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Bay of Greifswald
The Bay of Greifswald or Greifswald Bodden (German: Greifswalder Bodden) is a basin in the southwestern Baltic Sea, off the shores of Germany in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. With an area of 514 km², it is the largest Bodden of the German Baltic coast.
To the west is the island of Rügen; to the southeast, the island of Usedom; to the east, the Bay of Pomerania, and to the south, the German mainland. The bay is also joined to the Baltic Sea through the Strelasund, a narrow sound separating Rügen from the mainland. The bay's northern end is sometimes called the Rügischer Bodden.
The bay itself has a heavily indented coastline, making it a bay of bays. The headlands of Mönchgut (in east Rügen) and Zudar (in south Rügen) – the former actually being made up of several peninsulae – subdivide the bay into many smaller ones. The bay's main port is Greifswald. Amongst the islands in the east of the bodden are Vilm, Koos, Riems and the former island of Stubber, now a sandbank.
The Bay of Greifswald is quite shallow, with an average depth of 5.6 m, and a maximum depth of 13.5 m. Its water is brackish rather than briny owing to inflow from rivers, and the Baltic Sea's complex hydrography (saltier water is generally found only at greater depths there). The average salinity is at 7 to 8 psu, ranging from 5.3 and 12.2 psu.

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Beuchel
Beuchel is a small uninhabited island in the Neuendorfer Wiek bay of the German island of Rügen, and is only a little over a hundred metres off Rügen. It measures roughly 400 by 150 metres, and has an area of 7 ha (approx 17. acres). The kidney-shaped island is flat and treeless.
The island was declared a nature reserve in 1940 to protect the birds brooding or resting there, and cannot be visited.
Coordinates: 54°32′N 13°18′E / 54.533°N 13.3°E / 54.533; 13.3

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Dänholm
Dänholm (literally Danes' Isle) is a small island on the German coast of the Baltic Sea. It is situated in the Strelasund just east of Stralsund. Both bridges linking Rügen with the mainland, Rügendamm and Rügenbrücke, run over it. The island was the scene of an incident between the Swedish and French armies in 1807, when it belonged to Swedish Pomerania.
This article is fully or partially based on material from Nordisk familjebok, 1904-1926.
Coordinates: 54°19′N 13°07′E / 54.317°N 13.117°E / 54.317; 13.117

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Eldena abbey

Eldena Abbey (German: Kloster Eldena), originally Hilda Abbey (German: Kloster Hilda) is a former Cistercian monastery near the present town of Greifswald in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Only ruins survive, which are well-known as a frequent subject of Caspar David Friedrich's paintings, including the famous Abtei im Eichwald ("Abbey in the Oak Forest").
In the 12th century the Baltic coast south of the island of Rügen belonged to the Rani principality of Rügen, which in its turn was subject to the Danes. The Danish Cistercian monastery, Esrum Abbey, was thus able to found a daughter house in the area, Dargun Abbey, at Dargun, west of Demmin, in 1172. When in 1198 this monastery was destroyed in fighting between Denmark and Brandenburg, Jaromar I, Prince of the Rani, whose wife was of the Danish royal house, offered to re-settle the monks at a new site at the mouth of the River Ryck, close to the boundary between the territory of the Princes of Rügen, and the County of Gützkow, since the early 1120s subordinate to the Duchy of Pomerania.

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Fährinsel
54°32′38″N 13°7′15″E / 54.54389°N 13.12083°E / 54.54389; 13.12083
Fährinsel is a small Baltic Sea island off the eastern shore of the island of Hiddensee and which belongs to the Insel Hiddensee municipality. It is separated from Hiddensee by the narrow Bäk, only 120 metres wide in places. It forms the western part of the border between the Schaproder Bodden and the Vitter Bodden. The island is 1.23 km long and up to 580 metres wide. It has an area of ca. 37 ha. Ferry services between Rügen and Hiddensee used to run via Fährinsel. It was closed in 1952 when the port at Schaprode was upgraded to handle mailboat services. Fährinsel is a nature reserve and out-of-bounds to visitors. It is a roosting place for thousands of birds and the grazing area for a herd of Gotland sheep.

