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  GRONINGEN - LoveToKnow Article on GRONINGEN
Groningen is connected with the Drente plateau by the sandy tongue of the Hondsrug which extends almost up to the capital.
GRONINGEN, a town of Holland, capital of the province of the same name, at the confluence of the two canalized rivers the Drentsche Aa and the Hunse (which are continued to the Lauwers Zee as the Reit Diep), 16 m.
Groningen is the most important town in the north of Holland, with its fine shops and houses and wide clean streets, while brick houses of the f 6th and 17th centuries help it to retain a certain old-world air.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /G/GR/GRONINGEN.htm   (3186 words)

  
 Groningen on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In the 11th cent., Groningen came under the temporal power of the bishops of Utrecht.
A picturesque city, Groningen has several churches, notably the Martinikerk (15th cent.) and the Nieuwe Kerk (17th cent.), as well as the Groniger Museum of Art and many other museums.
Tom Van Groningen Chosen as Board Chairman at Capital Corp of the West.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/G/GroningC1i.asp   (401 words)

  
 Groningen (city) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Groningen is a municipality and city in the north of the Netherlands, and capital of Groningen province.
Dorkwerd — Engelbert — Groningen — Hoogkerk — Leegkerk — Middelbert — Noorddijk — Noorderhoogebrug — Oosterhogebrug — Roodehaan — Ruischerbrug — Vierverlaten.
Groningen is the home of the University of Groningen and the Hanzehogeschool Groningen.
www.hartselle.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Groningen_(city)   (455 words)

  
 FC Groningen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
FC Groningen's official list of honors is still blank, the club spent two years in the First Division fairly recently and was nowhere near the top of the table in recent seasons.
Groningen is the by far largest city of the northern Netherlands.
Groningen Stadjers are known as proud and loyal, virtues they needed during several phases in their club's history.
www.ajax-usa.com /teams/groningen.html   (803 words)

  
 Groningen Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In this region, the soil is of a heavy clay requiring a much heavier and denser horse than the lighter type horse developed for the sandy soil of central and eastern regions, the Gelderland.
With the mechanization of agriculture, this heavy farm horse was bred with lighter breeds producing a heavyweight saddle horse and an excellent carriage horse.
The powerful quarters of the Groningen have contributed greatly to the jumping power of the Dutch Warmblood and the Groningen is designated a basic type in the Dutch Warmblood stud book.
www.imh.org /imh/bw/gronin.html   (307 words)

  
 ExxonMobil – The Lamp, Spring 2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Over the past four decades, the Groningen field has redefined the energy market in much of Western Europe, and it is expected to remain a strategic resource for decades to come.
With more than 40 trillion cubic feet of gas remaining, Groningen is still a giant that is expected to be a key producer for up to another 25 years and a smaller-scale producer for 25 years after that.
Groningen’s life expectancy is good news for the corporation as a whole.
www2.exxonmobil.com /Corporate/Newsroom/Publications/TheLampSpr02/page_1.html   (1086 words)

  
 Groningen-2003 Venue   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Groningen is the metropole of the North and, with a population of 175.000, the seventh largest city in the Netherlands.
Groningen's attractiveness - the 'secret of Groningen' if you like - relies on a combination of factors: a historic city centre with elegant shops, lively markets and varied entertainment facilities.
Groningen boasts a level of amenities which can only be found in major cities.
www.bdk.rug.nl /enroac2003/Venue.htm   (421 words)

  
 RIJKSUNIVERSITEIT GRONINGEN
With her population of 170,000 inhabitants (of which 21,000 are students), the city of Groningen is the seventh biggest city in the Netherlands.
Groningen is renowned for its conviviality and this is proved by the number of cafe’s.
The wagon ‘Groningen’ is the one for you.
www.summer-schools-groningen.nl /guide/guide.htm   (5241 words)

  
 Groningen History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The oldest transcription was that from the 13-th century from the hand "Emo and Menko", writing about the Groningen inundations of 1249 and 1287.
They also told about a curious case of surviving: "a man, a wolf, a dog and a hare were drifting safely together on a piece of wood to the [*higher] 'Wolden'".
Almost the whole area east of the line Groningen-Appingedam-Delfzijl was inundated by the sea: 1558 human beings, 1387 horses, 7861 cattle, 2590 sheep and 171 pigs drowned in that eastern part of Groningen; 631 houses were destroyed.
www.usgennet.org /family/pelmulder/hist/gron_hist.htm   (280 words)

  
 Death by Committee
WHEN NEWS of the Groningen Protocol surfaced in October, it was reported in the Grand Forks Herald,though I didn't read of it, nor apparently did many others.
The Groningen Protocol could have been the stuff of a fine presidential debate question, or a series of questions, but I doubt if any of the debate moderators or either of the presidential candidates had heard of it either.
The Groningen Protocol is the proposal of doctors in the Netherlands for the establishment of an "independent committee" charged with selecting babies and other severely handicapped or disabled people for euthanasia.
www.weeklystandard.com /Content/Public/Articles/000/000/004/983ynlcv.asp   (579 words)

