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>Never before have Belgian State Security and the SGRS military intelligence service deployed so many exceptional intelligence methods as last year. This is stated in the annual report 2019 of the supervisor Committee I, which Knack and Le Soir were able to read.
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>Last year, the State Security Service used exceptional intelligence methods 449 times, the SGRS 76 times. This is the most 'intrusive' form of information gathering. Think of bugging places, secretly searching places, opening mail, collecting bank data and intruding into a computer system.
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>The figures for 2018 were much lower: 344 for State Security and 28 for SGRS. Supervisor Committee I speaks of a "remarkable" increase.
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>In addition, the Belgian intelligence services can also use specific methods, such as, for example, observation in places accessible to the public or the requisitioning of travel data. In 2019, State Security issued 1,781 authorisations for this purpose, the SGRS 138.
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>The figures can be found in the new annual report of Committee I, which was discussed behind closed doors by its parliamentary supervisory committee on Friday afternoon. The total of all methods used in 2019 (2,444 all together) remained stable compared to the previous year.
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>Not that tomorrow's nuclear power plants will necessarily look like the mastodons in Doel and Tihange. The future of nuclear energy may lie in the Small Nuclear Reactors (SMRs), smaller and manoeuvrable reactors equipped with 'passive safety' (they shut down automatically when something goes wrong, without the need to intervene). An additional big advantage is that you can build them relatively quickly and in series. This reduces the cost per plant, similar to what France did with great success in the 1970s. The American nuclear watchdog approved the first SMR last month, developed by the private company NuScale. SMRs (and conventional power plants) can also be used for industrial heat and hydrogen production, all of which can achieve substantial emission reductions with minimal environmental impact.
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>Awareness is increasingly pervasive: we will not make it on our own with renewable energy. We need a stable, switchable source of low-CO2 energy, preferably with the smallest possible ecological footprint. What if we can soon collaborate with the Netherlands (and Europe) to build a series of new nuclear reactors that will provide clean electricity in all weathers? Or will our Belgian government once again allow itself to be taken hostage by a dogmatic anti-nuclear ideology, as the Verhofstadt-I government also allowed to happen? Will it really destroy 80% of its low-carbon electricity generation and replace it with CO2-spouting gas-fired power stations, thereby strangling its nuclear industry to death? Even for a country known for its surrealism, that would be too crazy for words.
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Voila se heb het verstuurt naar onze soep kat, u/ernestandfitz het is beter om uw muil soms te houden. Het is ok om constructive critism te geven, maar "ik vind uw shit lame" provide 0 value aan de maatschapij & is letterlijk spugen in een artist zijn gezicht.
Accepteert da het uw stijl ni is en scroll verder. Niemand heeft iets aan uw comentaar.
Proof of payment : https://blockchair.com/bitcoin/transaction/dd6117e000a0c5d2ac78cdd1650642ffa428a0d3527c8db2d0b3344c0ef8a274?from=ftx
>Tony Coonen, the chairman of the socialist mutuality De Voorzorg Limburg, has been arrested in an investigation into corruption and money laundering. That's what the Limburg prosecutor's office has let known in a short press release. Together with Coonen, four other suspects have been arrested, among them a real estate agent.
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>The five suspects were arrested today after detectives conducted a dozen house searches in the Hasselt region. The investigation allegedly concerns premises that De Voorzorg Limburg sold to a property developer in exchange for certain favours. Besides the chairman of De Voorzorg Limburg, the manager of Immo Top Invest has also been arrested. Together with the three other suspects, they will have to appear before the court's pre-trial chamber in Hasselt on Friday.
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Er komt meer bij kijken dan enkel de prijs, maar ook openstaande schulden, strafblad, etc. Hier het bestek van de meest recente overheidsopdracht van defensie van 9mm munitie:
>In Hoeleden, Kortenaken, Natuurpunt made a special discovery in the Heibosveld. The organization discovered a liquid and a large quantity of condoms on one of the plots. Possibly the contents of the septic tank of a brothel that was dumped there.
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>It was a remarkable discovery of Natuurpunt. Not a physical discovery as you would expect, but a field full of liquid and condoms . The Heibosveld in Hoeleden has been transformed into a flowery grass field by managers of Natuurpunt for twenty years now. And on one of the plots the special discovery was made.
