¤ Conform-Mystik & Sub-Versive ¤

Potverdorie N.Balthazar

2012-02-13T20:07:00.004+01:00

Gisteren de magistrale nieuwste film gezien van ons aller Nic Balthazar.Tot Altijd.Zo Mooi. Zo Mooi. Zo Mooi.Van begin tot eind, een ode aan het leven, aan het waardig leven - dat dus ook het mooi, waardig leren sterven behelst.Er wordt geflierefluit, gezeverd, gevochten tegen "den Amerikaan"; maar "et in Arcadia ego".Als je wil genieten van ontzettend mooie camervoering,van hoe een vader zijn

Over daklozen

2012-02-02T12:09:00.002+01:00

Het gedoe over de daklozen in de nacht raakt mijn koude kleren niet.Ze kunnen me gestolen worden. De nietsnutten, de paria’s, de outcasts.Ze hebben het zelf gezocht - nietwaar?Iedereen loopt zo wel eens onverwacht, de tunnels van 't Centraal Station in.Zo snel mogelijk. Want daar zitten ze, de bedelaars, de luieriken.Die hebben het namelijk ook zelf gezocht - nietwaar?(en ze krijgen er nog gratis

RIO+20 - ZERO DRAFT - excerpts on Water

2012-01-16T12:30:00.001+01:00

The paragraph below is an excerpt from the landmark ZERO DRAFT declaration for the RIO+20 summit, to be held later this year in Rio.Beauty is in the eye of the beholder![Water] 67. We underline the importance of the right to safe and clean drinking water and sanitation as a human right that is essential for the full enjoyment of life and all human rights. Furthermore, we highlight the critical

2012 - "I got out of bed for this?"

2011-12-29T16:10:00.004+01:00

copyright @Wacondah - photo taken in Dakar, Senegal, December 2011 "I got out of bed for this?"Serendipity. a field visit to a Dakar slum 3 weeks ago.This young girl was carrying water from a standpipe.I felt rather uneasy, as an hour later we were suppose to meet up with the Minister of Water, so we were quite overdressed to go on a field visit.But someone needs to take those pictures, right?

Field Visit to Senegal: we can't facebook our way out of the statusquo (N.Stephenson)

2011-12-12T09:24:00.000+01:00

Back from a field visit to Dakar, Senegal.It is where you meet the woman who carry water.The girls in the slums, the daily chores.Where the "borne fontainier" acts like a grandfatherly garden,and where in spite of gross inhumanity, kids still smile.And where, in spite of gross adversity, people still do a good, an excellent job.In Dakar also the island of "La Gorée", as the Dutch GoedRaad was

A new Hope?

2011-12-06T16:42:00.001+01:00

author Neal Stephenson nails it (once again)When he was asked, toward the end of lunch, where he thought computing might be headed, he paused to rephrase the question. “I’ll tell you what I’d like to see happen,” he said, and began discussing what the future was supposed to have looked like, back in his 1960s childhood. He ticked off the tropes of what he called “techno-optimistic science fiction

Speaking in Forked Tongues

2011-12-02T10:00:00.003+01:00

De betogingen van vandaag zijn een schande,de vakbonden brengen het land ter rande.Wil men echt de toekomst veilig stellen,dat zullen zij allen mee de centen moeten tellen.Waar eendracht en hoop en gezonde duurzaamheid geldenhoeven dramatische acties niet te velde.De vakverbanden dienen enkel de eigen zaakmeer nog, zij vergeten maar al te vaakdat zij in ons model véél te véélin tel genomen worden

number crunching

2011-11-28T09:02:00.005+01:00

Reading: SpartanViewing: Shutter IslandListening to: Max RichterThinking: Belgian national debt= 360bn€: 1% increase in interest rate for sovereign paper => 3,6bn€. We raised 200m€ last week with a gov't bond. Next year we need to re-finance approx 80BILLION€. Can we please un-blind our eyes? Can we please stop auto-believing the "good news show"? Will you tell your kids twenty years from now: we

Du Contrat Social

2011-11-24T17:23:00.005+01:00

We naderen de limieten van groei, beschaving, democratie, demografie en ecologische voetprint. We stellen met afgrijzen vast hoe onze leidinggevenden, als Nero, aan de zijlijn staan te feesten, als over-getestosteroneerde voetbalvaders, terwijl onze "progressive" democratieën ten onder gaan aan de dictatuur en de ijzeren logica van de geglobaliseerde samenleving, de speculatieve vulture/

The Days are long, but the years are short

2011-11-21T12:53:00.001+01:00

I enjoyed this 1-minute movie very much,http://www.theyearsareshort.com/landing.html it makes you stop for a while and reflect that... damn, I'm already halfway through this day...

