This website has been translated using an AI program Going out in your own country and to the oh so beautiful Gooi and Vechtstreek With this one inside tips you are assured of a lot of hidden information hotspots where you can really leave the busy city life behind lots of delicious (organic) food and drinks (read: the necessary wine) is what awaits you And hey: of course a lot of this is fun too kid proof this beautiful region is less than a half-hour drive from Amsterdam Proves again that holidays don't have to be far away Tip number one: it's useful to have a car so that you are at least mobile When you arrive at this hidden tea garden in Weesp the first thing you notice is the historic rampart Walk past this and you will find a cute blue house – NOTE They put the garden on the table: from the flowers in the restaurant to growing their own herbs in the garden Every season they look at what is blooming and growing and what they can use in the restaurant sit back and enjoy all the beautiful things in life There is also a sandbox and toys for the children check or take a walk through the beautiful flower garden in the meantime Tip: at the end of the garden you can go through a gate which will take you to the dike - here you can take a beautiful walk along the water while the sheep frolic around you Tea garden NOTE  and then you eat five courses for 77,50 instead of 110 euros Aunt Koosje In Hilversum you will feel like you are in France nice seating areas and a welcome that the average Parisian could learn a thing or two from You can start the evening off right with a look at the wine list – ample choice all good – and a few oysters to get you in the mood The menu features classics such as escargots For the main course you can choose from tournedos with fries fish of the day or a tasty vegetarian option Museum Hilversum is located in a beautiful historical building in the middle of the city center various media art and photography exhibitions alternate here This means you won't lose hours in the museum so you really take your time for what is exhibited The museum is also located on a pleasant square where you can sit down on the terrace after your visit Museum Hilversum There is a restaurant in 't Gooi that is the only one ever to have a star Cared for It gives the feeling of a cozy living room restaurant Under the leadership of Dennis de Jong in the kitchen and Frank Velthuyse at the front they serve all kinds of culinary things at Soigné such as their signature dish: smoked eel with eggplant All this accompanied by mainly wines from Portugal Restaurant Soigne Zonnestraal Vineyard Where SEAson Arsenaal in Naarden was first a warehouse for military equipment, then a home furnishings store and showroom for the art and designs of Jan de Bouvrie, it is now a restaurant where they mainly serve fish and shellfish dishes. They call it accessible fine dining themselves, and if you book via tripper (four course dinner for 39,50 euros) it becomes even more caviar; all the goodies (and more) from the sea You will also find meat there (with a lot less focus on it) and there are also options for vegetarians so you can really go there with a whole group and everyone will still have something to choose from The Arsenal the little sister of star restaurant 't Amsterdammertje Bistrotel 't Amsterdammertje on the Vecht in Nieuwersluis but the bistro has no less than eleven rooms So you don't have to call the designated driver because after dinner you can just roll into your (luxury) basket Another great recommendation is the Peking duck It was provided with all kinds of loose ingredients so that you can make your own buns and pancakes Bistrotel 't Amsterdammertje Then last but definitely not least - Harbor Lake Village You can sleep here in an ecological water villa in the middle of a beautiful nature reserve adjacent to the marina The idea is to have a 'home away from home' to create a feeling Decorate your stay with a classic sloop right in front of your villa load up wine and cheese and sail across the Vecht For the sporty ones among us: you can also rent a canoe or SUP You don't have to leave your villa for dinner (of course you are allowed to) because you can do the whole thing à la carte menu full service have it delivered to your own outdoor terrace during the sunset You wake up in ultimate peace with a view of the water after which another breakfast is brought to you Harbor Lake Village A day of walking Blaricum is not a bad idea at all local residents founded all kinds of cozy specialty shops You can get the best cardamom buns Sourdough Bakery Sisters Bakery Then you get an ice cream at the cotton candy pink Ice cream parlor de Hoop where the choice of flavors is huge (yikes!) Get one over-the-top filled snack board for at home Loekie Delicatessen Get your tastiest asparagus during the asparagus season care farm BoerenBlij. And you can have lunch or dinner in the romantic courtyard Bistrôt Chapeau Then last but definitely not least - Restaurant de Tuinman (in the photo on the left) can be found on the grounds of Buitenplaats De Hoorneboeg A vegetarian (with vegan options) restaurant with products from their own vegetable garden under a cozy tent canvas and lamps - nice and fresh in the open air you can also eat inside just as comfortably This light greenhouse (or conservatory, you might also say) is really nice. Tasting room de Serre (in the photo on the right). You drive onto the estate via a forest path – nature all around. The menu responds to this: whatever is coming from the land at that moment is on your plate. There is also a large vegetable garden and a lovely field with horses and goats. You won't get more idyllic than here and both very kid-proof. Adventures with Van Gogh is a weekly blog by Martin Bailey The Art Newspaper's long-standing correspondent and expert on the Dutch painter stories range from newsy items about this most intriguing artist to scholarly pieces based on meticulous investigations and discoveries Explore all of Martin’s adventures with Van Gogh here The idyllic house where Vincent van Gogh’s posthumous career was given a major boost has been threatened with demolition Villa Eikenhof was built in 1901 for Jo Bonger It is set in a wooded garden on the outskirts of the town of Bussum Among the paintings which were once kept there were Sunflowers Van Gogh’s Bedroom and around 20 self-portraits A protest letter about plans to demolish the villa was published on Wednesday Signatories included the directors of three key Dutch museums: Emilie Gordenker (Van Gogh Museum) Lisette Pelsers (Kröller-Müller Museum) and Taco Dibbits (Rijksmuseum) chairwoman of the Van Gogh Foundation and a great-granddaughter of Jo Bonger Josien van Gogh told The Art Newspaper that the family believes it is of “the utmost importance” to preserve Eikenhof In the early 1900s Jo used the villa as a base to encourage international interest in the work of the artist then moved from Paris back to the Netherlands in an effort to start a new life where she established a small guest house to earn a living for herself and her infant son Johan Cohen Gosschalk’s Portrait of Jo Bonger (1905) © Drents Museum gift from the Stichting Schone Kunsten Rond 1900 (photographer Tom Haartsen) building a house in a wooded area just outside the centre of Bussum laid by Vincent Willem van Gogh (nephew of the artist) on 9 April 1901 © Bond Heemschut On 9 April 1901 the foundation stone was laid by the 11-year-old son of Jo and