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>"To cultivate our fields, we work together with local farmers", says Jaak Geebelen of Natuurpunt. "Unfortunately, we now have to conclude that something was dumped on one of the fields that was not intended. The field was full of liquid along with a large quantity of condoms. It is also clear that this discharge was carried out with a tractor as tractor tracks can be seen."
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>Septic tank
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>The police are now investigating the case. But it is possible that the septic tank of a brothel was dumped there by a contract worker. Which, of course, is not the intention, it should normally be taken to a manure processing plant.
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Eindige en complete lijst met redenen waarom snelheid boeit:
- Torrents
- Grote bestanden downloaden
Als je denkt dat je door meer snelheid ook sneller kunt browsen, dan heb je het mis. Het gaat bijna exclusief om latency (ping), en dat scheelt echt tussen providers.
Probeer het zelf maar uit met je supersnelle internet: https://www.speedtest.net
Met mijn "trage" internet heb ik "maar" 88 Mbps download, dus ik ben helaas beperkt tot 3 parallelle 4K video streams (Netflix). Mijn ping is 7 ms, als die van jou meer is, dan laden jouw websites trager.
pihole is min of meer adblock; maar dan voor uw internet netwerk thuis (wifi & kabel). Het blokkeert gewoon bepaalde blacklisted domains die van reclame afkomstig zijn; net zoals de meeste adblocks.
Maar dan wel op het hele netwerk. Uw gsm op wifi; tablet, pcs, consoles, maakt nie uit.
Installeren is een beetje werk, ge hebt een raspberry pi nodig die ge op uw netwerk steekt + moet configureren.
Alles sta hier : https://pi-hole.net/
Maar je kan het wel lezen...
1) Maak een account aan en vraag aan de auteurs of je het mag lezen. Zij sturen u dan een copie door.
2) Of kijk wat je kan bereiken als je de titel copy-paste in google:
Straf eh!
Azov was een groep waar zeker een probleem mee was, in rusland, belgie duitsland en zoveel andere landen heb ge dezelfde soort groepen. In oosten meer dan in het westen. Rusland heeft nog een video gemaakt voor inwoners om aan te tonen dat het westen slecht is omdat wij opkomen voor zwarten, LGBT enz....
Probleem is dat Putin vooral extreem rechtse partijen steunen zoals Le Penn, Trump, vlaams belang en zoveel ander... om het westen te verdelen. Verdeel en heers noemen ze dat.
Nog te zwijgen over fox news.
https://www.amazon.com/Extreme-Nationalist-Threat-Russia-Contemporary/dp/0415341116
Anarcho-kapitalisme zorgt ervoor dat je kan kiezen wie je rechten beschermt.
Geen gedwongen monopolie en geen taxatie.
https://www.amazon.com/Spontaneous-Order-Capitalist-Stateless-Society/dp/1512117277
Ja nee, gij bedoelt waarschijnlijk dit soort net: https://arcus-www.amazon.nl/Lubudup-fruitboomnet-erwtennet-groentetuinen-bloemperken/dp/B094Y7PHKZ ofnie soms?
Heb ik vroeger ook over de boom gehangen maar das nunpractisch onmogelijk door de grootte van de boom. Heb toen wel een heel aantal bosduiven afgemaakt.
Hiermee geraak je mss in veel plaatsen toch binnen. "draagbare rolstoelramp"
https://www.amazon.nl/Ramp-Opvouwbare-Telescopische-Lichtgewicht-Barrier-Free/dp/B07SXB8C38
At work (electronics engineer) we wear these around our ankle.
They make sure you don't build up an electronic charge
COVID-19: The Great Reset van Klaus Schwab kunt ge gewoon op Amazon kopen, dat is zeker geen "secret plan"
Nu de vorige US false-flag, de zogezegde "gas-aanval" van Assad was vrij slordig in scene gezet maar toch hebben ze toen effe Trump voor hun kar kunnen spannen om wat bommen te gooien.
Iemand hier een VR-headset? Heb net eindelijk de trekker overgehaald en een Valve Index besteld, maar nu bedenk ik mij dat ik die sensors nergens kan ophangen... hoe los je zoiets het makkelijkst op? Beste oplossing tot nu toe is dit maar is wel duur voor wat het is imo.
