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For Gary: dredgers and lawyers
Submitted by InekeV on April 21, 2010 - 12:35amDredging is the art? of removing sand and stones from the bottom of the see and the rivers to keep them open for traffic.
The palm isles in the Emirates, Saoudi Arabia are made by dredgers. They pump sand from the bottom of the see and make isles with them. It is quite an industry, since the 1850's and it made Sliedrecht rich. Even in the 1920-1930 when the whole world was in a depression, Sliedrecht built rich houses and made new land on which houses were build for the dredgers (and the industry that helped the dredgers do their work).
Have a look at www.baggermuseum.nl (in english too!) and www.sliedrecht.nl
I studied and graduated in dutch law, civil law, but couldn't find a job in the field. So I got other work as a secretary and later at the city of Sliedrecht. I'm responsible for everything concerning housing (and monuments). It is work that has loads of law in it, I like it. It is very broad and interesting, lots of contact with other cities, houserental organisations, emergency problems of people who can't find a house due to all kind of problems. It pays well and the hours are reasonable!
Ineke
Wow, looks like Noah's Ark
not that I'm old enough to have seen Noah and his ark, lol. Thanks for the links, very interesting pics and info.
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Sliedrecht - a short guide....
It is a interesting region I work in. It is much underestimated but a lot is going on there: continental shipping, the transportation from Rotterdam into the rest of Europe, finishing ships (from the bare skeleton from China into ships that are supermodern to live and work in), all kind of instruments for shipping is made here and 15 kilometer down the river the New Arch is build......
Have a look, in english.... www.arkvannoach.com/index.php/en/ark-op-ware-grootte
The base was build in our harbour, but it had to go out because it got too big!
And the mills of Kinderdijk are around the other corner! Lots of transportation, even a bus over the river (www.denieuwewaterbus.nl). Quite a few collegues come by waterbus to their job. I'm waiting eagerly till they decide to expand to the city I live in....
And everything you wanted to know (or don't want to know) about Sliedrecht have a look athttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sliedrecht
Studying law is a good start for any career, in law, in business, in teaching, in almost anything you want to do (like they say in the Netherlands, you can always be a minister or consort-to-the-queen....). And there is nothing with working in another job first, you'll learn everywhere.
In fact I daily use what I learned in my first jobs.
Very interesting info
now that I think about, we have a lot of dredgers in the New Orleans area. The mouth of the Mississippi River has to be constantly dredged because so much sediment flows down from the rest of the country. If not for the dredging, the mouth of the river would close shut and the big ships would not be able to travel up to the ports of New Orleans and Baton Rouge and all of the industrial plants along the river.
Your job sounds very interesting. And your situation with getting a job sounds a bit like that of a federal judge I worked for as a law clerk when I first got out of law school. She had graduated from law school around the early 1960s. Back then, very, very few U.S. law firms would hire a woman lawyer. Or if they did hire them, it would be to work as a secretary, not as a lawyer. So she had to initially take a job as a legal secretary, despite graduating from law school with high honors. Fortunately, she later got a job as a law clerk to a federal judge who was very impressed by her ability. He helped her get a promotion to becoming a United States Magistrate Judge, and from there she was later appointed to be a full federal judge, i.e., a United States District Court Judge. I loved working for her. She was the best boss I ever had.
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