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Alright, I admit it. I have cheated this week, enlisting a particularly excitable friend of mine whose favourite musician is 'Paul McCartneys'. His name is Jem, he is four – sorry, I stand corrected – four and a half years old, and he is helping his Aunty Wendy while I attempt to instruct him in the finer points of alt-hip-hop in the process. He thinks it is crashingly hilarious that anyone should be named 'Beans' but has not helped on all the records, because there were some Stickle Bricks which needed playing with. You know how it is.
Single of the Week!
Girls – 'Hellhole Ratrace' (Fantasy Trashcan / Turnstile)
On the first listen, I could not get past the fact that Girls' lead fellow sounds so very much - almost perzackerly - like Elvis Costello. And I hate Elvis Costello because he is such a grump, making me initially rather ill-disposed to Girls. But do not, kind readers, make my mistak. Skip right on over to the second stage of appreciation, which is when you find 'Hellhole Ratrace' to be ten kinds of brilliant. For one thing, it has a gloriously simple and beamingly rousing Jason Pierce-style breakdown at the end of it. And though there is something startlingly unoriginal about the words 'Sometimes you just gotta make it for yourself' (Money Mark's 'Sometimes You Gotta Make It Alone' & the Stones' 'You Can't Always Get What You Want') still this sort of refrain pushes buttons. So by the time we hit the home straight and the repeated plea that Girls 'don't want to cry', their 'whole life through' I am utterly entranced with 'Hellhole Ratrace's Wall of Sound whirlyness. I also can't shake the feeling that this would be an extraordinarily good record to do post-break-up, make-up pashing to, partly because it is ages (6:58) long. But also because the broken, heartfelt and yet hopeful thoughts expressed might form a neat counterpoint to all those tears drying while you snog. Naturally I expressed none of this to my nephew, deeming it a rather inappropriate dereliction of my duties.
Anti-Pop Consortium - 'Apparently' (Big Dada) Free download, here
This is essentially more of the same. But if you are remotely like me this will not trouble your pretty little one iota. For me, there are too few bands able to make the utterance of one word – in this case, 'Apparently' - sound so interesting, especially when the words are surrounded by such Spartan gaps of wire and glass-like production. I have been really missing the literally square-eyed (and man, those are some good glasses) Beans and APC's refreshingly meagre approach - un-buffetted as they are by flimsy notions of fashion. When I played this to Jem he immediately started laughing, and it was the first time I have ever heard him say 'wicked' in the street-parlance sense, which came as a bit of a shock. He said 'It's wicked,' and I said 'What?' worrying that he has got this habit from me and might also start calling things 'dogshit' as well. And then he said the following things, which I feel are more insightful than any of the above/anything else I might pen. He said, 'It's got robots singing. This record is good for robots to listen to,' – which, let's face it, is all you need to know about APC's flow. Also, based on the fact that children will believe absolutely anything you tell them (the power is delirious), I told him about six months ago that I had three Japanese robots living with me. They do all the boring jobs around the house and I put them on the phone when I speak to him. So Jem wants me tell you that if you too have a robot, you must tell it to download 'Apparently'. And if you do not have robots you should make some out of Stickle Bricks and sit them on your laptop so they can hear it, as above.
Lucky Elephant - 'Edgar' (Sunday Best)
Even though we were only a few singles down in a sack of squillions, I felt it was important to explain our quest. 'What we have to do is to explain if something is good or not. Imagine you only had enough pocket money for one record and you read what we're writing now. People have to know if things are worth going to the record shop and spending money on.' He looked faintly amused at this, narrowed his eyes and I could see some trouble brewing. 'So, what do you think of this one?' I said. 'It's very not good because the tune is not good and it's very good because the tune is good,' he said, which I explained might be a bit confusing or at least, rather unhelpful. It's also unfair. One, because Lucky Elephant are marvellous, and two, because I had already written a rant about ice-cream for this single. This one:
When I was a bairn we used to go to Wales on holiday. And in Tenby, where we always went, there was one shop which evoked a particular fascination. It was an Italian ice-cream parlour called Fecci's which had an animatronic fat ice-cream man in the window, and walls, ACTUAL WALLS, of stuff you could put on your sundae. They made rockets out of ice-cream, they made houses with wafer fences, and a 'Crinoline Lady' where all the ruffles of her dress were made out of squirty cream and red sauce. So I listened to 'Edgar' – or more particularly to the instrumental b-side – and I thought, it should be law for music like this to be played in ice-cream parlours. It sounds like the music from a Charlie Brown TV special, or a Mark Mothersbaugh twinkle from a Wes Anderson film, it is the sound of glace cherries, rice paper roses and hundreds and thousands sprinkled with no stinginess. Delightful.
Franz Ferdinand - 'Can't Stop Feeling' (Domino)
If you were going out with Franz Ferdinand - and not collectively as actual men – I mean, if the records themselves were your boyfriend, you'd have been together for 6 years now. You'd have a nice little flatlet somewhere and every now and then you'd go out for dinner somewhere cripplingly expensive. The sex would have tailed off. And it wouldn't be their fault, but you'd have got to the stage where despite the fact that they hadn't changed and were still doing the very things you once fell in love with them for, you'd have started to find them a little bit boring. 'Oh God,' you'd whisper to your friends, 'he's doing that thing where he pretends he wants to dance with me but really he just wants to have sex.' And they would sympathise, but it wouldn't make you feel any better so you'd row when you got home. Franz Ferdinand would say 'But I thought you loved it when I raised my eyebrows and came over all arch! Don't you love me anymore?' But it would be too late; you would go and sleep on the sofa. All that said, I like the silliness of the Rhubarb & Custard, wah-wah refrain in 'Can't Stop Feeling' and though the remixes are roundly uninspired, this made my diminutive companion grin and bash the table with his fists. Jem says 'Its apple good, and apple not good,' having warmed to his theme of reviews which are in some way linked to eating (his favourite thing) and also designed to be no help whatsoever. And then he looked me in the eye and said, 'I want The Beatles.'
