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University of Amsterdam
University of Amsterdam | |
Universiteit van Amsterdam | |
Logo of the University of Amsterdam
Latin: Universitas Amstelodami | |
Established | 1632 |
Type | Public |
President | Louise Gunning |
Rector Magnificus | Dymph van den Boom |
Academic staff | 2,796[1] |
Admin. staff | 2,294[1] |
Students | 32,739[1] |
Undergraduates | 20,185[1] |
Postgraduates | 12,554[1] |
Location | Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands 52°22′6″N 4°53′25″E / 52.36833°N 4.89028°E |
Campus | Urban |
Former names | Athenaeum Illustre (1632-1877), Municipal University of Amsterdam (1877-1961) |
Colors | Red & Black |
Affiliations | LERU, UNICA, EUA, Universitas 21 |
Website | www.english.uva.nl |
The University of Amsterdam (Dutch: Universiteit van Amsterdam) or the UvA is a public university located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The University of Amsterdam is one of two large, publicly funded research universities in the city, the other being VU University Amsterdam (VU).
Founded in 1632 as the Athenaeum Illustre by the scholars Gerardus Vossius and Caspar Barlaeus, the University of Amsterdam is the third-oldest university in the Netherlands. The UvA is one of Europe's largest research universities with an endowment of €613.5 million,[2] 32,739 students, 5,090 staff, and 7,900 scientific publications each year.[1] It is the largest university in the Netherlands by enrollment and has the second-largest university endowment in the country. The campus of the UvA is located primarily in the City Centre of Amsterdam, with a few faculties located in adjacent bouroghs. The school lies within the largest megalopolis in the Netherlands, the Randstad, with a population of 7.2 million inhabitants.[3]
There are seven faculties: Humanities, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Economics and Business, Science, Law, Medicine, and Dentistry. The university offers 59 Bachelor's programs, 133 Master's programs, and 10 postgraduate programs. In addition, the university has developed a strong internationalization program and offers over 58 Master programs taught in English, as well as a number of Dutch and English language courses. Through international collaboration with other universities, the UvA offers exchange options with 200 universities in Europe and 40 institutions outside of Europe and enrolls over 2,500 international students and researchers.[4]
The University of Amsterdam's research history has produced six Nobel Laureates and seven Spinoza Prize winners.[5] In 2013, the university was ranked 58th in the world, 17th in Europe, and 1st in the Netherlands by the QS World University Rankings. The university was 2nd among Dutch universities, after Erasmus University Rotterdam, in five fields and placed it in the top 50 internationally in seven fields in the 2011 QS World University Rankings by Subject in the fields of Linguistics, Sociology, Philosophy, Geography, Science, Economics & Econometrics, and Accountancy & Finance.[6]
The University of Amsterdam is a member of the League of European Research Universities (LERU), the Institutional Network of the Universities from the Capitals of Europe (UNICA), European University Association (EUA), and Universitas 21.
Athenaeum Illustre (1632-1877)[edit]
In January 1632, the Athenaeum Illustre (Latin - the Illustrious Athenaeum), the predecessor of the University of Amsterdam, was founded in Amsterdam's 15th century Agnietenkapel by two internationally acclaimed scholars, Gerardus Vossius and Caspar Barlaeus. During the 17th century, Leiden University was the only accredited university in the province of Holland. The government of the city of Amsterdam decided to establish its own institution of higher education to bring prestige to the city as well as to bring higher education closer to its residents. This brought about the establishment of the city's own institution of higher education, the Athenaeum. Despite its lack of "university" status - meaning the school could not confer doctoral degrees - the Athenaeum Illustre provided thorough training that was equal to other institutions of higher education. After training at the Athenaeum, students had the option of completing their training at a university in another town. The first two professors and founders, Gerardus Vossius, who taught history, and Caspar Barlaeus, who taught philosophy, were recruited from Leiden University. Professors lectured students publicly and tutored privately.
At the time, Amsterdam also housed several other institutions of higher education, including the Collegium Chirugicum, which trained surgeons, and other institutions that provided theological courses for the Remonstrant and the Mennonite communities. Amsterdam's large degree of religious freedom allowed for the establishment of these institutions. Students of the Colegium Chirugicum and the theological institutions regularly attended classes at the Athenaeum Illustre. The Athenaeum thus became a training center for city councilors, clergymen, well-to-do citizens, and merchants of Amsterdam during the prosperous Dutch Golden Age.
The Athenaeum Illustre had its high and low points during the 17th and 18th centuries, but in the 19th century it gained significance. In 1815 it was given the statutory obligation "to disseminate taste, civilization and learning" and "to replace, at least in part, the institutes of higher education and an academic education for those young men whose circumstances unable them to fully spend the time necessary for an academic career at an institute of higher education." The Athenaeum began offering classes for students attending non-academic professional training in pharmacy and surgery in 1800. The Athenaeum Illustre largely worked together with Amsterdam's theological institutions such as the Evangelisch-Luthers Seminarium (evangelical-Lutheran) and the Klinische School (medical school), the successor to the Collegium Chirurgicum.
The Athenaeum remained a small institution until the 19th century, with no more than 250 students and eight professors. Alumni of the Athenaeum include Cornelis Petrus Tiele.[8][9]
Municipal university (1877-1961)[edit]
In 1877, the Athenuem Illustre became the Municipal University of Amsterdam and received the right to confer doctoral degrees. This gave the university the same privileges as national universities while being funded by the city of Amsterdam. The professors and lecturers were appointed by the city council. This resulted in a staff that was in many ways more colorful than the staffs of national universities. During its time as a municipal university, the university flourished, in particular in the science department, which counted many Nobel prize winners: Tobias Asser, Christiaan Eijkman, Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Johannes Diderik van der Waals, Pieter Zeeman, and Frits Zernike.
The University of Amsterdam's municipal status brought about the relatively early addition of the faculties of Economics and Social Sciences. After the World War II the dramatic rise in the cost of university education put a constraint on the university's growth.[8][9]
National university (1961-present)[edit]
In 1961 the national government made the university a national university, giving it its current name, the University of Amsterdam. Funding was now given by the national government instead of the city and the appointment of professors was transferred to the Board of Governors. The city of Amsterdam retained a limited influence until 1971, when the appointment was handed over to the Executive Board.
During May 1969, the university became the focus of nationwide news when the UvA's administrative center at the Maagdenhuis was occupied by hundreds of students who wanted more democratic influence in educational and administrative matters. The protest lasted for days and was eventually broken up by the police.[10] During the 1970s and 1980s, the university was often the target of nationwide student actions.
The university saw considerable expansion since becoming a national university, from 7,500 students in 1960 to over 32,000 in 2010. In 2007, the UvA undertook the construction of the Science Park Amsterdam, a 70 hectare campus to house the Faculty of Science along with the new University Sports Center. Much of the park has now been completed.[11] The University of Amsterdam began working in close collaboration with the Hogeschool van Amsterdam to allow students from the UvA and HvA to take classes at both schools through an integrated curriculum. In 2008, the University of Amsterdam and VU University jointly founded the Amsterdam University College (AUC), an interuniversity institute that offers a three-year Bachelor (Honors) program in the Liberal Arts and Sciences.[8][9]
University logo[edit]
The current logo of the University of Amsterdam consists of a black square with three white Saint Andrew's Crosses and a white "U." This an adaptation of the coat of arms of Amsterdam which also uses a black background and three white or silver Saint Andrew's Crosses. The three Saint Andrew's Crosses have been said to represent the three plagues of Amsterdam: fire, floods, and the Black Death. Another rumor is that they represent three fords in the River Amstel. These two explanations have no historical basis, however. It is believed by historians that the coat of arms of Amsterdam is derived from the coat of arms of Jan Persijn, the lord of Amsterdam between 1280 and 1282.[12] The "U" represents the word "university" while the colors and three crosses represent the city of Amsterdam.
The university is accredited by the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, which grants accreditation to institutions who meet a national system of regulations and quality assurance controls. The Ministry has given it WO, or research university status. Dutch students must complete a six-year preparatory program to gain admission to national research universities. Only fifteen percent of students pass this preparatory program.
In terms of tuition in 2011-2012, EU students are charged €1,713 per year for both Bachelor's and Master's programs and non-EU students are charged between €9,000-€11,000 per year for Bachelor's programs and €10,500-€25,000 for Master's and Doctoral programs. Costs for non-EU students varies depending on the faculty of matriculation. In terms of scholarships, the university offers UvA Amsterdam Merit Scholarships, scholarships through the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, Dutch Study Grants, and various European scholarships.[13]
Collectively the faculties offer 59 Bachelor's programs, 133 Master's programs, and 10 postgraduate programs.[14] The university awarded 2,565 propaedeutic, 3,204 Bachelor's, 3,990 Master's, 438 Doctoral, 242 Post-Doctoral degrees in 2009-2010, and 10,438 total degrees in 2009-2010.[15] Throughout its long history, professors and alumni at the University of Amsterdam have been honored with numerous research awards including six Nobel Prize winners and seven Spinoza Prize winners.[5] The school's academic year lasts from early September until mid-July and is divided into two 20-week semesters. The first of these ends in late January and the second begins in early February. There are no mid-term breaks, only a short holiday around Christmas and New Year as well as Dutch National holidays.
