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sâmbătă, 10 septembrie 2011

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World’s Largest Water Balloon Fight 2011
Nike Mag 2011
The World's Most Dangerous Airports: Barra Airport, Scotland

World’s Largest Water Balloon Fight 2011

Posted: 10 Sep 2011 12:00 AM PDT

University of Kentucky's Christian Student Fellowship went to break the world record for the World's Largest Water Balloon Fight set in 2010 by students at Brigham Young University. Nearly 9,000 people threw 175,141 water balloons in the fight that took place at the Johnson Center Field at University of Kentucky. No official word from Guinness World Records yet but this seems like a shoe-in for the new record.

Nike Mag 2011

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 08:50 PM PDT

Nike is auctioning 1,500 pairs of the sneakers on Ebay from September 8 to 18, 2011 and the net proceeds from the sales will go to the Michael J. Fox Foundation which is dedicated to finding a cure for Parkinson's disease. The sneakers are based on the ones that Marty McFly wore in the 'Back to the Future 2′ movie.

Photographs of the 'Back to the Future' shoes from Nike's site are shown below. The lights built into the heel and sole of the sneaker come from electroluminescent LEDs and require a charge when depleted – a power adapter is included with every pair of shoes.

Source: fastcodesign

The World's Most Dangerous Airports: Barra Airport, Scotland

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 03:00 PM PDT

Barra Airport is the only airport in the world where planes land on the beach. It is situated on the wide beach of Traigh Mhor, on Barra island, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. If you want to fly here commercially you will want to book with British Airways, which flies to Barra from Glasgow and Benbecula.

The airport is literally washed away by the tide once a day, and if you arrive on a late afternoon flight, you may notice a couple of cars in the parking lot with their lights on, which provides pilots some added visibility, since the airport is naturally lit. Needless to say you probably don't want to hang out at Barra Airport beach, unless you are a aviation junkie, in which case Barra Airport has a fool proof system, as sign that reads: "Keep off the beach. When the windsock is flying and the airport is active."