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also known as the “audio with IQ” show
Belgian store Alpha Brasschaat has a great show lined up for next weekend
We let them announce the event in their own words:
‘With great pleasure we invite you to participate in our “audio with IQ” show
it is no longer necessary to invite a group of musicians to your home
as was the case at the time of Beethoven & Mozart .
It is therefore fantastic that at this event we present not only the wonderful products that make our lives so much more beautiful
but also the designers and their close assistants
Manger will be delighted to tell and of course demonstrate a lot about the very special MANGER driver
Both the top passive P2 and the active S1 will be discussed
Driving is with a ‘new old’ brand: CANORuit Slowakijje … new in Belgium but already 30 years active
These are presented by Ivan Bosnovic and Igor Ovad
both active in Slovakia in the production of these gems
Marijn Nederlof who will present the PERLISTEN range where the ST7 will surprise many with its excellent performance and where the price-quality ratio is super
All this combined with 3 workshops presented by Christian from Isotek
where the meaning of mains filters is fully explained
Sammy & the Alpha team look forward to seeing you’
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Belgium — The final day of play in European baseball’s Federation Cup provided a surprise entrant to the championship game
while Valencia tuned up for the final with a 9-7 victory over the London Mets
the hometown Braves faced off against Wiener Neustadt
defeating its other two opponents convincingly
Brasschaat exploded for 15 runs in claiming its second victory
leaping over the Diving Ducks and earning a place in the title game
The big hits for the Spanish club in its comeback were back-to-back-to-back run-scoring doubles from Roibert Decena
Decena and Valerio were 3-for-5 with a pair of markers
the latter adding another two-bagger to his batting line
Justin Luna saved the day for the ‘Stros by firing three hitless innings to end the game
hitters went 0-for-19 with 13 strikeouts against the right-hander
Rich Minford had two hits and two RBI for the Mets
while Callum Vinall collected a pair of safeties and scored twice
and scored twice from the leadoff position for London
The utility man was the most productive of London’s steady lineup in the tournament
scoring seven times and swiping three bags
Roevens turned in one of the best performances of his career
hurling 6.2 innings of shutout relief with no free passes
permitting only two singles while striking out six
The exclamation point on his outstanding effort was a three-run jack in the eighth that gave Brasschaat a 12-8 lead and seemed to drain the life from Wiener Neustadt
their second-straight inning with a half dozen posted on the scoreboard
Jamie Verheyleweghen was 4-for-6 with three RBI for the victors
while Axel and Yves Poesmans both went 3-for-5 against their fellow Austrians
in the greenery between a small lake and an old plot division
the project’s layout was designed to maximize daylight hours with the change of seasons
and open views towards the panoramic garden
the residence’s roof and facade allow the building’s raw exterior to blend completely into the landscape
ddm architectuur divided the ground floor into three areas
scattering glass volumes hosting inner courtyards and dark blocks that hold functional areas
the first area is dedicated to fitness and wellness
featuring a sauna and a long swimming pool with a floor-to-ceiling glass facade
the second area houses a large living room alongside an open-space kitchen
contrasts against the lighter ceiling and floors
and features a black cabinetry finish with dark tops
the third area hosts a music room with a glazed wall open to the garden and its opposite wall clad in a dark larch veneer
the black material visually connects this area with the living room and kitchen
unifying the spaces in cohesive aesthetics
the larch veneer wall matches the surface of other programmatic volumes around the house
the master suite dominates the first floor with an unobstructed view of the lush tree crowns in the garden. the library overlooks the pond through the double-height dining room, adding airiness to the elegant environment. the raw, natural material palette of the house is highlighted by cea design‘s stainless steel details
which emphasize the residence’s sleek and minimal architecture.
