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A French judge has filed preliminary manslaughter charges against Air France over a crash in 2009.

All the 228 people on board were killed when the airline’s Flight 447 from Rio de Janeiro to Paris came down in the Atlantic Ocean on 1 June that year.

The preliminary charges pave the way for further investigation.

The move comes a day after the judge filed similar charges against Airbus, which manufactured the plane. The cause of the accident is still unknown.

Sensors on the aircraft sent faulty speed readings to pilots, but Airbus says no one can know for sure what happened as the so-called “black boxes”, which monitored events during the flight, have not been recovered.

Next week, a fourth attempt to find the voice and data recorders will get under way.

The search, financed jointly by Air France and Airbus, will involve dives to depths of up to 4,000m (13,120ft) and use special robots to examine the ocean floor between Brazil and West Africa.

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Tribute To Michael Jackson

This is it! I am getting sick of all the bad news surrounding the King of Pop Michael Jackson’s death. After reading and posting about the leaked autopsy reports, I came across pictures of Michael Jackson taken just the day before he died, during his rehearsals. He seems in perfact shape, he is not skeletal as described in the ‘leaked’ reports. Today morning when I opened up my newspaper the front page flashed with Michael Jackson’s news that Deborah Jeanne Rowe Michael Jackson’s second wife has revealed to the media that Michael Jackson’s did not father Prince and Paris.

Shocked, I began scramble the internet to find the source. The news paper just mentioned it as it was reported by DailyMail. But I couldn’t find such an article in DailyMail. Finally I found a blog that had posted about it and also provided a link to the DailyMail, but on clicking the link I was redirected to ‘article not found’ error page. I went back to the blog to continue reading and at the bottom they mentioned that the article was removed from DailyMail and that Deborah Rowe hasn’t spoken to any reporter except some guy, sorry but I don’t remember his name and he confirmed that she didn’t mention anything like that.

I just couldn’t belive what has happening within minutes this news would have already flooded the internet. Just because of the DailyMail’s selfish reasons to make some cash they tarnished the image of Micheal Jackson.

Thats it! I am through with all this, I am going to remember Michael Jackson just the way I want to. I don’t care what the media ‘thinks’ he is.

Too bad we don’t have Jackson right now to clear things up for us.

RIP Michael Jackson

Below is the photo taken on 24th June 2009, Michael Jackson rehearsing for the O2 Concert.

Michael Jackson june 23 2009 rehearsing

Michelangelo’s painted ceiling in the Sistine Chapel in Rome may be the most lauded in the ceiling world, but it’s far from the only one worth straining your neck to see.

The editors and members of travel website VirtualTourist.com have compiled a list of the World’s Top 10 Greatest Ceilings, apart from the Sistine Chapel. Reuters has not endorsed this list.

1. Bellagio Hotel; Las Vegas, Nevada

The coloured disks that float on the ceiling of the Bellagio may look like multi-coloured jellyfish, but they are in fact thousands of hand-blown glass flowers. Like the town itself, it has to be seen to be believed.

2. Debre Berhan Selassie Church; Gonder, Ethiopia

You’d never guess by looking at the outside of this small, relatively simple church that such stunning artwork graces the inside. It’s said that none of the 104 winged cherubs that dot the ceiling are alike.

3. Grand Central Station; New York City, New York

Once covered in black grime, this ceiling was restored in the 1990s as part of the station’s renovation and now depicts several signs of the zodiac in beautiful sea-green and gold hues. There’s even a little patch that was left dirty just to show the difference between the “before” and “after”.

4. Galeries Lafayette Department Store; Paris, France

The glass domed ceiling at the famed department store attracts as many tourists as shoppers. Unveiled in 1912, the dome is overshadowed only by the view from the store’s terrace.

5. Khai Dinh Tomb; Hue, Vietnam

It took 11 years to complete, but the results are pretty astounding with the ceiling featuring nine hand-painted dragons in fine, fleeting clouds.

6. Sant’Ignazio Church; Rome, Italy

It’s almost impossible to believe when looking at this multi-dimensional painting that the surface is actually flat. Perhaps one of the most incredible examples of “Trick of the Eye” paintings ever completed, it’s a clear rival with its more famous nearby neighbour — the Sistine Chapel

7. Sagrada Familia; Barcelona, Spain

No one could ever say this building was constructed too hastily. Started in the 1800s and still unfinished, the imposing forest-like ceiling is as original as the rest of the Gaudi-designed church.

8. Central Rotunda, Griffith Park Observatory; Los Angeles, California

Designed by Hollywood art director turned muralist Hugo Ballin, the subtle, circular painting depicts the signs of the zodiac and other celestial objects. An interesting side note: Ballin was a sketch artist on the film The Wizard of Oz, which might explain the ceiling’s whimsical look.

9. Macy’s Department Store; Chicago, Illinois

This genuine Tiffany ceiling is so incredible it’s enough to distract even the most ardent shopaholic. Over 100 years old, it’s composed of more than 1.6 million pieces of glass and is considered by many to be one of the best examples of Tiffany craftsmanship ever constructed.

10. Opera Garnier; Paris, France

Although the primary function of the building is to provide a stage for the city’s extraordinary ballet company, Marc Chagall’s ceiling mural is a show in itself. Thought to be somewhat incongruous with the building’s architecture, it was the source of much controversy when it was added in 1964.