Theo Vincent Willem van Gogh—who had been named after the artist Jo married Cohen Gosschalk a few months later and they called their new home Villa Eikenhof (Oak Garden) Johan Cohen Gosschalk’s Villa Eikenhof in Bussum (1901-04) Owner: Private collection Around 300 paintings and 500 drawings by Van Gogh were kept in the house most were kept in a storage room on the ground floor and in the attic It was from the Villa Eikenhof that Jo began to organise the 1905 Van Gogh retrospective exhibition at Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum which remains the largest show on the artist ever held Hans Luijten, the author of last year's definitive biography of Jo Bonger (due out next year in English) regards Villa Eikenhof as a key part of the “Van Gogh history” From its rooms Bonger and Cohen Gosschalk “promoted the reputation of Van Gogh’s work and welcomed people from the Netherlands and abroad who came to see their collection” was a hotbed of creativity—and home to the painter Jan Veth the sculptor Lambertus Zij and the psychiatrist and writer Frederik van Eeden It was Van Eeden who established the socialist commune he named Walden after the 1854 book Walden: Or Life in the Woods by the American writer Henry Thoreau which also served as a rest home for psychiatric patients Johan Cohen Gosschalk and the young Vincent only enjoyed Villa Eikenhof for a few years They went there to keep an eye on Jo's widowed mother and for the city's cultural attractions Villa Eikenhof was rented out by the Van Gogh family until 1978 when it was sold after the death of the engineer Vincent Willem (who as a boy had laid the foundation stone) In recent times the house was owned by an elderly woman and after her death it was resold last year for €1.6m It is believed that the current owner would like to demolish the villa so that several houses can be erected in the large garden Advertisement which appeared this week protesting against Bussum’s “cultural blunder” The campaign to preserve Eikenhof is being led by an Amsterdam-based conservation group, the Heemschut Heritage Association On Wednesday evening the municipal council of Gooise Meren (which includes Bussum) voted to call for Villa Eikenhof to be declared a monument A key factor behind the decision was the protest letter against the proposed demolition with some very influential names The municipality will now consider the matter and it will be open to the owner of the property to appeal a decision So the threat remains; but there is now a reasonable chance that “the Van Gogh villa” can be saved • London’s National Gallery has announced today that its Sunflowers are now “out of quarantine”. The museum's touring exhibition of 60 paintings but this was blocked at the last minute because of coronavirus closures The show will now open at Tokyo’s National Museum of Western Art on 18 June and run until 18 October It is then rescheduled to travel to Osaka’s National Museum of Art (3 November-31 January 2021) and Canberra’s National Gallery of Australia (5 March-14 June 2021) This means that after the coronavirus delay the pictures will finally return to the walls of the London gallery next July Martin Bailey is a leading Van Gogh specialist and special correspondent for The Art Newspaper He has curated exhibitions at the Barbican Art Gallery Compton Verney/National Gallery of Scotland and Tate Britain To contact Martin Bailey, please email vangogh@theartnewspaper.com Please note that he does not undertake authentications Explore all of Martin’s adventures with Van Gogh here blog11 December 2020Why the Van Gogh Museum might never have existed—new research reveals how the family collection was nearly sold offIn 1911 the Kröller-Müller couple tried to acquire 200 of Vincent’s paintings and 600 drawings The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to maintenance downtime or capacity problems Courtney Van Bussum's startup FitStart Kids a unique healthy-living tool for children struggling with obesity ASU student Courtney Van Bussum is a locavore and at her happiest when hiking or practicing and teaching yoga as a certified yoga instructor is that if you aren’t outside hiking or inside doing yoga you’re probably doing something wrong,” said Van Bussum who will be a junior in the fall majoring in biomedical engineering at Arizona State University’s Ira A Fulton Schools of Engineering within Barrett that health and wellness became a driving force for Van Bussum’s startup FitStart Kids It combines wearable activity-monitoring technology with mentorship education and built-in gamification to help children adopt a healthy mindset more than a third of American children were categorized as obese or overweight children are spending more than two hours looking at screens exceeding the suggested limit by pediatricians Van Bussum wanted to harness children’s growing obsession with technology to bring about a behavior change “I like to say FitStart Kids is changing the ‘game,’” she said “We are expanding upon the world of virtual gaming by directly integrating fitness into the game itself We are leveraging youth’s fascination with technology to shift gaming systems from being a reason for hours spent sitting in front of a screen to instead act as the catalyst to get kids moving." Here’s how it works: FitStart Kids uses Fitbit activity trackers to equate steps to incentives and rewards that can be used to buy upgrades bonuses or new features within the virtual game environment Participants design their own unique character or avatar in the game They can challenge teammates and compete against other teams to win prizes while receiving bonuses from answering health questions and meeting nutrition goals who is the director of the Fulton Engineering Startup Center and has mentored Van Bussum and team said that even though FitStart Kids is still in its initial developmental stages “Courtney was recently selected as the Student Innovation Winner for the Social Venture Partners Fast Pitch Challenge winning $2000 toward the venture,” he said “As part of Fulton Schools’ Prescott Fellows program she also flew to Silicon Valley with other ASU students to meet and gain advice from successful entrepreneurs Van Bussum is also one of only 22 students from across the country selected by the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council to be part of their 2015 Student Entrepreneur Program cohort and one of the five finalists at the program’s pitch competition director of the EPICS (Engineering Projects in Community Service) program FitStart kids has come a long way since starting as an EPICS design challenge that focused on finding creative ways to help combat childhood obesity “Courtney has been passionate and focused on making a difference in the area of health and the EPICS program has given her a vehicle to let her true talents and abilities shine,” said Shrake. “She’s a rock-star and I can’t wait to see what else she accomplishes.” Van Bussum credits the extended community she found at ASU for her success thus far “It is only with the help and support of the passionate individuals I have met at ASU that I have even gotten this far,” she said “I would encourage any student who wants to make a startup idea happen or anyone who wants to be on a startup team to just start The experience and insights gained alone are invaluable.” Vincent Truong is graduating from Arizona State University with dual degrees in psychology and biochemistry (medical chemistry),… carving deep valleys and intricate canyons global giant Applied Materials has been hard at work engineering technology that continues to change how… A new ASU program intends to get kids off the couch and play outside by incentivizing exercise with video games.  