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Germany
Germany (ⁱ/ˈdʒɜrməni/), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland, pronounced [ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant] ( listen)), is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km² and has a largely temperate seasonal climate. With 81.8 million inhabitants, it is the most populous member state and the largest economy in the European Union. It is one of the major political powers of the European continent and a technological leader in many fields.
A region named Germania, inhabited by several Germanic peoples, was documented before AD 100. During the Migration Period, the Germanic tribes expanded southward, and established successor kingdoms throughout much of Europe. Beginning in the 10th century, German territories formed a central part of the Holy Roman Empire. During the 16th century, northern German regions became the centre of the Protestant Reformation while southern and western parts remained dominated by Roman Catholic denominations, with the two factions clashing in the Thirty Years' War, marking the beginning of the Catholic–Protestant divide that has characterized German society ever since. Occupied during the Napoleonic Wars, the rise of Pan-Germanism inside the German Confederation resulted in the unification of most of the German states into the German Empire in 1871 which was Prussian dominated. After the German Revolution of 1918–1919 and the subsequent military surrender in World War I, the Empire was replaced by the Weimar Republic in 1918, and partitioned in the Treaty of Versailles. Amidst the Great Depression, the Third Reich was proclaimed in 1933. The latter period was marked by Fascism and World War II. After 1945, Germany was divided by allied occupation, and evolved into two states, East Germany and West Germany. In 1990 Germany was reunified.

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Greifswalder Oie
Greifswalder Oie (literally "Greifswald's isle") is a small island in the Baltic Sea, located east of Rügen on the German coast. The island covers an area of about 54 hectares.
Around 1929 Johannas Winkler experimented with small LOX methane rockets off the Island of Greifawalder. (ref. "Reaching for the Stars", Erik Bergaust, Doubleday). The island was a restricted military space from 1936 to 1991, first under control of Nazi Germany and then the German Democratic Republic (East Germany). Between 1937 and 1945 numerous rockets were launched from Greifswalder Oie. In an operation designated Lighthouse, Wernher von Braun oversaw attempts to launch A3 rockets in December 1937, each of which failed. Between 1938 and 1942 the island was the scene for the nearly successful launches of the A5 rockets. Also twenty-eight A4/V2 rockets were launched vertically from Greifswalder Oie between 1943 and 1945. These launches were made in order to observe the reentrance of the rockets into the atmosphere. A successful launch of an A4 on October 3, 1942 penetrated earth's atmosphere and became the first man made object to go into space. The island was known as Peenemunde during WWII and after.

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Hanseatic League
The Hanseatic League (also known as the Hanse or Hansa; Low German: Hanse, Dudesche Hanse, Latin: Hansa, Hansa Teutonica or Liga Hanseatica) was an economic alliance of trading cities and their merchant guilds that dominated trade along the coast of Northern Europe. It stretched from the Baltic to the North Sea and inland during the Late Middle Ages and early modern period (c. 13th–17th centuries).
The League was created to protect commercial interests and privileges granted by foreign rulers in cities and countries the merchants visited. The Hanseatic cities had their own legal system and furnished their own protection and mutual aid. Despite this, the organization was not a city-state, nor can it be called a confederation of city-states; only a very small number of the cities within the league enjoyed autonomy and liberties comparable to those of a free imperial city.
The legacy of the Hansa is remembered today in several names, for example the German airline Lufthansa (i.e., 'Air Hansa'), F.C. Hansa Rostock, the Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen, in the Netherlands, and the Hansa Brewery in Bergen.

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Hectare
The hectare ( /ˈhɛktɛər/ or /ˈhɛktɑr/; symbol ha) is a metric unit of area defined as 10,000 square metres (100 m by 100 m), and primarily used in the measurement of land. In 1795, when the metric system was introduced, the 'are' was defined as being 100 square metres and the hectare ('hecto-' + 'are') was thus 100 'ares' or 1/100 km². A hectare of land is about 2.47 acres.
When the metric system was further rationalised in 1960, resulting in the International System of Units (SI), the are was not included as a recognised unit. The hectare is one of the non-SI units accepted for use with the SI units.
The metric system of measure was first given a legal basis in 1795 by the French Revolutionary government. The law of 18 Germinal, Year III (7 April 1795) defined five units of measure:
Although the law defined the length of the metre, there was no practical way of accurately measuring the metre (and hence the are) until 1799 when the first standard metre was manufactured and adopted.
The standard metre remained in the custody of successive French governments until 1875 when, under the Convention of the Metre, its supervision passed into international control under the auspices of the General Conference on Weights and Measures (GCPM). At the first meeting of the GCPM in 1889 when a new standard metre, manufactured by Johnson Matthey & Co of London was adopted, the are and hectare were automatically redefined.

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Koos
Koos is the largest of several small islands in the Bay of Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It has an area of 772 hectares and a maximum elevation of just above three meters. The island is a largely uninhabited natural reserve with restricted access. It is separated from the mainland by Kooser Bucht and Kooser See, two bays connected by a tiny strait, Beek.
In 1241, Barnuta, prince of Rügen, granted Koos (then "Chosten") to Eldena abbey (then "Hilda"), later it became a possession of the Hanseatic town of Greifswald, located a few kilometers southward. A medieval burgh has been suggested on the isle, but not verified. A 17th century Dutch settlement had disappeared in the 18th century. Koos is administered by the nearby town of Greifswald.
Coordinates: 54°10′N 13°25′E / 54.167°N 13.417°E / 54.167; 13.417