Memento Mori

2011-10-06T09:46:00.003+02:00

Even in Death, Steve Jobs remains inspirational.What would you do if today "is" your last day?Optimism is a moral imperative.To live well, is to prepare for death.To die well, is to live each day as best as you can."If you live each as if it were your last, someday you'll most certainly be right"#RespectSpeech from his Commencement AdressSource: http://news.stanford.edu/news/2005/june15/jobs-

"thou art fucked"

2011-10-04T16:16:00.001+02:00

"thou art fucked", a photo by wacondah on Flickr.Reading: Reamde - Neil StephensonViewing: Hereafter, by Clint EastwoodListening to: DJ Shadow: The less you know, the betterThinking: Meervoudig stemrecht op basis van "burgerschap", zou dat geen correctie voor de representatie democratie zijn #www.G1000.beTravelling: Paris these daysLast picture: "thou art fucked"

Hooverphonic brings "Unfinished Sympathy" - probably the best song in the world

2011-09-28T10:14:00.001+02:00

Where were you on 9/11?

2011-09-06T09:51:00.004+02:00

Hard to imagine how quickly this decade has gone by.I highly recommend Philip Stephens article from the Financial Times.What we are left with is a world betwixt and between. The sweep of history will record the past decade as a parenthesis – separating a brief period of unparalleled US might from a new, and chaotic, multipolar world. Al-Qaeda had to be defeated. But for all the horror he

Unions take Brussels Hostage today - soundtrack

2011-03-24T09:52:00.000+01:00

Battle Without Honor or Humanity" by Tomoyasu Hotei

Nuclear Spin

2011-03-13T23:00:00.002+01:00

Horrifying news from Japan's 3 "shaken" nuclear reactors is god-given amunition for the anti-nuke lobby worldwide who are starting to question the protection schemes in Europe (e.g. Bundestag Green party or in Belgium).This clearly is a case of spin and over-reaction, building upon populations' inner aversion for things they hardly understand, i.e. nuclear energy.Can we please have an honest

#NoToilet; #Nobride vs #Nogov; #Nosex

2011-02-28T12:12:00.004+01:00

In Belgium: over 250days with #NOGOVin the meantime in India; the sanitation crisis keeps on raging, but innovative solutions and proposals are on/off the tableIf you don't have a toilet at home, you might not get a bride in India. In a silent revolution of sorts, Indian women across the country, especially in rural and semi-urban areas, have a single condition before they agree to a match – the

#noGov

2011-02-16T17:33:00.003+01:00

On Feb.17, 2011, the Belgian governmental formation discussions following the landslide elections of 2010 will beat the worldrecord "government building" and take the saddest first place in the world palmares, just before the doomed gov't building effort following Iraq's first tribal-influenced democratic elections, post Gulf War II.Is this something to be proud of? Is this something worth

Rainstorm Parabel (Coelhoe)

2011-01-25T14:31:00.000+01:00

“Today a heavy rainstorm caught me by surprise when I was walking down the street“Thank God I had my umbrella and raincoat. Except that they were both in my car, parked quite a distance away.“While I was running to get them I thought what a strange sign I was receiving from God – we always have the necessary resources to face the storms that life prepares for us, but most times these resources

‘t Is hier niet meer om te lachen / ce n’est plus drôle

2011-01-11T09:55:00.000+01:00

‘t Is hier niet meer om te lachen / ce n’est plus drôleBaron Buysse deze ochtend op Radio1 had het bij het rechte eind. De vadsige luihuid en de over-weldadige luxe die onze verkozenen des volkes ten berde spreiden over de laatste 212 dagen loopt stillekesaan niet alleen de weldenkende intelligentsia de spuigaten uit, maar ook de financiële markten laten zich niet langer “paaien” door de