FitStart Kids is tackling the growing issue of childhood obesity throughout the U.S Biomedical engineering junior Courtney Van Bussum created FitStart Kids three years ago to change the landscape of childhood activity by combining wearable technology and video gaming to get kids active The combination uses step count and calorie usage to measure activity goals.  After reaching certain goals using the activity tracker the child can sync his or her tracker to the FitStart Kids website and receive rewards The rewards are called FS game coins that can be used to upgrade or get bonus content on various video games on today’s leading consoles Bussum, the oldest of five kids, witnesses her siblings playing video games and knows how hard it is to get young children outside rather than sitting in front of a television all day Bussum started her program by experimenting with her siblings and said they enjoyed the incentive aspect of the program with one of their games so they get spark points or skill level points,” Bussum said “The FitStart Kids points can be exchanged for spark points in the game so the character can get a new upgrade.” FitStart Kids combines wearable tech and video games to incentivize activity with gaming currency. Learn more @statepress The FitStart Kids portal will be web-based and will be the place to go to link one's Fitbit activity tracker in order to receive the game points “The FitStart Kids portal will all be web-based initially as a website and then (we will) make it more mobile,” she said “You can log on and there will be directions to set up your Fitbit and create a profile you log onto your profile it will be updated through your Fitbit.” Bussum will add a social component in the future to give the kids in the program a mentor or coach who helps them achieve their weight loss goals “We are looking at making a social component also so kids will get a coach or mentor and be on a team that compete against other teams on things like step challenge on the platform,” Bussum said Working with members of ASU staff and mentors from the medical world has helped legitimize FitStart Kids as a real way for children to lose weight while offering a new way of incentivizing to get the children motivated in the first place director of the Startup Center within the Ira A said the most difficult part coming up for Bussum and FitStart Kids will be getting validation that this program is a viable solution for children and their families to fight the weight loss battle “It’s a great concept and she’s not alone,” he said “The challenge Courtney is going to have is to go out and validate that business model that is repeatable and scalable the hope is that she will garner enough data to prove this is a useful intervention and show the parents or kids who have benefited from the program.” Elizabeth Yurth, a non-surgical musculoskeletal specialist from Colorado has been helping Bussum give credibility to the FitStart Kids program “I’ve been helping with consulting in what is realistic like eating better and not just (drinking) soda but to teach kids and get them interested in eating healthier and not just counting calories,” she said.  Yurth said the program benefits children so I have a 10-year-old patient who is on the chubby side and we got him a Fitbit tracker and it’s amazing how much it has motivated him to hit 10,000 steps a day," she said "He told me yesterday that he asked if he could walk to get ice cream to meet his steps cause he hadn’t quite reached it for the day yet.” The benefit of having something tangible to show the kids that they are achieving something more than just weight loss plays a role in how the kids interact and get excited about the program it is something they can look at and we know that those simple motivators in kids can go a long ways,” Yurth said “It’s like a star chart when your kids are doing chores; it is something they can look at and get something out of it.” For physicians across the country, Yurth said helping children lose weight is a never-ending battle and not having enough time with patients to help counsel them is a major reason it is so difficult to help the children who need it "I have these patients come in and I know I need time to counsel them on how to get this kid to lose weight and I don’t have time," she said "If I can just write out a prescription for this youngster to start the FitStart program and then they take it from there ASU startup reinvents shovel, digs up funds for venture ASU Polytechnic Startup Village creates a residential community for like-minded entrepreneurs Reach the reporter at jshanco2@asu.edu or follow @joey_hancock on Twitter Like The State Press on Facebook and follow @statepress on Twitter This website uses cookies to make your experience better and easier. 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For more information, please see our Cookie Policy will host a ceremony posthumously honoring Dr Jacob Cornelis Boon from Holland as Righteous Among the Nations Boon risked his life to save a Jewish child will attend the ceremony and accept the medal and certificate on behalf of her late father Also in attendance will be members of the Commission for the Designation of the Righteous Among the Nations family members of Dolev and via virtual means Veffer family members Director of Yad Vashem's Department of the Righteous Among the Nations will present the medal and certificate to Dolev on behalf of the State of Israel and the Jewish people Dr. Jacob Cornelis Boon’s name will be added to the Wall of Honor in the Garden of the Righteous Among the Nations at Yad Vashem on the Mount of Remembrance in Jerusalem. A memorial ceremony will be held in the Hall of Remembrance at 11:00, followed by the awarding of the medal and certificate in the Yad Vashem Synagogue and the unveiling of Dr Boon's name in the Garden of the Righteous Among the Nations Simultaneous translation to Dutch will be available Media interested in covering the event must RSVP in advance to the Communications Division and arrive at the Hall of Remembrance with a valid GPO Card and Green Pass After the German occupation of Holland in 1940 antisemitism increased and the Nazi authorities imposed ever increasing restrictions on the Jewish citizens two resistance men disguised as German soldiers visited the Veffer family’s florist They told the Veffers that the deportations of the Jews in Amsterdam had started and they offered the family a hiding place in a large residence in Bussum The Veffers and other relatives gratefully accepted their offer and the Jewish refugees quickly scattered to other hiding places a former loyal customer of the flower shop Boon was a physician in the Diaconesses hospital in Bussum Abraham was hospitalized in an isolation room All have been recognized by Yad Vashem as Righteous Among the Nations Jacob Cornelis Boon as Righteous Among the Nations The Yad Vashem website had recently undergone a major upgrade The page you are looking for has apparently been moved We are therefore redirecting you to what we hope will be a useful landing page For any questions/clarifications/problems, please contact: webmaster@yadvashem.org.il The Owensboro Times Nonprofits By Marlys Mason Amanda