a Chinese lady of 36 years old studiing English and French seeking penpals
The study measured business costs according to prices of labor and services as well as tax levels in 100 cities in 11 industrialized countries.
The study stressed the importance of exchange rates, which would currently favor the United States since the dollar in recent months has weakened sharply — notably against the euro.
Japan, Canada and Britain have also benefitted of late because of the depreciation of their currencies against the euro.
Canada, Australia, Britain, Italy, France and Luxembourg are all cheaper for business operations than the United States, the study found.
Apple has been sued in France by the French record industry association Sacem for not paying the French blank media levy to the organization. In France, just like in Canada and various other countries, the personal copying of copyrighted material is apparently legal, but music publishers and artists are compensated for this right by having a levy — or “tax” if you like — on blank media products. In France these products that carry levy include blank optical media (CDR discs, DVDR disc), tapes, HDDs are other devices that can be used to store copyrighted music by an individual consumer.
Hi! My name is Berislav and I’m a 21 year old student from Croatia. I’ve just started learning French. I would like to correspond with someone from France (or someone who speaks French), who could help me with the language.
hi there people my name is Jackie im 18 years old and im from Scotland in The UK i am studying travel and tourism at college and im looking to make new young friends around my age to be long life friends with. I like to go snowboarding, skiing, surfing, playing football and American Football and im into lots of water sports. If you are aged between 18 and 23 and are interseted please email me at jackieedmund17@hotmail.com ow please write back to me
thankyou
lots of love
jackie
hope to hear from u all soon
Nougaro absorbed jazz and Brazilian influences and collaborated with many musicians around the world.
Born in Toulouse, south-west France, he worked first as a journalist before writing poems that he set to music.
“I am a singer of texts who can just about keep rhythm,” he said in 1997. Nougaro suffered heart problems later in life and stopped singing in 2002.
He recorded 20 albums in a career that spanned nearly 50 years.
Among his best-known songs are Toulouse, Cecile, Jazz et Java and Paris Mai.
Though he was greatly influenced by such jazz greats as Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald, Nougaro said the French language meant he had to create a different musical form to fit his verses.
Deposed Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide plans to sue the United States and France for allegedly kidnapping him, one of his lawyers says.
Mr Aristide, who arrived in the Central African Republic a week ago, has repeatedly accused the United States of forcing him into exile after a rebellion plunged Haiti into chaos.
Lawyer Gilbert Collard says he and an American colleague will file identical suits in France and the United States in the next few days, once they receive full authorisation from Mr Aristide.
“We will file suit against the French ambassador [in Port-au-Prince] and against the [US] military authorities that carried out the abduction of the president,” he said.
French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin offered mutinous French scientists an extra three billion euros (S$6.35 billion) in funding on Saturday, in a bid to stave off protest action that could paralyse public research.
Internationally renowned scientists are among laboratory heads threatening resignation by tomorrow if the government does not promise adequate funding to restore scientific priorities and curb a crippling brain drain.
Art, wine and culture are the weapons being wielded by the French government in a battle to stem a decline in the use of French in Europe.
Paris is offering all three, along with exquisite cuisine and musical soirées, to the 10 future Commissioners of the new EU member states who have been invited to attend free language courses this summer in Avignon.
English is proving by far the most popular second language in the new eastern European member states, with 69 per cent of officials choosing it as their preferred working language against 18 per cent who choose German and 13 per cent French.
Hello.
I am almost 18, and living in the us, i have been studing french for almost two months, and would love to have a pen pal, either email, or regular mail.
Onceabali@yahoo.com