VELP – The opening of ‘Estavette’, the new exhibition by Nieuwe Ruimte, took place on Sunday 11 July. The artist of the month this time is Let de Kok, a ceramicist with a great track record. Nominated and winner of the Rotterdam National Art Days, Keramikpreis Cologne and the Korea International Ceramics Biennial, among others. Let de Kok has worked …
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Lost your wallet? You get it back more often if there is a lot of money in it – Wel.nl
It sounds contradictory, but it’s true: if you’ve lost your wallet, you’re more likely to find it if it has a lot of money in it. Research by scientists at the University of Zurich found that people were more likely to hand over a wallet with a lot of money to the police than a purse with only cards. They …
Read More »Sea of Flowers for Peter R. Gets More Space | Interior
The criminal journalist was shot dead on Tuesday evening in the Lange Leidsedwarsstraat and is still fighting for his life. Since Wednesday morning, people are still laying flowers, messages, candles and cards in front of the 64-year-old journalist. Several residents of the Lange Leidsedwarsstraat in central Amsterdam could not even leave their homes because of the sea of flowers due …
Read More »Natural North Holland: nature finds space in the Heemskerk overhoeks
Most of the hectares of Noord-Holland nature are found in little nooks and crannies: between roads, neighborhoods and industrial areas. All those little bits of roadside, parkland, and brush work. Under the high Heemskerk windmill, ranger Evert-Jan Woudsma manages to find orchids. And on the roof of a company, we see one nest after another. Natural North Holland: nature finds …
Read More »Mediator: “The documentary by Makers Kaag left too much room for discussion”
Journalists should make it clearer what adjustments can be made to the programs afterwards. To this end, the journalistic code of the public broadcaster needs to be strengthened. This is the conclusion of Margo Smit, ombudsman of the NPO, who explained the making of the VPRO documentary on D66 leader Sigrid Kaag. examined. Published end of June No style requested …
Read More »Mediator: “The documentary by Makers Kaag left too much room for discussion”
Journalists should make it clearer what adjustments can be made to the programs afterwards. To this end, the journalistic code of the public broadcaster needs to be strengthened. This is the conclusion of Margo Smit, ombudsman of the NPO, who explained the making of the VPRO documentary on D66 leader Sigrid Kaag. examined. Published end of June No style requested …
Read More »Integrity study shows scientific fraud is common in the Netherlands
More than half of scientists in the Netherlands routinely violate scientific standards by omitting unwanted research results, hiding methodological issues in research, or selectively citing available literature. In fact, over 8 percent have fabricated or falsified research results in the past three years. This is evident from National survey on scientific integrity, a project led by Lex Bouter, Professor of …
Read More »Party leader Groenen fights plagiarism accusations – Germany Institute
In retrospect, it would have been “definitely better” if she had mentioned the source in her book, according to Baerbock in an interview with the South German newspaper (payer, see also Tagesspiegel). She had previously indicated that she had not written a scientific book and therefore no footnotes were included in the book. It was written with the help of …
Read More »Establish and derogate from a zoning plan
The political space of the council is – roughly speaking – limited by: supranational law (such as the Aarhus Convention); higher order national law (such as the nature conservation law and provincial space regulations); policy rules (see article 4:84 Awb); general principles of good administration (such as the principles of confidence, equality and proportionality); and an obvious obstacle of private …
Read More »What we can learn from Beyoncé
In the song ‘Formation’ Beyoncé raps: “You know you that bitch when you provoke all this conversation”. The American superstar is not only popular with the general public and the media. It is also a popular topic of conversation in science. Academics use it as a springboard to write about feminism, racism, gender, ethnicity, economics, fashion, music, film, literature, history, …
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