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The Roman Empire at its farthest reaches stretched from Scotland to Egypt and from Mauritania to Babylon, so the empire's remains are scattered on three continents. But some of the best Roman ruins, including many World Heritage Sites, can still be found in modern Italy -- where it all began with the founding of Rome, traditionally dated to 753 B.C., and where the Western Empire finally collapsed under the weight of its own overstretch and the Ostrogoth invasions in 476.
Your French beret that made you exclaim "ooh, la la!" upon eyeing it in a shop window brings a definitively Parisian flair to your wardrobe. However, finding a way to incorporate your new hat into your daily outfits without looking like you belong in a postcard image of a woman standing in front of the Eiffel Tower may cause hesitation when it comes to actually wearing it. Fortunately, your beret works well with a variety of looks, from classic to laid back.
French squash salad uses a small zucchini and a yellow squash for maximum flavor. Make French squash salad with help from a culinary professional in this free video clip.
The Po River is the most important waterway in Italy. It is the country’s largest river, running for 405 miles from the Alps in northwestern Italy east through the regions of Piedmont, Lombardy, Emilia-Romagna and the Veneto, and into the Adriatic Sea. The Po is at the center of an expansive fertile plain that is home to more than a quarter of Italy’s population. The river has historically been important for agriculture, fishing, and transport since well before the days of the Roman Empire.
To achieve a complexity of color and texture, artists apply paint in layers, each one subtly influencing the final effect. Just so, the Old World fascinates as we sense the sequential cultures that composed its current face. Travelers to Reims in northeastern France do not need to know that the city was born as Durocortorum, the capital of the Remi tribe, to smell antiquity hanging in the air like perfume despite the prefabricated suburbs and sparkling-wine glitz. Visits to the few preserved Roman ruins add to the experience of the city's many-layered culture.
Matching a French blue shirt is a whole lot easier than you're probably making it. Match a French blue shirt with help from the founder of SavvySpice.com in this free video clip.
French cashew juice needs to be prepared in a very particular way for maximum authenticity. Make French cashew juice with help from a raw and healthy food expert in this free video clip.
If you're planning on visiting Paris, you're going to want to make sure that you pack as many chic items as possible. Learn about chic items to wear while visiting Paris with help from a freelance wardrobe stylist in this free video clip.
Spanish avocado salad uses a few key ingredients, like four cups of Romaine lettuce. Make Spanish avocado salad with help from a registered dietitian in this free video clip.
You don't have to visit a fancy (and expensive) restaurant to enjoy French Roquefort dressing. Make French Roquefort dressing with help from a master chef in this free video clip.
Vacationing to Italy always requires you to make a few special considerations when it comes to what you wear and how you wear it. Find out what to wear on a vacation to Italy with help from the Vice President of Chic Little Devil Style House in this free video clip.
Spanish moss can make a wonderful addition to any landscape design. Landscape with Spanish moss with help from a creative and committed designer in this free video clip.
French pastry cream only requires a few key ingredients and the right recipe. Learn how to prepare French pastry cream with help from the head chef and owner of The Baking Bean in this free video clip.
French lobster salad is a great dish to try if you want to put a new spin on an old favorite. Find out how to properly prepare a French lobster salad with help from a professional chef in this free video clip.
You don't have to go out to a fancy brunch to enjoy traditional French crepes right at home. Make traditional French crepes with help from a longtime kitchen employee in this free video clip.
Spanish jasmine (Jasminum grandiflorum) is known for its sweet fragrance. Just one jasmine plant can release its scent throughout an entire garden, according to the Clemson University Cooperative Extension Service. Spanish jasmine is also a versatile plant as it grows well both indoors and out. However, the plant needs a significant amount of sunlight to thrive.
French lentil salad can be cooked right in the comfort of your own home in a few easy steps. Make French lentil salad with help from a culinary expert in this free video clip.
French celeriac salad is quite famous in France but not known as much in the United States. Make French celeriac salad with help from a culinary expert in this free video clip.
The French lilac, or common lilac, is a large, fragrant shrub that livens up the commercial or residential landscape with its lavender flowers, although some varieties are also known to produce white blooms. This European native is widely cultivated throughout the United States. The attractive plant is propagated both through seeds and cuttings. With careful care, you can establish a healthy plant from seed or cutting so it provides an attractive focal point in the garden.
French hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla) adds beauty to garden beds and foundation plantings, or serves as a potted plant in a large container. The plants are grown primarily in the southern United States but some varieties are also suitable for northern climates. French hydrangea come in a variety of types, shapes and colors, but they all have a few key similarities.
French bulldogs are indoor dogs with short coats, so unless your Frenchie is regularly getting into mischief, he shouldn’t require baths too frequently – once a month is more than sufficient. These dogs have strong personalities and can be stubborn, so it’s important to get him used to bathing at an early age. This way, getting them into the tub won’t be a huge struggle.
