90% of advertising (advertorial, anyway), 95% of hypocrisy (copyrights and trademark infringement in almost all pages), 100% of bullshit and unqualified people “working” there ?

Welcome to wikipedia.org

wikipedia? this is not a democratic way to share information but it is only an open container where unqualified people writes and moderate and tells you “please do not advertise on wikipedia”…ok, but what about (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft) where you can see corporate information, logo, lot of links (that generates traffic then raise up advertising revenues on targeted website), and this page translated in many language is not ADVERTISING ?????…right, wikipedia is nothing but a huge online ADVERTORIAL website.

wikipedia sucks, that’s it

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http://www.electrolux.se/Innovation/Campaigns/Vac-from-the-sea/

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Study shows they are often passed over for so-called `masculine jobs’

DENVER (August 6, 2010)
While many see no downside to being beautiful, a professor at the University of Colorado Denver Business School says attractive women face discrimination when it comes to landing certain kinds of jobs. [...] Attractive women were discriminated against when applying for jobs considered “masculine” and for which appearance was not seen as important to the job. ()

http://www.ucdenver.edu/about/newsroom/newsreleases/Pages/beautifulwomendiscrimination.aspx

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La neutralité du réseau Internet vient de prendre un nouveau coup dans l’aile. On apprend en effet dans le New York Times  du 4 août que Google et Verizon négocient pour que le transporteur Verizon puisse faire passer en priorité les services de Google, moyennant un arrangement financier entre les deux géants (Edward Wyatt, « Google and Verizon Near Deal on Web Pay Tiers », The New York Times, 4 août 2010). Essayons ici de mesurer l’impact d’une telle négociation, les tenants et les aboutissants, et l’éclairage que cela porte sur une évolution en cours de l’Internet : l’arrivée des vidéos web sur la télévision du salon. ()

http://blog.mondediplo.net/2010-08-09-Le-poids-des-monopoles-le-choc-des-videos

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This is a fu..ing wicked funny idea !

“like normal bingo, except potentially graphic”

http://chatroulettebingo.com


http://chatroulettebingo.com/

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In some words: is Spain becoming VEGETARIAN ? This is one of the worst law voted in an European country during the past 50 years.

Big shame on -hipocrisia- Spain.

http://www.parlament.cat/web/actualitat/noticies?p_id=80974429
Foto: Parlament de Catalunya (Xavier Prat)

El Parlament ha aprovat aquest matí la llei que prohibeix les curses de toros a Catalunya a partir del gener del 2012, resultat d’una iniciativa legislativa popular (ILP) presentada per la Plataforma Prou amb el suport de 180.000 signatures.

La llei ha superat la votació amb 68 vots a favor (32 de CiU, 3 del PSC-CpC, els 21 d’ERC i els 12 ICV-EUiA), 55 vots en contra (7 de CiU, 31 del PSC-CpC, els 14 del PPC i els 3 del grup mixt) i 9 abstencions (6 de CiU i 3 del PSC-CpC).

Amb l’aprovació, es modifica l’article 6 del text refós de la llei de protecció dels animals, aprovat pel decret legislatiu 2/2008 perquè es prohibeixin “les curses de toros i els espectacles amb toros que incloguin la mort de l’animal i l’aplicació de les sorts de la pica, de les banderilles i de l’estoc”. Una prohibició de la qual queden excloses les festes amb bous sense mort de l’animal, els correbous.

El debat ha començat amb la intervenció d’Anna Mulà, membre de la plataforma promotora de la ILP, que ha defensat la iniciativa. “Nosaltres hem acabat la feina i els transferim la responsabilitat a vostès, que poden decidir si Catalunya vol continuar fent espectacle de la mort o prefereixen que l’ètica, la compassió i la raó acabin triomfant”, ha dit. A continuació han intervingut els grups parlamentaris. Han pujat a la tribuna d’oradors els diputats Josep Rull (CiU), David Pérez (PSC-CpC), Joan Puigcercós (ERC), Rafael Luna (PPC), Francesc Pané (ICV-EUiA) i Albert Rivera (grup mixt).
Des de la tribuna d’oradors han seguit el debat membres de la Plataforma Prou, i també de col·lectius pro taurins, entre els quals el torero Serafín Marín.

Aquesta és la quarta ILP que s’aprova al Parlament des que des de l’any 1995 se’n poden presentar. La primera a prosperar va ser la de suport a les seleccions esportives catalanes, l’any 1999, i les següents van ser la llei reguladora de la incineració de residus i la de creació de llars d’infants de qualitat, el 2004.

Modificació de la llei del Consell de Garanties Estatutàries

El ple d’aquest matí també ha aprovat, per unanimitat, la proposició de llei per modificar la llei del Consell de Garanties Estatuàries.