On the other hand, ik heb net 1k neergelegd voor iets waar ik 2 keer porno mee ga zien en wat dan in mijn kast verdwijnt... dan is 40 euro + shipping ineens niet meer zo veel.
>Employees and civil servants are entitled to paid leave or exemption from duty, respectively, if they are invited for their COVID-19 vaccination during working hours. This has been approved by the Federal Council of Ministers.
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>People who are being vaccinated against the coronavirus are allowed to be absent from work. For employees, this is a form of short leave, i.e. paid leave. However, the employee must notify the employer in advance and provide proof of vaccination, according to a draft law by Minister of Employment Pierre-Yves Dermagne (PS) that was approved by the Council of Ministers.
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>In addition to employees, civil servants are also entitled to vaccination leave. The modalities of that service exemption are contained in a draft circular from Minister of Civil Service Petra De Sutter (Groen), which also received the green light from the government. De Sutter emphasised earlier that the exemption can last up to half a working day. An exemption from duty is also possible for repeat vaccinations.
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>The measures are in line with the federal government's intention to encourage vaccination against the coronavirus as much as possible.
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>On Wednesday, the police arrested an aggressive man who had pelted cobblestones at the entrance door of the Court of Appeal in Ghent. Shortly before, the West Fleming was on trial for threats and the destruction of a window in Roeselare and also had to be removed from the courtroom.
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>A man from West Flanders had to appear before the Court of Appeal in Ghent for vandalism that he had previously inflicted on Roeselare's OCMW. The man had already been convicted of this in first instance in Kortrijk, but appealed against his conviction.
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>At first the case went smoothly, but after the pleadings the man started to argue with the court president. He refused to leave the courtroom, causing two officers to escort him to the parking lot of the courthouse. When those officers went back inside, the man first destroyed a side window of the Court of Appeal at the Koophandelsplein and then vented his anger at the entrance door. He pelted it with cobblestones he had loosened. One of these stones flew through the security glass, on which the receptionist set off a silent alarm. This allowed the officers to subdue the man, who was just picking up new stones. The man will now also have to answer for the new vandalism before the court in Ghent.
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>The Vice Chairman of the Executive of Muslims in Belgium, Salah Echallaoui, resigns. The man had been called into quastion by a report from the State Security Service, in which he is called a Moroccan spy. He denies the accusations, but resigns anyway.
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>Minister of Justice Vincent Van Quickenborne (Open VLD) severely criticized the Muslim Executive, the official representation of Islam in our country, two weeks ago. In reality, some members of the Executive are said to be agents of the Moroccan government who were supposed to exert influence on Belgian Muslims. A report by the State Security Service revealed this. The names of these suspected spies would appear in various departments of the Muslim Executive. One of them, Vice Chairman Salah Echallaoui, who according to our information is considered to be the central figure, was also in the non-profit association which runs the Grand Mosque in Brussels, the most important Muslim place of worship in our country.
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>For this reason, the minister refused to give a positive advice on the operation of the Great Mosque. This meant that the Muslim Executive would no longer be able to manage the Mosque, "unless a clean ship was made", according to Van Quickenborne. That seems to be happening now. Vice Chairman Salah Echallaoui takes a step aside. According to a press release from the Muslim Executive, he is doing so "preventively and without acknowledgement of these unfounded accusations". The Executive says that she is convinced of Echallaoui's integrity and sincerity, and that she cannot thank him enough for his work. Together with him, she will take legal action against the accusations.
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From 1 January 2021, it will be forbidden to mention the brand name of a tobacco product on posters or in the store window of stores selling tobacco. From January onwards, the FPS Public Health will carry out checks.
Newspaper stores, tobacconists and stores selling electronic cigarettes will have to remove advertising posters for tobacco products, electronic cigarettes and other similar products from 1 January 2021. This ban results from the amendment of the law on consumer health protection in the field of food and other products.
All references to brands will have to disappear, both on the inside and outside of those stores. As a reminder, in the other stores it was already forbidden to advertise tobacco products since 1999.
Existing restrictions on tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship will continue to apply. Here are some examples of prohibited techniques:
- price reductions and promotions;
- the specific promotion of tobacco products. The presentation of those products must be identical to that of the other products sold in the store;
- Highlighting the fact that these products are for sale;
- any advertising or promotion of technical elements such as filters and paper.