Demographics of the student body[2] | |||
Dutch | 93.4% | African | 0.1% |
European | 4.9% | Oceanian | <0.1% |
Asian | 0.9% | International students | 6.6% |
North American | 0.4% | Female | 57.8% |
Central & South American | 0.4% |
Student Body[edit]
In 2010, the university had an enrollment of 32,739 students: 20,185 undergraduate students, 9,361 master's students, 1,235 doctoral students, and 412 post-doctoral students.[1] Of all students, 93.4% are Dutch citizens and 6.6% are international students.[2] The UvA has over 2,500 international students and researchers that come from over 100 countries.[4] Full-time students comprised 91% of the student body.[1] In 2010 students were enrolled in 7 faculties and the Amsterdam University College: 24% in Humanities, 13% in Law, 7% in Medicine, 1% in Dentistry, 11% in Science, 13% in Economics & Business, 30% in Social & Behavioral Sciences, and 0.5% in the Amsterdam University College.[1]
Overall, 20% of students in bachelor's programs complete their degree within three years, 48% in four years, and 69% in five years; 71% of master's students completed their degree in two years.[2] Students on average successfully complete 44 ECTS credits during the academic year.[2] In 2007, 88% of master's and doctoral graduates went on to become paying jobs, with an additional 5% going on to continue their education within 1.5 years of graduating.[2]
The university is divided into seven faculties, with each faculty headed by a dean. The faculties include the Faculties of Humanities, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Economics and Business, Science, Law, Medicine, and Dentistry. Students must be admitted to the faculty of their program before beginning their studies.
Faculty of Science[edit]
The Faculty of Science (Dutch: Faculteit der Natuurwetenschappen, Wiskunde en Informatica) (FNWI) consists of four departments with 1200 researchers and lecturers operating in eight research institutes. The main faculty buildings are located on the Science Park Amsterdam campus. The faculty was ranked number one in the Netherlands and 47th internationally in 2011.[6] In terms of research, the faculty produced 1,445 academic publications in 2009.[2]
Faculty of Humanities[edit]
The Faculty of Humanities (Dutch: Faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen) (FGw) comprises six departments: Dutch studies, History, Archaeology and Area studies, Language and Literature, Media studies, Philosophy, and Art, Religion, and Cultural studies. With over 6000 students and about 1000 employees, it is the largest humanities faculty in the Netherlands. It was established in 1997 after a merger of the Faculty of Language and Culture, the Faculty of Theology and the Faculty of Philosophy. In 2011, the faculty was ranked number one in the Netherlands for Philosophy and Linguistics with international ranking in these areas of 37th and 22nd respectively.[6] In terms of research, the faculty produced 726 academic publications in 2009.[2]
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences[edit]
The Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (Dutch: Faculteit der Maatschappij- en Gedragswetenschappen) (FMG) is the largest educational and research institution in the social and behavioural sciences in the Netherlands. The faculty has approximately 10,000 students and 1,200 staff members. The Faculty is home to six departments: Political Science, Sociology and Anthropology, Communication Science, Psychology, Social Geography, Planning and International Development Studies, and Educational sciences. The faculty was ranked the best in the Netherlands in 2011 for Sociology and Geography with international rankings in these areas of 33rd and 40th respectively.[6] In terms of research, the faculty produced 1,366 academic publications in 2009.[2]
Faculty of Economics and Business[edit]
The Faculty of Economics and Business (Dutch: Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde) (FEB) was established in 1922. The FEB, which includes the Amsterdam School of Economics (ASE) and the Amsterdam Business School (ABS), currently has around 4,000 students and nearly 600 staff. It was ranked 44th in Economics & Econometrics and 45 in Accountancy & Finance among world universities.[6] In terms of research, the faculty produced 517 academic publications in 2009.[2]
Faculty of Law[edit]
The Faculty of Law (Dutch: Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid) (FdR) is housed in the Oudemanhuispoort, a historic building dating from 1602 situated in the center of Amsterdam. It has approximately 3,500 students and 350 staff members. The Faculty offers eight LLM programs, of which two are taught in English. In addition the Faculty offers three advanced LLM programs, which are all taught in English. Research at the Faculty is undertaken by five research institutes which specialize in the following areas: International law, Private law, Environmental law, Labor law, and Information law. In terms of research, the faculty produced 412 academic publications in 2009.[2]
Faculty of Medicine[edit]
The Faculty of Medicine (Dutch: Faculteit der Geneeskunde) (FdG), each year, approximately 350 first-year students begin their study of medicine at the Academic Medical Center. The first, four-year phase consists mainly of thematic teaching. The second, two-year phase consists of training internships in and outside of the AMC. In terms of research, the faculty produced 3,206 academic publications in 2009.[2]
Faculty of Dentistry[edit]
The Academic Center for Dentistry in Amsterdam (Dutch: Faculteit der Tandheelkunde) (ACTA) was founded in 1984 through a merger of the two dentistry faculties of the Universiteit of Amsterdam and the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam. ACTA conducts scientific research, teaches, and provides patient care in the field of dentistry. ACTA is one of the largest dentistry education and training programs in the world, with 500 staff members, an annual new-student enrollment of 128 and a total student body of 1000. It consists of three departments. In terms of research, the faculty produced 228 academic publications in 2009.[2]
University rankings[edit]
University rankings | |||
Ranking | World | Europe | National |
QS World University Rankings[16] | 58 | 17 | 1 |
Times Higher Education[17] | 83 | 27 | 6 |
On a subject basis the QS World University Rankings ranked the university in the top 75 in four out of five of the domains: Social Sciences & Management (41), Arts & Humanities (43), Life Sciences & Medicine (69) en Natural Sciences (75).[19]
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings ranked the University of Amsterdam 30th in Arts & Humanities[20] and 40th in Social Sciences, making it the highest ranking Dutch university in these fields and the highest ranking continental European university in the Social Sciences.[21] The CHE Excellence Ranking rated the school excellent in all seven categories for research, making it the only Dutch institution to accomplish this distinction.[22] According to the Research Performance Index, also known as the High Impact Universities ranking, the UvA ranked 65th in the world for Arts, Humanities, Business, and Social Sciences, 43rd for Medicine, 127 for Natural Science and Mathematics, 88th for Engineering and Technology, and 71st for Life Sciences.[23]
The University of Amsterdam is one of Europe's largest research universities, with over 7,900 scientific publications in 2010.[1] Every year, the UvA spends about €100 million on research via direct funding. It receives an additional €23 million via indirect funding and about €49 million from commercial partners.[24] Faculty members often receive research prizes and grants, such as those from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO). Research is organized into fifteen research priority areas and 28 research institutes within the faculties oversee this research.[25]
The University of Amsterdam has an extensive central University Library (UBA), with over four million volumes. In addition, a number of departments have their own libraries. The Library of the UvA is located in the city center. It contains over four million books, 70,000 manuscripts, 500,000 letters, and 125,000 maps. In the UBA, one can find the special collections of the Department of Rare and Precious Works, the Manuscript and Writing Museum, the Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana on Jewish history and culture, and the Department of Documentation on Social Movements. Three reading rooms are available for students to study in quiet.[26] In addition to the main University Library, there are approximately 70 departmental libraries spread throughout the center of Amsterdam. The university's printing arm, the Amsterdam University Press, has a publishing list of over 1,400 titles in both Dutch and English.
In addition to its libraries, the UvA has five museums. These include the Allard Pierson Museum, which houses antiquities from Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, the Near East, and central Italy during the time between 4000 BCE and 500 CE; the University Museum, with collections showing the history of the Uva from 1632 until present; the Museum Vrolik, which houses anatomical, zoological and teratological specimens; The J.A. Dortmond Museum of Script which has exhibits showing the history of writing in the West from 3000 BCE to today; the UvA Computer Museum which houses displays showing how computers of the past worked and how calculations were made before the presence of the electronic computer; the Zoological Museum Amsterdam at the Amsterdam Artis Zoo contains collection of millions of shells, insects, mammals, birds, fishes and other animals used in scientific research.[27]
As a metropolitan institution, the University of Amsterdam has always been housed in old and new buildings scattered throughout the capital. Because the UvA is not a separate, secluded campus, students and native Amsterdamers readily mix, which allows Amsterdam to maintain close cultural and academic ties to the school. The majority of the UvA's buildings lie in the heart of Amsterdam, with only the faculties of Science, Medicine and Dentistry located outside the City Centre. The university lies within the largest megalopolis in the Netherlands, the Randstad, with a population 7.2 million inhabitants.[3]
City Center[edit]
The administration of the school, most of the faculties, and the majority of student housing are located in the historic City Centre of Amsterdam, within the canal ring which is itself a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The facilities in this area date from as early as the 15th century to the 21st-century. Architectural styles represented include the Dutch Renaissance, Dutch Baroque, Art Deco, Amsterdam School, and International style. The Agnietenkapel, Maagdenhuis, Oost-Indisch Huis, Bushuis, and Oudemanhuispoort are designated as Rijksmonuments (national monuments). The 15th century Agnietenkapel, where the university was founded was first constructed as a monastery chapel around 1470, but was later converted for use by the Athenaeum Illustre in 1631. The Agnes Gate in front of the Agnietenkapel is a major symbol of the university and dates back to 1571. It was renovated and moved to its current location in 1631.[28] Another area is a former hospital converted into university buildings, the Binnengasthuis, which is considered the heart of the UvA. The Maagdenhuis is the current headquarters of the UvA and HvA administration. The building was built between 1783–1787 and was formerly an orphanage.[10] The Oost-Indisch Huis, the former headquarters of the Dutch East India Company was built in 1606 and now used by the UvA.[29] The Oudemanhuispoort was made a university building in 1880. It was constructed in 1602 as a retirement house and now houses the Faculty of Law.[30] One of the buildings of the University Library complex, the Bushuis, was built as an armory in 1606.[31]
Science Park[edit]
The Faculty of Science is located on the east side of the city at the newly constructed Science Park Amsterdam. This 70 hectare campus contains the UvA's science facilities, research institutes, student housing, the University Sports Centre, and businesses. In order to attract distinguished students and researchers, the campus was built by collaboration between the University of Amsterdam, the City of Amsterdam, and the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research. In 2012, the Amsterdam University College will also be housed here.
