Which way now? Jun 19, 2008
I have empathy with the Irish voters over their position, as we here in Demark rejected the Maastricht Treaty in a previous referendum. However, the whole situation over Lisbon is so muddled, whereas with Maastricht it was more clear-cut. (BBC News -- Europe)
Increased Mortality after Dronedarone Therapy for Severe Heart Failure Jun 19, 2008
From the Department of Cardiology, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen (L.K.), and the Department of Cardiology, Gentofte University Hospital (C.T.-P.) both in Copenhagen; the British Heart Foundation Cardiovascular Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom (J.J.V.M.); Department of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark (O.G.); the Division of Cardiology, H pital Nord, University of Marseille, Marseille, France (S.L.); the... (New England Journal of Medicine)
In 2050, your lover may be a ... robot Jun 15, 2008
MAASTRICHT, Netherlands (AFP) - Romantic human-robot relationships are no longer the stuff of science fiction -- researchers expect them to become reality within four decades ... "I am talking about loving relationships about 40 years from now," David Levy, author of the book "Love + sex with robots", told AFP at an international conference held last week at the University of Maastricht in the south-east of the country. (Yahoo! Asia News)
* World News Quick Take Jun 3, 2008
On June 12 and June 13, scientists will gather in Maastricht to discuss the possibility that human beings will increasingly engage in personal and even romantic relationships with robots in the coming decades ... The conference, organized by the University of Maastricht, follows the PhD dissertation Intimate Relationships with Artificial Partners by Scottish chess player David Levy, 63, completed at the same university in October. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Dinosaur Tracks Found in Arabia May 23, 2008
"No dinosaur trackways had been found in this area previously. It's really a blank spot on the map," said Anne Schulp of the Maastricht Museum of Natural History in The Netherlands. Only a few dinosaur fossils have been reported on the peninsula, including isolated bones from Oman and possible fragments of a long-necked dinosaur from Yemen, Schulp said. (Time.com)
Rare footprints made by dinosaur herd discovered in Yemen May 22, 2008
Dr Anne Schulp of the Maastricht Museum of Natural History in the Netherlands went out to Yemen to help in the investigation. He said the tracks were "beautifully preserved". (BBC News -- Science)
Frozen in time beneath the desert heat: dinosaur footprints May 21, 2008
Anne Schulp of the Maastricht Museum of Natural History in the Netherlands said that the discovery of dinosaur footprints are unusual for this part of the world because Arabia has been relatively unexplored for fossils dating back to the Jurassic period. No dinosaur trackways had been found in this area previously. (Independent)
First dino tracks found in ancient Arabia May 21, 2008
Nearby, there are a large, common vegetarian with birdlike, three-toed feet that walked on its hind legs, sometimes referred to as the "cow of the Mesozoic," said researcher Anne Schulp of the Maastricht Museum of Natural History in the Netherlands. The Mesozoic Era is also known as the. (MSNBC -- Environment)
First Dinosaur Tracks On Arabian Peninsula May 21, 2008
"No dinosaur trackways had been found in this area previously. It's really a blank spot on the map," said Anne Schulp of the Maastricht Museum of Natural History in The Netherlands. He conducted the study with Ohio University paleontologist Nancy Stevens and Mohammed Al-Wosabi of Sana'a University in Yemen. (Science Daily)
UN think tank urges legislators to support 'open source' information technologies, software May 17, 2008
UNU-MERIT is a joint research and training centre of UNU and Maastricht University in the Netherlands ... Luc Soete, Director of Maastricht-based UNU-MERIT, underlining the importance of this topic to the Institutes work ... UNU-MERIT is the United Nations University Maastricht Economic and social Research and training Centre on Innovation and Technology. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Drugs Row: Dutch Cafe Move Angers Belgians May 10, 2008