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Langenwerder
Langenwerder is a small uninhabited island near the island Poel north of Gollwitz, a district of the municipality of Poel island.
It is approximately 800 metres long, 500 Metres across, and flat.
The island is a nature reserve, due to the birds that live on the island, and therefore access to the island isn't usually allowed.
Coordinates: 54°02′N 11°30′E / 54.033°N 11.5°E / 54.033; 11.5

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Ostvorpommern
Ostvorpommern was a Kreis (district) in the eastern part of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. The district was created on June 12, 1994 by merging the former districts of Anklam, Greifswald and Wolgast. It was merged into Vorpommern-Greifswald on 4 September 2011.
Neighboring districts were (from east clockwise) Uecker-Randow, Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Demmin and Nordvorpommern. The Hanseatic city of Greifswald was enclosed by the district, but did not belong to it.
The subdivisions of the district were (situation August 2011):
Coordinates: 53°56′N 13°40′E / 53.93°N 13.67°E / 53.93; 13.67

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Riems
Riems Island lies in the southwest of Bay of Greifswald in between the German mainland and the island of Rügen, a flat spur in the Baltic Sea. Riems belongs administratively to urban district of Hanseatic City of Greifswald, but it is an exclave. Riemserort, another district, belongs to Riems Island. It lies opposite the island on the mainland.
The island of Riems measures west-to-east at about 1,250 meters, north-to-south, at its widest point, it is about 300 meters. Since the early 1970s, it has been connected, by a 500m long banked causeway, to the mainland. It has, therefore, been a peninsula for more than 30 years. Before the causeway a cable car was used to transport materials to the mainland. This cable car is now broken down, but the remains of its foundation supports are still visible. The lack of fresh water in the Gristower Wiek caused oxygen depletion became a problem in the shallow bay. To ease this issue, in the Autumn of 2007, the 30m long dam to the island was reopened.
Riems is an important resting and moulting area for waterbirds. The Fahrenbrink Peninsula Nature Reserve (German: Naturschutzgebiet Halbinsel Fahrenbrink) is a recognized nature reserve. Approximately 15 percent of the northern European waterfowl population spend their winter in the area and the Bay of Greifswald and Strelasund. Therefore it has been declared a European bird sanctuary.

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Ruden
Ruden is a small island in the Baltic Sea, located between Rügen and Usedom off the German coast. Ruden belongs to the municipality of Kröslin, in the German state (Bundesland) of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Before the storm tide of All Saints day in 1304, Ruden was probably part of a land bridge between Usedom and Rügen.
Today, the Ruden is a nature reserve.
Coordinates: 54°12′N 13°46′E / 54.2°N 13.767°E / 54.2; 13.767

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Rügen
Rügen (German pronunciation: [ˈʁyːɡən]) is Germany's largest island by area. It is located off the Pomeranian coast in the Baltic Sea and belongs to the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
The "gateway" to the island of Rügen is the Hanseatic town of Stralsund. The island, which is linked to the mainland by road and railway over the Rügen Causeway and Rügen Bridge over the two-kilometre-wide Strelasund, has a maximum length of 51.4 km (from north to south), a maximum width of 42.8 km in the south and an area of 926 km². The coast is characterized by numerous bays (both lagoons known as bodden and open bays known as Wieken), as well as projecting peninsulas and headlands. In June 2011, UNESCO awarded the status of a World Heritage Site. to the Jasmund National Park, famous for its vast stands of beeches.
The island of Rügen is part of the district of Vorpommern-Rügen with its county seat in Stralsund. The towns on Rügen are: Bergen auf Rügen, Sassnitz, Putbus and Garz/Rügen. In addition, there are the Baltic seaside resorts of Binz, Sellin, Göhren, Baabe and Thiessow. Rügen is very popular with tourists because of its diverse landscape and its long, sandy beaches of many tourists.

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Ummanz
Ummanz (German pronunciation: [ˈʊmants]) is a small island situated off the coast of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in Germany.
Its area is 20 km². Together with the neighboring islands Rügen and Hiddensee it is administrated as the district Rügen.
It is a part of the national park Nationalpark Vorpommersche Boddenlandschaft.
Coordinates: 54°28′N 13°11′E / 54.467°N 13.183°E / 54.467; 13.183

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Usedom
Usedom (German: Usedom [ˈuːzədɔm], Polish: Uznam [ˈuznam]) is a Baltic Sea island on the border between Germany and Poland. It is situated north of the Szczecin Lagoon (German: Stettiner Haff) estuary of the River Oder in Pomerania. Most of the island belongs to the German district of Vorpommern-Greifswald in the Federal State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, with the exception of the eastern part and the city of Świnoujście (German: Swinemünde) which is in Polish West Pomeranian Voivodeship. Its area is 445 km² (the German part 373 km²; the Polish part 72 km²).
Its population is 76,500 (the German part 31,500; the Polish part 45,000).
The island is separated to the east from the neighbouring island of Wolin by the Świna (German: Swine) strait (or river), which is the main route connecting Szczecin Bay with the Pomeranian Bay, a part of the Baltic Sea. The strait between the island and the mainland is called the Peenestrom; it is a downstream extension of the valley of the Peene river, which flows into the westernmost part of the Stettin Lagoon. The island is mostly flat, partly covered by marshes.