Academic Medical Center[edit]
In the southeastern Bijlmermeer neighborhood, the Faculty of Medicine is housed in the Academic Medical Center (AMC), the Faculty of Medicine's teaching and research hospital. It was formed in 1983 when the UvA Faculty of Medicine and two hospitals, Binnengasthuis and the Wilhelmina Gasthuis, combined. Shortly after in 1988, the Emma Children's Hospital also moved to the AMC. It is one of Amsterdam's level 1 trauma centers and strongly cooperates with the VU University Medical Center (VUmc).
Academic Center for Dentistry Amsterdam[edit]
The Faculty of Dentistry is located in the Academic Center for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA) in the southern Zuidas district on the campus of the VU University Medical Center. It was formed when the University of Amsterdam and the Vrije Universiteit combined their Dentistry schools in 1984.
Organization and administration[edit]
The UvA is headed by an Executive Board that is charged with jointly governing the University of Amsterdam and the UvA's partner institution, the Hogeschool van Amsterdam. The university is then divided into seven faculties, with each faculty headed by a dean. Teaching and research are carried out in various departments and institutes within the individual faculties. The UvA has an endowment of €613.5 million (approximately $856.1 million),[2] giving it the second-largest university endowment in the Netherlands.
The University of Amsterdam works in close collaboration with the Hogeschool van Amsterdam, allowing students from the UvA and HvA to take classes at both schools through an integrated curriculum. In addition, the University of Amsterdam and VU University jointly preside over the Amsterdam University College (AUC), an interuniversity institute that offers a three-year Bachelor (Honors) program in the Liberal Arts and Sciences.
International cooperation[edit]
The intellectual and cultural atmosphere at the UvA is internationally oriented. Amsterdam attracts students from the Netherlands and beyond: with over 2,500 international students and researchers from over 100 countries.
Close ties are harbored with other institutions internationally through its membership in the League of European Research Universities (LERU), the Institutional Network of the Universities from the Capitals of Europe (UNICA), European University Association (EUA), the International Student Exchange Program (ISEP), and Universitas 21.
The UvA has an extensive network of foreign partner universities, facilitating student and staff exchanges. Within Europe the UvA has Socrates/Erasmus exchange agreements with over 200 institutions. Outside Europe, it has close ties with approximately 40 universities on all continents.[4]
Student life[edit]
At the UvA, students can choose from many student organizations, athletic activities, and student services. These include the ASVA Student Union, CREA Cultural Center, the newly constructed University Sports Center, and the Agora and Atrium student restaurants. In addition, the university provides religious services, career counseling, the International Student Network (ISN), counseling, disability services, and student health services.[32][33] The students are represented in the different faculty student councils and the central student council.
The University Sports Center (USC) offers over 50 sports activities at discount rates for UvA students and staff including Ice skating, tennis, rowing, aerobics, swimming, dancing, golf, and even skiing.
The CREA Cultural Center organizes courses, working groups and projects in drama, music, dance, photography, film, and visual arts. It also contains a bar and a theater.
The primary mode of transport for students is by bicycle.[34] The city of Amsterdam also has various public transportation options available to students. These include the Metro, trams, nightbusses, and ferries.[35]
Student housing[edit]
The university offers student housing through non-profit Housing Corporations not owned by the UvA. The Housing Corporations offer apartment-style housing in the City Center, Zuid, Oost, West, Zuid-Oost, and Amsterdam-Noord bouroghs of Amsterdam as well as in the suburb of Diemen. Single rooms with private facilities (kitchen, bathroom), single rooms with shared facilities, shared rooms with shared facilities, and couples rooms are available. Students of the opposite sex are permitted to be roommates in all types of rooms except for those with shared bathrooms. Rooms are anywhere from a few minutes to 45 minutes bike ride to the City Center.
Notable people and alumni[edit]
Professors and alumni of the University of Amsterdam have included six Nobel Prize winners and seven Spinoza Prize winners.[5]
Notable current and former professors include winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1911 Tobias Asser,[36] mathematician Luitzen Egbertus Jan Brouwer, winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1901 Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff,[37] winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1910 Johannes Diderik van der Waals,[38] winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1902 Pieter Zeeman,[39] and winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1953 Frits Zernike.[40]
Alumni in the Science area include winner of the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1929 Christiaan Eijkman,[41] inventor of DNA fingerprinting Alec Jeffreys,[42] physician and one of the founding fathers of gynecology in the Netherlands M.A. Mendes de Leon,[43] astrophysicist and Dutch communist Anton Pannekoek,[44] string theorist Erik Verlinde,[45] and Dutch botanist Hendrik de Wit. Alumni in the area of Politics include former Prime Ministers Pieter Cort van der Linden[46] and Joop den Uyl,[47] former President of the European Central Bank, Minister of Finance, and President of the Central Bank of the Netherlands Wim Duisenberg,[48] Member of the European Parliament Thijs Berman,[49] former Secretary General of NATO Joseph Luns,[50] Senate group leader of the Labour Party and former trade union leader Marleen Barth,[51] president of OHIM Wubbo de Boer,[52] former Minister of Defence and former European Commissioner for Internal Market & Services Frits Bolkestein,[53] former Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport Els Borst,[54] state secretary of Health, Welfare and Sport Jet Bussemaker,[55] Minister of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment Jacqueline Cramer,[56] Minister of Foreign Trade within the Economic Affairs Frank Heemskerk,[57] Minister of Justice Ernst Hirsch Ballin,[58] Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations Guusje ter Horst,[59] former Minister of Social Affairs and Employment and currently deputy director of UNDP Ad Melkert,[60] and Minister of Education, Culture and Science Ronald Plasterk.[61] In the area of the Arts, notable alumni include cultural analyst Ien Ang,[62] writers Menno ter Braak, Willem Frederik Hermans,[63] J. Slauerhoff, and Simon Vestdijk,[64] Emmy award-winning producer Michael W. King,[65] and Roman law specialist Boudewijn Sirks.[66] In the Media area, alumni include Thomas von der Dunk, Dutch cultural historian, writer, and columnist. Alumni in the area of Sports area include Max Euwe, 1935–1937 World Chess Champion. Founder of Basic Goodness Atalwin Pilon.
See also[edit]
- List of modern universities in Europe (1801–1945)
- List of universities in the Netherlands
- Education in the Netherlands
- Amsterdam University Press
- Amsterdam University College
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DePauw improved to 7-1 with its sixth straight win, while the Scarlet Hawks dropped to 3-9. Austin Brown scored 21 of his career-high 27 points in the first half as the Tigers shot 68 percent from the floor in taking a 53-18 halftime advantage. Three other Tigers scored in double figures with Reid Sakel chipping in 13 and Stephen Schott and Matt McDonald each adding 10.Schott paced the Tigers with nine rebounds, while Mike Moore dished out five assists and, along with Sakel, had three steals.
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During market tops and bottoms investments tend to go every which way as fear and greed hit the market and everyone just buying and selling what they think is the right thing to do at the time. This causes mixed signals which is why gold is rallying with the dollar in a big way and bond prices are rising.
