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	King Baudouin Foundation - This Foundation came into being in 1976 on the occasion of the 25th Anniversary of the Coronation of King Baudouin. It works to help improve living conditions for the population. Presentation, activities, projects, events, press and publications.
	Belgian Online Libraries Directory - Searchable, browsable database of library profile and contact information for Belgian libraries of all types.
	Federation of International Associations Established in Belgium (FAIB) - Non-profit and non-political association that promotes and defends the interests and activities of member organisations of European or universal scope, and include trade or business federations, cultural and scientific societies, youth and sport associations, and religious and philanthropic societies.
	Irish Club of Belgium - Promoting Ireland & serving the Belgo Irish Community. News, events, activities of the Club and links.
	Centre for Translation, Communication and Cultures (CETRA) - Its main activity is to train young scholars dealing with translation, especially at the onset of their research career, and to play an active role in the coordination of collective/individual research projects worldwide. Leuven University.
	Bamboostic - Bamboo-Tourism project which aims at obtaining, through low cost bamboo housing constructions, a sustainable poverty reduction for a number of Brazilian families living below the poverty line.
	British & Commonwealth Women's Club of Brussels (BCWCB) - The BCWCB, founded in 1963, provides opportunities for its members to meet each other, to pursue hobbies and interests or to take up new ones, and to help newcomers settle into their new community. Brussels.
	Organization For Supporting Education (ROSE) - Voluntary organization providing assistance to the economically disadvantaged schools in rural communities. Its mission is to improve the basic facilities in such schools. Leuven.
	Belgian Canadian Association of British Columbia, Canada - Over 100 Belgians and Belgophiles of British Columbia promote the culture of Belgium and meet over 6 times/year since 1973 in Vancouver, BC, Canada.
	Professional Women International - Multi-national networking forum for women in business. Schedule of monthly meetings and other events, newsletter, and membership. Brussels.
	A-Club Brussels - Multi-cultural an international social club for people in Brussels in their twenties and thirties. Runs events such as restaurant and bar evenings, walks, trips, cinema visits, parties and cultural activities.

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Drucker I have come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying, and for this reason, I can never be satisfied with anyone who would be blockhead enough to have me. -- Abraham Lincoln, in a letter to America is a large, friendly dog in a very small room. Every time it wags its tail, it knocks over a chair. -- Arnold Toynbee "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not." (Theodor Seuss Geisel, a.k.a. Dr. Seuss, 1904-1991) The difference between sex and death is that with death you can do it alone and no one is going to make fun of you. -- Woody Allen Organizations "Genius without education is like silver in the mine." (Benjamin Franklin) "Drugs have done a lot of good. A lot of good songs have been written. 'Penny Lane' is worth 10 dead kids. 'Dark Side of the Moon?' 100 dead kids. 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Others must fail. -- Gore Vidal If we do not maintain Justice, Justice will not maintain us. -- Francis Bacon "We have so little presumption that we should like to be known in the world, even to those who come after when we are no more. We have so little vanity that the esteem of five people, say six, amuses Organizations A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants. -- Arthur Schoperhauer Books had instant replay long before televised sports. -- Bern Williams Children should be like waffles--you should be able to throw the first one away. -- Mary Alice Messenger Education is the state-controlled manufacture of echoes. -- Norman Douglas Marriage is low down, but you spend the rest of your life paying for it. Organizations The only one of your children who does not grow up and move away is your husband. 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