The Maccabees - 'Can You Give It' (Fiction)
'This is sandwich good and sandwich not good!' says The Boy. Which was when I realised this whole reviewing-with-four-year-olds thing was not panning out. 'This child has ceased to be useful,' I said to no one in particular, as if in a Victorian workhouse and me its fearful proprietress. So while he ventured off in search of something more interesting, I was left to ponder fonts, and why The Maccabees have been packaged in such a bare, stark and inappropriate fashion. I mean, were you to pick up the sleeve to 'Can You Give It' - all Helvetica Bold boringness – and you knew nothing about them, you would think this were landfill indie of the straight-aheadest sort. But it is not, it is wavering, quasi-falsetto Grown Up indie made by people with exotically old-fashioned names. Don't get me wrong, this is a properly good single from a rather interesting band, but I think when you enter the arena they have and make desperate, ambitious rock music, the parameters are wider and grander. The benchmarks are higher. You're rubbing shoulders with the likes of the Arcade Fire, Beirut, possibly The Dears, and the possibilities are greater. You absolutely have to nail it and I want to feel exhausted after one listen, but I am not. Lovely Highland military tattoo guitars though.
We Were Promised Jetpacks - 'Roll Up Your Sleeves' (Fat Cat Records)
I have immediately latched on to We Were Promised Jetpacks delightful Edinburgh accents and tried to imagine if I would like them as much if lead chap Adam Thompson didn't sound like he (winningly) does. So while I should be describing this record (which comes with a brilliant false ending about three minutes in) and telling you about its (post-punk) influences, instead we will ponder why it is that a regional accent is still a novelty - at least in terms of bands that get mainstream attention. Don't ever let anyone ever tell you that the London bias does not exist because Lord only knows, I should not be responding to 'Roll Up Your Sleeves' by mentioning how he sings the word 'kidding' (kid-den) or telling you how pleasing it is to hear something other than Estuary drones.
Dan Black - 'Symphonies' (A&M)
I have very mixed feelings about young Dan. I adored last year's oddly moving re-rub of 'Hypnotize', but I can't bear the posery of his (albeit visually treatsome) videos. The first time I heard 'Alone' I hated it, and then it came up on my shuffle the other day and I loved it; was snatching at my bag to find out what it was. I think my problem is either that in some photos he looks like Mika (terrifying prospect), or that he is someone I have to be 'in the mood for' (others in this category: Antony & his Johnsons, Bjork, Four Tet, so, you know, good company). Anyway, what happened is that I listened to this earlier in the week on the beach, baked to a high-visibility, near pillar-box pink. And I waded into the sea with my headphones up high. There was a seal about 3 metres away, sticking his whiskers up every now and then to see if I was a lady seal and there were some seagulls watching a tern dive for fish. It was hot. Really hot. My neck was burning. The water was delicious, cool, and I was squealing every time the waves caught a dry bit of me. And in that moment I loved 'Symphonies', I loved that seal, I even loved the little bit of sea-weed that kept brushing against my ankle and provoking thoughts of fins, jellyfish and teeth; I listened to it over and over and over. Next week I will probably hate it, so you need to make up your mind if listening to singles when you are already in paradise is really terribly fair or sporting.
As for Jem, he asked to write something himself. He wants you to know that this single is 'sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssqxasdwsvwxzxacxzcsxzazcxzxax'. So now you know.
The Virgins – 'One Week Of Danger' (Atlantic)
At this point in the afternoon, faced with being abandoned for the Stickle Bricks again, I will admit I was feeding him ideas somewhat. So I asked Jem if he thought we should tell you to buy 'One Week Of Danger' and he did definitely say 'No, no, no, NO,' with an absolute minimum of prompting. I posited that The Virgins were ultimately a little bit dull, and so he thought we might jazz things up a bit by telling you a lie. So I will tell you that there is 'a really good rabbit story in the middle' of 'One Week Of Danger' and not that it is a bit like 'Sweet Virginia' but with none of the authentic, baked-in-Southern-France, ragged swagger. 'Let's say they should buy it,' Jem said then, far more charitably than I was feeling. And then he started pretending to play the piano (fingers and toes), grinned like a big naughty and said what he really thought, that this is 'Definitely, definitely, definitely good'. So that's The Virgins: one out of one four-and-a-half-year olds think they are brilliant. But there is no 'really good rabbit story' on this record.
Right, I am off. Later this week, a round-up of the year so far in seven inch bits of plastic - where we shall attempt to right some wrongs and make a proper, actual chart. Those of you un-charmed by other people's children will be pleased to hear that I am writing that one by myself.
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NEW YORK, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- Log Cabin Republicans took out an ad in Thursday's New York Times saying former Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., should not be nominated as secretary of defense.
The group, which represents gay Republicans, cited anti-gay comments Hagel made 14 years ago regarding James Hormel, who was under consideration for a diplomatic post at the time.
Hormel, who is openly gay, was nominated by then-President Bill Clinton to be U.S. ambassador to Luxembourg.
The ad cites part of a quote from a 1998 Omaha World Herald interview in which Hagel said: "Ambassadorial posts are sensitive. They are representing America. They are representing our lifestyles, our values, our standards. And I think it is an inhibiting factor to be -- openly aggressively gay like Mr. Hormel -- to do a better job."
"Chuck Hagel: Wrong on gay rights. Wrong on Iran. Wrong on Israel." the ad says.
There has been speculation President Barack Obama plans to nominate Hagel to succeed outgoing Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta.
Hagel has come under attack from conservative groups who note his comments as senator regarding a "Jewish lobby" attempting to intimidate U.S. lawmakers on policy toward Israel, as well as from Sen. Joe Lieberman, Ind-Conn., who said he would have "serious questions" about Hagel's position on national security issues, the Washington newspaper The Hill said Thursday.
Hagel issued a public apology this month for his comments about Hormel, the newspaper reported.
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New Bern Civic Theatre�s next public offering is �Honk! Jr.,� scheduled for the Athens Theatre stage in March.
New Bern Civic Theatre�s next public offering is �Honk! Jr.,� scheduled for the Athens Theatre stage in March.
It is a musical production of the Civic youth group StageHANDS.
