Monday, October 01, 2012

Plastic bags

I wonder what really happens to plastic bags in NC that are dumped at various supermarkets? What do they become? Where do they go? Why are we able to do this but in Nice, they do not collect any plastic bags for recycling? It seems like part of this story is missing.

Sunday, September 30, 2012

"Une Residence Pas Si Secondaire" - France5

What percentage of people in the US have second homes?

"In Europe, Speed Cameras Meet Their Technological Match" - NYTimes.com

There is much to be learned in both directions. The fact remains that if you violate the law, irregardless of the technology, you should pay the price.

Cigarettes

The price of cigarettes has just risen again today in France. I wonder what the average per cigarette price is today in France compared with the US? And of that cost, how much goes to the respective governments? If I understood the report correctly, cigarettes are about 5 USD/pack in Spain, about 5.25 in Italy and now cost over 8 USD/pack in France.

"A Nice, donner son corps à la science peut coûter cher" - Nice-Matin

How does it work in the US? Do many people give their bodies to science? Enough? Too many?

Saturday, September 29, 2012

"A Soft-Pedaled Escape From Paris" - NYTimes.com

How many of these routes do we have out of New York or Washington (C&O Canal?)?

"Marseille : des riverains expulsent les Roms et brûlent leur camp" - La Provence

Imagine in the US that a group of Mexicans or Guatemalans, or hippies or Mormons, or Native Aamericans, or - you name it, set up a camp near you. And suppose that you did not like them for whatever reasons. Is it possible to imagine today that the neighbors would force them to move and then burn their camp? It's worth thinking hard on that one.

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Monday, September 24, 2012

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Monday, September 17, 2012

Friday, September 14, 2012

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Wednesday, September 05, 2012

Tuesday, September 04, 2012

Monday, September 03, 2012

Saturday, September 01, 2012

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Friday, August 17, 2012

Thursday, August 16, 2012

Marseille | Radars : le hit-parade du flash | La Provence

Peugeot’s Troubles Test François Hollande’s Contradictory Campaign Promises - NYTimes.com

How could we do a meaningful comparison of how Presidents HOLLANDE and OBAMA are "doing" in their respective countries? This would be a chart, perhaps, with issues facing them and what they are doing - are able to do - in confronting these issues - and what success, or not, they are having.

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Peugeot’s Troubles Test François Hollande’s Contradictory Campaign Promises - NYTimes.com

Hassles of Air Travel Push Passengers to Amtrak - NYTimes.com

Mosquito control measures

Each country is pursuing mosquito-suppression measures quite similar in many respect, but, of course, always a little different. What can we learn from one another?

Sunday, August 12, 2012

North Carolina: Another Red Light Camera Program Falls

Why are these not working in NC when they are so successful in France? I heard that NC may ban all such photo enforcement technologies statewide?

Friday, August 10, 2012

Wednesday, August 08, 2012

Monday, July 30, 2012

Murder in a French Village - NYTimes.com

I will have to read this again before I discern COHEN's point.

Want to Immigrate to France? Better Know Slam Poetry. - NYTimes.com

Friday, July 27, 2012

Friday, July 13, 2012

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Accueil - WORLD ECO CONCEPT

Saturday, July 07, 2012

Saturday, June 23, 2012

Hardiness Zones: Western Europe

Friday, June 22, 2012

Donations for bullied bus monitor soar past $500,000 - U.S. News

What would happen if something similar- however one might think it unimaginable - in France?

Listmania: Top 10 U.S. (Small- to Midsize) Soccer Cities - NYTimes.com

Dieudonné, French Comic Behind ‘The Anti-Semite’ - NYTimes.com

André Téchiné, Director of ‘Unforgivable’ - NYTimes.com

Saturday, June 16, 2012

Monday, June 11, 2012