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5 hours 20 min ago | Any Thoughts |
or update on his chances of coming to ann arbor? |
1 day 14 hours ago | Spoiler Alert |
godzilla eats urbz, gets bad gas, dies. |
1 day 18 hours ago | And Northern Michigan Univ |
one of our kids was scared to death of willie when we lived in the UP, and willie didn't kick anybody. |
5 days 2 hours ago | What 'Title' Says What? |
6 days 1 hour ago | P. A.? |
new one on me.... |
6 days 7 hours ago | Played in it 4 Times |
very fun games. |
6 days 16 hours ago | Worthwhile Post |
and though some may disagree about the 'style points' of posting the actual texts, the substance is critical. thank you. incidentally, there is no 'violation of his rights' issue with showing a text, so don't worry about that. |
1 week 7 hours ago | Put an Ohio |
jersey on those sausages and send them over to urbz next year when the kid hits campus. the implied threat: we will eat you! |
1 week 1 day ago | Sparty In a Close Game |
but if it tilts one way or the other for a blow out, i say ohio would come out ahead. i agree with many of the posts here about why pulling for sparty makes sense. that said, i also get the whole 'meteor'' and 'sink hole' option too.... |
1 week 2 days ago | Those Guys |
aren't grabbing me, so to speak. i think fister is an excellent big league pitcher. those two are servicable pitchers. not liking this trade so far. |
1 week 2 days ago | Mistake |
fister is an excellent youngish pitcher. in 2012 he was nails even though he didn't get any runs, this year he was excellent most of the year. salary cap may be the motive ($~7MM/yr in arbitration if he stayed), but they better have an identified target for that pitching slot. |
1 week 3 days ago | Definitely Counts! |
and don't let anyone tell you otherwise |
1 week 3 days ago | Parent of Many |
and they all loved the game, even with the loss. attended the game with one of my sons who plays football and he had a grin on his face from ear to ear. when we got home hours later mama had let the other children watch the game and they too, though disappointed about the loss, thought the game was very exciting. they get the goal of sports is to build character and to have fun doing it. at the game the ohio people around us were fine, no nut jobs, and that probably helped too. in fact, the only foul-mouthed fan was a regular who sits behind us who i had to remind that kids were around. he also ran over the son that was with me, trying to get the ohio football after the PAT. had to hold him by the collar and contemplate hitting, but he was instantly apologetic for his foolish move and i let him go. |
1 week 3 days ago | Speaking of Class |
if you're the lad's parents, don't you have enough class (and wisdom) to take that red crap off when your benefactor comes over to visit? i wish them well, but beyond health, they ought to pray for some brains. |
1 week 4 days ago | Careful BiSB |
i still remember that 'roll tide' comment from thanksgiving day. you're still grounded, and no X-box for you either. seriously, you guys do a great job. like many things in life, there are always going to be boneheads. part of wisdom and discernment is knowing when and if you need to pay any attention to those people. here's hoping you get that filter set properly and quickly. |
1 week 4 days ago | I Was Yelling This |
in the stands yesterday, to no avail. that throw was open all day. the who makes the call is the 'hummingbird', the player who is about 5 yds behind the center and just offset to one side. he audibles, the ball is snapped to the punter, and the punter makes that throw. |
1 week 4 days ago | Tirico Would Be Great |
but a guy needs more than the 12+1 or 2 football games a year to survive, so what does he do the other 9 months of the year. |
1 week 4 days ago | Loved The Game |
despite the ending. thought it would be ugly and instead from the crowd, to the weather, to the fact that the offense finally showed up, it was a wonderful college football game. proud of our team. would not have gone for 2, but i totally get why it was done. go blue! |
1 week 6 days ago | 37-7 |
bad guys. and if i wasn't a michigan alum, i'd give the 14 pts and bet the mortgage on ohio. however, they play the games anyway, not just for predictions. will be taking one of my sons down to AA. go blue! |
1 week 6 days ago | Bonus Points |
for that one. |
2 weeks 3 hours ago | I'm Telling |
you are in so much trouble for saying that. no dinner tonight, go to your room. wait until your father gets home.... |
2 weeks 6 hours ago | Thanksgiving - HIstory |
from the guy who started it all:
not sure why he didn't say 'go blue' in that address, but there you have it. you all have a great thanksgiving and remember those who went before us so that we could even have this day. and go blue, beat ohio! |
2 weeks 14 hours ago | Not The Same |
kind of like cheesecake isn't the same as, say, manure? did smile at the comment about bo and woody both being age 61 at birth, and that he said michigan is better. but seriously michigan, and particularly northern michigan, is one of the most beautiful places on the planet. full of clear streams, trout, salmon, moose, mountain lions, grouse and home to the great lakes. not the same. win or lose, they still live in a flat mud pile. |
2 weeks 1 day ago | Will Keep |
since i've had them since '80 and to take the kids. but there will come a day when they're older and gone that if/when we do this type of stuff again it will be buh-bye for tix. still be a michigan fan, but from 4 hours away we'll watch on the tele. |
2 weeks 2 days ago | 1983 |
senior year, watched the game on the bench, walking off the field with my buddies as time ran out. victory in my last game as a student. |
2 weeks 3 days ago | Cloaking Device |
lasers and some missles, but nothing nuclear. or, go 1 deep/4 under and send 6 guys all day to stop the run and prevent miller from scrambling. i still remember from 2 years ago when we beat them and he was a freshman. i was very impressed. |
2 weeks 6 days ago | A Few Reasons |
we aren't running it more, if i might chime in. first, we don't ever fake up the middle with the FB, so that leaves the traditional option out. speed option usually only works when its run more infrequently as a gadget play where there isn't alot of tipping off that it's coming - at least thats how we utilized it. second, we already are so pass-poor that teams are loading up 8 guys in the box anyway, so not a lot of daylight there either. third, devin does not appear to make decisions fast enough to pitch it or carry it and that presents it's own set of problems. granted that might get better with practice and he's a pretty sharp guy, but his confidence is such that he is hesitating on many decisions. lastly, as others have noted, he is taking enough hits. the option is a guarantee to tee off on the quaterback and nobody recommend that for devin. |
3 weeks 15 hours ago | Remember When Prince |
and his fat can fell rounding third in the playoffs this year? besides the stupidity of the decision to run that route, watching him fall was like watching a clumsy whale beach itself. fat, grossly overpaid and underperforming, always choking in the playoffs. exceptionally good move to overcome this contract that could've sunk the franchise. |
3 weeks 1 day ago | That Was A Dandy |
thank you for posting |
3 weeks 2 days ago | Fitz Concussed |
per hoke in the presser. as much as hoke (and probably all coaches) spew a lot of smoke and mirrors at these conferences, i don't think you make up a b.s. injury. would make sense that he was legitimately injured, otherwise they would've put him in for something. he is an honored member of the team even if his production has been off. |
3 weeks 2 days ago | Play Green and Smith |
let fitz heal. some positive stuff in the game, exasperating as it was. if we beat iowa, could have some signif momentum to play ohio the next week. go blue |
3 weeks 5 days ago | 45 North - Cab Franc |
but the big story is that it was opening day of rifle season! hunted with sons today, will go with daughters tomorrow. |
3 weeks 5 days ago | +100 |
for that one. |
4 weeks 7 hours ago | +1 |
for that one |
4 weeks 16 hours ago | It Ends With Awareness Month |
when we commemorate being aware of stuff. |
4 weeks 16 hours ago | 3 Step Drop |
and let it fly. hit the slant or fake a Y dump, and go the other way on a fade, but never hold the ball more than about 2.5 seconds. if you loosen up the defense, then you can run, but with 8-9 guys in the box, you aren't going anywhere fast on the ground. |
4 weeks 2 days ago | May The Lord |
hold your wife in the palm of His hand, may he guide the doctors as they do their appointed tasks, and may your wife be blessed with an excellent result and a wonderful faith. |
4 weeks 2 days ago | Keeping Tickets (for now) |
but larry makes some very good points. been a season guy for 33 years. now taking the children to the games and visiting with family down there the night before. the football is fun because we are a football-playing house so there's more interest than just the scoreboard. but the scoreboard sure has been bad lately, and that music is going to degrade my hearing and what little intelligence i have. |
4 weeks 2 days ago | Admit it, Those Helmets |
give you the wood. they are the true predecessors to ours. cool qb formation. probably not a viable offense in a D-1 setting, but fun to watch nevertheless. go tigers. |
4 weeks 3 days ago | Remeber Animal House |
the scene where their in front of the such-and-such board about to be kicked off campus and belushi starts coughing? you know, holds hand to mouth and coughs the word 'bulls&*t!' i think that would be appropriate here. |
4 weeks 3 days ago | Booze + Pills |
kids, see this video and remember, you could look like an idiot in front of 112.204 people too someday. don't do it! |
4 weeks 3 days ago | Too Much, Too Loud |
not against it totally, but i think OP is saying why bother with the ultra-loud music pre-game and during some of the dead times of the game. my hearing is fine, but i feel i need to bring ear plugs for me and the kids. |
4 weeks 4 days ago | She Was Hammered |
not talking slowly for the loudspeaker, listen to her voice inflections and the idiotic things she said. we were laughing our tails off in the stands. |
4 weeks 5 days ago | Not The Babcock |
family historian, but i think mike has 2 sons, neither of which is at merrimac. and where did the vitriol from so many posters come from? this is like an mlive/freep comment board. you're killing this blog for which i feel bad for brian/ace et al, but your misplaced anger is toxic. to paraphrase our football coach: this is a michigan board fergodsakes, get ahold of yourselves. |
5 weeks 5 hours ago | +100 |
