Sign In Subscribe Now The Village of Keremeos has found a new chief administrative officer in Janette Van Vianen.  Vianen will be taking over from interim CAO Diane Vaykovich who stepped into the position after the village's previous CAO Marg Coulson left at the start of August "Council is delighted to welcome Janette Van Vianen to the Village of Keremeos," said Mayor Jason Wiebe "Her experience in local government is what council was seeking in our recruitment process "We are confident Janette will be a good fit with our priorities in providing exceptional service delivery to our residents." Vianen will take over officially as CAO on Nov the village praised her extensive municipal government experience including working as a corporate officer and in human resources for the Towns of Osoyoos and Oliver.  The Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen assisted the Village of Keremeos in their search for a new CAO.  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. We ask that you be respectful of others and their points of view, refrain from personal attacks and stay on topic. To learn about our commenting policies and how our community-based moderation works, please read our Community Guidelines. 2024 Photo: Depositphotos.comVianen in Utrecht is hosting this year’s official arrival of Sinterklaas in the Netherlands on Saturday the kick-off for three weeks of festivities ahead of the main December 5 present-giving event Since 1952 the arrival of Sinterklaas has been a televised event which sees the Sint and his helpers land in style from their steam boat from Spain (although Sinterklaas has been known to arrive by train although the debate about Sinterklaas’s traditional helpers who used to be portrayed by a white person in blackface makeup has abated somewhat Although many Piets now have a dirty face to represent the soot they pick up climbing down chimneys to deliver gifts KOZP announced last week it would campaign at Sinterklaas events in some of the 23 towns and villages that still feature (partly) traditional Piets. “The events are not free of racism,” KOZP frontman Jerry Afriyie told broadcaster NOS “We have approached the organisers at some 40 places to ask them to make this an event for all children,” he said and Almelo have already said they would continue with the traditional Piets Some places on the list said they already used sooty Piets but the guidelines include more than blackface makeup We also want the use of red lipstick and earrings to stop We see that some organisers opt for a middle way but you don’t combat racism with a Black Pete light version Next year will mark the last time the KOZP campaigns against racism around the Sinterklaas celebrations. The group was founded in 2010 but the plan was always to stop in 2025, founder Afriyie said at the time. “People who preceded us in the fight against racism without a deadline burned out,” he said. The organisation was set up with three main aims: more education and awareness of slavery; a national day to remember the abolition of slavery, and the end of the racist Zwarte Piet stereotype. The official arrival of Sinterklaas will be broadcast on NTR at midday on Saturday. We could not provide the Dutch News service, and keep it free of charge, 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. If you have not yet made a contribution, you can do so here. Please help us making DutchNews.nl a better read by taking part in a short survey. You can practise some well-known Sinterklaas songs here.MORE EPISODESLearn Dutch one of the Netherlands’ most cherished traditions unfolded on Saturday with contrasting scenes of celebration and tension across several towns While the event proceeded peacefully in Vianen protests and clashes overshadowed festivities in Middelharnis and Yerseke In Yerseke, four people were arrested during the Sinterklaas arrival due to disturbances surrounding a protest by the activist group Kick Out Zwarte Piet (KOZP) which involved about 20 activists opposing the inclusion of fully blackface-painted Zwarte Piet characters and a 30-year-old man from Kruiningen were detained on charges of throwing food a 31-year-old man from Colijnsplaat was arrested for incitement nearly 100 counter-protesters disrupted the demonstration the municipality of Reimerswaal issued an emergency order granting police the authority to clear individuals from the area to prevent further escalation KOZP staged another protest near the harbor where Sinterklaas arrived around 2 p.m The protest attracted dozens of counter-protesters and threw eggs and apples at the activists Police made at least four arrests related to minor offenses The heavy police presence included officers on the ground The Sinterklaas procession in Middelharnis continued on schedule despite the tense atmosphere with large crowds gathering along the quaysides the national Sinterklaas arrival in Vianen The steamship carrying the saint faced minor setbacks when it temporarily got stuck under a bridge and made an unscheduled detour to Ameide before finally arriving in Vianen around midday Mayor Sjors Fröhlich greeted Sinterklaas upon his arrival and the event proceeded with a parade through the historic town center “It all went very well,” said a spokesperson for the municipality of Vijfheerenlanden “We look back on a fantastic arrival.” The atmosphere remained festive and cheerful with no reports of demonstrations or safety concerns the docking area for the steamship became crowded but the event ran smoothly without needing to close any sections of the parade route KOZP activists in Yerseke were escorted to their bus by police with demonstrators leaving the harbor under police supervision the Netherlands offers visitors a plethora of small towns that roll out the welcome mat each and every day From Oudenbosch in the province of North Brabant to Oud Beijerland in South Holland Province here are some of the most welcoming small towns in the Netherlands The town of Oudenbosch, situated in the municipality of Halderberge, is one of the most welcoming small towns in North Brabant Province. Possibly most famous for having a smaller version of Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome Oudenbosch is also home to the Botanical Gardens of Oudenbosch which grows hundreds of varieties of plants and trees for the enjoyment of the public as well as for the preservation of the planet as a whole and the Museum of Natural History and Ethnology located in the Gooi region of the province of North Holland maintains a small-town quality while still having attributes that appease those living in a larger city Architectural wonders like Grote Kerk Cathedral and the building currently holding the town’s city hall museums such as the Comenius Mausoleum and Weegschaal Museum like Zwemstrand Naarderbos and Naardermeer are within easy travel distance from anywhere in Naarden Several unique attractions and excellent lodging choices are also available in and around Naarden history enthusiasts flock to Naarden-Bussum (Provincial Monument Station) a historic railway station that opened in the eighteen hundreds one can book a room at Huize Koempoelan or Villa de Nachtegaal Backed up against the southern bank of the Lek River is split between a modern town and an ancient city As its roots stem from before the fourteenth century one of the only town gates to remain intact and operational from medieval times to the present day There are also many attractions in and around Vianen that showcase the local community's hospitality which first opened in the mid-thirteenth century as an annual fair and way to trade horses the horse fair in October attracts upwards of twenty-five thousand visitors every year several quaint inns are available in and around town including Bed & Breakfast aan de Lek and Bed & Breakfast De Poldersteeg As Thermen Bad Nieuweschans translates into thermal baths of Nieuweschans with “Bad” - “bath” added on later to promote tourism is perhaps best known for being home to some of the best spas in the area Most people visit for the