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Vilm
The Baltic Sea island of Vilm lies in the bay south of the much larger island of Rügen, it is one of Germany's most remote and tranquil spots. Covering less than 1 km², Vilm is the remnant of a moraine left as the glaciers retreated about 6000 years ago. Since its formation the shape of the island has gradually changed, with sandbars and beaches forming and eroding continuously. Today the island is shaped like a 2.5 kilometre-long tadpole, consisting of two distinct parts. Great Vilm, the “head” to the north-east, rises to almost 40 m. The low-lying isthmus of Middle Vilm forms a long “tail” to the south-west, which culminates in Little Vilm, a rocky mound about 20 m above sea level. The chalky cliffs to the southern side of Great Vilm are rapidly eroding, while sandbanks are building to add a snail-like curl to the tail.
Vestiges on the island suggest that humans used it in the early Stone Age, not long after its formation. Slavic peoples built a temple there, and its use for spiritual purposes persisted into Christian times, when in the Middle Ages it became a place of pilgrimage. In the early 19th century a law was passed to prevent trees from being felled on the island, and it became a summer residence for aristocrats. In 1936 the fauna and flora of the island were placed under protection to preserve its ancient oak and beech woodlands. After the second world war, Vilm became a favourite destination for tourists from German cities. By 1957 the island's public restaurant was used by some 700 visitors a day. In 1959 the Council of Ministers of the German Democratic Republic closed the island to the public and constructed 11 guesthouses, administrative and farm buildings. From then until the dissolution of the GDR, they used it as a private retreat for high functionaries, including the GDR heads of state Walter Ulbricht and Erich Honecker.

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Walfisch
Walfisch is an uninhabited German island, in the Bay of Mecklenburg in the Baltic Sea.
It lies between the city of Wismar (roughly 4.5 km north) and the island of Poel. The very flat island has a maximum circumference of ca. 500 × 300 metres, a surface area of 20 hectares and is a nature reserve.
During the Thirty Years' War there was a fortress located on the island, which today is mainly under water. Relics of this are still being discovered today through aerial archaeology.
The fortress of Walfisch was destroyed in the year 1717 after the Northern Wars.
Coordinates: 53°56′25″N 11°25′38″E / 53.9403°N 11.4272°E / 53.9403; 11.4272

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Dutch people
The Dutch people (Dutch: Nederlanders (help·info)) are an ethnic group native to the Netherlands. They share a common culture and speak the Dutch language. Dutch people and their descendants are found in migrant communities worldwide, notably in Suriname, Chile, Brazil, Canada,Australia,South Africa,New Zealand, and the United States.
The traditional art and culture of the Dutch encompasses various forms of traditional music, dances, architectural styles and clothing, some of which are globally recognizable. Internationally, Dutch painters such as Rembrandt, Vermeer and Van Gogh are held in high regard. The dominant religion of the Dutch is Christianity (both Catholic and Protestant), although in modern times the majority is no longer (openly) religious. Significant percentages of the Dutch are adherents of humanism, agnosticism, atheism or individual spirituality.
In the Middle Ages the Low Countries were situated around the border of France and the Holy Roman Empire, forming a part of their respective peripheries, and the various territories of which they consisted had de facto become virtually autonomous by the 13th century. Under the Habsburgs, the Netherlands were organised into a single administrative unit, and in the 16th and 17th centuries the Northern Netherlands gained independence from Spain as the Dutch Republic. The high degree of urbanization characteristic of Dutch society was attained at a relatively early date. During the Republic the first series of large scale Dutch migrations outside of Europe took place.

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Accident @ Moegatle - Koos se Klim /Tsogwe

Land Rover Defender attempting Koos se Klim / Tsogwe at Moegatle [Just outside Brits in SA...

published: 28 Dec 2008

author: rieghard

Loost Koos Feat Stepa & Aksim Syntymäpäivät

Stepa loost koost aksim - Syntymäpäivät...

published: 29 Oct 2009

author: Jarddede

Koos Kombuis - Die Fokol Song

Live at Oppikoppi 2008 www.kooskombuis.co.za www.kooskombuis.co.za...

published: 02 Sep 2008

author: MandarbZA

Koos Mohamed House

This Production is made by the Academy for Peace & Development....

published: 17 May 2008

author: alijibril

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yuav tawm rau lub hli no xwb yog koj nyiam raug hu tuaj rau ntawm HLI NRA 920-475-9768...