project: private residence – house bras
architecture: ddm architectuur
bathroom and kitchen fittings: cea design – milo + giotto
photographer: lenzer – peter verplancke
AXOR presents three bathroom concepts that are not merely places of function
but destinations in themselves — sanctuaries of style
Brasschaat bulk carrier brought to Northumbrian Quay for investigation after death of Ukrainian national
A Ukrainian seaman has died after falling from a height on a ship stranded for months off the North Tyneside coast
The accident happened on the Brasschaat bulk carrier
which has been anchored in the North Sea since June after its owner went bust
A coastguard helicopter was called shortly after 2.20pm on Thursday to reports that a person had fallen from a height
Fellow crew performed CPR in an attempt to save the man’s life before paramedics and a doctor arrived
Northumbria police confirmed on Friday that the 29-year-old man had died
The Brasschaat bulk carrier is one of three ships that have been anchored a mile and a half out to sea near Tynemouth since June
and have been managed by an India-based crewing agency
had been onboard the Brasschaat since 20 June
A spokesman for Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement said on Friday: “It is with deep regret that we confirm that a crew member serving on board the managed vessel MV Brasschaat suffered a fatal accident yesterday afternoon whilst carrying out his shipboard duties
“Next of kin were immediately informed and a full investigation into the cause of the accident is now under way by all the relevant authorities
The deceased individual was a Ukrainian national
No other details are being released at this time.”
Police officers were on board the 179m-long Brasschaat as it was brought to shore at Northumbrian Quay in North Shields on Friday for investigation
It is understood that the Brasschaat shipmaster is due to give a statement to police about the man’s death
Fifteen seafarers remain onboard the vessel
Local residents have previously expressed concerns that the three ships are eyesores blighting the Tynemouth coastline
One resident of nearby Whitley Bay, quoted by Newcastle’s Evening Chronicle in August
said: “I don’t want our coast to become a kind of dumping ground for container ships.”
He added: “There are three of them a couple of miles offshore which are sitting high up in the water so it doesn’t look like they have any cargo
I don’t know if they have a skeleton crew but they seem empty and they’ve been there for ages.”
The Brasschaat was named after its home district in Flanders
shipped between Murmansk in Russia and western Europe and the Baltics
The firm was reported to be seeking bankruptcy protection last year after restructuring talks with its German bank broke down
This year the lender HSH Nordbank was granted control over the four-bulker fleet
according to the shipping news service TradeWinds
It is thought that the three ships off North Tyneside’s coast had initially been part of Sobelmar’s plans to renovate an ageing fleet
It is not clear how they came to be in the north-east
but Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement has an office in Newcastle
Police have launched an investigation after a man died on board the Brasschaat cargo ship moored off the coast of North Tyneside
Credit: Timo Newton-Syms/Wikimedia Commons
An investigation is now underway after a man fell from height onto the deck of the Brasschaat cargo ship
anchored off Whitley Bay in North Tyneside
Humber Coastguard received a distress call from the vessel at just after 1400 on 2o October
The Tynemouth RNLI lifeboat crew were deployed to transport three paramedics from the North East Ambulance Service to the ship
Coastguard Rescue Helicopter 912 was also tasked and arrived on scene soon after
having picked up a doctor at Durham Tees Valley airport en route from their Humberside airport base
Despite the best efforts of the paramedics
The 180-metre Brasschatt then docked at Northumbrian Quay
where police boarded to start their investigation
the Northumberland Police said: “At 3:37pm on Thursday
police received a report from the coastguard of the death of a man on a ship at sea near to Tynemouth.”
has been recovered and brought to North Shields on Friday
It would appear he has fallen from a height onto the deck of the ship and sustained fatal injuries,” continued the statement
maritime authorities and shipping company representatives are working together to establish how this death occurred,” it added
The man’s family in the Ukraine have been informed and are being supported by the shipping company
Police enquiries are ongoing while a report is being prepared for the coroner
The Brasschaat is one of three ships that has been anchored off Tynemouth for a number of months
Dubbed ‘ghost ships’ by some of the local residents
the vessels are under Bernhard Schulte Ship management
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After 150 years at their Shaftesbury Avenue
20th Century Fox has released a set tour for their upcoming Tim Burton film
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Taking us on the tour is the book's author Ransom Riggs as he shows us the real Torenhof Castle in Brasschaat
Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children opens September 30th
The two teams which had a good start into the final round of the Belgian First Division will face each other this weekend
