cormorant books inc is a canadian book publishing company .

the company 's current publisher is marc côté .

cormorant books specializes in fiction by new and emerging canadian writers , reissues of out-of-print classics of canadian literature , and english translations of works by quebec writers .

in 2010 , the company also launched dancing cat books , a separate imprint for works of young adult literature .

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earlier this month in toronto , marc côté and his staff packed up the offices of cormorant books .
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complicating matters further is the fact that crean’s partner , novelist susan swan , is publishing her next novel with cormorant books in 2013 . and swan’s daughter , literary agent samantha haywood , sells foreign rights for thomas allen .
a letter sent to literary agents earlier this year details the new normal : manuscripts to be considered by thomas allen are to be sent to senior editor janice zawerbny ; manuscripts intended for cormorant books are to be sent to bryan ibeas , the newly promoted acquisitions editor .
earlier this month in toronto , marc côté and his staff packed up the offices of cormorant books . a few days before the move , pictures and plaques still decorated the walls of their spadina avenue office , which they shared with playwrights canada press , and the shelves were still filled with books that had to be boxed up and trucked north , to markham , where the offices of thomas allen & son are located .
côté says he will continue to edit cormorant titles , along with ibeas ; dancing cat books , their young adult imprint , will be overseen by publisher barry jowett ; robyn sarah will continue to run the poetry line , with four titles a year . thomas allen publishers will remain “a boutique kind of list , ” according to allen . “it’s not a list i intend to grow into dozens of books a year . ”
in june of 2000 , côté received a call from jan geddes , co - founder of cormorant books . geddes , along with her husband , gary , had started the press in 1986 . cormorant achieved early success — they published lives of the saints by nino ricci , which won the governor general’s literary award for fiction in 1990 — but had been experiencing tough times . she offered côté the job of publisher .
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on july 1 , thomas allen took control of cormorant’s sales and distribution and acquired what jim allen calls “a very small” stake in the company .
“the devil’s cormorant combines natural history , social and economic impacts through a series of stories , each told with compassion and humour . ”— british birds
“it really means something to be there with your books , ” he says . “it’s quite humbling to actually walk into the warehouse and see the miles of aisles of books , and realize that what we do , vaunted as it is , is just one part of the process . and it’s good to walk into the warehouse and see everyone working their asses off , making sure the books go out , that the right books go to the right booksellers . you think it’s a simple thing until you realize — thousands of titles , thousands of copies . it’s a humbling experience . i like that .
“we’re a publishing company , and one of the things that really troubles me about the way the industry has worked is we tend to lionize individual , ” côté says . “books don’t happen because there’s one great author , or one great editor . books happen because so many people along that chain kick in . ”
where are they now ? gary claims not to have swallowed all the manuscripts sent to him , however slick or fishy , but to have published some great canadian books . he is now living in his favourite spot , the west coast , and doing what he loves best , writing . his recent books include the acclaimed kingdom of ten thousand things and sailing home . jan geddes now lives in victoria and is working on a novel and is studying latin . the hallmark of cormorant’s twenty years of publishing is the discovery and promotion of new writing talent ; in this time , the company has had ten books nominated for the various incarnations of the books in canada first novel award . the company’s fiction and translations have been nominated for many national , regional , and civic book awards and prizes .
i love how king approaches the cormorant from an interdisciplinary angle , covering vast time and space while providing fascinating stories about the cormorant . he educates us through compelling vignettes of a variety of powerful and interesting relationships of different people to these unique birds . his storytelling abilities made me not want to put this book down !
, a novel crean had rescued when edugyan’s original publisher , key porter books , went bankrupt . this was crean’s second giller prize “win” — austin clarke won in 2002 for
the move represented not only a geographic change for côté , the long - time publisher of cormorant books , but a professional change , as well . on jan . 19 , it was announced that patrick crean , who’d founded and headed thomas allen’s publishing division since it was launched in 2000 , was leaving the company ; côté , 51 , was named his successor .
twenty years ago , jan and gary geddes started cormorant books on their farm outside of dunvegan in eastern ontario . each of them had a reason for naming the company for this particular bird . according to gary , the cormorant is such a good fisher that humans use it , with a wooden ring to prevent it from swallowing its catch . gary enjoyed being of use to canadian writers briefly , then passing the responsibility and the glory to jan , who had heard a rumour that the cormorant was a voiceless bird . she endeavoured to give that bird a voice by introducing new writers to readers across canada . both gary and jan succeeded in acquiring the good catches , the new writers , and providing a foundation for a company that has introduced many significant voices .
richard king ' s the devil ' s cormorant is a brilliant book . it is scientifically well - informed , serious , funny , and full of good stories . . . a post - modern ornithology .
less than a year later , “it was very clear that general publishing was in trouble , ” côté says of jack stoddart’s empire . soon after , the company went into receivership . “in the end , we lost $ 75 , 000 , but it wasn’t devastating , ” he says . by the end of 2002 , côté and his partner , john pugsley , were sole owners of cormorant books . “it’s been me ever since , ” he says .
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richard king ' s the devil ' s cormorant is a brilliant book . it is scientifically well - informed , serious , funny , and full of good stories . . . a post - modern ornithology .
— living bird
i picked this book up off the coffee table while staying at a friend ' s house . when i read the title i was thinking
what ' s a cormorant ?
after that i couldn ' t put it down .
in spring 2011 , cormorant inaugurated a new poetry line . we publish between two and four poetry titles a year ( currently two ) . we seek excellent new collections by poets both established and new ; anthologies and reissues by solicitation only .
david homel is a writer , journalist , filmmaker , and translator . he is the author of five previous novels , including the speaking cure , which won the j . i . segal award of the jewish public library and the hugh maclennan prize for best fiction from the quebec writers’ federation . his most recent novel , midway , was published by cormorant books . he has translated several french works , receiving the governor general’s literary award for translation in 1995 and 2001 . homel was born and raised in chicago and currently resides in montreal .
now in toronto , keeping the cormorant tradition established in 1986 alive has , at times , been difficult . at other times , it’s been relatively easy – finding a narrative voice of character and distinction , the new author with something to say that’s not been said before , rescuing the out - of - print authors whose reputations have tarnished with age and neglect . publishing books , such as those in the pages of this catalogue , is an adventure ; it’s an intellectual pursuit without parallel . when a new book arrives from the printer , when an author receives her first glowing review , the hardest of times are forgot . we all live for these moments . the company’s dedication to publishing a diversity of voices from across the country continues , along with the belief that these voices are worth hearing . they are worth reading , not just for a small and select audience , but for the largest possible one , which is why we rely on booksellers and librarians , and why we rely on book reviewers and the media , who play as important a role in this endeavour as do we , the staff and authors of cormorant books .
côté approached jim allen , president and ceo of thomas allen & son , in january 2009 . he was attracted to the company’s integrated sales and distribution , something cormorant lacked . “it was one - stop shopping , ” côté says . “it was going to solve a headache for me . ”
the program celebrates books published in the 2015 calendar year and in three categories : poetry , fiction and non - fiction . brennan said the celebration is long overdue . “until now , new brunswick – a province with a rich literary heritage – was the only province in canada without its own ( anglophone ) book awards program . ” *
“he can come off as very determined , and ‘this is the way , ’ but when push comes to shove he wants the author to be happy with the book , and he knows that the book belongs to the author , ” says tess fragoulis , whose novel the goodtime girl will be published by cormorant this spring .
as inspiring as these books were to me as i gunkholed my way up the inside passage , where hazards are innumerable and support can be minimal , i wanted to do something different . for me , a trip up the coast would be not so much a discovery as a recovery narrative , a way of getting in touch with people and places and events from my own past .
the devil ' s cormorant is a great read for those interested in birds or anyone who enjoys crisp natural history writing . i will be buying another copy of this to give to my father , who loves bird watching ; the beautiful illustrations make it a great gift . i couldn ' t put it down ! the author ' s love of cormorants comes through in his excellent writing .
