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264. Simple Ideas for Incorporating Art with Children and Teens with Courtney Sanford   Colossians 3:23 NLT "Work willingly at whatever you do, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people."   **Transcription Below**   Questions and Topics We Discuss: Can you give us an overview of the seven major forms of art and give an example of ways our children can engage with each? What are the best art supplies to have on hand? As our children grow, why is this helpful in the teen years to have a healthy way to express ourselves and our ideas?   Courtney Sanford is a dedicated wife, and mother who triumphantly homeschooled her three children. With one pursuing a career in orthodontics, another just finishing a master's degree while working in higher education, and the youngest studying computer science at Regent University, Courtney's commitment to their education has yielded remarkable success.   Passionate about nurturing creativity and self-expression, she guides students through captivating art classes, exploring the intersection of imagination and skill. With her background as a graphic designer and experience in studio art, Courtney embarked on a new adventure as an art teacher.    As a multitasking mom, author, artist, teacher, and adventurer, Courtney embodies the spirit of embracing life's opportunities and fostering a love for learning and artistic expression.   Beyond her love for education, Courtney has an insatiable wanderlust. She finds joy in traversing the globe, hosting art retreats, and volunteering at Spiritual Twist Productions: both painting sets, and serving on the board of directors. When time permits, Courtney indulges in spring snow skiing, hiking in exotic locations, and leisurely walks with her dog, Zoey.   Delightful Art Co. was born out of a time when life gave Courtney a handful of lemons, and she creatively transformed those lemons into refreshing lemonade. The Covid shutdown rather forcefully prompted a major shift from in-person art classes to online classes.    Courtney's Website   Thank You to Our Sponsor: WinShape Marriage   Other Episodes Mentioned: 202 Simple Ways to Connect with Our Kids And Enjoy Breaks with Beth Rosenbleeth (Days with Grey) 223 Journey and Learnings as Former Second Lady of the United States with Karen Pence   Continue the conversation with us on Facebook, Instagram or our website.   Gospel Scripture: (all NIV)   Romans 3:23 “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,”   Romans 3:24 “and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.”   Romans 3:25 (a) “God presented him as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith in his blood.”    Hebrews 9:22 (b) “without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.”    Romans 5:8 “But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”    Romans 5:11 “Not only is this so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.”    John 3:16 “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”   Romans 10:9 “That if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.”    Luke 15:10 says “In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”   Romans 8:1 “Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus”   Ephesians 1:13–14 “And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. 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Thanks for your sponsorship.   Courtney Sanford is my guest today, and she's an amazing artist and teacher and author, and I'm just so excited to share this conversation. If you're like me and you're ready for summer and your rhythm changes with your kids, she's going to share some super practical tips for incorporating art and beauty into our homes.   And I think that you're going to conclude this conversation by knowing where to begin and understanding why it matters. Here's our chat.    Welcome to The Savvy Sauce, Courtney.   Courtney Sanford: Thanks for having me.    Laura Dugger: I'm so excited to hear more about your story, so will you share what has led you into the work that you get to do today?   Courtney Sanford: (1:37 - 4:20) I sure do like to share that story. I didn't start off as a homeschooler. I didn't imagine that that would be where my life went, but I was always a creative person.   I was a graphic designer, and I worked in the Performing Arts Center, and I got to do lots of fun design for shows. Then along came kids. I actually enjoyed dropping them off at school and going to Target, and I was okay with that.   We didn't do public school because the school near me didn't look safe, and we had lived near Columbine High School and thought it was just a beautiful, beautiful school. And when we left Colorado, we thought, oh, isn't it sad that our kids won't go to school there? And then just about a month later, the whole Columbine shooting happened, and so we were kind of traumatized by all of that.   And then when I saw the school that my precious five-year-old would go to, it didn't look safe, and so we sent them to a private school. So here we are spending a lot of money, having high expectations, and the kids were doing all worksheets all the time, and they started to dread going to school, and they didn't love learning, and the excitement of learning just kind of drained out of them. And so we looked into other options and decided that homeschooling would be the way to go, and I found the classical model and just loved the way that sounded, and we tried it, and it worked, and the little lights just came back on in their eyes, and they started to love learning again.   And I just found my people, and I just learned everything I could about homeschooling, and I just poured myself into it wholeheartedly as unto the Lord. And had a great time, and I just loved my time with my kids, and I felt like it was successful, and I encouraged other people to do it, but I wasn't really sure that it worked until they got into college and they turned out to be successful, thriving humans, and we're really proud of them. One will be a doctor in about a month.   He's about to graduate. He has a wife and a little girl, and then my second one has her MBA, and she works for a Christian college where she leads trips, and she's getting ready to take a group to Paris and London, and so she kind of ministers to students through that, and then my youngest is still in school staying to be a software developer. So now I can confidently say it was worth all the energy that I put into it.   It was hard work, probably the hardest thing I've ever done, but so worth it.   Laura Dugger: (4:21 - 4:40) That's incredible, and I love hearing the success story where your children are now, but you really also inspired them with beauty and art in their learning and growing up time, and I'm curious, are there any personal lessons that the Lord has taught you through art?   Courtney Sanford: (4:41 - 6:32) Oh, goodness. Yeah, I think my desire was to make learning interactive because I saw what they were doing in the private school, which was sit in a chair all day and do your worksheets, and it was just worksheet after worksheet after worksheet and then a quiz, and then you get graded, and so I was thinking if I'm going to pull them out, I've got to do better than that, and so that was my standard, and I was going to beat that standard every day, and so I pulled in art because that's what I knew, so if we were learning about an animal, we would draw the animal. If we were learning about a continent, we would draw the continent until we could draw it from memory, and I really learned with them. I did not have a great elementary education or even high school education, so I would learn this stuff, and then I would think of creative ways to get them involved with it, so a lot of times it was drawing.   It could be painting. It could be making things out of clay. We used to make things out of Rice Krispie Treats, and then they could take it to their co-op group.   Well, it was a classical conversations group, but they do presentations, and so we made a Mayan temple out of Rice Krispie Treats, and we would make volcanoes, and then they could take it to their friends and share it with them and tell them about it, so anything I could do that would get us out of the chair using our hands and using our senses and think, you know, how can I incorporate all five senses, and that just made learning so much more fun for them and for me, and so a lot of it was art. Some of it was science.   Anytime I could incorporate a sense of play into what they were learning, I could see that they would learn so much more.   Laura Dugger: (6:32 - 6:55) I love that, trying to incorporate all five senses, especially. That gets some ideas coming, but can you even back it up, and because you're an artist, will you give us an overview of the seven major forms of art, and can you give us examples as parents for ways that we can engage our children with each of those?   Courtney Sanford: (6:56 - 10:58) Oh, sure. Let me think. All right, so drawing, of course, you can draw what you see, so when I teach students to draw, I do a progression, so we'll draw from line art, and you can find line art anywhere.   It might be in a children's book, so using the library was key for me, so I'd get a laundry basket, and I would go to the library with an index card of what we'd be studying, and I would grab all kinds of books related to that, so when you come home, you get out a kid's book. If you see a good line drawing, say you're studying a lizard, if you see a good line drawing, draw from that. They could even trace it to start with, so you draw from the line drawing, then once they get really confident with that, you go to drawing from photos, and then you go to drawing from real life, so maybe you have a fish tank.   Maybe there's a fish in the fish tank, and you could draw from that or draw things in your yard, so that is how I break down drawing for them, and it could be years. You could draw from line art for years before you go to drawing from photos, and then to drawing from real life, and drawing's great for learning to memorize things. For painting, painting's just fun, and so I like to go to the kitchen table every afternoon and paint what you see, so you start off with the younger kids.   You could start with color and markers and fill in the areas, and then you can teach them how to shade using painting. Sculpture is also fun with kids. I like air-dry clay, and I like Sculpey clay.   I like to get a one-pound block of Sculpey clay and teach them the basic forms, like roll out a snake, do your hands together. Those of you who are listening, you can't see my hands, but I am making a sphere with imaginary clay. These are really good for developing their fine motor skills, too.   We also make the letters out of roll-out snakes and form your letters. That will really help if they're reversing letters. It takes a while to build the whole alphabet, so maybe you do three or four letters a day.   You work on it a couple times a week. It might take a month to make the whole alphabet, but that can be one goal, to get them working in three dimensions. We usually do additive sculpture, like adding on, and you can use found objects to make sculptures.   One time, my son took apart a pen. I rearranged the pieces into a human shape, and it was lovely. Getting them thinking in three dimensions is related to sculpture.   Carving, I don't like to do until they're old enough to be safe with a knife, but once they are, especially the boys love to go outside in the yard and get a log. They spend a lot of time carving spoons. Just a simple shape they can hold in their mind and then carve it is a good activity.   It keeps their little hands busy, too, if you want to read aloud to them and you don't mind a little mess in the house, they can carve. You can also carve out of a bar of soap as well. For that, that's a subtractive sculpture technique.   Let's see. That's the three main ones, drawing, painting, sculpture. I know film is one.   Film, I don't really incorporate much into my homeschool, except we will occasionally watch a movie about history. That has gotten me into trouble a few times because some of those movies that I think are going to be historic turn out to have racy scenes in them, and I'll have to jump up and get in front of the TV or cough really loud. But there are some good films that you can watch together as a family.   That's about as far as I went with film.   Laura Dugger: (10:59 - 11:19) I would, if you don't mind me interrupting there, too. I feel like that's one that our girls have actually begun to develop on their own, where our eldest daughter once wanted a video camera, so she got the old-school video camera. They're making their own movies, and I've seen that as a form of creative, artistic play.   Courtney Sanford: (11:20 - 11:49) Oh, that's fabulous. Yes, so when my kids were little, we didn't even have phones or video cameras on the phones, so that wasn't an option. When we first started homeschooling, our TV died, and so we did not even have a TV for years.   We just decided not to replace it, which forced us into audiobooks and reading aloud and then just playing outside instead and reading books. So that was a blessing.   Laura Dugger: (11:49 - 12:03) I love that because that's one of the other forms. That was new to me, that literature is an art form. Sorry, I sidetracked you because we still have literature, architecture, theater, and music.   Courtney Sanford: (12:04 - 14:20) Yeah, I think the best thing that we did for our kids, of course, I love teaching them to write using Andrew Pudewa's method with IEW. It's kind of imitative writing, so you learn to imitate good writers. But also, my husband read aloud to the kids every single night.   That was his time with him. He gave me a break, and he would read for hours. He loved it.   The kids loved it. And he would choose classics or funny things, you know, science fiction. Probably not the books that I would choose.   I would choose classics and things related to what we were studying, but he chose what he wanted to read. So I would read aloud in the afternoons, and we would do audiobooks like Story of the World and all the Jim Weiss readings. And then he would read aloud at night.   And just whatever he wanted to choose, he would read aloud. And I think hearing good language produces good speakers and good writers. So he gets about 50 percent of the credit for the success of the kids, I think, for just reading aloud every night.   It was such a great thing to do for the kids. And then the last one, architecture. I do incorporate architecture when I'm teaching about a culture.   So, if we're doing art history or history, we'll look at the buildings. So, of course, you do that with ancient Egypt. You look at the pyramids.   When you're talking Old Testament times, you look at the tents. And then as I go through art history with the high schoolers, I'll point out more and more like neoclassical, of course, comes from the ancient Greeks, but it's come to symbolize power and authority. And that's why we see it in government buildings.   So, my degree is graphic design, but it was in the School of Architecture. So, I had a lot of history of architecture and I appreciate it. And so I'm always pointing that out to my kids.   And I do that in my class, in my art history class. I always incorporate the architecture just as a part of understanding a culture.   Laura Dugger: (14:21 - 14:29) I love that. And was there anything specific that you did with your kids for encouraging music or also theater?   Courtney Sanford: (14:30 - 15:29) Oh, yeah. One thing I wish I had done more of was kinder music. I don't know why we didn't do that much kinder music, but now I'm learning more about it.   I wish I had done more of that. And I did put them in piano lessons. One wanted to do violin.   So, they had a few years of learning the basics of music, and then they really got into theater. We have a great Christian youth theater nearby. And so that was a really good experience.   In their Christian youth theater, they would sing praise and worship songs before and during and after a play. They would be praying for the audience and singing worship songs in addition to the singing on the stage. And that whole experience was really good for them.   Even my quietest kid got a big role in a play one time, and he had to memorize a lot of lines and sing in front of people. It's just such a great experience for them.   Laura Dugger: (15:30 - 15:57) I would think so. Even if they don't choose something that we would consider a very artistic career, I can see why all of this is still beneficial. That leads me to another question for you.   Regardless of the way that all of us parents listening are choosing to educate our children, why is it still beneficial for all of us to incorporate art into our homes and into our parenting?   Courtney Sanford: (15:58 - 21:59) That's a great question. So, the first line of the Bible says God created. So, the first thing we learn about God is that he was creative.   He created everything. And then just a few lines later, it says then he created man in his own image. So that tells me that we were created to be creative, to create.   Now, he doesn't let us create stuff out of nothing like him, which is probably for our own good. That would be a mess. But we can create things out of what he created.   And there is a study done by George Land. And there's a video on YouTube of George Land giving a talk about this creativity study that he did. And he created a test for NASA to help them find creative engineers when they were trying to get to the moon.   And they used it to study creativity in children. And they tested five-year-olds. So, they found a group of 1,600 five-year-olds who were in school.   And when they tested them at five years old, 98% of them tested as creative geniuses. So, their plan was to go every five years and test them again just to see what was going on. So, they went back after five years.   The kids are now 10. And it dropped down to like 27%. They went back another five years when the kids were 15, and it was down to about 17%.   And then they were so depressed, they stopped testing them because they could see they began as very creative. So, we're created creative. And a lot of moms will say, yes, I can see that in my children.   But something happens. And this was all in school. Something happened during school that taught them to not be creative.   So, the school teaches the kids to be obedient, to sit still, and to get the same outcome from every kid. Right? There's an expected answer on every test.   And you're to try to get the answer that the teacher wants. That's not creative. So, the first thing to do to preserve their creativity is don't send them to school.   That's the safest bet. And then when you do homeschool them, which I think is the best environment for them, don't do what they do in school. To bring them home and to go to all this trouble just to do the same thing that they're doing in school is not worth the trouble.   So, you've got to not do what they're doing in school. And so, for me, that meant don't do worksheets, make the content interactive. So, I did rely on curriculum, but I didn't rely on the curriculum to be the teacher.   So, I get the content from the curriculum, and then I make it interactive using artistic, creative skills so that they can be creative. And I don't teach it out of them. So, if you have young kids, that's good news.   They're already creative. You just have to don't teach it out of them. If your kids are older and maybe they've been in school, then you might have to like undo some of that training and set up some experiences where you ask them or even like in my classes, I'll set up a challenge.   And I expect everyone's to be different because everybody's going to do it a little bit more creatively in their way. And so, at the end of class, instead of like calling out the answers to see if everybody got the same thing, they're holding up what they did and telling me what they were thinking. And everybody's is different.   And then I really praise the ones who did something different. Maybe they changed the colors. Maybe they put glasses on Mona Lisa.   You know, maybe they gave her a cat to hold. So, I reward thinking outside the box. Now to to pour in beauty, and I think I might have heard this from Charlotte Mason, beauty in, beauty out.   So, you've got to load them with beauty. Now, I think that we were naturally drawn to beauty and people will argue with me about this. They'll say, well, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.   But I betcha I could find something that's beautiful and do a survey. And I betcha I could get 100% of people to say, yes, that's beautiful. And I could find something else, maybe a Hindu goddess sculpture.   And I could find something that 100% people would say that is not beautiful. And so, I think that ingrained in some of us because we're created by God, I think we have a sense of appreciating beauty. I do think that it gets taught out of a lot of people.   So, with my kids, I show them a lot of beauty. And this can be as simple as get a coffee table book from the secondhand bookstore on art and put it on your coffee table. Get books from the library and have lots of beautiful things to look at.   And so, when I now when I was teaching my own kids, this is kind of a fly by the seat of my pants. Make it up as I go. Now that they've left home and I can think about it, I'm putting together books that are a little bit more thoughtful.   So, in my books, you will see I've chosen a piece of art that is beautiful and I will pair it with the lesson. And then I'll give you an art activity. So, for example, in Into the Woods, you'll see I've chosen a beautiful piece of art and I paired it with a poem, which is another piece of beauty.   Yes. And then I'll give you an art lesson so that they can get creative with it as well. So, it is this hard to pull it together.   So that's why I'm making books to help parents. So, you have something beautiful and something to do with it. And so, that's how I pour in beauty to give a beauty in beauty out.   Laura Dugger: (21:59 - 22:36) I love that so much. And just even holding this resource, it is so beautiful. There's so much to it.   When it arrived, our daughters were delighted to go through it and to dive in and get to learn. But I'm just thinking many listeners are fellow homeschool parents and also many are not. But I don't want them to be discouraged because I'm even thinking of your courses or if they do intentional art in the evenings or on weekends or summer break and winter break.   There are still ways for all of us to incorporate this.   Courtney Sanford: (22:36 - 24:28) Yes, for sure. Yeah. Even so, my mom, I was public school.   And of course, the word hadn't been invented back then, but my mom appreciates art and poetry and she would always have art books on the coffee table. And I would just stop and, you know, in my free time, flip through the pages. And those images stuck with me my whole life.   She had one that had a Monet on the cover of the Field of Red Poppies. And that was just ingrained in my mind as a piece of beauty. So just something as simple as putting it out on your coffee table.   She also took us to museums whenever we traveled. And she didn't make a big lesson out of it, but I was exposed to beautiful buildings. You know, most museums are in beautiful buildings.   You see the beautiful architecture. And I was exposed to a lot of art that way. So, that was that totally goes with which with summer vacations and your vacations to, you know, make an effort to see a gallery or an art museum when you're traveling.   That makes a big difference. It'll make an impression on them. And of course, the books you could do in the summer.   We have summer classes and we have an art retreat that might not line up with school because it's in May. But the books you could for sure add on. Hopefully someday we'll have evening classes so that you could go to school.   We've got some this coming year that will start at four o'clock. So, hopefully some kids can go to school and come home and join an art class. So, we're working on getting it out as we as I get teachers willing to.   Most of my teachers are homeschool moms, too. And by the end of the day, they're tired. So, I've got a few.   I've got a young lady who's just graduating and she's going to do some late afternoon ones for us next year. So pretty excited about that.   Laura Dugger: (24:28 - 25:04) I love that. And then even thinking of the beauty and beauty out stepping outdoors. There's so much beauty in God's creation and so much change depending on where you live throughout the seasons.   But I love how you also brought up the library, because anytime I'm trying to learn something new, that's my first go to is put books on hold at the library. And so, if we're wanting to know what to add to our library cart just to get us started into this, can you share books that you recommend, both yours and others that you think would be good additions?   Courtney Sanford: (25:05 - 26:19) Oh, that's a good question. Yes, there are. I love to think about the biographies of artists.   And if so, if you're studying ancient history, you could look up a biography on Giotto. And they're still tell the stories in such a nice, kid friendly way. Like there's the story of Giotto.   He was actually watching the sheep. And while he was out in the fields, he would draw on the sides of rocks like big rocks. But you get another rock and you would draw on the sides of rocks.   And another artist was walking through one day and he saw these drawings on the rocks. He was like, wow, you're really talented. Come with me.   I'll make you an apprentice. And those stories are just they're fun to read together and hear those kinds of stories. And of course, the Usborne books of art are beautiful and they often have projects for the kids to do.   I can't think of any specific ones, but I do love a short paperback on the particular artists. And so, I kind of line those up along with the period in history that we're studying.   Laura Dugger: (26:20 - 26:32) That's great. And even you're making me think of picture book biographies on artists. We've always enjoyed those as well.   Obviously, the illustrations are fantastic, too, but the storylines are so interesting.   Courtney Sanford: (26:33 - 27:23) Yes. So, I just grab whatever they have. I had a big laundry basket.   And and I know card and I just grab whatever I could find and sometimes let the kids choose. And sometimes I would choose. If you're going with geography, you can find beautiful photos of the different areas.   See the landscapes or the sunsets. And that can through photography. And you can really get to know a place through beautiful photographs.   I like that part, too. And then that might inspire a pastel drawing of a landscape. Maybe it's a beautiful sunset you could recreate with pastels.   So, photography books are really inspirational, too.   Laura Dugger: (27:23 - 28:10) It's a great idea. And circling back, you had mentioned Andrew Pudewa earlier in our conversation. And I remember learning from him that with writing, the worst way we can teach our children is to say just free write, just write something down or here's a prompt to finish this sentence because better writing comes through imitating.   And so, you've even mentioned tracing is a great way to start. That's not cheating in art if you're not stealing credit from them. But if you're just practicing and tracing, this is a way to imitate.   And so, I'm wondering, do you have any other cautions for ways that may be the wrong way to introduce our kids to art?   Courtney Sanford: (28:11 - 30:50) I agree that. Yeah, you can get writer's block. What I find funny is that some people are so afraid to imitate artists.   But if I were teaching piano, I would teach your kid how to play something by Bach in which he would learn what Bach did. And nobody would say I'm stealing from Bach. You know, and you learn to play Beethoven by playing Beethoven and you you learn to reproduce those pieces of music.   I do the same thing in art. We look at what the masters did and we'll copy it in order to learn what they knew. And that way we build.   We're like standing on the shoulders of giants. So, we don't want every kid to have to start with inventing the wheel themselves. We'd never get very far.   We want to learn what the masters knew and then build on that. So, I do a lot of imitation. And then as the students ready, I let them know you are free to change this or to experiment with it.   So just last week we were drawing and painting red poppies and learning about Georgia O'Keeffe. And so, I said we can do an imitation of her poppy. And I'll show you step by step how to reproduce her poppy.   And in doing that, we're going to cause us to look more closely at it and study her blends. Like she would blend from yellow to orange to red in every petal. And we can study that technique.   And then as we do it and we practice it, we look more closely at hers and it kind of becomes a part of us. And then we'll find another flower and we'll use that same technique on a flower that we choose. Or maybe it's a flower we make up and we take that technique and we can apply it.   And it's a much better way to learn than trying to learn it yourself without looking at what the masters did. So, I think that I think I pulled a lot of that from Andrew Pudewa. The idea of I'm going to assist you until you say I got this.   I can do it from here. So, I do assist until they get it. And then I always say whenever you're ready, as soon as you're ready, change it and make it your own or do your own thing.   And because turning them loose too soon can break their confidence. So, you want to build them up until they can confidently experiment on their own.   Laura Dugger: (30:51 - 32:34) Let's take a quick break to hear a message from our sponsor. I'm so excited to share today's sponsor, WinShape Marriage, with you. WinShape Marriage is a fantastic ministry that helps couples prepare, strengthen, and if needed, even save their marriage.   WinShape Marriage is grounded on the belief that the strongest marriages are the ones that are nurtured, even if it seems like things are going smoothly. That way they'll be stronger if they do hit a bump along their marital journey. 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Thanks for your sponsorship.    Well, and as parents, once we're past the resistance to maybe invest some of our time or our money or allow the mess into our home, but if we push past through that and we're ready to get started, I'd love to go over some practical tips.   So, Courtney, first, just what are some great art supplies to have on hand?   Courtney Sanford: (32:36 - 37:13) A number two pencil and some Crayola markers you probably already have. Those are great tools. I like to have my kids work in an art journal, and you can get these real inexpensive at Michael's.   It'll say on the cover, mixed media art Journal, and they come in different sizes. I kind of like the big ones, and that will allow you to use paint, pencil, and marker or anything you want. If it says sketchbook, it's not going to hold up to paint very well.   So that's why I get the mixed media paper. So, I start with the art journal, and then I like to make that journal be their book on a subject. So right now, I'm doing ancient history with some kids, and so they are making their own book about ancient history.   So, every week we'll do a drawing or a painting or watercolor on a lesson in ancient history. And so, each piece is not a masterpiece to hang on the wall. Each piece is a part of the story in their book.   That takes all the pressure off. So, they don't see this as, I don't know if this is going to be good enough to hang on the wall. That's not even a question.   It's a part of the story in your book. They can also take some notes. They can show their grandparents and review the topic by presenting it to their grandparents and showing off their book.   And then you can collect their books and put them on a shelf. It's not all over the house making you crazy. And then you can see from year to year how their skills have improved.   So, I kind of like every year I like pick a topic to be the subject of our art journal. So, I call it arts integrated learning. So, I'm pairing an academic subject with art for that year.   So, it could be poetry. It could be history. It could be science.   Whatever you pick. That's what you'll add to your art journal with.   Pencils. I like blending tools too. There are some people call them stompies.   For those of you who are watching. Here's one. It's just rolled up newspaper, but you can buy these at Michael's.   They're really cheap. But it takes a drawing to the next level. You can just blend things out and shade things really lovely.   Mark Kistler does some videos and teaches you how to. He'll go shade, shade, shade. And so that's a good way to start.   And it really elevates a drawing and it gives them a lot of confidence. And then of course the good eraser. The book drawing with children is a really good one for our parents to read and then teach from in that book.   They suggest you have them draw with markers so that they don't spend an hour erasing. If you have someone who's a perfectionist, they will make one mark and spend 20 minutes erasing it. And so, if you go right to drawing with markers, that's gonna teach them to make a good mark first and then keep going and not spend half an hour erasing.   When I get to age nine or 10, I like to use acrylic paints, but I only buy four colors of paint and then I make them mix all the other colors. So, we use yellow, magenta, blue, and white. Those are like the colors in your printer.   Cyan, magenta, and yellow are the ones in your printer. And those colors can make all the other colors. Now your printer has black, but I don't give kids black.   Instead of black, they could make purple or brown or dark color. So, you know, you teach them how to mix the colors that they want. They'll learn to mix it because they want green or they want purple, or they want brown.   And then they develop a sense of color theory, and you don't even have to teach it. They'll figure it out because they want those colors. If they find, if, if you don't feel confident in that, you can buy craft colors of the specific colors, especially brown.   That's a hard one to mix. But I do like the coverage of acrylic paints. I like watercolors too.   That's a little bit easier to get into. You just take it slow and practice a lot. So that's really all you need.   It's pretty simple.   Laura Dugger: (37:14 - 37:27) Well, and I'm wondering too, even with the acrylic paint at that age, once they're older, that one, I'm assuming can stain. So are there any tips that you have for containing the mess?   Courtney Sanford: (37:28 - 38:32) Yes, I get, and they're a little bit hard to find. So go to Amazon and find a, a tablecloth that is plastic on one side and felt on the other side. I forget what you call it, but there'll be like picnic tables, tablecloths.   And the plastic ones are going to drive you crazy because they're too thin. So, if it's flannel backed, it's a little bit thicker. So I get a white one at the beginning of the year.   And that comes out anytime we do clay or paint, and it goes over the kitchen table and I don't worry about cleaning it. You just let it dry, fold it up. And I put mine in the China cabinet right there by the table.   And then anytime we do something messy, that tablecloth comes out and, and then just fold the mess back up in it. And it works, it works really great to, and then you might, if you're, if you're a neat freak, maybe plan on buying one at the beginning of every school year so that you get clean slates. And then the paint that gets onto the tablecloth is actually lovely and it'll be pretty next time you get it out.   Laura Dugger: (38:33 - 39:11) Oh, I love that. That's a genius tip. I appreciate that for coming indoors because in the summer, I guess we could take it outside depending on where we live.   But then what about any hacks for finding the time to do this? And I guess I'm thinking back to a previous episode with Beth Rosenbleeth. She's the one who started Days with Grey and she would talk about different art prompts that she would set out for her children in the morning for a variety of ages.   But were there any things that kind of required minimal time from you, but had maximum return for your kids?   Courtney Sanford: (39:11 - 41:06) Yeah, that's a good point. I had, I wouldn't say I had a strict schedule, but I had a pattern to my days. And the time after lunch was a good time to do messy things in the kitchen because we were in the kitchen anyway.   And as I could clean up lunch and start dinner, I could be in the kitchen with them and they could be creative at the kitchen table with minimum involvement from me. One of my best afternoons was we had the microscopes out to do something specific and I left it out as I was cooking chili. And as I cut up each ingredient, I would cut a thin slice for them to look at under the microscope.   And so they were looking at a bell pepper and a red pepper and celery and tomato. And they were so, they so enjoyed that and I was able to cook dinner at the same time, which was fabulous. And that turned, it was probably like a 15-minute science lesson into like four hours of discovering things under the microscope.   So that element of play and you can do that with your art supplies too. Like I'll demonstrate a technique and then leave it out. I'll turn my attention to cooking dinner while they see what else they can do with it.   And, um, you know, I'll give them a few tips. Like, um, if you mix these three colors together, you're going to make brown and then turn your back and let them discover it for themselves. So, um, I'm a big crock pot person.   And so after lunch would be the time I need to clean up lunch and put something in the crock pot. So that would be a good time for me to get them started on art or science and, um, and then turn my back and let them have that, um, that discovery time without me hovering or telling them what to do or something.   Laura Dugger: (41:06 - 41:22) Oh, that's a great rhythm. I love these ideas. And then I kind of want to go in chunks of age.   So, thinking of little kids, how would you define the difference between a piece of art and a craft?   Courtney Sanford: (41:23 - 43:41) Yeah, a craft is going to be something where the focus is on following directions and that's important. They need to learn how to follow directions. And so we would do, especially around the holidays, I might do a craft and we all follow directions.   Um, a piece of art is going to be where they're, they all come out different. They're allowed to play and express themselves. Um, for me personally, if I'm doing a craft when I'm done, I think, oh, I could make 50 of these and sell them.   If it's an art, when I'm done with a piece of art, like one of these paintings behind me, when I'm done with that, I'm thinking I could never do that again. That took so much out of me. I'm exhausted.   A little piece of my soul is in that that's art. That's the difference. Um, so I don't sell my paintings because there's a little piece of my soul in, um, my husband makes fun of me for that.   He's like, you could just sell your paintings. They're like, what? They're, they're like my babies.   I can't, I can't part with them. It took so much out of me to create them. Um, but a craft, yeah, I'll just give away things that are, that I just followed directions for, um, in terms of kids, younger kids will enjoy crafts, but getting to high school, they recognize it as slave labor and they don't want to do that.   They are in what the classical education people call the, the, um, poetic stage, you know, they want to express themselves and they want to be unique. I think this is why they get tattoos. The tattoo is a way of saying this is who I am.   This is what it means to me. I'm unique. Um, so I think if we don't teach them to express themselves in art, they're going to get tattoos.   So that might encourage moms to, to give them the skills so that they can express themselves. You know, they need to be able to write poetry or write songs or paint a painting or do a drawing. There's that need inside of us to do that that God put in us.   And if they don't have an outlet, then they're going to find something like tattoos or something that we don't want them to be doing. Yeah. I mean, some of my kids are tattooed.   It's not bad.   Laura Dugger: (43:42 - 44:25) Well, and you've kind of answered a follow-up question I had because we talked about little kids, but I'm thinking of teens. So going back, my background is in marriage and family therapy, and we would encourage everyone that journaling is a free form of therapy. But I think of art as the same way.   And there's even studies that show when you're engaged in something artistic, the critical side of your brain goes offline. So you can't think negative thoughts while you're creating something new, but with teens, there's that added benefit of getting to express themselves. So is there anything else with art that you see as basically free therapy for adolescents?   Courtney Sanford: (44:26 - 46:54) Oh, sure. I do see it a lot. I experienced it because I started my business because of the shutdown and because I was teaching in person and then I had to switch to online teaching.   And so, the group that I had moved online and I figured out how to do it and got a little bit better at it. And then that summer I offered a class for adults. These were directors and I was in classical conversations at the time.   And so a whole bunch of teachers are expected to teach Western cultural history without a lot of background. And so some of the moms asked me if I would do my art class for them. And so I had about a group of like 50 adults and we would get on for an hour and a half every day.   And this was at the height of the shutdown when turning on the news, just stresses you out. Going to the grocery store was stressful because people were in masks or they weren't in masks or, you know, we didn't know anything. It was such a stressful time, but that hour and a half that we had together, we, our focus was on discovering a piece of art.   So, we were looking at beautiful things and then we were creating something and that changed our focus from what was going on in the world. And we would just relax, and we'd enjoy it. Having the live class kept our focus on it.   And when I don't have a live class in front of me, I'll be like, oh, I should put the laundry in or I should start dinner and I get distracted. But with that, you know, with other people on zoom, it keeps me focused. And so, we'd have this wonderful hour and a half vacation from the world.   And after it was over, I would just have this sense of peace. And then I'd come down and be like, oh yeah, that's still going on. And it was, it was so good for our mental health.   And, and I get, I hear moms tell me that the hour and a half once a week they spend with me doing art has been such a blessing. Like one student lost her father a year ago and this is helping her. She said she's finally coming out of her depression and she's finding a way to express herself and find beauty again.   And it's, it's been transformative for some students. So, it is a blessing. And I didn't, I didn't read that somewhere.   That's just from my experience. So, I'm a big believer in that.   Laura Dugger: (46:54 - 47:51) I can see why I think you're bringing up two points. I don't want to miss both with art therapy and then also art in community. So art and community first, I think for all of us at any age, what can we do as this is airing probably when everybody's getting out for summertime, how can we gather others alongside of us for whether it's our kids or us as peers to get to engage in these activities together.   And so, I want to follow up with you on that, but also before I lose my thought, I also want to link back to Karen Pence's episode. She had started art therapy for veterans, I believe, and just incredible. The healing that is possible through this.   So, do you have any thoughts Courtney on ways that we can this summer gather together community at different ages and do something artistic?   Courtney Sanford: (47:51 - 52:15) That is a good question. So, we have, I have found the online classes are the easiest for people to get to. And it's I get people ask if we can do it in person, but honestly it's hard to get people out or they're busy.   They're doing things in summer. So, we do offer a class online in the summer that's live. We have recorded classes that you could do alone or get a few people together and, do them together.   I have some sampler packs too. So, some of them are just three lessons. You could get some friends together and find, maybe you could find three, three times during the summer to do.   I have like a Vango sampler pack and a couple of short ones that you could just pay for the video and do with your friends or maybe a mother daughter event. Maybe you do the self-paced class with your daughter. And I've had some seniors, like seniors in high school, do a mother daughter class together and just say, this is such a good time for us to spend a little bit of time together, a little bonus time before they go off to college.   During the school year, we have, I have a watercolor artist friends. She lives near me and she's a professional watercolor artist and she does the class called Bible journaling. And that is a beautiful combination of a devotion and a watercolor time together.   Those are hour and a half classes too. And they meet once a week. And we sometimes we'll have grandmas, we'll have high school students, we'll have mother daughter pairs do it together.   And they actually have a little prayer time, a little study of scripture. And then then Kate teaches them step-by-step how to do a beautiful watercolor and incorporate some hand lettering in it. So that's just a beautiful fun time together.   So I highly recommend her class during the school year. If, if a mom could get away, or if you have a high school daughter to do it together, that is a great experience. And then I have a short version of art history that you could do with friends or your high school daughter.   It's called paint your way through marvelous to behold, which is just 12 lessons that goes through. And that's a variety of drawing and painting. If you wanted to do something like that.   So, lots of things, or you can check out the books. And if you feel confident following step-by-step instructions in a book, you could use the book or a combination of videos and books. If you're feeling kind of like you could lead a art group, you could get the cell page video, watch the video and then do, you know, exactly what I said, do that live with a group.   And if you have any art experience doing that, you could get, probably get, I would like invite all the homeschool moms in your co-op group to get together. And I do some, sometimes I'll go to do a mom's group, do a watercolor or I love to do the milkmaid with moms because the milkmaid is this beautiful painting from the Dutch masters of a woman cooking. She's just pouring milk.   I think she's making bread pudding and it's just so beautiful. It's like, what I think I look like homeschooling. I'm wearing like a long gold gown and those suns coming in and everything's perfect.   I'm like, this is the ideal. This is what I think homeschooling is going to look like. And then I kind of use that painting as a launch pad for painting Delft tiles from the period.   And so sometimes I'll, I'll do that with some homeschool moms because I like to encourage homeschool moms. I know it's hard. And I had some mentors when I was homeschooling that I really appreciated.   So, I'm always happy to, to be the support and be able to say it's worth it. Keep going. I know you're driving a crappy car, but it will be worth it.   And so, the sacrifices you make now totally pay off. And you know, before I know it, my son is going to be homeschooling his daughter. She's seven months now, but it's going to fly by, you know, she'll be four before you know it.   And I'll be teaching her how to paint. I suppose.   Laura Dugger: (52:16 - 53:13) When was the first time you listened to an episode of The Savvy Sauce? How did you hear about our podcast? Did a friend share it with you?   Will you be willing to be that friend now and text five other friends or post on your socials, anything about The Savvy Sauce that you love? If you share your favorite episodes, that is how we continue to expand our reach and get the good news of Jesus Christ in more ears across the world. So, we need your help.   Another way to help us grow is to leave a five-star review on Apple podcasts. Each of these suggestions will cost you less than a minute, but it will be a great benefit to us. Thank you so much for being willing to be generous with your time and share. We appreciate you.    I don't want to miss what website to direct everyone to. If they want to sign up for one of these classes, where's the best place to follow up?   Courtney Sanford: (53:14 - 54:27) Go to delightfulartco.com and on that page, you'll see live classes, self-paced classes, summer retreats. I've done adult retreats before. I'd be open to doing it again if people want to.   So, I have, I would call it private retreats. So, if you want to get a group of women together, maybe somebody has a beach house, I'll come and do the art. It could be a one day, two day, or three-day event.   So that's an option. And we have self-paced classes. So, lots of things to look at.   I have a lot of sample classes on the website too. If you want to drop in and see what they're like. I think there's a how to paint Monet's water lilies is on the site.   You can watch that and see what it's like. Some people are afraid to try an online art class, but we all loved Bob Ross, and we watched him. So, if you can imagine saying, Bob, stop, could you do that again?   That's what my classes are like, and I'll be happy to stop and show you again. And then you can hold up your work at the end and I can give you some feedback. So, I'm like the new Bob Ross.   Laura Dugger: (54:27 - 54:46) There you go. That's wonderful. Thank you for sharing that.   And Courtney, I just have a couple more questions for you. If let's turn it back to parenting. If we want to get started today and we just want next step to get started.   What is an art prompt that we can still try today?   Courtney Sanford: (54:47 - 57:26) I would look at what you're, what, what are you teaching your kids? So, if you're teaching them, maybe you have a library book on the coffee table that you're studying biology. Pull out one thing from that and draw what you see and reproduce that.   Just one drawing a week. And before you know it, you'll have a whole biology book. So, I like to instead of saying parents, you have to add on another course.   You have to add art to everything else you're doing. Slide it into what you're already doing and it will enhance what they remember about that. And it's not like a whole other subject.   So just use art as a tool to help them remember what you want them to learn anyway. So, anything you want them to teach, if you have a photo or a drawing, have them trace it or draw it. I actually another good way to start is if you have little kids and Bible story time, let them draw what you're reading about.   My son loved to do stick figures. So, I have the whole Bible told in stick figures from when I'm from my youngest kid. And it is fabulous, especially like Sodom and Gomorrah.   And, you know, there's a lot of violent stuff. Boys love that stuff. So, he illustrated a lot of the Old Testament because I read it every morning, and he would just draw what he heard me.   I think I was using the Children's Illustrated Bible. So, he had some things to look at. That's another great way to get started.   Just let them look at the story and draw in their own art journal. So, there's so many fun ways you can use it in every subject. I had a mom tell me she read me an email.   She said, my daughter is just blooming in your classes. I wish every subject could be taught with an art journal and a paint palette. And I replied, we're working on it.   We're we've got we've got Latin and art, science and art, literature and art. There's just so many ways to find inspiration and what you're already studying and find the beauty in that subject. So, in our site, our art and biology course, students do a beautiful watercolor of the DNA strand.   And they draw the cell in watercolor. And it's just beautiful. And it helps them remember it and practices their art skills.   So, it's like a two for one. Think of it as a two for one. Take art and put it in another subject.   Laura Dugger: (57:26 - 57:46) I love win wins. That sounds amazing. And Courtney, I just have one final question for you today.   We are called The Savvy Sauce because savvy is synonymous with practical knowledge or insight. And so is my final question for you today. What is your savvy sauce?   Courtney Sanford: (57:47 - 58:15) The beauty, in beauty out, has been kind of my savvy sauce and also as unto the Lord. So, whatever I do, I do as unto the Lord. If I'm homeschooling, I'm teaching biology.   I'm going to do as unto the Lord. I'm not going to hand out a worksheet. I'm going to make it.   I'm going to make it a great experience. So, I would have to say whatever you do, do it wholeheartedly as unto the Lord and not for men.   Laura Dugger: (58:16 - 58:36) What a great place to end. Courtney, you are so inspiring. You've given us great ideas and kind of confidence to get to put this into practice.   Even if we're not artists like you, we're all created in God's image and therefore can be creative. So, thank you for your time and wisdom today. Thank you so much for being my guest.   Courtney Sanford: (58:37 - 58:40) You are sure welcome. I had a great time. It's good to talk to you.   Laura Dugger: (58:41 - 1:02:25) You as well. One more thing before you go. Have you heard the term gospel before?   It simply means good news. And I want to share the best news with you. But it starts with the bad news.   Every single one of us were born sinners, but Christ desires to rescue us from our sin, which is something we cannot do for ourselves. This means there is absolutely no chance we can make it to heaven on our own. So, for you and for me, it means we deserve death, and we can never pay back the sacrifice we owe to be saved.   We need a savior. But God loved us so much, he made a way for his only son to willingly die in our place as the perfect substitute. This gives us hope of life forever in right relationship with him.   That is good news. Jesus lived the perfect life we could never live and died in our place for our sin. This was God's plan to make a way to reconcile with us so that God can look at us and see Jesus.   We can be covered and justified through the work Jesus finished if we choose to receive what He has done for us. Romans 10:9 says, “That if you confess with your mouth Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.” So, would you pray with me now?   Heavenly Father, thank you for sending Jesus to take our place. I pray someone today right now is touched and chooses to turn their life over to you. Will you clearly guide them and help them take their next step in faith to declare you as Lord of their life?   We trust you to work and change lives now for eternity. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.   If you prayed that prayer, you are declaring him for me, so me for him. You get the opportunity to live your life for him. And at this podcast, we're called The Savvy Sauce for a reason.   We want to give you practical tools to implement the knowledge you have learned. So, you ready to get started? First, tell someone.   Say it out loud. Get a Bible. The first day I made this decision, my parents took me to Barnes & Noble and let me choose my own Bible.   I selected the Quest NIV Bible, and I love it. You can start by reading the book of John. Also, get connected locally, which just means tell someone who's a part of a church in your community that you made a decision to follow Christ.   I'm assuming they will be thrilled to talk with you about further steps, such as going to church and getting connected to other believers to encourage you. We want to celebrate with you too, so feel free to leave a comment for us here if you did make a decision to follow Christ. We also have show notes included where you can read scripture that describes this process.   And finally, be encouraged. Luke 15:10 says, “In the same way I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.” The heavens are praising with you for your decision today.   And if you've already received this good news, I pray you have someone to share it with. You are loved and I look forward to meeting you here next time.

