Phil Schwartz

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How healing and healthy is a shot of ginger really?

How healing and healthy is a shot of ginger really?

Photo: Unsplash You can find them at the supermarket, at the greengrocer, but now also at the station kiosk. Ginger is for sale everywhere. This shot of magic ginger would support our resistance and have a healing effect, but what is true about it? You don’t have to search long for a shot of ginger. For a few euros you …

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Proliferate with the space between ‘courtyard’ and ‘garden’ in Oudenaarde

Proliferate with the space between ‘courtyard’ and ‘garden’ in Oudenaarde

The central location of the cultural site in the city center of Oudenaarde means that it is essential to coordinate the cultural function of the place, the vision of the environment and the mobility needs. All these questions have been extensively debated in recent months in thematic working groups, within which the strengths of architects, design offices and the various …

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African bird as inspiration for better water bottles

African bird as inspiration for better water bottles

About the episode African Sandgrouse – they look a bit like a sand-colored pigeon with exotic patterns – have a clever trick of moving water from one place to another. The researchers discovered it by zooming incredibly close to the bird’s feathers. Using this trick, male Sandgrouse manage to transfer around 15% of their own body weight in water to …

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The secondary education council publishes the section “Induction of new teachers”

The secondary education council publishes the section “Induction of new teachers”

The importance of good orientation for new teachers in order to retain them in the teaching profession is generally recognized. Nevertheless, the search for a good orientation for beginners is noticeable throughout the sector. Because even if we know (in part) what is important in orientation, we know less about how this orientation is actually shaped in practice and how …

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Center for Science Communication Beyond Marketing and PR

Center for Science Communication Beyond Marketing and PR

News | Editors April 12, 2023 | Money, enthusiasm and effort are wasted in Dutch science communication. This increases the risk of society and science drifting apart and mutual trust diminishing. The National Center of Expertise for Science and Society (NEWS) must change that. However, the center should not become too independent, believes the minister. …

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The Interior Project VIPS: you can see these stylish objects in the studio

The Interior Project VIPS: you can see these stylish objects in the studio

6 places, 6 flavors To start, each participant chose their own place. A clear first statement in which you can immediately see that there is no argument about taste. For example, Défano opted for Frank Gehry’s cardboard chair, a true design classic. This chair is a work of art in itself, even when not in use for seating. Géza and …

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“Soft data gives color to hard numbers”

“Soft data gives color to hard numbers”

When I started out as a student of urban affairs and policy and later as a researcher, I found it very exciting to speak to residents outside on the street. Nearly two decades later, I know that many city professionals — ranging from officials to designers and developers — are also struggling to keep in touch with what’s happening on …

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Hobby House opens the doors of the hobby | News from the newspaper

Hobby House opens the doors of the hobby |  News from the newspaper

“Learn new things in a relaxed way” RODEN – On Thursday, March 30, the ‘hobby house’ was opened in ‘De Deel’ next to the Scheepstra Kabinet, where workshops are held on various art forms. In this space, rented by Welzijn in Noordenveld, jewelry can be made, canvases painted and clothes sewn. The space was opened by …

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“More attention and space is needed for people in transition”

“More attention and space is needed for people in transition”

Recently I was at a meeting where a talk was given on transition and chaos. A transition is a fundamental and far-reaching change that addresses a social theme. A transition theory focuses on the process of arriving at a new reality, a major system change in which everyone should participate. Systems that are large and complex and have dependencies. Chaos …

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Old Dating Research Shows How Personality Is Increasingly Trumping Money

Old Dating Research Shows How Personality Is Increasingly Trumping Money

About the episode In our search for love, we look more and more at someone’s personality and less and less at someone’s financial situation. At least: in prosperous countries. The researchers studied personal ads placed in newspapers between 1950 and 1995 in Canada, the United States, France and India. They analyzed the choice of words and identified four themes that …

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