behold the cormorant : silent , still , cruciform , and brooding ; flashing , soaring , quick as a snake . evolution has crafted the only creature on earth that can migrate the length of a continent , dive and hunt deep underwater , perch comfortably on a branch or a wire , walk on land , climb up cliff faces , feed on thousands of different species , and live beside both fresh and salt water in a vast global range of temperatures and altitudes , often in close proximity to man . long a symbol of gluttony , greed , bad luck , and evil , the cormorant has led a troubled existence in human history , myth , and literature . the birds have been prized as a source of mineral wealth in peru , hunted to extinction in the arctic , trained by the japanese to catch fish , demonized by milton in paradise lost , and reviled , despised , and exterminated by sport and commercial fishermen from israel to indianapolis , toronto to tierra del fuego . in the devil’s cormorant , richard king takes us back in time and around the world to show us the history , nature , ecology , and economy of the world’s most misunderstood waterfowl .
despite the subtitle , this is a work as much about human history and values , as it is about nature . king sees past the symbol and presents the real cormorant , living amidst real people . and one is left with this conclusion : surely we need animals as symbols . but let’s not allow it to obscure the real , complicated , beautiful creatures among us .
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poetry - anita lahey , a poet , journalist , reviewer and essayist who lives in victoria . she’s the author of the mystery shopping cart : essays on poetry and culture ( palimpsest , 2013 ) and two poetry collections : spinning side kick and out to dry in cape breton ( véhicule , 2011 & 2006 ) . she serves as assistant series editor for tightrope books’ annual anthology best canadian poetry in english ,
despite the subtitle , this is a work as much about human history and values , as it is about nature . king sees past the symbol and presents the real cormorant , living amidst real people . and one is left with this conclusion : surely we need animals as symbols . but let’s not allow it to obscure the real , complicated , beautiful creatures among us .
— nature conservancy
behold the cormorant : silent , still , cruciform , and brooding ; flashing , soaring , quick as a snake . evolution has crafted the only creature on earth that can migrate the length of a continent , dive and hunt deep underwater , perch comfortably on a branch or a wire , walk on land , climb up cliff faces , feed on thousands of different species , and live beside both fresh and salt water in a vast global range of temperatures and altitudes , often in close proximity to man . long a symbol of gluttony , greed , bad luck , and evil , the cormorant has led a troubled existence in human history , myth , and literature . the birds have been prized as a source of mineral wealth in peru , hunted to extinction in the arctic , trained by the japanese to catch fish , demonized by milton in
physically , a very nice book and a fascinating natural history read . mr . king really covers every aspect of the cormorant . like so many other concerns related to the environment , he does a really good job providing a thorough perspective of both sides of some of the issues . my particular interest is in the conservation / ecological impact in the states , but the book covers the natural history , social and economic impacts of the birds all over the world .
as in his previous books on violence and reconciliation in sub - saharan africa , geddes is fascinated by healing . repeatedly , he asks the people he speaks with why they are not angry , why they do not hate . they respond that in healing they have let go of their anger . they are turning inward to their own cultures , their languages , their foods , and their medicines . this is what indigenous writers like taiaike alfred and lee ann betasamosake simpson call resurgence . it is healing for indigenous people by indigenous people .
i didn ' t get to read the devil ' s cormorant although i wanted to . the book i received from amazon was strange indeed . . it was printed backward - that is it began with page 378 , followed by 377 , then , 376 , etc . and , many of the pages were printed upside - down . a very weird version of this book . it is impossible to image how the printer allowed it out of the shop ! ! and , of course , i was the poor fool who bought it !
just finished reading the book , although i ' ve had it for a while . i enjoyed the variety of travelogue , ecology , social study , natural / human history . similar to many of the other books along these lines that i have read and really enjoyed ( secret life of lobsters , cod , beautiful swimmers , founding fish , etc . ) . and the closing chapter was particular interesting after the objective , in - depth , global research king had conducted . extensive resources and citations , which always makes me feel better about a book , too .
côté’s adventure in the publishing industry began in 1985 , when he left montreal for toronto . he intended to become a playwright but his first job was with the canadian book information centre , the marketing arm of the association for canadian publishers . it was here côté realized he was more impressed with what was happening in canadian literature than in canadian theatre . this was followed by positions at books in canada , the world’s biggest bookstore , the ontario arts council , and finally as head of the literary press group of canada , a sales and distribution co - op for small presses .
“when i started , they had a budget of less than $ 200 , 000 and sales of less than a quarter - million , and a staff of two full - time people — me and the sales manager — and they had three reps who worked a total of 16 weeks a year , ” he says , sitting down at a coffee shop not far from cormorant’s former offices . “when i left , the budget was $ 1 - million a year , the sales were $ 2 . 5 - million a year , they had a staff of six people in the office , and they had six full - time sales reps . ”
geddes : frye once said that every poet has one or two structures of feeling that are absolutely central to him and his work , and that these structures are often consciously or unconsciously announced in the titlepoems of the author ' s books . i ' d say that i am preoccupied with injured figures , figures caught in the machinery of society or politics or religion . there ' s something common between the narrator of horse , chartier , the potter in xian and sandra lee scheuer , who was killed at kent state university . perhaps a good shrink could tell you why i write about these individuals . i might even venture a guess or two myself , but not today .
after his marriage collapsed and he’d chucked his tenured teaching job in montreal , vancouver - born poet and editor gary geddes bought a 31 - foot sloop called the groasis and learned to sail it—slowly—to produce sailing home : a journey through time , place and memory ( harper $ 32 ) .
my literary predecessors were legion—such as james cook , juan francisco de la bodega y quadra and george vancouver—so i planned to maintain a respectful distance from their journals .
kathrene pinkerton , whose three’s a crew ( 1940 ) was published the year i was born , recounts her adventures upcoast with her husband robert and daughter bobs . i was particularly fond of this book because it casts kathrene and family as duffers with even less knowledge of the sea than i possessed , although robert had some mechanical competence and kathrene was capable of fine writing and acute observation .
m . wylie blanchet , a widow with several children , cruised the inside passage over several summers , condensing her experiences into a minor classic called the curve of time ( 1968 ) .
the third member of the trio was beth hill , whose upcoast summers , published in 1985 , pieces together the 1933 - 1941 journals of francis barrow , who travelled the coast with his wife amy and two black spaniels and managed to record encounters with 227 coastal residents .
if these upbeat , affectionate accounts had a downside , it was in their implicit reminders that sailing is more enjoyably done with company and that the working population of the remote coast that i was setting out to find—farmers , loggers , fishermen—had almost disappeared .
i felt that i knew and , in some ways , owned the coast already .
my grandfather had drowned off point atkinson , his body never recovered . my mother swam alongside the boat for miles in howe sound as a young woman before dying of cancer at age thirty - four . my father had been part of the rescue team at the collapse of the second narrows bridge in vancouver . he and i had fished together commercially in rivers inlet . i had spent several summers on the waterfront , loading trucks and boxcars at the b . c . sugar refinery in vancouver , working at my uncle’s boat rentals in whytecliffe and , later , driving water - taxi between westview and texada island .
the lure of the coast is such that people will try to travel it in anything that floats , including bathtubs , canoes , leaky rowboats , ancient hulks with dangerously high superstructures , kayaks , houseboats made of plastic , rotting clinker - built trollers , concrete sailboats , perhaps even bamboo rafts if , as seems likely , asian and polynesian navigators actually made it to the west coast .
my own expectations were modest : i wanted a sailboat that was roomy , seaworthy and cheap , but with devastatingly beautiful lines and an exotic track record . one of my friends recommended i phone an acquaintance in victoria who did legal work for the artistic community and might know where to begin . this proved an interesting lead .