La proposició, presentada pel PPC, afegeix un nou apartat a la normativa d’aquest ens perquè també pugui dictaminar sobre les iniciatives legislatives tramitades en lectura única.

En aquest punt han intervingut Lídia Santos (PSC-CpC) i Jordi Montanya (PPC).

El ple també ha debatut la memòria de la comissió de peticions i ha substanciat una interpel·lació del PPC al conseller Antoni Castells sobre les mesures per lluitar contra la crisi econòmica. Convergència i Unió ha retirat les tres interpel·lacions que preveia substanciar en aquesta sessió.

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Ok, c’est old, mais je ne sais pas si vous l’avez déjà vu, je l’avais déjà posté dès sa sortie sur le site officiel du meilleur festival français Festival Pocket Film (qui n’a rien à voir avec ce ridicule festival qu’est fr.mobilefilmfestival.com). Moi j’adore, ca dur 33 secondes, c’est tellement réaliste et avant-gardiste pour l’époque, il suffit de voir l’état actuel des choses dans les comportements relatifs à l’usages des mobiles et smart phones. Tout simplement génial.

La confession humoristique d’un jeune homme atteint d’une forte addiction.
1er Prix du Jury – édition 2005

http://www.festivalpocketfilms.fr/films/article/decroche
http://www.festivalpocketfilms.fr

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I think this is the next book i will read, it’s look so funny ! Here some highlights from jezebel.com

“I did five ZZ Top videos. I’m the lead female. I drive the red car. I’m the brunette and the rest of them are blondes. Every video the blondes were replaced but I was consistent.”

“There’s nothing I wouldn’t do with him. Except have sex.”

“I play hundred-dollar slot machines [to unwind].
I got kicked out of Catholic school for smoking. Then my parents put me in another school and I got kicked out for smoking again.”

http://jezebel.com/5593716/real-housewives-book-is-an-absolute-treasure

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http://www.yuhmm.com/post/729670781

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“A new study suggests that people with depression are significantly more likely to develop dementia later in life.”

Depression may be associated with an increased risk for dementia, although results from population-based samples have been inconsistent. We examined the association between depressive symptoms and incident dementia over a 17-year follow-up period. ()

http://www.neurology.org/cgi/content/abstract/75/1/35
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/20/health/research/20risk.html

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After that do you still want to watch Tron Legacy ?

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Et c’est reparti !!!

Utilisé par les Bourses du monde entier, le protocole FIX pourrait être détourné par des traders malveillants. ()

http://www.fixprotocol.org
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_Information_eXchange

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« Nous avons devant nous dix ans de rigueur pour résorber la dette »
http://www.lesechos.fr/info/france/020679497269–nous-avons-devant-nous-dix-ans-de-rigueur-pour-resorber-la-dette-.htm

Dans un entretien avec Les Echos (1), l’essayiste Jacques Attali, lobbyiste et homme d’influence, nommé par M. Nicolas Sarkozy pour présider la Commission pour la libération de la croissance française, vient de réitérer son discours alarmiste sur la dette publique (« Il faut une mobilisation générale du pays. Sinon, nous courons à la catastrophe »). L’objet de son propos n’est probablement pas d’abord d’inciter les lecteurs des Echos à acheter son dernier livre, Tous ruinés dans dix ans, dont l’économiste Bruno Tinel fait la critique acérée dans un article du Monde diplomatique de juillet, « L’austérité ou la guerre » (toujours en kiosques) : cet ouvrage a en effet déjà été « matraqué » par tous les médias. Plus vraisemblablement, M. Attali souhaite continuer à effrayer l’opinion afin de lui faire accepter les thérapies de choc que propose le gouvernement de M. François Fillon. Voire encourager ce dernier à aller plus loin encore dans sa charge contre les dépenses publiques. ()

http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/carnet/2010-07-23-Attali

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http://flyingpasties.com

Flying Pasties are NOT your typical ‘Pasty’ or ’sticker’, they are 2mm thick 100% rubber and can obscure your private areas when you pass through airport scanners. No adhesive necessary as they simply slip into your clothing!

Until now, citizens haven’t had a proper way to voice their displeasure over the intrusive nature of airport scanners.

Flying Pasties are meant to obscure your private parts when entering a typical airport scanner.
Available in four designs so you can keep your dignity in style. “Generic” Design now in stock – other styles arriving daily! (Have a suggestion for a design? email us) Order conveniently today with Paypal. Flying Pasties. Giving you back your right to privacy.

“Anyone who trades liberty for security deserves neither liberty nor security”
Benjamin Franklin

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“On Twitter, no one knows you’re a car.”

The software behind AJ was an app called the “Auto”matic Blog.