relaxing mineral spas which provide an escape from urban woes and stress Yet this town of just under fourteen hundred residents has more to offer that many overlook Nieuweschans has several amenities that cater to the municipality of Oldambt a museum that showcases a wide variety of cultural art Some local dining and lodging choices are worth checking out in and around town including de Gouden Leeuw (the Golden Lion) which offers guests excellent local food and a quaint rustic place to sleep for a single evening or even the entire weekend Giethoorn, located in the municipality of Steenwijkerland in the province of Overijssel, is home to a section of pastoral canals that were first created while digging for peat moss, earning the small town the honorific title “Venice of the Netherlands.” Along with the picturesque quality of the canals which are situated to the south and east of Giethoorn this quaint town of less than three thousand people is home to a plethora of day trips including the Keukenhof tulip fields tour and the Zaanse Schans windmill tour From beautiful tulip gardens to a scenic windmill these day trips are ideal for all kinds of travellers There are even several activities for visitors to experience along with the locals or even on their own in Giethoorn like renting a boat or canoe for the day to experience the true sense of beauty this pastoral village town offers each and every day Located on the southern edge of Lake Grevelingen in the province of Zeeland the town of Brouwershaven is a haven for water activities on the water and dry land There are also several underwater activities guests are encouraged to experience the beauty of various great trails near the lake from cutting through thick foliage to running along Lake Grevenlingen's scenic shores visitors can experience a variety of dining options which offers up more of a Japanese seafood cuisine Groenlo is also home to a deep canal that traverses around the north half of town Visitors can take a one or two person kayak or a three person canoe along this canal and experience Groenlo in a whole new way Now a part of the municipality of Hoeksche Waard the town of Oud-Beijerland is currently home to about twenty-five thousand people That population swells significantly during King’s Day and the Toost Festival is a festival held at the end of April that honours the birth of Willem-Alexander the Toost Festival showcases a variety of Food Trucks Those who miss out on the local events need not fret as historical monuments like the Old City Hall and de Dorpskerk church await with rustic tales located within the municipality of Maasgouw in the province of Limburg is home to a plethora of white-washed buildings in the centre of town earning it the nickname the “white village” of Thorn This small town of just under three thousand residents also lies on two different rivers Along with the historical and naturalistic views of Thorn this town welcomes visitors every year to experience several attractions which obtained its name when Napoleon invaded the Netherlands in the 1700s and converted the Abbey’s Garden and Vineyard into a town square visitors can enjoy the sights of the Thorn Museum on one side of the square and the former Abbey Church on the other There is a magnitude of small towns within the Netherlands that almost literally “roll out the red carpet” for visitors these small towns possess a level of hospitality that includes everyone from three to ninety-three Whether visiting Giethoorn for a smaller version of Venice and its famous canals or checking out the town of Brouwershaven for some Japanese seafood a welcoming hand and a cheerful smile are available for anyone who wishes to stop by these small towns in the Netherlands photos and original descriptions © 2025 worldatlas.com 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 Catering Insight Ventilation expert Paul Crumpler is enjoying the challenge of helping Exclusive Ranges to grow the Vianen brand in the UK after joining the business during the summer The cooking suite supplier announced back in March that it would be representing Vianen in the UK having worked with the company on numerous projects in the past And Mr Crumpler – who spent 10 years at Halton in regional and national sales roles – was recruited to further establish the Netherlands-based brand in the market He has 18 years of experience in catering equipment and kitchen design and 11 in kitchen ventilation and odour and pollution control solutions said Mr Crumpler’s understanding of the needs of mechanical engineers we have to show that we have the proficiency to not only supply but to bring complete equipment solutions,” he commented.  “There’s more to ventilation than just a nice looking canopy and Paul brings a wealth of knowledge that is a perfect fit for our clients having worked on projects including small pubs historic hotels and high end restaurants.” who has taken on the title of national account manager said he is delighted to have joined the company “Ventilation can be complex so I will be using my knowledge to assist both dealers and operators helping them to make the right choices,” he added Michiel van der Vaart has designed 27 holes at Golfbaan de Kroonprins in Vianen The closing hole of the championship course that opened for play in August 2018 “We managed to create a masterplan that incorporated all necessary elements,” said van der Vaart A new 18-hole championship course – designed by Michiel van der Vaart – at Golfbaan de Kroonprins in Vianen The golf course architect has also been working on a new par three layout “The main objective was to create a fun track for members and green fee players,” said van der Vaart of the championship course “The members must never be bored and should learn how to crack the course in playing it more often The visitor should be surprised and think the course is beautiful and not too difficult It’s not sheer length but finesse that has to lead to the best score “We created a so called ‘Dutch-polder-Links’,” said van der Vaart connecting more than one hole and as little trees as possible within the course and very large green complexes – on average 650 metres square – with its biggest on hole one being 900 metres square “We used the beautiful natural backdrop whenever possible and blocked the bad views if necessary The home-hole is something special with its 100-metre-wide fairway and an embanked burn [a narrow and comparatively camouflaged stream] running diagonally through the area of the drive and the second shot on this rather short three-shotter If one dares to take on the longer carry to the left of the hole one gets a great angle to the well-guarded green complex “A lot of holes at Kroonprins were inspired by my visit to North Berwick during the EIGCA conference in 2015 It was the most fun track I have ever played Funnily enough the fifteenth at Kroonprins is inspired by the fifteenth at North Berwick – the Redan Although the philosophy of the hole at Kroonprins is reversed with the green severely sloping from front left to back right l designed my version of the Biarritz green on the eighth hole which has become a really fun green to play “The third hole is a testing par five ending with a punchbowl green that collects all balls from the left side The right side however is pretty penal with a water hazard near the edge and an old-fashioned hillock [small hill/mound] in front – a feature that I had seen on the second hole on the Old course at St Andrews.” Van der Vaart first made routing sketches in 2005 but getting the permits was a long and difficult process as the land was well protected by regional and national laws “We managed to create a masterplan that incorporated all necessary elements including robust ecological zones that connects the different areas adjacent to the project area and over 16 hectares of ‘new’ nature,” said van der Vaart “During the economic crisis of 2008-2010 the initiator did not have the resources needed to push forward the land was purchased by the current owners – the Kool family building