Show dates are March 8, 9, 15, 16, 22 and 23 at 7:30 p.m., with 2 p.m. matinee performances March 10 and 17.
It is directed locally by Abigail Leffler and produced by Leah Huttlinger, with musical direction by Beth Cox.
The show is sponsored by Coastal Children�s Clinic and supported by a grant from the New Bern Woman�s Club.
Tickets are $14 in advance, $16 at the door, $10 for students and active duty military with ID.
The show is based on the book and lyrics by Anthony Drewe. Music is by George Stiles.
It is a contemporary retelling of Hans Christian Andersen�s �The Ugly Duckling.�
The award-winning musical adaptation incorporates a message of tolerance that is fun, captivating and created for family viewing.
Join Ugly, his Mom, and other barnyard animals as they romp through the countryside and learn valuable life lessons.
Call the box office at 633-0567 or by ordering online at newberncivictheatre.org.


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LAKE FOREST – The Chicago Bears picked Florida linebacker Jonathan Bostic in the second round of the NFL draft with the 50th overall pick Friday, shoring up a position that will be without Brian Urlacher next season.
Bostic started every game his final 2 years in the middle for Florida and figures to compete with veteran free agent acquisition D.J. Williams for the spot.
"I've got to say that I have a preference overall toward SEC football players, so my feet were just a little bit off the ground," Bears general manager Phil Emery said. "The competition they face daily in practice and weekly in the league is at the highest level."
Bostic had eight sacks, 19 1/2 tackles for loss and five interceptions 4 years at Florida. He ran a 4.6-second 40-yard dash at the combine and benched 225 pounds 22 times.
"The reason we like Jon is he's a three-position player, a three-position linebacker," Emery said. "I felt it was very important that if we were going to take a linebacker in the second round that we get somebody that could immediately fill in at all three spots."
Bostic said there's no added pressure following Urlacher.
"It's not pressure," he said. "It's more a guy I can pretty much watch and learn a lot of things from on film."
Bostic came to Florida as a cornerback/safety who had been slated to play weakside linebacker, but moved to the middle when the Gators brought in Jelani Jenkins.
Bostic made it 2-for-2 for the Bears in the draft in terms of sons of former NFL players. He is the son of former Detroit Lions defensive back Jon Bostic, who played in 29 games for Detroit from 1985-87.
The Bears had drafted the son of another former NFL player in Round 1 when they took Kyle Long, the son of Raiders hall of famer Howie Long.
The selection of Long and Bostic leaves the Bears still looking to address several needs, including cornerback. But the team traded away its third-round pick last year for wide receiver Brandon Marshall and, barring trade, does not select again until Round 4.
Emery said the team had a few opportunities to acquire a third-round pick through trade, but none he considered serious.
"The only way we could do it was give up next year's (second-rounder)," he said. "That doesn't make sense to us."


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Antwerp, Flemish Antwerpen, French Anvers, city, Flanders region, Belgium. It is one of the world's major seaports.
Antwerp is situated on the Schelde (Scheldt) River, about 55 miles (88 km) from the North Sea. The Schelde, together with the Meuse and the Rhine, forms the biggest estuary in western Europe, and Antwerp is an essential part of an enormous harbour complex, one of the greatest in the world. The harbour installations of Antwerp grew especially after World War II. For many years this expansion took place on the right bank of the Schelde only, but beginning in the 1970s there was much development on the left bank as well.
Because Antwerp lies in the Dutch- (Flemish-) speaking part of Belgium, the city plays the role of unofficial capital of Flanders. Antwerpians generally take this role very seriously, conscious as they are of the great importance of their city in the past and present. The pride and competitive attitude thus exhibited by the residents has led to their being designated by the nickname Sinjoren (from the Spanish señores). Pop. (2010 est.) mun., 483,505.
Physical and human geography
The landscape
The city site
Antwerp's site on the right bank of the generally south–north-flowing Schelde is a vast flat alluvial plain. Since 1923, however, the city's territory also has included an area on the left bank of the river. Annexation of villages on the right bank north of Antwerp in 1929 and 1958 extended the city's territory to the Dutch frontier, and further annexation in 1983 of municipalities surrounding the original city added considerably to Antwerp's area and population. The total area of contemporary Antwerp measures 79 square miles (204.5 square km), compared with 7 square miles (18 square km) before the beginning of the annexations. Only a part of this territory is completely built up. The extension of the agglomeration is continuing; many outlying villages have already lost their agricultural character and have grown in population as a result of emigration from the city.
The city layout
Until 1859 Antwerp lay surrounded by its 16th-century fortified walls, which were transformed in the latter half of the 19th century into broad avenues as a larger half circle of fortifications was built. This later encircling belt was replaced after World War II by another system of ring roads, which connect with a network of national and international highways. Several tunnels connect the right bank of the city with the left bank, where considerable residential and industrial development has taken place since World War II. The city centre, however, remains on the right bank; it stretches westward from the Central (railway) Station along the lively artery constituted by the Keyserlei and the Meir into the old city and thence to the terraced right bank of the Schelde.
The old city, within the arc once formed by the 16th-century fortifications, has many narrow, winding streets and old buildings. This area contains the Cathedral of Our Lady, begun in the 14th century and restored in the 19th and 20th centuries; it is one of the nation's finest Gothic buildings. The 19th-century city, with broader and substantially right-angled streets, stretches beyond the old city and merges with some of the suburban extensions annexed in 1983. A third right-bank area spreads beyond the 19th-century fortifications and is characterized by numerous modern buildings.
The largest part of Antwerp, however, is the essentially nonresidential northern seaport complex. Most of the agricultural waterside villages incorporated by the city have been eliminated to make room for expanding, if somewhat bleak, areas of docks, industrial sites, and railway yards. Locks connect this right-bank complex with the tidal Schelde River: the first, the Kattendijk, was opened in 1860; and the 1,640-foot (500-metre) Berendrecht was, when it opened in 1988, the largest lock in the world. Left-bank port and industrial facilities have access to the Schelde via the Kallo lock.
