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For a long time I have been thinking about learning one more language to supplement my knowledge of the English and Norwegian languages. I find languages fascinating and it can be very helpful to learn a new language if I were to seek a job in another country. Learning languages is also a lot of fun and you get a good insight in other cultures and traditions.
One website that helps you to learn foreign languages is Transparent Language (transparent.com) where they offer courses in many different languages including Japanese, Arabic, Italian, Swedish and so on. They have individual web pages for each language, including a Learn Spanish page. On these pages from Transparent Language you can buy language courses, get information about the languages, take quizzes / tests, you can listen to the Word of the Day and other helpful features.
Transparent Language got a wide variety of Learning Software both as downloadable software and software that they can physically ship to you. With these software packages you will get help to learn new languages at a pace that is suitable for you.
They are supporting over 100 languages and even got learning software that are fitting kids.
If you are having problems with the software Transparent Language have technical support that is open Monday to Friday during business hours (9:00AM – 5:00PM Eastern time). There is also an extensive FAQ (frequently asked questions) where you get answers to the most common questions about the different services that Transparent Language has to offer.
French is a language I want to learn because I love the way it sounds and I’m planing to travel to France soon. It would be nice to communicate with local people using their own language.
Transparent Language got an entire section on their site called Learn to Speak French where you can choose between different language courses depending on your skill level.
Do you want to get married or want to buy a piece of jewelery? At jamesallen.com you can buy, among other jewelery, engagement rings for your special one. You can also buy diamond rings and even loose diamonds.
The website got a very clean and simple web design that is a pleasure to the eye. The clean design make it very easy to browse the large inventory.
As I have mentioned before I really want to travel to France again because it such a beautiful country with great cuisine and nice people. When staying in France I will of course visit Paris and maybe stay at Hotel Paris.
Why Travel to France is a blog that I find interesting because it writes about issues related to traveling in France.
Today obesity is a big problem in the Western world and there are many ways to fight it. One option for those who are severely obese is to get a lap band surgery where an adjustable band is implanted around the upper parts of the stomach. This makes the obese person eat less and he or she feels filled for a longer period of time thus making it an effective way of losing weight. Not all overweight people are qualified for this surgery, but if they have an BMI (body mass index) over 40 and no other weight-loss methods work this kind of surgery might be a solution.
NewHope Bariatrics is a weight-loss center that offer this surgery and you can read more about the lap band surgery procedure on their website. You can also read success stories from previous patients who has lost quite a bit of weight.
They have facilities in 3 locations in the US that all offer lap band surgery for obese persons. The NewHope Bariatrics weight-loss centers are located in Los Angeles, in Kansas City and in Charlotte (NC).
I take a lot of photos since I always carry my DSLR camera with me. When I have been at a family gathering or something similar people always ask me if I can email them the pictures I have captured.
Just sending the pictures as they are is fine, but it can be fun to make the pictures into something else.
The Smilebox tool can help you making the photos a bit different. It can help you turn your photos into a scrapbook, a slide show, a greeting card and many more interesting designs to choose from.
You can also use videos, text and music when designing something special for your family and friends. When you are done designing Smilebox helps you email, blog and print the results. Next Christmas I might have to make an unique greeting card for the whole family using this neat tool.
The Smilebox tool is free to use, but you can also buy premium designs that does not contain any ads.
Phelios games in an independent game developer that makes windows and mac games. They make lots of games in different categories including rpg games (role playing games).
There has been some complaints by mac users that there are very few games being made for this system, but Phelios games is making exactly that so head over there if you need to download a mac game.
Paris is a city that I want to visit as France is a fascinating country and I have only been traveling through Paris to get to other places in France.
When I go there I would like to find some cheap accommodation. One website that lets you search for exactly that is bed and breakfast Paris. This site, bed breakfast Paris, also makes it easy to find hotels as it has a section for Hotel Paris too.
I love traveling around the world and have several times visited United Kingdom. In UK I have stayed in London most of the time because I love that city and it easy to travel from London to the rest of the country.
Before my trips to London I searched the internet to find a good hotel at a location I wanted to stay at and within a price range I could live with.
One website that lets you search for UK hotels is hotel-uk.com. They are the longest established internet based website for booking hotels in London. They now also offer searching and immediate booking confirmation for hotels in England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Ireland.
When you search for hotels you choose which city you are staying, the time period and what kind of budget you have. You also get to see how many stars each hotel has so you get some knowledge about what kind of quality you can expect from the hotel.