and managing multiple golf courses so things moved very fast from then onwards.” Lorries and excavators moved in during autumn 2014 – dirt was brought in during the first phase – with the course being built on a peaty/clay soil “The Kool family has seen me as part of their family the last couple of years,” said van der Vaart I was involved in all decisions that had something to do with the golf experience in general.” The main clubhouse opened in August 2018 along with the 18-hole course with the Lingewaelsche Golf Club using the layout as their home course The sports shoe retailer Foot Locker has moved into its new headquarters for the Europe Middle East and Africa (EMEA) regions in Utrecht The company moved from Vianen to the center of Utrecht within the Netherlands Foot Locker cited avoiding “commuter hassles” and a “more creative and collaborative environment” as the reason The new office location is in Creative Valley an office complex in Utrecht city center near the main train station All 365 employees will move to the new location The retailer operates nearly 2.000 stores in 26 countries around the globe Foot Locker operates a franchise store model Foot Locker had just last month updated its timelines for the lace-up plan released in March 2023 The business is then expected to increase to annual sales of more than $2026 billion by 9,5 We always keep you up to date: with our free newsletter SHOEZ compact You will regularly receive all information from the shoe industry in a clear form when a new magazine is published US Managing Director Peter Sachs hands over to Lance Taylor Alchemy plans to take over almost half of the Austrian shoe retailer Second best financial year in the company's history Creditors' meeting decides against P&C's takeover offer Sanela Krisat becomes International Sales Director sales representatives and business partners throughout the DACH association Telephone: +49 (0) 6 41 / 7 95 08 – 0Fax: +49 (0) 6 41 / 7 95 08 – 15Email: info@shoez.biz Designed by willsch-media.de as being the best computer teacher in all of Canada Doug van Vianen has enjoyed spending his working and retirement years Doug grew up in Penticton and completed 13 years of schooling at Pen High Having good marks his parents were willing to pay for him to go to university thinking their parents couldn’t really afford to do that suggested to him that he join the Canadian Air Force and get his university education through them “I joined the Regular Officer Training Program which was a plan where you went to university and took your courses and then in the summer you took Air Force courses,” van Vianen said Through this plan van Vianen’s tuition and books were paid for He also received a monthly cheque from the Air Force while attending the University of British Columbia In the summer he took electronic and computer courses at the Clinton Air Force Base in Ontario “I wrote my first computer program in 1958 You can imagine what the computer looked like then,” van Vianen said After graduating from UBC and receiving his commission as an officer in the Air Force van Vianen was sent to National Defense Headquarters where he did research and wrote papers on such things as anti-submarine warfare and how to rendezvous satellites using computers After serving the required three years in the Air Force van Vianen decided to leave in order to pursue a career in teaching “Even as a kid I played school and in high school I was in the Future Teachers Club.” He took a position at the Northern Ontario Institute of Technology I’m a bachelor so I can stand a year up there with no problem I ended up staying for thirty three years!” van Vianen said laughingly he continually pushed the college to offer computer courses He ended up creating the computer studies department and eventually became the Dean of Computer Studies for the whole Northern College It was on one of his trips to Toronto that van Vianen met his wife Wendy who coincidently had been born and raised in Kirkland Lake They were married in 1970 and resided in the small mining town until van Vianen retired from the College in 1996 Shortly thereafter the van Vianens decided to return to the warmer climate of the Okanagan where Doug had been raised and still had family van Vianen started teaching computer courses at the Okanagan University College part-time and did so for almost four years He also served on the College Advisory Board It was around the same time that the Penticton Retirement Centre started the Penticton Senior’s Computer Club “Because I liked teaching and also appreciated how much my parents liked the place I joined as a volunteer instructor,” van Vianen said The computer club proved to be very popular and drew people from all over the Okanagan Many courses were offered to teach seniors how to use computers “This week Doug retired from there,” explained Wendy van Vianen “He’s gone there and taught every Wednesday for 19 years.” Doug van Vianen explained that the computer club was now closing down People don’t want formal courses on computers now,” he said We were also having a harder time getting volunteer instructors.” It was his love of teaching and the people who wanted to learn that kept Doug motivated to keep volunteering through the years His wife Wendy van Vianen felt he should be recognized for his service and said “I think it’s so nice that he’s introduced so many people to computers and they sensed his love of computers so it was kind of contagious.” If you know a positive story about someone in our community contact Carla McLeod at carlamcleod@shaw.ca or contact the Summerland Review newsroom at 250-494-5406 Volume 9 - 2018 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01808 Today’s work environment is shaped by the electronic age Smartphones are important tools that allow employees to work anywhere and anytime The aim of this diary study was to examine daily smartphone use after and during work and their association with psychological detachment (in the home domain) and work engagement (in the work domain) We explored whether workplace telepressure which is a strong urge to respond to work-related messages and a preoccupation with quick response times we hypothesized that employees experiencing high workplace telepressure would have more trouble letting go of the workday during the evening and feel less engaged during their workday to the extent that they use their smartphone more intensively across domains A total of 116 employees using their smartphones for work-related purposes completed diary questionnaires on five workdays (N = 476 data points) assessing their work-related smartphone use Workplace telepressure was measured as a between-individual variable and only assessed at the beginning of the study as well as relevant control variables such as participants’ workload and segmentation preference (a preference for work and home domains to be as segmented as possible) Multilevel path analyses revealed that work-related smartphone use after work was negatively related to psychological detachment irrespective of employees’ experienced workplace telepressure and daily smartphone use during work was unrelated to work engagement employees who reported high telepressure experienced less work engagement on days that they used their smartphone more intensively during work intensive smartphone use after work hampers employees’ psychological detachment whereas intensive smartphone use during work undermines their work engagement only when employees experience high workplace telepressure as well Theoretical and practical implications of these findings are discussed internet access via smartphones has increased by approximately 25% Communication technology devices have enabled employees to bring work tasks into the home domain thereby facilitating work flexibility, with the blurring of boundaries between work and home domains as a side effect (Demerouti et al., 2014) The following scenario may sound very familiar to many of us: imagine sitting in your living room in the evening watching television and