There has been an increased risk of “injury or death” to hundreds of brain cancer patients in France and apparently in some states of the United States from the radiation emitted by malfunctioning machines, which were ordered shut down by the French government after a manufacturer’s warning.
InFrance, Error In Radiotherapy Machine
June 18, 2007France Televisions confirms talks with Google over YouTube in Europe
June 17, 2007French public broadcaster France Televisions confirmed it is in talks with Google regarding a planned European development of media website YouTube. Camille Pascal, deputy CEO in charge of development, told Agence France-Presse that ‘we want to be on YouTube in Europe’, and that ‘negotiations between France Televisions and Google (nasdaq: GOOG – news – people ) have started’.
France launches the high speed train between Paris and Strasbourg
June 11, 2007The TGV high-speed train began service between Paris and Strasbourg on Sunday, nearly having travel time between the two cities to 2 hours 20 minutes and linking the TGV network with Germany.
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Internet explorer or Firefox?
June 8, 2007Firefox arrives in first position in the following countries:
Finland (27,0 %)
Slovenia (26,8 %)
Germany (25,9 %)
Croatia (23,4 %)
Poland (22,1 %)
IE arrive first in the followings countries:
France (33,2 %)
UK (32,3 %)
Switzerland (31,5 %)
Ireland (29,7 %)
The Netherlands (29,5 %)
The Nasa has choosen David Schombert’s music
June 5, 2007The Nasa has choosen the music of the french musician David Schombert to illustrate image of “Mission Mars Science Laboratory 09”
The Big Donor show in the in the Netherlands
June 4, 2007The Big Donor Show was a publicity stunt. Some even called it a strange Dutch joke.
Lisa, who pretended to be a terminally ill patient who would promise one of her kidneys to a person in an on-air game show, revealed Friday on the broadcast that she was an actress.
None of the three real kidney patients, who were portrayed as anxiously awaiting the game show results to see which one would receive a transplant, will receive a life-giving kidney.
The stunning turn of events contributed to the worldwide controversy stirred last week when BNN announced it would air a show in which a cancer patient would decide who of three kidney patients would receive her kidney.
At the end of the show aired Friday evening, presenter Patrick Lodiers told the viewers it had been a publicity stunt. Lisa was a 37-year-old actress named Leonie.
The diamond skull in UK
June 4, 2007
Damien Hirst’s latest artwork is this life-size platinum skull encrusted with 8,601 fine diamonds. The sculpture, titled “For The Love of God,” will likely sell for as much as $100 million, making it the priciest contemporary artwork ever made. White Cube gallery is selling several limited edition silkscreen prints of the work, priced from £900 to £10,000, for one sprinkled with diamond dust.
Denounce your friend !
June 3, 2007After the election of Nicolas Sarkozy, plenty of satiric sites are now on line. One of them propose the reader to denounce his friend, neighbour, boss or whatever.
You can choose on line the reason of the denounciation:
– “got communist genes”
– “Got a too beautiful wife for him”
– “Don’t watch TF1 channel “(TF1 is a TV channel of Sarkozy’s friend…)
– “Read books”
Already 85 000 denunciations have been put on line and almost 1 million visitors on this site…
LED light table made in Germany
May 23, 2007The studio toomanydesigners in Berlin has created a light table with LED . Any object placed on this table is immediately illuminated by LED. Simply magic
more info about high tech design: Tendance High Tech
Monet’s Gardens and American Art Museum in Giverny
May 22, 2007Monet’s Gardens
2 weeks ago we decided to drive away from Paris to discover a place that everybody knows except us. This was the day we discovered “Monet’s gardens”.
These gardens are located 80 km West from Paris France in the village of Giverny. (See Google Earth link in the blue box)
Monet arrived in Giverny in 1883. He discovered the village whilst looking out of the train window. Monet was enthusiastic about the spot.
In 1890 he became the owner of the house and gardens and transformed them completely. He didn’t hesitate to divert a branch of the local river.
Here are some pictures taken during our visit:
The Musée d’Art Américain or American Art Museum
Over a century ago, a colony of American impressionist artists settled in Giverny near the house of Claude Monet. Following their footsteps, the Musée d’Art Américain of Giverny invites you to discover American art from 1750 to nowadays, with new exhibitions every year.
Read more: the blog of Giverny
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