The character of the city
The unique flavour of Antwerp is derived from the combination of, and tensions between, the diverse aspects of its personality: a passionate commitment to commerce goes hand in hand with an abiding interest in the life of ideas and in the arts; respect and affection for the past are juxtaposed with a fervent desire to participate fully in the present and in the future; and awareness of being a truly European and cosmopolitan city, with a resulting openness and broad curiosity, coexists with a sense of tradition and of idiosyncratic particularity, which lend an almost provincial charm to life in the city. In its centre a lively social activity is conducted on the streets and in the countless cafés. The Schelde is the veritable heart and soul of Antwerp, the raison d'être not only of Antwerp's dynamic economic life but also of its sense of identity and of the deep attachment—touchingly expressed in many literary works—that Antwerpians tend to feel for their city.
The people
The residents of Antwerp generally speak the local Brabantian-Antwerp dialect of Dutch. Dutch as spoken in the Netherlands and by Dutch-speaking cultured Belgians, however, is taught in the schools and is gaining ground in economic life. Although French is still much used in commercial and industrial circles, it is losing steadily as a means of expression. This does not mean that Dutch-speaking Antwerpians do not know French or other languages, for the international character of the city implies a readiness of many of its residents to understand foreign languages.
Most of the foreigners living in Antwerp are Dutch, followed by Moroccans, Spaniards, French, and Germans; there are also small numbers of British, Americans, and Israelis. Unlike the other foreigners, the Moroccan and Spanish groups are largely unskilled workers who migrated to Belgium during periods of labour scarcity after World War II. There have been associated social tensions, notably concerning discrimination in housing.
The prevalent religion in Antwerp is Roman Catholicism. There are also small groups of various Protestant churches and a sizable Jewish group of different tendencies. (By the 19th century Antwerp already had a great number of Jewish residents, but many Jews died in World War II German concentration camps.) A large and growing part of the population is nonreligious.
The economy
Industry and commerce
Antwerp's economic life has long been closely connected with its existence as a seaport, and as such it is inseparable from the city's favourable geographic location and from the port's facilities and functions. In the 16th century the city developed an important sugar-refining industry, in which partially worked sugarcane was brought in by ship, refined, and reexported. The first petroleum refineries were established during the 1920s and '30s, and they were soon joined by automobile assembly plants. After World War II, industry expanded at a rapid pace. Larger petroleum refineries, closely followed by petrochemical industries, were established, together with chemical plants in the 1960s, and the automotive industry was restructured on a larger scale. In the early 21st century, Antwerp remained one the world's most important petrochemical centres.
Other important products include photographic and electronic equipment and cut diamonds, the latter for which Antwerp is world-famous. According to legend, the first diamond was cut in Antwerp in 1476. Since the 16th century, cutting and dealing establishments have thrived in the so-called diamond quarter adjacent to the Central Station, and Antwerp became the international centre of the diamond industry. It also became an important fashion centre.
Antwerp's complex of harbour and industrial activities is served by many commercial agencies, commission agents, import and export firms, banking establishments, insurance companies, road-transport enterprises, and railways.
A dense network of railway lines and highways serves Antwerp's huge port and industrial complex, and the city is a rail and road centre for Belgian and international destinations. Antwerp is also well integrated into Europe's vast inland waterway network. The airport at Deurne is important for freight and passenger flights. On the local level, public transportation in the city consists of a network of bus lines and tramways; some of the tramways have been transformed into subway lines.
Administration and social conditions
Like all Belgian municipalities, Antwerp is governed by an elected city council, which in turn elects a board of aldermen, headed by a burgomaster, nominated by the king on recommendation of the council. Generally, the burgomaster is a member of the elected council, but this is not obligatory. Each alderman has a specified department to manage, but decisions and resolutions are always taken by the board as a whole. Under the board of aldermen is the town clerk, the chief official to whom the different administrative services report. The city is also the residence of the government of the province of Antwerp, headed by a governor appointed by the king; a provincial council, elected every four years; and its board of deputies, who have, in regard to the province, the same task as the city aldermen. The provincial recorder is the counterpart of the town clerk. A third kind of public service is the Commission for Public Relief. The members of the commission are appointed for six years by the city council.
Health and education
The Commission for Public Relief, responsible for public health and care of the aged and orphans, manages a series of institutions, among which are several large hospitals. Together with these official establishments, there are a number of independent, mostly Roman Catholic, institutions. This duality is also found in education. Besides the different schools of all grades (i.e., kindergarten, primary and secondary schools, and technical institutions) managed by the city administration (and for a small part by the state), there exists an independent, essentially Roman Catholic, network. This is also the case at the university level: both an official (state) and an independent (Jesuit) institute were founded in 1965. Higher artistic training is given in the National Higher Institute and Royal Academy for Fine Arts (1663) and the Royal Flemish Conservatory of Music (1898).
Cultural life
It is significant, in view of Antwerp's long-standing involvement with learning and with the arts, that two of the most important figures of its cultural past are still present in the modern city through the preservation of their homes and workshops as museums: the 16th-century humanist printer Christophe Plantin (Plantin-Moretus Museum) and the 17th-century painter Peter Paul Rubens (Rubens House). Rubens's works may be seen in the Royal Museum of Fine Arts, as well as in the Cathedral of Our Lady and many other Antwerp churches, such as the Church of St. James, where the painter is buried. Rubens united Italianate traits and an attachment to the Flemish artistic tradition to create a highly personal style. His students and coworkers included the three 17th-century Antwerpians Jacob Jordaens, Anthony Van Dyck, and Frans Snyders; their works also may be seen in the Royal Museum, which houses a vast collection from the 15th to the 20th century.
A number of other museums are located in historical buildings such as the Steen, the medieval riverside castle that is home to the National Maritime Museum; the 16th-century Butchers' Hall and Brewers' Hall, both of which house historic arts and artifacts; and the Maagdenhuis (Flemish: "Maidens' House"), a 16th-century charitable foundation for needy young women, where Renaissance art and furniture may be seen. Other small museums were established by 19th-century patrician families, such as the Mayer van den Bergh Museum, which contains sculpture, furniture, and paintings, notably Pieter Bruegel's famous Dulle Griet (or Mad Meg). Museums for folklore and for ethnography are located not far from the Schelde. For modern art, there is the Museum of Contemporary Art, installed in a 1920s Art Deco grain silo in the old dock area of the port, which is close to the Provincial Museum of Photography, housed in a former warehouse built in 1911. In the Middelheim Open-Air Museum of Sculpture, the permanent collection is displayed among the trees and lawns of a public park located south of the old city, and every other year a special exhibition features works by young contemporary sculptors. Antwerp's architecture ranges from Gothic to Postmodernism.