This week's episode is a little different—and a lot of fun. Jess, Pam, and Alex are joined by Traci for a special game of Would You Rather!? – Points Talk Edition. Traci challenges the squad with a lineup of delightfully diabolical travel questions designed to reveal where they really stand when it comes to their points and airline preferences, personal travel quirks, and loyalty trade-offs. From Business Class Woes to Economy Wins The episode kicks off with a tough one: would you rather have a lie-flat seat in business class next to an annoying stranger, or an entire economy row to yourself? At least one of the squad's answers will probably surprise you! Individual Perks vs. Points Value: Globalist or the Award Chart? Next, Traci challenges the group with Hyatt's ultimate tradeoff: would you rather have lifetime Globalist status or a guaranteed fixed award chart for 20 years? Is there dissent or do Alex, Jess, and Pam all come down on the same side on this one? Real-Life Dilemmas and Points Preferences From there, the questions get personal: Learn about Alex's secret grocery-store card confession. Would Jess rather stay at a Park Hyatt in a city she doesn't like (Venice) or a Holiday Inn Express in a city she loves (Tokyo)?  Would Alex rather have her beloved Southwest® Companion Pass or 600,000 Hyatt points?  Would Pam choose only domestic luxury travel or international budget travel if she could only choose one?  Tough Transfers & Redemption Realities The squad also weighs in on (and disagrees about) transferring highly valued points with or without bonuses. Nice Problems to Have They also daydream about future loyalty-program changes they'd love to see, like new Citi cards, United partnering with a second bank, and Capital One adding Alaska as a partner. (A girl can dream!)   The Great Collectibles Debate: Ducks or Houses? The episode ends on a light note, with the squad picking which flight souvenirs they'd rather have (rubber ducks or Delft houses) and which ones they'd be more likely to try to get permission to pinch.  This episode is full of laughs, strong opinions, and lots of travel daydreaming. Hit play now and see which “would you rather” choices you agree with—and which ones you totally wouldn't!

