. Many of the English settlers died of starvation. People that were alive would eat anything they could get their hands on, including other people. When The English settled on Jamestown they find that this land belonged to…

Wow time sure does fly by when you having fun, well in this case flying to fun! I am talking about none other than Delta Airlines, which in many peoples’ opinion is the best airline company in the U.S probably the world. Delta Airlines is a great airline company, yet there aren’t perfect. In this essay I am going to discuss Delta Airlines strengths, weaknesses, external threats, most of all opportunities to stand out from all other airiness both domestic and internationally. One of Delta…

This is unhealthy for their physical health and also for their mental health. A social democrat member of the Amsterdam City Council, Karina Schaapman is an ex-prostitute. She believes that most prostitutes do not choose to go into prostitution, but are more or less pressured into it because of drug addiction, debts or past(sexual abuse).(Outshoorn 239). Voluntary…

Repair café started from Amsterdam, Netherlands where Martine Postman and her family started to think about ways to reduce waste going into landfills. Today is has more than 1,100 sites across 30 nations. The idea of repair café is steered by the people who are aware of the environmental issues just like Annie Leonard, the creator of the film ‘The Story of Stuff’. As mentioned both from the film and this article about repair café, products today are manufactured in a way that make their parts…

The research is conducted with a quantitative design and is measured through an online survey. The questionnaire was carried out by Qualtrics, an online survey program and distributed via email to former participants of Bike & Bite. This mailing list is based on the customers file of Bike & Bite and send by the company itself, to increase the response rate. We expected that support of the company for this research could increase the willingness for former participants to respond on the…

I have always had an interest for law enforcement organizations such as Police, Military and etc. At the age of 18, I applied to the Police Academy of Amsterdam. However I never pursued it completely to see where it would bring me to. In 2011, I decided to join the Army to get a firsthand experience and said to myself if I don't like it, I could always get out after my first initial contract. Meanwhile I have reenlisted twice after my first contract and by the end of this contract I would be…

the Dutch East India Company to again try and find a northeastern route. Hudson did not want to sail this way, but his instructions forbid him from sailing in a different direction. The ship that Hudson sailed on was called the Half Moon. He left Amsterdam on March 25, 1609. As he sailed he found it impossible to sail through the frozen waters and fog. Hudson knew he could not continue on this passage, so he made the decision to try and find a western passage to Asia. On July 3rd, Hudson and his…