The performing arts in the city are represented by the Royal Flemish Opera House and by the Royal Dutch Theatre, and numerous theatrical and musical performances of traditional as well as modern works take place in the framework of Antwerp's monuments, such as in the courtyard of the Rubens House. The city's zoological garden is one of Europe's oldest and most-modern.
Early settlement and growth
The site of Antwerp was probably already inhabited, as excavations on the right bank of the Schelde have proved, in Gallo-Roman times, in the 2nd and 3rd centuries ce. After the great Eurasian migrations of the 4th and 5th centuries, the region was occupied and Germanized by Franks and possibly Frisians, who gave it its present name, from the Germanic prefix anda ("against") and a noun derived from the verb werpen ("to throw"), indicating a structure—possibly a predecessor of Antwerp's 9th-century fortified castle, the Steen—erected against something or someone.
A more picturesque etymology for the name of the city involves the story of the evil giant Druon Antigonus, who severed the hands of the river's boatmen when they refused to pay his exorbitant tolls. The Roman soldier Silvius Brabo challenged him to a fight, cut off one of his hands, and flung it into the river, not far from the site of the present Steen, thus putting an end to the giant's extortion and giving the city its name: literally, "to throw a hand." Antwerp's coat of arms consists of a fortified castle with a hand on each side; and in the Great Market, in front of the 16th-century Town Hall, the Brabo Fountain (1887) depicts the legendary event.
The city probably developed from two nuclei: a southern one called Chanelaus–Caloes–Callo and a later northern nucleus grown around the Steen, which eventually became the more important of the two. Christianity was introduced in the 7th century. In the 9th century the region became a border county of the Holy Roman Empire. In 1124 the religious centre was transferred from Chanelaus to the northern nucleus. It was around the castle, built originally as a seat for the border county, that Antwerp developed, in the course of the centuries, in more or less concentric half circles.
Situated relatively far inland on the deep right bank of the Schelde, Antwerp was predestined to become a trade and shipping centre. This was already fully the case in the 13th century. At the end of that century and the beginning of the 14th, freedom of trade was given to the English, Venetians, and Genoese by the dukes of Brabant, who had made themselves masters of the county. The city of Antwerp became one of the duchy's capital cities, together with Leuven and Brussels in Belgium and the city of 's-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc) in the Netherlands. In the first quarter of the 14th century, the Antwerp fairs began to flourish. These, together with the fairs of nearby Bergen op Zoom (now in the Netherlands), became one of the foundations of Antwerp's medieval economic growth.
From the 15th to the 19th century
Antwerp succeeded in the 15th century in becoming the successor of Brugge (Bruges) in Flanders, which until then had been the mercantile metropolis of western Europe. At the end of the 15th century, when nearly all the Low Countries were united under the Burgundian and Habsburg dynasties, the economic preeminence of Antwerp over Brugge is indicated by the fact that the majority of foreign merchants transferred their residence from the old Flemish town to Antwerp. It quickly became the leading commercial centre of western Europe, profiting from the beginnings of colonial trade and stimulated by the great discoveries of the Portuguese and Spaniards. Toward the mid-16th century, the population totaled nearly 100,000, whereas there had been about 20,000 people in the city at the end of the 14th century. Extensive urbanization plans were developed to lodge the increasing population, who earned their livelihood in trade, transport, and industry.
The port underwent its first northward extension. New industries included breweries, malt factories, and bleaching works. Together with the already established finishing works of (English) cloth, tapestry, and silk factories, the sugar refineries, and the diamond industry, they made Antwerp one of the greatest industrial centres of western Europe. Antwerp also became a financial centre: its Stock Exchange (inaugurated 1531), a model for the younger London and Amsterdam exchanges, was the scene of dramatic and momentous events, in which financial agents and bankers of the Habsburg, Tudor, and Valois monarchs played their part, together with Antwerpian, English, French, Portuguese, Italian, Spanish, and German merchants. Antwerp also became a great cultural centre: its school of painting began to flourish at the end of the 15th century; the city's printing houses became known throughout Europe; and humanism began to thrive.
State bankruptcies in Spain, Portugal, and elsewhere, together with religious troubles and ensuing wars (Antwerp early in the 16th century became a centre of Protestant activity), brought about a decline. Antwerp became involved in the revolt of the Netherlands and was taken, in 1585, by Alessandro Farnese, duke of Parma, governor general for the Spanish king. The consequences of this strife with Spain were severe: from 1585 to 1589 the population diminished from 80,000 to 42,000. The Schelde, gateway to the sea, was closed by the Dutch, maintaining their positions against King Philip II of Spain. Capital and enterprise emigrated from Antwerp, mostly northward. The economic greatness of Amsterdam in the 17th century was due in part to Antwerp emigrants and their financial support, as was the case, to a lesser extent, for Hamburg, Frankfurt am Main, and other mercantile cities.
Yet Antwerp was not reduced to the status of a nonentity. The city remained the dynamic economic centre of the Spanish (later, in the 18th century, the Austrian) Netherlands. Antwerp became a more famous art centre than ever before: this was the time of Rubens, Van Dyck, Jordaens, and other major artists. The French Revolution and the Napoleonic period, followed by Belgium's temporary union with the Netherlands (1815–30), reversed the general decline in trade of the 18th century. With the Schelde once more freely navigable (restored by the French in 1792), the attraction of Antwerp as a seaport became evident again. Population grew, and the city began to expand and modernize.