at least. maybe more. bring back points. |
5 weeks 17 hours ago | That Deserves Some Upvotes |
and here's one now. |
5 weeks 5 days ago | Self Control |
is a virtue, and blacknblue your post exhibits that. |
5 weeks 5 days ago | I Was at That Rose Bowl |
and greg robinson (YTGR) had pointed out the ref to me before the game and said he was a "USC suckass" and that he would job Michigan at some point during the game. |
6 weeks 16 hours ago | Dude |
great pumpkin. outstanding. who carved it? |
6 weeks 16 hours ago | + 5,000 |
mgopoints for that one |
6 weeks 2 days ago | It's Easy |
in an alternate universe, where what you posted would be considered 'facts'. dope does make you stupid. it also screws up hormones, causes birth defects, changes speech patterns and voices, and chronic users evolve into some form of beevus and butthead. and if i'm not mistaken, the terrorist bombers of the NY Marathon, Gabby Giffords shooting assailant, and a few other notable nut-jobs were pot heads. i may not favor harsh penalties, and i certainly approve of it for the truly sick (cancer, MS, MD, etc), but dope is generally not your friend. |
6 weeks 2 days ago | Why Do You Think |
they call it dope? |
6 weeks 3 days ago | One Troubling Thing |
is that with advances in medicine, a guy like that could have an arthiscopic discectomy and be ready to play in weeks. of course we don't know what the issue is with the back, but in my experience discs are what hang guys up (and nearly cost me a season of football) when talking about 99% of back problems. is there an MGO-Doc in the house? |
6 weeks 3 days ago | What is The Wire? |
What is The Wire? |
6 weeks 3 days ago | Feds Would Never |
have staties serve their subs. never. and feds don't usually touch a case unless it is a slam dunk, videotaped, audio, informants, DNA, etc. |
6 weeks 5 days ago | Indeed |
and the grace to elliot, who's courage shines through. |
6 weeks 5 days ago | Send Photos |
of deer. good luck. |
6 weeks 5 days ago | Post the Picture |
or it didn't happen. congrats. |
6 weeks 5 days ago | Bow Hunting |
and building a manger with my sons for the livestock. there is no such thing as 'wife day'. she is wonderful but doesn't get her own day. besides the ladies in the house are football fans too. a lyric: she loooves to posbang, and always will, because a posbang gives her such a thrill, when she was younger, and in her prime, she used to posbang all the time!!! miss the up/down votes. many good comments here. have a great weekend. |
7 weeks 1 day ago | Tuesday Night Home Game |
would be a sure sign of impending armageddon. |
7 weeks 2 days ago | The Best Defense |
is a good offense. |
7 weeks 3 days ago | Greg Robinson |
did it every game. it's common practice. |
8 weeks 4 days ago | Way Early |
disaster is at the 1/2 yd line right now. |
8 weeks 5 days ago | 22-6 |
do i have to guess which team though....? meeechigan! |
8 weeks 6 days ago | Go Blue |
and folks on this blog were predicting a 5-2 loss. |
9 weeks 3 hours ago | Common Occurrence |
that virtually all other centers succumb to. would be nice to change up the timing, and maybe they do just a bit. |
9 weeks 1 day ago | Are You Thinking |
of that humor you saw a couple of weeks ago, where the girl was watching that 'ohio' house porch go up in flames? |
9 weeks 1 day ago | A Little Dark |
but come on, some of it was pretty funny. |
9 weeks 4 days ago | Cross-reference |
the ball's progress with a synchronized time of the play and you solve almost all of the problem with where the ball was at what time/progress of the play. we are sending nano robots down peoples arteries, i'm guessing the technology exists to do this and has for decades. |
9 weeks 4 days ago | Northwestern Had a Weak |
pass rush but a surprisingly effective (though spotty) run game on offense. i thought they (NW) schemed the game very well and executed fairly well, we could learn a lot about how to get by ohio by watching last night's film and copying some of the plays/strategies. |
9 weeks 4 days ago | And With That Summary |
i think we can pretty much put to rest the idea that spurrier was out of line when he gave a mild answer to a question put to him. nobody is that hurt, and i'm sure he's in the weight room doing what needs to be done as well. clowney sounds like perfect material for the lions: talent + selfish head case. hopefully both he and the lions can put that behind them. |
9 weeks 4 days ago | Pains Me to Say It |
but i think i agree with spurrier on this one and his manner of talking about it was not over the top. that kid has tons of talent but is loafing his way through his last season to get to the NFL. assuming the rib injury is the real reason, it appears that all else with him is reasonably healthy. even if he wasn't going to play, he should've at least suited up. |
9 weeks 5 days ago | Condi Rice's |
dream job has always been to be the commissioner of the NFL. i suspect her football credentials are pretty decent. |
9 weeks 5 days ago | You Misunderstood |
i think our present staff is excellent. I was pointing out the silliness of the earlier comment about greg's resume, which is pretty outstanding when taken as a whole. he inherited a pasqualoni mess at syracuse and an equally short bench in ann arbor. over 35 years he's done great. |
9 weeks 6 days ago | 2 Super Bowl Rings |
isn't 'bueno'? UCLA, NY Jets, Broncos, Chiefs, none of that is 'bueno'? by your standard, with the exception of mattison (who is great, incidentally), our coaching staff is pathetic. greg is an excellent coach who got put into a terrible situation with our beloved wolverines - no players (28 schollies) and no talent, with rich rod telling him to run that 3-3-5 nonsense. |
9 weeks 6 days ago | Go Greg |
defense held in the clutch. field goal on ISU's next-to-last drive, and then an interception to win it. sad to see so many negative comments, so little understanding of the circumstances. does not speak well of this board - normally a very good board at that. |
10 weeks 1 day ago | Duck Hunting in SoCal |
and we'd come in from a great day in the field. my hunting buddies were big college football fans and one was partial to michigan. we had dinner and adult beverages and watched that miraculous second half. go blue! |
10 weeks 3 days ago | Agree With Soul + Di-Wing |
tigers have limped into the playoffs by playing only fair against the weakest teams in baseball. they have zero momentum against good teams right now, and i could easily see oakland handing their heads to them. |
10 weeks 4 days ago | A Long-Time USC |
buddy has been saying that this had to happen. i told him kiffen = rich rod analogy. seemed like a bizarre hire at the time and i'm sure he'll be glad. is strange they let him go after 4 games though. i suspect there is much internal turmoil that would be entertaing/shocking to find out about that led to this mid-season lynching. |
11 weeks 15 hours ago | Wife Is Wonderful |
and needs no 'wife day' as she is worthy of honor everyday. will coach oldest sons' football games, then salmon fish on the way home with them and whatever of the other children that go with us. probably barbeque dinner of deer that oldest son shot sunday night and that we butchered up last night after football. enjoyable reading all of your listed activities. have fun gang. |
11 weeks 1 day ago | My Nephew |
will be in for this weekend's recruiting visit. the youngest son of my brother who played ball at northwestern, and grits his teeth and roots for michigan since i played hockey here. would love to see him wearing blue and gold, is a tremendous talent and and equally good young man. |
11 weeks 3 days ago | Because Lions Called a Time Out |
thats why schwartz went ballistic. our defense called a T.O. on that last incomplete pass before the hail-mary attempt to end the game, and that T.O. then gave the skins time to do some more organzing/planning. fortunately it didn't work out as RGIII threw to the side of the endzone that had a single skins receiver and 3 or 4 lion defenders, as opposed to the other side where there were more skins to catch the pass. strange decision. |
11 weeks 5 days ago | Tigers Win |
magic # = 3. Scherzer gets #20. drinking some red. liberty hunt tomorrow before football games for the two oldest boys. lots going on. go blue. |
12 weeks 3 days ago | I'm With BisB |
or is it B-Mac? in any case, there is a different level of aggro that goes with the epic games vs the (supposedly) tune-up games. |
12 weeks 6 days ago | 15 Passenger |
ford E-350. i know, i own one... |
13 weeks 17 hours ago | Mr. N.D. |
i know chickens, each year we kill hundreds of them by cutting their heads off, dunking them in boiling water and then spinning them in the whiz-bang so fast their feathers fall off. then we cut their legs off and eviserate them. be glad you aren't anywhere near the farm, because of all of your similarities to my fowl, you could end up in a whiz-bang with no head and no feathers, and we wouldn't want that now, would we.... |
13 weeks 1 day ago | Confession |
i'm the one bringing down the U of M IQ.... |
13 weeks 2 days ago | 28 Scholarship Players |
on defense when greg showed up. that's it. other than brandon graham (magnus' avatar here) he had what, one or two guys of signif talent? add to that rich rod's mandating a 3-3-5 defense which greg had never run before and which is not going to get it done in the big10 and you had receipe for disaster. greg has coached a lot of winning teams, has two superbowl rings to show for it. easy to snipe when you can load every negative thought or deed unto one guy, and you look past 30 years of coaching, most of which was very good. |
13 weeks 3 days ago | Change the Banner |
photo. could easily be that first shot of devin g, or even the one of the band guy. either of those would be better than the one now being used. |
13 weeks 3 days ago | Got To Have |
more cowbell! |
13 weeks 5 days ago | You Can't Hear |
in any of the big stadiums i've played in when the crowd gets into it. i have not played in front of 114K, but the bottom line is that when a crowd gets fired up it can be nearly impossible to hear the line call from the guy next to you. go blue, beat the figs! |
14 weeks 1 day ago | Not in Congress |
and a large difference overall. |
14 weeks 1 day ago | Having Prosecuted Klan |
members and having studied history substantially while at U of M, you will excuse me if your blog post citation seems less persuasive than personal confrontation and study. the catholic thing was minor league compared to their hatred for blacks and other racial minorities. as i mentioned, all the congressional members who were klan members (all one party), and all the bull connor types using vicious police dogs and hosings weren't done because of hatred of catholics - it was of blacks. same with segregationists. see a pattern? have yet to hear or see of a 'no catholics/jews' or 'protestent only' water fountain, restaurants, etc. |