Een stalen martelwerktuig, daar lijkt de eendenbek - het instrument waarmee vaginaal onderzoek wordt gedaan - nog het meest op. Twee industrieel ontwerpers uit Delft bedachten een geupdate versie van ervan. Een vrouwvriendelijker ontwerp, dat de toch al niet zo plezierige ervaring ietwat moet verbeteren. In podcast De Dag een interview met een van de twee ontwerpers, Tamara Hoveling, en een gesprek met Jeanine Roeters van Lennep, internist en initiatiefnemer van het vrouwencentrum in het Erasmus MC in Rotterdam. Volgens haar is het hoog tijd dat er wat verandert ide zorg voor vrouwen. Nu is de zorg nog vooral ingericht op mannen, vertelt ze. Behandelingen en medicijnen worden veelal alleen getest op mannen of mannelijke proefdieren, terwijl een vrouwelijk lichaam bij ziekte vaak anders reageert dan een mannelijk lichaam. Met verkeerde diagnoses en uitgestelde behandelingen tot gevolg. Als er al aan vrouwen wordt gedacht, gaat het over borstkanker of gynaecologie. "Dat noemen we de bikinivisie. Er moet veel breder worden gekeken. Neem bijvoorbeeld darmkanker, dat wordt bij vrouwen soms later ontdekt, omdat artsen vrouwen naar huis sturen als ze denken dat bloed bij de ontlasting van de menstruatie komt." Maar de vrouwenzorg heeft momentum, zegt Roeters van Lennep. Zij voelt zich niet langer roepende in de woestijn en ziet dat er ook in het wetenschappelijk onderzoek steeds meer aandacht is voor de vrouw. Podcast De Dag verruilt het grote wereldnieuws een week voor goed nieuws. Want het nieuws is, zeker in deze tijd, vol ellende, onheil en somberte. En daarom verlaten we deze meivakantie de studio en trekken het land in voor vijf opbeurende lichtpuntjes. Reageren? Mail naar dedag@nos.nl Presentatie & montage: Marco Geijtenbeek Redactie: Judith van de Hulsbeek