relaxing after a busy day at work when you suddenly receive an urgent e-mail from your boss on your smartphone What will you do: answer the e-mail right away or wait until the next day Some of us would respond to the urgent e-mail whereas others would not or would not have seen the e-mail anyway Employees who feel a strong urge to respond to work-related messages while wanting to respond quickly (i.e., the ones who would respond to their boss in the described scenario) experience high workplace telepressure (Barber and Santuzzi, 2015) Workplace telepressure is a relatively new concept in a rapidly developing modern working world and a timely topic to study It is thus essential to develop theory on how workplace telepressure may impact employees’ involvement in work activities after and during work that employees have particularly difficulties with psychologically detaching from their work (i.e. mentally switching off work) when they feel pressured to stay ‘online,’ thus when they experience high workplace telepressure Besides using their smartphone more frequently these employees stay mentally occupied because of their constant alertness to incoming messages we propose that high workplace telepressure will strengthen the negative relationship between work-related smartphone use and psychological detachment at home Additionally, we expect that workplace telepressure will motivate employees to use their smartphone frequently when being at work (Barber and Santuzzi, 2015; Grawitch et al., 2017). However, frequent smartphone use at work may undermine high involvement at work, referred to as work engagement (Bakker et al., 2008) particularly if employees feel pressured to use their smartphone and thus may view their frequent smartphone use as a burden if employees feel no such pressure and rather perceive their smartphone as a resource that increases their autonomy frequent smartphone use at work may relate to higher work engagement In this study we propose that the relationship between smartphone use and work engagement will be negative when experienced workplace telepressure is high whereas this relationship will be positive when experienced workplace telepressure is low. See Figure 1 for a visualization of the research model This is the first study that test this proposition Investigating the correlates of workplace telepressure and frequent smartphone use off and during work is important for developing theory on human adaptation to technological devices this investigation is extremely relevant for society and organizations because more knowledge is needed about the possible detrimental or beneficial outcomes of employees’ cognitions pertaining to the use of smartphones for work-related activities and employees’ actual use of these devices This knowledge may help to develop evidence-based interventions of how employees can deal with devices so that these devices do not cause them stress but rather help them to stay engaged We have already established that almost every employee in Western societies has a smartphone with access to (work) e-mail (CBS, 2018; Statista, 2018). Many of them use their smartphone for work purposes while being off work. To be precise, 44% of American employees admit to checking their work e-mail during vacation and 54% do so while being sick at home (American Psychological Association, 2013) these employees are in one way or another motivated to use their smartphone for work in their private time Barber and Santuzzi (2015) coined the term workplace telepressure and defined it as a preoccupation with and urge to respond promptly to work-related messages. These authors further showed that workplace telepressure was primarily a function of external pressures that employees experience, such as prescriptive norms in the organization. Other researchers (Grawitch et al., 2017) contributed to the experience of workplace telepressure all personality variables that are conceived of as detrimental for employees’ well-being and health it is plausible to expect a relationship between workplace telepressure and work-related smartphone use during work Since we examine smartphone use at the day-level (rather than in general) Hypothesis 1: Workplace telepressure is positively related to day-level work-related smartphone use after work (a) and during work (b) recovery during non-work hours is crucial for allowing stress-related psycho-physiological reactions to return to baseline or pre-demand levels being preoccupied with responding to work-related messages when at home or while being sick may hamper psychological unwinding which may have negative consequences for recovery and well-being employees who use their smartphone (occasionally) frequently but without experiencing workplace telepressure will detach from this work-related activity as soon as they have finished using their smartphone These employees are less preoccupied with the possible arrival of work-related messages than their pressured counterparts and are thus able to switch off their work as soon as they can Hypothesis 2: Workplace telepressure moderates the negative relationship between daily work-related smartphone use during off-job hours and daily psychological detachment in such a way that experiencing high workplace telepressure strengthens the negative relationship (a) and experiencing low workplace telepressure weakens the negative relationship (b) frequent work-related smartphone use may relate to increased work engaement Whether employees experience smartphone use at work as a job demand or job resource may depend on the extent to which they experience workplace telepressure Employees who experience high workplace telepressure may perceive their smartphone as a hindering job demand whereas employees who do not experience this pressure may perceive their smartphone as a helpful device (i.e. high workplace telepressure can stem from external pressures (e.g. prescriptive norms) or disadvantageous internal pressures (neuroticism These pressures reflect job and personal demands rather than resources and will thus negatively impact the relationship between employee smartphone use and work engagement Intensive smartphone use combined with high workplace telepressure will reduce work engagement whereas intensive smartphone use combined with low workplace telepressure will increase it Hypothesis 3: Daily work-related smartphone use during work is negatively related to daily work engagement for individuals experiencing high workplace telepressure (a) and positively related to day-level work engagement for individuals experiencing low workplace telepressure (b) resulting in a heterogeneous convenience sample of Dutch employees potential participants had to work at least 3 days a week within the same organization and had to use their smartphone for work-related purposes In-depth information about the data collection as well as anonymity and confidentiality of responses was provided in an e-mail and the informed consent at the beginning of the study This study was carried out in accordance with the guidelines formulated by the Ethics Review Board of the Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences and has been approved by the aforementioned Ethics Review Board (reference number 2017-WOP-8035) All subjects gave written informed consent in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki Participation was entirely voluntary and could be stopped at any time Participants had the chance to win one of four gift certificates each worth €25 Their chance of winning was dependent on the amount of completed questionnaires This approach was chosen to minimize participant dropout All data were collected through online questionnaires Participants provided their responses by using a computer participants filled out a general questionnaire measuring between-individual variables such as workplace telepressure participants received five short daily questionnaires on the days they had specified as working days working days did not have to be consecutive day-level (state) variables were assessed (i.e. Daily questionnaires were always sent in the evening at 20:00 If participants had not responded until 22:30 they received a reminder The link to the questionnaire expired the following morning at 04:00 to prevent participants from responding during the next working day In the case that participants had filled out less than three daily questionnaires they were invited twice more to fill out an additional questionnaire Of the 192 employees who completed the general questionnaire 116 participated in the daily diary study and filled out at least three daily questionnaires Of the 580 distributed daily questionnaires (116 participants × 5 days) 82% were completed resulting in 476 data points at the within-person level Mean age of participants (55.2% females) was 38.1 (SD = 12.7) Most participants had received higher professional or university education (88.8%) and worked fulltime (56.9%) All participants indicated to use their smartphone for work-related purposes during work and had access to their work after working hours The between-individual measures at the start of the study were: workplace telepressure Workplace telepressure was measured with the six-item scale developed by Barber and Santuzzi (2015) The items were preceded by an introductory statement: “When responding to the following statements think about how you use technology to communicate with people in your workplace Specifically think about message-based technologies that allow you to control when you respond (email Please rate how much you agree or disagree with the statements When using message-based technology for work purposes …” A sample item is “I can concentrate better on other tasks once I’ve responded to my messages” All items were rated on a five-point scale ranging from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree) Cronbach’s alpha for the scale was 0.92 Workload is a variable that potentially may act as a confounding variable when examining work-related smartphone use and was thus included in this research. Workload was measured with a three-item scale (Bakker et al., 2003) A sample item is “I have to work extra hard to finish things.” All items were rated on a five-point scale ranging from 1 (never) to 5 (very often) Cronbach’s alpha for the scale was 0.87 Employees may also vastly differ in how they prefer to handle their work and home domains (Park et al., 2011; Derks et al., 2016). Therefore, segmentation preference may potentially act as a confounding variable when examining work-related smartphone use and detachment. Segmentation preference was assessed with the four-item subscale segmentation preference from Kreiner (2006) An example item is “I like to be able to leave work behind when I go home” and the response categories ranged from 1 (totally disagree) to 5 (totally agree) A higher score indicated a preference for keeping work and home domains separate The within-individual measures included in the five daily questionnaires were: smartphone use during work Factor analyses confirmed that all scales measured different constructs Smartphone use during work was assessed with the smartphone use scale from Derks and Bakker (2014) The four items were adjusted for daily measurement and referred to smartphone use during work The items were preceded by a short introductory statement: “The following statements concern your smartphone use for work-related purposes during working hours.” A sample item is “Today I used my smartphone intensively during work hours.” All items were rated on a five-point scale ranging from 1 (totally disagree) to 5 (totally agree) Cronbach’s alpha coefficients varied from 0.74 to 0.86 with an average of 0.82 across the different days Smartphone use after work was assessed in a similar way as smartphone use during work. The same four-item scale from Derks and Bakker (2014) was used which now referred to smartphone use after work Cronbach’s alpha coefficients varied from 0.79 to 0.86 with an average of 0.83 across the different days Work engagement during work was measured with the nine-item State Work Engagement Scale (Breevaart et al., 2012) my job inspired me” and responses were provided on a seven-point scale ranging from 0 (strongly disagree) to 6 (strongly agree) Cronbach’s alpha coefficients ranged from 0.89 to 0.93 with an average of 0.91 across all measurement days Psychological detachment after work was measured with the four-item psychological detachment subscale of the Recovery Experiences Questionnaire (Sonnentag and Fritz, 2007) An example item is “In my free time after work I forgot about work today” and the response categories ranged from 1 (totally disagree) to 5 (totally agree) Cronbach’s alpha coefficients ranged from 0.81 to 0.92 with an average of 0.88 across all measurement days Repeated daily measurements were nested within individuals Intra-class correlations indicated that 36% of the variance in work-related smartphone use during work and 31% of the variance in smartphone use after work was on the day-level (within-individual) 57% of the variance in work engagement and 53% of the variance in psychological detachment could be attributed to day-level variations we concluded that using a multilevel approach was justified and workplace telepressure as cross-level predictor All variables were entered in the same model: work-related smartphone use during and after work and psychological detachment were modeled at the within level Workplace telepressure and control variables were modeled at the between level Multilevel model including all significant results insignificant pathways and control variables are not depicted Table 1 presents descriptive statistics and between-level correlations among the study variables Work-related smartphone use during work was positively related to work-related smartphone use after work (r = 0.40 When participants used their smartphone for work-related purposes during work they also engaged more often in work-related smartphone use after work and intercorrelations among all study variables Demographic variables were unrelated to smartphone use The control variable workload was significantly negatively related to psychological detachment (r = -0.40 meaning that participants who experienced higher workload reported lower psychological detachment than participants who experienced a relatively lower workload Segmentation preference was positively related to workplace telepressure (r = 0.22 p < 0.05) and psychological detachment (r = 0.27 but negatively to work-related smartphone use during work (r = -0.18 p < 0.05) and work engagement (r = -0.38 Participants who had a preference for keeping the work and home domains as separate as possible reported higher levels of workplace telepressure but were able to better mentally detach from work during free time participants who had a preference for keeping the work and home domains separate used their smartphones less often for work-related purposes during work and were less engaged during work Multilevel path analysis confirmed these relations and showed that workload and segmentation preference were potential confounders in the further analyses we controlled for workload and segmentation preference as level-2 variables workplace telepressure related positively to work-related smartphone use during work (γ = 0.42 p < 0.001) and work-related smartphone use after work (γ = 0.36 Participants reporting high workplace telepressure were more likely to engage in work-related smartphone use during and after work than participants reporting lower workplace telepressure Workplace telepressure was not related to work engagement during work hours (γ = -0.06 p = ns) nor psychological detachment from work during free time (γ = -0.12 Hypotheses 2a and 2b proposed that the negative relationship between day-level work-related smartphone use after work and day-level psychological detachment would be moderated by workplace telepressure daily work-related smartphone use after work was negatively related to psychological detachment from work during free time (γ = -0.18 results did not