http://www.pontnoir.com/ PontNoir.com en-uk Thu, 19 Jan 2006 08:50:45 GMT 1440 CPG-Nuke Dragonfly Pont Noir News http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html http://www.pontnoir.com/images/logo.png http://www.pontnoir.com/ http://www.pontnoir.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=10 The French have finally decided that British cops are onto a good thing with speed cameras, and are putting them up all over the place, even in the Creuse. To be fair most of the cameras here are in serious accident black spots with dozens of fatalities and serious injuries happening each year at their locations. Thu, 19 Jan 2006 08:50:45 GMT http://www.pontnoir.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=9 Really. Don't move here. France isn't a very nice place to live and is full of hopeless bureaucrats, horrible people, nuclear waste, high taxes and higher unemployment. Have I gone mad (or just to the tax office again)? Well no ... Sat, 04 Jun 2005 05:25:34 GMT http://www.pontnoir.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=8 If you haven't discovered it yet, one of the best, free, on-line resources for learning French is the BBC website. This site is full of useful tips, tests and practices to help all speakers of French improve. They even have a quick online assessment to help you decide on what you need to do. As you'd expect from the BBC the site is very professional and full of interesting audio and video content and is suitable for all ages. Wed, 18 May 2005 03:10:23 GMT http://www.pontnoir.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=7 Today I was contacted by a the webmaster of a local French language portal, called Ici la Creuse. He thought that I'd like to know about an article he has on his site about massively inflated property prices in the Creuse. He was right, I did ... Sat, 05 Mar 2005 11:16:25 GMT