Owners of coffee shops in Maastricht want to move from its narrow, cramped streets to new out-of-town "coffee corners" ... It is legal to buy small amounts of cannabis from coffee shops in the Netherlands and almost all of the trade in Maastricht is from tourists ... Marc Josemans, who runs Maastricht's coffee shop association, told Sky News: "The Belgians say we are exporting our drug problem by moving closer to their border. "But 60% of our customers come from Belgium so who is really... (Sky News)
Acrylamide Raises Kidney Cancer Risk May 9, 2008
Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands; May 2008, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition ) ... "Ours is the first report of a positive association between dietary acrylamide intake and renal cell [kidney] cancer," said study author Janneke Hogervorst, a researcher at Maastricht University in the Netherlands. (Health-Finder)
Early Repolarization Revisited May 8, 2008
From the Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht, the Netherlands. Related Letters. (New England Journal of Medicine)
* Sports Briefs Apr 22, 2008
Italys Damiano Cunego of Lampre took over the lead in the ProTour competition on Sunday after winning the Amstel Gold Race in Maastricht, Netherlands. He beat Luxembourgs Frank Schleck and Alejandro Valverde of Spain in an uphill sprint at the end of the 257. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Damiano Cunego of Italy wins Amstel Gold Apr 21, 2008
MAASTRICHT, Netherlands (AP) - Results Sunday from the 257-kilometer or 160-mile Amstel Gold ProTour cycling race. Today in Sports. (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
Weekend Time Schedule Apr 19, 2008
UCI ProTour, Amstel Gold Race, Maastricht, Netherlands. . (International Herald Tribune)
Joyful portrait by angst-ridden Van Gogh goes on sale for $30m Mar 1, 2008
L'Enfant a l'Orange - or The Child With An Orange - will go on sale next month at the European Fine Art Fair in Maastricht, the Netherlands. The painting was created in 1890, a month before Van Gogh shot himself at the age of 37. (BBC News -- Europe)
Not Tonight, Dear, I Have to Reboot Feb 27, 2008
He later became engrossed in writing programs to carry on intelligent conversations with people, and then he explored the way humans interact with computers, a topic for which he earned his doctorate last year from the University of Maastricht in the Netherlands. (Levy was sidetracked from a Ph. (Scientific American)
UPDATE: Hardwired for love: Are robots the sex partners of the future? Feb 13, 2008
Levy, who once made a living organising chess championships, unusually wrote his book first then tweaked it to present as a doctoral thesis at the University of Maastricht in the Netherlands. The work has generated what he calls a "tsunami" of media interest since its publication last year and from an unusually broad spectrum of publications. (The Drudge Report)
Wikimedia Foundation and UNU-MERIT announce first survey of Wikipedians Jan 25, 2008
The Wikimedia Foundation and the Collaborative Creativity Group at UNU-MERIT -- a joint research and training centre of United Nations University (UNU) and Maastricht University -- are pleased to announce a collaboration to conduct the first-ever, comprehensive Wikipedia survey ... UNU-MERIT (the United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and social Research and training Centre on Innovation and Technology) provides insights into the social, political and economic contexts within which... (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Poland-2007 Article IV Consultation, Preliminary Conclusions Jan 24, 2008
It will also increase the scope for automatic stabilizers to operate without jeopardizing Maastricht criteria, speed-up the reduction in public debt, and contain the widening of the external current account deficit. On the latter, our projections show that this deficit will increase over the medium term to the upper bounds of what is safe from a long-term perspective, suggesting that in the absence of a reduction in the structural fiscal deficit there would be an increased risk that the real... (IMF News)
Cheap Flights to Weeze, Germany Dec 29, 2007
Connections to Aachen, Maastricht, and Cologne (Kln) as well as Ruhr cities Duisburg, Oberhausen, Essen, Bochum, and Dortmund are generally best made in Krefeld. The trains may arrive twice per hour but the Airport Shuttle Bus connects the railway station and airport terminal only once per hour in about 10 minutes. (Suite101.com)