reveal a moderating effect of workplace telepressure on the relation between work-related smartphone use after work and psychological detachment from work during free time (γ = -0.02 daily work-related smartphone use after work seems to impede psychological detachment from work during free time anyway irrespective of an individual’s experienced telepressure Moderation effect of workplace telepressure (±2 SD) on the relationship between daily work-related smartphone use during work and work engagement we aimed to explore daily smartphone use after and during work and their association with psychological detachment (in the home domain) and work engagement (in the work domain) Our results contribute to theory and practice by showing that workplace telepressure promotes smartphone use after and during work we demonstrated that employees who use their smartphone for work during off-job hours have more trouble letting go of the workday during the evening regardless of whether they experience workplace telepressure we found that employees experiencing high workplace telepressure and use their smartphone intensively during work hours feel less engaged during their workday These results are largely in line with our hypotheses This study extends previous research by showing that workplace telepressure not only impacts work-related smartphone use during off-job time, but also during work hours. Nowadays, employers frequently equip their employees with smartphones to use during work hours (e.g., to foster flexibility; Steelcase, 2016) it seems plausible that workplace telepressure also relates strongly to work-related smartphone use during work which is supported by the findings of this study Employees reporting a high segmentation norm at work had more trouble to psychologically detach from work when using their smartphone more intensively It seems to be especially relevant to further examine what drives an employee’s motivation and alertness to receiving and responding to work-related emails. Some employees can easily switch off their smartphones when at home, while others cannot (see also Derks et al., 2016) Future research may examine whether individual differences (e.g. a conscious handling of devices and greater awareness of health-related risks significantly impact the smartphone-detachment relationship Contrary to our expectations, the combination of low workplace telepressure and work-related smartphone use was not related to increased work engagement. Employees did not seem to experience their smartphone as a job resource and may not have associated it with flexibility and increased autonomy over work tasks (Day et al., 2010) Note that employees in our sample did not benefit from using a smartphone intensively for work-related purposes during work hours Work engagement was rather high in our sample (M = 4.73 which might explain the absence of a smartphone-engagement relationship when workplace telepressure was low As employees already experienced rather high work engagement low workplace telepressure in combination with work-related smartphone could not further foster work engagement Future studies could attempt to collect a more heterogenous sample with regard to work engagement and further explore the possibility that employees experiencing low telepressure may view their smartphone as a resource aim to assess work-related smartphone use in a more objective manner to provide a more valid estimate of work-related smartphone use and its content This could be achieved by designing and employing an automated smartphone app that registers all smartphone behaviors during the study period instead of employing one questionnaire per day multiple measurement points during the workday and during off-job time could be incorporated in a daily diary design to separate measurements and thereby reduce the possibility of common-method bias Another limitation is the inability to determine causality Although the study design was longitudinal measuring within-individual relationships and thus excluding time-invariant unobserved individual differences we cannot determine directional effects as in experimental studies our findings represent synchronous effects because all questionnaires were sent at the same time in the evening the temporal order of the variables could not be established within our design it could be that employees who use their smartphones more often for work-related purposes during off-job hours are more inclined to experience high workplace telepressure A lagged and/or experimental design could clarify this issue and assist in shedding some light on causality temporally separating measurements of workday and evening variables could be beneficial future studies may follow and compare a group of employees experiencing high workplace telepressure with a group experiencing low workplace telepressure with the aim to examine whether the high telepressure group indeed reports increased work-related smartphone use one could attempt to increase or decrease workplace telepressure in a laboratory situation (e.g. by clearly instructing participants to respond to messages right away or after finishing a certain task) and examine whether participants deal differently with their smartphones and as a consequence respond differently to their smartphone use These future studies should shed more light on causality between workplace telepressure A final limitation of this study might be the fact that almost all employees held higher education degrees It could be that highly educated employees deal differently with workplace telepressure and engage more or less in work-related smartphone use as compared to other samples the results of this study can only be generalized to higher educated populations and should be replicated in other the findings of this study show that workplace telepressure relates to work-related smartphone use after and during work work-related smartphone use hampers psychological detachment regardless of workplace telepressure whereas work-related smartphone use during work only undermines employees’ work engagement when they experience high workplace telepressure Given the advances in technology in our modern working world further investigations of workplace telepressure and its precise impact on smartphone use and health and performance related outcomes seem crucial to expand our understanding of the effects of technology use Future studies should more often include work-related smartphone use both during and after work and test their simultaneous effects future studies need to account for workplace telepressure when examining these effects this study extends the Job Demands-Resources model by framing high workplace telepressure and subsequent intensive smartphone use as job demands and low workplace telepressure combined with intensive smartphone use as a resource Even though smartphone use as such but also the interaction of low workplace telepressure and intensive smartphone use were unrelated to work engagement in our study this avenue of research needs to be continued and our findings should be replicated in other samples before drawing stronger conclusions about smartphone use as a possible resource in the Job Demands-Resources model Employees can also take action themselves if they notice that they suffer from high workplace telepressure and their intensive smartphone use They could try to resist this pressure and refrain from using their 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Find out more about the ‘Kwab’ exhibition from the Rijksmuseum’s website.  Pandora,-Barend-Graat,-1676-Rijksmuseum-2 (1676) Event website Irina Dumitrescu Claudia Tobin Michael Prodger Tim Smith-Laing Apollo This episode explores an ancient funeral stele and how digital technologies are helping to preserve Egyptian heritage sites Exclusive Ranges has added a second new brand partner to its portfolio in as many months after inking a partnership with Vianen Kitchen Ventilation Systems perhaps best known for importing Menu System and Rorgue cooking suites to the UK will now be able to offer customers access to ventilation products and air filter systems Vianen manufactures all its equipment in the Netherlands and is keen to expand its international footprint said he knows the business well from the schemes it has delivered over the years “We’ve worked with Vianen on many projects in the past and value their high regard for customer service,” he said.  “With all components manufactured by them in-house it means we can assure our customers of the very best quality The Vianen range of products includes ceiling or wall-mounted ventilation hoods Vianergy II canopies for open kitchens and the VéTEC system which when coupled with the Vianen range of energy-saving canopies Earlier this year, Exclusive Ranges announced that it had added Italian-made Normann rapid blast chillers to its offering. Other brands that it represents in the UK include Beer Grill comprising two sections with a total length of around 500 metres KonwéCity 5 Circulair is a variation on KonwéCity 5 KonwéCity 5 is renowned for its unique noise-reducing properties – up to 4.2 dB(A) at 50 km/h – and lower rolling resistance which means that vehicles using the road consume less fuel and hence produce lower carbon emissions Both these properties enhance the liveability of the environment in densely populated areas.  In addition to the properties set out above the KonwéCity 5 Circulair variant piloted in Vianen is the first to contain 50% recycled asphalt which means a 50% reduction in the use of primary resources Furthermore KonwéCity 5 Circulair results in carbon savings of 33.5% (from the extraction of the raw materials through to production at the asphalt plant) compared to KonwéCity 5 In what is known as horizontal recycling millings from old noise-reducing road surfaces are reused in the new KonwéCity 5 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6186Fax: +31 88 186 6187 Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker a Filipino artist and 2023 and 2024 Leonardo Da Vinci Awardee is honoring her Mangyan heritage through her exhibition Katribu: Kapwa Pilipino at the ongoing NCCA exhibition in Intramuros Van Vianen has also received a Bronze award in 2022 and a Silver award in 2024 from the Academique Art Science et Lettres in Paris and is a member of the Société des Artistes Indépendants at the Grand Palais The exhibition features artworks that pay tribute to Indigenous peoples including the renowned Kalinga tattoo artist Whang-Od and the Mangyan Tribe of Mindoro.  Van Vianen participated in the “La Mode en Moi – The Fashion in Me” art and fashion exhibition at the Business Art Fair in Paris from Oct alongside 24 Filipino artists from around the world embodies the spirit of “katribu” and “kapwa,” according to Van Vianen As the oldest traditional Kalinga tattoo artist she continues to pass down the ancient art of “batok” to younger generations.  Kapwa Pilipino,’ emphasizes living in the spirit of shared identity and caring for fellow tribes in the Philippines,” Van Vianen said.  © All Rights Reserved. 2025 | Manila Standard | Developed by Neitiviti Studios “Les tas de pierre,” George Seurat From London to Amsterdam in Three Days: The Dreesmann Collection Totals $32 Million HOLLAND – Christie’s April 9-11 sale of the Dr Anton C.R Dreesmann Collection began in London and concluded with a highly successful auction in Amsterdam with some 1,300 works of art from this Dutch collection realizing $32,203,979 The opening auction on April 9 was devoted to Impressionist and Modern Works of Art and was led by George Seurat’s “Les tas de pierre,” which realized $1,241,782 Furniture and Chinese Export Porcelain realized $3,096,353 with some very strong results achieved in the porcelain section including a pair of famille rose millefleurs bowls that realized $64,341 A strong Old Master Pictures and Drawings sale achieved $10,544,709 The top lot was an atmospheric picture by Hendrick Avercamp “A winter landscape with elegant company skating,” which realized $1,305,186 and established a new world record for the artist at auction New auction records were also set for the following artists: Hendrick Avercamp Ludolf Bakhuizen and Karl Wilhelm de Hamilton Objects of Vertu and Portrait Miniatures totaled $3,185,789 An important Dutch miniature showing a double portrait of Wilhelmina the future King William II of the Netherlands was acquired by the House of Orange-Nassau Historic Collections Trust Christie’s sale in Amsterdam focused on Dutch Pictures and Works of Art from Seventeenth to the Twentieth Centuries realizing $12,423,685 in a packed sale room The silver objects of the most influential silversmith family of the Seventeenth Century An important Dutch silver bowl by Christian van Vianen A world auction record was established for a silver piece by Adam van Vianen A highlight of the topographical pictures which included a series of views of Amsterdam by well-known Seventeenth Century artists was “The Oudezijds Heerenlogement on the Oudezijdsvoorburgwal” by Gerrit Adriensz Berckheyde (1638-1698) which realized $434,113 ($46/60,500) The section of 52 lots was sold 100 percent with a high price achieved for a pair of goblets attributed to Willem Mooleyser Copyright © techoraco and its affiliated companies 2025 Cloud-based PTT enables users to communicate instantly and cost-effectively with large audiences over existing 3G and 4G networks The service is powered by Kodiak Networks’ next-generation PTT technology and was rolled out in the US in 2012 “We see a lot of potential for the service particularly since it is cloud-based and managed by Ericsson,” said John van Vianen “KPN push-to-talk contributes to increased efficiency and reduced risks in the workplace particularly for employees who work alone in the field.” Vianen explained that the service allows used to start a voice connection with one person meaning you can see the exact location of those you are speaking with “We have been working with KPN for many years…so it's very fitting that they have become our first cloud-based push-to-talk customer in Europe,” said Jean-Claude Geha VP and head of managed services at Ericsson “By offering PTT as a cloud-based IT managed service we are able to continually manage and update it on KPN's behalf without the need for costly network infrastructure modifications.” You have reached the limit for gifting for this month Heavily armed police officers raided an apartment in Vianen on Tuesday night as part of the investigation into the criminal organization allegedly run by Ridouan Taghi, who was arrested in Dubai on Monday Relatives of Taghi live in the apartment and his sister Nora was arrested The Public Prosecution Service would not confirm the arrest of Taghi's sister to NOS The raid in the apartment on Vijfheerenlanden happened at around 9:25 p.m. Mayor Sjors Frohlich told RTV Utrecht that Taghi's arrest led to tensions in Vianen Extra police officers were deployed to keep the peace Taghi moved with his family from Morocco to Vianen in 1980 at the age of three Taghi was arrested quietly in an apartment in Dubai on Monday there was a 100 thousand euros reward on offer for information that led to his whereabouts The Netherlands will request the extradition of the suspected crime boss While the Netherlands has no official extradition treaty with Dubai the Dutch authorities are confident that Taghi's extradition will go well which may have committed assassinations at Taghi's behest Minister Ferdinand Grapperhaus of Justice and Security is delighted by Taghi's arrest "Excellent work from the people of the police and Public Prosecution Service who have worked hard on this It is part of the rule of law that we continue to investigate And hold people responsible for their actions," he said on Twitter The serval that escaped in the night from Friday to Saturday in Lexmond the cat was found in the back neighbor's garden and is now being taken to Culemborg another serval ran away in the Houtdonk district of Helmond The police warned residents to keep dogs and cats indoors or on a leash as the tiger cat can be dangerous with its sharp teeth and claws a serval also escaped in Brabant but returned on its own after a few days A serval is larger than a cat and has long legs That's why people should call 112 and not do anything themselves if they see a serval The serval was recently added to the list of banned pets in the Netherlands there is an exception for pet owners who already had the tiger cat in their home before January 1 the serval can be kept in the house until it dies Lloyd-Lennard Opdam received a lot of votes in the latest elections but he will not join the University Council after all The Governance student decided to go to Italy on exchange instead Law student Manon Vianen will take his place In the latest elections for the University Council, Opdam was the face of the Bold Students Party (Dutch acronym: VSP). The right-wing student party joined the elections for the first time and immediately won two seats. Opdam, who obtained 359 votes, was the fourth most popular candidate, after three students from Lijst Vuur. His classmate Sven Hospers was also elected.  