published: 10 Aug 2012

author: thai yang

Koos Alberts - Zijn het je ogen

Songtekst mede mogelijk gemaakt door Remie Pothuizen ! Ja, de wereld kreeg een kleur d'r b...

published: 06 Jul 2008

author: Remie Pothuizen

3HMOOBTV NEWS - Rooj Sib Tham Thib 1 ntawm Koos Haum Koom Haiv Nyob Saint Paul

Lub Rooj sib tham thawj zaug loj ntawm lub koos haum koom haiv "Hmong Nationalities Organi...

published: 26 Mar 2012

author: 3HmoobTV

tsis tees koos loos mam ua dab los cab

npaj muag lawm nrhiav yuav nawb...

published: 28 Aug 2012

author: thai yang

SVT Documentary Andrea Rossis Ecat

Swedish TVs show "Vetenskapens Värld" (The World of Science) Documentary about Cold Fusion...

published: 20 Dec 2012

author: svampus88

Loost Koos: Takaisin Tallinnaan feat.Superjanne

loost koos Takaisin Tallinnaan feat Superjanne musiikkivideo albumilta Peruna & Timantti (...

published: 05 Feb 2008

author: Slowknow

David Liebman & 13-yr-old Gadi Lehavi

Jazz artist David Liebman plays Autumn Leaves with 13-year-old Gadi Lehavi. Filmed live in...

published: 05 Feb 2010

author: nederlev

Klein Orkest - Koos Werkeloos

Klein Orkest met het nummer Koos Werkeloos....

published: 27 Aug 2009

author: KleinOrkest

Achterwerk in de kast - Koos Koets

Achterwerk in de kast - Koos Koets...

published: 21 Feb 2007

author: Movieking149

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published: 12 Aug 2008

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An Ivory Coast troop stands next to the belongings of people involved in a deadly stampede in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Tuesday, Jan. 1 2013.

Stampede after fireworks kills 61 in Ivory Coast

The Guardian

01 Jan 2013

INZA BAKAYOKO. Associated Press= ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — A crowd stampeded after leaving a New Year's fireworks show early Tuesday in Ivory Coast's commercial center, killing 61 people — many of them youths — and injuring more than 200, rescue workers said. The death toll was expected to rise, the officials said ... Issa Sako of the fire department rescue team.....(size: 8.1Kb)

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Youth Brigade of Kashmir carry out a protest demonstration in Srinagar, India, on Monday 24, December 2012. As solidarity with Delhi gang-rape case. The protesters were demanding action against people involved in rape incidents across the country.

Indian gang rape: suspects to appear in court

The Daily Telegraph

03 Jan 2013

A gang of men accused of repeatedly raping a 23-year-old student on a moving bus in New Delhi in a deadly crime that repulsed the nation are to appear in court today for the first time. A British tourist join others in a candlelight vigil to mourn the death of a gang rape victim, in Kolkata, India Photo. AP. 3.52AM GMT 03 Jan 2013 ... Police have ordered a bone test to determine his age and whether he can stand trial in an adult court....(size: 11.3Kb)

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends a ceremony to reopen the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Monday, Dec. 17, 2012.

North Korea's leader calls for peace with South in New Year's speech

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

02 Jan 2013

SEOUL -- In a domestically televised New Year's Day speech, North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un said he wanted to "remove confrontation" on this divided peninsula and called on "anti-reunification forces" in South Korea to cease their hostility toward the North. The lengthy address, which laid out the national goals for 2013, marked Mr ... Mr. Kim on Tuesday asked for a detente -- but with prerequisites that the conservative Ms ... ....(size: 3.2Kb)

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File - Ram Herder, 89, is shown on May 22, 2008 in his Sanders, Ariz. home that was provided by the federal government as part of a massive relocation project to move Navajos from land Congress said belonged to the Hopi Tribe.

A New Year's Resolution: An Apology Day?

WorldNews.com

01 Jan 2013

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. For good reason Mark Charles, a member of the Navajo Nation, is deeply offended that buried on page 45 of the 2010 Defense Appropriation Act (after pages on the maintenance and operation of the United States Military) is an "official" apology to Native American People ... political leaders and officials find it extremely difficult in expressing remorse for past mistakes ... Escorted by the U.S....(size: 5.6Kb)

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U.S. Army Lt. Col. Mark Martin, right, civil affairs team lead for Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Farah, shakes hands and laughs with Mawlawi Guhlam M. Ruhaani, director of Hajj and Endowment, at the conclusion of a key leader engagement in Farah City, Dec. 29, 2012.