Van Bussum, Tina Hurm, Amanda Simmonds and Scarlett Goodman are the local founders of the Owensboro Borrowed Hearts nonprofit. | Photo by Marlys Mason the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services lists 9,761 Kentucky children in active foster placements And although each foster care family receives a per diem rate for fostering the cost of clothing for many of the children does not factor into the rate Amanda Simmonds and Scarlett Goodman know this all too well All of the women are either currently or have fostered children and each knows the struggle with clothing foster children who often don’t have more than a backpack of clothing when they arrive at a foster home when Van Bussum joined a Facebook group for foster parents she met Sarah Gough who had started Borrowed Hearts Foundation a clothing closet nonprofit for foster families in Evansville that now has sister store locations in Terre Haute Gough had been a foster parent for six years and had noticed that kids were often coming to her with the wrong sized clothing or inappropriate clothing so she began trading clothes with other foster moms Realizing the need for this service for other foster families The services offered in Evansville include clothing a meal program and a car seat lending program Borrowed Hearts served over 1,700 foster children “We connect families with resources,” Gough said “And we continue to support foster families.” When Gough met Van Bussum in the online group the two discussed the need for a store like Borrowed Hearts in Owensboro Gough knew the area needed it and Van Bussum had been talking to other foster moms about trading clothing Simmonds said she was already doing something similar out of her garage with foster families Van Bussum talked to Hurm and Goodman as well Goodman was already friends with Gough and often went to Borrowed Hearts in Evansville to help with her foster children Conversations began in August and as soon as they green-lighted the project with Gough the first thing the group knew they needed was a location for Borrowed Hearts whose husband works for Don Moore Automotive asked Don Moore if he knew of a place for the nonprofit and pretty quickly Don Moore Automotive became the first corporate sponsor by donating their Second Street collision center as the building to house Borrowed Hearts the families have been putting in many hours getting the building ready for its clients Families along with volunteers from school service organizations and friends have been painting rooms and cleaning floors along with sorting donations The four women said the community has been so supportive in helping to get Borrowed Hearts opened for foster families They are currently looking for an attorney to help them become a separate Borrowed Hearts with a separate tax identification number so that when they apply for grants they are not restricted because another Borrowed Hearts has applied for the same grant In-kind donations are also needed for some minor renovations and cleaning up the building we are in need of more corporate sponsors,” Hurm said Having sponsors will allow the different rooms to open and serve local foster families paint to get the rooms ready and new hygiene items for families as well as new socks and underwear The community has generously begun donating clothing and volunteers are filling the existing racks to get ready for their early December opening Although Owensboro’s Borrowed Hearts is not officially open they can serve families now — and have been “We love working together,” Hurm said of the relationship between the four women who have spent many hours getting Borrowed Hearts ready for the community The partners hope to implement the same programs as the sister stores but for now they are accepting gently-worn New hygiene products and socks and underwear are also requested They plan to cooperate with local organizations to partner with items they can’t use but others can and vice versa “Having a co-op will help everyone,” Van Bussum said Evansville’s Borrowed Hearts is open 180-200 hours a month and the women said the Second Street location is of comparable size “This will be a huge help for foster families,” Hurm said “To have a clothes closet and hygiene bank.” Van Bussum said that one of their primary reasons for opening the store is finding a way for the community to help “Not all are called to foster but are called to help,” Van Bussum said “This is a vehicle for them — it will allow people to help.” Eligibility guidelines are listed on the Borrowed Hearts Owensboro Facebook page, which also 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By Andrew Freedman With erratic weather conditions viewed as the primary suspect behind the tragedy Wallman had been called to the blaze specifically to prevent a repeat incident by keeping firefighters informed of changing weather conditions The Yarnell Hill fire.Credit: Wikimedia Commons As one of 85 specially trained incident meteorologists Wallmann has knowledge of “microscale” weather forecasting including anticipating highly localized and chaotic winds in the vicinity of individual thunderstorms Wallmann also has expertise in firefighting operations That combination makes him a critical asset to the incident command staff and the hundreds of firefighters that raced to the scene of the fire since the accident on June 30 Deployed to the front lines of volatile incidents ranging from wildfires to chemical and oil spills IMETs are the National Weather Service’s equivalent of special forces sent to the vanguard to provide on-site forecasting support IMETs have even been sent abroad as they've assisted Australia in battling severe wildfires in recent years After getting the order to deploy on the morning of July 1 it took Wallmann nearly 24 hours to reach the fire command center and battling fatigue while driving from the Phoenix airport through sparsely populated areas in the midst of a record heat wave Speaking to Climate Central on Tuesday afternoon amid the din of landing and departing helicopters at the Yarnell Hill fire command center Wallmann said he is trying to give fire crews as much situational awareness as possible given the variable weather conditions in the region with afternoon thunderstorms expected for much of the week some of which may be capable of producing sudden wind gusts of 60 to 80 mph at times we’re all aware of what went on two days ago,” Wallmann said “As much as what happened is in the back of our minds we’re just really focused on the task at hand.” As of Wednesday morning the blaze was still only 8 percent contained he can provide firefighters with a warning of incoming storms at least 45 minutes in advance but that varies depending on where thunderstorms form At a press conference in Maryland on Tuesday, acting National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) administrator Kathryn Sullivan said that an IMET could have made a decisive difference “Had we have been there maybe we would have had a better outcome,” Sullivan said A NOAA incident meteorologist at the scene of a wildfire.Credit: NOAA But IMETs deploy from their usual assignments (as forecasters at local NWS offices) at the request of incident commanders when the Granite Mountain Hotshot crew was overrun by the fire the Yarnell Hill blaze was not classified as a “Type 1 Incident,” which automatically triggers IMETs to deploy National Fire Weather Operations Coordinator for the National Weather Service in Boise “They (incident commanders) ask for IMET support when they ask for it and we don’t have any say as to what kinds of teams are put on an incident,” Van Bussum said Randy Eardely, a spokesman for the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise said IMETs are “almost never requested” for small-range fires like the Yarnell Hill fire was prior to its dramatic expansion on June 30 when the blaze more than quadrupled in size due to perilous weather conditions — a combustible mix of triple-digit heat a large amount of dry vegetation in the path of the fire Van Bussum said the request for an IMET came in at 7:30 a.m thereby necessitating many more firefighting resources than had been allocated the previous day the NWS did provide localized weather forecast information for the Yarnell Hill fire despite the lack of an IMET with two “spot forecasts” requested by incident commanders and issued by the NWS office in Flagstaff phone calls from the NWS office to commanders warned of approaching thunderstorms Wallman said the spot forecasts and phone calls meant that firefighters had advanced notice that thunderstorms with gusty and variable winds were likely on Sunday afternoon The lack of an IMET at the command post on Sunday “doesn’t mean that there was nobody looking out for them.” When they deploy to the scene of an incident IMETs carry several tools of the trade to allow them to tap into streams of weather data “We are equipped to basically be a weather office, but a mobile weather office,” said Lisa Kriederman, an IMET and forecaster at the NWS' Denver forecast office. Kriederman, who deployed to the devastating Waldo Canyon Fire in Colorado Springs last year and has already been dispatched to three wildfires this season said the standard instrument package most often consists of a laptop with a weather forecasting program installed on it along with a portable modem and satellite connection and an instrument to launch and track weather balloons to gain insight into weather conditions aloft A NOAA incident meteorologist setting up equipment at a wildfire incident command post.Credit: NOAA IMETs also carry instruments on their belts to allow them to do “spot checks” of temperature 1 goal is the safety of those firefighters,” Kriederman said “We are there to be that dedicated watchful eye to watch for the safety of everyone involved in the incident.” She said that as part of the firefighting community “It was a terrible tragedy and it really struck me because that is my purpose at an incident; (we’re there) for the safety of firefighters.” Firefighters battling active wildfires around the country will take a brief pause Wednesday to honor the fallen at Yarnell Hill Although the NWS is facing budget constraints due to the sequester with a hiring freeze in place agency-wide that has left many forecast offices short-staffed Van Bussum and others interviewed for this article said the NWS continues to meet every IMET deployment request we have never once turned down a request,” Van Bussum said That continues to be the case even though IMET deployments can put short-staffed offices under more strain than usual Get updates, media alerts, and climate reporting resources Support our work There are lots of ways to help fund Climate Central today Learn more Health & Wellness Amanda Van Bussum was determined to be a perfect match for her husband Travis, and both will undergo surgery Tuesday. | Photo courtesy of Travis and Amanda Van Bussum On Dec. 14, 2018, the Van Bussums introduced the Facebook community to their newest challenge — Travis’s need of a kidney. The post explained that, as a child, doctors found a tumor on one of Travis’ kidneys and that kidney was removed. He also underwent aggressive chemotherapy for six months. “For most of his life, Travis was in remission, just a normal little boy, normal teen guy, normal young man…normal,” wrote Amanda. Shortly after Travis and Amanda began dating in 2012, Travis told her about his history with cancer and some heart issues he had been experiencing. “When I first heard this, I didn’t realize to what extent it would end up impacting our future together — but not in a negative way at all,” Amanda said. Within the year, Travis’ nephrologist determined his heart issues to be a result of his remaining kidney and that over time he would experience kidney failure and need a transplant. Hoping to preserve the kidney’s function, which was 30-40 percent at the time, Amanda became diligent about preparing renal-friendly meals for him. “Being young and in love, I remember thinking that, when the time came, I’d try to give him my kidney,” Amanda said. “In May of 2017 we signed the papers, officially adopting the children that we’d loved with our entire hearts for two years and eight months — over 900 days,” Amanda said. “We thought life would calm down now — that we’d be ‘normal.'” Eighteen months later, Travis’ nephrologist said his kidney function was less than 20 percent and referred him to Jewish Hospital in Louisville. Prior to Travis’ first appointment, he caught a stomach virus and ended up in the hospital, and it was then Amanda realized that his body could not fight much longer. She credits his medical team at Owensboro Health Regional Hospital in getting him healthy enough to travel to his Louisville appointment. After being educated about kidney transplantation in Louisville, Amanda asked to be on the donor list. She was told by the living donor coordinator that, because the cost of testing is so high, only one person would be tested at a time until they found a match. “Since becoming a mother, I’d gone back and forth between attempting to donate and not,” Amanda said. “I didn’t want to neglect our children, but I wanted to do all I possibly could for my husband.” After putting their story on Facebook in December, Amanda said over 30 people reached out willing to be tested. “The most touching were Travis’ past and current students at Apollo who wanted to help in this selfless manner, saying it’s ‘the least they could do,’” Amanda said about their “beloved Owensboro community.” In the beginning of January, Amanda received a call from Jewish Hospital informing her she could be tested. Although she was equally scared and excited, she believed that, if she was meant to donate, she would be a match and “trust that God would provide.” “If I wasn’t a match then I figured my role would be to be Travis’ champion and caregiver through this,” Amanda said. Amanda overnighted her living donor kit to Louisville to discover that blood and tissue from the kit were a match. So Amanda traveled to Louisville for the necessary testing and to meet with a social worker to determine if she was healthy enough to withstand surgery and could live with one kidney. By the end of January, she was confirmed to be a complete match — something that she said still leaves her speechless. “And God has provided. Our community is simply astounding,” Amanda said. “I work at Owensboro Catholic Middle School, and the Owensboro Catholic School System and families have responded in a big way. The awesome Eagle family at Apollo has been equally generous. Our church has been just phenomenal. Our children have been cared for. We’ve had a meal delivered to our door every night for nearly a month. We have been flooded with gift cards and well wishes.” Amanda said this has not been nearly as scary as they initially thought because of the love and support that has surrounded them. “I am so grateful