Full article: http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/20/social-networking-for-cars/

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Ok, as you know i have a passion for cars, supercars are a “modern men’s dream”, anyway, London downtown is not the best place to ride a 600 hp car, but even in rue du Rhône in Geneva (where supercars are at every road corner) you will never see so many supercars cruising in the same time. The guy who shot this video was really excited, i can understand, it seems that he cannot keep focused on one car at a time, this make this video hard to watch, you also can have a listen to it if you like to hear V12 engine. Who’s said we are in a world economic crisis ?

By now most car lovers are probably more than aware of the hypercar motorshow that is taking place in central London; specifically around Harrods in Knightsbridge.

This summer as ever there is a huge influx of some of the world’s most exclusive and rarest cars, for example this summer we have seen so far a Veyron Sang Noir, a Zonda Cinque Roadster, a Koenigsegg CCXR “Special One”, Novitec Rosso Ferrari 599 Fiorano, 5x Lamborghini LP670-4SVs, and countless other exotic cars.

However it is perhaps normal to spot a few of these cars driving around in any given evening in this area of the city, but I will not quickly forget this evening; Friday 16th July, when in just 2 hours between 7.30 and 9.30 pm all of the these clips were shot.

here is a non-complete list of the cars included:

Bugatti Veyron Sang Noir
Bugatti Veyron Chrome/Beige
McLaren Mercedes SLR Silver/Black
McLaren Mercedes SLR 772S Matt Black
Lamborghini LP670-4SV Matt Pink
Lamborghini LP670-4SV Matt Purple
Lamborghini LP670-4SV Yellow
Lamborghini LP670-4SV Red
Novitec Rosso Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano
Koenigsegg CCXR “Special One”
FAB Design Porsche Panamera
FAB Design Mercedes SL Ultimate
Ferrari 458 Italia Rosso Corsa
Mercedes SLS Matt White
Lamborghini LP560-4 White
Ferrari F430 Scuderia
Maybach 62S Matt Orange
Lamborghini Diablo VT Purple

And almost countless Ferrari 599s, Rolls Royce Phantoms, Audi R8s and other luxury cars. I doubt it will be quite so crowded in such a short space of time again this year so I hope you enjoy the video; take a look at my YouTube channel too if you are interested in seeing more of these cars!

Shot on a Sony CX520 in FullHD and uploaded in 1080p.

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“Should France and Iran tell their citizens how to dress? What does such legislation say about French and Iranian values? Are the policies oppressive or true to the ideals of the states? What do the fashion police say?” ()

ByElizabeth Tenety |  July 13, 2010; 2:59 PM ET
http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/undergod/2010/07/french_veil_ban_iranian_mullets_faith_and_the_fashion_police.html


Mulling Over The Mullet
An Essay on Tonsorial Taste by the Editors of Grand Royal

http://www.fortunecity.co.uk/southbank/pottery/3/mulling1.html

http://www.fortunecity.co.uk/southbank/pottery/3/mulling1.html

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La multiplication des techniques de surveillance implique une vigilance accrue de la part des citoyens. Mais le dévoilement volontaire d’informations les concernant par les membres de Facebook peut-il être comparé en tout point à la collecte de données par les pouvoirs publics ou les sociétés commerciales ? L’énorme succès des réseaux sociaux oblige à reformuler les termes du débat sur la protection de la vie privée. ()

Miyase Christensen
Professeure associée du département médias et communication de l’université Karlstad (Suède).
http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/mav/109/CHRISTENSEN/19307
Manière de voir  — Internet, révolution culturelle
Édition imprimée — février 2010 — Pages 53, 54 et 55
http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/mav/109/

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“Il y a quelques jours, le président de la République Nicolas Sarkozy a fait savoir au directeur du Monde qu’il s’opposait au rachat du journal par une des deux équipes s’étant portées candidates. Le chef de l’Etat a assorti cette déclaration de menaces financières au cas où son avertissement serait négligé. Une situation de ce genre donne la mesure de la faiblesse de la presse française face aux pouvoirs, politique mais aussi industriel.” ()

Serge Halimi.
Édition imprimée — juillet 2010 — Page 2
http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/2010/07/HALIMI/19372
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In the two months since the Deepwater Horizon explosion, millions of litres of oil have gushed out of BP’s well into the water each day, slowly encroaching on the coastline.

A menace to the fragile marshlands, the drilling disaster is also threatening a whole way of life for fishing communities in Louisiana – still struggling to recover from Hurricane Katrina five years ago.

But this is not all new: Big Oil has a long history in this part of the world.

Fault Lines’ Avi Lewis travels to the drill zone, and learns about the erosion in the wetlands from industry canals and pipelines, the health problems blamed on contaminated air and water from petrochemical refineries.