if i were prepared to give up the idea of sailing , the voice said , and willing to do some basic carpentry work , i might be able to use one of the two gillnetters currently serving as props in the scott hicks movie of david guterson’s stunning novel , snow falling on cedars . the price was right and my earliest experiences in boats on the coast had taken place on my father’s gillnetter in rivers inlet , so this was a tempting offer . however , i was determined to sail as much as i could and i wanted a boat with a real rather than a fictional history . i also knew better than to try composing my modest memoir in the shadow of such excellence . eventually , boat and owner came together as if the hand of fate had intervened , though you’ll have to wait for that part of the story .
sailing home is not for professional seamen or the archetypal beautiful person on a yacht ; rather , it’s for the rest of mankind , those of us who , with warts and failures and impossible dreams , have tried to go back , with or without a boat , tried to find that intimate space , or state of mind , called home .
when i set sail at the tail end of the second millennium , i was joining the ranks not only of intrepid mariners , but also of complete novices such as charles darwin , who emptied the contents of his stomach over the gunwales during three - and - a - half years at sea on the beagle , and a religious crusader named jeff bauchmann rescued off tofino on the west coast of vancouver island on july 3 , 1999 with no charts or maritime experience , only the two hundred bibles he was planning to deliver to russia . when the canadian coast guard picked him up , he was heading in the wrong direction . although my missionary zeal was of a different kind , and my library of offerings to the russians would have had considerably more variety , i certainly knew the feeling of being way off course .
first i had to learn to read a chart ( “no , gary , asterisks are not decorative . they’re symbolic ; they represent rocks . ” ) , figure out how to handle a headstrong boat , and learn to navigate in a sea teeming with personal and tribal ghosts .
i was , from the outset , a sort of floating anachronism , crawling across the surface of the sea on my belly , because so much coastal travel is now done by air . my speed , five nautical miles per hour , seemed good to me ; i needed to slow down , decompress , take stock , to look long and hard at the places of my desire and , perhaps , see them again for the first time .
it was a scary and glorious misadventure . in due course , tide - lines would became song - lines ; life - jackets merge with book - jackets ; boat and book share something we refer to , quaintly , as a launch .
vancouver , bc – the west coast book prize society is proud to recognize gary geddes as the recipient of the fifth annual lieutenant governor’s award for literary excellence . british columbia’s lieutenant governor , the honourable steven point , will present the award at the lieutenant governor’s bc book prizes gala to be held at the fairmont waterfront hotel in vancouver on april 26 , 2008 . the event will be hosted by broadcaster fanny kiefer . this prize was established in 2003 by former lieutenant governor , the honourable iona campagnolo , to recognize british columbia writers who have contributed to the development of literary excellence in the province . the recipient receives a cash award of $ 5 , 000 and a commemorative certificate .
gary geddes was born in vancouver in 1940 . he was raised for four years in saskatchewan but grew up primarily in vancouver ' s commercial drive area . he became a lay preacher for the baptist church and a singer in one of vancouver ' s first rock combos . he received his phd in english from the university of toronto and has edited important college anthologies such as twentieth century poetry and poetics ( 1969 ) and skookum wawa ( 1975 ) , a breakthrough volume for bc literature . described as canada ' s best political poet by critic george woodcock , some of his major poetry titles are letter of the master of horse ( 1973 ) , war measures and other poems ( 1976 ) , the acid test ( 1981 ) , the terracotta army ( 1984 ) and changes of state ( 1986 ) . geddes has led a literary delegation to china , founded a subscription - based publishing company and he teaches at concordia university . gary geddes lives in dunvegan , ontario .
t : war measures & other poems is an odd book to come from a westcoaster . where do the politics and the interest in french canada come from ?
geddes : you can ' t grow up in bc without becoming political . either you get on the bandwagon and try to milk the land , or become a socialist - there seems to be no easy middle ground out here . i guess my fundamentalist background left me with an overactive conscience too , like all those other baptists who ended up in the ccf . as for chartier , the mad bomber , he was a westerner too . he knew about marginality . he was french - canadian and an albertan . i found in his death a symbol for something tragic and deadly in our culture . he had no means of redressing the injustices he felt . he thought politicians were crooks . many of them are . what good was his vote ? he decided to take a stick of dynamite into the house of commons . was he going to throw it from the gallery ? we don ' t know . the newspapers laughed at him , as a not - so - beautiful loser , as another canadian failure , as a fool . one paper denied that his act was canadian . we don ' t act separately here , it said ; we are violent in groups only . therefore , chartier ' s act is meaningless , essentially american .
geddes : no , he seems cut out for something else . whether he changed his mind when he got there , seeing all the school children in the gallery , watching the minister of consumer affairs picking his nose and reading the globe or remembering another alternative , that of the buddhist monks in vietnam , who gave up their own lives in protest to the american presence - whatever it was , chartier ended up taking his own life . who ' s to say he didn ' t intend that all along , and who ' s to say it was not the most powerful gesture possible ? some of our contemporary terrorists should remember that .
t : that was a long answer . it ' s also a long poem . how do you keep a poem that long from collapsing in the middle , or turning to sludge ?
geddes : maybe you don ' t . i tried something different . i used the form of diary jottings , to keep the sections short and lyrical , highly charged and with the kind of intensity of image of a stopped frame in a film . kroetsch called those sections narrative remnants , a phrase that makes sense to me . the reader is kept alert by both the intensity of the image , hopefully , and the energy and attention required to stitch together those non - linear , but still interconnected , narrative remnants .
for the long poem , you need many different strategies , but it ' s the most exciting form in my view , and the one that separates the sheep from the goats . i leave it up to you to decide which is which .
geddes : when the family returned from saskatchewan , we lived briefly with my father in rivers inlet , where he was gillnetting . that landscape continues to haunt me in quite a different way , for its excess , its exotic qualities , the vibrant colours , the scale of trees and mountain and ocean . commercial drive was bleak in comparison , a poor decompression tank for immigrants and white trash waiting for a break to get them into the suburbs . i don ' t know how much of that i noticed as a kid . i was too busy making a living and trying to survive on the street .
t : was it all that negative ? geddes : that experience was not pleasant , but it wasn ' t totally negative either . it ' s the stuff legends and stories are made of . i sometimes wear my poor years as a sort of proletarian badge fried bologna and baking powder biscuits , hustling coal sacks and hubcaps , living in a drab flat over a store at the corner of fourth and commercial - but it was also rather magical , since that ' s where i began to learn about sex , where i started to earn money from working for a hunchback jeweler , where i bought my first second - hand bike that gave me the freedom of the city .
geddes : no , but it ' s convenient legend to use sometimes in polite , pretentious company . we were poor . the family received food baskets at christmas and clothes from friends at the church . my father had drinking problems and health problems , so there was not always sufficient money available . my mother worked in toot ' s cafe at the corner of broadway and commercial for fifty cents an hour and tips , at a time when she should have been at home looking after my younger brother , who was sick .
still , the drive had the best view in the city , if you looked north . i ' ll always miss the mountains i could see almost any day of the week . and the trams and streetcars .
t : the place seems to be central in a number of ways in your life , if only in name .
geddes : yes , it ' s my st . urbain street . my father drove cab like duddy ' s father . i learned to hustle on the drive , working at various jobs , coming quickly to the opinion that only work would get me out of there . ironically , many of my writer friends are now moving to the drive ; it ' s the only place i could possibly afford to live if i returned to vancouver . i know what you ' re getting at though . the many different hats i wear as a teacher , editor , writer , publisher and general propagandist for culture in canada may have some roots in the drive . not in the commercial sense , but certainly in terms of drive . a . y . jackson once said that the only way an artist can survive in canada is to become an institution . that ' s my impression too . especially for poets . who wants to pay for a poem , or a book of poems ? so i teach , i do a few odd jobs that are useful and that bring in money to support my family and my almost secret vice of poetry .
t : but you ' ve had some success , and some support too .