Health care across Europe Dec 19, 2007
There are some advanced models of cross-border cooperation in specialist hospital care, for example, between Aachen in Germany and Maastricht in the Netherlands. The cross-border provision of health care is not a controversial issue in Germany. (BBC News -- UK)
Effects of Health Care Reform in the Netherlands Dec 13, 2007
Dr. Knottnerus is a professor of general practice at the University of Maastricht, Maastricht, the Netherlands, and president of the Health Council of the Netherlands, The Hague. Dr. ten Velden, who died on November 11, was deputy executive director of the Health Council of the Netherlands. (New England Journal of Medicine)
Complete weather forecast Dec 7, 2007
Jackson, MS 39201 Last Updated: 12/07/07 07:45:24 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 74% Barometer: 30. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Carcinogen In Cooked Food Linked To Ovarian And Endometrial Cancer Dec 6, 2007
The study is published in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention and is the work of Janneke Hogervorst, from the Department of Epidemiology at Maastricht University in the Netherlands, and colleagues. The study authors said because this is the first study to look at the link between acrylamide in food and cancer in humans, people should wait until the results are corroborated by further research before acting on these conclusions. (Medical News Today)
Cooked food 'can cause ovarian or womb cancer in women' Dec 4, 2007
"The study is the first to look at the association between dietary acrylamide intake and cancer in humans," lead researcher Janneke Hogervorst of the Maastricht University in the Netherlands was quoted as saying. In fact, the researchers came to the conclusion after analysing a study which involved 62,000 women aged between 55 and 70 in the Netherlands. (Hindu)
Chemical in food linked to cancer Dec 3, 2007
The study's lead author, Janneke Hogervorst, from the department of Epidemiology at Maastricht University, said acrylamide could be responsible for disturbing hormone balance in women, which could lead to the development of endometrial and ovarian cancer. She said that since the study, conducted between 1986 and 1997, consumption of french fries and other fried food had increased so it was likely that the dietary intake of acrylamide was even higher. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Major Events in Holland in 2008 Nov 29, 2007
March 7 - 16, 2008 THE EUROPEAN FINE ART FAIR - MECC, MAASTRICHT (TEFAF MAASTRICHT) In March 2007, Maastricht, the oldest town in Holland, will once again host TEFAF Maastricht, the world's most renowned art and antiques fair. Only the most illustrious of the world's art and antique dealers -- more than 220 eminent dealers from 15 countries -- are invited to exhibit at TEFAF. March 20 - May 18, 2008 KEUKENHOF GARDENS - LISSE Every spring, the Keukenhof Gardens are a feast for the eye. (Primezone Releases)
Pressure grows for EU vote after Denmark plans referendum poll Nov 23, 2007
In 1992 the Danes shocked Europe by rejecting the Maastricht treaty, the document that paved the way for the euro ... He has always been pro-EU but only after his third election success has he found the confidence to challenge the opt-outs, which were a device to persuade a nervous population to back the Maastricht treaty ... 1993: The Maastricht Treaty, which broadens the European Union mandate, is only accepted by Denmark after a referendum in which the country is given an opt-out on monetary... (Times Online)
Danes vote again on the euro Nov 23, 2007
Denmark also rejected the EU's Maastricht treaty in a referendum in 1992. Staging another referendum within a decade is a considerable risk, since a second rejection of the single currency might prove impossible to reverse. (International Herald Tribune)
A Nobel Peace Prize for a scaremonger? Oct 26, 2007
The writer is a lecturer on environmental law at the School of Law, University of Indonesia, and a PhD candidate at the University of Maastricht, the Netherlands. Post Your Comments. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Editorial)
EU Strikes Deal on Reform Treaty, Ending Two-Years of Political Stalemate Oct 20, 2007
