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6 Insane Coincidences You Wont Believe Actually Happened | Cracked.com - StumbleUpon America's Freak Luck During the Battle of Midway The Battle of Midway may be remembered as one of the most spectacular naval battles in history and one of the huge turning points in the Pacific theater, but it started out as a pure clusterfuck for the Americans. Despite going into battle with most of Japan's game plan in their pocket thanks to American codebreakers/Bothan spies, the U.S. Navy had little to show for it in the early hours of June 4, 1942. Where it Gets Weird: There was one squadron of American dive bombers lead by Lieutenant Commander C. His squadron started dropping like flies until, in an act of sheer luck that would make even J.K. Where it Gets Even Weirder: While finding the ships at all was luck, by some kind of ridiculous freak luck McClusky's squadron arrived at the precise moment when all three Japanese carriers were reloading and rearming their aircraft. It'd be like this happening four times, and all in one battle. ...when he wasn't busy being a pimp.

[infographie] Le Googlécosytème touristique ! Et si Google Travel n’était qu’un mythe ? Google, Google et encore Google ! Le géant de Moutain View fait beaucoup couler d’encre numérique ces dernières semaines sur le web en général et sur Blog-Etourisme.com en particulier. Comme suite à [intlink id= »4040″ type= »post »]l’infographie sur les achats de Google autour de l’industrie du tourisme[/intlink], je vous livre aujourd’hui une nouvelle infographie sur le redoutable écosytème de Google dans le tourisme. Les principaux moteurs de recherche concurrents de Google se sont positionnés un peu plus tôt sur le marché du tourisme autour d’une stratégie centrée sur une seule et unique plateforme agrégeant de nombreuses fonctionnalités qui viennent parfois perturber l’utilisabilité des services proposés, à l’instar de Yahoo! Google Travel ou [intlink id= »1072″ type= »post »]Troogle[/intlink] pour les intimes fait beaucoup jaser. Et si la vérité était ailleurs ? D’après Wikipédia, Le Googlécosytème touristique Merci Pierre Chanut pour cette nouvelle illustration 5 1 vote About Author

Instagram Quote Rebuttals / Hipster Edits | Know Your Meme - StumbleUpon About Hipster Edits (a.k.a. Instagram Quote Rebuttals") are a series of image macros typically designed to ridicule “profound monologue” photos. It consists of a picture, usually taken with Instagram feature and hence the term “Hipster Edit”, an ostensibly meaningful quote and a buzzkilling remark denoted underneath in red text. Origin Artistic photographs with profound quotes have been circulating online prior to emergence of this series, most notably through online art communities and blog platforms like LiveJournal and DeviantArt. Self-uploaded vanity shots of emo, hardcore and hipster youths have been a staple subject of internet humor since the late 2000s, further boosted by the launch of Tumblr blog “Look At This Fucking Hipster” and Demotivational Posters. Spread On January 1st, 2011, MemeBase’s Go Cry Emo Kid posted an instagram photo of a crowd hanging out in an empty pool with the rebuttal highlighted in red text. Notable Examples Non-Photographic Variations Depressed Copywriter

Réinventer la vie en ville grâce au numérique: le top 5 des belles initiatives... - Web agency Blue acacia Dans Francoscopie, nombre de sociologues signalent que les nouveaux outils technologiques (MP3, portable, smartphone & Co) ont impulsé le développement d’une société sans contact. Ces outils permettant à leurs utilisateurs de se tenir informé tout en restant en dehors du monde dans lequel ils vivent auraient engendré des relations virtuelles aseptisées et plus durablement, une dégradation du lien social. Je ne suis ni sociologue, ni n’ai écrit d’ouvrage de référence dans quelque domaine que ce soit. Pourtant je me risque à dire que je ne suis pas d’accord, ou que, tout du moins, cette analyse n’est pas exhaustivement vraie, encore moins en 2011 ; que penser des initiatives apéros Facebook, du succès grandissant de la fête des voisins et de la tendance colunching, tous trouvant la base de leur organisation dans les outils numériques. Aujourd’hui, on passe de centre-ville à centre de vie. Une tendance dont l’avenir passera essentiellement par le numérique. 1 -L’ application Glow

10 Truly Awesome Weight Loss Tips | USA Photos Pictures Blog 1. Make Jogging Habit Exercising to lose weight may not be the most revolutionary notion but Brazilian scientists have found that exercise heightens the activity of your neurons that control feelings of fullness; ensuring you eat slowly and steadily. A 30-minute pre-work jog may leave you desperate for breakfast but it’ll also stop you reaching for the sweet jar later on. Worry about your over weight body? 2. Eat more of Nemo’s pals to lose weight. 3. If you’re not getting enough you’re throwing off the amounts of appetite-regulating hormones that your body produces. 4. Use stairs instead of escalators, get off the bus one stop earlier and leave the car at home for short trips. 5. Cramming protein into every meal helps build and maintain lean muscle mass. 6. Here’s a way to feel better about having the occasional off-day. 7. Green tea has been called deemed a “metabolism potion” and it’s not hard to see why. 8. 9. 10. Maybe there is something in the grapefruit diet after all.

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MoeJackson.com - A Delicious Guide To The Celebrity High Life CIBELES A TODO COLOR | Blanco Pop El pasado septiembre, la Pasarela Cibeles –haciéndole honor a la diosa de la tierra– de la Madrid Fashion Week celebró su edición No. 52. El primer día de desfiles estuvo dedicado a los jóvenes creadores entre los que sobresalen Esther Lebrato y Cruz Castillo. Además de las pasarelas, el evento organizado por IFEMA contó con un showroom denominado El Ego en el que se exhibieron más de medio centenar de nóveles y reconocidos diseñadores ibéricos para vender sus líneas a compradores de todo el mundo. Cibeles tuvo también un comité de moda encargado de organizar y coordinar las presentaciones de los productores españoles. A continuación te presentamos las propuestas primavera-verano 2011 para mujer y hombre más interesantes presentadas en Madrid. estherlebrato.com www.cruzcastillo-cruzcastillo.com Antonio AlvaradoVirgins es el nombre del conjunto de prendas con las que Alvarado sacudió Cibeles. www.antonioalvarado.es myspace.com/diezdiez agatharuizdelaprada.com analocking.com ailanto.com

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Paper Cuts - Honestly Izziyana Suhaimi We’ve been seeing a lot of embroidered art as of late but I must say that so far, I’ve been most impressed by Singaporean artist Izziyana Suhaimi‘s work. I can’t get over how skillfully she is able […] A Due Colore I still can’t get over how Alberto Seveso can make something as simple as ink in water look so captivating.

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