geddes : yes , i ' d say i ' ve been very lucky . the kid on the drive would never have believed all this . still , i was a romantic and had great hopes for myself . i wanted to be a preacher and save the world , from what i ' m not sure . now i think i ' d like to save it from people like me .
geddes : yes , fakirs and fakers . jimmy bakker and mahatma gandhi . i think of writing as a way of getting in touch with my deepest feelings . i don ' t lay these feelings out on the page like dripping laundry . i wring them out and cut them up into very different forms , to make something new with words that will take others deeply into themselves , not into my life and its problems .
geddes : obvious i should throw that one away , it ' s too transparent . the mask helps me to find a voice . i seem to be able to get into the heads of my characters by using the first person more easily than i could talking about them in the third person .
geddes : more the legacy of being human , being insecure . our culture in canada , perhaps even more so in bc , has always been anti - intellectual , afraid of the mind and afraid of the imagination , resources cherished in many other countries . i had to work hard to overcome the sense that i should be seen and not heard , that my accent was odd and my thought processes were unattractive . we all live with that as canadians .
beyond that , however , i have my own need to remain private . a writer gives himself away with every word he writes , i realize that . but i find it difficult , and not entirely valuable , to write about my own daily life . that life sifts into everything , of course , and colours the most seemingly objective material , even something as exotic and non - native as letter to the master of horse and the terracotta army .
geddes : yes , but he was also writing out of his own deepest needs and desires as he said that . it doesn ' t really matter what material you begin with . what matters is what you do with that material . or , what it does with you ?
geddes : i ' m not sure , but it sounds right . material that is personal becomes objectified in the process of creation ; material that is objective becomes strangely personalized , receives its stamp of style , of character . so , too , the author changes in the process .
t : no man steps twice . . . geddes : that ' s it , yes . the processes are quite mysterious . the russian jewish poet mandelstam talked about writing his own death or his wife described the process as it worked in his poems . the poet creates and falls into his own myth .
geddes : recently there was a film on television about the life and death of claude jutra , a quebec filmmaker of great importance , and a gifted actor and director . he committed suicide not long after he discovered he had alzheimer ' s disease . he drowned himself . in one of his early films there is a scene in which the central character walks off the end of a pier and drowns , the concluding moment of the film . there are signs in the other works as well .
pat lowther ' s poems are full of signs that we might say prefigured her own death by violence . i don ' t want to fall into this way of thinking about writing , or about art . the author ' s death is the least important detail . the work is what matters , regardless of the path taken or the price paid .
geddes : personality is a masquerade . what lies underneath is bedrock , unchanging , eternal , if anything is eternal . that is what art aims to discover . al purdy ' s domestic poems are romances . david mcfadden ' s delightful first - person comedies are fabulous fictions created by a psyche that is quite startling , quite severe .
geddes : perhaps a degree of violence that desperately needs capping . is it an accident that this interview is taking place on main street in an east indian restaurant that used to be called , not in jest , the razor blade cafe ?
geddes : it ' s the name by which god would really know you . not as alan twigg , but a real name , such as he - who - would - shoot - from - the - hip - before - falling - off his - horse . that sort of thing . in analysis once i described the experience of having my father come from saskatchewan , after my mother ' s death , to take me to live with him and his second wife . i was sitting on the piano bench . i ' d had only twelve piano lessons . i ' d learned to playa few pieces . when my father arrived at the house , he was sitting behind me on the couch and i was playing the piano . as i recounted this story for the psychologist , i burst into tears . deep sobs . ii suddenly became clear to me that i had been playing for my life . i had to get that piece right or my father would not love me , would
not take me with him . of course , that was not accurate at all , but that was how i had perceived it at the time and , perhaps , how i have perceived it unconsciously all these years . there i was on my island piano stool . and that is my deep - name : he - who - sings - for - his - own - life .
t : and of course poetry can be said to be a form of singing too . just like making music on the piano .
geddes : i sang all the time as a kid . certain songs on the radio used to make me weep . i never knew why , just assumed i was a sentimental slob . recently , i learned that my mother had sung all those songs to me as a child , even while i was in the womb . the feelings of loss clung to the notes and lyrics . i used to sing in my potato patch in saskatchewan , and in the outhouse . poems must have been a continuation of that urge to sing .
geddes : both , obviously . at a certain point , however , the singing serves other functions than self validation . you start to sing of the tribe , to keep the record , to bear witness . most poems come to me as a gift . the coincidence of elements that allows me to write a poem has little to do with me . i have to keep alert and keep my language self in good shape , like a volunteer fireman . i have to be there at the right time , ready to work . i believe language is a collective and communal treasure . my job is to try to write another poem , not take credit for what is done .
three events in british columbia drew world attention during the 1950s . englishman roger bannister and australian john landy eclipsed the four - minute - mile barrier at empire stadium during the miracle mile ( on august 7 , 1954 ) ; north of campbell river , engineers generated the largest non - nuclear peacetime explosion in human history at ripple rock ( on april 5 , 1958 ) ; and eighteen steel workers and one rescue diver were killed when the second narrows bridge collapsed during its construction ( on june 17 , 1958 ) .
in 1958 , having just graduated from king edward high school , gary geddes was working on the waterfront at bc sugar refinery , loading boxcars with 100 - pound sacks of sugar , so the news of the bridge collapse did not take long to reach him .
“what i did not know at the time , ” he says , “was that my father had been called out as a former navy diver to stand by in the search for bodies in the wreckage . i’ve carried for a long time the image of him dangling from his umbilical cord of oxygen in that cauldron of swirling water and twisted metal . ”
geddes has imagined the voices of those most directly affected by the accident for an unusual collection of poetry , prose and archival photos called falsework ( goose lane $ 19 . 95 ) . the title is an engineering term that refers to the temporary supports that are required for a cantilevered bridge under construction .
“in this case , ” he says , “a mistake was made and the horizontal i - beams were inadequate to support the weight . it was a simple mathematical error that should have been picked up by both the contractor , dominion bridge , and the consulting engineers , swan wooster and associates . ”
the second narrows bridge was renamed the ironworkers memorial bridge in 1994 to commemorate the tragedy . to this day many british columbians are haunted by the event . this summer , when geddes read from falsework at the denman island writers festival , a woman in the audience recalled working as a telephone operator in 1958—and every conversation she overhead on that fateful day mentioned the bridge failure .
sandy morris grew worried when his brother ivan did not return from surgery . when sandy went to ivan’s cot on a ward in the nanaimo indian hospital , he found two orderlies stripping it . he asked them what they were doing and where was his brother . they responded by twisting his arm behind his back to punish the impertinence of speaking to them at all . when they were through abusing him , they walked away , one orderly saying over his shoulder that ivan would be of no use to sandy now ; he was in the morgue . tearfully sandy ran to the basement where he found ivan on a gurney . terrified and heartbroken , he pulled back the sheet to reveal ivan’s face . leaning forward to kiss his brother one last time , he felt the subtle feathering of breath against his cheek . ivan was alive . clamouring noisily up the stairs as only a little boy can , sandy confronted the orderly asking him to bring his brother back up the ward – he was not dead . the orderly responded : “if you want your brother so badly , bring him up yourself . ”
this book is not so much about medicine , though , as it is about relationships , about conversations and about listening . it begins with a conversation between geddes and joanie morris , a tsartlip survivor of kuper island residential school and the niece of sandy and ivan morris . her mother spent seventeen years in the nanaimo indian hospital . as she learns to trust geddes , she opens the door to others who might wish to share their stories and they in turn introduce him to more people until he has travelled half way across this country . some bring photos but mostly they talk and they challenge geddes , and us , to listen . when he wonders whether he , as a white man , should be doing this work , joannie responds , “hey , gary , no one has listened to us for the last two hundred years , so why don’t you get off your butt and be the first ? ”
listening , as it turns out , can be a problem for canadians . as joanie puts it , “the problem i have with white people is that they don’t listen . ” publishers told geddes that “no one in canada cares about indians . ” for decades , canadians dismissed the testimony of residential school survivors or simply refused to hear it . some still wish to see the “good” in the schools . the truth and reconciliation commission and its public events across the country offered all canadians a chance to hear survivors’ testimony and many thousands did just that . through the massive trc report , we can hope that the weight of such testimony has removed disbelief .