The Zaragoza Pledge

2011-01-04T11:05:00.001+01:00

Reading: ConfuciusViewing: The Life of BrianListening to: Hall & Oates "You make my dreams"Thinking: Et si omnes, ego nonTravelling: Paris and London

The Zaragoza pledge

2010-12-23T20:46:00.001+01:00

In the run-up to WorldwaterDay 2011- to be organized by UNWATER in Cape Town next 22 March 2010, I hereby solemnly pledge to:- a part from doing my job as good as possible1. Reach out to at least one politician that I don't know and brief her/him on the water, sanitation and hygiene crisis that at least 1/2 of humanity is facing2. Brief a journalist along the same linesIf all my colleagues at

Snow

2010-12-20T18:37:00.000+01:00

The journey of a lifetime...

2010-12-20T18:29:00.000+01:00

Reading: ConfuciusViewing:InceptionListening to: Leonard CohenThinking: Sweet Disposition, The Temper TrapTravelling: from Zaragoza to BRU, and touching down only to find out the snow-covered tarmac wasn't clearedLast picture: running the Pajot snow

Driving in snow

2010-12-20T11:24:00.002+01:00

Aan de kl**tzakken die mij zaterdag continu rechts voorbijstaken, en die lullige vrachtwagenchauffeurs die me op het linkerbaanvak op de E40 inhaalden aan dubbel de snelheid van de rustig-rijdende kolonne auto's: een welgemeende f*ck-you en ik hoop dat ge niet op tijd op uw bestemming geraakt zijt.Wat bezielt die wegpiraten toch?noot: nummerplaat van klootzak met Mercedes G (grijs) was EQC213 -

Glacier Alarm Call - threat to Water Supply of Billions (UNEP)

2010-12-20T11:19:00.003+01:00

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) executive director Achim Steiner has called for adaptation strategies ranging from urban planning to improved water storage to be developed urgently in the face of intensified rainfall and glacier shrinkage, which the organisation warns ‘threaten the food security and livelihoods of hundreds of millions, if not billions, of people’.Some glaciers put on

Calling all stations: call to co-fund a global award for water journalism

2010-12-17T12:07:00.004+01:00

Okay, here comes a revolutionary, viral idea that can be stolen by whoever is concerned.in Zaragoza now, at the UN-Water conference on Sustainable Urban Water Management,an idea springs to mind, while attending a session on how to better "work" with journalists (no longer "using the media" please).Why don't we organise/co-fund a global annual journalism prize for (investigative) water journalism?

Trend?

2010-12-03T10:11:00.003+01:00

De opkomst van Rechts, en vooral dan "denkend rechts", blijkt niet te stoppen. Pessimistische visie op ontwikkeling, maatschappij, migratie en politiek spat uit de kranten dezer dagen: als zelfs een doorwinterd socialist als Daniël Termont het heeft om toch vooral niet té solidair om te springen met de stroom Oost-Europeanen die "zijn" stad bezetten - dan moet er toch een belletje gaan rinkelen.

Family Businesses have more potential

2010-11-30T16:07:00.002+01:00

as our fellow traveller and illuminatus profondus Mr. Jozef Lievens rightly illustrates: crisis-times are Borat-style "Happy Times". In spite of gloomy outlooks, the case for family entrepreneurs and business cannot be over-advocated; some arguments to that are:- reputation of a fambus is better, instantly recognizable and is worth more than gold: when Paul Janssen walked into the room, you knew

Handfrase El Feo Projects #1.mov

2010-11-30T15:39:00.000+01:00

¨~¨ what a cool dude cousin we've got: bravo KOBE (www.kobeproesmans.be)Reading: the whole lof of XIII - thanks to the public libraryViewing: Predators (0/*****) - absolute waste of timeListening to: Rios & Co: DauphineThinking: Arsenal, Daan & Rios all bring out new work in the next 6 months - 2011 kan niet meer stukTravelling: from Lissabon to Paris and Zaragoza