Fluent Fiction - Dutch: From Vases to Ventures: Crafting Dreams in a Startup Hub Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/nl/episode/2025-04-29-22-34-00-nl Story Transcript:Nl: De lentezon scheen op het dak van het startup incubator in het hart van de drukke stad.En: The spring sun shone on the roof of the startup incubator in the heart of the bustling city.Nl: Binnenin was de sfeer levendig.En: Inside, the atmosphere was lively.Nl: Jonge ondernemers werkten samen om hun dromen waar te maken.En: Young entrepreneurs worked together to make their dreams come true.Nl: De muren waren wit, maar versierd met abstracte kunst en groene planten.En: The walls were white but adorned with abstract art and green plants.Nl: Het was een plek waar creativiteit groeide.En: It was a place where creativity grew.Nl: Bram stond midden in het kantoor, zijn ogen glanzend van ambitie.En: Bram stood in the middle of the office, his eyes sparkling with ambition.Nl: Hij was druk bezig met het plannen van een belangrijke presentatie voor investeerders.En: He was busy planning an important presentation for investors.Nl: Om een blijvende indruk te maken, wilde hij iets bijzonders.En: To leave a lasting impression, he wanted something special.Nl: "We hebben een uniek decor nodig," zei hij vastberaden.En: "We need a unique décor," he said determinedly.Nl: Sanne, zijn partner, keek op vanachter haar laptop.En: Sanne, his partner, looked up from behind her laptop.Nl: Ze was pragmatisch en hield van cijfers.En: She was pragmatic and loved numbers.Nl: "We moeten ook op ons budget letten," waarschuwde ze.En: "We need to watch our budget too," she warned.Nl: Maar Bram was vastberaden en Sanne wist dat het belangrijk was om de juiste balans te vinden.En: But Bram was determined, and Sanne knew it was important to find the right balance.Nl: Samen liepen ze door de straten die versierd waren voor Koningsdag.En: Together they walked through the streets decorated for Koningsdag.Nl: Overal stonden kraampjes met oranje versieringen, vlaggen, en tweedehands spullen.En: Everywhere, there were stalls with orange decorations, flags, and second-hand goods.Nl: Ze stopten bij een stand vol met oude Nederlandse kunstvoorwerpen.En: They stopped at a stand full of old Dutch art objects.Nl: Bram's ogen vielen op een grote Delfts blauwe vaas.En: Bram's eyes fell on a large Delft blue vase.Nl: Het was uniek, traditioneel en prachtig.En: It was unique, traditional, and beautiful.Nl: "Dit moet het zijn," zei Bram enthousiast.En: "This must be it," Bram said enthusiastically.Nl: Sanne fronste.En: Sanne frowned.Nl: "Het is prachtig, maar het is duur."En: "It's beautiful, but it's expensive."Nl: Haar zorgen over het budget waren groot.En: Her concerns about the budget were significant.Nl: Toch kon ze niet ontkennen dat de vaas echt indruk zou maken.En: Yet, she couldn't deny that the vase would truly make an impression.Nl: Na een lang gesprek en veel wikken en wegen besloten ze de vaas te kopen.En: After a long discussion and much deliberation, they decided to buy the vase.Nl: Bram ruilde een stapel oude kantoorbenodigdheden in voor winkeltegoed.En: Bram traded a stack of old office supplies for store credit.Nl: Sanne onderhandelde over een kleine korting met de verkoper.En: Sanne negotiated for a small discount with the seller.Nl: Samen vonden ze een manier om iets moois te bereiken zonder hun financiële grenzen te overschrijden.En: Together, they found a way to achieve something beautiful without exceeding their financial limits.Nl: Met de vaas trots in hun handen liepen ze terug naar het kantoor.En: With the vase proudly in their hands, they walked back to the office.Nl: Bram glimlachte naar Sanne.En: Bram smiled at Sanne.Nl: "Ik heb veel geleerd vandaag," zei hij.En: "I've learned a lot today," he said.Nl: "Een goed plan vereist strategie."En: "A good plan requires strategy."Nl: Sanne knikte en lachte.En: Sanne nodded and laughed.Nl: "En soms is het nemen van een risico de moeite waard."En: "And sometimes, taking a risk is worth it."Nl: Terug in het kantoor plaatsten ze de vaas op een plek waar het zonlicht er perfect op viel.En: Back in the office, they placed the vase in a spot where the sunlight fell on it perfectly.Nl: Het paste prachtig in het open interieur. Een symbool van hun gezamenlijke reis en hun groei als team.En: It fit beautifully into the open interior—a symbol of their shared journey and their growth as a team.Nl: De presentatie voor investeerders werd een groot succes en hun startup kreeg een nieuwe impuls.En: The presentation for investors was a great success, and their startup received a new boost.Nl: Bram en Sanne leerden dat met samenwerking en compromis, dromen werkelijkheid kunnen worden.En: Bram and Sanne learned that with collaboration and compromise, dreams can become reality. 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Mensen met verward gedrag die overlast veroorzaken belanden steeds vaker in de gevangenis na relatief kleine vergrijpen. Zo ook in Delft, waar politie en hulpverleners geen andere optie zien om deze groep te helpen. Om te zien wat dit in praktijk betekent, liep verslaggever Elsbeth Stoker mee met de politie in Delft, keek ze mee met een rechter en sprak met zorgverleners. Want niet alleen de politie, ook andere partijen zitten klem. Dit verhaal verscheen eerder in de Volkskrant. Verhaal: Elsbeth StokerVoorlezer: Huub DikstaalMontage en sounddesign: Tiemen HagemanEindredactie: Jasper Veenstra en Corinne van DuinBeeld: Isabel SeligerSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Adriaan staat de komende weken live op de planken & er is nog een aantal kaarten beschikbaar! Adriaan wordt ondervraagd door Simon over zijn literaire werk en zijn optimistische levenshouding. Koop uw kaarten via https://www.theatercolleges.nl/adriaan-van-dis/ 30 april Amstelveen 1 mei ITA Amsterdam 8 mei Kerkrade 12 mei Delft 22 mei Arnhem See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Met een donderslag bij heldere hemel keert Antoni van Leeuwenhoek terug naar Delft. Hij trouwt met Barbara de Mey, maar het wordt een huwelijk met veel verdriet.

Antoni van Leeuwenhoek wordt geboren in Delft. Hij bezoekt een school in Warmond gaat In de leer in Benthuizen en krijgt zijn eerste betrekking in Amsterdam.

Chaincraft is een circulair chemiebedrijf dat een duurzaam alternatief biedt voor de bouwstenen van onder meer palmolie. Met 150 miljoen euro groeigeld wil deze scale-up een nieuwe fabriek gaan bouwen. Deze aflevering in het kort: ☑️ Het businessmodel van Chaincraft, inclusief business model canvas ☑️ De bouw van een nieuwe fabriek, wat komt daar bij kijken? ☑️ Waarom Chinezen zo goed zijn in alles-in-één-oplossingen ChainCraft begon in 2010 als een spin-off van Wageningen Universiteit. Founder Niels van Stralen en zijn team bouwden door op een patent voor fermentatietechnologie waarmee voedselafval wordt omgezet in vetzuren. Die dienen als grondstof voor producten, variërend van diervoeding tot schoonmaakmiddelen. In 2020 opende het bedrijf een demonstratiefabriek in de Amsterdamse haven, waar jaarlijks 2.000 ton vetzuren wordt geproduceerd. Nu lopen er verregaande gesprekken over een nieuwe investering van 150 miljoen euro maar liefst. Daarmee wil het bedrijf flink opschalen, met de bouw van een grootschalige fabriek in Noord-Nederland. Dit Delftse bedrijf kan de nieuwe ASML worden Van Straalen legt uit dat circulaire chemie niet alleen goed is voor het milieu, maar ook economisch rendabel kan zijn. ChainCraft wil zo bijdragen aan een duurzamere wereld door afvalstromen hoogwaardig te hergebruiken. De fabriek komt pal naast aardappelverwerker Avebe, waarmee het bedrijf verzekerd is van de toevoer van reststromen. Met Van Stralen verkennen we de enorme uitdagingen die bij de bouw van zo'n enorme fabriek komt kijken. Van lab naar fab dus. Luister ook | Deeptech uit Delft: een computer aansturen met je brein John Lin vertelt ons over het businessmodel van Mino Automation. Dat bedrijf - opgericht in 2008 in Guangzhou - biedt intelligente productieoplossingen voor de auto-industrie. Mino Automation levert modulaire, digitale productielijnen en integreert geavanceerde technologieën zoals virtuele inbedrijfstelling en industriële IoT. Mercedes-Benz, BMW en Volkswagen zijn al klant. Door deze betrouwbare productieoplossingen verlagen zij de kosten en hun levertijden.

Chaincraft is een circulair chemiebedrijf dat een duurzaam alternatief biedt voor de bouwstenen van onder meer palmolie. Met 150 miljoen euro groeigeld wil deze scale-up een nieuwe fabriek gaan bouwen.Deze aflevering in het kort:☑️ Het businessmodel van Chaincraft, inclusief business model canvas☑️ De bouw van een nieuwe fabriek, wat komt daar bij kijken?☑️ Waarom Chinezen zo goed zijn in alles-in-één-oplossingenChainCraft begon in 2010 als een spin-off van Wageningen Universiteit. Founder Niels van Stralen en zijn team bouwden door op een patent voor fermentatietechnologie waarmee voedselafval wordt omgezet in vetzuren. Die dienen als grondstof voor producten, variërend van diervoeding tot schoonmaakmiddelen. In 2020 opende het bedrijf een demonstratiefabriek in de Amsterdamse haven, waar jaarlijks 2.000 ton vetzuren wordt geproduceerd. Nu lopen er verregaande gesprekken over een nieuwe investering van 150 miljoen euro maar liefst. Daarmee wil het bedrijf flink opschalen, met de bouw van een grootschalige fabriek in Noord-Nederland.

Adriaan en Simon spreken over: nachtmerries / protesteren kun je leren / de situatie in Gaza en de kwestie academische boycot / stoppen met het lezen van politieke boeken / het theater in / de studeerkamer van Adriaan / aandelen en animisme / het mooiste woord in het Afrikaans / vergeet niet je vrijheid / slachtoffers en daders N.B. Deze aflevering gaat live op Stille Zaterdag maar werd opgenomen op zaterdag 12 april, dus vóór de demonstraties op de UvA in de week daarna. Schrijvers van dienst: Lodewijk van Oord / Pankaj Mishra / Albert Camus / Olaf Hauge / Robert Allen Zimmerman / Maya Angelou / Charles Baudelaire / Jan Balkon / J.S. Bach / Timothy Snyder / Judith Herzberg Het boek van Lodewijk van Oord is hier te bestellen: https://www.boekenwereld.com/lodewijk-van-oord-protesteren-voor-beginners-9789464522006 De mens in opstand van Albert Camus is in de Olympus-reeks van Atlas Contact uitgegeven en nog altijd leverbaar: https://boekenwereld.com/albert-camus-de-mens-in-opstand-9789046708040 De wereld na Gaza van Pankaj Mishra is hier te bestellen: https://www.boekenwereld.com/pankaj-mishra-de-wereld-na-gaza-9789045051772 De vertaalde teksten van Bob Dylan helaas alleen nog via de ramsj: https://ramsj.nl/winkel/bob-dylan-3/ De gedichten van Maya Angelou zijn te vinden in deze bundel: https://www.boekenwereld.com/maya-angelou-ik-weet-waarom-gekooide-vogels-zingen-9789044544282 Je kunt de boeken van Adriaan natuurlijk in de boekwinkel bestellen, maar veel van zijn boeken zijn ook als audioboek te beluisteren, ingesproken door Adriaan zelf. Neem nou bijvoorbeeld Stadsliefde bij Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2ReBLjSQsMT7TOwXk2gdBj?si=l_8sxM2YRV6Zp0qJBJf8bg Adriaan gaat het theater in! Hij wordt ondervraagd door Simon en u kunt hem ook zelf uw vragen stellen. Koop uw kaarten via https://www.theatercolleges.nl/adriaan-van-dis/ 30 april Amstelveen 1 mei ITA Amsterdam 8 mei Kerkrade 12 mei Delft 22 mei Arnhem Volg het Instagram-account van de podcast: @vandis.ongefilterd Wil je een vraag stellen of reageren? Mail het aan: vandis@atlascontact.nl Van Dis Ongefilterd wordt gemaakt door Adriaan van Dis, Simon Dikker Hupkes en Bart Jeroen Kiers. Bedankt voor uw recensie. © 2025 Atlas Contact | Adriaan van DisSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Vrijwel alle ondernemers willen gas geven. Toch stuiten ze vaak op dezelfde problemen. In deze aflevering ontdek je welke dat zijn.Deze aflevering in het kort:☑️ Van leiderschap tot mensen, dit zijn 3 knelpunten voor bedrijfsgroei☑️ Waarom je het belang van een goeie mentor niet mag onderschatten☑️ Vibe coding: iedereen kan nu zelf een app bouwenGroeien klinkt aantrekkelijk, maar in de praktijk is het voor veel ondernemers vooral taai en frustrerend. Want wat als je bedrijf wél groter wordt, maar jij zelf de rem blijkt te zijn? In deze aflevering duiken John en Patrick in de grootste groeiproblemen waar ondernemers mee te maken krijgen, samen met groeiexpert Kees de Jong van nlgroeit. Kees weet als geen ander wat het betekent om door allerlei groeifases heen te breken. Hij gaf leiding aan 2000 mensen, verkocht zijn bedrijf aan een Amerikaanse speler en helpt nu andere ondernemers door ze te koppelen aan mentoren.

