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#DenHelder #straf #oplichter #Julianadorp Meesterfantast uit Julianadorp krijgt twee jaar celstraf voor oplichting en valsheid in geschrifte. Gerard van Engelen JULIANADORP Zijn fantasiewereld doet die van de Baron van Münchhaussen verbleken. Hij zette jarenlang bekenden -en zijn eigen broer- op het verkeerde been met fantasieverhalen over een directiebaan op een geheime afdeling van het moederbedrijf van Ziggo/UPC. In werkelijkheid was hij al jaren werkloos. R. van S. (38) uit Julianadorp is maandag veroordeeld tot twee jaar celstraf wegens oplichting en valsheid in geschrifte. Hij heeft er al een half jaar opzitten. Zolang zit de meesterfantast uit Julianadorp al vast in de gevangenis van Schiphol. De rechtbank bepaalde maandag dat hij acht van de 24 maanden straf voorwaardelijk krijgt opgelegd. Van S. lichtte vijf mensen op. En hij dupeerde zijn broer en een kennis door hen een baan te beloven op zijn niet bestaande afdeling. Vooral zijn broer nam daardoor beslissingen waar hij spijt van heeft: hij zegde zijn baan op omdat hij in zijn nieuwe functie dertigduizend euro per maand zou gaan verdienen. Ook zijn vrouw nam ontslag. Samen besloten ze hun huis-in-aanbouw ’op te pimpen’. Het echtpaar zit nu financieel aan de grond. Een kennis van Van S. kreeg klussen -die ook uit de fantasie van Van S. ontsproten- waar hij zelfs voor betaald werd. Het geld waarmee Van S. zijn verzonnen status overeind hield leende hij van kennissen en (schoon-)familieleden. Die maakte hij wijs dat hij ’geskimd’ was waardoor hij niet bij zijn geld kon komen. Een oom van zijn toenmalige vriendin praatte hij bijna een ton uit de zak. Ook zijn eigen ouders werden slachtoffer, maar zij deden geen aangifte. Vervalste loonstrookjes Als geldschieters wantrouwend werden, kwam Van S. met vervalste loonstrookjes, bankbrieven en e-mails. Desnoods belde hij even met zijn ondergeschikten (hij improviseerde dan een gesprek) of hij gaf zich telefonisch uit voor een medewerker van Liberty Global. Dan zette hij een zwaardere stem op. De man leefde in hotels en zat overdag in casino’s voor gratis consumpties. De argwaan won: Van S. vond een zendertje onder zijn auto, hij werd bedreigd, er kwam een website waarop hij werd zwartgemaakt. Begin dit jaar barstte de zeepbel en gaf hij zich aan. Hij had het veel eerder willen doen, zei hij, maar was te bang geworden voor zijn schuldeisers. De rechter verklaarde een deel van de schadeclaims ’niet ontvankelijk’, wegens gebrek aan onderbouwing wat betekent dat de gedupeerden via een civiele procedure het geld moeten zien terug te krijgen.

Weet op wie je stemt 23 mei. Met dank aan VVD, D66 ChristenUnie en CDA. Dit kabinet heeft niets op met u. Onze ouderen gaan er nog meer op achteruit. “Gasprijs gaat waarschijnlijk weer fors omhoog” Gasunie Transport Services (GTS) mag zijn tarieven volgend jaar met gemiddeld 8,6% verhogen. Dat heeft de Autoriteit Consument & Markt (ACM) bepaald. Wat de stijging precies betekent voor consumenten, is nog niet bekend. Gasleveranciers berekenen de tariefsverhoging waarschijnlijk door aan particulieren en bedrijven. https://www.telegraaf.nl/financieel/3592924/gasprijs-gaat-waarschijnlijk-weer-fors-omhoog

Gasprijs gaat waarschijnlijk weer fors omhoog

Gasunie Transport Services (GTS) mag zijn tarieven volgend jaar met gemiddeld 8,6% verhogen. Dat heeft de Autoriteit Consument & Markt (ACM) bepaald.

First of all, what an honour to kick off the Connect Wageningen Stress Stories! This one time I had to give a speech for bachelor-graduates as president of one of Wageningen’s Study Associations. Knowing beforehand that I am pretty good at making myself too nervous for unnecessary things, I tried to keep it cool. And the days before the speech, I was relatively calm… However, on D-Day itself, I woke up and the first thing I thought was ”Shit”. Well, I started the day nervous and it only got worse. The whole day, I was in a state of the worst nerves ever and the only thing I ate that day was a slice of pizza and three strings of spaghetti. In hindsight, I can really laugh about how much I actually panicked about nothing at all and I have really learned a lot from it. #Wageningen #WURLIFE #stresstories #wageningenuniversity #stressmanagement

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Congrats to our dear partner from the Democratic Alliance in #SouthAfrica, Liberal International and the Africa Liberal Network, Stevens Mokgalapa on his election as Mayor of the City of Tshwane | Official (Page)

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🇿🇦 BREAKING: Congratulations to LI's #HumanRights committee member Stevens Mokgalapa from our member party Democratic Alliance on his election as Mayor of City of Tshwane | Official (Page) in #SouthAfrica! “The continuation of the DA-led coalition success in Tshwane is vital. Putting the interests of the people first and ensuring that service delivery continues remains my top priority”, said Mayor Mokgalapa. "Thank you for putting your trust in me. We will continue to ensure the city of Tshwane is an open city for all", he added. Stevens Mokgalapa is also president of LI's regional partner, Africa Liberal Network.

Big business or the local citizen? Who will reap the benefits of the energy transition in Maastricht? If the current plans of the municipality are continued, a massive blanket (+/- 50 football fields) of solar panels will appear over the fields north of the city in the coming years. In the council proposal of September 11th, the new solar field at Lanakerveld is called an "electricity production company". No fewer than 30 of the 32 hectares are made available for exploitation by (foreign) investors - for profit. The other two, good for the energy supply of 450 households, are issued to citizens on a long lease. At least, that is the desired situation. Practice has shown that support for large-scale projects such as these does not just come around. In order to involve citizens, the so-called ‘stadronde’ on this subject takes place on location in the neighbourhood (at community centre Manjefiek Malberg). During this meeting, EMEC (First Maastricht Energy Cooperative) has been invited to present its alternative vision on the energy transition in our city. The cooperative's vision-document was published yesterday and shows that many possibilities for sustainable energy production and citizen participation remain unused (think of the roofs of community centres and business premises in the inner city). The citizen association points to the advantages of a small-scale, phased and integrated approach to the energy transition in which the citizen invests and benefits, thus becoming less dependent on large energy producers. M:OED is in favour of the development of the Solar field, but strongly endorses EMEC's vision. The municipality must play a facilitating role in relation to energy cooperatives such as EMEC. There is a lot of money to be saved / earned with the energy transition and as far as we are concerned, that money remains in Maastricht, with the Maastricht citizen. What do you think, forward thinking followers? Can the plans of the municipality go together with the vision of EMEC? The climate problem is acute and we need to act quickly, but how do we ensure that citizens benefit? The meeting starts next Tuesday at 17.00 at the community centre at the Albersingel 62 and is open to the public. For the whole EMEC vision document or general questions hit up Lars Adams. Information about the meeting and the plans for Lanakerveld can be found in the council information system (all in Dutch, unfortunately) https://maastricht.notubiz.nl/vergadering/556761/Stadsronde

Learning the local language is an essential element for integration. It helps closing the gap between internationals and local Wageningers. We are happy with the developments the university is taking, as many international students are eager to learn Dutch. However, in the financial planning of the municipality, Wageningen solely wants to invest in offering English courses; it is believed that there are currently enough Dutch courses available. Yet, Dutch courses at the WUR are not accessible for expats and other social groups, are often completely full, and remain expensive for high quality courses. If the municipality does not invest its fair share in both languages, how will the municipality claim to pave the way for a more inclusive community of its residents. https://resource.wur.nl/en/student/show/Dutch-lessons-will-be-free-for-international-students.htm?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=Content&fbclid=IwAR21szeED9LlDbsXjDNBGmi4qNc7i9ptW74epiUdUgMZJ8ett3EmOS4dcb8

Dutch lessons will be free for international students

Wageningen University wants to make it easier for international students to learn Dutch. That is why the university’s language institute Wageningen in'to Languages will start offering its Social Dutch courses free of charge in 2019.

THE DILEMMA OF RACISM IN THE NETHERLANDS In this country when you complain about racism, there is always somebody who comes to criticize you for being a racist yourself. The Dutch applaud seriously when especially another black person comes to criticize you for even pointing out that there is something wrong. And always there is a black person waiting for his 3 seconds of fame. You see here a racist is either a black man or an alien who drops in from the sky in the night and perform racist acts and then disappear. It is never a Dutch person. The poster of a man exorting people to vote PVV, a right wing party is illustrative of what we have to face as Africans here. It says stop the foreigners. They came here because they were hungry. More than half of them do not work. And now at the cost of the Dutch taxpayer, they want to earn huge salaries in politics. There are 137 candidates and all of them are foreigners. There is nothing in that statement that is true, absolutely nothing. But even to say that means you open yourself to insults.

#FromStrugglesToAction #creativesolutions #StudentCity #TheHague #inclusive What on earth are we doing on earth? That's what i was wondering in the last few years. The Hague known as The City of Peace & Justice. A service which is delivered in all corners of the world and often produced behind the scenes in The Hague. This is often a trigger for students from all over the world to study in our The Hague. However when it comes to The Hague as a student city I think we are far from Justice. And statistically The Hague isn't really at peace with the evolvement and creation of a student city. There is a lack of affordable housing, a communication gap between the municipality and citizens of The Hague and last but not least there are missing morals. The lack of an inclusive society. So where has the peace and justice gone? And more important how do we retain this image. Let's start talking about some actions. How about we implement the student voice. The main differences between students and politicians i've diagnosed are very simplistic. we students don't care about Stigma's, since were always interacting with different people. And we are continiously challenged to realise our potential as students and as citizens of The Hague, we are able to create creative solutions . Bond voor Studenten Actie urges to transform The Hague into a city which leads by example. A The Hague in which we create a intellectual hubs not only for export but also for our city. The strength of The Hague can't be marginalized to one specific recognizable group in town. The strength of this city can be found in the fact that we host People From All Walks Of Life. Now let's use the assets for today and tomorrow. Giving Back to society starts close to home because it starts in my hometown The Hague. So let's gain some influence, since we all know if you're not at the table you are on the menu. My name is Riiziane and I am candidate no.3 for Bond voor Studenten Actie