The modern city
Since the second half of the 19th century, the growth of Antwerp's seaport has been interrupted only by the two world wars and associated German occupations; even the economic depression of the 1930s did not affect the expansion of port traffic and facilities. In 1920 Antwerp hosted the Olympic Games. Immediately after liberation in 1944, Antwerp's nearly unharmed port was instrumental in the supply of the Allied armies aiming their final blow against Nazi Germany, although bombardment by German missiles devastated the city. Since World War II Antwerp, its suburbs, and its seaport have grown apace, spurred by a commercial, industrial, and maritime boom. Port facilities, highways, and inland waterways have all been extended and improved. Some of this expansion, however, has created ecological problems, which have been investigated and addressed to some degree. Antwerp also has become the most important centre of finance and other services in northern Belgium, although the closure of the Antwerp Stock Exchange in 1997 reflects the increasing concentration of financial activities in Brussels.
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art market: The rise of Antwerp and AmsterdamDespite the prestige of Rome, the centre of gravity in the 17th-century art world shifted increasingly toward the northern cities of Antwerp and Amsterdam. During the 16th century, Antwerp had been a major centre of artistic production, exporting paintings throughout Europe. It…
history of Europe: Demographics…Venice, Livorno, Sevilla (Seville), Lisbon, Antwerp, Amsterdam, London, Bremen, and Hamburg. About 1550, Antwerp was the chief port of the north. In 1510, the Portuguese moved their trading station from Brugge to Antwerp, making it the chief northern market for the spices they were importing from India. The Antwerp bourse,…
history of Europe: Political, economic, and social backgroundAntwerp, for example, more than doubled its population in the second half of the 15th century and doubled it again by 1560. Under Habsburg patronage, Antwerp became the chief European entrepôt for English cloth, the hub of an international banking network, and the principal Western…
history of Europe: The Wars of Religion…sack of the city of Antwerp by mutinous Spanish soldiery in 1576 (three years after the dismissal of Philip II's autocratic and capable governor, the duke de Alba) completed the commercial decline of Spain's greatest economic asset. In 1579 Alessandro Farnese, duke di Parma, succeeded in recovering the allegiance of…
Western architecture: Flanders and Holland…or Town Hall (1561–65), at Antwerp, designed by Loys du Foys and Nicolo Scarini and executed by Cornelis II Floris (originally de Vriendt [1514–75]). It was decided to replace Antwerp's small medieval town hall with a large structure, 300 feet (90 metres) long, in the new style, as a reflection…
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Residents identified the house's occupant as Cheronda Guyton, a Wells Fargo senior vice president who is responsible for foreclosed commercial properties.
Guyton could not be reached at her downtown Los Angeles office. Wells Fargo declined to discuss Guyton, saying in a statement that representatives "don't discuss specific team member situations/issues for privacy reasons." But the bank said it would "conduct a thorough investigation of the allegations" by neighbors.
The bank also said its ethics code wouldn't allow employees to make personal use of property that had been surrendered to satisfy debts.
Such conduct would pose a conflict of interest, said W. Michael Hoffman, executive director of the Center for Business Ethics at Bentley University in Waltham, Mass.
"For a business to allow this to happen in today's ethically charged climate is quite suicidal," he said. And because Madoff's fraud was the root cause of the situation, he added, "it's like rubbing salt into the wounds of a national tragedy."
The home's former owners, Lawrence and Linda Elins, didn't respond to requests for an interview.
Their real estate agent, Irene Dazzan-Palmer, said she had tried to lease the home for the couple last spring after they were "devastated" by Madoff losses. But before she could find a renter, the couple signed over the property to Wells Fargo to help satisfy a larger debt, she said.
Wells Fargo subsequently denied requests to show the house to prospective buyers, said Dazzan-Palmer, a Coldwell Banker specialist in Malibu Colony properties.
"I found it amazing at first when the bank wouldn't show the house to some friends of ours who were interested in buying it," said Roman, the neighbor.
Residents of the gated Malibu Colony said they obtained Guyton's name from the community's guards, who had issued her a homeowner's parking pass.
In written responses to questions from The Times, Wells Fargo said this week that its agreement with the prior owner required it to keep the home off the market "for a period of time" but declined to elaborate. The company said it now planned to list the property for sale "in the near future." The bank also confirmed that Guyton headed its foreclosed commercial property operation.
Malibu Colony stretches three-quarters of a mile along the beach in the heart of Malibu. Its residents include actor Tom Hanks, former Univision Chairman A. Jerrold Perenchio, and high-profile investment banker Michael E. Tennenbaum.
The home the Elinses occupied is a sleekly modern, 3,800-square-foot, two-story structure built in the early 1990s by clothing designer Nancy Heller. Its huge glass windows look out on a patio, deck and the Pacific. On the street side is a wall of mostly beige tile and metal.
Colony residents said the woman they believe to be Guyton, along with her husband and two children, took up occupancy in home No. 106 in Malibu Colony shortly after Lawrence Elins turned it over to Wells Fargo Bank on May 13.
The residents said the family spent long weekends at the home and had guests over, including a large party the last weekend of August that featured a waterborne arrival.
"A yacht pulled up offshore, with one of those inflatable dinghies to take people back and forth to the shore," said Roman's wife, Elaine Johnson. "About 20 people got taken over in the dinghy."
Malibu Colony employees who were not authorized to speak publicly said the community association at the start of the summer had issued Guyton a parking permit of the type given to Colony homeowners.
Residents also gave The Times the license plate number of a 2007 Volvo sport-utility vehicle that they say they had seen parked in the garage at No. 106. A check of motor vehicle license plates conducted by The Times found that vehicle to be registered to Guyton.
When a Times reporter used the buzzer at the home's steel gate on Labor Day, a woman answered the intercom but declined to identify herself or come to the gate.
Asked whether the home had been foreclosed on, she said: "It's not foreclosed. It's owned by Collin Equities" -- a Wells Fargo unit that liquidates foreclosure properties.
The woman on the intercom denied that she was living at the house or had been using it periodically over the summer. Asked whether she could say why she was at the home, she answered, "No, I cannot."
On the website for a lenders conference next month in San Diego, a biography says Guyton, 39, obtained an MBA from USC, worked in the state controller's office during the administration of former Gov. Gray Davis and now manages a team of foreclosed-property managers and a separate team that restructures troubled commercial loans.