In this episode, I talk about five charming small towns in the Netherlands: Haarlem, Delft, Volendam, Giethoorn, and Zierikzee. Each town has its own unique charm, from beautiful flowers and museums in Haarlem to traditional costumes in Volendam, and peaceful canals in Giethoorn. Whether you love history, art, or nature, these towns offer something special for every traveler. Listen now and learn more about these lovely Dutch towns!You can read along here: ⁠https://easydutchonline.com/episodes/podcast-Afl-58Support me: ⁠buy me a coffee⁠Email me: info@easydutchonline.com

Een mislukte première voor Spectrum-raket, defensie en ruimtevaart in Delft en studeren op een missie naar Titan. Dat en meer bespreken Thijs Roes, Erik laan en Luc van den Abeelen in deze nieuwe @SpaceCowboysPod @SpaceCowboysPod behandelt ruimtevaart- en astronomienieuws van land, planeet en daarbuiten. Afwisselend gepresenteerd door: @thysroes @michelvanbaal @pschoone @hmblank @ingeloes @arnouxus @LucLucreation @nadineduursma @BastiaanBom @ExogeologyMarc @NickPoelstra @brunchik @mariekebaan @charlottepouwel @eriklaan @jeffrey_bout - Volg Space Cowboys op https://x.com/spacecowboyspod en mailen kan naar spacecowboyspod@gmail.com Links voor deze aflevering: Eerste vlucht Europese Spectrum-raket duurt maar 40 secondenhttps://arstechnica.com/space/2025/03/europes-first-private-launch-company-is-learning-to-embrace-failure/ Eerste polaire ruimtereis met 4 astronautenhttps://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/techandscience/spacexs-fram2-mission-captures-1st-human-x-ray-in-earth-orbit/ar-AA1Ctb49 Testvlucht van Starliner was echt een spannende triphttps://arstechnica.com/space/2025/04/the-harrowing-story-of-what-flying-starliner-was-like-when-its-thrusters-failed/ Musk’s Mars plannen krijgen tegenstand uit onverwachte hoekhttps://unherd.com/2025/04/the-flaws-in-musks-mars-mission/ ISS en Mars zijn ongezonde plekken voor astronautenhttps://www.eoswetenschap.eu/ruimte/zijn-ruimtevaartuigen-te-steriel-meer-microben-kunnen-astronauten-gezonder-maken Save the date voor conferentie over missie naar Titanhttps://exploretitan.org/f/humans-to-titan-summit-2026 Duitsland fund Eutelsathttps://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/germany-funds-eutelsat-internet-ukraine-musk-tensions-rise-2025-04-04/ Defensie en ruimtevaart symposium in Delft op 8 meihttps://www.swapec.nl Kijktip: ESA Samenvatting met vondsten van GAIA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrV7xeAM7bg&ab_channel=EuropeanSpaceAgency%2CESA See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Een mislukte première voor Spectrum-raket, defensie en ruimtevaart in Delft en studeren op een missie naar Titan. Dat en meer bespreken Thijs Roes, Erik laan en Luc van den Abeelen in deze nieuwe @SpaceCowboysPod

PKC uit Papendrecht staat zaterdag voor de vijfde maal op rij in de korfbalfinale in een uitverkocht Rotterdam Ahoy. Tegenstander is Fortuna uit Delft. In een speciale podcast blikt Rijnmond vooruit op het grootste eendaagse indoor sportevenement van Nederland.

Waarom lijken we steeds meer tegenover elkaar te staan in discussies over migratie, discriminatie en de oorlog in Gaza. Waar komt de harde toon in de politiek en langs de lijn van het sportveld vandaan? Wat drijft ons uit elkaar en hoe kunnen we de kloof dichten? In deze aflevering ontwarren de Dolle Maria's de polarisatieknoop met Marja van Bijsterveldt. Zij is burgemeester van Delft en was onder andere partijvoorzitter van het CDA, staatssecretaris en minister. Muziek en eindmixage: Hannes Holl

Piet van Adrichem liep in 2022 van zijn huis in Delft naar Finisterre. Hij komt uit het onderwijs en was docent maatschappij en levensbeschouwing. Tegenwoordig is hij voorzitter van het Jacobsgenootschap. Zijn motto: 'Een pelgrim moet nooit iets afwijzen en mag nooit nee zeggen.'Muziek:  Who would true valour see - Alister ThompsonLogo-ontwerp: Karin Kerremans, datbureau.nlContact over de podcast: post@johannakroon.nljohannakroon.nl/podcasten-voor-organisaties/https://www.johannakroon.nl/podcasten-voor-organisaties/

This week, after five years of research, two newly discovered antiviral molecules have been shown to combat coronaviruses. Johan Neyts of the Rega Institute for Medical Research in Leuven outlines how he hopes the new molecule developed by his team might help us deal with emerging pandemics in the future. But as the US halts all Covid related research, will drugs like these ever hit the shelves? Among the grants terminated this week by the National Institute for Health is a programme called AViDD, AntiViral Drug Discovery, supporting 9 independent consortia. Annette von Delft of Oxford University and Ed Griffen of the drugs discovery company MedChemica spoke to us about the overnight shut down of years of work and importance of antiviral development. The longest ever carbon-based molecules have been discovered by the Mars Curiosity rover. Caroline Freissinet of the Laboratoire Atmosphères et Observations Spatiales talked us through the meticulous planning and geological chance that made this possible, and whether these long chain alkanes could be a clue to discovering life on mars. Researchers at Vanderbilt University have been delving into the genetic evolution of horses to discover the mutation that's behind their runaway metabolic success. Gianni Castiglione explains how a mutation that should have been catastrophic instead helped horses to evolve from the size of dogs to the giant athletic animals we know today. Presenter: Roland Pease Producer: Emily Bird Production Coordinators: Jana Bennett-Holesworth and Josie Hardy(Photo: Two tablets of Roche Pharmaceuticals' Tamiflu. Photo by Nikos Pekiaridis/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Waarom is het belangrijk dat er vanuit de wereld van de misdaadbestrijding met een meervoudige blik gekeken wordt naar maatschappelijke problemen? Wat is de brugfunctie van kunst in het vinden van oplossingen in de misdaadbestrijding? En hoe verhoud je je als maker hiertoe? In deze speciale editie van Tussen Kunst en Misdaad schuift de redactie van de podcast aan tafel, en bespreekt aan de hand van vraagstukken die voorbij zijn gekomen in eerdere afleveringen, de dilemma's die je als kunstenaar én als ambtenaar kan tegenkomen in het sociaal artistieke werkveld. Met Job van Beekhoven, hoofd van het RIEC Amsterdam-Amstelland, Floris van Delft, artistiek directeur van Theatergezelschap WAT WE DOEN en hosts van Tussen Kunst en Misdaad Sheralynn Adriaansz en Julius Ponten.  

Annemieke Bosman in gesprek met Marieke van Delft, boekhistoricus. Afgelopen week kwam de kunstfilm Metamorfose uit van filmmaker en mediakunstenaar Pim Zwier. Metamorfose brengt het inspirerende verhaal van kunstenaar en wetenschapper Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) tot leven. Zij is een Duits-Nederlandse kunstenares en pionier in de entomologie en was haar tijd ver vooruit. Ze legde als eerste de volledige metamorfose van rupsen tot vlinders vast in haar prachtige prenten en gravures. Metamorfose is een unieke mix van natuurfilm, kostuumdrama en kunstproject. Pim Zwier brengt Merian's 17-eeuwse prenten en schilderijen tot leven met acteurs en verweeft dit met beelden van de metamorfose van rups tot vlinder. Marieke van Delft is voormalig conservator bij de KB Den Haag en auteur van het boek Maria Sibylla Merian. Changing the Nature of Art and Science.

Oroppa, de debuutroman van Safae el Khannoussi, is zeer lovend ontvangen en staat nu op de Shortlist van de Libris Literatuurprijs. Is het Boeken FM-panel net zo lyrisch over dit werk? En zegt het grote succes van deze roman iets over de honger naar een ander soort fictie? Een luisteraar vraagt zich af wat we vinden van de lijst 50 beste Nederlandstalige boeken van de 21ste eeuw, samengesteld door NRC en De Standaard. Plus: wat vinden we van de twee hedendaagse literatuurfenomenen Goodreads en Booktok?BOEKENCLUB UPDATE Iedereen die zich heeft aangemeld wordt zo snel mogelijk gemaild!We zoeken nog mensen voor een club in Groningen, Tilburg, Sittard, Putten (de Veluwe), Zaandam, Amersfoort, Almere/Lelystad en Delft.Wil je meedoen? Mail naar boekenfm@dasmag.nl of DM ons via Instagram op @boekenfmZie het privacybeleid op https://art19.com/privacy en de privacyverklaring van Californië op https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Aflevering: Twee neven Beijerinck: bijzondere biologen Er zijn nogal wat vernoemde wetenschapsprijzen in Nederland. Meestal dragen die de naam van een illustere wetenschapper. Die prijzen zijn tegenwoordig steeds belangrijker voor onderzoekers, zowel voor de bevordering van hun carrière als voor de financiële ondersteuning van het onderzoek. Want onderzoeksgelden worden steeds schaarser. Twee van die prijzen dragen de naam Beijerinck, en dat is opmerkelijk omdat ze over nogal verschillende biologische onderzoeksgebieden gaan. Hoe kan dat? De één is een prijs voor virologie, het onderzoek naar virussen, de ander een prijs voor ecologisch veldonderzoek. Het blijkt om twee verschillende Beijerinck's te gaan, beiden pionieren in hun vakgebied. Martinus Willem (1851-1931) was een Delftse viroloog, en zijn neef Willem (1891-1960) heeft baanbrekend onderzoek gedaan naar de ecologie van vennen en heidelandschappen in Drenthe. Twee grillige carrières, beiden succesvol Luister ook onze aflevering over virussen:. Martinus Willem volgde een opleiding op de Hogere Burgerschool. In de 19 e eeuw kreeg hij daarmee geen toegang tot de natuurwetenschappelijke vakken op universiteiten. Wel kon hij terecht op de Polytechnische School in Delft. Daar werd hij, begeleid door de latere Nobelprijswinnaar van 't Hoff, chemisch technoloog. Zijn grote liefde was echter de plantkunde. Hij diende een verzoekschrift bij de minister van Binnenlandse Zaken, verkreeg vrijstelling van het toelatingsexamen voor de universiteit en kon toen biologie in Leiden gaan studeren. Nog tijdens zijn studie gaf hij les op scholen in Warffum, Utrecht en Wageningen. In 1877 promoveerde hij in Leiden op een onderzoek aan plantengallen, dat zijn woekeringen veroorzaakt door insecten of schimmels. Zijn onderzoek, niet alleen in de plantkunde maar ook in de microbiologie, liep zo goed dat hij in 1884 tot lid van de Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (KNAW) werd gekozen. Des te opmerkelijker was zijn overstap een jaar later naar een baan bij de Koninklijke Nederlandsche Gist- en Spiritusfabriek in Delft, waar voor hem een bacteriologisch laboratorium werd gesticht. In dat bedrijf vond hij bacteriën die in wortelknolletjes van peulvruchten stikstof kunnen vastleggen en in 1894 ontdekte hij op zuidvruchten een nieuwe splijtgist. Het jaar daarop werd voor hem door de regering een speciale hoogleraarspositie in biologie en bacteriologie aan de Delftse Polytechnische School ingesteld. Die positie zou hij tot zijn 70 e levensjaar blijven innemen. Hij ontdekte dat een sulfaat-reducerende bacterie de voornaamste veroorzaker van de stank van verontreinigde stadsgrachten was. Zijn werk over de verspreiding van micro-organismen inspireerde tot de in 1934 opgestelde Beijerinck-Baas Becking-hypothese: “Alles is overal, maar het milieu selecteert”;. Maar bovenal werd Martinus Willem Beijerinck bekend als grondlegger van de virologie. In 1898 vond hij door filtratie-experimenten dat de tabaksmozaïek-ziekte van tabaksplanten wordt veroorzaakt door iets dat kleiner is dan een bacterie en met een microscoop niet te zien is. Beijerinck noemde de ziekteverwekker een virus naar het Latijnse woord voor gif. En onderkende dat een virus een zich vermeerderende structuur was anders dan alle andere levende organismen. Hij was geen makkelijke persoon. Als docent was hij ongeliefd bij studenten maar hij had wel meerdere leerlingen die het ver schopten als hoogleraar microbiologie. Onder collega's gold hij als eigenzinnig. Toen de beroemde Duitse microbioloog Robert Koch bij hem op bezoek wilde komen wees hij dat af, omdat hij meende toch niets van hem te kunnen leren. Beijerinck kreeg tijdens zijn leven veel nationale en internationale erkenningen en onderscheidingen. In 1965 stelde de KNAW een prijs voor virologieonderzoek in. In 1970 werd zelfs een maankrater naar hem genoemd. Dat zijn roem als virusonderzoeker niet groter was kwam mede omdat hij zich koppig beperkte tot virusonderzoek bij planten en zich nooit in de medische microbiologie mengde. Toch lijkt het zeker gerechtvaardigd hem de Nederlandse pendant van de beroemde Franse onderzoeker Louis Pasteur te noemen. Zijn neef Willem Beijerinck bezocht ook de HBS en kon daarmee terecht op de Landbouwhogeschool te Wageningen. Na zijn afstuderen werd hij assistent in de microbiologie te Delft bij zijn neef Martinus Willem maar besloot toch naar een boerderij in Wijster te gaan waar hij tijdens zijn studie stage had gelopen. Hij trouwde met de dochter van de boer en nam na het overlijden van zijn schoonvader het bedrijf over. Gedurende negen jaar werkte hij daar maar schreef in die tijd ook over veldonderzoek dat hij ondertussen deed in het tijdschrift De levende natuur. Vanaf 1926 wijdde hij zich geheel aan het onderzoek van 'de natuurschatten van Drenthe', vooral ook aan plankton in heiplassen. Hij richtte in 1927 een privé biologisch station op en promoveerde in hetzelfde jaar cum laude tot doctor in de landbouwkunde op het proefschrift Over verspreiding en periodiciteit van de zoetwaterwieren in Drentse heideplassen. Hij verrichtte opdrachtonderzoek voor landbouwinstanties maar redde het daar niet mee en moest in 1933 meewerken aan de oprichting van een stichting: Het Nederlands Biologisch Station in Wijster. Doel was onderzoek van de fauna en flora van het Nederlandse landschap. Ook die stichting kwam uiteindelijk in de problemen en werd in 1956 gered als Biologisch Station te Wijster van de Landbouwhogeschool te Wageningen. Tot zijn pensioen een jaar later leidde Beijerinck het station. Zijn inzet leidde vanaf zijn pioniersonderzoek naar de ecologie van plankton-organismen tot het behoud van typisch Drentse natuurgebieden als de Dwingelose heide en veel uniek veldwerk in een veelzijdig botanisch en zoölogisch station. Ook schreef hij een zadenatlas van alle Nederlandse wilde planten. Na de dood in 1960 droeg zijn vrouw hun bezittingen over aan de Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen ten bate van een stichting voor de bevordering van ecologisch veldonderzoek.