Portfolios for children at such a young age are often a collection of samples of work that are done throughout the entire year. If your children are learning Spanish in preschool, chances are your school is full immersion or the students are speaking Spanish with a native speaker at home. Either way, your students' portfolios should be a fun and creative collection of their Spanish-related work for the year. While preschool students can't properly write in Spanish, many pages of the portfolio will be photos of the students interacting in class.
Whether you've been there or have just dreamed about it, France can be a tremendous source of design inspiration for your indoor and outdoor space. Key changes, both grand and subtle, can transform a large suburban backyard or small urban alley into an idyllic place. Soon, you'll have a piece of France right outside your door.
The Audiovox Corporation manufactures television sets under their own name and through RCA. The Audiovox branded TVs are small portable units, but they still offer closed captioning subtitles. Some TV stations provide closed captioning subtitles in several languages, including Spanish. This allows you to listen to the audio in English, while reading the subtitles in Spanish. Adjust the closed captioning settings through the TV's menu.
A French double gate has the gated space divided between two doors, which can be latched together in the middle of the gate for extra security. These gates are useful for both large spaces and small and when left unlatched will swing back and forth with ease. This project requires few materials or tools, but high-quality wood is recommended to give the project an Old World feel. Limited experience is helpful to keep the project running smoothly but is not required.
Transforming a space within your house, or setting up a separate area to invoke a specific sense of style, is done by using characteristics associated with the design itself. A French cafe is a small pastry, coffee and gourmet shop which is designed and decorated to make customers feel at ease, comfortable and at home. You can use the basic characteristics associated with a traditional French cafe to bring a piece of European design into your own home.
French Cap carpet is a method of laying a carpet on stairs that involves cutting the carpet for each step individually and folding the carpet over the end of the stair to create a ridge or ledge. This is in contrast to the more modern “waterfall” technique of simply cutting a length of carpet that will cover all the stairs and rolling it out down the staircase, tacking it in place as you go.
A French comb is a hair accessory used to create elegant updos. Purchasing a plain one allows you to make it fancy and create your own unique design. French combs are available at many drugstores and beauty supply stores, and from Internet suppliers. Look through fabric or craft supply stores for potential embellishments.
A French pendulum clock's movement should remain steady and even, sounding like “tick . . . tock . . . tick . . . tock.” If the movement sounds like “tick-tock . . . . tick-tock . . . .“ or has stopped completely, it needs to be corrected. Adjustment is also needed if the clock's chimes are off, if the ticking is too fast or too slow or if the tick-tock only works when the clock is raised on one side.
Fundraising is a fulfilling and worthwhile task, but how you ask for donations determines whether you end up with donated funds or annoyed patrons. Fundraising, in all forms, plays an important role, from collecting change at a four-way stop to soliciting major $50,000 donations. The technique for soliciting donations depends largely on the amount of money you’re seeking. With the exception of professional development officers, asking for donations requires collecting single monetary contributions from multiple individuals. Just like sales or teaching, asking for donations requires a specific set of instructions and techniques.
Spanish culture contains a spectrum of customs and traditions surrounding the giving of jewelry to newborn babies and infants. Some of these traditions hold that the giving of jewelry will afford supernatural or spiritual benefit to the children, while others consider it a right of passage, or simply for aesthetic gain.
Good friends are not the easiest to find, so it can hurt when someone you care about stops talking to you seemingly out of nowhere. You feel confused because you can't figure out what you did. Instead of letting confusion and hurt eat away at you, you need to talk to the person face-to-face and find out why she is giving you the silent treatment. Don't approach your friend aggressively, as that will cause her to be defensive or unresponsive. Instead, approach her with respect and concern, showing that her friendship is very important to you.
When your MSN homepage or any other website you're trying to view is displaying only French, it usually isn't because something is wrong with the site. You may see strange and garbled characters in addition to the French words. To solve this problem, change your browser settings to English. You can manually change the language settings in your browser in under a minute.
The French bleed refers to the accent finish, while the plank is the actual type of flooring. This accent creates a stain, usually black, at the edges of floor planks. This effect has long been popular in high-end hardwood flooring. It is also possible to buy laminate planks with a French bleed look.
French lentils, also called puy lentils, grow in the volcanic enriched soils of Auvergne, France. The region's soil gives the lentils their distinct peppery flavor. The North American gardener can also grow French lentils in the home garden, albeit without the peppery flavor. Firm and green, French lentils hold together well after cooking. Lentils are an excellent food source of iron and protein. An annual plant, the lentil belongs to the legume family and requires remarkably little care to thrive. It has the ability to produce adequate levels of nitrogen, even in nutrient poor soil.
French antique glazing is a technique you can use to revitalize nearly any furniture piece or cabinetry at a fraction of the cost of professional glazing. French glazed pieces lend a feeling of lightness to pieces, particularly those with heavy and ornate designs. Glazing provides a light sheen while accumulating in the crevices to accentuate the design.