that God created me in a way that allows me to give this gift to my husband. And I’m so grateful to live in this sweet town that has made sure all our needs have been provided for and that has truly covered us in prayer,” Amanda said. “ We are forever blessed and grateful.” The Van Bussums will be in surgery on Tuesday and will remain in the hospital until Friday when they can return home. Then they will both be off of work for at least four weeks. “I’m eager to get past this so that we can start paying it back and paying it forward,” Amanda said. “Because God and this community have been so good to us.” This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Seven-month-old Noah Van Bussum beamed as he looked at the pictures in the book that volunteer Suzanne Egeln was reading to the Just For Babies story time group Tuesday morning at the Ponte Vedra Beach branch library helped him click wooden sticks together to the beat of the Mother Goose poem and smiled as they shook plastic bead-filled eggs to the beat of the song Itsy Bitsy Spider sitting crosslegged on the floor with her son But I don't think he really understands them yet." but that Just For Babies also offers additional valuable exposure to the world of books Just For Babies is offered every Tuesday at 10:15 a.m Youth services librarian Anne Crawford leads many of the Just For Babies and Family Story Times but said she couldn't offer it every week during the summer without the help of Egeln and another volunteer Egeln is chairman of the board of Bird Island Park located behind the library at 101 Library Blvd she volunteered to help lead some story times so they could be offered weekly and a self described "very retired" preschool teacher Crawford is busy with planning and other duties so she said she appreciates the help of Egeln and Hilliker They also help during the rest of the year "We have a close relationship with Bird Island Park and Suzanne and Gail go full out," Crawford said "I'm a big believer in early literacy," Egeln said "we are fortunate here because the mommies know that." and modeled their sessions on hers to include picture books Egeln started Tuesday's session by singing a song welcoming each baby by name The number of participants varies each week and that day she had an intimate group of four mommies and their children Then Egeln read them a book about "yes" things and "no" things read a book about quiet things and loud things when they shook their sillies out to a song by that name And then launched into a bit of free playtime at the end “Lover Man” is drawn from Jimi Hendrix’s upcoming album Both Sides of the Sky (out March 9) and is backed by a live version of “Foxey Lady,” recorded in Bussum Listen: http://www.vevo.com/watch/jimi-hendrix/Lover-Man-(Audio)/USQX91702860 “Lover Man,” which UNCUT deemed “a weaponised piece of funk with Buddy Miles in particularly thunderous form,” was recorded at the Record Plant in New York on December 15 1969 by Hendrix’s then recently assembled new band: Billy Cox on bass Buddy Miles on drums and Jimi Hendrix on guitar and vocals The session took place two weeks before the trio introduced itself to the world via four triumphant New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day concerts at the Fillmore East which would ultimately yield the live album Band of Gypsys (1970) as well as its recently released While the song became a favorite Hendrix concert staple this dynamic studio rendition of “Lover Man” has been never before been issued One of the best-known songs in the entire Hendrix canon “Foxey Lady” first appeared on the Jimi Hendrix Experience’s debut album Are You Experienced (1967) The live recording of it that serves as the single’s B-side comes from the band’s second European tour It was recorded when the original Jimi Hendrix Experience (Jimi drummer Mitch Mitchell) performed it at Vitus Studios in Bussum the album home of “Lover Man,” is the third volume in a trilogy of albums intended to present the best and most significant unissued studio recordings remaining in Jimi Hendrix’s archive It follows Valleys of Neptune (2010) and People which both achieved top 5 chart ranking on Billboard’s Top 100 album chart Recorded between January 1968 and February 1970 and featuring guest appearances by Stephen Stills Johnny Winter and Lonnie Youngblood, Both Sides of the Sky contains 10 unreleased tracks and as a numbered 180-gram audiophile vinyl 2LP The project was co-produced by Eddie Kramer Jimi Hendrix’s recording engineer on all of his albums made during his life along with Janie Hendrix and John McDermott Pre-order Both Sides of the Sky: https://jimihendrix.lnk.to/bothsides “Lover Man” track list (out Feb 23): Both Sides of the Sky track list (out March 9): Produced by Janie Hendrix, Eddie Kramer and John McDermott for Experience Hendrix, L.L.C. there are two Collector’s Edition bundles: one for Soul Asylum and one that celebrates the 50th anniversary of Judas Priest’s 'Rocka Rolla' album Experience Hendrix and Legacy Recordings have released a limited Jimi Hendrix, numbered edition, 7” vinyl single to be available exclusively at select independent record stores “Lover Man” is drawn from Jimi Hendrix’s upcoming album Both Sides of the Sky (out March 9) and is backed by a live version of “Foxey Lady,” recorded in Bussum the digital track “Lover Man” was released today as the third single from the album available now at all streaming and download outlets “Lover Man,” which UNCUT deemed “a weaponised piece of funk with Buddy Miles in particularly thunderous form,” was recorded at the Record Plant in New York on December 15 1969 by Hendrix’s then recently assembled new band: Billy Cox on bass The session took place two weeks before the trio introduced itself to the world via four triumphant New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day concerts at the Fillmore East which would ultimately yield the live album Band of Gypsys (1970) as well as its recently released this dynamic studio rendition of “Lover Man” has been never before been issued “Foxey Lady” first appeared on the Jimi Hendrix Experience’s debut album Are You Experienced (1967) The live recording of it that serves as the single’s B-side comes from the band’s second European tour Both Sides of the Sky the album home of “Lover Man,” is the third volume in a trilogy of albums intended to present the best and most significant unissued studio recordings remaining in Jimi Hendrix’s archive It follows Valleys of Neptune (2010) and People which both achieved top 5 chart ranking on Billboard’s Top 100 album chart Both Sides of the Sky contains 10 unreleased tracks Jimi Hendrix’s recording engineer on all of his albums made during his life Get news and updates straight to your inbox More Affiliates > © 2009-document.write(new Date().getFullYear()) Libow Unlimited Inc L.A.