Property records show she has owned a home in the Fairfax District of Los Angeles since 2004.
Elins, the previous owner of the Malibu Colony home, is identified in Securities and Exchange Commission filings as the former president of Applause Inc., a toy and gift manufacturer, who since 1988 has headed Elins Enterprises, a financial and real estate firm in Sherman Oaks.
They bought the Malibu Colony home in 1996 and refinanced it for $3 million with Wells Fargo Bank in December 2007, property records show. The home's value was recorded at $12 million when the property was transferred in May to Wells Fargo.
In January, Wells Fargo said it had written off $294 million of loans that had been secured by customers' investments with Madoff, whose Ponzi scheme collapsed late last year.
Dazzan-Palmer, the real estate agent, said she quickly found a person who was prepared to make "a very big offer in cash" to buy the property, but she wasn't able to show the house to any potential buyers. The bank said it was considering offers from other agents, she said, "and then someone moved in."
"We thought maybe it had been sold," she added. "It was a big mystery. All we knew was that Larry had lost the house and that someone was living there."
Because Dazzan-Palmer had the listing to lease the property, other agents have contacted her about the home, she said. She has a website with photos of the home at www.106malibucolony.com "> www.106malibucolony.com .
"I've had calls from about 20 agents saying they've got buyers and 'When can you get us in?' " she said. "And I say, 'My client doesn't own it anymore. I brought the bank an offer myself, they didn't respond, and that's all I know.' "


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On this Earthwatch Student Challenge Expedition, you'll explore Australia's mountain rainforests to better understand the fate of Australia's frogs, and why some frog species survive while others disappear.
On this Student Challenge expedition, explore the wonders of the mountain forests of Australia's Watagan National Park. During your week here you'll collect data that will help scientists understand how our frog populations might cope or flounder as they encounter infection by the chytrid fungus.
Working primarily at night, when frogs are most active, you'll walk in and around streams and creeks using a spotlight to find, catch, weigh, measure, and release frogs and tadpoles. You'll observe their behavior, record their calls, and do some preliminary data analysis as you work together as a field research team.
In the past, Earthwatch volunteers have contributed to the exciting discovery of four new species of frog and have identified both healthy and struggling frog populations. Teams are now needed to find out why some frogs are dying while others are flourishing.
The rainforests of Australia's mountains are home to an amazing variety of wildlife, and you'll be sure to see an array of interesting creatures on your nighttime excursions. In your spare time you can search for birds, possums, and kangaroos as well as take a swim or a walk through the rainforest.
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As a volunteer on this project, you'll help collect critical information to explain the causes of and seek solutions to amphibian declines.
Why are the frogs of Australia on the decline? So far, scientists have only theories. You may help uncover the truth.
There have been drastic declines in the populations of amphibians, particularly frogs, throughout the world. Along the east coast of Australia, nine species of frog have totally disappeared in the past two decades, and scientists are at a loss to explain why or provide solutions. In a few cases, the decline can be linked to human activities. But in the majority of cases, no apparent cause has been found.
The Australia's Vanishing Frogs project is based in the rainforests of the Great Dividing Range in eastern Australia and in the World Heritage Area Gondwana Rainforest Reserves. Our task is to monitor the health of populations of several species that are considered critically endangered and to keep a watch on others that may be at risk for sudden declines. Our goal is to unravel the mystery behind the decline of the forest frog communities. We will be testing two theories, one related to climate change and the other to the impact of a particular fungus known as chytrid.
Investigate the decline in Australia's frog populations.
As a volunteer on the Australia's Vanishing Frogs project, you'll help collect critical information to explain the cause(s) and seek solutions to amphibian declines. The outcome of your work may be of huge benefit to the frogs of eastern Australia and, possibly, to amphibians around the world.
You'll be spending your week in and around the Watagan National Park in New South Wales. The rainforests of the eastern escarpment form part of the World Heritage Area in the Great Escarpment of the Great Dividing Range. This range runs roughly parallel to the east coast of Australia and boasts some of the country's finest rainforest scenery.
The flora of these forests has its origins and evolution in the ancient supercontinent of Gondwana, and the flowering trees are ancestors to the flowering trees of the world. The Great Dividing Range is perhaps the most significant landscape feature of the eastern seaboard and also houses a rich cultural heritage of more than 40 Aboriginal sites.
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When you arrive on site, you'll learn about the research, the history of the problem of declining amphibians, the flora and fauna of the area, and many other fascinating topics. You'll work outdoors by day and night, providing vital support in locating and collecting animals, processing them (measuring, weighing, checking health, marking, and collecting tissues), and releasing them. Groups of volunteers will rotate duties, which will allow us to extend surveys to include additional species and communities.
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Earthwatch volunteers will help weigh and measure frogs.
Earthwatch scientist Dr. Michael Mahony investigates the fate of fast-disappearing frogs and other amphibians.
This bush-camping expedition offers an opportunity to live, for a magical week, deep inside a temperate rainforest. Your home under the stars will be a tent with ample room for yourself and your bags. A marquee (eight-person tent) will be set up as the general laboratory and gear area. Most meals will be cooked on a gas camp stove or in a camp oven. Generally the evening meal will be the main meal of the day. Meals will include dishes such as spaghetti, vegetables, meat, bread, fruit, and fresh local fruit juices.
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[Proceedings of the conference 1001 Inventions: Muslim Heritage in Our World organised by FSTC, London, 25-26 May 2010]. Aiming at restoring historical continuity to the currently available knowledge on medicine in the Middle Ages, the article summarizes some results from Prof. Abdel-Halim's extensive primary-source studies of the original Arabic works of ten medieval Islamic medical scholars who lived and practiced between the 9th and 13th centuries and whose works represented original contributions to the progress of anatomy, physiology, clinical medicine and surgery. The article also highlights the importance of continuing research in this field, for the reason that the investigation about the transmission and translation movements that occurred during the Middle Ages are bound to emphasize the universality of knowledge and unity of mankind. Such an assumption will certainly boost cultural inter-appreciation around the world and help to strengthen mutual understandings between the West and the East and, thus, nurture the interaction between different faiths and various civilisations.


