Rotterdam Essays

  • How Did Erasmus Influence The Church

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    Desiderius Erasmus, believed to be the illegitimate son of a Priest named Gerard, was born around 1466 in the Netherlands. He is also believed to have been born with a different name, and his birthday is unknown because he was born out of wedlock. Despite this, his father made sure he had a good education school, sending him to a prestigious latin school when he was 9 years old. However, when Erasmus’s parents died, he was sent to live with guardians who strongly believed that he should become a

  • Urban Sprawl Literature Review

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    Urban sprawl is defined as the expansion of metropolitan areas into urban surrounding areas, often due to the rapid population growth within a city. As a result of urban sprawl there has been an increase in traffic, health issues, environmental issues and public expenditure, due to migration away from the city centre and this affects its functionality as a human community. Since 1930 literature has discussed the concept of compact cities as the ideal city. The term Compact City originated in the

  • Essay On Ethnic Food

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    fewness of information on the popularity and acceptance of Asian food. 1.2.2 Asian food trends in Rotterdam It cannot be denied that the Netherlands has experienced a huge change in daily eating habits compared to the past. The influence of immigration and increasingly frequent travel of Dutch people has altered significantly the culinary landscape of Amsterdam and other urban cities such as Rotterdam. The increasing diversity can be seen clearly through the growing number of ethnic food markets and

  • Shenectady Research Paper

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    Something else I have learned is to always surround yourself with positive people. The people who constantly complain about living in Rotterdam are the worst. Yes, we all know it is awful but being constantly reminded about

  • Frank Letter To Strauss

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    paperwork for his family to immigrate to the United States in Rotterdam, Amsterdam, but all of the papers have been destroyed in Rotterdam. This shows that Frank had attempted to leave the country earlier than 1941, but resulted in a failure because Frank and his family were still located in the Netherlands. He states that his immigration papers in Rotterdam have been destroyed, this may be due to the aerial attack on the city of Rotterdam, by the Germans forces during Germany’s invasion. Frank goes

  • Mega Regeneration

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    B3140: Recreating the City: Events and Regeneration 13002292 When cities decide to hold an event or join the bidding process for a mega event it is often because they need to use the event as a catalyst to improve their city in one way or another; whether this be image improvement, tourism development or urban regeneration (Getz, 1991). The following report will use case studies to critically evaluate the relationship between major and mega events with image development, tourism development and

  • Urban Studies: Understanding Diversity And Inequality

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    Studying Public health in the renowned department of the Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, side by side with internationally known names of Political and Social Epidemiology, as J. Mackenbach, I am strongly motivated to start this Master of Urban Studies at the Erasmus University. With already a good background in qualitative and quantitative

  • Netherlands Demographic Transition Model

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    Netherlands occurred after the enlargement of European Union, as immigrants increased in Central and Eastern Europe. It was at that time that immigrants were more than emigrants. Most of the migration was towards the 4 Largest cities (Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, Utrecht) due to widespread job opportunities, entertainment and further facilities. Urban Unemployment Over the years, unemployment has been fluctuating in Netherlands. However, an increase in GDP has been observed in the last few years

  • Jason Williams Research Paper

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    17, 1986 (currently 31 years old), in Rotterdam, Netherlands. His father, Thomas Williams, is an African American and a practicing Catholic from Brooklyn, New York, and worked as a school teacher. Jason Williams mother, Sandra Williams is a white Catholic from the Netherlands who worked as an English teacher and florist. He is their only child. Jason Williams parents divorced when he was five years old. After the divorce, he and his mother remained in Rotterdam, Netherlands while his father chose to

  • Dental Hygienist Response Letter

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    I am writing this letter to request an increase in my hourly rate. I am requesting a $3.00 raise. I am the current Dental hygienist at Rotterdam Dental Associates and Hudson Valley Plaza Dental. I have been employed at Rotterdam Dental Associates for a year and five months. I took over for the hygienist at Hudson Valley Plaza Dental in November, 2014. During this time at the company I have not ask for a raise until now because I wanted to show the company the current efforts I am making to improve