Indeed, such practices have the indirect aim of promoting the sale of tobacco products.
The Inspection Service of the FPS Public Health will carry out checks from January onwards. If violations are detected, the offenders will receive a fine ranging from €2,000 to €800,000. Responsibility for an infringement may lie with the manufacturer, the trader or both, depending on the circumstances identified.
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>Anyone who has rental income from a property abroad will from now on be taxed as in their own country, i.e. on the basis of cadastral income. This was decided by the Council of Ministers at the proposal of Finance Minister Vincent Van Petegehem (CD&V).
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>Until now, property income abroad has been taxed based on the real rental value. In Belgium, this is done on the basis of the lower cadastral income.
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>The government is implementing the adjustment after a conviction for discrimination by the European Court of Justice.
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>Anyone who owns a property abroad can spontaneously report this to the Admistration Measurements and Valuations, which will determine the cadastral income on the basis of the information provided, until 31 December 2021. The new regulation will take effect from the assessment year 2022 (income of 2021).
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>There are some 155,000 compatriots who have declared income from real estate abroad. For many of them, the fact that they will now be taxed on a cadastral income yet to be calculated instead of the actual rental income means a tax godsend.
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>In the European Union, Belgium is the only country that does not tax real rental income from private individuals. In the case of professional rentals - by companies for example - rental income is already taxed on the basis of actual rental income. This is also the case when a private individual rents to someone who uses the property for his or her profession.
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>In the Limburg municipality of Leopoldsburg, three German shepherds bit a Maltese dog to death on Sunday afternoon. This was confirmed by the Kempenland police district. The owner of the German shepherds did not have his dogs under control and could not stop the incident. Dog behaviorist Sara Van Lindt believes that the owner should lose the right to keep dogs.
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>Last Sunday a woman went for a walk with her dog Snoopy. However, that walk went completely wrong. Three unleashed German shepherds attacked her and her Maltese. The woman was so frightened that she let go of the leash and ran to the nearest house. She had to watch helplessly as the dog was torn apart.
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>According to Eric Cenens of the Kempenland police district, the incident was solved quickly at first. "The two parties would have come to an arrangement. So at first no complaint was filed". The owner of Snoopy, however, began to have doubts after reading a few Facebook messages. The family therefore filed a complaint with the police on Tuesday afternoon. That is what Het Belang van Limburg writes.
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>Fines do not work
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>According to Sara Van Lindt of the Hondengedragscentrum Limburg in Hasselt, this incident would never have happened if the dogs had been raised properly. "If there is a good upbringing in which the dogs are socialized with others, you don't have these problems". That is why Van Lindt thinks that this owner is not capable of keeping dogs. "The owner must have known that the three German shepherds were not social. Making sure he's not allowed to have dogs anymore seems like an appropriate punishment to me. Just writing out a hefty fine does not solve the problem", concludes the dog behaviorist.
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Perhaps the director of the regional police training school (Erip) Jacques Gorteman should take a training course in human resources and management. In his intervention before the Brussels parliamentarians members of the Interior Commission on October 21, the former chief of the Western police zone explicitly dismissed his police trainers. "I am not complaining about the number of staff members available, I am rather complaining about the quality of this staff", he threw it all out without this visibly making the assembly - of parliamentarians, let's recall. "It's no secret," he said. "The chiefs of corps have rarely given their best people to Erip to teach or to be seconded there full-time.
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In response to a question from Deputy Mayor Vincent De Wolf (MR), Jacques Gorteman added a layer, clearly targeting certain police officers on his teaching staff. "Your police zone is the most concerned (the Montgomery zone, NdlR) because there are seven people from your zone in my house. If you could take six more, that would be fine with me," he flung in a barely contrite smile before, again, pulling out one just as huge: "I have to do my mea culpa because, when I arrived at Erip as director, there were three members of my zone that I would have liked to fire directly, but unfortunately I couldn't ...". According to Jacques Gorteman, "a few policemen - very rare - are really motivated to do this job". While "others are there for medical or disciplinary reasons. Either, again, they no longer wanted to or could no longer stay in their area".
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A speech that really doesn't make you want to come and train at the police academy...