US working hard to have support for Afghan reconciliation

Zeenews

03 Jan 2013

Washington. Aiming to get cooperation through dialogue, the US said that it is working hard to create an environment within Afghanistan and also in the region to have support for Afghan-Afghan reconciliation ... Responding to questions, Nuland said the US supports an Afghan-led process of reconciliation ... Saying that Pakistan needs to engage with Afghanistan directly, Nuland said the US supports dialogue between the two ... PTI ... First Published....(size: 2.3Kb)

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Kien Keat-Boon Heong have major targets

New Straits/Business Times

04 Jan 2013

NATIONAL men's doubles chief coach Tan Kim Her, while expecting Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong to do well in the Malaysia Open after getting a favourable draw, has set the World Championships and All England as the pair's major targets this year ... "It is an easy draw for Kien Keat-Boon Heong so they should do well in the Malaysia Open ... They have won a match each in previous meetings and it will be close again ... By K.M. Boopathy. ....(size: 2.4Kb)

Koo deserved a red card too, claims Ribery

Goal

03 Jan 2013

The Frenchman was sent off after a clash with Koo Ja-Cheol during his side's 2-0 victory at the SGL Arena, and he believes that the decision was undeserved ... "Of course I fouled Koo, but I was about to apologise, then he provoked me and I fell for his game. If the referee is sending me off, he has to do the same to Koo, because he had his hand in my ......(size: 2.3Kb)

Time for pair to come good

New Straits/Business Times

03 Jan 2013

MEN'S doubles Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong will have to overcome South Korean obstacles again in the Malaysia Open on Jan 15-20 if they are to win a first super series title in three years ... Kien Keat-Boon Heong have been struggling to beat the world's top pairs while new combinations have also been dictating terms against the World No 2 ... Koo Kien Keat (left) and Tan Boon Heong have been struggling to beat the world’s top pairs. 1 / 1 . ....(size: 2.5Kb)

Korean tycoons set firms’ direction for 2013

China Daily

03 Jan 2013

Samsung’s future depends on how many No ... Hyundai Motor Group chairman Chung Mong-koo laid out “brand innovation through better quality” as the conglomerate’s management policy for this year, setting a global sales target of 7.41 million vehicles, up 4 per cent from 2012 ... LG Group chairman Koo Bon-moo called for “market-leading products that will shake the world” ... We must maximize intra-group synergy to secure a competitive edge.” ... ....(size: 4.3Kb)

Ex-Player and Management News (Aldershot Town FC Ltd)

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03 Jan 2013

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Ohio's Kucinich won't rule out future campaigns

Dayton Daily News

03 Jan 2013

Ohio's Dennis Kucinich (koo-SIN'-ich), a leading voice in the left-wing of the Democratic Party, has left Congress after 16 years and isn't ruling out ......(size: 0.8Kb)

Ngeh issues notice to paper and blog for defamation

The Star

03 Jan 2013

IPOH. State DAP chairman Datuk Ngeh Koo Ham and secretary Nga Kor Ming have issued a notice of demand to Berita Harian, a blog and an individual for allegedly defaming them over a land deal in Kelantan ... ....(size: 1.2Kb)

Ex-DAP man Bah Tony now a PKR member

The Star

03 Jan 2013

IPOH ... “I only knew about it last month during a party meeting ... Several online media sites and blogs had speculated that Bah Tony quit DAP because of differences with state chairman Datuk Ngeh Koo Ham ... ....(size: 1.0Kb)

CEC members told to zip it over logging deal

The Star

03 Jan 2013

PETALING JAYA. A gag order has been issued to party central executive committee members against making any statement on the alleged involvement of Perak DAP duo Nga Kor Ming and Ngeh Koo Ham in a logging business venture in Kelantan. Several CEC members said they had been “told to zip it” ... “This is because they would have failed to preserve the party's confidentiality,” he said ... ....(size: 1.9Kb)

Hyundai Falls With Korean Auto Stocks as Won Rises: Seoul Mover

Bloomberg

03 Jan 2013

Hyundai Motor Co. (005380) and Kia Motors Corp ... Hyundai Motor dropped 4.2 percent to 207,000 won as of 11.58 a.m ... 5 ... Hyundai and Kia are forecasting combined sales to rise 4.1 percent to 7.41 million cars in 2013, Chung Mong Koo, chairman of both carmakers, told employees in Seoul yesterday ... said by phone today ... ....(size: 2.1Kb)

Highlights of 2013 New Year’s Speech (Hyundai Corporation)

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03 Jan 2013

(Source. Hyundai Corporation). Speaker. Mong-Koo Chung, Chairman & CEO, Hyundai Motor Group. - In spite of difficult business environment, Hyundai Motor Group managed to sustain growth and development in 2012. - Especially, with completion of a third plant in China and a new plant in Brazil, Hyundai and Kia established a more solid global production network; 30 plants in nine countries ... distributed by ... (noodl. 17097257) ....(size: 3.0Kb)