Deurne Spartans square off with the Hoboken Pioneers
It marks also the half-way point of the round robin
The Brasschaat Braves and the Port of Antwerp Greys on the other hand are already under pressure if they still want to have a shot at the Belgian Series
Photo: © Frédéric de Laminne, www.event-pics.be
The Belgian Baseball and Softball Federation has announced the roster for the 2016 European Championship in Hoofddorp
The team once again is managed by Sven Hendrickx
16 of the players are currently playing in the Belgian First Division
Additionally Belgium’s lone minor leaguer outfielder Sam Buelens of the Toronto Blue Jays made the team
Former New York Mets minor leaguer and current Mainz Athletic Thomas De Wolf slugged his way on the team as well
In the Netherlands are playing Benjamin Dille
will be playing in Group B during first-round play at the European Championship
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On the occasion of her third solo exhibition at the gallery, Tinka Pittoors (1977
Brasschaat) continues to develop her work around the theme of nature imprisoned by man
She elaborates this approach through sculptures
paintings and ceramics that she produced during a three-month residency at the Europees Keramisch WerkCentrum in 's-Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands
she found inspiration in the still lifes of Dutch Mannerism which presented
improbable bouquets of reinvented flowers whose assemblage defied the logic of the succession of seasons
One may note in passing that most of these flower painters were originally from Antwerp
these enchanting bouquets cautioned against the precariousness of life on Earth
installations) of Tinka Pittoors seem at first glance to exude a certain sense of cruelty: the flowers and birds are locked up in the work
In the long installation The Wallflower Execution
Tinka Pittoors hangs on a rudimentary wooden structure
the fruits of a contemporary fishing expedition: next to the flowers
Facing this assemblage is a stool that recalls the cruel position of the "wall flower"
the girl at the ball - as a reference to the double meaning of the title
Two colors dominate: the white of the bare material (gesso
chosen by Tinka Pittoors because of its artificiality
which contrasts heavily with her cheerfully colorful universe
The artist sees this work as the beginning of a story which the imagination - her own and that of the spectator - will take further
as it feeds the reflection on the nature of this still life.
The appointment with the scouting column by BDP is back. After having talked about Tyger Campbell
the journey in search of interesting names in the European panorama today stops in Bilbao with the protagonist Thijs De Ridder
Both his parents and brothers played for years with his mother who also took part in the Belgian first division
He took his first steps at the age of 9 in the hometown club Schoten-Brasschaat before moving to the Antwerp Giants
In the 2020-21 season he made his first team debut in the BXT League and in the Eurocup
cwinning several awards such as “Rising Star”
“Sixth Man of the year” and being included in the 1st quintet of the Belgian-Dutch LeagueAll this earned him a call-up to the senior national team in the World Cup qualifying window
In the summer of 2023 it will be exhibited at theEuropean Under 20 where he was the best scorer of the competition (19 points) and the best rebounder (12) so much so as to attract the attention of Surne Bilbao Basket who signed him
In his debut season in a competitive league like ACB he averaged 6.4 points and 4.2 rebounds in 18' of play
He was also confirmed as a starter and in this first part of the season he increased his averages to 8.6 points and 5.6 rebounds
doing even better in the FIBA Europe Cup where he scored 11.3 points
grabbed 5.7 rebounds and delivered 1.1 assists
Let's take a closer look at the interesting features of this "little gem"
The word to best describe De Ridder is versatility
We are talking about a modern big man who prefers pick'n'pop situations to punish the defense with a long-distance shot
Equipped with a good shooting mechanic with a quick release of the ball
this allows him to beat the pressure of the defenses
In shooting situations with his feet on the ground he produces 2.7 points per 2.6 possessions equal to 1.056 PPP for Synergy
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De Ridder has an important instinct for grabbing rebounds
he is a very good offensive rebounder (1.5 on average in ACB and 2.4 in Fiba Europe Cup)
the sense of position and the energy he has to "battle" with the opponents' tall players never holding back to create second chances for himself and his teammates
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but the young Belgian has a good first step and a decent speed that allow him to beat more static long players off the dribble
this allows him to beat the defender in close-out situations and with the ability to resist contact he can finish at the rim with a good touch in support or with powerful dunks
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Villa Nottebohm in Brecht (Antwerp province) has been knocked down
The iconic villa was an inspiration for the American film director Tim Burton’s film "Miss Peregrine’s home for peculiar children"
The villa inspired the author of the book on which the film is based
The movie itself was filmed in Brasschaat