  • Anne Frank Case Study

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    The theories on how Anne Frank and the others in the annex were discovered included one of the employees tipped off the police, neighbor or passerby could have heard and alerted authorities, or discovered by chance. For example, the article says, “Otto, who passed away in 1980, long suspected that one of his employees, Wilhelm van Maaren, had tipped off the police.” The article also says, “They’re hoping to determine whether a neighbor or passerby could have heard the Franks and alerted the authorities

  • Martin Luther Reformer Analysis

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    One of the two main reformers at the time was a Catholic priest named, Desiderius Erasmus who was from Rotterdam Holland and worked to reform the Roman Catholic Church. The other reformer from this time was Martin Luther, who was from Germany. With Luther’s concerns, there was a “practice of selling indulgences and the excessive veneration of saints and their relics, which he considered superstitious” (Stockstad & Cothren, p. 693). With Luther and others emphasizing individual faiths and referred

  • Anne Frank Holocaust Quotes

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    In the Play based on the novel by Anne Frank a young girl who died during the evilness of the holocaust. When Mr. Frank finds Anne's book he reads a specific quote that has much meaning and truth of what happened to Anne in the holocaust. The quote by Anne Frank comes at the end of the play, "In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart." This quote shows and means a lot in the story telling that even though through all of the evil and sadness Anne went through she

  • Indentured Servants Compare And Contrast

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    Indentured servants were enrolled in a strong contract binding them to a master from the courts. These men and or woman would sign contracts to go to the new world and work for their master for five to seven years. A lot of things were promised in this contract once it was completed, for example, a trip over to the new world, a new skill, clothes, food, and shelter. These servants were still subjects of the king, but they were treated similar to slaves. Unlike slaves, the indentured servants had

  • The Autographed Flag

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    “Mr. President! Mr. President! Could I have your signature, please?” President Bill Clinton was in Rotterdam for the 50th Anniversary of the Marshall Plan. I wrestled my ten-year-old body to the front of the crowd and managed not only to get his attention, but to have him sign my souvenir miniature Dutch flag. The autographed flag now serves as a reminder of my time in the Netherlands and inspiration to participate in the kind of transatlantic leadership celebrated on that day. From 1995 to

  • Who Wrote The Bible

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    technological breakthrough empowered the rapid growth of the first taste of what we would call editions of the bible. Some examples of these editions are the work done by men like Cardinal Francisco Ximenes de Cisneroos of Spain, Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam, Robert Estienne of Paris, Theodore de Beze, and Bonaventure and Abraham

  • Miami Beach Business Analysis

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    this booming business of once, run down the south beach. Mr. Strauch did his undergraduate degree in business at Hofstra University - New York. He also completed studies from Harvard University - Cambridge, Massachusetts and Erasmus University - Rotterdam. This educational background has enabled him to have a solid base in business acumen, development, and management skills. He is the founder of the Metric real estate firm started in 2002 and president of Affinity international Realty firm. Through

  • Analysis Of Sport In The City Article By Daniel Casas

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    sport in the city article written by Daniel Casas Valle, he is an Urban designer, planner, and researcher. This research has been made by the Creative Industries Fund (Rotterdam) and urban planning department of Amsterdam (DRO), in the year 2011-2013. Discuss the issue of the importance of the existence of sports venues in the multi-functional environment, and these facilities must be integrated and mixed with other facilities. In addition to the importance of sports on health. Sports changes, the

  • What Are The Key Characteristics Of De Stijl

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    De Stijl- The Beginning And Key Characteristics De Stijl was a Dutch movement that started in 1917 and was led by Theo van Doesburg and Piet Mondrian. Because both of them were popular, other artists started to use similar style in their paintings and this is how it spread around quickly. “De Stijl artists applied their style to a host of media in the fine and applied arts and beyond” (The Art Story. 2014. De Stijl.). De Stijl has several key characteristics, and the name itself means ‘the style’

  • Willem De Kooning Influence

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    expected of artist. He maintained his own style in a time of artistic transition in the United States. De Kooning had the ability to incorporate action, form and feeling into all of his works. He Willem de Kooning was born on April 24th, 1904 in Rotterdam, Netherlands. At 12 years old he left school to become a commercial artist apprentice until 1924. At 20, he began attending art classes at the Academie van Beeldende Kunsten en Technische, now the Willem de Kooning Academie. In 1926 de Kooning became