In dit blog houden we je op de hoogte van het belangrijkste en meest opvallende 112-nieuws van dinsdag 9 juni.
In dit blog houden we je op de hoogte van het belangrijkste en meest opvallende 112-nieuws van dinsdag 9 juni.
Op de A20 bij Vlaardingen in de richting van Schiedam is dinsdagochtend een ongeluk gebeurd met een auto en een bakwagen. De weg werd daarna in beide richtingen afgesloten. De vertraging was op het hoogtepunt 30 minuten.
Fines might be needed to deter travellers from retrieving hand luggage, says official from airlines body Iata
Air passengers are increasingly putting lives at risk by filming emergencies and retrieving bags instead of evacuating planes, industry experts have said, with some suggesting fines could be needed.
Passenger aircraft are designed to be fully evacuated in 90 seconds in an emergency – but people reaching for hand luggage can significantly increase that time, blocking exits and aisles as well as damaging slides or causing injury.
Continue reading...After helping to shock Italy in the playoffs, the Bosnia and Herzegovina captain is out to upset co-hosts Canada in their opening match on Friday
“Sometimes there is an end for all of us, maybe mine is coming soon,” says Edin Dzeko, though first there is the small matter of captaining Bosnia and Herzegovina at only their second World Cup, lessons learned. “When I was 17, 18, people were telling me: ‘Experience is something you get by playing for so many years,’” he says, screwing up his face a little, “when you think like a 17-year-old.” A smile unravels on Dzeko’s face. “But when you arrive at this age you know experience is fundamental.”
When he was sold by the Sarajevo-based Zeljeznicar to the Czech team Teplice as a teenager, few envisaged him forging an elite career that has taken him to Europe’s best leagues and the biggest stages in the game. He is one of seven fortysomethings who could feature at the tournament this summer, along with Cristiano Ronaldo and Luka Modric and, just like those two, inevitably much of the intrigue in Dzeko is rooted in longevity. To cut to the chase, what are the secrets to his success?
Continue reading...From Curaçao and Cape Verde to Morocco and Turkey, fans reflect Dutch city where loyalties are shared, not divided
Three hours before their team’s opening World Cup match on 14 June, about 4,000 football fans are expected to pack into a giant former concrete grain store in Rotterdam that is one of the Dutch city’s best-known nightclub venues.
However, the flags will be blue, not orange, and the aroma of arros moro will fill the air as the room pulsates to the beat of conga drums and ritmo kombina. The Maassilo has been booked to host the watch party for Curaçao, the least populous country to qualify for the World Cup and a constituent nation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Many Dutch supporters will be cheering along with them. All but two of Curaçao’s squad were born in the Netherlands; 12 of them play for clubs in the Eredivisie or the second-tier Keuken Kampioen Divisie.
The team are managed by the longtime Dutch coach Dick Advocaat. The Dutch king and queen are planning to attend at least one of the Blue Wave’s group matches.
Exclusive: Landscape painter was also a keen musician and played a cello made for him by his friend and mentor
He was one of Britain’s greatest landscape painters, with masterpieces including The Hay Wain and View on the Stour near Dedham But John Constable was also a keen musician – and his personal cello, which he commissioned, is to be played in public for the first time in 100 years after its restoration.
The instrument was made in 1802 and it is thought Constable may have played it in a local band in his home village of East Bergholt in Suffolk.
Continue reading...Een huis verkopen is theater. En soms is het paniekvoetbal. The Wall Street Journal vroeg drie Amerikaanse topmakelaars naar het bizarste object dat ze ooit razendsnel uit het zicht moesten werken vóór een bezichtiging. De antwoorden zijn smakelijk.
Makelaar Teri Lewis arriveerde in Mystic, Connecticut, een paar minuten te vroeg bij een koloniaal huis van negen ton. In de keuken liep een kastanjebruine kip, binnengekomen via het hondenluikje. De auto van de kopers reed al de oprit op. Lewis propte de kip in een kledingkast, ging glimlachend bij de voordeur staan en bad: niet kakelen. De kopers merkten niets.
In Atlanta troffen Alexandria Reed en haar partner in een villa van 2,35 miljoen dollar van een rapper een fles ketchup, een pot wiet en een rode string aan — die laatste keurig uitgelegd op de vloer, alsof het styling was. De string werd weggeschopt, de rest verdween achter een bank.
En in Florida verstopte Anthony Gatto 94 centimeter lange olifantenslagtanden onder een deken in de kast. Niet vanwege de wet, maar uit fatsoen tegenover potentiële kopers.
