United States. Twelve years in prison for the “Masterchef” of the fraudulent

United States.  Twelve years in prison for the “Masterchef” of the fraudulent

An American, who had elevated counterfeit coupons to the rank of art, was sentenced this week to 12 years in prison for causing losses of $ 31 million to several companies. Lori Ann Talens, 41, had set up what could be one of the biggest fake coupon scams in history of the United States, according … Read more

20 years after the fall of Moulinex, Thierry Lepaon castigates “the lack of strategy” of

20 years after the fall of Moulinex, Thierry Lepaon castigates “the lack of strategy” of

The young welder was 23 when he joined Moulinex in 1983. He remained there for twenty years, until bankruptcy on September 7, 2001. In a book From one world to another (1), which comes out on September 11, Thierry lepaon, Secretary General of the CGT from 2013 to 2015, tells Moulinex: the birth, its products, … Read more

He was in a coma for 39 years because of doctors. Former French national team died – Other – Football – Sports

He was in a coma for 39 years because of doctors.  Former French national team died – Other – Football – Sports

Former defender of the French national football team and Paris Saint-Germain Jean-Pierre Adams died at the age of 73. – Former PSG and France footballer, Jean-Pierre Adams, has died at the age of 73 after 39 years in a coma. He never regained consciousness after an error with receiving his anaesthetic during a knee surgery … Read more

Agent Tenev, 70: Before you die – live! And I do!

Agent Tenev, 70: Before you die – live!  And I do!

“I am becoming more and more ancient, ie. I am already too old to die young, and that is why I say to myself: “Before you die – live! And I do it! ”, Says Agent Tenev on the occasion of his 70th anniversary, which was on September 2. To properly mark the occasion, he … Read more

The biggest scandals of the cult series of the 2000s

The biggest scandals of the cult series of the 2000s

Conflicts between actors, sexual harassment, sordid news items … Zoom on seven scandals that splashed the cult series of the 2000s. 1. The Vanity Fair photoshoot of the “Desperate Housewives” actresses Launched in the fall of 2004 on American television, Desperate Housewives was an immediate success. The series propelled – or re-propelled for some – … Read more

Gold for a hundred for a European after 41 years. It is taken by Italian Jacobs – Summer Olympics 2020 (Tokyo) – Sports

Gold for a hundred for a European after 41 years.  It is taken by Italian Jacobs – Summer Olympics 2020 (Tokyo) – Sports

Italian athlete Lamont Marcell Jacobs became the Olympic champion in the 100 m run in a new European record of 9.80 seconds. Silver was won by American Fred Kerley for 9.84, bronze by Canadian Andre de Grasse in 9.89. – Jacobs became only the sixth European champion in the shortest sprint under five laps since … Read more

Thirty 14,400-year-old viruses discovered in Himalayan glaciers

Thirty 14,400-year-old viruses discovered in Himalayan glaciers

“Let’s just hope none of them infect someone”, writes the site Futurism who relays the discovery. According to the study published on July 20 in the scientific journal Microbiome, the researchers found no less than 33 viruses by analyzing ice taken in 2015 at the top of the Guliyan ice cap, on the plateau tibetan, … Read more

REPORTAGE. At Gégène, we have been dancing the musette ball for 103 years

REPORTAGE.  At Gégène, we have been dancing the musette ball for 103 years

“As long as Gégène exists, the guinguette spirit will remain. “ AT Joinville-le-Pont (Val-de-Marne), the Chez Gégène tavern, open since 1918, is an institution for ball lovers. The little white wine, Blue java, The lover of Saint John… Every Sunday, there are dozens of them coming to dance the musette to the tunes of yesteryear. … Read more

A teacher accused of pedocriminality cleared five years later

A schoolteacher, once suspected of raping a four-year-old girl, was cleared by the justice in the context of a general dismissal nearly five years after the facts, said Wednesday the prosecutor’s office of Dijon. “I went through five years of hell, for nothing”, underlined the teacher, quoted by the daily The Public Good . In … Read more