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8 hours ago ago from PhiloBiblos
As debate continues to simmer in this country about how best to respond to Google's digitization efforts - namely whether or not the Google Book Settlement should be approved in its revised form , and what that will mean for the future of digitization in this country - France has done what the U.S. probably ought to have done five or ten years ago: on Monday President Nicolas Sarkozy announced a pledge of the equivalent of $1.1 billion ...
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Many Bordeaux winemakers are declaring 2009 the best vintage in 60 years, but Yvon Minvielle of Château Lagarette isn't celebrating. Like many vintners across France, Minvielle is feeling uneasy after another unusually warm summer and early grape harvest. "They say everything is going great in Bordeaux, but take a closer look," he says. Heat-stressed vines ripened at unequal rates this year, and only skillful picking spread over a full month ...
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The French have a lot of trouble with change. Let me rephrase that: the French are brilliant at turning change into material for stand-up comedy, if not – alas – farce. Clay Shirky tells the story of a group of cleaning women who decided to carpool to their work instead of taking the bus. The French bus company, with the sonorous name of Transports Schiocchet Excursions, sued them. The company lost, but not before inspiring ...
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14 hours ago ago from air jordan shoes
People's net on December 12, AnGuoZhang (France), every wife wear veils, her husband is allowed to join a French, reason is wear veils harm French social life. French actress justice Nike Women Air Force 1 Low Mid High minister michele. Oliver. Mary 11 in France LCI cable television interviews, said many people apply to join a French, but foreigners French government will not allow his wife to join a French man of wear veils, its ...
Related contentCarla Bruni reveals single term as French First Lady is 'enough'
7 hours ago ago from Yes, Make It Now.
Carla Bruni has revealed she doesn't want her husband - Nicolas Sarkozy - to stand for re-election as she feels one term as France's First Lady is 'enough'. If Sarkozy wanted to seek re-election in 2012 it was 'his business and not hers', Bruni said in a TV interview. She told viewers: 'As his wife, one mandate is enough. 'We never talk about it because I don't think I should get involved in that kind of thing. 'It's very complicated ...
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France to Digitize Its Own Literary and Historical Works
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PARIS President Nicolas Sarkozy pledged nearly $1.1 billion on Monday toward the computer scanning of French literary works, audiovisual archives and historical documents, an announcement that underscored his government's desire to maintain control over France 's cultural heritage in an era of digitization. The French National Library announced in August that it was engaged in discussions with Google over the digitization of its ...
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