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Republican primaries

Tue, 01/15/2008 - 10:01pm

Mitt Romney.Like I said earlier, watching the primaries unfold is great. Tonight from 8.00 pm we were at the TV and watching the first results coming in from 8.30 pm. Too bad CNN had Lou "War on the Middle Class" Dobbs presenting the first part; I was glad that Larry King took over at 9.00 pm.

Let me try a little predicting for the Republican race: I think Huckabee will win in South Carolina. His organization is strong there, the polls look good and coming from Arkansas he should do well in the South. For Florida, the next primary after South Carolina on Saturday, I find it hard to make a reasonable guess. Guilliani keeps saying that Florida is 'his state' because of the people who moved there from New York but that seems to me a weak idea for an election strategy. Guilliani has done embarrassingly bad in the first few primaries even in states where he could have been expected to do well. Mitt Romney is somewhat stiff in his manners, and his opponents call him a 'flip flopper' but of all the candidates he has the best chance of winning, if not in Florida then at least on February 5th, Super Tuesday.

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The Bucket List

Mon, 01/14/2008 - 9:09pm

The Bucket List.Saturday afternoon we saw The Bucket List in a movie theater in Wilson, NC. It's a story about two men who meet in the hospital and are told by their doctors that they only have 6 more months to live.

The main actors, Freeman and Nicholson were very well cast for these roles, and their performances made this a great movie. It was a touching, heartwarming story and reminded me a lot of that other great performance by Jack Nicholson in About Schmidt that we once saw in Haarlem.

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Wilson, NC

Sun, 01/13/2008 - 10:17am

A whirligig in Wilson, NC.Yesterday afternoon we made road trip to Wilson, a little town west of Raleigh and about 1,5 hours from Durham.

We wanted to see a historic downtown, and Wilson showed up high in the list with Google results. It was indeed a pretty town with lots of old wooden houses in Southern style with porches and chairs outside.

We saw large and beautiful suburbs when driving into the city, but the downtown area is not doing very well. A lot of houses and businesses are abandoned, and over-all downtown looks to be in bad shape. At other hand we did see some nicely painted stores and public places: the town is making an effort to look better and especially the little square behind the hardware store in the main street is a pleasant surprise.

Later in the afternoon we went to see a nice movie and after dinner we drove back to Durham.

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Watching the primaries

Wed, 01/09/2008 - 11:32am

Hillary Clinton yesterday night. (c) AP Photo.The primaries have started and the campaigns for the presidential nominations are in full swing.

Over the last couple of days we've been watching quite a lot of television: campaign speeches, debates and news shows. C-SPAN, cable's political channel, provides 24/7 coverage of all things political which is great.

Yesterday we saw the results of the New Hampshire primary coming in. The CNN reporting was a lot more interesting than the coverage of the New Hampshire local channel, at least as long as Lou Dobbs wasn't talking.

I'm looking forward to a year of many election events and it's fascinating to follow all this... only 6 more days until Michigan.

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dailylife

Snorkeling trip

Mon, 01/07/2008 - 5:47pm

Guus and Sasha.One of the many highlights of our vacation in the Dominican Republic was a snorkeling trip to a reef in the ocean.

Some pictures of a wonderful adventure. The waterproof case of the camera was great.

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dailylife

Cliffs of the Neuse

Sun, 01/06/2008 - 9:31pm

This afternoon we did some shopping in the outlets in Smithfield and we went for a walk in the Cliffs of the Neuse state park. It's a very nice park, not very big but pretty. It must be very nice in the spring also.

I'm still working on the pictures of Punta Cana... There is so much to do and think about.

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Electronic voting

Sat, 01/05/2008 - 2:12pm

A great article in the New York Times about electronic voting machines.

A very true statement:

"One might expect computer scientists to be fans of computer-based vote-counting devices, but it turns out that the more you know about computers, the more likely you are to be terrified that they’re running elections."

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dailylife

In Punta Cana

Sun, 12/30/2007 - 8:49pm

We're in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic and things are absolutely fantastic!

From the beach we wish you all a great year end, and all the best for 2008!

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dailylife

To the Dominican Republic

Sat, 12/22/2007 - 8:10pm

Tomorrow morning we're leaving for the Dominican Republic where we'll celebrate Christmas and New Year's Eve. It's going to be a great vacation and I'm really looking forward to it.

Yesterday evening and today we've done a lot of preparations -- shopping, laundry, last minute things etc, and now we still need to pack our bags. Our flight is at 6.10 am tomorrow.

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dailylife

Dr. Van der Linden

Thu, 12/20/2007 - 11:46am

Dr. Van der Linden.Our good friend Marjolein today successfully defended her dissertation, and now has her Ph. D.

The ceremony was in the Agnieten chapel in downtown Amsterdam. Jerry and Gerlof were her paranimfs.

Well deserved, after lots of hard work: many congratulations from both of us!

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