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>Former Walloon politician Bernard Wesphael was acquitted of manslaughter in 2016 on his wife, Véronique Pirotton, who was killed in a hotel room in Ostend. Shortly after the facts in 2013 Bernard Wesphael was suspected of killing his wife. He was arrested and all together he spent 10 months in pre-trial detention. After his acquittal Wesphael asked for compensation. He has now received this compensation.
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>The news about the compensation can be found today in the newspapers of Sudpresse, which also have a reaction from Wesphael. He says he is satisfied with the decision: "My imprisonment was clearly unfair and unfounded. I see this decision as a third acquittal, after the criminal and civil ones".
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>The compensation did not come without a fight. Former Minister of Justice Koen Geens (CD&V) refused to grant it in 2019 because the politician showed "disturbing behaviour" on the evening of the facts and had made "varying statements" which justified his pre-trial detention.
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>However, Wesphael appealed against the minister's decision. A commission consisting of the president of the Court of Cassation, the president of the Council of State and the president of the Bar Association ruled against Geens and decided to award Wesphael damages of 83,150 euros. This is 150 euros per day for 299 days in pre-trial detention (44,850 euros) plus 38,300 euros for the costs of lawyers and counter-analyses. The average compensation amounts to 5,500 euros, Wesphael had requested a compensation of 290,000 euros.
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>The Brussels Court of Appeal has decided that Delphine Boël may henceforth call herself Princess of Belgium. Her children also receive this title. From now on she may bear the surname of King Albert, Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, and she is also given the titles "Her Royal Highness" and "Princess of Belgium". RTBF writes that and has been confirmed to VRT NWS. This ruling is the final piece of a trial that has dragged on for years.
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>It is the final piece of a trial that has dragged on for years, and that had only one question: is Delphine Boël the biological and legal daughter of King Albert II. At the beginning of this year a DNA test confirmed the news that was already known: yes, Delphine Boël is the biological daughter of Albert II. Immediately the king added that he will no longer legally dispute that Delphine is his daughter.
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>But Boël wanted more: she also asked to bear her father's surname, Saxen-Coburg-Gotha, and to receive the official titles "Her Royal Highness" and "Princess of Belgium".
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>A ruling was only expected at the end of October, but in the end it fell earlier. The Brussels Court of Appeal has decided that Delphine Boël will henceforth go through life as "Princess of Belgium". Her two children also receive this title.
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Voor de fransonkundigen, naar het Engels zodat de oostkantons ook kunnen meelezen.
Soir Mag" poll: one Belgian in four wants the country to be split up
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While 48% of Belgians (38% in Flanders, 60-62% in Brussels and Wallonia) are in favour of maintaining the current institutional situation, 45% would opt for reinforced confederalism (50% of Flemings agree, 38% of Walloons and 34% of Brussels inhabitants also) against 41% who do not wish to do so.
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The endless crisis has reinforced separatism. "Unsurprisingly, this opinion is more widespread in Flanders (28%) than in Wallonia (18%).
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The big news is that 27% of the votes would go to Vlaams Belang (+8.5%) and 23.3% to the N-VA (-1.5%), indicating that both parties would get a majority of votes in the North of the country.
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Pie charts for the distribution of votes between the parties for Flanders and Wallonia in this tweet from Michel Henrion.
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>Equal treatment
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>But that doesn't mean I approve. On the contrary. My feelings alternate between disgust, discouragement and combativeness. I refuse to work in a care environment which allows this without introspection. I refuse to care without empathy, to judge without being critical. I refuse to be at the mercy of lack of expertise among politicians.
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>I call on doctors and students to question themselves and their environment and to continue to do so throughout their careers. I ask heads of department and academics to strive for equal treatment for every patient. An entrance exam is certainly not enough for this. Can't doctors and police officers learn to work together already in their training? What about social assistants and interpreters?
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>In my opinion, there is a culture that is specific to the medical world. With our jargon and our white coat we show that we are part of that culture. Is it up to the patient to become part of the medical world? Shouldn't the caregiver constantly question his own prejudices?
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>My experience as a North African Belgian from Borgerhout, as a healthcare provider and as a volunteer for the Red Cross taught me that policemen also have a culture that is their own.
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>Right of access to quality care building block of every coalition
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>What about politicians? The problems in our health care are not new. Nor is it a closed system. Insufficient policies in other areas have an impact on the quality of our work. It also has an impact on the health of my fellow citizens, regardless of the color of their ballot.