Fall-bulletlist

2010-10-15T15:06:00.004+02:00

Reading: "Eating animals" - a good fast-paced start that bogs down halfway through the chicken industryViewing: "De indringer" - zeer geslaagde film (2005) met Koen De Bauw & Filip PeetersListening to: Nine Inch NailsThinking: hoe komt het dat wij in Brussel opgezadeld zitten met de grootste klootzakken van taxi-chauffeurs te wereld?Travelling: back from Stockholm, Geneva and China, onwards

Redding Mijnwerkers - op zijn Belgisch

2010-10-15T15:06:00.001+02:00

Dag 0In de mijn van Borgloon stort een schacht in. Liefst 33 mijnwerkers lijken verloren, ze bevinden zich op 700 meter diepte.Dag 2Er zijn twee provinciale rampenplannen afgekondigd – de mijn van Borgloon blijkt zich net op de taalgrens te bevinden. Annemie Turtelboom, federaal minister van Binnenlandse Zaken, kondigt een onderzoekscommissie aan. Die commissie moet de diepte en oriëntatie van de

First day back at school! (not for all)

2010-09-01T08:57:00.003+02:00

Whereas 1,1 million Belgian kids go back to school in Belgium; it is announced that we are the 4th largest shadow economy with 61BEUR in circulation as black money!Worldwide though, Billions of kids did not receive the luxury of a new schoolbag...and even worse, within those billions, there are so many girls denied the right to education...Hope they teach that to some of the youngsters somehow

Was het nu 1302, 1776 of 1789

2010-06-14T10:26:00.002+02:00

1. wordt er nu eindelijk aub eens werk gemaakt van een staatsreorganisatie die beyond BHV gaat aub?2. zal er nu eindelijk geregeerd worden, en niet louter gereageerd3. er bestaat een groot gevaar van implosie: de NVA zal zich moeten omvormen naar een beleidspartij4. de kiesdrempel moet nog hoger, wat zeg ik; véél hoger5. nu de Franstaligen waarschijnlijk het premierschap krijgen met di Rupo, dan

Visionary

2010-06-10T17:09:00.000+02:00

George Carlin's advice to Belgian Politicians

2010-06-09T10:53:00.000+02:00

Stop wasting my moth$f$cking time

2010-05-07T15:19:00.004+02:00

Bericht aan de binnenkort verkozenen, You've been wasting my mothafucking time and moneylos niet enkel BHV op in een waardig compromismaar zorg er ook eens voor dat dat oeverloos getalm en gezeikin uw velerlei instellingen eens tot wat efficientie leidt..1 zetel indien ge wordt verkozen.2 leg transparent uit wat ge daar ganser dagen doet.3 stop met mij lastig te vallen met steeds veranderende

Elshioner

2010-04-26T12:28:00.000+02:00

Reading: Guillermo del ToroViewing: The EdukatorsListening to: Depeche ModeThinking: Memento MoriTravelling: by volcanic train mostly these daysLast picture: Laeken palace

World 2020

2010-03-31T10:00:00.004+02:00

In Vlaanderen is de regering al een tijdje bezig met de recyclage van een "government programme" die de reflectie over 2020 en de daarbij passende beschaving op gang wil brengen. Massa's denktanks, massa's geldstromen naar louche VZWs en massa media-aandacht (onder andere met de "ik doe" campagnes op de openbare omroepen) en wat is het resultaat? Geen KAT die naar de website van "Vlaanderen in

Pee in the shower - save 4000l of water (Xixi no Banho)

2010-03-29T18:00:00.001+02:00

A Brazilian gov't campaign urges YOU to pee in the shower

Kill Bill (Vagant edition 2010)

2010-02-01T10:26:00.001+01:00

Reading: Wired, Journaal & Harper's BazaarViewing: In the Valley of ElahListening to: Depeche Mode Live in A'penThinking: wenst de Vlaamsche administratie een leuke werkweek toe en hoopt dat mijn aupair dossier rap in orde isTravelling: Geneva, London, Washington-NYC-Philadelpia, ParisLast picture: See above

