The dark side Anton Foek Amsterdam, 10 July 2021– Regardless of which team wins the European Football Championship on July 11th, three things are certain. – The first is the large viewership in sports bars and homes: 600m watched the final of the tournament in 2016. – The second is the soundtrack. Italian fans will urge…
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The Perfect Pitch Part VII By William Ralston source The Guardian Amsterdam, June 19th 2021–The pitch held up perfectly. Towards the end of the match, Standley joined Frith in the tunnel, where they watched some of the final minutes together. They chatted about Raheem Sterling’s goal, proud of the role they had both played in…
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Plant science Part VI by William Ralston source The Guardian Amsterdam June 19th 2021–“By the time you start the championships, the plant is on a slow keel to dying because you’re starving it,” he said. But the surface can’t be too dry at the start, “because otherwise the plant will be dead before you get…
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Plant science is key Part V by William Ralston source The Guardian Amsterdam, June 19th 2021—The job can take its toll. Like goalkeepers, groundskeepers tend not to receive much credit when things go well, but are the first to be blamed if anything goes wrong. To Stones, it is a way of life rather than…
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By: Maycol Vargas Source: Embraer Amsterdam, June 24th, 2021 – The airline Helvetic Airways receives its first aircraft model E195-E2 from Embraer. This is the first of four new aircrafts, model E195-E2, ordered from Embraer headquartered in São José dos Campos – São Paulo – Brazil. The company is expected to receive the other three…
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Groundkeepers as much values as footballers Part IV by William Ralston Amsterdam June 19 2021–Preparations for the Euro 2020 pitches began more than two years ago. In the early hours of 25 April 2019, Dale Frith set off down the M6 to Wembley, where Uefa was gathering together its team of pitch experts for a “kick…
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Life or death Part III by William Ralston Amsterdam, 19 June 2021— More than just protecting players, there were TV viewers to think about. If the Premier League was to market itself as a slick global brand, it needed a product that looked good on television. Muddy, bobbly, patchy pitches would not do. Broadcasters began…
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The Perfect Pitch a dream Part I By William Ralston source The Guardian Amsterdam, June 19th 2021—It was a big moment for English football talent when Real Madrid poached Paul Burgess from Arsenal in 2009. After starting his career at Blackpool FC, Burgess had arrived at the north London club in 1999, rising to prominence…
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The Brazilian Real 90 000 trades a day Claudio Oliveira Borsa Amsterdam, June 9 2021– Forex is not only the European border control center trying to keep unwanted and illegal immigrants outside its borders. Forex is also the largest currency trading market in the world. This market trades over a trillion dollars a day. The Dollar vs. Real…
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Solution: Embraer source: simple flying Amsterdam, 25 May 2021– Just a couple of weeks ago, Alexis von Hoensbroech, CEO of Austrian Airlines, expressed some concerns regarding the future of the regional aircraft segment. The catchy title of the Simple Flying article sounded even stronger, and obviously we here at Embraer didn’t like that sound very much. Luckily for Embraer,…
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