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The Algemeen Nijmeegs Studentenblad is an independent student magazine for the Radboud University Nijmegen.
On the south bank of the Waal ( in what is now Nijmegen ) a Roman administrative center was built, called Oppidum Batavorum.
A live frog is Magnetic levitation | magnetically levitated, an experiment that earned Andre Geim from the University of Nijmegen and Sir Michael Berry ( physicist ) | Michael Berry from University of Bristol the 2000 Ig Nobel Prize in physics.
An office building is illuminated by sodium lamp | high pressure sodium ( HPS ) lamps shining upward, of which much light goes into the sky and neighboring apartment blocks and causes light pollution, in Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Nijmegen has a gap in its history: there is practically no evidence of habitation in the early Middle Ages.
Nijmegen () is a municipality and a city in the east of the Netherlands, near the German border.
The first mention of Nijmegen in history is in the 1st century BC, when the Romans built a military camp on the place where Nijmegen was to appear ; the location had great strategic value because of the surrounding hills, which gave ( and continues to give ) a good view over the Waal and Rhine valley.
In 98 Nijmegen was the first of two settlements in what is now the Kingdom of the Netherlands to receive Roman city rights.
As of this date, Nijmegen is still known as Havana on the Waal among some Right-wingers.
Nijmegen is one of the warmest cities of the Netherlands, especially during summer, when the highest temperatures in the country are usually measured in the triangle Roermond – Nijmegen – Eindhoven.
Nijmegen is in USDA Hardiness zone 7b and AHS Heat zone 3.
Nijmegen is host to Radboud University Nijmegen.
In addition to these institutions, there is also an intermediate-level vocational school ( ROC Nijmegen ) and a number of secondary schools: Groenschool Nijmegen, Kandinsky College, Nijmeegse Scholengemeenschap Groenewoud ( NSG ), Citadel College, Stedelijke Scholengemeenschap Nijmegen ( SSGN ), Canisius College, St. Jorisschool, Lindenholt College, the Stedelijk Gymnasium ( formally the " Latijnse school ", founded in the 16th century ), the Karel de Grote College, Montessori College and the Dominicus College.
Nijmegen is also an important centre of Psycholinguistics, home to the Max Planck Institute of Psycholinguistics and the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour.
During 2010-2012 the cycle highway is receiving upgrades to further encourage the use of bicycles for transport between Nijmegen and Arnhem.
The House of the Nijmegen History is situated in a unique mediaeval chapel ' de Mariënburgkapel '; its mission is to let enjoy people of the history of the town and to be a guide for everybody who wants to visit the oldest city of the Netherlands.
In 1968 prominent liberal theologians in the Roman Catholic Church issued what is now known as the Nijmegen Statement, demanding sweeping reforms in the Vatican's Holy Office, previously known as The Inquisition, and calling for greater scope for theological inquiry.

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1385 – 1416 ), were famous Dutch miniature painters from the city of Nijmegen.

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The previous inhabitants of the area were Celtic-speaking Gauls, as evidenced by the two Latinised Celtic names for their chief town: Batavodurum and Noviomagus ( Nijmegen, Neth ).
In 104 Emperor Trajan renamed the town, which now became known as Ulpia Noviomagus Batavorum, Noviomagus for short ( the origin of the current name Nijmegen ).
In 1678 Nijmegen was host to the negotiations between the European powers that aimed to put an end to the constant warfare that had ravaged the continent for years.
The result was the Treaty of Nijmegen that, unfortunately, failed to provide for a lasting peace.
The education and social work departments of the HAN University of Applied Sciences, school for higher-level vocational training are also located in Nijmegen, as are that school's medical departments.
Been, after achieving minor European successes with NEC Nijmegen, was considered the ideal man for the job.
However, Aernoutsz's appointed administrator, John Rhoades, quickly lost control of the territory after Aernoutsz himself left for Curaçao to seek out new settlers, and with effective control of Acadia remaining in the hands of France, Dutch sovereignty existed only on paper until the Netherlands surrendered their claim in the Treaties of Nijmegen.
The Divisional Headquarters for the 1st Airborne Division, with the 1st Airlanding Brigade and the Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade were to land at Nijmegen, 1st Parachute Brigade was to land at Arnhem, and 4th Parachute Brigade was to land at Grave.
On 16 September ULTRA decrypts revealed the movement of 9th and 10th SS Panzer Divisions to Nijmegen and Arnhem, creating enough concern for Eisenhower to send his Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Walter Bedell Smith, to raise the issue with Montgomery on 10 September ; however, Montgomery dismissed Smith's concerns and refused to alter the plans for the landing of 1st Airborne Division at Arnhem.
On separate occasions, in return for loans from the treasury of Guelders, the bishop of Utrecht granted the taxation and administration of the Veluwe, and William II --- Count of both Holland and Zeeland, and who was elected anti-king of the Holy Roman Empire ( 1248 – 1256 )--- similarly granted the same rights over Nijmegen ; as neither ruler proved able to repay their debts, these lands became integral parts of Guelders.
It managed to remain independent for some time, thanks to the help of the French king Louis XIV, but in 1678, with the Peace of Nijmegen, it was reconquered by the Spaniards and sacked: the university, the senate and all the privileges of autonomy it had enjoyed since the Roman times were abolished.
Nowadays, Olst and Wijhe are mainly commuter residences for people working in Deventer and Zwolle respectively ; both towns have had a railroad station on the Zwolle – Nijmegen main line ( route 3600 ) since 1866.
Born in Nijmegen, Netherlands, Eddie Van Halen and Alex Van Halen are the sons of musician Jan Van Halen, who arranged for them to have music lessons.
In May, Churchill was appointed temporary rank of Brigadier-General of Foot, but hopes of promised action on the Continent proved illusory as the warring factions sued for peace and signed the Treaty of Nijmegen.

Nijmegen and International
Participants at the last day of the 1997 International Four Days Marches Nijmegen | Four Day Marches
The world's largest registration walking event is the International Four Days Marches Nijmegen.
A strong advocate of physical fitness, in July 2003, he completed the grueling four-day 160 kilometer International Four Days Marches Nijmegen with members of the Canadian Forces – the first Canadian Member of Parliament to do so.
* International Max Planck Research School for Language Sciences, Nijmegen
), Crises and the Roman Empire: Proceedings of the Seventh Workshop of the International Network Impact of Empire, Nijmegen, June 20 – 24, 2006.
Entry of the 81st International Nijmegen Four Days Marches ( 1997 )
The International Four Day Marches Nijmegen ( or Vierdaagse ) is the largest marching event in the world.
Medal awarded to all participants who completed the first day of the International Four Days Marches Nijmegen 2006
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* Nijmegen, The Netherlands ( 2001 ), Tenth Biennial Conference of the International Graphonomics Society.
Struycken, Professor emeritus at the Catholic University of Nijmegen ; President of the Netherlands Standing Government Committee on Private International Law ;
Theoretical advances, empirical research, and practical applications are discussed in the International Journal for Dialogical Science and at the biennial International Conferences on the Dialogical Self as they are held in different countries and continents: Nijmegen, Netherlands ( 2000 ), Ghent, Belgium ( 2002 ), Warsaw, Poland ( 2004 ), Braga, Portugal ( 2006 ), Cambridge, United Kingdom ( 2008 ), Athens, Greece ( 2010 ) and the 7th conference will be scheduled in Athens, USA The aim of the journal and the conferences is to transcend the boundaries of ( sub ) disciplines, countries, and continents and create fertile interfaces where theorists, researchers and practitioners meet in order to engage in innovative dialogue.

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