Gangsta's Paradise

2010-02-01T10:25:00.002+01:00

Schietpartijen in BrusselWapens in de goot, en gangsters in een gebouwde politie staat weeral in de kou

Most idiot job description of 2009

2010-01-14T19:47:00.003+01:00

read in the newspaper interview of the failed attempt by activists to destabilize the Copenhagen summit in 2009-12: interview of XX, 21years old climate activisthow sadHe should rather have read Stewart BRAND, hippie and avant-garde environmentalist, and a true eye-opener: read last weekend's FT interviewFor more than 40 years, Brand has been at the nexus between California’s counterculture and

Pa'i Puku water tank

2010-01-04T15:57:00.000+01:00

this water tank was built in 2003-2004 with gifts from friends at the occasion of our marriage! It provides water for drinking and bathing to over 500 children in the Paraguayan Chaco - thanks again to all kind donors!Reading: Steward BrandViewing: Star WarsListening to: 500 Days of Summer SoundtrackThinking: PSR - Personal Social ResponsibilityTravelling: Paris, Geneva, Marseille, London,

Happy New Year 2010

2010-01-04T12:48:00.006+01:00

For 2010, we wish you an excellent "Getting things done strategy":"Write down, Defer and Delete, Review, Commit, Reserve time and Execute, Cycle back for criticism, Ditch the things you can and don't like, Have fun at each of the steps". (that's already a shitload of work before the "commit")In addition, try some lateral thinking, jack-move your brain out of lethargy and "idée-fixe" and write

Daan performs "Icon"

2009-12-24T12:41:00.000+01:00

Shovel some snow

2009-12-18T06:56:00.004+01:00

I heard the news today, oh Boy.... We've found the antidote: go and shovel snowWhilst the police were cordonning off Schuman yesterday, a massive traffic infarctus unfolded in the Kingdom due to some foreseen-yet-massive snowfall (approx. 7cm... leading to the worst traffic jams in history - 500KM). The cops were standing by "hoping" for some demonstrators to show up, who were obviously held up

Wereld Toilet Dag (Haiku)

2009-11-19T09:52:00.002+01:00

Our dear Prime Minister Van Rompuy may be named the First President of the European Union today, he's well known to be a proficient haiku-master. In honour of World Toilet Day,we posted the one below to his site!En vandaag 2009-11-19 Wereldtoiletdag één speciaal over de 2,5 miljard mensen die aan open defecatie doen (ook "flying toilets" genoemd)WereldtoiletdagLeg een drol en spoel de chasjElders

World Toilet Day 2009

2009-11-19T09:34:00.002+01:00

Beste Stubru,Bravo met het initiatief om op zoek te gaan naar Vlaanderen’s schoonste toilet, hierdoor vestigt u de aandacht op een van ’s werelds best bewaarde geheimen; the sanitation crisisAls Scottex nu eens een daad van civiek gedrag zou doen door het bedrag aan toiletpapier te schenken aan het bouwen van beveiligde wc’s en latrines voor vrouwen en meisjes in een derde wereldland, dan zou

VanderKelen versus Van Ranst: an accusation of Soviet Medicine by a Populist rumor-spreader: 0-1

2009-11-10T14:56:00.005+01:00

Belgian National Flu Commissioner Marc Van Ranst, widely regarded as a solid scientific, and widely recognized by the political and medical establishment as pulling off a great job re: the Mexican flu pandemic in Belgium, has had his ass kicked this morning by a commentator from populist newspaper 't Laatste Niuews. In a reaction on what he thought about Belgian soccer players getting themselves

Pigeion: impossible

2009-11-10T08:51:00.001+01:00

Now Let's Kill that Fucking Band

2009-10-12T11:24:00.000+02:00

Kevin Costner, last night in Gent, with his "true americana" "Kevin Costner & Modern West". Forget to take Stetson so didn't really mingle with the crowd...