Denmark, which triggered a currency crisis in 1992 by vetoing the Maastricht Treaty, will decide in December whether to put the Reform Treaty -- also to be known as the Treaty of Lisbon -- to a popular vote ... The bank's powers, set out in the Maastricht Treaty, remain unchanged. (Bloomberg -- Germany)
EU leaders concluded two-day informal summit Friday, with a new treaty aimed at improving EU decision-making and pledges to better deal with the challenges of globalization.• Main points of the EU reform treaty Oct 20, 2007
It is no longer a single document replacing the complex and overlapping set of EU treaties, but an "amending treaty" to the previous ones, such as Maastricht and Nice treaties. Voting mechanism. (Xinhuanet, China)
Skeptics Brown, Kaczynski to Determine Outcome of European Union Treaty Oct 19, 2007
Maastricht Rejection ... Danish rejection of the Maastricht Treaty in 1992 provoked a crisis of confidence that rattled currency markets. (Bloomberg)
Brown commits Britain to EU treaty Oct 19, 2007
"The Conservatives will try to clog up parliament in the new year by staging up to three months of debate on the treaty on the floor of the Commons in a repeat of the Maastricht treaty debates 15 years ago.The Tories maintained that the treaty was essentially the same as the defunct European constitution, and that the bulk of the British exemptions were either worthless or would shortly be eroded by decisions from the European court of justice in Luxembourg."Every poll shows that the vast... (Guardian Unlimited)
Robot relations Oct 15, 2007
"My forecast is that around 2050, the state of Massachusetts will be the first jurisdiction to legalize marriages with ," artificial intelligence researcher David Levy at the University of Maastricht in the Netherlands told LiveScience. Levy recently completed his Ph. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Sex and marriage with robots? It could happen Oct 14, 2007
"My forecast is that around 2050, the state of Massachusetts will be the first jurisdiction to legalize marriages with robots," artificial intelligence researcher David Levy at the University of Maastricht in the Netherlands told LiveScience. Levy recently completed his Ph. (MSNBC)
Dutch ban hallucinogenic mushrooms Oct 13, 2007
Coffee shops in the southern city of Maastricht have begun demanding fingerprints from customers to ensure they aren't buying too much in one day. Growers, including household growers, have been more aggressively targeted for prosecution. (Herald Online, SC -- Health)
Carbon Dioxide Triggers Inborn Distress Oct 3, 2007
To test whether such a CO2 sensing alarm system does exist, and whether CO2 effectively controls emotional states, the research team of the Academic Anxiety Center at the University of Maastricht, the Netherlands (prof. dr. E. Griez and coworkers) conducted a study in healthy volunteers breathing increasing amounts of CO2. (Science Daily)
Two Centre European City Breaks Sep 27, 2007
Other two country cty break options that are surprisingly close include Luxembourg City and Trier in Germany, Geneva in and Lyon in or in Belgium and Maastricht in The Netherlands. Ferry from Finland to Estonia or Denmark to Sweden. (Suite101.com)
ECB's Trichet says big forex swings undesirable Sep 27, 2007
Mr. Trichet was in the Netherlands on Wednesday to address a conference in Heerlen, near Maastricht, where the treaty establishing the European Union and the ECB was signed. Search the News Search. (Globe and Mail -- Business)
Netherlands hotel smartly spans centuries Sep 10, 2007
Visitors to the Kruisherenhotel breakfast room can see the Gothic architecture that housed a monastery for hundreds of years in Maastricht, the Netherlands ... MAASTRICHT, the Netherlands - If you worship at the altar of grand design, this is one church you'll want to visit ... Maastricht is your typical Dutch city, with cobblestone streets and 17th-century shops and town houses. (Boston Globe)
Bacteria Successful In Cancer Treatment Sep 10, 2007
"To target a tumour with gene therapy you need three things. You need to be able to distinguish the tumour from its surrounding healthy tissue. You need to identify a therapeutic gene which will treat the problem. And you need some way of delivering the gene to the tumour," says Dr Jan Theys of Maastricht University, the Netherlands ... The scientists from Maastricht, collaborating with researchers at Nottingham University to speed up progress by sharing technology and knowledge, have proved... (Science Daily)
