Q: "Food in France is still primarily about pleasure,"says Mark Singer, technical director of cuisine at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris."Cooking and eating are both pastimes and pleasure."The French might start their day with bread, butter, jam, and perhaps something hot to drink -- it's a time of the day when the whole family can be united. Singer, born in Philadelphia, has lived in France for more than 40 years.

"Although things have changed greatly in the past 20 years when it comes to food in the country,"he says,"and what was a big affair with eating has been slowly softened up, there are still events in the year, like birthdays and New Year's Eve and Christmas Eve that are still really anchored in traditional food and cooking. But it's not every day."

Some people think French food life may be a performance, adds Jennifer Berg, director of graduate food studies at New York University."They want to believe that France is this nation where people are spending five hours a day going to 12 different markets to get their food. The reality is most croissants are factory-made, and most people are buying convenience food, except for the very small group of people in high society. But part of our identity relies on believing that myth."

In Italy, as in France, takeout is still ly rare."Eating fast is not at all part of our culture,"says Marco Bolasco, editorial director of Slow Food and an Italian food expert. Our meals are relaxed, even during a lunch break. Food in Italy is love, and nutrition, and pleasure, he says. An Italian child's first experience with food is not small round cakes or rice or eggs, but probably ice cream, notes Bolasco. Status and wealth play less of a role in food.

Answer the following questions:
1. Contrary to reputation, how are most croissants made?
2. Which group of people don't buy fast food?
3. What's a French holiday that is still associated with traditional food?
4. Who is the technical director at Le Cordon Bleu?
5. What does he say French food is about?
6. Where was he born?
7. How long has he lived in France?
8. What is Jennifer Berg's profession?
9. Who is the editorial director of Slow Food?
10. Does he feel like Italian meals are hurried?
11. What does he say a child's first food might be?
A: 1. Most croissants are factory-made
2. Italians
3. New Year's Eve
4. Mark Singer
5. Pleasure
6. Philadelphia
7. More than 40 years.
8. Director of graduate food studies
9. Marco Bolasco
10. No
11. Ice cream
Q: (CNN) -- Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom has dismissed an allegation that he was behind the death of a lawyer who left a video blaming the president if anything happened to him.

A video with Rodrigo Rosenberg appears on YouTube in which he accuses Guatemala's leader in his death.

The lawyer, Rodrigo Rosenberg, was shot and killed Sunday while riding a bicycle in Guatemala City.

On Monday, a video surfaced in which Rosenberg -- seated behind a desk and calmly speaking into a microphone -- linked Colom and an aide to his death.

"If you are watching this message," Rosenberg said on the video, "it is because I was assassinated by President Alvaro Colom, with help from Gustavo Alejos," the president's private secretary. Rosenberg mentions a third person who he believes would have been involved in his death and also mentions those three people as well as the president's wife in connection with two killings last month.

In a broadcast to the nation Monday night, Colom denied any connection.

"We categorically reject the accusations that pretend to tie the president, first lady and private secretary as those responsible for this assassination," Colom said.

A dated and signed transcript of the video's content indicates Rosenberg made the recording last week. It surfaced Monday after his funeral, and was posted on YouTube and distributed to other media outlets by the newspaper El Periodico de Guatemala.

Rosenberg's video said he was targeted for talking about the death of prominent businessman Khalil Musa and his daughter in April.

Answer the following questions:
1. Who's the president of Guatemala?
2. What is he accused of?
3. Why is he being accused?
4. Where is the video?
5. What's the lawyer's name?
6. When was he killed?
7. How?
8. Where?
9. What was he doing at the time?
10. Did Rosenberg accuse the president of being behind other deaths?
11. How many other deaths?
12. When did they occur?
13. Why did Rosenberg believe he would be killed?
14. Who was Khalil Musa?
15. When was he killed?
16. Who does Rosenberg say helped the president?
17. What's his job?
18. When did the president address the country?
19. How did Rosenberg appear in the video?
20. Was he yelling?
A: 1. Alvaro Colom
2. being behind the death of a lawyer
3. the lawyer left a video blaming the president if anything happened to him
4. YouTube
5. Rodrigo Rosenberg
6. Sunday
7. He was shot
8. Guatemala City
9. riding a bicycle
10. Yes
11. Two
12. Last month
13. for talking about the death of Khalil Musa and his daughter
14. a prominent businessman
15. in April
16. Gustavo Alejos
17. the president's private secretary
18. Monday night
19. seated behind a desk
20. No
Q: How important is color in the business world? Google, one of the biggest U.S. companies, is trying to find it out. The company has already found "a close connection between color and satisfaction with a person's work area". That's according to its spokeswoman named Meghan Casserly. "Color is a silent salesperson," said Elyria Kemp. She is an assistant professor of marketing at the University of New Orleans. Kemp is following color trends in business. She is studying the connection between feelings and color. According to Kemp, when people make an evaluation of a product, usually they do this within 90 seconds or less. Besides, more than half of their first evaluation is based on (......) color alone. That's why so many companies are researching their color choices. They are spending thousands of dollars on the research, too. Just think of UPS's Pullman brown, Home Depot's orange and Tiffany & Co.'s blue. Joclyn Benedetto is a spokeswoman for Tiffany & Co. She said the success of the company's jewelry was connected to its blue color. It is used to wrap every product. She said the color was chosen by the founder Charles Lewis Tiffany for the cover of Blue Book, Tiffany's annual collection of beautifully hand-made jewels, which first came out in 1845. Coca-Cola's red color also dates back more than 100 years. The soft drink was shipped in barrels painted red. A spokesperson for Home Depot said research showed that the first thing people thought of was orange when they heard the name of the company. Smaller companies are also realizing the importance of color. But picking the right color is important. "You know when something is right because you get a feeling of safety, and it's not something that you think about. It just will hit you," said Emil Hagopian, a distributor for Mar Plast Color Building Accessories in Ann Arbor, Mich. "And sometimes, if it's done wrong, that also hits you."

Answer the following questions:
1. who is Elyria?
2. what is she following
3. what is she studying?
4. how long does it take people to evaluate according to her?
5. how much are companies spending on research?
6. who is orange?
7. What color is Tiffany and Co
8. Who chose that color?
9. how long does coca cola
10. What was it shipped in?
11. when did tiffany's annual collection come out?
12. what does it consist of?
13. who is Joclyn?
14. what does she say is responsible for their success
15. where is elyria a professor?
16. what is her job there?
17. who found a connection between color and satisfaction?
18. what country are they a big company in?
19. who is their spokeswoman?
20. what world is color important in?
A:
1. Assistant professor of marketing at the University of New Orleans.
2. Color trends in business.
3. The connection between feelings and color.
4. 90 seconds or less.
5. Thousands of dollars.
6. Home Depot.
7. Blue.
8. Founder Charles Lewis Tiffany.
9. More than 100 years.
10. Barrels painted red.
11. In 1845.
12. Tiffany's annual collection of beautifully hand-made jewels,
13. A spokeswoman for Tiffany & Co.
14. Its blue color.
15. University of New Orleans
16. Assistant professor
17. Google did.
18. The U.S.
19. Meghan Casserly.
20. The business world?