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Good intentions are how they’re nurtured, according to science

Good intentions are how they’re nurtured, according to science

Sports with earplugs (Photo: Andrea Piacquadio / Pexels) December is over again. It’s high time to start with good intentions! And whether it’s more exercise, less snacking or getting up earlier: keeping these resolutions is anything but easy. Fortunately, science has the solution. More exercise is perhaps the most important thing if you want to stick to a resolution. But …

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A fire in a Velder crisis shelter reduces the sanitary facilities to ashes

A fire in a Velder crisis shelter reduces the sanitary facilities to ashes

Sat, Jan 21, 11:30 a.m. General On the grounds of the emergency crisis shelter on the Velder estate, a sanitary building caught fire last night. The fire was discovered around a quarter to eleven last night and the fire brigade was immediately alerted. When he arrived, the tent was already on fire. It is not yet known how the fire …

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UvA distances itself from speaker’s statement on “the non-binary phenomenon” | amsterdam

UvA distances itself from speaker’s statement on “the non-binary phenomenon” |  amsterdam

NewsThe Interdisciplinary Social Sciences (ISW) program at the University of Amsterdam “categorically deviates” from the statements made by Professor Laurens Buijs. It was in the university newspaper, among others sheet criticism of the university’s diversity policy and the “non-binary phenomenon”. © Hannah Bults In an email to students, program director Michaela Hordijk writes that she has received reports from students …

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Bad Adema evaluation: farmers are allowed to fertilize less land

Bad Adema evaluation: farmers are allowed to fertilize less land

Adema returned urgently from Berlin today because the European Commission believes that the Netherlands is not doing enough to improve water quality this year. The cabinet discussed the issue today. Estimation error The result is that from March 1, farmers will have to build buffer strips near ditches and canals where manure cannot be applied. In December, Adema indicated that …

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News Edam-Volendam, Landsmeer, Purmerend and Waterland

News Edam-Volendam, Landsmeer, Purmerend and Waterland

“Keep the line clear” tile on Tramplein January 19, 2023 | Category: Purmerend | The source: Alderman Harry Rotgans has placed a “Keep the line clear” tile on Tramplein. The slab should help prevent bicycles and scooters from being placed above the white guideline. This hinders the free passage of people with visual impairments who use this line. The …

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The sea level is rising and the Netherlands continues to build in the polder

The sea level is rising and the Netherlands continues to build in the polder

In our summer clothes, we enjoy the good weather until November. New Year’s Eve was hotter than ever. The climate summit in Egypt showed that there is a huge gap between promised and required CO2 emission reductions. This means agreements to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius seem even further away. So the world really needs to take into …

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Who wants a marble snack? They are on sale in this (fake) airport on the Lauriergracht

Who wants a marble snack?  They are on sale in this (fake) airport on the Lauriergracht

Casper Braat transformed the Torch Gallery into a departure hall overflowing with marble products. From a cart to a skateboard and a banana. Jan-Peter EkkerJanuary 17, 202320:00 Visual artist Casper Braat (31) worked hard for his exhibition departures at the Torch Gallery. In three weeks, he transformed the white space of the Lauriergracht into a departure hall – including a …

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