on the indian hospitals , geddes finds , we have a long way to go . our ears remained blocked , partly because the stories are so horrific , but we have learned through the trc that such stories are nonetheless true . geddes , and the people he met , worry that canadians will not listen because we are still inclined to weigh documentary evidence as more trustworthy than oral history . for those who want the documents to speak , getting access to them is not easy . geddes , it seems , was refused access to the archival files he requested . some of the most compelling examples of medical abuse remain uncorroborated – children , now adults , recall repeated vaccines , or other shots , but without school medical or hospital records we cannot know what the vaccines were , or why or how they were administered . sometimes the records seem simply to no longer exist , such as those of the mysterious deaths at the brandon sanitarium in the 1950s . access denied , files destroyed , geddes writes that the archives have been cleansed of the evidence of our atrocities . we cannot hear the stories we cannot find .


air belgium is a belgian airline .

in the past , air belgium was a charter airline that operated from brussels airport during the 1980s and 1990s .

the airline flew international services on jet aircraft .

later sold the airlines the company to airtours .

by the end of october 2000 , air belgium ended all flights .

in the summer of 2016 , asl airlines belgium ( former tnt airways ) has restarted the company with the new ceo niky terzakis .

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air belgium is looking at hiring our first cohort of experienced and qualified pilots .
air belgium will start flying from brussels airport from october 2017 and . . .
the launch of air belgium flights to china delayed until the winter . . .
air belgium is one step closer to its launch : now hiring cabin . . .
this insideout people ' s art campaign is asking for clean air in flanders , belgium .
movie : finnair’s mighty airbus a340 - 300 now painted ready for air belgium use . . .
oop eerder gestart heel flauw hierdoor heb ik geen ticket . ik zal nooit gaan vliegen met air belgium teleurstel
air stands up for forceful and relevant ideas . no matter the media , air moves the dot .
by joining air belgium , you will become part of a team and not just a well - positioned number on a seniority list .
to the brucargo stakeholders , air cargo belgium and our partner nallian : thank you for your support , your input in our digital v . . .
our open data sharing platform , brucloud , won the information technology for the air cargo industry award at the acw world air cargo awards during the award gala of air cargo china in shanghai .
ps : independent doesn’t mean alone . in 2014 , air became the exclusive partner of mccann group in belgium . the power of a network combined with the independence of entrepreneurs : air and mccann is the best of both worlds .
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air belgium seems to be one step closer to its launch , on the website ( urltoken ) you can now find 2 new career options : cabin crew and cockpit crew .
the other pending issue is the belgian airport where the air belgium aircraft will be based . the fight is between brussels south charleroi airport ( bsca ) and brussels airport . but the national airport is more advanced than its counterpart in charleroi with regard to the operational criteria of air belgium : possibility to connect to other european destinations to fill the planes .
air cargo belgium has its offices at brucargo , the dedicated cargo area of brussels airport . you can find us in building 706 , close to the brussels airport cargo offices .
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emakina and air join forces to create air + emakina , the most complete integrated marketing and communication offer on the market . emakina is ranked in the european top 3 of independent digital agencies , while air brussels is belgium’s top independent agency . this new partnership offers a strong response to the increasing critical customers’ need to adopt genuine integrated communication .
air belgium is actively attending the 142nd bi - annual iata slot conference in # vancouver , # canada . airport slots shopping in support to our route development . # simplyflyaway # aviation urltoken
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radixx international , an industry - leader in providing custom tailored airline reservation , distribution and merchandising systems , recently announced that it has been selected to provide the passenger service system for start - up carrier air belgium , who will be offering direct flights between belgium and asia starting in the second half of 2017 .
air belgium is particularly looking for cabin crew that speaks mandarin , we can assume that there will be chinese destinations , meanwhile the pilots require experience on the a320 , a330 and / or a340 .
it ' s been a direct flight everyday between narita , chiba to zaventem since 25 october 2015 . and now , it seems air belgium will have direct flight from charleroi to hong kong . congratula
air quality is acceptable ; however , for some pollutants there may be a moderate health concern for a very small number of people who are unusually sensitive to air pollution .
op het eerste innovation forum van air cargo belgium werden ruim 200 aanwezigen ondergedompeld in de innovatieve oplossingen die technologie kan spelen voor de logistieke sector . met keynotes , panelgesprekken en een afsluiter van minister de croo .
civilian aircraft are parked on the tarmac at travis air force base , calif . local pilots were invited to attend the travis air force base mid - air collision avoidance ( maca ) fly - in event . the purpose of the event is to promote safe air operations and strengthen the relationship with civil aviation pilots who frequently transit in and around travis air force base airspace . the 60th air mobility wing safety office provided more than 35 pilots and 70 guests with a full day of activities to include a tour of air traffic control tower , c - 5m super galaxy , and a kc - 10 extender , jun . 25 , 2016 . ( u . s . air force photo by louis briscese / released )
you must display a nice personal presentation with style and a positive image . no visible tattoo’s or piercings ( arms - legs - shoulder ) while wearing the air belgium uniform ( bandages and cosmetic coverage are not allowed )
air cargo belgium will map the impact of new and changing processes on the competences of future employees in the aviation sector and formulate related actions and advice through the project that is funded by esf and the flemish government .
we are present in asia , via our hong kong headquarters office . and in belgium via our belgian branch at liege airport .
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twee jaar na de oprichting van air cargo belgium organiseerde de koepelvereniging een eerste , gesmaakte innovation forum . ruim 200 professionals , uit binnen - en buitenland , werden de hele namiddag getrakteerd op wervende keynotes en interessante panelge . . .
relax comfortably seated and enjoy meals and beverages . curl up in a warm blanket to watch a movie , safe in the knowledge that your included checked baggage will land safely with you . at air belgium , affordable means enjoyable too !
not only is 2018 the 75th anniversary of travis but also the 9th air refueling s . . .
industry leaders and experts from across the globe explore these topics at the 2017 air transport it summit .
two f - 22 raptors from elmendorf air force base , ala . arrived on sept . 22 , 2016 to travis air force base , calif . to perform in the wings over wine country airshow in sonoma , calif . the f - 22s are part of the air combat command f - 22 demonstration team from langley air force base , va . , and will perform precision aerial maneuvers demonstrating the unique capabilities of the fifth - generation fighter aircraft . ( u . s . air force photo by louis briscese )
in belgium in 2012 , a total of 9 , 300 people died prematurely due to a condition caused by particulate pollution . another 170 people died prematurely due to nitrogen dioxide , and 2 , 300 people due to high ozone levels in belgium , according to the eea ' s calculations .
as a start - up airline , air belgium was looking for an affordable solution capable of both meeting expectations at inception as well as supporting growth plans beyond the first three years of operation . radixx was chosen as air belgium’s partner for a multitude of reasons . the carrier noted radixx’ end - to - end pss solution that satisfied all of their critical requirements– reasonable cost , a fully hosted and managed saas offering , complete system integration between modules and internet booking engines , and easy api connectivity .
armando chavarria , 60th logistics readiness squadron heavy vehicle mechanic , inspects a tunner 60k aircraft loader’s isolation valves for ware april 26 , 2016 , at travis air force base , california . travis air force base has a total of 17 tunner 60k aircraft loaders supporting aerial port squadron operations , the largest 60k loader fleet in the air force . ( u . s . air force photo by staff sgt . charles rivezzo )
so they should know where they will be based . . . that ' s the first question to any job in belgium , given the traffic nightmare
this cooperation by voka flemish brabant , brussels airport , nallian , vil and air cargo belgium is established to meet the needs of the pharma industry : improve the worldwide logistics distribution process and make this process transparent while promoting brussels airport as the preferred pharma gateway .