Go Back Up

2009-10-09T09:59:00.004+02:00

Did you know that laptop theft, even from the most "so-called" secure places like a safe in a hotel room, is on the RAMPAGING RISE?Did you realize that laptop theft is one of those classical cases where 1+1 equals more than 3? - at least to you, in terms of personal damage, and... even worse, to your employer or company? Some estimate an average laptop, say from a mid-level manager, to contain up

One Drop: this Sat 2009-10-10 @ 0200 - WATCH IT

2009-10-07T16:36:00.001+02:00

Reading: KingViewing: Terminator 3 - Salvation (oh yeah baby)Listening to: Nine Inch NailsThinking: You've got the watch, we've got the timeTravelling: from Bangkok, to A'dam, to Geneva, to Paris & back home

The Essence of Summer

2009-09-01T10:39:00.000+02:00

Reading: 378+ EmailsViewing: Tuscany of the NorthListening to: "I gotta feeling" - Black Eyed PeasThinking: Starting a new "Extending My Own Date of Expiration" CampaignTravelling: Paris today, Amsterdam, Geneva & Brazil later this semesterLast picture: See above: 3 Flag-Waving Kids

Promoting Integrity at World Water Week

2009-08-21T10:59:00.000+02:00

Reading: Paul Verhaegen - Omega MinorViewing: Black Dots in front of my eyesListening to: Black eyed PeasThinking: Gratefull for friendshipTravelling: from Stockholm to DuinbergenLast picture: after Integrity Radio interview with Prijay Shah from the Water Integrity NetworkWriting about Chakosj! - stay tuned

Vive la Fête

2009-07-23T09:07:00.002+02:00

Reading: Geert Mak - In EuropaViewing: The English PatientListening to: Sigur RosThinking: BundestreueTravelling: Lisbon, Paris, Duinbergen, StockholmLast picture: National Belgian Holiday in Maredsous

How to saber a bottle of champagne/cava/bubbly

2009-07-06T07:58:00.000+02:00

Cooking Time - Trein vol andijvie

2009-05-30T10:38:00.005+02:00

The Age of Panic

2009-05-30T07:55:00.001+02:00

Paris Metro, just after reading over the shoulder of an American Embassy worker that "serviceman in Normandy havee been quarantined following infection with H1N1".

Van oud naar Nieuw

2009-05-28T20:16:00.001+02:00

location: Gaasbeek / Kester

Een magische avond in het Pajottenland

2009-05-28T20:05:00.001+02:00

Reading: A most wanted man - LeCarréViewing: 28 weeks LaterListening to: Daan -ManhayThinking: PoliticsareoverratedTravelling: Paris tomorrow, Italy next week, Portugal in July, Stockholm in August, Seaside-Duinbergen in AugustLast picture: God moving over the face of the Pajottenland prairies (see above)

Have a little faith in a banker

2009-05-20T14:56:00.000+02:00

Unethical investments: the case for buying stock in weapons manufacturers

2009-05-08T17:50:00.003+02:00

War: checkInternal policing problems: checkInsecurity on the rise in Western Societies: checkMaffia on the rise: check (see Sicilian wind farms)Pirates of the Somali coast line: checkIncreased population pressure vs limited resources: double-check"Steeds meer wapenbezit op school": check (DS, 2009(05-08)"The need for non-lethal weapons is growing: effectivly stop a subject by pain, up until 100m.

Unethical Investments

2009-05-08T17:41:00.003+02:00

I was struck earlier this weeking reading an interview with a hard-driving, cool-rocking CEO in his late 40ies: questioned about his wheels he answered: "driving a VW 4x4with a heavy engine, and seeing it as my contribution to fighting climate change..." The guy obviously is meant to hit some tree with an attitude somewhere somehow soon. In the meantime, he's allowed to spread his misbelief that

How to tie a proper tie: the Windsor (or double windsor knot)

2009-05-07T15:34:00.002+02:00

Only in Belgium: Veroordeelde oplichter krijgt job bij Financiën terug

2009-04-30T11:58:00.001+02:00

Nog een chance dat de rechtbanken goed werken! donderdag 30 april 2009Bron: BELGA Auteur: jbs Bron: De StandaardEen in 2006 door de rechtbank veroordeelde oplichter heeft zijn job als afdelingshoofd bij het departement btw van de federale overheidsdienst (FOD) Financiën teruggekregen. De Raad van State oordeelde namelijk dat het ministerie van Financiën te lang gewacht heeft om de man te

