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My TOP 3 live performance of Michael Jackson

1. Man in the Mirror - Live in Bucharest

2. Will You Be There - Dangerous Tour

3. Earth Song - Live in Munich

The day the music stood still

The king of pop is dead. It's hard to believe but probably true after the confirmation of most of the news agencies.

Five of Jackson's solo albums – "Off the Wall," "Thriller," "Bad," "Dangerous" and "HIStory," are among the top-sellers of all time. During his extraordinary career, he sold an estimated 750 million records worldwide, released 13 No.1 singles and became one of a handful of artists to be inducted twice into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The Guinness Book of World Records recognized Jackson as the Most Successful Entertainer of All Time and "Thriller" as the Biggest Selling Album of All Time. Jackson won 13 Grammy Awards and received the American Music Award's Artist of the Century Award.

M.J. was a worldwide idolized icon that made people dream about a better world. He hit the heart of millions of people worldwide, even in regions America never dreamed to reach.

I still remember October 96, where Jackson performed in Tunisia during this HIStory tour. People traveled from all over neighbours country to be part of the show. hundreds of ticketless fans gathered in public places and streets to share their passion and danced on his music.

This fewer wasn't only about the unique rhythms and music, but more because of the man behind it. Jackson donated and raised millions of dollars for beneficial causes through his foundation, charity singles and charities projects. He always tried to transmit a noble message in his songs (remember "We Are the World", "Heal the World", "Earth Song", ...) and was a living prove for simple folks that oversees, people could share the same dreams as we.

Rest in peace Michael, you will be always in our hearts...

Laughter Chain

Laughter is a universal language. It's no accident that LOL (Laugh Out Loud) is one of the most popular acronyms on the web -- we all love to communicate, to share and feel part of a community. Laughter brings us closer together -- it's a language we all understand and everyone loves a good laugh.

Spread a little happiness ;-)

Microsoft to start its own porn site

This morning Microsoft Corp launched Bing, its brand new search engine that should conquer with Google.

Why is Bling.com also a porn site ? Try it by yourself: just type "sex" in the search field, then search for videos and deactivate the secured mode. Now you have a site that isn't much different from Youporn or Pornhu !

I think that Microsoft's engineers will ignore this bug or anomalies for a few days or weeks to gain some market-share from Google :)

So don't be surprised to see the statistics for the kick-off of Bling rocketing :)

Think Different

In 1997 Apple aired the first ad with the "Think Different" slogan.
Here is the text used in the commercial :

Here's to the crazy ones.
The misfits.
The rebels.
The troublemakers.
The round pegs in the square holes.
The ones who see things differently.
They're not fond of rules.
And they have no respect for the status quo.
You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them.
About the only thing you can't do is ignore them.
Because they change things.
They push the human race forward.
And while some may see them as the crazy ones,
We see genius.
Because the people who are crazy enough to think
they can change the world,
Are the ones who do.

The one-minute commercial featured black and white video footage of significant historical people of the past, including (in order) Albert Einstein, Bob Dylan, Martin Luther King, Jr., Richard Branson, John Lennon, R. Buckminster Fuller, Thomas Edison, Muhammad Ali, Ted Turner, Maria Callas, Mahatma Gandhi, Amelia Earhart, Alfred Hitchcock, Martha Graham, Jim Henson (with Kermit the Frog), Frank Lloyd Wright, and Picasso. The commercial ends with a young girl opening her closed eyes, as if to see the possibilities before her.

Wolfram Alpha: Google killer?

No, Wolfram Alpha end-result is completely different from Google’s.

Wolfram Alpha is as its tagline says: “a computational knowledge engine”. It filters information and data stored in its own databases to answer specific search queries with a single search result.

While Google crawl the web for answers and lists thousands of web pages that may or may not contain the information requested.
In other words, wolfram’s extensive database and detailed computing results shows a lot of potential, but the singularity of its answers puts in question its relevancy, tempting some users to prefer Google’s variety of results.

However, anyone who had a chance to try Wolfram Alpha would agree that it would impel Google to come up with more exciting gadgets and innovations in semantic search, and speaking of which the latest Google Squared is the first upshot.
Here’s a brief screencast demonstration of what can be done with Wolfram Alpha :

The origin of influenza A (H1N1)?

Where did the A (H1N1) flu come from? Residents of the Mexican town where the first case was diagnosed say that a US-owned factory just a few miles down the road, which produces 950,000 pigs a year, is to blame. A blogger from the area went to the factory to look into the conditions.

Only a week after the deadly virus hit the headlines, what we first knew as swine flu, and is now called influenza A (H1N1), remains quite some mystery to both scientists and the public. Where this pig/ bird/ human flu super virus came from remains unknown. But what we do know, is that around a month ago, a five-year-old boy, Edgar Hernandez, fell ill with what has now been diagnosed as the A (H1N1) virus, and is thought to be the first known victim. The boy survived, but following his illness, around 800 people in his tiny town, La Gloria, southwest Mexico, also fell ill with a mysterious flu. What we also know, is that a few miles down the road lies "Granjas Carroll", an enormous hog producer, majority-owned by multinational Smithfield Foods, and the United States's biggest pork supplier. The factory has long been the target of protests by locals, who have complained of contamination for over half a decade. Now, they're making the link between the pollution which comes from the farm and the origins of influenza A (H1N1). They say that around half the townspeople work in Mexico City during the week, which is how the virus was transmitted to the capital. Smithfield, however, denies the link. The company says no pig in the factory has been diagnosed with the flu and therefore no infection can have emerged from it.

César Augusto Vazquez Chagoya is from Velacruz, to the east of La Gloria. He prefers to remain anonymous. He originally posted this report on his own blog EnlaceVeracruz212.