from left , u . s . air force airman 1st class austen copeland , capt . eric rieboldt , capt . grant hadley , and senior airman max oldroyd , assigned to the 21st airlift squadron , travis air force base , calif . , pose for a group picture on the flight line in front of a c - 17 globemaster iii . the aircrew evacuated injured americans from the terrorist attacks in brussels , belgium , not pictured are u . s . air force 1st lt . justin gross and staff sgt . chase decker , april 26 , 2016 ( u . s . air force photo by louis briscese / released )
air belgium today announced the 3 travel classes that will be retrofitted on the airbus a340 aircraft : economy , premium and business class seats . additionally the airline told belgian newspaper la libre belgique that brussels airport will be the airport of choice to start flights between brussels and hong kong .
the british and french had responded to the original attack by putting into operation a plan to advance to the river dyle , in belgium . the allies pushed their best forces , including the british , into belgium . although the initial stages went reasonably well , a french force advancing towards breda , in holland , was pushed back .
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air is delighted to present its new creative director bart gielen , the former cd of ldv united and quick brown foxes .
our goals are in the interest of the air cargo community as a group and to the overall benefit of our industry .
applications are plugged - into the brucloud data sharing layer and create quick wins and efficiency gains for the involved stakeholders . brucloud is an initiative of brussels airport , based on nallian’s data sharing technology and supported by air cargo belgium . brucloud was built thanks to the support of the vlaio and voka .
acid - drop wrote : so they should know where they will be based . . . that ' s the first question to any job in belgium , given the traffic nightmare
the air transport industry stands to witness a major shift in the use of innovative technologies to meet fast evolving needs and opportunities .
the first flights from air belgium to china are postponed “ until the winter season ” due to the delay in granting the air operator licence for the company , according to ceo niky terzakis , quoted by l’echo on tuesday . the new belgian airline will begin operations with four flights per week to hong kong , and will increase to six weekly flights to the same destination by 2018 . other chinese cities are also scheduled for the program .
as the air cargo community representation , acb ( air cargo belgium ) strives to make brucargo the most attractive , efficient , innovative and successful logistical platform . on behalf of airlines , handlers , forwarders , the airport authority and other stakeholders , we set out strategic and ambitious goals for the development of air cargo . we put in place procedures for improved operations , take the lead in projects and we get in contact with all stakeholders and government agencies to address topics of common interest . we do this by a strong community cooperation and approach . at all times , our goals and objectives are in the interest of the air cargo community as a group and to the overall benefit of our industry .
radixx is thrilled to begin working with air belgium , who possesses a clear vision of what’s necessary for their initial and sustained growth and success . they will be offering extremely competitive options for travelers on under - serviced routes between europe and asia and are poised to be leaders in fostering travel on these important routes .
you take pride in taking good care of people , you wish to work in a multi - cultural environment and you are not afraid of taking responsibility , then check out the detailed job requirements . if you believe you fit the bill , do not hesitate and get your boarding pass for a flying career with air belgium .
the attack began on 10 may 1940 , with german air raids on belgium and holland , followed by parachute drops and attacks by ground forces . the two beleaguered nations were hastily added to the anti - german ad - hoc coalition that included france and britain , but this only served to further complicate allied command and control arrangements .
airman 1st class kelly goodwin , 60th security forces squadron , carries the american flag following a retreat ceremony at travis air force base , calif . , may 20 , 2016 . during the ceremony , the names of eight security forces and air force office of special investigations airmen were read aloud , signifying their
end of watch .
( u . s . air force photo by staff sgt . charles rivezzo )
belgium’s red devils will become football world cup champions by beating england in the final , former national - team goalie jean - marie pfaff predicted in an interview with the german news agency , apa .
air belgium , headquartered near brussels , is preparing to launch and run scheduled service via long - haul flights to asia across three passenger categories – economy , business and premium – to cater to the needs of both leisure and business travellers . the carrier is planning a summer go - live , with initial flights running between belgium and china . the routes will be serviced with an initial fleet of four a340 - 313s , which will ultimately grow its fleet over the next 5 years with additional aircraft . both airbus and boeing products are being evaluated and considered at this stage .
the facts : * flanders had the worst air quality in the whole of europe . * a person living in belgium has approximately 1 year cut off his or her life because of the air pollution , a person from antwerp almost 2 years . * brussels and antwerp are the two most congested cities in the world - los angeles is number 3 . * belgians use their cars more than any other european , and the amount of cars on the road keeps growing . * the cost of sickness caused by air pollution is 5 billion euros per year . medical costs are scientifically calculated to be 2 , 8 billion euros per year . * the rise in amount and severeness of asthma is accelerating and more and more kids need inhalers to be able to breathe . * not only the lungs , but also the heart and the blood vessels are affected . * 67 % of the local population worries about the air quality and thinks the government isn ' t taking the necessary steps . * the european commission named the year 2013 as the year of clean air . we are now 2014 , and the air quality is still getting worse .
with the bulk of the allied forces fighting in belgium , there was little to stop the german forces as they sliced across the allied supply - lines . the german spearheads reached the english channel on 20 may .
the eea is urging european countries to comply with the air quality limits set by the world health organization ( who ) , which are stricter than european standards .
the agency innovation & entrepreneurship combines forces and means with the innovative business networks . the air cargo cluster is one of these innovative business networks . discover the others
airmen from the 821st contingency response group out of travis air force base , california , get positioned to attach a humvee to a u . s . army ch - 47 chinook aug . 9 , 2016 , at the alpena combat readiness training center , michigan , during exercise northern strike . exercise northern strike is a joint force exercise that combines the total force concept including air force , army and marines from various states and countries . ( u . s . air force photo by senior airman amber carter )
usage notice : all the air quality data are unvalidated at the time of publication , and due to quality assurance these data may be amended , without notice , at any time . the world air quality index project has exercised all reasonable skill and care in compiling the contents of this information and under no circumstances will the world air quality index project team or its agents be liable in contract , tort or otherwise for any loss , injury or damage arising directly or indirectly from the supply of this data .
being able to tell our asian business contacts that from now on we can offer direct flights between # belgium and # hongkong , is an incredible advantage
, says @ paulmagnette during our launch event . # airbelgium # simplyflyaway urltoken
in a strategy to strengthen its position in the market , trane cy proposes to two executives , a . renauld and p . pirard , that they become owners of a company that will cover the belgium , luxembourg and libya markets .
airman 1st class megan aguilar , 60th logistics readiness squadron aircraft parts store , retrieves assets from bin row . ( u . s . air force photo by louis briscese )
brucloud is the open data sharing platform for the brucargo community that enables the different stakeholders in the air cargo supply chain to work more integrated and act as a network .