-based post-production service provider SDI Media is boosting its presence in the Netherlands with a new dubbing studio Previously based out of the Northern region of Bussum SDI Media has relocated its studio to a more central facility in Amsterdam The upgraded facility is equipped with recording rooms for broadcast home entertainment and interactive products Also included in the upgrade are dedicated editing suites and audio mixing solutions for Access Services An emphasis on security has also been implemented in the new building involving both structural and electronic measures The new Amsterdam studio is fitted with dedicated space for client services and talent management as well as eating facilities and communal areas for actors and directors to use during production for managing projects and business relations This is just some random content to show the different layouts possible Sign In Subscribe Now the occupying soldiers would let a young Hank feed and groom the army horses starting a love for horses He would also harness and drive any animal that would allow it Hank always wanted to see where those “tough buggers” came from he had the opportunity to come to Canada to work on a farm in Ft He left Holland on a Troop Transport ship and made his way across Canada by train Hank made it to the Cariboo where he first worked on the Fox Mountain Ranch for Jim Fox and then for Harold Robson One spring in the early 1950s his good friend Lenny DeRose took him to a rodeo at Alkali Lake .. he loved it there and took a job as cowboy for Mario Riedemann a place where he was to spend most of his working life Hank took a short diversion from Alkali Lake to the Circle S Ranch at Dog Creek He then rode for Hugh and Sonia Cornwall at the Onward Ranch always referring to Hugh as a “true gentleman.” When Martin Riedemann took over ownership of the Alkali Lake Ranch from his father in the early 1960s Hank was appointed foreman and continued in that role for 15 years until he left the ranch in 1978 when Martin passed away Hank had married Julia Dakin and they had two children Hank participated in the calf roping and team roping events at local rodeos and the wild cow milking in the Williams Lake Stampede Hank was driving teams in the Williams Lake Stampede Parades with Inductees of the Cowboy Hall of Fame At the age of 70 he drove a team and wagon from Chezacut to Quesnel for the Mulvahill Wagon Train and he also took guests for wagon rides at his own surprise 80th birthday party now has his own place on the west side of the Fraser where he still ranches He acquired a new saddle horse at the age of 80 and a Percheron draft horse at age 82 Dialogue and debate are integral to a free society and we welcome and encourage you to share your views on the issues of the day. 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To learn about our commenting policies and how our community-based moderation works, please read our Community Guidelines A 66-year-old driving instructor from Amersfoort was killed in a collision between his car and a train in Bussum on Tuesday managed to get out of the car and off the tracks just in time None of the 140 passengers in the train were injured Another train took them to their destination The cause of the accident is still unclear the rail crossing is equipped with lights and booms A video of the accident shows that the girl got out of the car and off the tracks just seconds before the train hit The accident happened just a few meters away from the girl The accident disrupted train traffic around Bussum for a large part of the day The train tracks did not sustain much damage this crossing is not known to be dangerous This was the first accident on the crossing since 1999 Why the driving instructor did not also get out of the car when his student did everyone can basically react in three primitive ways: flight traffic psychologist Gerard Tertoolen said to AD and the third must have happened to the man Lesauto wordt van het spoor gehaald. Daarna nog politieonderzoek #bussum pic.twitter.com/rVSuS53eK3 Spoor weer vrij in #Bussum Treinen gaan zo weer rijden pic.twitter.com/6oMbgavzB7 © 2012-2025, NL Times, All rights reserved. (The latter.) I often work from my office at home but sometimes you need to get out of the house Maybe you need some human interaction… or even just a good coffee We’re in the Netherlands but I’m talking beverages here! Freelancers need a good cafe where they can hang out and work… somewhere with strong wifi and equally strong coffee… I’ve visited A LOT of cafes in Hilversum over my 4 years of working from home so let me share my favourite spots with you: If you follow me on Instagram Food halls are fantastic concepts in general but here it’s done really well Drinks are ordered at your table by waiting staff and food is ordered at each individual food stall using your table number A lot of food halls require queuing and waiting for your food but here they will bring it to your table as soon as it’s ready My personal tip: the sweet potato fries with Parmesan and basil mayo are THE ONE! and the place is massive so there’s loads of seating to choose from Mouthilversum.nl | Naarderstraat 8 so it depends what kind of work you’re doing I can’t go here when I’m working on spreadsheets! the wifi works and it’s split on 3 levels so you’ll almost always find a place to sit The best thing on the menu is without a doubt the Paddo burger (mushroom burger) They have gluten free and low gluten bagels and there are lactose free options too Bagelsbeans.nl | Kerkstraat 3 This is a cute little place slightly out of the centre because generally it means it’s quieter than the other places I’ve mentioned so far The wifi is good and the interior is really cool – industrial meets homely Bag yourself a seat on the turquoise sofa if you can! There’s also plenty of outside seating but unfortunately not much view to speak of They have gluten and lactose free options and a page of specials The banana bread (gluten/lactose/sugar free) comes highly recommended Presto Facebook page (no website) | Herenstraat 20 I think everyone in Hilversum knows this place… hence it’s always packed But you can usually find a table as there’s loads of seating inside (2 levels) and out There’s also a section / play area for kids upstairs… but this post is about remote working If you’ve built up an appetite whilst working they do an excellent Buddha bowl and the chicken thighs with spelt bread is also really good but if you can’t be bothered to walk downstairs to order they have these little notes where you can write your order and then put it inside a ball and drop it down a drainpipe-esque chute Yourcoffeehilversum.nl | Kerkstraat 38A I went here this week and had a Bountyccino! There’s a terrace outside and plenty of space to sit inside It’s actually quite deceptive just how large it is inside so I doubt you’ll ever struggle to find space Doppioespresso.nl | ‘s-Gravelandseweg 14 those 5 are all in Hilversum but if you fancy going a bit further afield I can also suggest the following: This place has also featured on my Instagram account a fair few times recently To be honest I haven’t worked here yet – but I don’t see any reason why you couldn’t in the middle of the Hei (heathland) hence the name… and it’s just a lovely but the charcuterie platter (pictured above) is pretty good In terms of borrelhapjes (for once you’ve finished working as it’s open til 8pm): the garnalenkroketjes are good (8/10) bitterballen are ok (7/10) but unfortunately the groentekroketjes are decidedly average (5/10) Heidezicht.nl | Randweg 203 It’s *technically* located in Laren but from Hilversum it’s a nice walk or cycle through the Hei to get to it Good wifi and menu – the borrelplanken are very good – especially the cheese one Service can be a bit hit and miss… but hey Bluk.nl | Zuiderheide 2 This place is also located a bit out-of-the-way in ‘s-Graveland But it’s well worth the drive or cycle as you’re surrounded by nature I wouldn’t recommend walking from Hilversum because it’s too far It’s situated right next to the visitor centre for the Natuurmonumenten – “Nature Monuments’ (jeez, how do you translate that?!) Here it is in Dutch anyhoo: Bezoekerscentrum Gooi en Vechtstreek – Natuurmonumenten) (Tip: avoid Wednesday afternoons as many kids are off school then and it does get rammed!) The kaasstengels are excellent and they also do gluten/lactose/sugar free banana bread Brambergen.nl | Noordereinde 54d This blog was first published on Bitterballenbruid Every month we feature a blog post from one of our favourite bloggers. Interested? See if your blog meets the criteria to be included on the site We could not provide the Dutch News service without the generous support of our readers Your donations allow us to report on issues you tell us matter and provide you with a summary of the most important Dutch news each day Many thanks to everyone who has donated to DutchNews.nl in recent days We could not provide this service without you Please help us making DutchNews.nl a better read by taking part in a short survey Quality and potential Drommel made his debut in the Eredivisie for FC Twente six seasons ago and has since played more than 100 games in the first of the club from Enschede he was a base player for the team that became champions in the Keuken Kampioen Divisie and then grew to become FC Twente's undisputed number one and (reserve) captain in the Eredivisie already has an awful lot of experience at the highest level," De Jong said "He is one of the most promising goalkeepers in the Netherlands and the Eredivisie We are convinced of his qualities and potential." PSV is responding to changes in the club's goalkeeping staff "With the upcoming departure of Lars Unnerstall and the possibility of Yvon Mvogo returning to RB Leipzig in the back of our minds we wanted to make sure we had a reliable goalkeeper at the start of the season who has the qualities to play for PSV," De Jong continued "That has been achieved with the recruitment of Joël with Maxime Delanghe and Vincent Müller we have two talented goalkeepers who have grown this season through training with the A-selection and match minutes with Young PSV." Sense of PSV Drommel was medically examined by PSV this week and then received at Philips Stadium PSV and FC Twente earlier reached an agreement on a transfer fee for the goalkeeper I set my sights on a transfer to PSV," Drommel said "The club and Roger Schmidt have a lot of confidence in my qualities competing for prizes and playing European football every year I want to finish the season well and look forward enormously to joining PSV afterwards and getting to know the player group and other staff members." Brunch in Amsterdam: 11 best breakfast places in the cityBookmarkBookmarkBy Victoria SévenoUpdated on Jul 26, 2024Savoury or sweet, healthy granola or a greasy fry-up - regardless of what you like, brunch certainly has something for everyone and every occasion. If you’re visiting Amsterdam and are looking for the best spots to hit up for breakfast or are on the hunt for where to host your next bottomless brunch with friends there’s plenty of choice in the Dutch capital Kicking things off with a classic, The Breakfast Club has locations dotted all over Amsterdam (and Bussum!): The fact that there are numerous locations means it’s easily accessible by foot, bike and public transport and - as the name suggests - The Breakfast Club specialises in any and all kinds of breakfast and brunch dishes; think everything from syrupy pancake stacks and chicken and waffles to English breakfasts and huevos rancheros A post shared by THE BREAKFAST CLUB AMSTERDAM (@thebreakfastclubnld) Coffee & Coconuts serves breakfast from 8am right through till closing time A post shared by Coffee & Coconuts (@coffeecoconuts) “Cheap” and “Amsterdam” are not two words that you’ll hear together very often, but there are a couple of spots worth heading to if you’re after a quick and cheap bite to eat before starting your day. You could head to somewhere like Hema or IKEA if you’re after a real bargain, but if you’re looking for a more aesthetic dining experience, be sure to check out Sango Amsterdam a cute little cafe selling speciality coffees Greenwoods is another extremely popular brunch spot in Amsterdam, and both locations in the Netherlands (which can be found on the Singel and Keizersgracht) generally have queues for tables and serve plenty of different breakfast dishes all day including - of course - the classic English breakfast A post shared by Greenwoods (@greenwoods.amsterdam) Waffles might not be one of the first breakfast dishes you think of, but it’s hard to deny that the traditionally American dish has become increasingly popular around the world in recent years. In Amsterdam, you might be surprised to hear that there are a couple of different restaurants that serve waffles, but Miss G’s - with their locations in De Pijp and a boat(!) in the city centre - have the widest variety of waffle dishes A post shared by Miss G’s (@missgs_nl) Americans are pretty good at breakfasts, and because of the variety of dishes that are traditionally eaten for breakfast (or brunch) in the US, it’s likely that everyone has a different idea of what a good American breakfast looks like. Staring at Jacob - an American-inspired brunch bar - does a pretty good job of capturing what you expect from an American breakfast - plus cocktails If you’re a traditionalist at heart and believe that the best breakfasts must include eggs, then Omelegg - as the name suggests - is the place for you If you’re tired of always having the same old omelette feel free to be a little more adventurous and try the Viking Fisherman (smoked salmon cheese) or the Banana Peanutbutter (banana A post shared by Omelegg (@omelegg) Those who like to experiment a little more when it comes to food would probably feel pretty comfortable having brunch at Little Collins so you can’t ever know exactly what to expect but generally the dishes are full of flavour and ingredients you’d never think to combine While a couple of spots on this list also offer bottomless brunch (we're looking at you, Staring at Jacob and Miss G's), De Bar has got to be the bottomless brunch spot in Amsterdam - especially for those who like a bargain De Bar gives you three hours of bottomless mimosas for 20 euros per person which comes with pretty much everything you could want from a brunch dish (including scrambled eggs A post shared by No Man’s Art Gallery & de bar (@debar.nomansart) PLUK is a great place for those who like bright and airy breakfast spots and with two locations right in the heart of the Negen Straatjes in the city centre they’re also primely located for those looking for a healthy bite before going off to explore the canals Alongside cute shops selling a wealth of goods Picking just one Amsterdam brunch spot out of all the ones on offer in the city is no easy feat, but the most popular among locals and tourists alike has got to be Bakers & Roasters - and all those people can’t be wrong If you’re heading here for some food be prepared to wait for a table as there’s almost always a queue up the street at both their Amsterdam locations get ready to enjoy plenty of delicious food A post shared by Bakers & Roasters (@bakersandroasters) the creme de la creme of Amsterdam breakfast spots Now all that’s left to do is to make sure all those conversations about bottomless mimosas and eggs benedict make it out of the group chat Have we left your favourite brunch spot off the list Thumb image credit: GaudiLab via Shutterstock.com