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Chernobyl Today: A Creepy Story told in Pictures

Chernobyl Today: A Creepy Story told in Pictures
In the zone of alienation in northern Ukraine, Kiev Oblast, near the border with Belarus. Its population had been around 50,000 prior to the accident. Today, the only residents are deer and wolves along with a solitary guard. Prypiat used to be proud for being home to the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant workers. But something happened on 26 April 1986… It took three days before all permanent residents of Chernobyl and the Zone of alienation were evacuated due to unsafe levels of radioactivity. Let the story be told by these magical pictures taken ~20 years later after the accident. All the texts put in the quotation-marks are mostly the quotations of comments made by the authors of the photos. (Image credits:Pedro Moura Pinheiro via: BoredPanda) “The sign on the road to Pripyat, the town where the workers of the nuclear plant lived.” The bridge of death (Image credits:Vivo (Ben) via: BoredPanda) Initially, everyone was told that radiation level was minimal and that they were safe. Schools

Akkordeon Boy 2 | Flickr - Fotosharing! :: SKARBAKKA :: Style et smileys Image CC Flickr Leo Reynolds D’où vient l’émoticône (en bon français dans le texte), l’utiliser, est-ce nécessairement un signe d’analphabétisme, comment en user avec bon goût ? Analyse par workingirl, nouvelle venue sur la soucoupe. \o/ On va commencer la semaine en beauté. Commençons par une généralité. Et la question agite même les milieux universitaires : doit-on croire aux potentialités stylistiques des émoticônes ? Un peu d’histoire En des temps immémoriaux, ils se réduisaient à deux expressions assez simples. et :-( On est en 1982, précisément le 19 septembre à 11:44 am et Scott E. Graphisme Il existe deux grandes familles d’émoticônes : les japonais et les occidentaux. et O_o Face aux binettes japonaises, j’ai juste envie de dire \o/ (pour les plus de 19 ans je précise qu’il s’agit bien sûr d’un bonhomme qui lève les bras d’enthousiasme). Utilité Le smiley a gardé cette utilité de préciser le ton sur lequel prendre le message. Imaginons une situation de la vie de tous les jours.

Like Ghosts, They Live Among Us - Josh Poehlein (10 Total) "The Messenger" I like to believe that some people, like artist Josh Poehlein, have an uncanny ability to see ghosts. Using photos, he draws in what is missing and, in doing so, brings to life a haunting past. Call them ghosts or angels or whatever you may, these beings are only here to help us see the creativity that lives inside all of us. "Entrapment" "Endurance Test" "Family Tradition" "The Plan" "An Investigation" "Rescue Mission" "The Return" "A Migration" Josh Poehlein website {Via Booom}

Beyond Pink and Blue: A Look at Gender Colors It goes beyond culture. There is science behind the gender-relationships when it comes to colors. A study by John Hallock compares the color preferences among various demographics and takes into account information collected from 22 countries. Our friends at KissMetrics put together this informative infographic that tears down the gender barriers to reveal what really goes on in visualizations. Click any portion to enlarge. Colors by Gender The Color Purple - The most notable gender difference can be seen in the color purple. Blue Reigns Supreme – Both males and females like the color blue, which receives favor with 35% of female respondents and more than half of the male respondents. A Closer Look In 2007, Doctor Anya Hurlbert and Yazhu Ling created an experiment to explore how men and women differ in their perceptions of color. Results of the Experiment The experiment showed that men and women both preferred blue out of the sets of colors. Color Naming: Men Keep It Simple

UbuWeb Broken Secrets Category: Sexy stuff » LOLEG.com Upd.: fixed broken links to images.. Еще несколько фоток вдогонку этому посту.. +7 под катом… Read more » Sexy No higher resolution, though.. Хочу такую обоину EIZO medical imaging high precision displays for the examination and diagnosis of radiographs. via Advertolog.com © ulorinvex Recommended Stuff This is a random selection from a list of stuff/posts I personally enjoyed a lot. Is the Universe a Holographic Reality? The Universe as a Hologram by Michael Talbot Does Objective Reality Exist, or is the Universe a Phantasm? In 1982 a remarkable event took place. Aspect and his team discovered that under certain circumstances subatomic particles such as electrons are able to instantaneously communicate with each other regardless of the distance separating them. University of London physicist David Bohm, for example, believes Aspect's findings imply that objective reality does not exist, that despite its apparent solidity the universe is at heart a phantasm, a gigantic and splendidly detailed hologram. To understand why Bohm makes this startling assertion, one must first understand a little about holograms. The three-dimensionality of such images is not the only remarkable characteristic of holograms. The "whole in every part" nature of a hologram provides us with an entirely new way of understanding organization and order. This insight suggested to Bohm another way of understanding Aspect's discovery.

Eight More Leave Modern Warfare Developers, Bringing Total To 26 - Call of duty legal warfare - Kotaku You what the best part of this whole thing is? Irony. I was on Wikipedia yesterday and was reading about the Atari 2600 and Activision's name popped up in it, and commented on how Activision was formed. "Before the formation of Activision, software for video game consoles were published exclusively by makers of the systems for which the games were designed. For example, Atari was the only publisher of games for the Atari 2600. So, a company formed because developers were getting screwed by not getting paid royalties decided 30 years later to do that very thing to some developers who were working for them, causing the developers to leave like rats from a sinking ship. History repeating itself is a real bitch.

Kevin Kelly -- KK* Lifestream Culture générale > Origine du bluetooth Origine du bluetooth Cet article a été proposé par Jika. Vous savez sans doute que le bluetooth est une technologie sans fil permettant de connecter des appareils (téléphones, ordinateurs, GPS, etc.) par liaisons radios de courtes distances. Ce que vous ne savez peut-être pas, c’est que cette technologie date des années 90 (déjà presque 20 ans, donc) et qu’elle fut mise au point par la firme suédoise Ericson. Ce que vous ignorez probablement, et qui reste à mes yeux le plus sympa, c’est que ce terme vient du nom d’un roi danois, Harald Ier, surnommé « Blatand » [dent bleue] à cause d’une carie très voyante de sa dentition. Revenons à Harald, dont il est également considéré comme probable que le surnom était en réalité « blå teint », qui signifiait « au teint sombre », « bronzé ». Toujours est-il que Harald Ier parvint à unir le Danemark, la Norvège et la Suède, alors en guerre, et à favoriser les échanges commerciaux et culturels. Cet article a été posté dans : Sciences

European Court of Justice: Google liable for keyword trademark infringement Updated: Sorry for the confusion but we’d been given conflicting information (see here, for example) relating to this story. After a back and forth, here’s our understanding of the ruling. Keyword advertising using the trademark of others without their permission is illegal and services providers such as Google are also liable for any infringement. Google and other advertising providers aren’t liable for keyword trademark infringement in most circumstances, and the search giant says this upholds one of the key principles of the Internet, that of safe harbour. That’s the ruling given today by the The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Justice (ECJ), in a move that will likely shake up give much needed guidance to the search-based online advertising industry. The fact that Google et al can no longer claim safe harbour in Europe is particularly significant as it now firmly places the burden of enforcement on service providers. Commenting on the ruling, LVMH is obviously delighted.

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