Cheery French marigold plants (Tagetes patula) typically stand just 6 to 12 inches tall but light up the garden with blazing gold, orange and red color combinations. Long-blooming, easy to grow and generally pest-free, some French marigolds can deter nematodes in garden and farm soil – before vulnerable crops are planted – but companion planting for that purpose is not effective. French marigolds come in various flower forms, whether you plan to use them for nematode control or in planters, along walkways or as a neat, appealing border at the front of the flower garden.
Commonly known as French marigold, Tagetes patula is not even from France, but is native to the Americas. This is one of four types of marigold, which also includes African marigolds, single marigolds and triploids, and each of these comes in numerous hybrids. Available in red, orange, yellow and bicolor, French marigold are a warm-season annual that's considered easy to grow. Wait until the soil warms to germinate French marigold outside, or start them indoors four to six weeks before the last frost.
A French seam is a sewing technique that encases the raw edge of the fabric inside the seam to ensure that it does not fray. One advantage to this method is that it eliminates the necessity of purchasing seam binding. With practice the method becomes easy, but until then, curved French seams can be difficult. A simple pouch is an excellent project with which to practice French seams due to its size and shape. Use scrap fabric from a recently made article of clothing to make a matching pouch which can be used instead of a clutch purse.
The rigors of daily life can take a toll on a person's hands and nails. Washing up and working with the hands causes damage to the nails including cracks, breaks and thinning. A suitable nail care regime will help to repair, protect and beautify the nails. Taking just a few minutes a day to work on your nails pays off in a big way.
French poodles, often just called poodles, have been around for over 400 years in Western Europe. The origins of the French poodle are still debated today, with France, Germany and Denmark all claiming this breed originated in their country. The American Kennel Club lists the poodle as coming from Germany, where it was originally used as a water retrieval dog. Today, proper care can give French poodles a life expectancy of 12 to 15 years.
Short of actually visiting France, there is no better way for girls to learn French culture than to make crafts. Girls will delight in making chocolate truffles or a cute French beret to wear, baking a special cake that has a prize hidden inside or making a painting styled after the French Impressionists. Studies in French crafts for girls are especially appropriate during National French Week, which is the second week in November and also on Bastille Day, July 14. Of course, there's no reason to wait for a specific time of year to study France and her crafts.
Some dog owners are emphatic about certain breeds of dogs, whether golden retrievers, rat terriers or French bulldogs. Other dog owners are just completely dedicated to one particular dog. If it’s the French bulldog that has captured your heart, and you want to express it through crafting, there are a number of simple French bulldog crafts there for the making.
While playing through the story mode in "Assassin's Creed II," players are tasked with finding the codex pages that will uncover the whereabouts of the vault of the Piece of Eden. After collecting all of these codex pages you can travel to the vault's location in Rome, Italy, where the game's final mission takes place.
French bulldogs may be small, but they make up for what they lack in size with a pleasant temperament and an adorable, wrinkly face. Playful and curious, French bulldogs have stocky little bodies, big eyes and plenty of energy. Due to their small snouts, French bulldogs are prone to breathing problems and don't do well in hot weather. Their trademark wrinkles also require special care to keep the dogs in top health, but doing so takes little effort.
French marigolds (Tagetes patula) are actually native to Mexico, like all species of marigolds. They have been cultivated for more than 2,000 years. French marigolds are smaller and rounder than African marigolds. French marigold flowers are only about 2 inches across and come in yellow, orange, red and rust. Marigolds are annual flowers, so they only grow for one season from early summer to fall before dying.
You've seen the outfit: black dress, frilly white apron, feather duster and sometimes a pair of sultry stockings and heels. The basic French maid outfit generally consists of these items, but there are many variations of the costume. One accessory women sometimes add to enhance their French maid look is a headpiece. If your French maid costume did not include a headpiece, you can create one with just a few scraps of fabric and a small headband.
Knitted headbands are both a fashion statement and a good choice for keeping warm. Headbands are an option available to either sex. With the right color combination and a simple stitch, headbands can become a perfect option for the male sex.
French polishing is a traditional finishing technique that can incorporate hundreds of micro-thin coats of shellac or a shellac mixture. French polish is commonly used to restore antique instruments or furniture made of mahogany or other woods. This method tends to maintain a greater amount of authenticity than other lacquers that are easier to apply and that offer greater resistance to spills and heat. Restoring the French-polish finish on a mahogany piece is simple in theory but it may take a significant amount of practice to master the nuances involved in the technique.
The French mastiff, also known as Dogue de Bordeaux, can drool a lot. Most owners are unprepared for the amount of drooling that this breed exhibits, especially after drinking and eating. If a French mastiff shakes its head, it can get saliva and drool on the walls, furniture, clothes and even the ceiling!