Pippa speaks to Sive Mama, a teacher at Gateway Primary School in Delft about their plans to upgrade their container library, they need books and seating for the learners.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Vandaag hebben we het over twee impact methoden om van te leren en te kopiëren. We zien zoveel initiatieven om ons heen met te gekke ideeën, en hebben er 2 gevraagd om eens te delen: hoe begin je met impact maken? Hoe start je van een idee naar het gewoon echt gaan doen?Live in de studio hebben we deze week Marijn Scheltens van The School for Moral Ambition (moralambition.org), het initiatief wat Rutger Bregman is gestart om de verspilling van talent op te lossen. We leren hoe circkels van 6-8 mensen helpen om wereldproblemen te kiezen en hun talent daarop loslaten, om daadwerkelijk impact te maken!Ook komt Thijs Kaalberg kangs te vertellen over hoe ze bij Social Impact Hub impact maken organiseren. Dit intitiatief door studenten voor studenten en de stad Delft om maatschappelijke impact te maken.  En guess what: met 8 uur per week per student maken ze een hoop impact!

Seizoen 5, Episode 6 of “Kunnen we het maken?” In de vorige aflevering spraken we met Pieter Pauwels over informatiemodellering in de bouw. We hoorden onder andere dat Nederland goed op weg is met de toepassing van informatiemodellering in de bouwsector. Waar we in Nederland ook redelijk goed mee op weg zijn is het bouwen met hout. Dit gebeurt steeds vaker in Nederland en brengt zowel duurzame als constructieve uitdagingen met zich mee. Een toonaangevend voorbeeld hiervan is SAWA, het eerste houten woongebouw van Rotterdam. Er is bewust gekozen voor hout, omdat dit materiaal CO₂ opslaat tijdens zijn levensduur. Naast de positieve impact op duurzaamheid heeft deze keuze ook grote invloed op de constructie. Een gebouw van deze omvang met houten liggers, kolommen en CLT-vloeren is nog niet vaak gerealiseerd. Het is pionieren in de bouw. Pieters bouwtechniek is deze constructieve uitdaging aangegaan en we spreken daarom vandaag met Rob Doomen, projectleider en constructeur van het project, en directeur van Pieters in Delft. Vragen over het project zoals “Hoe uitdagend was het om het ontwerp volledig in hout te behouden?” en “Was er veel aanvullend onderzoek nodig voor het constructieve ontwerp?” maar natuurlijk ook vragen over Rob Doomen en zijn ervaring passeren de revue. Geïnteresseerd in dit baanbrekende project? Beluister het allemaal in deze aflevering!

Lester Kiewit speaks to Dr Llewellyn MacMaster, Chairperson of the Cape Crime Crisis Coalition, about a call to Cape Flats communities plagued by gang violence to take to the streets to protest and call for urgent intervention.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Elon Musk wil voorkomen dat OpenAI van een non-profit onderzoeksinstituut kan veranderen in een commercieel bedrijf via een rechtszaak, maar de rechter gaat nu in elk geval niet mee in zijn spoedverzoek. Joe van Burik vertelt daarover in deze Tech Update. Musk wilde een 'preliminary injunction' (dus een voorlopig verbod van wat OpenAI's overgang) afdwingen via de rechter, maar dat gaat in elk geval niet gebeuren, zegt rechter Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in het Californische Oakland. In haar verklaring lezen we 'dat Musk niet voldoet aan de hoge eisen inzake zo'n voorlopig verbod.' Daar tegenover staat echter wel dat Rogers heeft gezegd bereid te zijn later dit jaar deze zaak in behandeling te nemen. Verder in deze Tech Update: De Amerikaanse president Trump wil af van de tientallen miljarden aan chipsubsidies die zijn voorganger Joe Biden heeft uitgetrokken, al is een groot deel van dat geld al toegewezen inzake het beoogde doel Google-moederbedrijf Alphabet wil via Trump af van de aanduiding monopolist die de rechter heeft uitgesproken afgelopen jaar (en eventuele gevolgen zoals het mogelijk opbreken van die techreus), in de zaak die door de Amerikaanse overheid werd aangespannen See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

QuantWare uit Delft, wereldwijd de grootste leverancier van commerciële quantumchips naar eigen zeggen, beeft een investering van twintig miljoen euro binnengehaald. Joe van Burik vertelt erover in deze Tech Update. QuantWare heeft deze financiering binnengehaald met als leidende partijen Invest-NL Deep Tech Fonds en Innovation Quarter. Quantumtechnologie is door het Ministerie van Economische Zaken aangemerkt als één van de tien sleuteltechnologieën in de Nationale Technologiestrategie. QuantWare heeft een eigen technologie, VIO, waarmee ze veel meer qubits in een quantumchip kunnen stoppen dan concurrenten zoals Google en IBM. Verder in deze Tech Update: Belangrijk AI-onderzoek in de VS loopt vast of raakt vertraagd, door de overheidssanering onder leiding van Elon Musks DOGE op last van de regering-Trump Apple-topman Tim Cook heeft geteaset dat er deze week een Air-product komt, vermoedelijk een nieuwe MacBook Air, al zou het ook op een iPad Air of zelfs iPhone Air kunnen gaan See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rembrandt van Rijn is the best known of all the Dutch masters. His range was vast, from landscapes to portraits to Biblical scenes; he revolutionised every medium he handled, from oil paintings to etchings and drawings. His vision encompassed every element of life – the sleeping lion; the pissing baby; the lacerated soles of the returned prodigal son. Making the case for him in this debate was Simon Schama. For him Rembrandt is humanity unedited: rough, raw, violent, manic, vain, greedy and manipulative. Formal beauty was the least of his concerns, argues Schama, yet he attains beauty through his understanding of the human condition, including to be sure, his own. But for novelist Tracy Chevalier it can all get a little exhausting. Rembrandt's paintings, she believes – even those that are not his celebrated self-portraits – are all about himself. Championing Vermeer, she claimed that his charm lies in the very fact that he absents himself from his paintings. As a result they are less didactic and more magical than Rembrandt's, giving the viewer room to breathe. Chevalier has been obsessed with Vermeer since the age of 19, when she first saw his Girl with a Pearl Earring. The girl's startled eyes and luscious, inviting mouth produce a tantalising sense of mystery and contradiction. An other-worldly mystery also veils Vermeer's Delft street scenes and interiors. Apparently so everyday, they are lifted to a higher sphere by the indirect gaze and the turned back, all bathed in that fuzzy, filmic Vermeer veneer. And so often they, too, ask a question. Who wrote the letter that the woman in blue reads so attentively? Who does the girl in the gold jacket strum her guitar for? The questions are never answered but we are lured back again and again in search of an answer. Which of these two titans is the greater master – Rembrandt or Vermeer? ------ If you'd like to become a Member and get access to all our full conversations, plus all of our Members-only content, just visit intelligencesquared.com/membership to find out more. For £4.99 per month you'll also receive: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared episodes, wherever you get your podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series - 15% discount on livestreams and in-person tickets for all Intelligence Squared events ... Or Subscribe on Apple for £4.99: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series … Already a subscriber? Thank you for supporting our mission to foster honest debate and compelling conversations! Visit intelligencesquared.com to explore all your benefits including ad-free podcasts, exclusive bonus content and early access. … Subscribe to our newsletter here to hear about our latest events, discounts and much more. https://www.intelligencesquared.com/newsletter-signup/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A software engineer based in Delft, Alex Strick van Linschoten recently built Ekko, an open-source framework for adding real-time infrastructure and in-transit message processing to web applications. With years of experience in Ruby, JavaScript, Go, PostgreSQL, AWS, and Docker, I bring a versatile skill set to the table. I hold a PhD in History, have authored books on Afghanistan, and currently work as an ML Engineer at ZenML. Beyond the ChatBot Hype: A Deep Dive into Real LLM Success Stories // MLOps Podcast #287 with Alex Strick van Linschoten, ML Engineer at ZenML. // Abstract Alex Strick van Linschoten, a machine learning engineer at ZenML, joins the MLOps Community podcast to discuss his comprehensive database of real-world LLM use cases. Drawing inspiration from Evidently AI, Alex created the database to organize fragmented information on LLM usage, covering everything from common chatbot implementations to innovative applications across sectors. They discuss the technical challenges and successes in deploying LLMs, emphasizing the importance of foundational MLOps practices. The episode concludes with a call for community contributions to further enrich the database and collective knowledge of LLM applications. // Bio Alex is a Software Engineer based in the Netherlands, working as a Machine Learning Engineer at ZenML. He previously was awarded a PhD in History (specialism: War Studies) from King's College London and has authored several critically acclaimed books based on his research work in Afghanistan. // MLOps Swag/Merch https://shop.mlops.community/ // Related Links Website: https://mlops.systems https://www.zenml.io/llmops-database https://www.zenml.io/llmops-database https://www.zenml.io/blog/llmops-in-production-457-case-studies-of-what-actually-works https://www.zenml.io/blog/llmops-lessons-learned-navigating-the-wild-west-of-production-llms https://www.zenml.io/blog/demystifying-llmops-a-practical-database-of-real-world-generative-ai-implementations https://huggingface.co/datasets/zenml/llmops-database --------------- ✌️Connect With Us ✌️ ------------- Join our slack community: https://go.mlops.community/slack Follow us on Twitter: @mlopscommunity Sign up for the next meetup: https://go.mlops.community/register Catch all episodes, blogs, newsletters, and more: https://mlops.community/ Connect with Demetrios on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dpbrinkm/ Connect with Alex on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/strickvl

Deze vierde aflevering gaat over de Vossenbos. Maarten van Delft, de kapitein van het schip, kreeg een speciale opdracht; hij moest Inidigenous Australians mee terugnemen naar Batavia, maar dat mocht niet onder dwang. Nina van Hattum en Frank Turkenburg vertellen hoe de ontmoeting tussen de Nederlanders en de Karslake clan groep op de Tiwi eilanden verliep. Zover bekend is dit de eerste ontmoeting tussen Europeanen en de Indigenous bevolking van Australië.