Dronedarone for Maintenance of Sinus Rhythm in Atrial Fibrillation or Flutter Sep 6, 2007
From the Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System and the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA both in Los Angeles (B.N.S.); the University of Hamilton, Hamilton, ON, Canada (S.J.C.); the University of Maastricht, Maastricht, the Netherlands (H.J.G.M.C.); the University of Montreal, Montreal (D. Roy); Lankenau Hospital and Institute of Medical Research, Philadelphia (P.R.K.); Ospedale Clinical, Taverna, Italy (A.C.); Sanofi-Aventis, Paris (D. Radzik); H pital Central, Nancy,... (New England Journal of Medicine)
WEATHER: Thunderstorms possible Aug 28, 2007
Netherlands - Maastricht. Netherlands - Nijmegen. (Florida Today)
Leonardo da Vinci Focus of Exhibit Aug 1, 2007
In 1992 at the Maastricht treaty, the word economic was removed from its name, making it simply the European Community. It was one of the first three pillars of the European Union. (Suite101.com)
Big but dullThe son of the EU constitution is about to be born Jul 23, 2007
Traditionally, unreadable EU treaties have not been subjected to a referendum, except in Ireland - though France and Denmark made an exception for the Maastricht treaty. This one seems set to be even more clumsy than usual, littered with footnotes, and weighed down with extra declarations and protocols. (BBC News -- Europe)
Human Checkers Players Jumped by Computer Program, Science Says Jul 21, 2007
Tinsley would have been flabbergasted that Schaeffer has succeeded in solving the game,'' said van den Herik, a professor at the University of Maastricht in the Netherlands. He would salute him. (Bloomberg)
A Reform TreatyQuestions answered about the successor to the EU constitution Jul 18, 2007
The constitution attempted to replace all earlier EU treaties and start afresh, whereas the Reform Treaty amends the Treaty on the European Union (Maastricht) and the Treaty Establishing the European Community (Rome). It also drops all reference to the symbols of the EU - the flag, the anthem and the motto - though these will continue to exist. (BBC News -- Europe)
Dutch couple makes new home in Galesburg Jun 27, 2007
Ask Julie and Joep Huijbregts what drew them to move to Galesburg from Maastricht, a beautiful 2,000 year-old city in the Netherlands and they'll quickly respond, family, friends and the cultural richness they've discovered in their new community ... "It is a culturally rich and friendly community, that reminds me a lot of Maastricht: an open, liberal society with lots of students that bring an air of creativity and imagination here, something that energizes Julie and me." ... Julie and Joep met... (Galesburg The Paper, IL)
EU summit sticking points Jun 22, 2007
It should not attempt to consolidate all earlier treaties, simply amend them, in the same way as the Maastricht and Amsterdam Treaties amended the Treaty of Rome. Make the Charter of Fundamental Rights legally binding, or at least, not in the UK. This is based on fears, particularly strong in the business community, that the European Courts could use the charter to force changes to labour laws. (BBC News -- Europe)
How the proposals differ Jun 21, 2007
Previous "amending treaties", such as Nice and Maastricht, did not require referendums, whereas the project to introduce a constitution fell into disarray in 2005 when France and the Netherlands held referendums on the document. Voters rejected the proposal. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
Lumpectomy Safe for Younger Breast Cancer Patients May 26, 2007
Acceptable outcomes, "almost comparable to the rates observed among patients older than 40 years, can be obtained if high-quality surgery and radiotherapy are combined with chemotherapy," Dr. Adri C. Voogd from Maastricht University in the Netherlands told Reuters Health. Voogd and colleagues evaluated the outcomes of 758 women 40 years of age or younger who underwent this course of treatment between 1988 and 2002. (MEDLINEplus)
MS's patent claims jar open-sourcers May 18, 2007
