Tuesday, April 05, 2011
Saturday, April 02, 2011
Friday, April 01, 2011
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Friday, March 25, 2011
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Thursday, March 03, 2011
MARCH 3-4, 2011: THE CONSUL GENERAL OF FRANCE TO VISIT CHARLOTTE, NC - France in the Southeast region
Several NC people to be presented Legion d'Honneur for WWII Normandy and South of France.
Monday, February 28, 2011
Friday, February 25, 2011
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Tuesday, February 08, 2011
Tuesday, February 01, 2011
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Monday, January 24, 2011
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Glass jars and bottles
It sure seems to me that we wind up with a lot more glass bottles to recycle in France than in the US. I wonder if there are any statistics on this to support my perception?
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Friday, January 21, 2011
Price of wine
Why is it that I can buy great wine here in France for 1.50-2 USD/bottle and yet buying good wine, or any wine, at that price in the US (from any source) is pracitcally impossible?
French FM Accosted on Her Way Into Gaza - NYTimes.com
The Foreign Minister has won the condemnation of huge numbers of peopel in recent weeks inside and outside France.
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Monday, January 17, 2011
French Business School Offers Luxury Degree in China - NYTimes.com
This is the school with a campus opening this year in Raleigh, NC.
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Friday, January 14, 2011
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Les produits fabriqués en France - Journal du Net Economie
What do the NC companies look like that may be doing the same?
Monday, January 10, 2011
Friday, January 07, 2011
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Monday, December 20, 2010
"The Next Big Story: My Journey Through the Land of Possibilities" - Soledad O'Brien
It's prettty interesting - listening to an interview with her about why she has to "appear" in stories she reports that rarely do French television news correspondents appear in their stories. We hear their voices, but don't see useless shots of them in made up circumstances, so often. Instead, the entire story is about the story and not about beauty shots of the "reporter".
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Friday, December 17, 2010
Thursday, December 16, 2010
"French Court Rejects Noriega's Request for Release" - NYTimes.com
How interesting it would be to get him to talk about his experiences in the US and French justice systems! The time to do this is probably before they return him to Panama.
"In France, Civil Unions Gain Favor Over Marriage" - NYTimes.com
There are many opportunities to learn from comparing French circumstances with those in the United States.
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Monday, December 06, 2010
Friday, December 03, 2010
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Monday, November 29, 2010
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Friday, November 05, 2010
Unemployment and trade
The French unemployment rate is about 9.7% (from September 2010) and the US is at 9.6% (as of today).
Trade statistics are worth spending more time analyzing. What I would like to come up with is a really good sense of exactly what specific products and services "made in the USA" and "made in France" are traveling to the other country. Start withthe totals and then break it down in as detailed fashion as possible. Our countries have much in common in every respect, but my sense, for example, is that there are far fewer food items imported or at least sold as imported from the US in France than the other way around. But that is a thesis to be tested, and it requires sorting out things like a box of Kellogg's cereal. That actually is made in France for the French market, I believe, and so is really a French product with a US name. We can count that separately, I think.
Trade statistics are worth spending more time analyzing. What I would like to come up with is a really good sense of exactly what specific products and services "made in the USA" and "made in France" are traveling to the other country. Start withthe totals and then break it down in as detailed fashion as possible. Our countries have much in common in every respect, but my sense, for example, is that there are far fewer food items imported or at least sold as imported from the US in France than the other way around. But that is a thesis to be tested, and it requires sorting out things like a box of Kellogg's cereal. That actually is made in France for the French market, I believe, and so is really a French product with a US name. We can count that separately, I think.
Thursday, November 04, 2010
Monday, November 01, 2010
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Friday, October 29, 2010
"Code de la route des cyclistes: le Quiz" - nicematin.com
I wonder what the answers are to the same questions when posed for North Carolina?
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
"Dealgroop.com"
A trainer in a gym seems to cost, normally, about 50 euros/hr if you buy 10 sessions. In NC, that 65 USD fee would be about 90.
Monday, October 25, 2010
Friday, October 22, 2010
Watching US television program on the internet in Nice
I occasionally check to see what television programming I can access with my French internet connection while in France.
There is little problem with any audio, I and I am generally able to access any radio station in the US, including all of public radio, without any problem.
When it comes to television, however, the story is far different.
I am able to access and watch the PBS Newshour, NBC Nightly News, but not the Daily Show on Comedy Central, or most other US television programming. I will do some more tests and add any other specific programs here.
There is little problem with any audio, I and I am generally able to access any radio station in the US, including all of public radio, without any problem.
When it comes to television, however, the story is far different.
I am able to access and watch the PBS Newshour, NBC Nightly News, but not the Daily Show on Comedy Central, or most other US television programming. I will do some more tests and add any other specific programs here.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Monday, October 11, 2010
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Saturday, October 09, 2010
"GunCite-Gun Control-International Homicide Comparisons"
Consider the difference - 5 times the homicide rate in the US than in France.
Thursday, October 07, 2010
"France's Constitutional Council Endorses Veil Ban" - NYTimes.com
This is a difficult situation, but I believe that the law is not the right solution.
Price of wine
How/why is it France that one can find so many bottles of perfectly respectable table wine for under $3 and in the US, the only one I have found is at Trader Joe's? (Actually, I guess there are 3 or 4 there, all house brand, and I find the syrah to be especially good.)
Tuesday, October 05, 2010
Sunday, October 03, 2010
"U.S. Issues Terrorism Alert for Travel to Europe" - NYTimes.com
Security for all of us is surely one of those shared French and US issues. The most rationale approach to safeguarding the people remains one worthy of discussion and debate between and among us.
Saturday, October 02, 2010
"Court takes two cases over foreign products" - Wisconsin Law Journal
Note that the second case involves NC plaintiffs in a case arising from the death of two young people in a bus crash in France.
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Thursday, August 19, 2010
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