14 weeks 1 day ago | They Could Always |
use that rich rod guy....oh, wait. maybe not. |
14 weeks 1 day ago | KKK was a Political |
tool, particularly created to terrorize blacks and those who sympathized with blacks, starting in the 1800's and continuing to this day. all elected members of congress who were KKK members were of one political party. since we avoid politics, that's as far as i'll go. catholic hatred had little or nothing to do with the exisitence or activities of the KKK. |
14 weeks 2 days ago | Sent To Oldest Brother |
who played at northwestern in the 70's and attended saturday's game with some of his old teammates. i always root for the cats, as long as they aren't playing michigan. |
14 weeks 2 days ago | Show Pieces |
of little value. childlike 'intimidation'. |
14 weeks 3 days ago | +5 |
for that one. |
14 weeks 6 days ago | That is Not a Noodle |
it is the falopian tube of a brontosaurus and is on display from the archealogical department. (where is spell check when i need it?) |
14 weeks 6 days ago | No TV Except |
for college football season. just turned it on (satellite) for the season. a very fun part of fall. will be at the game this weekend with some of the kids - go blue! |
15 weeks 15 hours ago | Sympathy With a Smile |
i can so empathize with that predicament. son number 2 was 12 days late, costing me games against miami and houston. no way i could travel with junior on the way. as it was, he ended up being born only 2 days before the game against LA, so i barely made that one. |
15 weeks 1 day ago | Pretty Much |
correct. as you get more sophisticated in your offense, there are that many more calls to make. zone blocking can actually simplify things greatly, but it also prevents some advantages from being realized because you inhibit some of the calls that would change a given blocking scheme to the O-line's advantage. our guards are pretty average BIG10 guards, though we all certainly hope they develop beyond that. if they don't have excellent technique they will get blown up. first two steps, staying low, and using hands effectively are the most critical part of that. part of the difficulty of run blocking is that it needs to happen usually lightening quick, with micro-seconds of thought for line calls and reacting to D-line stunts or mixing up their look. pass blocking is a more simple technique (imho) to perform and teach, assuming you aren't getting out-quicked by the defender. and sometimes that isn't a safe assumption. |
15 weeks 1 day ago | Run Blocking Takes Time |
to do right, as there is so much more involved in the reads for the O-line and the line calls. you have to be able to make a number of calls immediately right before you put your head down. you are reading the D-line, LB's and the safeties, and barking out calls right then. timing, timing, timing. and then there is the physical part of run blocking. it is fun, but i have always felt it is more difficult than pass blocking and teaching it is also more difficult. pass blocking is usually a function of calling a set (one of three for most O-lines, or at least that i ever played on) and doing it. the hardest thing is getting your back to figure out which way your line is sliding so they step up to the right place. see the recent comments about the michigan backs. |
15 weeks 2 days ago | B-Mac is Right |
look at the viriginia DB. he is focused on hayes' feet as hayes gets the ball on his way out of bounds, and even the virginia DB doesn't (by body language at least) protest the call in the slightest. that catch would be good in the pros, and even more so in college with only one foot required. |
15 weeks 2 days ago | Riddle Me This |
if denard's running is so 'tainted' b/c he has an extra blocker, then by his logic all qb's should be running wild with this big advantage they would all have and ipso facto, that should be the most effective running scheme on the planet. instead, denard's stats are other-worldly exactly because they are so beyond almost any other who ever played the game, regardless of school or era, and even amongst those whose sole job is to run the ball. willing to bet your buddy never played the game, at least not much past junior high. smack him one on the shoulder and make him buy you a beer for such a foolish argument. |
15 weeks 3 days ago | We'll Be Expecting |
a full report, with color glossy photos on what you come up with. if you have to, try the vulcan mind-meld trick so that he comes to michigan. |
15 weeks 6 days ago | I Have So Enjoyed |
these posts. with the exception of only a couple (which were weird or i just didn't get the cultural reference to the humor) they were excellent and in the 'old' days i would've posbang'd the crud out of them. should have to post pics of you all and have a bio link for each post. go blue to you all. football in 9 days, and i will be there with some of the children. we need to have an 'mgoblog' tailgate party and everybody has to wear their screen name and/or avatar. q |
16 weeks 8 hours ago | Take The High Road |
it is standard fare in hockey, even after actual brawling with the other team, to shake hands with them when the game is over. we did it at michigan, thats for sure. got to play football until i was an old man and it was absolutely the norm. nothing wrong with high-fives and big yells when you win in a thriller, but a few seconds after that you search out the other team and congratulate them for their effort. indeed, the measure of your victory is the strength of your opponent - honor that thought and you too will be honored. |
16 weeks 1 day ago | Drove Through S. Bend |
last week, to and fro, and the freeway system was designed by someone unfamiliar with cars, signage, speed limits, and the impact of construction on same. |
16 weeks 3 days ago | What Don Said |
or, how i learned to love the bomb. |
16 weeks 4 days ago | Pick From the Clydesdale |
class. that has been my 'class', both unofficial and official (depending on the race) that i have been in for decades. now it would be 'old gray clydesdale' class. i remember one i did where our back-up tight end (also 250 lbs, and we were both in good football shape) and i did the national sprint championships out in socal. i suggested we sprint the last couple hundred yards to the finish line and off we went. as we approached the finish line the announcer booms out on the loudspeakers, "okay ladies, you better get to the finish line right now, because heeeere comes the beef!' just happy to be out there and grateful for the health to do them. |
16 weeks 4 days ago | Probably Worth a Rental |
or a netflix viewing. it's a '90's coming of age type of movie for college guys. i used to get teased about it as my beloved wife took a fly-fishing course and i taught her about hunting prior to marriage. it has worked out exceptionally well and thus do i recommend. |
16 weeks 4 days ago | The Link Nearly |
killed my computer - seized it right up. warning, run will robinson, run. |
16 weeks 4 days ago | Up in TC |
and the beer will indeed help you get over your shyness. welcome to the posting world... |
16 weeks 4 days ago | Triathlon Tomorrow @ 0-Dark-hundred |
so no big plans. just drove family back from vaca in indy. |
16 weeks 5 days ago | Interesting Stuff |
Stay healthy Block M, and let us know when you find a Mrs. Block M. Might be like a scene out of that old movie 'Diner' where she needs to pass a sports exam and a programming test |
16 weeks 6 days ago | Plus 500 |
Points for posting those bad boys. |
16 weeks 6 days ago | Way To Be A Dad |
Nice article, daughter looks like a sweetheart too. Good for you, undoubtedly a lot of fun. |
17 weeks 2 days ago | Never Seen |
a 6'7" H. wouldn't seem to work with most offensive schemes that i ever played in. |
17 weeks 2 days ago | 4 Downvotes? |
geez, lighten up folks... |
17 weeks 3 days ago | Thank You |
loved seeing that hit again. great game. wonderful day to be there with some of my children. |
17 weeks 3 days ago | I Called Ticket Office Friday @ 4:45 p.m. |
and they told me that a big bunch went out monday, and another on friday (8/9). i was not impressed with the response to my nicely-stated comment about being a season ticket holder since '80 and they've never been this late. i had emailed them nearly two weeks ago and they told me they were going out then. i have a feeling this year's tix have been a big cluster-muck but that the party line is 'remain calm, all is well', ala animal house.... |
17 weeks 4 days ago | Misspoke |
genus is 'rubus', true wild blackberries. i just had never seen any this large. |
17 weeks 4 days ago | Music is a Distraction |
from your 10-for-10 drinking lotto you have going.... |
17 weeks 4 days ago | Cold |
is the only civilized way to drink sake. warm is not a way to drink (rice) wine. insert joke [here] about warm wine tasting like livestock urine of some sort. |
17 weeks 4 days ago | Smile |
the kids gathered a boatload of berries. will be in ceral tomorrow a.m., ice cream tomorrow night (dessert night). |
17 weeks 4 days ago | I Don't Miss California |
but i must admit that i do miss cold sake and sushi. |
17 weeks 4 days ago | Shiraz |
after a very successful berry picking expedition in the north part of the forest. quarts of gooseberries, some raspberries but past prime on those. |
17 weeks 4 days ago | TE's and WR's |
have been running option routes for quite a while. it's a simple call in the huddle: pass blocking usually the first digit, then something like a '90 read', letting them know the down and distance. so, the call goes- '690 read', and maybe you add some motion or waggle of some sort and you break your huddle. |
17 weeks 5 days ago | Why Picking on W-Devotee? |
besides, if that one woman is his wife, all the more laudable. great shot of recent wolverines. not too worried about henne or denard staying on their team, but hope that kovacs gets to keep playing. |
17 weeks 5 days ago | Would've Posbang'd |
a whole bunch of these posts. just back from the NW Michigan fair. kids loved it, particularly the tractors and some of the steers. |
17 weeks 5 days ago | Malibu - Gladstones |
after surfing at topanga or kanan. if you have to live out there, at least enjoy it. |
17 weeks 6 days ago | The Alien Dies |
and comes back to life.... |
17 weeks 6 days ago | Great Shirt |
but that would not have been the word i'd have used for burn. miss the points thing right now. some good posts here deserve upvotes. |
18 weeks 3 days ago | 11/14 = Day Before |
the rifle opener, for the firearm deer hunters amongst us. |
18 weeks 4 days ago | I Just Threw Up |
because of that picture. |