The 10 Best Long Term CEOs Of This Generation

Business Insider

03 Jan 2013

Too often, CEOs are evaluated by short term performance. A bad couple of quarters can take the shine off of even the most competent executive, and even lead to their ouster. That can discourage the sort of long term vision and investment that it takes to truly succeed over time ... It's an incredibly diverse list in terms of both national origin and industry.  ... 1. Steve Jobs, Apple (1997-2011) ... 2 ... 3 ... Chung Mong-Koo, Hyundai (1999-present)....(size: 3.2Kb)

Avis to buy Zipcar to get into car-sharing

Star Tribune

03 Jan 2013

Avis to buy Zipcar to get into car-sharing. Avis Budget Group Inc. is leaping into the car-sharing service business by buying Zipcar for $491.2 million, aiming to capture a new type of customer and technology that will vastly expand its car rental options ... Spending on U.S ... 26 ... Korea trip ... The companies plan combined sales to rise 4.1 percent to 7.41 million cars in 2013, Chung Mong Koo, chairman of both Kia and Hyundai, told employees ... ....(size: 3.7Kb)

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Location of Koos (red) in former Ostvorpommern district, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

View over the Kooser Wiesen ("Koos meadows", on the mainland) towards Koos (marked by the group of trees in the center). The yellow sign showing an owl indicates the area's status as a protected nature reserve.

Koos is the largest of several small islands in the Bay of Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It has an area of 772 hectares and a maximum elevation of just above three meters.^[1] The island is a largely uninhabited natural reserve with restricted access.^[2]^[3] It is separated from the mainland by Kooser Bucht and Kooser See, two bays connected by a tiny strait, Beek.^[1]

In 1241, Barnuta, prince of Rügen, granted Koos (then "Chosten") to Eldena abbey (then "Hilda"),^[4] later it became a possession of the Hanseatic town of Greifswald, located a few kilometers southward. A medieval burgh has been suggested on the isle, but not verified.^[5] A 17th century Dutch settlement had disappeared in the 18th century. Koos is administered by the nearby town of Greifswald.^[3]

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^ ^a ^b Map of Koos, elevation and settlements detailed
^ Declaration of Koos as part of a Naturschutzgebiet "Insel Koos, Kooser See und Wampener Riff" [1]
^ ^a ^b Detailed list of protected areas within the Greifswald city limits
^ Christian Lübke, Struktur und Wandel im Früh- und Hochmittelalter: eine Bestandsaufnahme aktueller Forschungen zur Germania Slavica, Franz Steiner Verlag, 1998, p. 308, ISBN 3-515-07114-8
^ Christian Lübke, Struktur und Wandel im Früh- und Hochmittelalter: eine Bestandsaufnahme aktueller Forschungen zur Germania Slavica, Franz Steiner Verlag, 1998, p.305, ISBN 3-515-07114-8

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Coordinates: 54°10′N 13°25′E / 54.167°N 13.417°E / 54.167; 13.417

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Koos Kombuis
Born	(1954-11-05) November 5, 1954 (age 57) Devils Peak, Cape Town, RSA

Koos Kombuis (born André le Roux du Toit, November 5, 1954) is a South African musician, singer, songwriter and writer who became famous as part of a group of anti-establishment maverick Afrikaans musicians, who, under the collective name of Voëlvry (directly translated meaning "Free as a bird"; in Afrikaans "voëlvry" is synonymous to the word "fugitive"), toured campuses across South Africa in the 1980s, to "liberate Afrikaans from the shackles of its past". Fellow musicians of this movement were Johannes Kerkorrel and Bernoldus Niemand (James Phillips).

They were a younger generation Afrikaner who didn't believe in apartheid and didn't toe the ruling National Party line. This movement coined the term Alternative Afrikaner for themselves. Kombuis is somewhat of an icon among certain South Africans who consider him the guru of Afrikaans rock music and father of non-conformist Afrikaans culture.

1 Humorous stage name
2 Early life
3 Musical style
4 Sponsorship
5 Trivia
6 Discography
7 Writings
8 External links
9 References

Humorous stage name [link]

Koos Kombuis is a humorous stage name as well as his pen name. Koos (sounding like "koo-iss") is a shortened version for the common name "Jacobus" / "Jakobus", but is also Afrikaans slang for a chamber pot. Kombuis means "Kitchen" in Afrikaans. His childhood nickname was "Koos", and he got his last name from a time when he squatted in the kitchen of former drug-dealer and author Al Lovejoy [1]. The name also alludes to the Afrikaans language derogatorily being known as "Kitchen Dutch" in its early years.

Du Toit started out as a poet and novelist in the early 1980s writing under the name André Letoit, (a non-intentional anagram for "toilet") but wanting something more colloquial-sounding for his musical career, settled on Koos Kombuis.

He has introduced an A in his stage name, now being Koos A. Kombuis. The A is for Andre, formed part of his first stage name, Andre le Toit. He claims the fact that the spelling of his initials, K.A.K ("shit" in Afrikaans), is purely coincidental.