De moraal: hoe duur de woning ook, menselijk gedrag blijft de wildste variabele.
Zo pimp je je huis op vóór een bezichtiging
Geen kip in de kast, geen string op de vloer — maar wel een paar trucs die makelaars wereldwijd toepassen. Een korte checklist voor wie zijn woning wil verkopen.
1. Depersonaliseer. Weg met familiefoto's, diploma's en de kindertekeningen op de koelkast. Kopers moeten zich kunnen voorbeelden dat zíj er wonen, niet u.
2. Ontspul rigoureus. Halveer de inhoud van uw kasten — een volle kast oogt klein. Werkbladen in de keuken zo leeg mogelijk: koffiezetapparaat mag, de rest niet.
3. Neutraliseer geuren. Geen wierook, geen geurkaarsen, geen gebakken vis op de ochtend van de bezichtiging. Wel: ramen open, verse koffie, eventueel een schaaltje citroenen.
4. Licht, licht, licht. Gordijnen open, lampen áán in elke kamer — ook overdag. Vervang gele peertjes door warm wit. Een lichte woning voelt direct groter en duurder.
5. Repareer de kleine ergernissen. Piepende deur, losse plint, vlek op het plafond, kalkaanslag op de kraan. Kopers zien het wél, en rekenen het dubbel door in hun bod.
6. Zet de tuin of het balkon in scène. Een geveegd terras, een paar potten met groen, kussens op het bankje. Buitenruimte verkoopt mee.
7. Verdwijn zelf. Laat de makelaar het werk doen. Aanwezige eigenaren maken kopers nerveus — en nerveuze kopers bieden lager.
En ja: huisdieren, hondenmanden en kattenbakken even uit zicht. Een kip in de kledingkast hoeft dan niet meer.
Spirit Airlines’ announcement in early May that the company would be going out of business and liquidating all of its assets has sent shockwaves throughout the air travel industry, and one major airline has just made a move that shows that the collapse of Spirit is going to be reverberating for years to come: United Airlines is ceasing operations after learning you can do that.
Well, it’s official: Spirit Airlines has started a major trend all across the airline industry!
“We honestly had no idea it was even an option to stop being an airline until Spirit proved you could just quit whenever you want,” United Airlines leadership wrote in a message to shareholders released to the press this morning, in which they said they looked forward to a future of never having to worry about “the daily tsunami of tedious bullshit” that came with managing the corporation. “Now that we know we don’t have to stare down an eternity of flying herds of braindead morons around the country—a task for which are RARELY THANKED—we are simply going to not do it anymore. Simple as that.”
It looks like Spirit Airlines kicked open a door and United Airlines is courageously walking through it!
In a series of Instagram posts on United Airlines official Instagram page, the company further clarified their decision.
“We thought we would go to jail if we stopped doing airplane stuff, even though we hated it,” read one post which had been captioned “Free At Last.” “The thought leaders and innovators at Spirit Airlines have shown us we can walk a new path of peace and salvation by simply cancelling all our flights, selling all our planes, and just hanging out with our families or whatever.”
Representatives at United were very clear that one of the reasons they hated being an airline was dealing with customers, whom they described in ways that advertising experts and marketing gurus have characterized as “dehumanizing,” “aggressive,” and “innovative.”
“Every day we cram an ocean of dumb, ugly people onto our filthy planes and shoot them into the sky,” said another social media statement which had been captioned “WE OWE YOU NOTHING.” “And when one of these planes crashed or got hijacked we never heard the fucking end of it. Just constant complaints from people who crammed their fat faces with our free Sun Chips and still had the gall to tell us we weren’t pampering them enough. We will not miss you.”
United’s decision to follow in Spirit’s footsteps and stop being an airline has caused significant chaos both internationally and domestically. They have announced that all United Airlines flights will be cancelled. When an Instagram user commented on a United post asking what they should do if the cancellations left them stranded in a foreign country, United responded, “anyone affected can contact our nonexistent department of nonexistent fucks, because we don’t do airplanes anymore.” They then deleted their Instagram account
Absolutely seismic. It’s completely undeniable that Spirit Airlines has changed the country, and possibly altered the course of world history. If United Airlines is any indication, many more air travel companies across the country will soon realize they don’t have to keep enduring the suffering that comes with being an airline and will just stop entirely. Delta, JetBlue, and American Airlines are definitely paying attention, and we can’t wait to see what they do next!