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Grandmother, 88, clinches diploma at Maine university 60 years after she was barred from graduating college due to pregnancy.

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The version with commentary by David Schmader is wonderful

 
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I've said it elsewhere, but if you have a seafood allergy and are considering eating bugs, you may get an allergic reaction from them as well.

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Our bodies may think they're similar enough. People with a seafood allergy are likely to have a reaction to bugs as well.

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Flemish socialist party Vooruit is calling on Flemish public broadcaster VRT to push for an investigation into the televoting system within the EBU (European Broadcasting Union), the organiser of the Eurovision Song Contest. That the Israeli contestant received 12 points from the Belgian public, while the expert jury gave none, raises questions about manipulation – just like in Spain.

 

**There is a high risk that the payback effects the Belgian government is counting on to reduce its budget deficit have been greatly overestimated, according to the Court of Audit. Opposition parties criticized the government for failing to keep its most important promise. ** The government expects to see a return of 7.9 billion euros from boosting the employment rate, but it is overestimating both the size of the group and the yield per person employed. That is according to the Court of Audit's opinion on the budget, which was submitted to members of parliament on Friday.

The government expects to create nearly 300,000 additional jobs by the end of the legislative term, yielding 30,000 euros per person. However, according to the Court of Audit, the group has been defined too broadly, leading to an overestimation.

'Unsubstantiated objective'

Furthermore, the Court of Audit states that it is "highly uncertain" that the government will achieve the additional employment targets set each year. The figures are not based on detailed calculations but rather "an unsubstantiated objective."

"The government can no longer hide. It has simply failed.”

The Court of Audit also lacks sufficient information to assess the realism of projected revenues or expenditures for other measures, including some tax measures and expenditures outside the defense budget that the government wants to count toward the NATO spending target of 2 per cent of GDP.

Broken promise

The opposition parties did not hold back in their criticism of the government's budget and its prime minister, Bart De Wever. “Bart De Wever has turned out not to be the responsible accountant he has always claimed to be, but rather a true amateur. The Court of Audit completely demolished his budget,” said Stefaan Van Hecke, leader of the Groen parliamentary faction.

"A balanced budget was this government's most important promise. And that promise was already broken after 100 days,” said Alexia Bertrand and Vincent Van Quickenborne of the Open VLD party. The PS called the report “deadly” for the government. "The conclusion is unequivocal: the budget does not add up," said faction leader Pierre-Yves Dermagne. "The government can no longer hide. It has simply failed.”

 
 

On estime que, chaque année, quelque 100.000 vélos sont volés en Belgique.

Un an après le lancement du registre national d’identification des vélos MyBike, celui-ci a permis de retrouver 150 bicyclettes volées, soit 14,55% des vélos subtilisés enregistrés sur la plateforme, a indiqué jeudi le SPF Mobilité. Au total, 75.057 deux-roues ont été enregistrés sur ce portail développé par l’État fédéral et les trois Régions.

L’outil bruxellois généralisé à la Belgique

L’outil a été lancé il y a un peu plus d’un an, le 23 avril 2024. Un tel système existait toutefois déjà en Région bruxelloise, consignant 55.793 vélos. Depuis le lancement de la plateforme commune, 75.057 vélos s’y sont ajoutés. La plateforme est particulièrement populaire en Flandre, avec 54.850 vélos recensés, contre 13.276 en Wallonie et 6.931 à Bruxelles. Au total, 130.850 vélos ont donc été enregistrés.

La plateforme est notamment destinée à lutter contre le vol et le recel, tout en augmentant les chances de retrouver son vélo en cas de vol. Outre la collaboration interrégionale, les services de police et la Justice ont accès au registre.

Autocollant unique

Concrètement, la plateforme permet d’enregistrer gratuitement son vélo à l’aide d’un autocollant à identifiant unique. Elle fonctionne aussi bien pour les vélos neufs que pour les vélos d’occasion. “Si vous perdez votre vélo ou s’il est volé, vous pouvez le signaler immédiatement sur la plateforme. Ainsi, les vélos dérobés ou perdus peuvent être retrouvés et restitués plus rapidement”, affirme l’administration.

“Sur les 1.031 vélos dérobés enregistrés sur MyBike, 150 ont déjà été restitués à leur propriétaire. Cette part représente 14,55 % des vélos dérobés enregistrés sur la plateforme, soit 3,5 fois plus que lorsque les vélos ne sont pas enregistrés sur MyBike“, affirme le SPF Mobilité.

Par ailleurs, l’autocollant MyBike a un effet préventif, “en ce sens qu’il est susceptible de dissuader les voleurs potentiels“, selon le SPF.

On estime que, chaque année, quelque 100.000 vélos sont volés en Belgique.

 

The court of first instance in Brussels has condemned the Flemish government for failing to adequately protect the wild hamster, reported environmental organisations Dryade and Vogelbescherming Vlaanderen (Bird Protection Flanders). The government must now take measures, including providing a required minimum area of suitable habitat and a sufficiently large hamster population.

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