The villa was built at the start of the last century and has been abandoned for some time
It looks like the perfect place to film a horror movie with its overgrown grounds
The auteur Ransom Riggs took the inspiration for his book Miss Peregrine’s home for peculiar children"
A film was made of the book in 2016 directed by Tim Burton and starting Eva Green
Although the plan had originally been to use the villa as the backdrop to the film
It was eventually filmed a few kilometers away in Brasschaat
INBO participated in the international Horizon 2020 research project NITRIPHYLL
on nitrification in the crown canopy of European forests
Nitrification is the process by which specialized microorganisms (archaea and bacteria) on the leaves or needles
It has long been believed that the crown canopy is an important link in the nitrogen cycle in forests
Only recently have advanced research methods allowed us to unravel these complex processes
For this research, ten sample plots from the ICP Forests Level II monitoring network were selected
these are the sampling plots of Scots pine in Brasschaat and beech in the Sonian forest
The sites were chosen along a nitrogen deposition gradient
The Flemish plots belong to the category with the highest deposition in Europe
samples of throughfall water - that is precipitation after passing through the crown canopy - were examined
55% of the nitrate in the throughfall was of biological origin (i.e
from microbial conversion of ammonium to nitrate)
this means that annually 4-5 kg of nitrogen deposition measured as nitrate in the throughfall was originally deposited on the forest in the form of ammonium
Nitrification in the crown canopy thus greatly obscures the proportion of ammonium in the throughfall deposition of inorganic nitrogen
Ammonia deposition originates mainly from agricultural activities
and oxidized nitrogen from combustion processes (including industry
This research indicates that our measurements of throughfall deposition until today have underestimated the impact of ammonia and overestimated that of oxidized nitrogen
Arne Verstraeten
Read more: Guerrieri R. et al. (2024). Substantial contribution of tree canopy nitrifiers to nitrogen fluxes in European forests. Nature Geoscience 17, 130-136. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-023-01364-3
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The Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO) is the independent research institute of the Flemish government that underpins and evaluates biodiversity policy and management by means of applied scientific research
Caoimhe O’Brien (DAS-Hutchinson-Brother UK) has taken her second win of the week in Belgium after a breakaway ride in the Grand Prix Ets Rolland Warnon in Emptinne
who was 4th in the road race at the National Road Championships his year and won U23 gold
adds her victory on Thursday to the win she took on Tuesday at Maria-ter-Heide Brasschaat
was secured when she won the four-up sprint from the breakaway
which was 10 seconds up on the main peloton
In that breakaway with O’Brien was her British team mate
along with Belgian Marieke Meert (VolkerWessels Women’s Pro Cycling Team)
British rider Alex Morrice (Canyon//SRAM Racing)
Britain’s Henrietta Colborne (GT Krush Rebellease) and Paquita Derie (Baloise-WB Ladies)
O’Brien got the better of Meert in the final sprint to the line
from Clay – making it a 1-3 for DAS-Hutchinson-Brother UK – with Morrice in fourth place
was won by American rider Kimberly Stoveld (AUTOMATIC | ABUS Racing) just 10 seconds after O’Brien crossed the line in victory in her national champion’s livery
O’Brien and her younger sister Aoife (Cyclingteam Belco-Van Eyck)
have been enjoying a very strong run in Belgium in recent weeks
Both have been selected onto the Irish team for the upcoming Rás na mBan and will be gunning for stage wins in the Kilkenny-based stage race
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Apr 11, 2024 | Airshow News, Display Team Schedules
The Belgian Air Force have released the schedule for their Red Devils Display Team which fly four SIAI-Marchetti SF260s
The venerable training aircraft is reaching the end of its service in Belgium and 2024 could well be the final season for the team
The leisure centre group Sportoase has reported the former football commentor Eddy Snelders to the police for allegedly having secretly filmed swimmers in the changing rooms at its site in Brasschaat (Antwerp Province)
The incident allegedly happened 8 years ago
It has come to light during the investigation into voyeurism and exhibitionism perpetrated by Eddy Snelders
Eddy Snelders’ lawyer Sanne De Clerck told VRT News that “Mr Snelders stresses that it was never his intent to film minors”
Earlier this week it emerged that the former footballer and commentor Eddy Snelders had secretly filmed swimmers in the changing rooms at the Sportoase site in Brasschaat
Sportoase decided to lodge a complaint against Eddy Snelders with the police
Sportoase says that this is standard procedure when this kind of incident occurs
According to Eddy Snelders' lawyer Sanne De Clerck
he admits taking footage in the changing rooms
"My client says he did not know beforehand who would be filmed
He also strongly denies that he specifically or deliberately targeted minors
My client is fully aware of the seriousness of this and is now focusing fully on his intensive course of therapy."