18 weeks 4 days ago | Oh Hey |
that's serious stuff. blessings to you and that daughter of yours. hopefully the mgobloggers provide a welcome diversion from the intensity of the situation. |
18 weeks 4 days ago | Just Off the Tractor |
and done with barn chores. oldest boys finishing up with cows. about to stand up and put burgers on the grill. checking tiger score. happy saturday and go blue to all of you. |
19 weeks 19 hours ago | What the Sober Man |
has in his heart, the drunk man has on his lips. racist. bad ju-ju. |
19 weeks 1 day ago | Free Beer |
delivered to your house. and a sport section, without all those unimportant parts of the paper. kidding aside, the mgocommunity might benefit from some tailgate activity at the various football games, and maybe even hockey/basketball too. |
19 weeks 1 day ago | Godzilla |
did NOT academically qualify. stop spreading rumors... |
19 weeks 1 day ago | South Central AK |
is worse, in my experience. you can find more slow water down there, and the slower the water the higher the bug count. the only saving grace is wind - which you hope will come and sweep the bugs away for a while. still a great place to adventure, but we wear pure DET when we're there. |
19 weeks 2 days ago | God Bless That Little Girl |
and congrats to you and mama. nice to see her so well dressed, too. i realize it's a bit early in the recruiting process, but can someone embed some tape on this recruit? need to see if she can hit for power, what kind of speed on the basepaths, you know, the important stuff.... go blue! |
19 weeks 3 days ago | Kelly McKrimmon |
better be in there, my old michigan teammate. good guy who had a barrel chest like no other and of course we gave him gas about that. go blue. |
19 weeks 3 days ago | I'm So un-Hip |
what does 'tldr' or 'tl;dr' mean? |
19 weeks 4 days ago | Merlot |
after mucking out stalls in the barn, loading in a new steer, and generally cleaning up for a visiting family tomorrow. |
19 weeks 4 days ago | Must Be My Browser |
because all i see is OP's now-edited 'this video shows...his entire life'. and i am fred flintstone with a computer, so i am not the one who can solve this puzzle. |
19 weeks 5 days ago | Apparently is Very Short... |
or in exceedlingly small type? |
19 weeks 5 days ago | Nothing |
that's what happens when you go to the home of some very nice people for a graduation party, when the dad happens to be a baptist preacher. oh well, tomorrow night. |
19 weeks 5 days ago | No Booze |
for me the summer of the bar exam. made up for it later though. if you get to the point that you know the multi-state question and the answers when you're only half way throught the question, then you'll know you are ready. i played the fight song before each of the 3 days of my bar exam, imaging what it was like as we would come out on the ice and the band would be playing and the giant "M" flags would be waving. i was totally fired up for the test, and you will be too! |
19 weeks 5 days ago | You Know |
sometimes thats how you get blessed with more little kids....cheers! |
19 weeks 5 days ago | Qualcomm |
better known as san diego's jack murphy stadium, the LA coliseum, giants stadium, and some D-1 places like fullerton (the single nicest piece of real grass i have ever seen in my life) was fairly loud when the stands were full. |
19 weeks 6 days ago | I Was 'Meh' Before |
but it has grown on me. i didn't (and don't) mind the idea of a bigger stadium, but like many above i enjoyed the simple bowl shape. i will say that i appreciate that it is louder than it used to be. having played in some fairly loud places, it does impact the game. i always thought it was kind of weird how this diffuse noise could make our line calls so difficult to hear sometimes. |
20 weeks 1 hour ago | Not Racial Profiling |
all races have gangs. the more hardcore gangs, regardless of race, will have tats and those tats communicate things. I did one guy for a quadruple homicide and part of my evidence was that he had a tat of an "RIP {favorite homeboy name here}" on his arm, that homeboy having been taken out by their most bitter rival gang. boatloads of info in tats, i mean boatloads. |
20 weeks 3 hours ago | I Volunteer |
15 + years of gang prosecution. spanish speaker. i know the code.... |
20 weeks 1 day ago | AC had Deer Legs |
we used to tease him about it in the training room. good guy though, and his football playing was all-world. |
20 weeks 2 days ago | Great Football Card |
great michigan runner. who in God's name 'neg'd' it? yeesh. |
20 weeks 4 days ago | 45 North Cabernet Franc |
an excellent dry red. quite a transition from mucking out stalls with some of my sons this afternoon/evening. |
20 weeks 4 days ago | Pet Steer Count? |
one of ours was bottle fed and is very friendly. i'd say he's ed muransky or jumbo jon elliot, my buddies back in the day. the sheep? eh, skittish, real dumb, don't want to lay that on one of our present wolverines. same with the chickens. barn cat is hell on wheels and a very cool customer, not to mention tough as nails as he has never been indoors. and i'd nominte him for a charles woodson award |
20 weeks 4 days ago | I Watched it Live |
as a kid with the whole family. what an acheivement. |
20 weeks 6 days ago | Culture Change |
back to what made this country. not the welfare state, that's like handing crack out but worse. help the truly needy without limit, help the truly lazy to get a job and don't enable their sloth. no more baby mama's and baby daddy's. |
21 weeks 2 days ago | Agree |
congrats on the baby. maybe your 'wall paper' idea can go in his/her room. go blue. |
21 weeks 3 days ago | I Remember The '08 Cap One Bowl |
it was driving me nuts and i was so riled up by the game that i went bow-hunting (last day of deer season) b/c i couldn't handle the back and forth of the game. came home with deer. michigan won game. a fine day all around. |
21 weeks 4 days ago | Not Needed for Hockey |
you just don't have the type of repetitive hits, say 70 plays a game, that the head is involved in. still need to protect the head, get rid of the high hits (especially the shoulder-to-opponents-head hits), but a device for incremental shots to the head is not necessary for hockey. |
21 weeks 4 days ago | Wife Walks on Water |
or almost, she is the greatest. |
21 weeks 4 days ago | Two Broilers (Chickens) |
we raise just got out of the oven and i carved them up. we pasture our poultry and, though i am certainly biased, we raise the best chickens on the planet. wine tonight. anniversary. children will be giving us gifts - little stuff like cute drawings, a card, etc. they want to watch the now-17 yr old wedding video and that seems like a fine idea. |
21 weeks 6 days ago | There Once Was a Man Named McKeever |
who once made love to a beaver, the result of that (m)uck was a canvas back duck two canoes and a golden retriever! |
21 weeks 6 days ago | New Banner Material |
for the blog? |
22 weeks 1 day ago | Let's Go Red Wings! |
let's go red wings! |
22 weeks 2 days ago | 102 MPH Pitch |
per the dashboard on the gif. that's some smoke. go tigers! |
22 weeks 2 days ago | Disagree with 4 of top 10 |
peterson, petrino, briles and the guy for a & m. not bad coaches, but no way top 10. |
22 weeks 2 days ago | Ranger Wedding |
to attend for family next month. i know the drill with those guys, but i've never heard any of them tell me they were band members before service. that is definitely a unique story, glad he's still around to tell it. as a humorous aside, rangers are fond of listing their occupation as 'seal rescuer', commenting about getting the seals out of tough spots they didn't properly plan for. |
22 weeks 3 days ago | I Took Tests |
for a bunch of my teammates at michigan or would sit for the test in one of the big halls with the guys all around me, and write in very big numbers/letters whatever the subject was (usually stats, econ or french), and let them non-chalantly see my answers as i held them up to look like i was examining what i wrote. so there goes what, half of michigan's hockey team? second chance comes from true remorse and some consequences, sounds like this kid has indeed gone through both of those things. as a senior i almost got caught while handing in a stats test for one of them, got asked for my i.d. told them i didn't have it, wasn't going to the bar, just taking a test and walked out. closest call i had. |
22 weeks 3 days ago | Oh Gracious |
that was wonderful. thank you for sharing that. |
22 weeks 6 days ago | Michigan Bag |
and i have my mom's clubs from when she was alive (1970's) - wilson 1200's and the woods are, well, wood. no kidding. ben hogans. mom graduated michigan in 1951, she was the third generation of our family to go to michigan, one brother and I the fourth gen., and that same brother has two daughters that have graduated from there. not surprisingly, my golf game is pretty poor. |
23 weeks 1 hour ago | Quick, Buy Him a Beer! |
before it's too late. go blue. |
23 weeks 6 hours ago | O Beautiful For Heroes Proved |
In Liberating Strife Who more than self, thy country loved and mercy more than life! America, America May God thy gold refine Till all success be nobleness And every gain divine |
23 weeks 3 days ago | Those Fires |
can move so unbelievably fast and their intensity is likewise beyond description. the lost firefighters are extremely well trained and expert at deploying those shields. something very unexpected happened to this group of heroes that train to deal with the unexpected everyday. may God bless their souls and the families they leave behind. |
23 weeks 5 days ago | Do The Michigan Panthers |
count? didn't they have AC during their glory years? |
23 weeks 5 days ago | Didn't See Anything? |
well, it won't be with that grouper you have in your bucket, but looking at that mako you poached....how about i take one of the fillets there and i exercise my discretion and let you off with a warning. funny, i had just come home with my 4 oldest sons from fly-fishing last night when i wrote that. but we had no booze (they are far too young) and were otherwise legal. they are getting very adept at walking the rivers and handling their fly rods for their ages. i suspect they will be much lke your son as the older ones tie their own flies and indeed it was their impromptu request last night to go fishing that sent us out the door. |
23 weeks 5 days ago | Dry As A Bone |
up north. my crops are not liking that too much. |
23 weeks 5 days ago | Read - This is the Police! |
put your hands in the air and step away from the shark bait, nobody will get hurt. and that son of yours, tell him to put the rod and the booze down. that's it. nice and easy. book 'em dano! |
23 weeks 5 days ago | Coaches Coach |