John Maytham speaks to Reginald Hill, a local Neighbourhood Watch member in Delft, to unpack the key challenges facing his community and hear what solutions they’re hoping for. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In deze aflevering van Legergroene Herinneringen delen we het verhaal van Erik, die alles op alles zette om bij het duikpeloton te komen. Met doorzettingsvermogen en humor beschrijft hij zijn keuringen, opleidingen en avonturen tijdens zijn diensttijd.Over Legergroene Herinneringen‘Ik ging met tegenzin, maar heb de tijd van mijn leven gehad', ‘De kameraadschap die je bij defensie hebt, is uniek', ‘Je kan meer dan je denkt' en ‘Leidinggeven doe ik nog steeds volgens de dingen die ik heb geleerd via de instructiekaart'. Het is maar een kleine greep uit de persoonlijke verhalen van de dienstplichtigen die geïnterviewd zijn voor de podcastserie Legergroene Herinneringen.In die podcast belichten we niet alleen de geschiedenis van de dienstplicht maar besteden we vooral aandacht aan de persoonlijke verhalen van de dienstplichtigen.Transcriptie:00:00:00 - 00:00:16Roos: Hallo allemaal en welkom bij Legergroene Herinneringen. In deze podcast gaan we de komende weken in gesprek met ex-dienstplichtigen over hun diensttijd: de hoogtepunten, maar ook de dieptepunten en de levenslessen die uit deze tijd stammen, worden hier aan het licht gebracht. Goedemiddag Erik, hallo.00:00:16 - 00:00:17Erik: Goedemiddag Roos.00:00:17 - 00:00:19Roos: Goedemiddag, leuk dat je er bent.00:00:20 - 00:00:21Erik: Ik vind het heel leuk om hier te zijn.00:00:21 - 00:00:26Roos: Mooi. De dienstplicht is voor jou best lang geleden Inmiddels toch?00:00:26 - 00:00:26Erik: Zeker.00:00:26 - 00:00:28Roos: Dat was in?00:00:29 - 00:00:30Erik: 1992.00:00:30 - 00:00:33Roos: Dat was een beetje richting einde dienstplicht.00:00:34 - 00:00:49Erik: Dat klopt helemaal. Ik heb nog mijn best moeten doen om er in te kunnen komen, want er waren toen al aardig wat sluip mogelijkheden om er niet meer in te hoeven. Ik heb bewust geprobeerd om erbij te komen.00:00:50 - 00:00:52Roos: Dat hoor je niet vaak.00:00:52 - 00:01:36Erik: Ik was goedgekeurd in Delft op mijn zeventiende. Omdat ik toen veel tenniste, was een deel van mijn rug en arm beter ontwikkeld was dan mijn andere helft. Toen kreeg ik een aantekening dat mijn rug niet de allerbeste status had. Toen ik vervolgens de dienstplicht in wilde, wilde ik graag naar de duikers. Ik kreeg te horen dat ik daar niet voor geschikt was, omdat ik niet goed genoeg gekeurd was en ik moest beter goedgekeurd worden. Ik had te horen gekregen dat de dienstplicht wellicht afgeschaft zou worden en had mijn propedeuse niet gehaald en dacht: ik ga gewoon nu in militaire dienst.00:01:36 - 00:01:43Roos: Hoe ging dat? Normaal gaat dat met een oproep. Die oproep heb je gekregen, de keuring?00:01:44 - 00:02:23Erik: Zeker. Ik heb een oproep gekregen van Dienstplichtzaken Kerkrade, zoals velen met mij denk ik. Ik ben gaan bellen en heb gezegd dat ik mijn studie ging afbreken, dat ik in dienst wilde en dat ik bij een specifiek onderdeel wenste te komen en herkeurd moest worden. Als ik het snel zeg, lijkt het allemaal heel gemakkelijk, één telefoongesprekje, maar zo ging het niet. We waren zeker vier, vijf, zes keer bezig. Ik was maar één persoon op de hele grote aantallen destijds. Toen ik het eindelijk voor elkaar had om in Amsterdam een herkeuring te krijgen, waren we alweer een aantal maanden verder.00:02:23 - 00:02:27Roos: Het ging om je rug. Wat was er mis met je rug?00:02:27 - 00:03:17Erik: Één kant was iets gespierder door het tennissen. Dat was op mijn zeventiende gebeurd bij die eerste echte dienstplichtkeuring, die ik in Delft moest doen. Ik ben dus teruggegaan en intussen had ik veel meer gesport en gefitnest, waardoor ik wat evenrediger mijn lichaam ontwikkeld had. Ik kwam aan bij de keuringsarts in Amsterdam, klopte aan en toen was het: "Binnen", na een tijdje gewacht te hebben. Er waren veel mensen voor mij. Hij keek me niet aan en stond niet op en zegt: "Wat is het probleem?" Ik zei: "Mijn rug." "Oké", zegt hij, "Geregeld. Tot ziens. Volgende", en toen stond ik weer buiten. Ik dacht: dat ging wel heel snel. O jee, zou dit wel goed zijn gegaan?00:03:17 - 00:03:17Roos: Ben ik wel goedgekeurd?00:03:17 - 00:04:08Erik: Precies, ben ik goedgekeurd of afgekeurd? Ik heb voor de zekerheid degene die achter mij was weggeduwd, weer teruggegaan, aangeklopt en weer naar binnen. Ik zeg: "Pardon, ik was hier net ook. Heeft u mij afgekeurd of ben ik beter goedgekeurd?" "Wat" zegt hij, "Wil jij beter goedgekeurd worden? O, dat is heel wat anders." Hij stond op en stelde zich voor, hij vond het superleuk. Hij zegt: "Wat is er aan de hand?" Ik kon het allemaal vertellen, naar welk onderdeel ik wilde. Hij zegt: "Waarom denk je dat het nu beter is?" Ik zeg: "Veel getraind en wat meer allround getraind. Ik doe ook aan parachutespringen, daar heb ik ook keuringen voor gehad. Volgens mij moet dat duiken ook lukken." "O, wat leuk! Toen moest ik nog wat testen doen, met mijn rug en hij ging nog mijn knieën bekijken en mijn oren.00:04:08 - 00:04:50Erik: Ik weet niet precies waarom allemaal. Heel enthousiast zei hij: "Helemaal in orde, nu ben je helemaal goedgekeurd. Ik geef het door. Veel succes en wat leuk om te horen dat er nog mensen zijn die hun best doen voor dienstplicht, om er maximaal van te gaan genieten. Ik zeg: "Dat is zeker mijn plan." Toen was het zover en was ik in ieder geval goedgekeurd. Er kwam weer een heel traject, weer bij Dienstplichtzaken Kerkrade om toegewezen te worden tot die opleiding. Dat gingen ze allemaal voor mij uitzoeken en ik ging brieven sturen. Op een gegeven moment kende ik iedereen die daar werkte, zo vaak was het bellen.00:04:51 - 00:04:54Roos: In principe is het bij dienstplicht: je wordt ergens geplaatst.00:04:55 - 00:05:55Erik: Exact, tenzij je, zoals ik heb gedaan, heel erg je best doet. Dan kun je toch dingen voor elkaar krijgen. Eind 1991 was het zover en kreeg ik te horen: 'Lichting '92 drie, je bent ingedeeld bij het duikpeloton.' Het is allemaal gelukt. Ik zeg: "Fantastisch." Ik heb een bos bloemen laten bezorgen daar en toen was het helemaal geregeld. Net voordat ik de laatste paar weken op vakantie ging voordat ik in dienst moest, kreeg ik nog een telefoontje: "We hebben je toch nog even ergens anders geplaatst. Je gaat eerst de kaderopleiding doen." Ik zeg: "Ho ho, wacht even. Ik heb begrepen dat als ik de kaderopleiding zou doen, ik dan alleen maar les mag gaan geven in natuurkunde of zo, en niet bij de parate eenheid kon." Nee, dit was voor onderofficier.00:05:55 - 00:06:26Erik: Ik zeg: "Als ik daarna echt naar de parate eenheid kan, dan vind ik het helemaal goed." Zo gezegd, zo gedaan. Terug van vakantie was het de eerste opkomstdag. Dat zal ik zo vertellen, misschien wil jij nog een vraag stellen. In ieder geval had ik alles voor elkaar en dan komt de eerste levensles. Dat ga ik alvast verklappen: als je denkt dat je alles voor elkaar hebt, is het toch net anders, want ik moest me melden en toen zeiden ze: "Ah, een cd'tje."00:06:26 - 00:06:27Roos: Een cd'tje?00:06:27 - 00:06:53Erik: Dat was nog in de tijd van de compactdiscs, want we gaan terug in de geschiedenis. Ik zeg: "Een cd'tje?" "Ja, hier hebben we weer zo'n computer duiker." Het werd letterlijk verscheurd en aan de kant gemieterd. Dat is een hele aparte eenheid. Zo werkt dat niet, dat is toevallig toegewezen, maar zo gaat het niet werken. Dat was na een klein jaartje werk mijn binnenkomst.00:06:55 - 00:06:57Roos: Wat bedoelden ze met computer duiker?00:06:57 - 00:07:50Erik: Ik had er erg mijn best voor gedaan. Met een reden en specifiek hoopte ik naar die duikereenheid te gaan, maar het bleek, zoals je net zelf aangaf, dat soms mensen puur toevallig worden toegewezen, omdat er een bepaald quotum gehaald moet worden. Wat de onderofficieren, de instructeurs bedoelden, was: daar zit een heel traject aan vast, met allerlei fysieke keuringen, psychologische keuringen en of je toegewezen bent of niet door de computer in Kerkrade, dat interesseert ons niets. Er komt vanzelf, dat wist ik toen nog niet, een mogelijkheid dat je je vinger op mag steken tijdens de opleiding, om te beginnen met de keuringen ervoor. Maar zomaar omdat de computer had gezegd: hij gaat daar naartoe, hij komt in die selectie, absoluut niet.00:07:50 - 00:08:51Erik: Dat was een teleurstelling. Gaandeweg die reguliere opleiding tot sergeant en twee vaandrigs bij de genie, kwam er op een gegeven moment een voorlichting, omdat het vlak op het terrein zit van de PTS, de pontonniers- en torpedistenschool, kwam er een korte voorlichting over wat het was om duiker te zijn. We moesten naar het klasje en er stond er een boos kijkende sergeant instructeur met een rood mutsje op. Die moest pitchen waarom het leuk was om te gaan duiken: "Duiken is leuk. Wie wil duiken?" Een goede pitch. Er waren een aantal mensen die hun hand durfden op te steken. "Hebben jullie wel eens sport gedoken?" Ik had van tevoren sport gedoken, dus ik had mijn hand opgestoken. "Wie heeft er wel eens sport gedoken?00:08:53 - 00:09:44Erik: Een merendeel van het clubje, een stuk of vijf die hun hand had opgestoken, hadden inderdaad wel eens sport gedoken. "Sportduikers? Die hebben we niet nodig, want sportduiken is heel wat anders dan militair duiken. Dat wordt helemaal niets, dus jullie hoeven je wat mij betreft niet aan te melden." Toen was er nog één over. Er werd gevraagd: doe jij veel aan hardlopen? Ben jij...

We moeten terug naar een skihut in het Zwitserse Arosa, waar de getrouwde Miep verliefd wordt op een knappe skileraar uit Delft. Thuisgekomen voelt ze zich ‘torn between two lovers' maar ze besluit bij haar man te blijven. En ze is nog zwanger ook…  

In de uitzending van zaterdag 30 november: * Vrijheid In gesprek over de net verschenen autobiografie van Angela Merkel, Vrijheid, met dr. Krijn Thijs * Groene toekomstmuziek Dé oplossing voor onze energietransitie is het recyclen van CO2. Jonge dr. Hugo-Pieter Iglesias van Montfort promoveerde in Delft op CO2 elektrolyse, een techniek waarmee CO2 uit de lucht of oceaan kan worden gehaald en vervolgens omgezet wordt in brandstoffen. Een klimaatneutrale techniek, zegt de promovendus, want de CO2 die gebruikt wordt is immers al uitgestoten. In Amerika vliegen er al vliegtuigen op deze klimaatneutrale kerosine. Nederland worstelt echter met het uitrollen ervan op industriële schaal. Want wie gaat dat hier betalen? * Stop de nepo-baby! Met een goede achternaam kom je een heel eind. Kijk maar naar Hollywood, genoeg sterren van wie je je af kan vragen of ze het ook zo ver hadden geschopt zonder een beroemde papa of mama. Maar ook buiten de showbizz liegen de cijfers er niet om. Zo heb je met een vader als politicus, zelf zo'n 110 x meer kans om politiek actief te worden. Hoe verhoudt dit zich tot het ideaal van een meritocratische samenleving? We zouden toch alles moeten kunnen bereiken door te manifesteren en hard te werken? Socioloog prof. dr. Thijs Bol onderzoekt de willekeur van succes, en ziet hoe we meer dan ooit geloven in maakbaarheid. Maar hoe gelijk is de kans op succes werkelijk?  En wat is de invloed op de maatschappij als macht telkens wordt doorgegeven?

In deze aflevering blikken we terug op een bijzondere tijd. Op 10 juli 1584 schiet Balthasar Gerards onze prins Willem van Oranje dood op de trappen van het Prinsenhof in Delft. Wat was het motief van Gerards en waarom moest Willem dood? Was de moord een complot of handelde hij alleen?Luister je graag naar onze podcast? Je kunt ons een fooi (elk gewenst bedrag, anoniem, eenmalig of maandelijks) geven via: Fooienpod.com/moordzakenDat waarderen wij natuurlijk zeer, bedankt!Ben je nabestaande van een moord of vermissing en je wilt contact met lotgenoten, kijk dan eens op de website van Federatie Nabestaanden Geweldslachtoffers (FNG Nederland) of op de besloten Facebook-pagina “Nabestaanden moord & vermissingen”. Blijf luisteren & volg ons!Insta: @MoordzakenPodcastTwitter (X): @MoordzakenPodYouTube-kanaal: @MoordzakenPodcast

Sustainability continues to be a goal for the supply chain industry to benefit both businesses and the world they inhabit. One effort to help achieve that goal is sustainable aviation fuel. But what is it exactly and how can companies leverage it to reduce emissions across their supply chain? Leendert Van Delft of DHL Express joins us to  share his insights into the sustainable aviation fuel movement. For more information: https://www.dhl.com/us-en/home/innovation-in-logistics/logistics-trend-radar/sustainable-fuels.html DO YOU WANT TO RESPOND TO THIS EPISODE? Call our Dialog Line: 888-878-3247 DOWNLOAD THE NEW INBOUND LOGISTICS APP featuring the updated and expanded Logistics Planner! Available on iTunes and the Google Play Store: bit.ly/ILMagApp  bit.ly/ILMagAppGoogle Are you a #logistics Thought Leader that would like to be featured on the Inbound Logistics Podcast?  Connect with me on X:  @ILMagPodcast   Email me: podcast@inboundlogistics.com   Connect with Inbound Logistics Magazine on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/inbound-logistics Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/ILMagazine Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/InboundLogistics Catch our latest videos on YouTube: www.youtube.com/inboundlogistics   Visit us at www.inboundlogistics.com

Jasper Peterich, the director of the Universiteitsfonds Delft and Alumni Relations, discusses the crucial role of alumni in funding research and education at TU Delft. With over 100,000 alumni, the university has a vast network that can contribute significantly to its future, especially as governmental funding becomes less certain. Jasper emphasizes the importance of fostering a strong, active alumni community that not only provides financial support but also shares their knowledge and networks to help current students and researchers. He highlights innovative projects such as the Digital Twin of the heart, which exemplifies the impactful research being conducted at Delft. The conversation also touches on the growing need for engineers in society and the university's efforts to attract more talented students amid declining numbers in technical fields.With over 100,000 alumni worldwide, the conversation emphasizes the importance of alumni engagement and financial contributions to support research and education at TU Delft. Peterich discusses the historical context of alumni giving, drawing parallels with practices common in the United States, where universities have long benefitted from substantial financial support from their alumni. He articulates the necessity of building a robust financial foundation for independent research in light of changing government funding dynamics in Europe. As the university approaches its 100th anniversary, Peterich expresses a desire to cultivate a deeper sense of connection among alumni, encouraging them to remain engaged and contribute to the university's mission of addressing pressing societal challenges through innovative research.The discussion takes a deeper dive into the unique initiatives at TU Delft, particularly the 'Tech for Impact' campaign aimed at raising funds for specific research projects, including groundbreaking work on digital twins in healthcare. Peterich highlights how these digital models can revolutionize medical procedures, allowing researchers to simulate and test treatments without risking patient safety. The conversation reveals the university's proactive stance in tackling societal issues such as climate change and public health challenges, underscoring the role of alumni not just as donors but as vital partners in driving impactful research. Peterich's vision extends beyond financial contributions; he seeks to foster a community where alumni can mentor and guide current students, creating a cycle of support that enriches the university experience for all involved.Addressing the challenges of attracting top talent in an increasingly competitive academic environment, Peterich discusses efforts to engage potential students early through outreach programs that emphasize the value of technical education. He notes the declining trend of students pursuing STEM fields in the Netherlands, stressing the need for initiatives that inspire younger generations to consider careers in engineering and technology. Throughout the episode, Peterich conveys a sense of optimism about the future of TU Delft and its alumni network. He envisions a thriving community where alumni feel a lifelong connection to their alma mater, actively participating in its growth and success. His passionate call to action encourages listeners to recognize the transformative power of education and the impact they can have by supporting their university, reinforcing the idea that universities like TU Delft are essential for solving the world's pressing challenges.Takeaways: Jasper Peterich emphasizes the importance of connecting alumni with the TU Delft community. The Universiteitsfonds Delft aims to gather financial support for impactful research projects. Alumni relationships are crucial for the TU Delft, especially as government funding decreases. Delft's alumni network can play a significant role in addressing societal challenges....

Dr. Sunny Bains talks to four key figures at Innatera, a spin out from the University of Delft in the Netherlands. They are hoping that their latest spiking neural network chip will become AI of choice for people working on sensor applications. Discussion follows with Dr. Giulia D'Angelo from the Czech Technical University in Prague and Prof. Ralph Etienne-Cummings of Johns Hopkins University.