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despite continued improvements in recent decades , air pollution continues to affect the overall health of europeans and reduce quality of life and longevity ,
says eea director hans bruyninckx .
this year’s event includes a spoken program featuring leading industry figures and innovators , a showcase of the latest technologies for the air transport industry and an array of peer networking opportunities .
a word from the movie maker : finnair’s mighty airbus a340 - 300 now painted ready for air belgium use seen blasting out of cambridge airport’s tiny runway ! well worth the day off work to capture this , my first and also cambridge’s first ever a340 take off , my word was she loud and low on rotate . she used to sport the flowers seen at the opening of the video but now sports the white leasing livery .
on international women’s day , air and amnesty launched a campaign to stop unwanted sexual behaviour . offensive comments on the street , groping on the tram , obscene gestures in the park …
jules has more than 500 boutiques in france and 17 countries , and also has new international ambitions . bel air will be the company’s partner for the implementation of these ambitions . . .
fire protection specialist from the 60th civil engineering squadron travis air force base , calif . , hone their skills using the live aircraft trainer oct . 21 , 2016 . the trainer simulates fires in different parts of an aircraft’s body allowing the fire fighters to practice on engine , cockpit , passenger and cargo areas . ( us air force photo by t . c . perkins jr . )
our passengers should be able to buy airline tickets in a smooth and easy way . the process must be as efficient as possible for our administrative teams as well , so they can remained focused on the highest customer satisfaction . radixx offers a reliable , economical and scalable solution to help air belgium achieve its short and long term goals . we’re delighted that , starting this spring , our future belgian and asian passengers will be booking their tickets using this solution .
sita’s air transport it summit , co - hosted by flight airline business , explores the big techno - trends and practices that will underpin our digital transformation , and the transformation of the passenger experience .
in the first quarter of 2018 , the average cost of a home has gone over 220 , 000 euros in belgium , that is 3 . 5 % more than during the first three months of last year , according to the figures published by statbel ( spf economy ) .
eigentijds , gedurfd , en tegendraads … de allereerste bmw x2 en street art vinden elkaar op talloze vlakken . vanuit dit gegeven bedacht air een originele activatie : de bmw x2 street art tours . . .
travis air force base , calif . , recently completed crisis look 16 - 01 , feb 1 - 7 , an operational readiness inspection designed to evaluate how quickly personnel base wide can mobilize and move people , heavy equipment and whatever is needed to anywhere in the world at a moments’ notice when called upon in an emergency situation . ( u . s . air force photo by heide couch / released )
hitler was eager to follow up his victory over poland in 1939 by attacking in the west , but bad weather forced the planned offensive to be postponed . then , in january 1940 , a german plane crashed in neutral belgium , with a copy of the attack orders on board .
maj . timothy williams , left , and maj . lucas neff , right , perform bench top testing of balloon catheters march 14 at travis air force base , california , using a custom - made blood flow simulator . the cif , located at david grant usaf medical center , is the research facility where the reboa catheter came to fruition . ( u . s . air force photo by senior airman amber carter )
according to the report , air pollution is directly linked to 432 , 000 premature deaths across europe in 2012 . no other form of environmental pollution creates a similar health risk , the report says , especially fine particulate matter in the air , which can cause cardiovascular and lung diseases . in addition , high concentrations of ground - level ozone and nitrogen dioxide emissions are very harmful to health , because they can lead to asthma and other respiratory disorders .
airmen from the 60th aerial port squadron load a c - 5m super galaxy with essential cargo and an improved ribbon bridge , may 12 , 2016 , at travis air force base , calif . the bridge and cargo were flown to iraq by the 22nd airlift squadron and directly contributed to the counter - islamic state of iraq and the levant campaign during operation inherent resolve in mosul , iraq . ( u . s . air force photos by senior airman amber carter )
lacking a centrally placed strategic reserve , the allies tried to pull their armies out of belgium to respond to the new threat emerging in their rear . and the germans did not have it all their own way , as french forces under charles de gaulle showed how vulnerable the flanks of the german forces were to bold counterattacks .
established 20 years ago in brussels , air is now belgium’s top independent agency – as well as its most committed . committed to expanding horizons and defending those areas of the market where brands like voo , delhaize , leffe , ricard and bongrain won’t settle for half - baked positioning . committed to upholding strong values , like human rights around the world ( amnesty international ) , the inclusion of disabled people ( cap 48 ) and the fight against cancer ( institut bordet ) …committed to maintaining a permanent dialogue with consumers and citizens – two groups that are often one and the same .
a travis kc - 10 extender makes contact with an f - 35a lightning ii to transfer fuel through the boom as the planes cross the atlantic ocean july 13 , 2016 . ( u . s . air force photo by senior airman madelyn brown )
the germans seized the initiative , capturing the key belgian fort of eban emael with a daring airborne operation . the speed of the german advance and the brutality of the air raids gave them a huge psychological advantage , and on 14 may the dutch surrendered .
companies , job brokers , education and training providers and policy makers can use the data to determine future selection criteria , drafting or adapting training plans and expanding other initiatives that are under construction , such as setting up specific career paths for jobseekers who to provide guidance to the airport - bound job market . this will certainly have a positive effect on the quality of the inflow of new employees . in addition , through this project , the networking between business , education and employment mediation is further stimulated which is also one of the major objectives of air cargo belgium . project starts as from 1 / 11 / 2017 for 12 months .
words like entrepreneurship , sales , finance , engineering and technology are central to the history of air products . so are concepts like developing lasting relationships with our customers and communities based on an understanding of their needs , integrity in the way we do business and a passion for exceeding expectations .
as the sun rises , 60th air mobility wing airmen from wing staff agencies , run on blue track with a prisoner of war / missing in action batons sept . 16 , 2016 , at travis air force base , calif . the run honors the nation’s former prisoners of war and those service members who are still missing in action . travis participants will carry a pair of batons continuously around the track in 15 - minute shifts ending friday afternoon with a ceremony held at the 60 amw headquarters . the pow / mia baton carries a flash drive that contains all known names of all the accounted for pow / mias since wwi . at present , more than 83 , 000 americans remain missing from wwii , the korean war , the vietnam war , the cold war , and the gulf wars / other conflicts . ( u . s . air force photo by heide couch )
the early part of the air products ' story shaped an important chapter in the broader history of the industrial gas industry . in the decades that followed , the company owed much of its success to the know - how and innovative spirit of its employees—and the willingness to seize opportunities for growth .
in 1969 , passengers aboard air force one were treated to the sound of koss . the presidential plane’s state - of - the - art entertainment system featured koss headphones at every seat - including the staff , press , and presidential quarters . about 50 pro / 4 units in total lined the aircraft .
the central driver database will facilitate the conformance check of the consignors or agents within the eu - rakc database . this to validate if the delivery agent is known as a regulated agent or known consignor and guaranteeing air cargo security . in the central driver database application drivers need to be r . . .
then at arras on 21 may , a scratch force of british tanks and infantry gave a rough reception to erwin rommel ' s 7th panzer division . yet this was all too little , too late . with german forces pushing through belgium and the panzers looping up from the south and west , the allies were encircled . the belgian army surrendered on 28 may , leaving a gaping hole on the british flank of the allied forces .
over 1 , 000 attendees to include students , parents , faculty and volunteers from the travis unified school district participated in the america supports you freedom walk , sept . 9 , 2016 , travis air force base , calif . participants met at the airman and family readiness center to read poems , listen to speeches and patriotic music . the event is a national tradition to reflect on the lives lost on sept . 11 , 2001 , remember those who responded , honor our veterans past and present , and renew our commitment to freedom and the values of our country . ( u . s . air force photo by heide couch )
airman first class athena lagman , a surgical technician , 60th surgical operations squadron here at travis afb , california had the opportunity to spend the day with col . joel jackson , 60th air mobility wing commander , jan 15 , 2016 . lagman assisted the surgical team during a knee replacement operation . the works with airman program allows col . jackson to accompany a junior airman as he or she accomplishes their daily duties and airmen to have the opportunity to gain a strategic - level perspective of the mission . doctors fit an artificial knee component into the leg of the patient . ( u . s . air force photo by heide couch / released )
trane , a business of ingersoll rand - the world leader in creating and sustaining safe , comfortable and energy efficient environments - improves the performance of homes and buildings around the world . trane solutions optimize indoor environments with a broad portfolio of energy efficient heating , ventilating and air conditioning systems , building and contracting services , parts support and advanced controls for homes and commercial buildings .