  
 University of Groningen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The University of Groningen (Dutch: Rijksuniversiteit Groningen or RUG) is a university in Groningen, Netherlands.
As the university's students and staff come from the Netherlands and from at least 90 other countries, the University of Groningen is truly international.
The large number of students reduces the average age of the population of the city of Groningen; partly for this reason the city has a lively and dynamic character.
www.hartselle.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/University_of_Groningen   (368 words)

  
 Groningen : Regions in Brief : Groningen | Frommers.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Groningen's location at the northernmost edge of the sandy higher ground aided its development, so that by the end of the Middle Ages it was the main town of the northern Netherlands.
Today, the capital town of Groningen province is an important commercial and industrial center.
Attractions--Groningen's highlights include its two beautifully designed central squares, the 15th-century Martinikerk (St. Martin is Groningen's patron saint as well as the patron saint of hoteliers and travelers!), and the sparkling Renaissance Goudkantoor just to the right of the neoclassical Stadhuis (town hall) in the Grote Markt.
www.frommers.com /destinations/groningen/3120028093.html   (611 words)

  
 Groningen Institute of Archaeology
The Groningen Institute of Archaeology (GIA) was established on 23 November 1995.
The Groningen Institute of Archaeology is a research institute within the Faculty of Arts of the University of Groningen, and is responsible for all archaeological research within the University.
Within the university of Groningen, GIA is associated with the Centre for Isotope Research (CIR), the Department of Molecular Biology of Plants (MBP), the Centre for Ecological and Environmental and Evolutionary Studies (CEES), the Department of Cultural Geography, and other research groups in the Department of Biology and the Faculty of Spatial Sciences.
www.rug.nl /let/onderzoek/onderzoekinstituten/gia/index   (489 words)

  
 HoodaThunk?: The Groningen Protocol
I must admit to being taken aback my the coverage I'm seeing of the so-called "Groningen Protocol" in the news.
Under the Groningen protocol, if doctors at the hospital think a child is suffering unbearably from a terminal condition, they have the authority to end the child's life.
This is an ongoing policy of action at the Groningen University Hospital.
hoodathunk.blogspot.com /2004/12/groningen-protocol.html   (452 words)

  
 Global : Ideas : Bank - Groningen, the car-free city for bikes
In Groningen, the Netherlands' sixth largest city, the main form of transport is the bicycle.
Groningen undoubtedly leads the way in the 'cyclisation' of Europe's cities, but many others are putting two wheels in motion to follow its example.
No other European city can match Groningen's record, where fifty per cent of all trips around the city are on bikes, but in quite a few the ratio is rising to a third or more.
www.globalideasbank.org /site/bank/idea.php?ideaId=378   (1315 words)

  
 Groningen
Auberge'Corps de Garde' - Groningen - It occupies a historic building situated on one of the picturesque canals.The building was recently rebuilt to include a hotel with 25 rooms.
Citycentre Groningen - Photographic impression of the attractive city centre of Groningen (the city).
Hotel Schimmelpenninck Huys, Groningen - This elegant and charming Hotel-Café-Restaurant, which is a restored patrician's house, is situated a two minutes walk from the market square and right within the shopping and entertainment centre of the city; nearby are theatres, a concert hall and a casino.
www.supercrawler.com /Regional/Europe/Netherlands/Groningen   (692 words)

  
 weblog rob zijlstra
Het is een al langer bestaand en goed gebruik in Groningen dat de rechtbankpresident deze plechtigheid aangrijpt om zich in beschouwende zin uit te laten over de wereld in Nederland van vandaag.
Het is leuk om niet voorspelbaar te zijn, rapt hij in zijn laatste, eergisteren ingesproken, pod-bijdrage.
Het bericht is geplaatst op 31 augustus 2004 (voor de duidelijkheid: dat was vorig jaar, veertien maanden geleden).
blogger.xs4all.nl /kixkix   (6458 words)

  
 EUROBORG: Het nieuwe FC Groningen stadion
Voor seizoenkaarthouders van zowel FC Groningen als BV Veendam is de toegang gratis.”FC Groningen wil experimenteren met de verkeerssituatie rond Euroborg, het parkeervraagstuk, de technische voorzieningen zoals licht en geluid en operationele zaken als catering en service.
Euroborg NV boodt aansluitend de huurder, zijnde FC Groningen, de gelegenheid om het stadiondeel in gebruik te nemen, cq in te richten.
De voetbalclub is daar erg blij mee, omdat FC Groningen het geld hard nodig heeft om de aanstaande verhuizing naar en de inrichting van het nieuwe stadion op het Europapark te bekostigen.
www.euroborggroningen.com   (2245 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Groningen, province, Netherlands (Benelux Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
Groningen is the capital of the province, which has both an agricultural and industrial economy.
There is a fertile coastal strip; the interior consists largely of reclaimed fenland and peat bogs and is drained by numerous canals.
In 1536, Charles V, the Hapsburg ruler, added Groningen to his Netherlands possessions.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/G/GroningPr.html   (239 words)