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Hi All,
Opie here.
My One Year
This month last year I was adopted by my current family.
It's only fitting to reminisce a bit about those early days so that we can all really appreciate the present!
I don't remember my old family at all. That's fitting since they didn't think too hard about me when they dumped me at the Riverside County Shelter. The folks there try very hard to get cats and dogs adopted out, but Riverside Shelter is not a no-kill shelter. Last year they euthanized over 350 "adoptable" dogs. If the folks at Lhasa Happy Home Rescue had not picked me up last June, I might have been one of those unlucky pooches. Believe me it was quite lucky. Please note that I am NOT a Lhasa Apso. Luckily, Lhasa's mission includes other small breeds. ( Snorkie's must be included!) Randee said she fell in love with my ears!
Here is a picture of me in from those early times.
This was taken near the end of August 2010.
I've always loved belly rubs. And my ears are quite cute.
Randee, the head of the Lhasa rescue, immediately sent me to live with my Foster Mom. She had two kids and they were great to me. I don't remember them very well now. I think I was a little traumatized by all the shifting from place to place. Consider this — I was with my first family as a puppy(home number 1) , then when I was about 6 months old they brought me to the pound ( home number 2) , then about a month later, Randee came and got me and I stayed with her ( home number 3) and then with Barbara ( home number 4) and finally…. Finally with my mama. That's five
different places before I was 10 months old. Let's face it. I was a nervous wreck. I didn't really settle down until a couple of months after Mama and Daddy had me. Mama has the vet bills to prove it!
How My Mama Found Me
Mama's allergic to most dogs so they looked on Petfinder.com for a hypoallergenic dog. (By the way, we think that the study that said that hypoallergenic dogs don't exist is deeply flawed.) Mama knew that if she went to the local pound, she was bound to fall in love with a dog that would make her eyes red and nose itchy. Finding a forever fur friend is a lifelong commitment. People need to use their heads along with their hearts to match themselves with an appropriate fur friend. Mama saw me online and I fit the bill. I was the right size for our house and the right breed or combination of breeds for her nose! She filled out the adoption forms, cleaned up the house for a home visit from the Lhasa volunteers, and then finally met me!
The rest, as they say, is history.
This is me that first day on Randee's couch.
The picture is not good. Mama took it with her phone.
The whole family fell in love with me on the spot. Within about 3 hours I was on my way with Mama and the boys to buy me a bed, water and food bowl and dog food. With the exception of vet and grooming appointments, it's been paradise here!
As he was giving me a belly rub, Daddy told me that I was spoiled rotten!
He's right!
I am.
How Are We Celebrating My Anniversary?
Mama started the celebration by making my every day food especially savory.
I've had a little wet canned food mixed into my kibble every day. OMD! It's heavenly! I've also shared family cook out grub! I'll just say one word – Hamburger!
To complement my new hair cut, mama got me a t-shirt. I think I look tough.
Daddy thinks I look tough too! Here I am greeting him at the door!
I love Daddy! And I kind of like my t-shirt too. I don't try and bite it off like my Christmas sweater.
It suits me perfectly.
SECURITY! That's what I am, that's my job!
I'm the SECURITY DOG!
It fits my new MUSCLE DOG look!
Mama has also taken me to the dog park a few times this month!
Of course, I don't wear my t-shirt to the park.
I don't want to make anyone jealous!
At the park Mama took some pictures of me before I got down to the serious business of playing!
Then it was play time!
Here I am with my new buddy! I never got his name. His Mama was way at the other end of the park!
And here's my other buddy!
I've had a great time at the park! I've even renewed some old acquaintances.
I love riding in the car with Mama.
Here we are coming back from the park on one of our many trips this month!
This is just a taste of the type of things that we've been doing this month to celebrate my anniversary. Mama says there's more fun on the way. She mentioned something about a play date with Mo-mo – the poodle down the street. And I think there's more time at the dog park on the calendar!
But the truth is…
I don't really need all this stuff.
I'm happy sitting on the couch with my hu-brothers while they play video games or practice the guitar.
I'm happy sleeping at the foot of Mama and Daddy's bed.
I'm happy pressing my face into Mama's hand for a ear scratch.
I'm happy sitting on Daddy's lap while he's watching a movie.
I'm happy because I'm in my house with a family that will NEVER give me up!
We belong together.
If I have a wish for my anniversary (like a birthday wish!),
It is that every dog and cat can have a forever home where people love and care for them.
That's my anniversary wish!
I may keep Mama and Daddy up all night barking at critters in the back yard.
I may chew on somebody's glasses if they are left in my reach.
I may threaten the mail carrier every morning.
I may run under the coffee table when the grooming brush comes out.
I may even jump on the dining room table and steal a piece of breakfast bacon!
But I know I am loved!
I am an integral part of the family
I'm home.
Smell you later fellow pet bloggers.
Licks and Sniffs,
Your Pal,


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Dr. Murray's spawn, Che Giovanni Murray, was born March 2 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in L.A, according to the Daily News. It's Murray's 7th kid -- that we know of.
According to the NY Daily News, Alvarez was dancing at a strip club in 2005 when she met the good doctor.


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A little bit far, but more luxury:
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This is MAC Hibiscus Lipstick which just came out with the new Surf Baby Collection.
This is a swatch on medium toned skin (MAC NC30, for reference), I have warm undertones. I know not many swatches are up yet so I will try to give you as much detail as possible. It has a Cremesheen finish and it's very creamy and opaque! It behaves excellently, so to say! :-)
Colorwise it's a bright reddish orange/coral, not for the very timid, probably. It has a nice sheen!
When I first applied it to my lips I thought: This is what I wish "Viva Glam Cindy" was like (which I know so many of you liked, but I just don't like it so much on myself).
Here is a swatch on my inner arm, which is NC25, probably, next to Strange Potion Lipglass, which was repromoted with this collection:
Find swatches of the rest of my MAC Surf Baby haul here!
Hope this helps!
Have a great day!