However, Opdam will not be a student representative in the University Council this year. Shortly before the election results were announced, he heard that he’d been selected for an exchange programme at Luiss Guido Carli University, in Rome. Now, Manon Vianen, who came third on the VSP candidate list, will join the council.  “I had consistently felt that I’d join the University Council, but in the end, I felt that I had to take this chance,” Opdam says from Rome. “Of course, I did think about the people who voted for me, but I’m young, and this crossed my path. I had to make a decision. Moreover, I have a lot of faith in my substitute.” Will join the faculty councilRemarkably, Opdam will still take his seat in the Law Faculty Council, for which he also ran. “I want to do this. It’s less intense and I can do a lot of things online from Rome. I’ll be back in December when I’ll be able to attend a few meetings in person.” VSP was even more successful in the faculty council elections at the Faculty of Law, Economics and Governance than in the elections for the University Council. Four out of twelve seats went to VSP, although it should be noted that VSP was the only party that submitted a list of three names. This means they were automatically elected.  Sven Hospers and Manon Vianen also scored seats in the Law Faculty Council before the summer break. Law student Vianen will pass on her seat now that she’s joining the University Council. Hospers will try to combine both.   He says he’s being more or less forced to do so. There would be a VSP replacement for Vianen in the Law voting district, but not in the Governance district. “If I had given up on my seat, it would remain empty, and no one wants that.” SurprisedUU's regulations state that students can join both faculty and university councils. This has happened before, although it’s been quite a while since anyone has combined both positions. Wim de Smidt, President of the University Council, reacts with surprise to Hospers’ announcement. “This is new information for me. If the rules allow it, I do not have an opinion about it. Of course, I will discuss with Sven how he’s planning on combining work for both councils.” Predicted lineups are available for the match a few days in advance while the actual lineup will be available about an hour ahead of the match The current head to head record for the teams are FC Dordrecht 8 win(s) Haven't scored in their last 2 matches FC Dordrecht have won the previous 2 matches against VVV-Venlo. Have scored 2 goals in their last 5 matches Simon Janssen has created the most big chances for VVV-Venlo (6) Max De Waal has the most shots on target per match for VVV-Venlo (1) 14 Mar 2025 19:00:00 GMT?FC Dordrecht won 4–0 over VVV-Venlo on Fri 14 Mar 2025 19:00:00 GMT.InsightsHave scored 7 goals in their last 5 matches FC Dordrecht have won the previous 2 matches against VVV-Venlo FC Dordrecht is playing home against VVV-Venlo at M-Scores Stadion on Fri The arrival of Sinterklaas, a cherished Dutch tradition, unfolded across the Netherlands on Saturday, with contrasting scenes of festive celebrations and protests. While Vianen welcomed the saint without disruptions, the nearby town of Middelharnis saw demonstrations and heightened security due to ongoing tensions surrounding Zwarte Piet, a controversial figure in the festivities. In Middelharnis, the activist group Kick Out Zwarte Piet (KOZP) staged a protest against the continued use of blackface makeup for Zwarte Piet characters. The Goeree-Overflakkee municipality implemented stringent security measures to ensure the event proceeded peacefully. Officials worked closely with the event organizers, police, and emergency services to safeguard what Mayor Ada Grootenboer-Dubbelman described as “a smooth and joyful children’s celebration.” The mayor issued a stern warning to potential counter-protesters earlier in the week after receiving reports of plans to disrupt the KOZP demonstration. “I urge everyone not to do so,” Grootenboer-Dubbelman said. “This children’s celebration is absolutely not the place for tensions, disturbances, or violence.” The presence of KOZP at other Sinterklaas arrivals remains uncertain. Group leader Jerry Afriyie confirmed that KOZP recently sent over 30 letters to municipalities where Zwarte Piet is still featured, advocating for change. Afriyie noted that “constructive conversations” have taken place with several local governments, some of which are ongoing. While KOZP did not protest in De Lier and ’s-Gravenzande in the Westland municipality this year, tensions in these areas remain fresh. Last year, police intervened when Zwarte Piet supporters attacked KOZP demonstrators with eggs, fireworks, and cans during the Sinterklaas arrival in De Lier. In Yerseke, Zeeland, KOZP joined forces with XR Zeeland and Zeeland Kan Het to stage another protest against Zwarte Piet during the local Sinterklaas arrival. While the municipality of Reimerswaal, which oversees Yerseke, had not received confirmation from KOZP about their attendance as of Saturday morning, preparations were already underway. “Last night, it was still unclear whether the protest would go forward,” said a spokesperson for the municipality. However, officials had been anticipating the possibility of a demonstration and had begun preparing measures to ensure safety. Further details about the protest's progression are expected later in the day. KOZP also acknowledged that despite plans to protest at thirteen other locations, these demonstrations were ultimately called off after successful negotiations with local Sinterklaas committees and municipalities. “After thorough discussions, we trust that these locations will now host inclusive celebrations for all children,” the group said. KOZP emphasized its collaborative approach, noting that while the intention behind traditional Sinterklaas celebrations is positive, some aspects remain harmful. “We are pleased that these committees are working with us to ensure a safe and inclusive celebration,” the group added. They plan to evaluate the progress with the municipalities next year. Meanwhile, in Vianen, Sinterklaas's traditional arrival on his steamship unfolded without incident. Around noon, the saint disembarked at the Passantenhaven in the fortified city, greeted by a crowd of approximately 20,000 people. Mayor Sjors Fröhlich welcomed Sinterklaas, after which he paraded through the city center accompanied by his helpers. During the walk, Sinterklaas and his Piets enjoyed performances by a local dance school and a trampoline demonstration. Unlike Middelharnis, Vianen reported no signs of protests or controversies. “We have not received indications of large-scale demonstrations about national issues,” the municipality announced earlier this week. © 2012-2025, NL Times, All rights reserved. This Page Has Washed AwayLooks like this page has disappeared with the tide — perhaps it’s buried in the sand at Vazon or drifting off Petit Port!