The patent claim, however, could reinforce the perception that Microsoft is a bully, said Rishab Aiyer Ghosh, senior researcher, who studies open-source software usage at United Nations University-Merit in Maastricht in the Netherlands. But Ghosh thinks it's hard to tell if the claims will inhibit business deals between open-source companies and Microsoft without more details about the patents in question. (InfoWorld)
Firstborn King child's death stuns loved ones May 17, 2007
Yolanda Denise King on Jan. 19 in Maastricht, southern Netherlands. Her death "has rocked our family," said her cousin, Isaac Newton Farris Jr.. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
One Genetic Mutation Heals Another In Blistering Skin Disease May 8, 2007
In an accompanying commentary, Jorge Frank and Rudolf Happle from Maastricht University and Philipp University, respectively, suggest that, in the future, skin grafts from areas of an EB patient's own normal-appearing skin could be transplanted to affected skin regions on the same patient (after first removing the affected skin). This approach would avoid triggering immune reactions that are often responsible for graft rejection. (Science Daily)
Post a comment (110+) May 7, 2007
In Hungary inventing Euro is not an important question however the know-how (Maastricht convergence plan) is a good one to stabilize national budget. I tend to say to Hungarians: use the convergence criterias and do not invent the Euro. (International Herald Tribune)
A useful vote 19/04/07 Apr 24, 2007
Laert Dogjani, Maastricht, NED (Albania). To call "Action Francaise", the inter-war Monarchist party "fascist" is either complete ignorance or real bad faith from the journalist. (BBC News -- Europe)
• Morning Leadoff Apr 22, 2007
Sunday, April 22, 2007. Get daily headlines via e-mail. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Kingdom of the Netherlands, The Netherlands: 2007 Article IV Consultation: Preliminary Conclusions Apr 11, 2007
Since the breach of the Maastricht deficit ceiling in 2003, the consolidation of the public finances has been impressive, with the latest data showing a general government surplus of 0 ... These refinements include lowering the safety margin for the Maastricht ceiling (the so-called signal value), placing interest payments outside the expenditure ceilings in order to avoid pro-cyclical policy, and better management of the resources of the budgetary fund on gas revenues (FES) and reporting of tax... (IMF News)
Remember a Previous Life? Maybe You Have a Bad Memory Apr 7, 2007
Study author Maarten Peters of Maastricht University in the Netherlands tested patients of "reincarnation therapists," who use hypnosis to help their patients remember "past lives," which the clients believe are at the root of their current problems. Subjects were given a memory test known as the false fame paradigm, in which they were asked to recite a list of unfamiliar names. (Scientific American)
Reincarnation tied to memory errors Apr 7, 2007
Power of suggestionPeople who are likely to make these kinds of errors might end up convincing themselves of things that arent true, said lead researcher Maarten Peters of Maastricht University in The Netherlands. When people who are prone to making these mistakes undergo hypnosis and are repeatedly asked to talk about a potential idea like a past life they might, as they grow more familiar with it, eventually convert the idea into a full-blown. (MSNBC -- Technology)
New research in Psychological Science Apr 6, 2007
Great Apes' Understanding of Other Individuals' Line of Sight Sanae Okamoto-Barth,1,2 Josep Call,1 and Michael Tomasello1 1Department of Developmental and Comparative Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany, and 2Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands. ABSTRACTPrevious research has shown that many social animals follow the gaze of other individuals. (EurekAlert!)
Heart Failure: Intervention Possibilities From Imaging Programmed Cell Loss Apr 5, 2007
Our study indicates that it is feasible to noninvasively identify cell loss or apoptosis in heart failure patients using annexin A5 imaging, explained Leo Hofstra, director of cardiovascular imaging at the University Hospital of Maastricht in the Netherlands ... Other co-authors are Bas L.J.H. Kietselaer and Harry J.G.M. Crijns, both with the Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Maastricht; Chris P.M. Reutelingsperger, Department of Biochemistry, University of Maastricht; Hendrikus... (Science Daily)