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>I therefore urge leaders, policymakers and state reformers to make the right of access to quality healthcare a building block of any coalition. Having a little empathy is certainly not a bad thing.
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>In Verviers construction workers have found a very strange relic. In a fountain, they discovered a chest containing the heart of the first mayor ofthe Liégeois city.
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>It was Verviers Alderman of Public Works, Maxime Degey, who today announced the somewhat sinister discovery made by some workmen two weeks ago. In a fountain in Place Verte, in the center of Verviers, they found an unopened case containing the heart of Pierre David, who was the mayor of the Walloon town from 1798 until his death in 1839. Because he witnessed the Belgian Revolution in 1830 and thus watched over Verviers when the town became 'Belgian', he is also called the first mayor of Verviers.
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>Ancient myth
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>When he died in 1839 at the age of 58 following an accident, according to an ancient legend, his heart was removed and initially kept in the town hall. In 1883, the organ was then transferred to the David Fountain in Place Verte, named after him. What had long been told as a myth now appears to be true.
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>The heart will now be exhibited in the local museum of fine arts. There it will be on display until 20 September.
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>André Desenfants, the top official of the aviation police in our country, resigns after images of a brutal police action at Charleroi airport yesterday. Desenfants had never seen the footage before and thinks he should have been informed. That's why he quit.
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>Yesterday, footage of a police operation at Charleroi airport surfaced. The facts date from February 2018. A Slovakian man of 39 wanted to take a flight to Slovakia in Charleroi, but caused difficulties on the plane. Officers took him away and locked him in a cell.
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>When the man behaved strangely, the cops intervened violently. Some cops tried to restrain the man, he also got a blanket over his head and one inspector sat on the man for 16 minutes. You also see another police officer giving a Hitler salute and jokes are being made. The Slovakian man was given a sedative and a resuscitation followed, but the victim fell into a coma and died a few days later.
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>The investigation into the exact cause of the man's death has been going on for more than two years now. But the footage of the police intervention only surfaced yesterday, after the victim's wife had taken it to the press. Even the top official of the aviation police, André Desenfants, hadn't seen it before. Desenfants finds that unacceptable himself, so he quit. Desenfants is not only top official of the aviation police, but also number 2 of the federal police as a whole.
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>This article will be expanded.
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>Belgium concluded an agreement with the United States last week on a 'preclearance' system for flights to the United States. Minister of Finance Alexander De Croo said that on Monday on Radio 1 in the morning. Thirty American customs officers will be stationed in Brussels for this purpose.
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>The purpose of the 'preclearance' is that the American customs will then carry out the control of documents or transactions relating to immigration on Belgian rather than American soil. This will facilitate the control procedure for travellers to the US.
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>According to De Croo, the preclearance will make Zaventem airport more attractive. "American flights feed the African network in which Brussels Airlines is so strong," said De Croo, who explained the airline's rescue plan in the morning. This should lead to profitable growth for Brussels Airlines.
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>The preclearance procedure in Europe furthermore only exists in Ireland, according to De Croo.
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>The French-speaking juvenile judges have stopped their protest action after three weeks. All this time, the juvenile judges refused to handle new cases with minors, which resulted in the release of a number of arrested minors. The protest was caused by a shortage of personnel. Now 4 extra staff members have been recruited, and the action stops.
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>It was at the end of June that the French-speaking juvenile judges sent a letter to Minister of Justice Koen Geens (CD&V) to address the lack of personnel. In the letter they threatened to release all underage suspects if they were not heard. The clerk's office of the French-speaking juvenile court had been struggling with staff shortages for a long time and was now tired of the promises made by the cabinet, according to the letter.
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>As a result of the protest action, the juvenile court no longer received new underage suspects in their cabinet. In practice, this meant that those minors were released. Only the ongoing cases and the cases about minors who are in a precarious situation were still being dealt with.
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>Four people arrived. They have yet to be trained, but we have been heard
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>— Juvenile Judge Michèle Meganck
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>But the action is now stopped. "Four people have arrived for reinforcements," explains youth judge Michèle Meganck. "That doesn't solve the problems. Those people have yet to be trained and will therefore not be deployable in the coming months. But since we have been heard in our request for additional personnel, we will stop our action as of today and we will receive back all minors who are arrested."
