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Articles in English High-Tech Wine: The Quest for the Perfect Wine @ Atelier BNP-Paribas The author pays a visit to Vinovation, a place where wine meets science. Not without controversy…. What a 20-year old entrepreneur can teach us about Silicon Valley? @ Atelier BNP-Paribas Ben Casnocha has seen it all. At 12 he started his first company right when the dotcom bubble burst. At 16 he was the CEO of an e-government technology firm. At 17 he was nominated ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ by Inc Magazine. Interview: Chris Larsen on the social impact of peer-to-peer lending @ Atelier BNP-Paribas The CEO of Prosper, America’s largest people-to-people lending marketplace talks about the value of using Prosper’s online auction platform. Adam Gopnik’s French Addiction @ France Today A tale of two fixations: The writer has a jones for my native country. I have a jones for his take on it. My Dinner with BHL @ France Today He’s the glamour boy of French philosophy, and I was going to have dinner with him! Lebanon: Tales of a Country Now more than ever, the tiny Middle Eastern country of Lebanon sits squarely in the midst of a heated international debate. Anne Sengès and Jessie Deeter were in Beirut in the summer of 1999 to capture the stories of a nation in flux. For Lebanese Christians, Peace Is Fraught With Peril © San Francisco Chronicle Beirut Blues Caught in the Cross Fire: Is Beirut Ready for Tourism? @ Salon Magazine, September 1999 Marriage: Lebanese Style Meet Lebanon's only Male Belly Dancer Christians Looking for a Better Future A Visit to a Palestinian Camp The Woman Behind the Walls

Articles en Français Petits arrangements financiers entre amis @ La Tribune Un nombre croissant de particuliers ou de petites entreprises endettés se tournent vers les sites de crédit peer-to-peer, qui font un pied de nez aux institutions financières. La nouvelle ruée vers l'or en Californie @ La Tribune 170 ans après la découverte du premier gisement à l’est de Sacramento, la fièvre de l’or agite de nouveau le « Golden State ». Ils inventent la philanthropie à but lucratif… @ La Tribune Ils sont américains et milliardaires. Ils ont érigé la notion de responsabilité sociétale en règle de vie. Ce sont les "philanthropreneurs", adeptes d’une philanthropie à but lucratif. Une journée pour s’initier à l’art de l’orgasme de 60 minutes @ Marie-Claire Magazine Près de San Francisco, les sexologues Vera et Steve Bodansky organisent de très sérieux stages pour atteindre un orgasme qui dure…une heure ! Les candidats affluent et, chrono en main, on s’est glissé parmi eux. Chez le dernier des polygames @ Femme Magazine A l’origine, les mormons américains étaient polygames. Pour avoir perpétué cette tradition, lourde de consanguinité et d’inceste, Tom Green a finalement été envoyé en prison. Maigrir avec Dieu @ Femme Magazine Repousser son assiette à moitié pleine, voilà le régime, a priori simple, que Gwen Shamblin propose aux obèses. A l'aide de Dieu. Le Malaise des Musulmans @ L'Express du 21 septembre 2001 Aux Etats-Unis, les fidèles de l'islam, qui ont eux aussi pleuré les victimes des attentats, craignent d'être assimilés aux terroristes. Etre musulmane à New York @ Femme Magazine Elles s’appellent Raja, Rabyah ou Noha et ont toujours su conjuguer foulard islamique et American Way of Life. Jusqu’à ce funeste 11 septembre 2001.

Op-Ed Excuse her, she is French Americans abroad are insecure, especially in Paris. No matter how good their French is, they are convinced that not only can't they sound French but they can't act French. Get over it. I can't act American. And I am not even trying to. S.F's amour fou for city's dogs © San Francisco Chronicle I am French. Therefore, I love dogs. Remember, I was born in a nation where pooches eat off silver plates in trendy restaurants. But I believe San Franciscans may be worse than the French. Their love for their dogs is almost insane. Voting `None of the Above' Is the French Way © San Francisco Chronicle First it was wine. Then it was croissants at every corner shop. Now, under the label of Proposition 23, Californians want to steal another important cultural icon of France -- voting for ``none of the above.'' For a change, the French may appreciate the compliment. Here is why. Le Divorce, the French Way © France Today If Men are from Mars and women are from Venus, French men must be from Jupiter. A review of Le Divorce, Diane Johnson's comedy of manners. People Columbo en croque © France Soir Qui l’eut crû? Peter Falk, plus connu sous le nom d’Inspecteur Columbo, l’inoubliable détective à l’éternel imperméable, au dos rond, à l’œil borgne, et à l’air faussement niais, a une vie en dehors de la série Columbo. Cruz tombe Cruise 16 août 2001 © France Soir Pénélope Cruz, l’actrice espagnole la plus convoitée du moment, a non seulement conquis Hollywood mais aussi le beau Tom Cruise. Chronique d’une love story annoncée.

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