Join Sab as she explores the intriguing links between Chinese porcelain, European trade, and the unique cultural exchanges that reveal extraordinary stories of history and globalization. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How can architecture firms develop strong and innovative company values, foster a supportive workplace culture, and continue to grow while making an impact? On this episode of Practice Disrupted, we sit down with the founding team of Modellus Novus – Jonathan Garnett, Creative Director; Preeti Sriratana, Managing Director; and Steven Harper, Operating Director. In our conversation, they discuss the inspiration behind their firm, what sets them apart from others in the industry, and how they're actively challenging the status quo of the practice of architecture. First, the team explains their shared vision for Modellus Novus, their leadership dynamic, and their commitment to building an innovative architecture firm that stays true to values. They provide examples of how their workplace culture and policies prioritize employees, reflecting the mission to create a team-first business.Then, we dive into their approach to collaboration and the strategies the firm uses to continuously improve their work environment. The founders also discuss their response following the pandemic, their diverse project portfolio, and how they choose which clients to work with.I'll share one of our admin values, which is – the team, the team, the team. Put your people first. They're the ones who are actually going to design and build the architecture. Support them and they'll deliver something incredible. And in turn, you will find clients that value that. - Jonathan GarnettTo wrap up the conversation, Jonathan, Preeti, and Steven share their exciting plans for growth while maintaining quality, culture, and impact. They offer valuable advice to young architects who want to make a difference in their communities and the world through the practice. Tune in next week for an episode about affordable housing and community development. Guest:Jonathan Garnett Jonathan Garnett is Creative Director and a founding partner at Modellus Novus, where he oversees creative direction for a range of the firm's architecture and design projects, as well as its external and internal initiatives. He is responsible for establishing, evolving, and tailoring the firm's design processes, priorities, and principles in coordination with business development, financial, and organizational strategies. Jonathan was fundamentally shaped by summers working with a non-profit design firm in Detroit that provided design-build services to underrepresented communities and community organizations invested in improving the quality of life in that city. A native of Oakland, California of Black and Japanese descent, he received his Bachelor of Arts (Magna Cum Laude) with Concentrations in Industrial Design and Graphic Design from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, studied at the Technical University at Delft in the Netherlands, and received his Master of Architecture from the Southern California Institute of Architecture in Los Angeles. Previously he worked at Detroit Collaborative Design Center in Detroit, George Yu Architects in Los Angeles, and Open Office in New York. After spending years overseeing the construction of projects he designed, while also making furnishings and objects with his hands, Jonathan learned what kind of creative leader he wanted to be. He imbues those values in his daily work with the project teams at MN. Preeti SriratanaPreeti Sriratana is Managing Director and a founding partner at Modellus Novus, where he provides strategic direction and manages growth. He is committed to shaping communities and creating access, from non-profit work to MN's efforts to create spaces for the many in all of their projects. Beyond MN, he is board chair for Apex for Youth (for which he received an Official Commendation from the City of New York); co-founder and board member of national renovation marketplace

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Groenteman bezoekt Mario Molegraaf bij hem thuis in Delft. Mario schreef een omvangrijke biografie over de man met wie hij jaren samen was: Hans Warren. Hij was 17 toen hij de  bijna 40 jaar oudere dichter en dagboekschrijver ontmoette. De Geheime Dagboeken van Warren zijn beroemd geworden. Mario vertelt welke rol hij bij deze uitgaves heeft gespeeld. Hoe ze samen gedichten vertaalden maar ook hoe Warren frietjes van roseval aardappeltjes voor Mario bakte. Presentatie: Gijs GroentemanRedactie en montage: Julia van AlemEindredactie: Corinne van Duin, Emilie van Kinschot, Merle van der HorstSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In 2013 werden door een expeditieteam van museum Naturalis de eerste botten opgegraven van een triceratops. In de jaren die volgden werden dat er ruim 1200. Het team was gestuit op de grootste verzameling Triceratopsen die ooit is gevonden. 11 jaar later presenteert Naturalis ‘Triceratop: de kudde'. Dinocast presenteert samen met Quest Magazine een serie van drie podcast-specials. Dit is de eerste, waarin Gijs en Maarten het verhaal vertellen van deze bijzondere opgraving. Wat was Triceratops voor een dier? Wat kon hij met zijn hoorns en nekschild en hoe weten we dat? Hoe zijn deze vijf ontdekt en opgegraven? En, deze vijf zijn jarenlang bestudeerd door wetenschappers: wat hebben we daarvan geleerd over het leefgedrag van deze giganten? ‘Triceratoppers' in HaarlemIn de zomermaanden van 2024 krijgen we al een sneak preview van één van deze enorme planteneters. Maarten en Gijs gaan op bezoek in Haarlem, waar in de bibliotheek, één van onze vijf gigantische triceratopsen staat opgesteld. Deze bieb, maar ook die van Delft, Leeuwarden, Tilburg, en Maastricht hadden allemaal een eigen Triceratops op bezoek. Ze werden in Haarlem vergezeld door 2 triceratoppers: Brent en Hannah leiden als jonge vrijwilligers mensen rond. Anne Schulp verteltOok spreken we af met paleontoloog Anne Schulp, die erbij was toen de eerste botten werden opgegraven. Hij vertelt ons alles over de kenmerken van triceratops; van de immens hoorns en het massieve (?) nekschild, tot de tandenrijen van het dier. En, welke kleuren (en veren?) had Triceratops?Alles over de opgravingHanneke Jacobs is degene die de opgravingen jarenlang ‘regelde', zoals ze zelf zegt. Haar dinoliefde is zó groot, dat ze zowel T. rex als triceratops op haar armen heeft laten tatoeëren! Ze vertelt ons hoe je een triceratops opgraaft: hoe het haar en haar team is gelukt om in de brandende hitte van Wyoming de enorme beenderen bloot te leggen en naar Nederland te vervoeren. De tentoonstelling ‘triceratops: de kudde' in Naturalis opent vanaf 17 oktober 2024!Zie het privacybeleid op https://art19.com/privacy en de privacyverklaring van Californië op https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Send us a textEver wondered why your perfectly optimized lab process falls apart at industrial scale?Mass transfer experts Lars Puiman and Rik Volger from the University of Delft reveal the hidden world of oxygen transfer and aeration that can make or break your production.Dive into the crucial differences between lab-scale and industrial-scale bioreactors, and discover why your DO sensor might be fooling you. Learn how CFD simulations and innovative downscaling techniques can revolutionize your scale-up strategy.In this episode, you'll gain:Insider tips for predicting and managing concentration gradients in large-scale reactorsCutting-edge methods to measure kLa accurately in industrial settingsStrategies to leverage microfluidics for cost-effective process developmentFrom the basics of bubble behavior to the latest in AI and machine learning, this episode is packed with practical insights to enhance your bioprocess efficiency and product quality. Don't miss out on these game-changing mass transfer secrets – tune in now and take your bioprocessing skills to the next level!Connect with our guests:Lars Puiman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/larspuimanRik Volger:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/rikvolgerNext Step:Enhance your bioprocess development strategy! Schedule your free assessment to propel your success: https://bruehlmann-consulting.com/assessmentAdditional Resources:Bubbles and Broth: A review on the impact of broth composition on bubble column bioreactor hydrodynamicsRead the review paper at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bej.2023.109124

Send us a textUnlock the mysteries of oxygen transfer in bioreactors with mass transfer experts Lars Puiman and Rik Volger from the University of Delft. In this eye-opening episode, dive deep into the crucial world of kLa (oxygen mass transfer coefficient) and its impact on bioprocess scale-up.Discover why understanding kLa is essential for optimizing cell growth and product formation in bioreactors. Learn practical strategies to enhance oxygen transfer, from manipulating bubble size to leveraging unexpected allies like ethanol. Our experts reveal:How to increase mass transfer efficiency without breaking the bankThe surprising effects of broth composition on oxygen transfer ratesCutting-edge sparger technologies for optimal aerationWhether you're a seasoned bioprocess engineer or a curious scientist, this episode will revolutionize your approach to oxygen transfer in bioprocessing.Don't miss these game-changing insights – tune in now!Connect with our guests:Lars Puiman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/larspuimanRik Volger:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/rikvolgerNext Step:Enhance your bioprocess development strategy! Schedule your free assessment to propel your success: https://bruehlmann-consulting.com/assessmentAdditional Resources:Bubbles and Broth: A review on the impact of broth composition on bubble column bioreactor hydrodynamicsRead the review paper at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bej.2023.109124

The late 1420s and early 1430s saw the rapid expansion of the Burgundian State. In this episode we'll trace the course of that expansion and explore just how the Duke of Burgundy was able to unite these disparate territories. Time Period Covered: 1430-1433 Notable People: Philip the Good, Jacqueline of Bavaria, Frank van Borselen, Philip of Saint-Pol Notable Events/Developments: The Treaty of Delft, Mortgage of Holland and Zeeland to the Borselen, Marriage of Jacqueline of Bavaria and Frank van Borselen, Death of Philip of Saint-Pol, Burgundian acquisition of Namur

Fluent Fiction - Dutch: From Tulip Trinkets to Treasures: A Lesson in Sustainable Gifting Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.org/from-tulip-trinkets-to-treasures-a-lesson-in-sustainable-gifting Story Transcript:Nl: De zon scheen helder boven de grachten van Amsterdam, waarbij het zachte water schitterde als vloeibaar goud.En: The sun shone brightly over the canals of Amsterdam, with the gentle water sparkling like liquid gold.Nl: De stad gonste van energie omdat delegaties van over de hele wereld zich verzamelden voor de Internationale Top.En: The city buzzed with energy as delegations from around the world gathered for the International Summit.Nl: Tussen de drukte liepen Lotte en Bram, hand in hand met hun eigen missie: het vinden van de perfecte souvenirs.En: Amid the hustle and bustle, Lotte and Bram walked hand in hand with their own mission: finding the perfect souvenirs.Nl: Lotte, met haar warm hart voor duurzame mode, zocht naar unieke, eco-vriendelijke souvenirs.En: Lotte, with her warm heart for sustainable fashion, was on the lookout for unique, eco-friendly souvenirs.Nl: Haar doel was om duurzaamheid bewustwording te creëren op de top.En: Her goal was to raise awareness about sustainability at the summit.Nl: Bram daarentegen keek met een andere blik.En: Bram, on the other hand, had a different perspective.Nl: Hij was gedreven om indruk te maken op de delegaties, meer gericht op een groot aantal geschenken dan op hun betekenis.En: He was driven to impress the delegations, focusing more on the quantity of gifts than their significance.Nl: "We moeten echt op onze lijst letten," zei Bram terwijl ze langs een souvenirwinkel liepen die vol stond met kleurrijke tulpenmagneten en Delfts blauwe klompen.En: "We really need to stick to our list," Bram said as they passed a souvenir shop filled with colorful tulip magnets and Delft blue clogs.Nl: Lotte stopte en keek naar hem.En: Lotte stopped and looked at him.Nl: "Bram, het gaat niet alleen om hoeveel geschenken je hebt.En: "Bram, it's not just about how many gifts you have.Nl: Het gaat om wat ze betekenen."En: It's about what they mean."Nl: Bram keek naar zijn lijst.En: Bram glanced at his list.Nl: "Maar we hebben zoveel mensen om te bedienen.En: "But we have so many people to cater to.Nl: Hoe kunnen we iedereen blij maken?"En: How can we make everyone happy?"Nl: Lotte zuchtte, ze voelde zich gefrustreerd.En: Lotte sighed, feeling frustrated.Nl: "Ik denk dat ik zelf wil zoeken," zei ze vastbesloten.En: "I think I want to search on my own," she said decisively.Nl: "Splitten we op?"En: "Shall we split up?"Nl: Bram knikte, enigszins opgelucht om niet meer te hoeven discussiëren.En: Bram nodded, somewhat relieved to avoid further discussion.Nl: "Goed idee.En: "Good idea.Nl: Succes."En: Good luck."Nl: Terwijl ze zich van elkaar verwijderden, dwaalde Lotte door de smalle straatjes.En: As they parted ways, Lotte wandered through the narrow streets.Nl: Het geroezemoes van de stad vulde haar oren terwijl ze nieuwsgierig om zich heen keek.En: The city's murmur filled her ears as she curiously took in her surroundings.Nl: Uiteindelijk kwam ze oog in oog te staan met een verborgen markt.En: Eventually, she stumbled upon a hidden market.Nl: Onder de schaduwrijke bomen stonden kraampjes vol met ambachtelijke producten. Handgemaakte zeepjes, sieraden van gerecycled metaal en textiel dat verteld als een verhaal van duurzaamheid.En: Under the shady trees stood stalls filled with artisanal products—handmade soaps, jewelry from recycled metal, and textiles that told a story of sustainability.Nl: Lotte voelde zich meteen thuis en besliste Bram te bellen.En: Lotte immediately felt at home and decided to call Bram.Nl: "Je moet dit zien," riep ze door de telefoon.En: "You have to see this," she exclaimed over the phone.Nl: "Kom snel hierheen."En: "Come here quickly."Nl: Bram, nieuwsgierig naar haar enthousiasme, haastte zich naar de markt.En: Bram, intrigued by her enthusiasm, rushed to the market.Nl: Bij aankomst staarde hij bewonderend naar de vakmanschap.En: Upon arrival, he gazed in admiration at the craftsmanship.Nl: De ambachtslui vertelden hun verhalen, en Bram begon te begrijpen dat elk stuk uniek was.En: The artisans shared their stories, and Bram began to understand that each piece was unique.Nl: Elk cadeau had niet alleen een praktische functie, maar ook een emotionele en ecologische betekenis.En: Each gift carried not just a practical function but also an emotional and ecological meaning.Nl: "Je had gelijk," gaf hij toe, met een nieuwe glans in zijn ogen.En: "You were right," he admitted, with a newfound sparkle in his eyes.Nl: "Deze geschenken zullen meer impact maken."En: "These gifts will make more of an impact."Nl: Samen kozen ze zorgvuldig.En: Together, they selected carefully.Nl: Elk stuk was met liefde gemaakt en vertelde een verhaal van zorg voor onze aarde.En: Each piece was lovingly made and told a story of care for our planet.Nl: Op dat moment voelde Bram een verschuiving in zijn perspectief.En: At that moment, Bram felt a shift in his perspective.Nl: Teruglopend naar de top, met hun zorgvuldig gekozen schatten, glimlachte Lotte.En: Walking back to the summit with their thoughtfully chosen treasures, Lotte smiled.Nl: Bram liep naast haar, zijn tas lichter maar zijn hart zwaarder met appreciatie voor bewust consumeren.En: Bram walked beside her, his bag lighter but his heart heavier with appreciation for conscious consumerism.Nl: Terwijl de zon langzaam onderging over de prachtige stad, realiseerde Bram zich dat het soms niet om de hoeveelheid gaat, maar om de kwaliteit van de verandering die je teweegbrengt.En: As the sun slowly set over the beautiful city, Bram realized that sometimes it's not about the quantity, but the quality of the change you bring about.Nl: En op die dag, in het bruisende Amsterdam, omhelsde hij een nieuw begrip van duurzaamheid.En: And that day, in the bustling Amsterdam, he embraced a new understanding of sustainability. 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