Hidden cameras in holiday home and family home
The investigation into Eddy Snelders' voyeurism has
already revealed that the former footballer and commentator filmed naked women
with a hidden camera at his holiday home in the Ardennes and in his former family home in Brasschaat
Eddy Snelders has also been under investigation since December for alleged exhibitionism
A neighbour had told police that she had witnessed the 60-year-old masturbating several times at the office of his real estate and construction company in Brasschaat
India's Ramandeep Singh and Pakistan captain Muhammad Imran starred with two goals each as the traditional rivals played out a bruising 2-2 draw in a group clash of the World Hockey League (HWL) Semifinal on Friday
Pakistan-s-Rasool-Shafqat-vies-with-India-s-Gurmail-Singh-in-the-group-stage-match-of-the-World-Hockey-League-Semifinal-in-Brasschaat-on-June-26-2015-AFP-Photo Even though the honours were shared
the anticipated Pool A clash lived up to its billing at the Brasschaat Municipal Park here
Ramandeep (13th and 39th) scored for world No
10 Pakistan were bolstered by Imran strikes — a penalty stroke and a penalty corner in the 23rd and 37th minutes
Asian Games champions India were threatening to score a late match-winner when their strikers thrice took shots at the rival citadel in the last three minutes during a surcharged encounter played at a brisk pace
but there were a lot of wayward marksmanship by their strikers as Pakistan also fell back to defend stoutly in the first encounter between the two sides since the Champions Trophy semifinals in December last year
Pakistan won that Champions Trophy semifinal contest at Bhubaneswar by one goal
but obscene gestures in the onfield victory celebrations led to suspensions of twoPakistan players
This draw gives India seven points from three outings in Pool A ahead of the fixture against World champions Australia
Pakistan now have four points from three matches
Berths for 2016 Rio Olympics are on offer in HWL
India have already booked their ticket to Rio by beating Pakistan to claim the Incheon Asian Games gold
the Indians are a relatively relaxed bunch and coach Paul van Ass is trying out options
They are yet to seal their spot in the Olympics
India could afford not to field their best squad in the HWL semifinals
which otherwise is the last chance for some teams to qualify for the Olympics
The top 4 sides from the 10-team tournament will proceed to the HWL Final to be played in November-December in India
The top-3 teams will qualify for the Rio Olympics
But some teams ranked slightly lower may also get a chance if any of the countries also feature in the five places available to winners of continental tournaments
India were the better team at the start on Friday with the players combining and coordinating well
They got the more of the ball possession in the first quarter as Pakistan took time to get into rhythm
Pakistan got a great chance of going ahead as Shakeel Ammad set up Muhammad Waqas only for the latter to waste it
India got the crucial 1-0 lead in the 13th minute as Gurmail Singh drove the ball inside the Pakistan circle with blistering speed and Ramandeep
made full commitment and threw his body to deflect the ball in
Pakistan regrouped and bounced back strongly to make lethal circle penetrations and threaten Indian goalkeeper PR Sreejesh every time
The best part of Pakistan was the way they managed the space in the field while it seemed India
Sparks flew thick and fast between the two Asian giants and players didn't allow each other free space
Pakistan got a penalty corner in the 23rd minute and skipper Muhammad Imran's flick was saved on the goalline by Devindar Sunil Walmiki with a backstick
Seasoned Imran stepped up to convert it to a goal even if Sreejesh correctly dived to his right
India responded well and were rewarded with a penalty corner that was wasted by a poor strike from Manpreet Singh
Both teams went to the half-time locked 1-1
Pakistan played a fluent game as India played with 10 members as Satbir Singh sat outside following a yellow card
Pakistan earned a penalty corner in the 37th minute that was converted successfully as Imran flicked high into the net
India responded two minutes later as Devindar got a pass from skipper Sardar Singh and surged into the rival circle to set it up for Ramandeep
who lifted the ball high into the net for his brace
India and Pakistan both wasted a penalty corner each in the fourth quarter as their stoppers failed to properly check the balls after the push
missed the absence of a penalty corner expert as their top artist VR Raghunath is in India due to injury and Rupinder Pal Singh is yet to fully recover from an injury sustained during a warm-up game here
The responsibility was on Manpreet and in this match filled with pressure
it was a demand too much for the youngster as the rival goalkeeper Imran Butt had a good day in the office
Butt showed very good reflexes as he dived twice in one minute to keep India at bay and ultimately both the teams tried in vain in search of the winner
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