On the Gulf Coast, it has long been widely accepted that the fishing and oil industries can co-exist. In the wake of the Deepwater disaster, the more destructive (and more lucrative) industry may be the last one standing.

http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/faultlines/2010/06/201061682426990347.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2010/jun/19/naomi-klein-gulf-oil-spill
http://www.restorethegulf.gov

via AB on FB

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L’objet du présent article est d’éventer une manipulation médiatique délibérément exploitée à des fins de démonisation à l’encontre du régime du Président iranien, M. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Il ne constitue cependant en rien une défense de ce régime, ni de ses abus ou exactions réels. La conclusion même de cet article qualifie le régime d’Ahmadinejad d’ « arriéré » et, établissant un parallèle avec une citation (réelle, celle-ci) d’Ahmadinejad, de « cruel » et d’ « oppressif ». ()

Arash Norouzi, Traduit et présenté par Xavier Rabilloud (Tlaxcala)
Jan 29, 2007

http://www.campaigniran.org/casmii/index.php?q=node%2F5892

via JAB

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PARIS — In the World Cup final between Spain and the Netherlands, the referee, Howard Webb, handed out a record 14 yellow cards. Nonetheless, the game turned nasty, as the players apparently concluded that Mr. Webb was all bark and no bite.

Is something similar happening in the French government’s high-profile battle against digital piracy of music, movies and other media content?

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/19/technology/internet/19iht-CACHE.html

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Cet arôme, imitant le bouquet et la saveur caractéristiques d’un pénis avait été conçu d’après ses directives par un aromaticien de Grasse,«à partir d’un cocktail de crustacés et d’épices».

http://www.documentsdartistes.org/artistes/berard/repro3.html

«J’en avais assez des préservatifs goût fraise infects. Alors j’ai pris contact avec un aromaticien qui m’a concocté la formule chimique du bouquet de bite. J’en ai apporté un échantillon à des scientifiques du CNRS pour qu’il l’analysent. Résultat parfaitement conforme à l’original : ils ont obtenu, avec mon arôme, le tracé chromatologique de la signature chimique du pénis

Aspect du liquide : limpide.
Propriété organoleptiques : odeur et saveur caractéristique du pénis.
Composition : secret de fabrication.
Dosage indicatif : entre 1 et 5 gr/kg environ.
Législation : conforme à la directive CEE N°88-288

http://www.documentsdartistes.org/artistes/berard/repro3.html
http://sexes.blogs.liberation.fr/agnes_giard/2007/11/le-gel-de-fella.html

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MUI: If you’re praying toward the west, you’re doing it wrong.

The country’s highest Islamic authority is refusing to take the blame for issuing an incorrect edict in March, which stipulated that worshipers had to face westward in order to be praying toward Mecca.

The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) announced on Wednesday that Mecca was actually to the northwest of Indonesia, and not to the west as it said earlier.

“Just because we revised our edict doesn’t make the previous ruling completely wrong,” MUI councilor Umar Shihab told the Jakarta Globe.

“We’re just fine-tuning it to make it more precise.”

“It’s not a big problem, as not all Indonesian mosques are incorrectly oriented,” he added.

“Many have pointed toward the wrong direction for years.”

Mecca is located on the 21st parallel north, while the northernmost point of Indonesia is on the 5th parallel, Umar said.

He called on local worshipers not to be too concerned about the change, saying their previous prayers would “still be valid”. He also made assurances that mosques would not have to be renovated to reflect the change.

Intentionally praying in the wrong direction is considered a sin in Islam, while unintentional mistakes are not.

“There’s no need to change the building structure,” he said, adding the MUI would officially inform mosque managers through an edict.

“Just make a minor adjustment by rotating the prayer mats slightly,” he said.

KH Said Aqil Siradj, the chairman of Nahdlatul Ulama, the country’s biggest Islamic organization, said the MUI’s edict in March was a regrettably poor decision by the body.

“They shouldn’t have rushed to such an important decision,” he said. “Anything concerning public law should be made after a long contemplation.

“It’s good that the MUI realized their mistake and took steps to rectify it, but let this be a lesson to them not to churn out edicts in such haste.”

Said added that top NU scholars would meet in the near future to discuss the issue.

In January, Islamic scholar Mutoha Arkanuddin claimed that anything between 50 and 80 percent of the country’s mosques and graves were not properly oriented toward Mecca, drawing the ire of conservative clerics. (dar)

“Their prayers will still be heard by Allah” said to REUTERS the head of the MUI, Cholil Ridwan

http://www.nu.or.id/page.php?lang=en&menu=news_view&news_id=2383

Direction of Mecca wrong at 20 percent of Indonesia’s mosques: ministry
http://www.nu.or.id/page.php?lang=en&menu=news_view&news_id=2102

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