Early life [link]

Du Toit grew up in Riversdal, Paarl, Wellington, Kuruman and in Bellville, before the family settled in Stellenbosch (and later in Pretoria, where he spent the last year of high school at Die Hoërskool Menlopark). After school, Du Toit did his compulsory military service: apparently he was so bad at shooting that he was posted in the fire brigade. After this, Du Toit went back to the fire brigade several times, the only job he claims he was never fired from (Kombuis 2000: 78).

After the army, he wanted to study at the University of Stellenbosch with his childhood friends, but his parents insisted he attend the University of Pretoria instead. He left after two years, never finishing a degree, and moved to Johannesburg where he settled in an apartment in Hillbrow. Here he was involved in a lot of different fringe churches and religious denominations, but got increasingly worried about his own mental health.

He finally went back to his parents in Pretoria and asked to get medical help. After seeing several psychologists and being severely medicated, the decision was taken to give him shock therapy. Du Toit claims that after ten treatments, he suffered amnesia and effectively can't remember the year 1976 to date. After this treatment his parents had him committed to Weskoppies psychiatric hospital in Pretoria (wrongly) diagnosed as having schizophrenia. This was decided after a questionnaire and a single rorschach test [2]. After psychiatrists realised that he wasn't sick, he'd spent a year in a ward with drug addicts and schizophrenics.

At this point he started sending his short stories to Afrikaans weekly Huisgenoot, and spent the next few years as a freelance writer, publishing several novellas, volumes of poetry and short stories. His first (semi-autobiographical) novel Somer II ("Summer II") appears in 1985. His last autobiography, Seks & Drugs & Boeremusiek: die memoires van 'n volksverraaier ("Sex, drugs and Boere (folk) musiek: the memoires of a national traitor") appears in 2000. In this book he corrects many of the more far-fetched claims he made in Somer II.

Musical style [link]

He cites Bob Dylan, Neil Young as well as ex-Beatles George Harrison and John Lennon as musical influences. His musical style is raw, and Kombuis often accompanies himself only with his acoustic guitar, but sometimes uses his backing rock band known as "Die Warmblankes" ("The Almost Drunk / Mellow Whites").

Koos Kombuis is considered by some as one of the best lyricists in South African music today. One of his most popular hits is "Lisa se Klavier" ("Lisa's Piano"), which has been covered by Laurika Rauch and The Parlotones.

Sponsorship [link]

Koos Kombuis was long sponsored by budget South African red wine blend Tassenberg, an ever-present bottle of "Tassies" on stage with him. By 2004 Tassenberg's management ended their association with the arts.

Trivia [link]

Lives in Somerset West with wife Esné ("Kannetjie") and has two children (born 2000 and 2002), a boy Simon and a girl Marleen.

Is childhood friends with Afrikaans author Etienne van Heerden.

His grandfather was P.C. Schoonees, one of the editors of the Afrikaans dictionary HAT or "Verklarende Handwoordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal" ("Concise Dictionary of the Afrikaans Language").

A song by Die Antwoord, entitled Evil Boy (2010), contains a reference to Koos Kombuis in the line "Koos Kombuis se ma se fokken poes".

Writings [link]

Novels:

Somer II (1985 - as André Letoit)
Suidpunt-Jazz (1989 - as André Letoit)
Paradise Redecorated (1990)
Hotel Atlantis (2003)
The Secret Diary of God (2003)
Raka die Roman (2005)
The Complete Secret Diaries of God (2008)

Short Stories & Collections:

Nou is die Kaap weer Hollands (1982 - as André Letoit)
My nooi is in 'n tikmasjien (1983 - as André Letoit)
Breekwater en ander kortverhale (1986 - as André Letoit)
My Mamma is 'n Taal (2001)
Afrikaans my darling (2003)
Die diepr dirs: 'n innerlike gesprek (2006)

Poetry & Lyrics:

Suburbia (1982 - as André Letoit)
Die Geel Kafee (1985 - as André Letoit)
Die Bar op De Aar (1988 - as André Letoit)
Koos se Songs (1998)
Die tweede Reën (1998)

Memoirs:

Seks & Drugs & Boeremusiek: Die memoirs van 'n volksverraaier (2000)
Die Tyd Van Die Kombi's/Short Drive to Freedom (2009)

External links [link]

References [link]

Kombuis, Koos A. (2000). Seks & Drugs & Boeremusiek: Die memoires van 'n volksverraaier. Cape Town: Human & Rousseau. ISBN 0-7981-4065-8
Kombuis, Koos (2009). Short Drive to Freedom. Cape Town: Human & Rousseau. ISBN 0-7981-5098-9

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Name	Kombuis, Koos
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Date of birth	November 5, 1954
Place of birth	Devils Peak, Cape Town, RSA
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