"The North American factory was set up in the Valle de Perote in 1994. A little under ten years after its construction, the communities that live around the ‘Granjas Carroll' factory found out that the company had been involved in a massive lawsuit for contamination and ensuing cover-up in their own land, Virginia, in the US. In light of their findings, they began to question the factory's link to the contamination of the local water source and the high number of illnesses in the area, which covers 30 thousand people. Despite protests and support from human rights groups, nothing was done, because the North American company enjoys support from the federal and regional authorities, who argued that the company was so technologically advanced it couldn't possibly be contaminating the area. They didn't mention that the pigs were unfit from excessive force feeding and drinking from a water source that contained their own blood and excrement."

The dumping lakes where excrement and blood arrives through these tubes.

A dead pig lies rotting in the lake.

Pig corpses left outside.

Pig corpses stacked onto a cart to be taken away.

The infamous bio-digester that is supposed to generate electricity. Above, pig corpses are piled into the cellar, and below, after they've been decomposed and ready to be used as fuel for electricity.

Barrels full of bacteria. In the close-up you can see that the barrell is covered with flies.

Continue reading César's report (in Spanish).

Reported by France24's contributor César A. Vazquez Chagoya.

Choice is an illusion

I love the character of the Merovingian (Lambert Wilson) and his speech from "The Matrix: Reloaded" movie. Here it is in its entirety. He, like me, does not believe in choice...

Merovingian: Ah ha, here he is at last... Neo, the One himself. Right? And the legendary Morpheus... And Trinity, of course, si belle qu'elle me fait souffrir. I have heard so much of you. Honor me, please, sit, join us. This is my wife, Persephone. Something to eat? Drink? Of course, those things are contrivances, like so much here... For the sake of appearances.

Neo: No, thank you.

Merovingian: Yes, of course. Who has time? Who has time...But then if we do not ever take time, how can we ever have time? Chateau Haut-Brion mille neuf cinquante neuf, magnificent wine, I love French wine. In fact, I love the French language. I have sampled every language; I find French is my favorite; fantastic language...Especially to curse with; Nom de dieu de putain de bordel de merde de saloperies de connards d'encule de ta mere... It's like wiping your arse with silk, I love it.

Morpheus: You know why we are here.

Merovingian: I am a trafficker of information; I know everything I can. The question is...Do you know why you are here?

Morpheus: We are looking for the Keymaker.

Merovingian: Oh yes, 'tis true. The Keymaker, of course. But this is not a reason; this is not a why. The Keymaker himself, his very nature is a means, it is not an end. So, to be looking for him is to be looking for a means...to do...what?

Neo: You know the answer to that question.

Merovingian: But do you? You think you do, but you do not. You are here because you were sent here; you were told to come here, and you obeyed. It is of course, the way of all things. You see there is only one constant, one universal; it is the only real truth: causality... action... reaction; cause and effect.

Morpheus: Everything begins with choice.

Merovingian: No. Wrong. Choice is an illusion, created between those with power...and those without. Look there, at that woman. My God, just look at her. Affecting everyone around her, so obvious, so bourgeois,so boring. Watch, you see, I have sent her a dessert... A very special dessert. I wrote it myself. It starts so simply... Each line of the program creating a new fate, just like poetry. First, a rush; heat. Her heart flutters. You can see it, Neo, yes? She does not understand why; Is it, the wine? No. What is it, then, what is the reason? And soon it does not matter. Soon the why and the reason are gone; and all that matters is the feeling itself.

And this is the nature of the universe. We struggle against it; we fight to deny it, but it is, of course, pretense; it is a lie. Beneath our poised appearance, the truth is: we are completely... out of control.

Causality. There is no escape from it. We are forever slaves to it. Our only hope, our only peace is to understand it; to understand the why. Why is what separates us from them...You from me. Why is the only source of power; without it, you are powerless. And this is how you come to me; without why...without power. Another link in the chain.

But fear not. For I have seen how good you are at following orders, I will tell you what to do next... Run back, and give the fortune teller this message: Her time is almost up. Now, I have some real business to do, so I will say adieu and goodbye.

Neo: This isn't over.

Merovingian: Oh, yes it is. The Keymaker is mine and I see no reason why I should give him up...No reason at all.

Persephone: Where are you going?

Merovingian: Please, ma cherie, I have told you: we are all victims of causality. I drank too much wine... I must take a piss. Cause, and effect. Au revoir.

Sondages. Ou comment on tente de cacher le mérite politique de Ségolène Royal !

Dans son numéro du 31 Mars 2009, Libération publiait un sondage dont la question était : "quelle serait la personnalité la mieux placée pour être désignée candidate à l'élection présidentielle lors de primaires ouvertes ?".

La réponse donnée par Libé est pour le moins deroutante, sinon scandaleuse :
En effet, alors que Ségolène Royal arrive largement en tête chez ceux qui seraient appelés à voter lors d'une primaire OUVERTE (cad ceux qui acceptent de s'inscrire comme sympathisants socialistes avant le vote) avec 26% contre 21% à DSK, Libé proclame haut et fort que ce dernier est le grand vainqueur du sondage.

Strauss-Kahn arrive effectivement en tête lorsque la question est posée à l'ENSEMBLE des français, cad également à tous ceux qui souhaite la défaite de la gauche aux prochaines élections!

Merci à Laurent Ruquier sur Europe 1 dans son emmission "on va se gêner" d'avoir détricoté avec talent cette minable manipulation, et toujours par les médias, et c'est honteux! Heureusement, la vérité se sait toujours un jour ou l'autre. Encore un exemple, ici: