http://gigapica.geenstijl.nl/ GeenStijl's Big Picture. Omdat het kan en omdat het moet. Copyright 2012 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:58:56 +0100 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.35 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.geenstijl.nl/ http://schoorsteen.geenstijl.nl/adview.php?what=zone:142&n=a7e9e20b The Crashed Ice World Championship returned to Valkenburg for the first of two stops in Europe in 2012. After the success of ice cross downhill's Netherlands debut in February 2011, the skating aces return one year later. This year Canadian... http://gigapica.geenstijl.nl/2012/02/red_bull_crashed_ice_2012.html http://gigapica.geenstijl.nl/2012/02/red_bull_crashed_ice_2012.html Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:58:56 +0100 The heavy snowfall over the years caused many problems, but also brought beautiful pictures.... http://gigapica.geenstijl.nl/2012/01/winter_in_the_netherlands_thro_1.html http://gigapica.geenstijl.nl/2012/01/winter_in_the_netherlands_thro_1.html Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:52:08 +0100 Foxconn, which manufactures gadgets for the likes of Apple, Sony, Nintendo and HP, among many others, has had a grim history of suicides at its factories. And houses employees who work 35-hour shifts at 31 cents an hour. A suicide... http://gigapica.geenstijl.nl/2012/01/foxconn_chinas_fear_factory_of_1.html http://gigapica.geenstijl.nl/2012/01/foxconn_chinas_fear_factory_of_1.html Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:54:42 +0100 Two weeks of celebrations are under way as communities around the world mark the arrival of Chinese/Lunar New Year. The 15-day event, which runs until February 6, marks the onset of the Year of the Dragon.... http://gigapica.geenstijl.nl/2012/01/lunar_new_year_2012_year_of_th.html http://gigapica.geenstijl.nl/2012/01/lunar_new_year_2012_year_of_th.html Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:09:42 +0100 The 100th edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam Tennis event of the year. “The Aussie Open” or “The Grand Slam of Asia/Pacific” as the Australian Open is also known, is held at Melbourne Park in Richmond... http://gigapica.geenstijl.nl/2012/01/australian_open_2012_1.html http://gigapica.geenstijl.nl/2012/01/australian_open_2012_1.html Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:04:22 +0100 The cruise ship 'Costa Concordia' ran aground and keeled over off the Isola del Giglio after hitting underwater rocks on January 13. The owner of the luxury liner that ran aground off the coast of Italy, killing at least six... http://gigapica.geenstijl.nl/2012/01/costa_concordia_cruise_disaste.html http://gigapica.geenstijl.nl/2012/01/costa_concordia_cruise_disaste.html Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:10:55 +0100 Body Worlds is a traveling exhibition of preserved human bodies and body parts that are prepared using a technique called plastination to reveal inner anatomical structures. The exhibition's developer and promoter is German anatomist Gunther von Hagens, who invented the... http://gigapica.geenstijl.nl/2012/01/body_worlds_the_story_of_the_h.html http://gigapica.geenstijl.nl/2012/01/body_worlds_the_story_of_the_h.html Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:53:56 +0100 The 2012 Dakar kicked off in Argentina's coastal dunes. The rally, open to amateur and professional drivers, covers over 3,000 miles off road in Argentina, Chile and this year, for the first time, Peru.... http://gigapica.geenstijl.nl/2012/01/the_dakar_2012.html http://gigapica.geenstijl.nl/2012/01/the_dakar_2012.html Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:11:08 +0100 Protest rallies around the world in a time frame of 24 hours... http://gigapica.geenstijl.nl/2012/01/24_hours_of_protests_around_th_1.html http://gigapica.geenstijl.nl/2012/01/24_hours_of_protests_around_th_1.html Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:19:23 +0100 Over one and a half million Sydneysiders were expected to line harbour vantage points to watch the spectacular pyrotechnic display ushering in 2012.... http://gigapica.geenstijl.nl/2011/12/bye_bye_2011.html http://gigapica.geenstijl.nl/2011/12/bye_bye_2011.html Sat, 31 Dec 2011 20:37:39 +0100 Russia's Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft with three astronauts on board blasted off from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, according to Russia's Federal Space Agency Roscosmos. The new crew to the International Space Station (ISS) consists of Oleg Kononenko... http://gigapica.geenstijl.nl/2011/12/kuipers_and_crew_blasted_into_1.html http://gigapica.geenstijl.nl/2011/12/kuipers_and_crew_blasted_into_1.html Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:02:52 +0100 High winds have beached a cargo ship on France's jagged Atlantic coast and some of the 220 tons of fuel on board are leaking and threatening a local beach. The 19-member crew of the "TK Bremen" was evacuated by helicopter... http://gigapica.geenstijl.nl/2011/12/wild_weather_grounds_ship_on_f.html http://gigapica.geenstijl.nl/2011/12/wild_weather_grounds_ship_on_f.html Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:44:44 +0100 A gunman shot dead three people at a busy central square during a Christmas market in the Belgian city of Liege and then killed himself.... http://gigapica.geenstijl.nl/2011/12/rampage_in_the_belgian_city_of_1.html http://gigapica.geenstijl.nl/2011/12/rampage_in_the_belgian_city_of_1.html Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:16:25 +0100 After failing to reduce the occupy-camp with 75 percent before 10 AM Thursday-morning, The Dutch mayor of Amsterdam, Eberhard van der Laan ordered for the police to come and clean up the 'camp'. Amsterdam, 8 november 2011. ... http://gigapica.geenstijl.nl/2011/12/occubye_amsterdam.html http://gigapica.geenstijl.nl/2011/12/occubye_amsterdam.html Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:04:22 +0100 Black Friday is the day following Thanksgiving Day in the United States. On this day, most major retailers open extremely early, often at 4 a.m., or earlier, and offer promotional sales to kick off the shopping season.... http://gigapica.geenstijl.nl/2011/11/madness_on_black_friday_2011.html http://gigapica.geenstijl.nl/2011/11/madness_on_black_friday_2011.html Sat, 26 Nov 2011 16:21:18 +0100