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>According to the juvenile judges, a total of ten minors were released as a result of the action, even though they should have been made available to the juvenile judge. These suspects will now be invited for another interrogation.
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>An unmarked police car was set on fire during the night from Tuesday to Wednesday near the police station of the Marolles in Brussels. This is confirmed by police spokeswoman Ilse Van de keere.
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>The car was parked at the police station of the Marolles. The fire was deliberately caused by a Molotov cocktail that had been thrown through the car window. The car was severely damaged. The laboratory of the federal police and the Brussels public prosecutor's office went on site.
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>Two nights earlier, in the night from Sunday to Monday, a stone was also thrown through the window of a patrol car. There were also several fires in garbage cans in the neighbourhood, or in one case it was a scooter. Just last week, police officers were thrown projectiles at them while they had to carry out a search in the Marolles as part of an investigation.
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>Several investigations are underway to identify the perpetrators. So far, no arrests have been made. 'We remain active in the area. We are increasing our presence', says Van de keere, who assures us that the police are holding up well during these tensions.
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>In the case of Mawda, the Iraqi Kurdish girl who died from a police bullet during a chase on the highway in a van of a human smuggler, the Mons council chamber has decided to prosecute the officer for involuntary manslaughter. The parents' request that the accusation be tightened up to murder or battery resulting in death has been rejected.
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>In May 2018 the police were on the heels of a van with about thirty transmigrants that tried to reach Great Britain. After a chase of about 60 kilometres, the police were able to intercept the vehicle. The two-year-old toddler Mawda was hit in the cheek by a police bullet. She would later succumb to her injuries at the hospital.
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>The Mons council chamber decided today that the officer who fired the shot will have to answer for involuntary manslaughter. Mawda's parents had previously asked for the charge to be tightened up to murder or battery with no intention of killing. The council chamber rejected this request.
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>Not only the police officer, but also the suspected driver and the smuggler will have to answer to the correctional court. The latter two for malicious obstruction of traffic with the death of the child as an aggravating circumstance.
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>In the Royal Library of Brussels there is a book whose cover is made from the skin of a human being. It is one of the 50 books in human skin that exist worldwide. "It looks like another book, it doesn't feel or smell different, but it does have a cover made of human skin."
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>"It was not unusual in the nineteenth century to make covers out of human skins," says Michiel Verweij of the Royal Library of Brussels. "Especially executed criminals or people from the margins of society were used for this purpose. To scare people off, or because the maker thought it suited the content of the book. The criminal record of a criminal, for example, which was bound in the criminal's skin after execution."
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>In the case of the book in the Royal Library of Brussels, it is not known who the skin used came from. "The book is about cemeteries, so it is possible that the skin of an unknown body in the morgue was used," says Verweij.
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>The book in human skin in Brussels has no distinctive scent or colour. "It's just beige and it doesn't feel or smell special," says Verweij. "But if you know it's made of a human being, it's sinister anyway."
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>Yet Verweij doesn't immediately have a problem with the book being kept in the library. "It's part of history. You mustn't project current standards onto the past. The book is part of that and you can't falsify history."
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>Canvas made a report on the book in human skin. You can watch the reportage here.
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Beckhoff is pretty open, they support lots of protocols and there is also an open source TCP ADS implementation; at work we rolled our own implementation for a while. At most I have to make a bridge between the PLC variables and any other software. I foresee to use some event messaging system to keep it flexible.
Hardwiring everything to a central IO (or remote IO islands) seems best to keep the hardware interchangeable.
I haven't looked into the cost, that might make me change my mind; although secondhand can help of course. Or only using the Beckhoff as a controller in combination with cheaper RS232 IO like Wago.
For compatibility, you need a package that supports many protocols or where you can make your own bridges; openhab seems applicable.
Our culture is over 2000 years old.
And the low countries, especially Flanders, was already one of the richest regions of Europe before the colonies.
A good read for you: https://www.amazon.com/Civilization-West-Rest-Niall-Ferguson/dp/0143122061
> If you gave Belgium the same economic conditions as, say, Marrakech, there'd be a bloody civil war before you could say 'hey wait violence is caused by poverty'
History proves you wrong. Flanders was dirt poor in the 19th century. Tons of people died of starvation. No civil war.