Krantenkoppen

2009-04-15T10:45:00.003+02:00

De Morgen online treft wel een paar keer doel vandaag: een overzicht"1 op 10 Vlaamse verkozenen 'erft' zitje" - té gek om uitgevonden te zijn, only in Belgium?"Waalse politici op 'missie' kiezen hazenpad op luchthaven" - écht Boonsiaans tafereel moet dat geweest zijn!"Guantanamo-gevangene slaagt erin Al Jazeera te bellen" - Obama-style?"Britten denken nóg meer aan voetbal dan aan seks" - wat nog

Bring Back the Rhubarb

2009-04-14T09:30:00.002+02:00

Rhubarb gardening made easy: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/04/rhubarb_in_the.php?dcitc=weekly_nl

a new take on puericulture

2009-04-07T10:12:00.001+02:00

Now this a truth worth reading. Carl Honoré, in praise of slow food, slow sex, slow education: http://www.carlhonore.com/?page=1 "Just look at Finland. By any yardstick, it has one of most successful education systems in the world. Competition for teacher training is fierce in Finland, and those who make the cut study for five years before qualifying. Yes, five years.Finnish teachers are so well

The Age of Stupid

2009-04-03T10:13:00.002+02:00

“We could have saved ourselves, but we didn’t. It’s amazing. What state of mind were we in, to face extinction and simply shrug it off?” - http://www.ageofstupid.net/the_film Reading: The Black Swan - (****)Listening to: Viva la Vida II - ColdplayThinking: see aboveTravelling: on Bike

Battle in Seattle - trailer

2009-04-03T10:06:00.004+02:00

Water Rights & Wrongs

2009-04-02T10:53:00.002+02:00

A young People's Summary of the 2006 Landmark Human Development Reportfrom UNDP: http://hdr.undp.org/external/hdr2006/water/index.htm"Beyond scarcity: Power, poverty, and the global water crisis"

Herd Behaviour

2009-03-03T15:07:00.002+01:00

SCHOOLZONDERGRENZEN

2009-02-27T06:56:00.001+01:00

Promotional Video for the Kids' School Project

NVDELENNIKSEKIEKENS

2009-02-27T06:55:00.001+01:00

Promotional Video for the Kid's School Project

USA - Under Construction

2009-02-20T15:53:00.000+01:00

Reading: L.P.Boon - De KapellekesbaanViewing: RocknRolla!Listening to: Kid RockThinking: "Oscar Wilde: A well-tied tie is the first serious step in life"Travelling: From Austria to Washington and from Brussels to IstanbulLast picture: Obama's White House

Inglorious Bastards Movie Trailer!

2009-02-13T11:34:00.000+01:00

Get off my Lawn!

2009-02-05T12:09:00.000+01:00

I've always known it!

2009-02-05T11:55:00.002+01:00

Recent research indicates that the dirtier you let their kids play: i.e. the less you worry about desinfection and getting in contact with animals etc... - the more tuned up there immune systems become resulting in higher and lifelong protection for your offspring! don't believe me, but the NYT

Camille Races

2009-02-04T16:35:00.001+01:00

charity: water - give!

2009-02-04T14:11:00.000+01:00

Jennifer Connelly in charity: water Public Service Announcement from charity: water on Vimeo.

Happy 2009

2009-01-03T16:14:00.000+01:00

Don't fall thru the ice!

ending an annus horribilis

2008-12-30T16:20:00.002+01:00

A tous ceux qui m'ont envoyé leurs meilleurs voeux pour 2008, je leur signale qu'à ce jour cela n'a absolument servi à rien ! Pour l'année 2009 prière de m'envoyer du fuel, du fric ou des chèques-repas !Merci d'avance.

Nieuw Vlaams Erfgoed

2008-12-30T09:51:00.001+01:00

Als 2007 het jaar van DAAN - The Player wasen 2008 dat van ARSENAL met Lotuk, danwordt 2009 duidelijk dat van HANNELORE BEDERT met "Wat Als" ...gaat dat horen!