and if that's your chosen career (besides uber-blogger), then what are you waiting for? lots of high school coaches do just what you are contemplating and it works out very well. with a team of cross-overs from football, your b-ball duties will be easier, not harder. you obviously have the mental capacity and football knowledge, and i can't imagine you wouldn't be an excellent b-ball coach too. lastly, the biggest thing you teach kids at those ages is character. they'll get X's and O's, chalk talks, play diagrams all day long, but you teach them character and all the other stuff falls into place. well, and you'll have to make sure they can sing 'The Victors'. then definitely you'll have done your job. |
23 weeks 6 days ago | Just Went Month-to-Month |
and i own the satellite box which cost maybe $150 (about a month's worth of connect for those who load up their system). vacation mode for ~$5/month was also considered but didn't do that. might make sense for many others though. i can call up and they flip a switch, bingo, i've got satellite t.v. started this with dishtv for years but a couple of years ago when i needed to disconnect they could not have provided worse customer service and they kept billing me for months after we'd unplugged. took a few phone calls and i kept notes about what was said and when (date/time of call, kept each name as i was passed along, quoted the money quote when needed, "okay mr. quiverfull, we're so sorry, it was our mistake as i see right here in the notes that you cancelled on jan 5th") . long story short - have been with direct tv and they are just fine. and i do indeed remember those great voices from the past. i'm not sure the detroit/michigan sports market really has any of those right now - maybe mich football (but not branstatter so much), that'd be about it. ken cal for the wings is a great guy and does a fine job but i don't know that i'd call his voice a classic. |
23 weeks 6 days ago | By Cows? |
question the criteria... |
23 weeks 6 days ago | Phone DSL |
is available up here via centurylink. adequate for our regular needs, but we're not gamers or true 'high speed' types when it comes to the internet. |
23 weeks 6 days ago | Unplugged 4 Years Ago |
and so happy i did. however, during football season i will get satellite for the 3 1/2 months of the season. almost didn't do that last fall, but my kids wanted to watch the debates and that was going to take television. i would've missed football though, no way around that. |
23 weeks 6 days ago | "On" Topanga? |
i lived 'in' topanga (canyon) in grad school. who is this person, topanga? |
24 weeks 5 hours ago | Not All Jurisdictions |
will automatically allow for the instruction on lesser included offenses, and there are strategic choices to be made by the defendant as to even whether he would want that. by way of example, if the case is a 'whodunnit', then the defense will usually not ask for or argue for a lesser. i'll guess the defense in this case will be a ' SODDI' defense - 'Some Other Dude Did It', meaning one of the other guys in the car and hernandez will say how horrofied he was when his friend did the 'carlo rizzi' with the deceased. |
24 weeks 5 hours ago | Federal Courts Are |
much less defendant friendly, but it is unlikely to be a fed case despite the media play in this case. homicide is the unlawful killing of another human being. go to the mental state of the killer to determine degree. if premeditated and deliberate, it's a first degree murder (a 'first' in shorthand). if it wasn't premeditated, but there is no mitigation of the killer's mental state then it's a second. if killer acted under the heat of passion or under some of the imperfect self-defense laws, it's a voluntary manslaughter (a 'vol'); if done with gross negligence it is usually an involuntary manslaughter (and 'invol'). with a big 'if' regarding the reported facts of that article, if the facts are true then this is a 'first'. further, and again assuming the reported facts are true, hernandez is toast. each state has it's own laws about permitting the death penalty - for instance here in michigan it was outlawed in the 1800's. |
24 weeks 2 days ago | Why Fournette |
and what's your take on him? thanks. |
24 weeks 2 days ago | Gardner's Great |
but never, ever talk smack. |
24 weeks 3 days ago | Both SDSU |
fans are angry? never understood why the aztecs didn't have a better following. playing at 'the murph' (qualcomm) is pretty cool, and watching a game there isn't so bad either. historically the holiday bowl has had some of the wildest and best bowl games, particularly when the big ten was involved. i think iowa and penn state both played in some pretty high scoring thrillers there, at least one of which (byu/psu) i attended. |
24 weeks 4 days ago | Power |
is a bread and butter play of many offenses and i'm not sure you have it drawn up the way it's played these days. RT/TE should absolutely manhandle the SDE even if the SDE is superman. the bigger question is whether they can go 'bowling for linebackers' as we used to do. my linemate RT played for the cowboys and it was a matter of great pride that by the third time we ran that play in any given game the SDE would literally just hit the ground hoping to take up space. as soon as that match up is quickly determined both of us then look to ear hole the flowing linebacker(s). your bigger threat is one of the ILB's coming up one of the inside gaps and blowing up the play, or your SS sneaking in unblocked and also blowing the play up. |
24 weeks 4 days ago | 45 North |
2012 unwooded chardonnay. gift from the owner and since wife is cooking fish for the family tonight, time to try that bottle of vino. |
24 weeks 5 days ago | Sick Bastard |
go to your room for that. can't stop giggling. shame on me, too. |
24 weeks 5 days ago | LSA has Not Been |
the 'bad cop', at least not when i've been reading. gracious to a fault, much like justin. there must be a recruiting pipeline somewhere around here.... |
24 weeks 6 days ago | Remember the Boardman |
got washed out when the damn broke down stream last fall. would recommend the holy waters of the au sable, maybe near lovells. hex hatch is just starting in most places. you could also try some late-night mousing - that can be big fun. |
24 weeks 6 days ago | Without Pictures |
it didn't happen... |
24 weeks 6 days ago | Outstanding! |
go blue for that little guy. blessings to you and your wife. |


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My daughter has had one ear infection after another. When she gets an infection, she seems to have trouble hearing, but with medicine it always gets better. Still, I'm worried that these infections could lead to permanent hearing loss somewhere down the line. Could this happen? - Yasmine
Ear infections are common in childhood. As with your daughter, some kids do have temporary hearing loss due to the accumulation of fluid in the middle ear, but it usually goes away with treatment.
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Since your daughter's hearing appears to return to normal after treatment for an ear infection, she's probably not at risk for permanent hearing loss. But if you're concerned, talk to your doctor about scheduling a hearing exam.
If your daughter's ear infections continue to be a problem, the doctor might refer her to an otolaryngologist (ear, nose, and throat doctor), who may suggest ear tube placement to help reduce the incidence of ear infections and limit the potential problems they can cause to her hearing.
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WASHINGTON — In response to an executive order signed by President Barack Obama, VA will increase the capacity of its VA Veterans Crisis Line by 50% by the end of the year. It's one of several initiatives seeking to expand suicide prevention and mental-health resources for returning veterans and troops.
"We're going to increase the number of folks manning those crisis hotlines, so help is there when you need it most," Obama told troops while visiting Fort Bliss in Texas in late summer. "We're going to add even more counselors and mental-health providers. We're launching a new awareness campaign, starting tomorrow, and I'm directing a new task force to find out what works best so we're doing everything we can to help those in need and save lives."
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- VA must ensure that any veteran identifying him or herself as being in crisis is able to connect with a mental-health professional or trained mental-health worker within 24 hours.
- The development of a national DoD-VA 12-month suicide prevention campaign focused on connecting veterans to mental-health services.
- VA will hire 800 peer-to-peer support counselors to help veterans support other veterans.
- HHS and VA will develop a plan so that VA and rural communities can share mental-health providers when demand is insufficient for either to support a full-time provider.
- In service areas where VA continues to have unfilled vacancies for mental-health providers or long wait times, the agency must work with HHS to establish at least 15 pilot sites where VA will contract with HHS grantees to help reduce VA mental health waiting lists.
- VA is directed to use its pay-setting authorities and other incentives to recruit, hire and place 1,600 mental-health professionals by June, 2013.
- DoD, VA, HHS and the Department of Education will develop a National Research Action Plan that will include strategies to improve early diagnosis and treatment effectiveness for TBI and PTSD.
Executive Order
The executive order expands on programs that have shown some success. For example, the executive order will increase capacity for the Veterans Crisis Line, which VA Secretary Eric Shinseki has said is one of VA's most successful outreach efforts.
From its opening in July 2007 and through this past July, the crisis line received 654,901 calls, including from more than 440,000 veterans, or their family members or friends, and 8,000 active-duty troops. Its use has led to the rescue of nearly 23,000 individuals from potential suicide, according to VA.
In 2009, VA added an online chat service that has served nearly 65,000 and, in 2011, it added a texting service to reach more veterans in crisis. VA's Crisis Line is known in DoD as the Military Crisis Line and has the same telephone number and is staffed by the same VA mental-health professionals.
The VA and DoD also already have been working to address some of the issues targeted by the executive order. Shinseki said in June that VA had hired more than 4,000 mental-health professionals in the past four years alone and plans to hire another 1,600 professionals this year, bringing the total mental health clinical staff up to almost 22,000.
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