Posts Tagged ‘ immigration ’

bm305 Occupation, WWII and Immigration

May 25, 2009
By bicyclemark

Hugh Timmerman has been gathering facts based on his own memory of living under occupation in world war II Holland. The events that took place before his eyes and in his family home would forever be b
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Labor Shortage Dutch Style

September 26, 2008
By bicyclemark
Labor Shortage Dutch Style

On line at the grocery store, I read the big sign in the window: Seeking new colleagues to join our team.  Around the block at the café there's a small paper in the window that reads: seeking wait sta
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Keeping Promises in OZ

July 30, 2008
By bicyclemark
Keeping Promises in OZ

Depending on where you live in the world or what media you consult in your daily life, you may not often hear about things happening in Australia.  You might hear the occasional story from a friend wh
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bm250 My Mother’s Immigration Story

February 23, 2008
By bicyclemark

Over the summer I recorded podcasts documenting my parents' lives in Portugal. In this podcast I sit with my mother here in Amsterdam and she explains what it was like moving from Portugal to Newark,
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bm233 DNA and Immigration in France

November 10, 2007
By bicyclemark

The French government, under the guidance of its new president, passed a bill to require the use of DNA testing in certain immigration cases. Is this the will of the French people and what are the imp
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Tradition

October 24, 2007
By bicyclemark
Tradition

If you should browse the current.com website, which belongs to the people behind currenttv (American cable channel founded by Al Gore), you'll find a growing amount of content from yours truely. And
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bm213 Canadians in Amsterdam; The Struggle

July 9, 2007
By bicyclemark

After studying, working, and living in the Netherlands for 5, 10 or even 20 years, people are being deported on technicalities and bureaucratic errors. Faced with the choice of fighting or leaving th
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Fear of Losing Estonian-ness

May 31, 2007
By bicyclemark
Fear of Losing Estonian-ness

As part of being in Berlin this week I attended a lovely hacker conference-party by the name of PH-Neutral. Perhaps the best part of this get together was that I met two very fun new friends, K and F
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