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	<title>Andy Carling &#187; Brussels</title>
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		<title>Painting Provence</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:22:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Carling</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[American artist Patricia Clendening Buzzerio had her artistic spirit awakened when she lived in Provence. By taking up a paintbrush she was influenced by her mother, who was a gifted artist in stained glass, and this is evident in her use of colour and light in her work.
She describes her style as &#8220;letting the sketch [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google Searches The Boulevards Of Brussels</title>
		<link>http://www.andycarling.com/2009/04/google-searches-the-boulevards-of-brussels/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 09:03:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Carling</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The search giant has just sent a fleet of red Opels out on the streets to photograph Brussels for its Street View part of Google Maps. This could have some interesting results and people are going to be poring over the results.
In the past photos on Street View have caught out cheating partners, people skiving [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Freudian Slip</title>
		<link>http://www.andycarling.com/2009/03/a-freudian-slip/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 08:49:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Carling</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The great question that has never been answered, and which I have not yet been able to answer, despite my thirty years of research into the feminine soul, is &#8220;What does a woman want?&#8217;&#8221; &#8211; Sigmund Freud Can our man help, maybe? Hmmm&#8230;
Well, I think it&#8217;s safe to say that women don&#8217;t really want a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10 Reasons To Love Belgium</title>
		<link>http://www.andycarling.com/2009/03/10-reasons-to-love-belgium/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2009 06:42:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Carling</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[1. Because we have the best rain in the world.
Most countries measure rainfall by quantity, but Belgium&#8217;s precipitation can also offer a bewildering breadth of forms. From the merest hint of drizzle to the torrential downpours, nowhere beats Belgium for getting wet. It&#8217;s said in holy scriptures that Paradise is &#8216;a well watered garden&#8217; and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Off The Books</title>
		<link>http://www.andycarling.com/2008/12/off-the-books/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 05:32:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Carling</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[EU Affairs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[black economy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Due to its secretive nature and the unwillingness of participants to discuss it, facts and figures on the black economy tend to be estimates. It is certainly an opaque phenomenon, rather like the elusive dark matter that CERN is spending billions seeking. Together takes a look.
No-one knows for sure just how pervasive it is or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Winged Warriors</title>
		<link>http://www.andycarling.com/2008/12/winged-warriors/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:21:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Carling</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our writer checks out a leading Brussels American football team.
Many Europeans regard American football as being nothing but rugby with padding, and therefore a bit wimpy. In reality, football is one of the toughest sports in the world, in which large, strong men smash against each other while trying to move the ball down the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Facebook and Frites unite Belgium</title>
		<link>http://www.andycarling.com/2008/08/facebook-and-frites-unite-belgium/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:06:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Carling</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Camera in hand, Andy Carling attended the inaugural National Frites Day in Brussels.
Around a hundred people gathered recently in Brussels&#8217; Place Reine Astrid to celebrate the inauguration of National Frite Day.
The event was organised through the social networking website, Facebook. The two men behind the event, Jamal Aynaou and Bao-Lan Nguyen-Phuoc, explained how it all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brussels Flower Carpet</title>
		<link>http://www.andycarling.com/2008/08/brussels-flower-carpet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:16:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Carling</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The bi-annual Brussels Flower Carpet has become a major event for locals and tourists alike. In preparation for the opening, teams of eager planters worked throughout the day to lay the intricate pattern of this year&#8217;s design, La Savonnerie, based on designs from 18th century French tapestries.
The highlight for many is the sound and light [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Belgian celebrates its 178th National Day</title>
		<link>http://www.andycarling.com/2008/07/belgian-celebrates-its-178th-national-day/</link>
		<comments>http://www.andycarling.com/2008/07/belgian-celebrates-its-178th-national-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:25:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Carling</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Andy Carling describes how the weather on 21 July was a true reflection of the hearts of many Belgians.
Dark clouds hung over the National Day celebrations, attendance seemed to be half of last year&#8217;s and the sodden atmosphere dampened spirits.
The joke beforehand was that &#8220;You should come to this year’s event because it might be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Street Music</title>
		<link>http://www.andycarling.com/2008/07/street-music/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:20:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Carling</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It shouldn&#8217;t be surprising in a city like Brussels that it&#8217;s most famous musician is also practically unknown.
New in town, I had just had a meeting with the Tax office that left my spirits lower than the Dead Sea and my wallet lighter than helium when I chanced across a street musician who looked like [...]]]></description>
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