travis afb recently completed crisis look 16 - 01 , feb 1 - 7 , an operational readiness inspection designed to evaluate how quickly personnel base wide can mobilize and move people , heavy equipment and whatever is needed to anywhere in the world at a moments’ notice when called upon in an emergency situation . ( u . s . air force photo by heide couch / released )
after winning the award for “airport of the year” for the past 4 years , this is the 5th time in a row the brucargo community gets rewarded with a trophy at the world air cargo awards . being elected for this innovative digital project by the industry , makes us extremely proud ! this award is a beautiful recognition for what we are all together realising within the brucargo community .
law enforcement personnel gave a demonstration during the ribbon cutting ceremony of the opening of the emergency responder urban training site , jan 29 , 2016 , travis afb , california . the site is situated in a remote part of the base that will safely provide an urban training area for combined military and municipal law enforcement agencies . ( u . s . air force photo by heide couch / released )
nal airport , takes 4 hours transit from hong kong , and only 90 min to haneda , the heart of tokyo ( it’s takes about 2 hours between haneda to narita . so it is always tiring to transit to us ) . my dream is we will welcome more japanese tourists in belgium . i have been writing about wallon and your culture since i arrived in 2010 , there is a lot of potential to me and japanese are always seeking a place to discover . for example , of course bruxelles and waterloo , but also driving along the meuse river ( namur - din
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hitler was forced to rethink , believing the plan compromised he turned for advice to general erich von manstein , who argued for a daring campaign . in effect , manstein recognised that the maginot line was too formidable for a direct attack from germany . instead , he proposed a subsidiary attack through neutral holland and belgium , with the main blow against france to be launched a little later through the ardennes . this was a hilly and heavily forested area on the german - belgian - french border , where the allies would be unlikely to expect an attack . the plan was to rely heavily on surprise blitzkrieg ( ' lightning war ' ) techniques .
historians have located the seeds of the french defeat in low morale and a divided pre - war society . this may be so , but in purely military terms , the germans were a vastly superior force ( although not in numbers ) . they used their mechanisation and manoeuvre more effectively , and benefited from domination in the air . german military doctrine was more advanced , and generally their commanders coped much better with high - tempo operations than did their allied counterparts .
the french collapse was as sudden as it was unexpected . it ripped up the balance of power in europe , and overnight left the strategic assumptions on which britain had planned to fight hitler completely obsolete . with france out of the equation , britain ' s war for the next four years was fought in the air , at sea , and in the mediterranean - but not on the western front . not until d - day , 6 june 1944 , did a major british army return to france .
bart ( luchtzak ) has been in the travel industry since 1996 , first he cleaned aircraft and then he continued as a steward . he lives in hofstade , belgium with his two rugrats . back in 2001 bart got inspired by html , php and mysql , in combination with his passion for aviation he started this website , first the site was called urltoken but in 2017 the name changed to urltoken in addition to his passion for traveling , he enjoys a game of football of his favorite club kv mechelen . he also adores sports : from darts to cycling and from snooker to . . . triathlon : he is a multiple finisher in ironman 70 . 3 and challenge semi distance races . his ambition is to ever finish a complete ironman .
brinlee couts the 7 year daughter of erin couts and ssgt jeremiah couts watches as hundreds of well wishers wave goodbye to her and her family as they head to disney world for a weeklong vacation . the make –a - wish foundation sponsored because of severe health issues brinlee has encountered since birth . she has two brothers ( triplets ) that also have complications as well . ssgt couts is a security forces patrolman assigned to the 60th security forces squadron whose members decided to give the family a small send off for their vacation . brinlee is held by her dad atop a armored humvee followed by a stretched limousine carrying the rest of her family and a convoy of fire trucks ambulances and other emergency vehicles . as the convoy reached the main gate , 25 solano county sheriff’s department members continue the escort to the county line . couts family posed for a few photos with those who made the parade possible . released ( us air force photo by t . c . perkins jr . )
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the new belgian airline will begin operations with four flights per week from brussels to hong kong as from october 2017 , and will increase to six weekly flights to the same destination by 2018 . other chinese cities are also scheduled for the program . charleroi airport currently hasn’t got the necessary infrastructure for our long - haul flights , ceo niky terzakis explained to the newspaper .
take it a level up in our premium class . look forward to relaxed seating in the quiet and comfort of a separate cabin section . be first to board with priority boarding and choose from delicious upgraded meals and drinks . with smart options like flex dates , our premium experience is shaped around you .
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since 2010 , skywind int . ltd . has been establishing , participating and supporting multiple operations . beginning as gsa in hong kong , the company knew several successful years of sales before growing in to charterer . cargo at first with few flights at it ' s counter , the company continued it ' s expansion with passenger aircraft chartering for a regular full season operations
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over past years , we have been appointed to organize cargo charter flights to difficult , out of reach , destinations or even war zones .
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good luck to all of you . planning to meet you in october , flying to hkg .
je vous souhaite pleins de beaux envols et une très longue vie . . .
laissons ces gens suivre les traces de vg / delsey airlines . autant de sérieux . . .
ah oui , je ne serai pas là samedi . . . donc , pas de frustratio
n quant à un éventuel achat ; ) . il vaut mieux préciser pour certains . . .
beaucoup de succès espérant qu ' il y aura des vols vers al houceima et nador .
honteux je suis sûr que c est la famille du personnel qui a eu les places d essai vu que c est partit en 30sec . . .
den een rond vlucht boven europa en de ticket verkoop zou om 10 . 00 van start gaan , dus zat ik klaar om tickets te kopen . daarna posten ze dat ze technische
oop om 12 uur zou starten en zeker niet eerder . dus zat ik weer klaar , maar ze hadden de ticketverk
we ' ve invited 4 prominent hong kong influencers to explore our beautiful country .
the coming days will be packed with fun and typical belgian experiences . off we go !
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we ' ve invited 5 prominent hong kong influencers to explore our beautiful country . the coming days will be packed with fun and typical belgian experiences . off we go ! # belgiumisserved # simplyflyaway urltoken
black , yellow and red in every mouth ! our partners were in # hongkong with us to make # asia discover belgian flavors . great success , thanks to all of them ! urltoken
it was fantastic to do some touch & go’s on the a340 . a real beauty in - and outside @ airbelgium _ off urltoken
 vers hong kong . il est le principal artisan de la compagnie aérienne , mais il l’a laissé la business class aux invités et s’est contenté d’une place en eco
hong kong , too far ? are you kidding ? fly with us directly . leave today and hop island to island in hong kong tomorrow ! # simplyflyaway urltoken
looking back on a yesterday ' s official launch event @ crl _ airport . . . # airbelgium # simplyflyaway urltoken
eric bauche , chairman of the board of directors of # airbelgium :
today our team consists of 100 employees , and we expect to triple that number before the end of the year .
# simplyflyaway urltoken
# airbelgium is a strategically very interesting project
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urltoken . . . _ _ _ alljobs there were a few more . the
where to work
is interesting : mont saint guibert , brabant wallon !
jan _ olieslagers wrote : urltoken . . . _ _ _ alljobs there were a few more . the
where to work
is interesting : mont saint guibert , brabant wallon !
my messages reflect my personal opinion which may be different than yours . i beleive a forum is made to create a debate so i encourage people to express themselves , the way they want , with the ideas they want . i expect the same understanding in return .
indeed but quality of life is important for anyone , isn ' t it ? if i had to spend hours getting there , better live there . and why live
there
, if i can live in a
better there
anyway i was just hoping someone would drop the secret location
it seems clear to me that the final location is not yet known - if it were , they had never mentioned mont st guibert which is obviously there for lack of better information .
why not having an headquarter not located at an airport ? urltoken . . . lgium . aspx
new start - up airline ( spring 2018 ) looking to start with holiday flights from brussels to points in asia . first destination will be hong kong .
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“ the objective today is to launch flights for the winter season , ” says the ceo without specifying the exact date . the launch of the flights should take place in october or november , and not this summer as announced . “ we were somewhat late because the procedure for obtaining the right to fly over the territory took more time and the reconfiguration of the cockpits was not carried out in time , ” continues mr . terzakis .