  
 Groningen University
At Groningen, tradition and innovation are united in a university offering its services to culture and to society and attaching great importance to international cooperation.
Groningen is a relatively small city with all the convienences and attributes of a large city.
Groningen was rather an easy place to assimilate to, since a great percentage of the Dutch speak English and are quite happy to do so.
www.bsu.edu /provost/international/cip/groningen.htm   (818 words)

  
 Groningen MartiniStad Kunst en cultuur, Kunstenaars
Erik van Ommen (1956) studeerde in 1983 af aan de ABK-Minerva in Groningen in de richting vrij schilderen en grafiek.
Peter Boersma (1974) is grafisch ontwerper en kunstenaar.Hij studeerde af aan Kunstacademie Minerva te Groningen en is daar ook woonachtig.
Rutger Hiemstra is een jonge, figuratieve schilder uit Groningen (afgestudeerd aan Minerva in 1999).
www.martinistad.net /groningen/kunstencultuur/kunstenaars   (1941 words)

  
 Groningen on GlobalGuide.Org   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
After 911, it was known as East Friesland but in the year 1040, the city of Groningen was given to the Bishopric of Utrecht by the Holy Roman Emperor Henry III.
Groningen stayed largely independent until incorporated into the United Provinces of the Netherlands by Charles V in 1536.
Eighty years later, the famous university of Groningen was established and its reputation as a city of learning dated from then.
www.globalguide.org /index.phtml?id=43105   (292 words)

  
 Groninger Internet Courant
In Groningen loopt sinds april een experiment met de abonnementen, en de resultaten zijn "boven alle verwachtingen", aldus de bioscoopketen.
De sexbranche in het Noorden was ernstig in diskrediet geraakt na kritiek van belangengroep De Rode Draad die naar buiten bracht dat er sprake is van uitbuiting en vrouwenmishandeling.
Groningen krijgt mogelijk een compleet nieuw vervoersysteem: een kabelbaan die consumenten, forenzen, toeristen en anderen van het Europapark over het water van de Oosterhaven naar de binnenstad van Groningen transporteert.
www.gic.nl   (792 words)

  
 BigSoccer Boards - FC Groningen [R]
But since Twente were reduced to 10 men eventually in the 61st minute, and Groningen was still not able to produce one quality chance, it would be looking for excuses....
Groningen looked like a friggin' beer team that has only one practice a week: on monday nights.
As such, all funds you raise with this sit-in will have to come to the benefit of the glorious football club that is FC Groningen.....
www.bigsoccer.com /forum/printthread.php?t=8038   (515 words)

  
 The Groningen Protocol [Brain Shavings]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Groningen Protocol, as the hospital's guidelines have come to be known, would create a legal framework for permitting doctors to actively end the life of newborns deemed to be in similar pain from incurable disease or extreme deformities.
John Mark Reynolds gives three reasons why the Groningen Protocol is wrong, and argues that such policies prove that Dutch society can no longer sustain itself.
The Groningen Protocol is a independent board of review put in place by the government of Holland to "review cases for terminally ill people 'with...
www.brainshavings.com /mt/archives/001487.html   (3153 words)

  
 Breeds of Livestock - Groningen Cattle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Groningen Whiteheaded are typically fl in color with a white head and belly.
The Groningen's ancestry may be traced to the Middle Ages.
The Groningen originated in what is now the northern sections of the Netherlands.
www.ansi.okstate.edu /breeds/cattle/groningen   (174 words)

  
 Holidays in Groningen - Travelling to Groningen - Vacation in Groningen - www.reiswijs.co.uk
Groningen is the most northeastern province of the Netherlands.
Groningen was een van de eerste provincies waar men met specerijen aan de gang ging.
De provincie Groningen deelt niet alleen haar naam met de provinciehoofdstad, maar is er ook door de jaren heen nauw mee verbonden geweest.
www.reiswijs.co.uk /destinations/europe/netherlands/groningen/groningen.html   (1719 words)

  
 Regiovisie
Als Groningen minder huizen bouwt dan is afgesproken, kunnen andere gemeenten eerder bouwen.
De regio haalt nog niet eens de helft van dat aantal, vooral omdat de stad Groningen ver achterblijft.
Gedeputeerde Calon van de provincie Groningen gaat er nog steeds van uit dat het aantal van 60.000 gehaald wordt, maar het wordt wel een gigantische klus, aldus de gedeputeerde.
www.regiovisie.nl   (207 words)

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