 the Dutch capital said Saturday.
Amsterdam police shot and wounded the suspect after the double stabbing Friday at Central Station. The local government said hours later that it appeared the victims weren’t targeted for a specific reason, but added that investigators were not excluding any possibilities.
After the U.S. ambassador to the Netherlands on Saturday identified the people injured as American tourists, Amsterdam City Hall gave an update.MAJOLICA
A simple definition of majolica: “tin-glazed earthenware that is often richly colored and decorated, especially an earthenware of this type produced in Italy”
Stefania Binati’s majolica products seen in florenceinabox.com are a combination of refined artistic sense and accurate production.
Today the ceramic reproduction and decoration in her Florentine workshop is brought about just as it was 300 years ago; from the mixing of the clay, to the forming, turning, and painting ending with the firing at 920° Celsius in a refractory kiln, with the help of some small technological aids.
All the objects such as vases, umbrella stands, cachepots, jugs and much more have been inspired by many Italian artists of the 1600 and 1700 century.
Furthermore, Binati crafts original items made completely by hand which also evoke the ceramics created in Europe during 15th and 16th centuries. Articles such are soup tureens with matching under tray, plates, stands, apothecary jars, holy water fonts, shaving basins are carefully and accurately made.
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Thanks to that fact, I can assure you that even when there are so many details and things to do, there are some things that are far more important than others. That being said, it’s ok if you haven’t noticed them yet.
For example, painting is kind of underrated and you should definitely pay more attention to it, so if you don’t know where to start with, try fixing it first.
Most people underestimate the benefits and things a good painting can do for them. Believe me, I was one of those people not too long ago and I regret not noticing it sooner.
You should definitely pay more attention to the painting of your property. Most people think that the exterior painting is probably the most important part. However, I like to consider that the entire painting of a property is important; exterior and interior as equals.
Of course, when it comes to which one you should do first because of a matter of money, time and effort, you should probably start with your exterior painting since it is the area that people will notice first.
However, your interior painting is probably the most important one since it is the space where you spend more time along with your family, friends and guests.
An important thing you need to know, is that painting the indoors of a property usually take more time just because you have to prepare each internal area properly. Otherwise, you will end up dripping your floor with paint and probably damaging the items or furniture in the room.
Yes, it is always a tedious process and sometimes we aren’t even sure about what to do when painting corners or certain areas.
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The Hornets suffered their record league defeat at the Etihad Stadium to continue their torrid recent form against Pep Guardiola's side.
City have now won the last 12 meetings between the sides in all competitions, scoring a whopping 46 goals in that run.
They were thumped 6-0 by City in last season's FA Cup final and Flores is concerned that his players take on the Premier League champions knowing they will suffer a heavy defeat.
"They have very bad memories playing against Manchester City," he told a news conference, in which he apologised on a number of occasions to the club's supporters.
"Before the game in the press conference one of you reminded me of the scores against City in the past years.
 Now we can try to forget them.
"We can think a lot about what happened in the match, but we lost in many ways. We conceded goals in many ways. It is our work as coaches to prepare much better for the next match."
After consecutive seasons out on loan with Strasbourg and Getafe respectively, Dimitri Foulquier was belatedly handed a Premier League debut against City.
He was hauled off after just 36 minutes, though, with his side 5-0 down, and Flores concedes that early switch might not be easy to shrug off for the Guadeloupe international.
"It is difficult to know if he will be OK or not," Flores said. "The idea was probably wrong but we were waiting for the impact of Manchester City in the first 15 minutes.
"That's why we tried to protect [the defence] with this kind of player who can make you strong. We didn't have time to know if this idea was good or not because we conceded so early."
Go to the website where a portable iPhone charger called the 3GPower2 is for sale, and you will find tips on extending an iPhone's battery life. What you won't see is any hint that Bill McNeely, the man behind the product and the website, is working from a dorm-style room on a police-training base in one of the world's most dangerous corners: Kunduz, a city in northern Afghanistan mired in battle with the Taliban.
For now, McNeely earns his living managing the logistical operations at the camp, run by an American company that the U.S. government has hired to help train the fledgling Afghan National Police. (McNeely requested that the name of his employer not be printed.) When night falls, though, McNeely gets busy running his Web business. The inspiration to market an iPhone battery booster came to McNeely last summer. Immersed in his usual routine of nighttime online reading (despite what he calls a 1999-level connection to the Internet), McNeely came across articles citing the iPhone's short battery life. "I saw a big market," he says, "and not that many players."
Though he has no technical knowledge, McNeely had a simple idea: Create a sleek-looking external battery that snaps on to the bottom of an iPhone, giving it hours of new life. He went to Alibaba.com, and within a few weeks, he was able to land a Chinese manufacturer. He turned to the freelancer site Elance to find a graphic designer; his packaging was created by a Bulgarian. McNeely also used the Web to find and hire a Harvard Business School-educated consultant to help craft his business plan. And a New York Times article led McNeely to a Web designer, who helped him set up his site. After an investment of about $6,000, McNeely got 3GPower2.com up and running in less than three months, and his site opened for business last September.
McNeely's personal war-zone exit strategy is to build his iPhone battery charging business to the point where he can give up the overseas life and get back home to his family. And the sooner the better. His days are filled with reminders of the war around him: There are the crowds of Afghan men who have come to receive police training -- and the crackle of gunfire from the base's shooting range. Recently, a rocket launched by the Taliban landed a few hundred feet from the base.
It's hardly an ideal environment in which to start an entrepreneurial venture, but McNeely had few options. His stint in Afghanistan began in 2008, after he had been out of work in Texas for three months. A former Army logistics officer who served in Iraq, McNeely found a job with a defense contractor managing a crew of local mechanics responsible for maintaining trucks and tractors used in a poppy-eradication mission in the southern Afghan province of Helmand.
The work was dangerous. McNeely survived an attack on his convoy, but several drivers were killed, and his SUV was destroyed. "I've been through some pretty rough stuff," he says, "but I was really scared that day." McNeely needed the work, though, so when that job ended, he signed up for his current job with the same company.
So far, business is slow for 3GPower2. McNeely, who earlier tried and failed to start a defense contracting business, has sold just over 250 chargers, at $29.95 each. He's spending his evenings and weekends on the business and making Skype calls to his wife, who handles shipping from their house in Temple, Texas.
To get sales moving, McNeely is applying search-engine-optimization techniques to his company website. He's also counting on boosting sales with a discount promotion offered through the coupon site Groupon.com. (See "