Low Impact Man

2008-12-12T12:16:00.000+01:00

Do you accept the challenge of bringing down your eco-footprint?Check out this fella: http://www.lowimpactman.be/

First time I enjoyed a You-tube Movie

2008-10-31T09:42:00.000+01:00

Bono & Sachs are blogging at the UN

2008-09-23T21:00:00.000+02:00

Bono & Sachs, 2 protagonists of the ONE campaign (and DATA and Live8 and ...) are in NYC, covering the UN General Assembly and MDG-Summit. read their blog on the Financial Times' website at http://www.ft.com/devdiaryOne thing is for sure: these 2 fella's aren't in it for the money: in fact: they are wasting their money and resources in trying to convince governments and institutions to step up

Water Wars

2008-09-23T16:38:00.001+02:00

Reading: Verhulst, Godverdomste dagen... and - of course WIRED NEWSViewing: Website stats explode over 55.000 hitsListening to: AC/DC (|..|-)Thinking: Speak softly and carry a big stickTravelling: Barcelona, Paris, ...Last picture: a copy of ROY 880.000€ (now exposed in the toilet downstairs!)

Land aan de afgrond

2008-09-22T09:32:00.002+02:00

NV.A blaast regering op (of toch bijna), op de tonen van "Nu het lied der Vlaamse zonen".Is het een zwanenzang, of een feniksgebroed?Laat ons in elk geval Voltaire indachtig zijn als het gaat over "verantwoordelijkheidszin": “No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.”De Blauwvoet - Wikipedia: "De Blauwvoet"In wezen is het een referentie aan de 19eeuwse ontvoogdingsstrijd, die poëtische

Taboulé

2008-09-19T15:41:00.001+02:00

Try this! (courtesy Milo : and yes, ik zit met een midlife crisis...)

Workout

2008-09-19T15:36:00.001+02:00

No more excuses! Tune your Wifi to wacondah and look for workout category! (courtesy of the Stockholm Scandic)

Roeien

2008-09-09T19:40:00.000+02:00

Zoals WF Schiltz het op De Standaard online zo mooit promootte,geen speld tussen te krijgen tussen die Al!

Facts about Desalination

2008-09-05T11:30:00.000+02:00

* With population growth and concerns about water scarcity increasing, several countries, especially in the Middle East region, are developing desalination plants to convert saline water (e.g. sea-water, brackish water or treated wastewater) into freshwater. * The global market for desalination currently stands at about US $35 billion annually and could double over the next 15 years.

Walk On Water - I Want One Of Those

2008-09-05T10:15:00.001+02:00

Walk On Water - I Want One Of ThoseI want one of these seems like the ultimate adult toy sotre!

Get your war on?

2008-08-14T09:46:00.000+02:00

Onwillekeurig fronste ik mijn rimpelig voorhoofd- Lennik hangt niet langer de Belgische vlaggen uit. Aldus Burgermeester Dewaele:"ik geloof niet meer in het Belgisch model - welke lading dekt deze vlag nog?" Vanaf deze zomer hangt de markt vol met Vlaamse Leeuwen (en een spandoek "SPLITS BHV")- Chiro-jongeren worden in Wallonië VERPLICHT om de Belgische Vlag te hijsen. Er is VRIJHEID van

Kubrick's Boxes

2008-08-04T19:53:00.000+02:00

First Book - that got you hooked

2008-08-04T19:07:00.001+02:00

What got you hooked into reading as a child?A.M.G. Schmidt? Captain Biggles? Roald Dahl, Koning van Katoren, Suske & Wiske, De Rode Ridder, Snoecks? Into the wild, Oosterschelde Windkracht 10, Tiny? Thea Beckmann? DoReMi?In the States, they're setting up serious programmes to provide free books to the people who need them most.Back in my own primary school, a ranking of the class was established

Science fiction as a literature genre? lecture by Neal Stephenson

2008-07-14T10:16:00.001+02:00

Xeno-ethnologist, confusion of genres, the standard model, post-cypberpunk.Neal Stephenson has it all, in his ex cathedra "seminar" at Gresham College.-> The top-10 Movies of all times are SF!

Syndicate Styled Muppets

2008-07-10T11:47:00.000+02:00