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They are if youre afraid of heights..(which is NOT vertigo by the by..interesting factual)... I cant stand on a chair without feeling ooky.
 
This isn't new news, but it's new news to me. It is a pretty cool idea.

This will certainly cut down on shop lifting, but what if you want to read the ingredients?

A major South Korean retailer has opened what it appears to be the world's first virtual store geared to smartphone users, with shoppers scanning barcodes of products displayed in a Seoul subway station. Homeplus, the nation’s second largest discount chain, is offering 500 items including food, electronics, office supplies and toiletries at its "store" at Seolleung station in the south of the city of 10 million.

Seven pillars and six platform screen doors have been plastered with images of life-size store shelves filled with goods -- such as milk, apples, a bag of rice or school backpacks -- which each carry a small barcode. Shoppers download a related application on their smartphone and make purchases by taking photos of the barcodes...
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http://www.amusingplanet.com/2011/09/world-first-virtual-store-opens-in.html
 
"Hitler" fried chicken better surrender its logo, because the Colonel's ready to fight.
Kentucky Fried Chicken told The Huffington Post Friday it may take "legal action" against a fried chicken shop named Hitler that sports a storefront emblem very similar to KFC's, only with Adolf Hitler's head replacing Colonel Sanders.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/05/hitler-fried-chicken_n_3550351.html
 
Explosive Train Crash in Quebec Evacuated a Whole Town

Fires raged well into Saturday afternoon in Quebec after a train carrying petroleum products derailed and decimated a small town, causing damage to over 30 buildings and forcing residents out of their homes. The Globe and Mail reports over 1,000 people were evacuated after the crash. NBC News reports police have set up a half-mile perimeter around the site where several tankers went off the tracks and crashed in Lac Mégantic, Quebec, around 1 a.m. Saturday morning. The Montreal, Maine & Atlantic freight train travelling to Maine crashed in the small border town, and the ensuing explosions destroyed huge portions of downtown. There are no reported injuries, but some people are still missing as the town goes searching for answers.
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http://news.yahoo.com/explosive-train-crash-quebec-evacuated-whole-town-175639048.html

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Abu Qatada deported from UK to stand trial in Jordan

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Jon Brain saw the police convoy leave Belmarsh prison just after midnight
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Radical cleric Abu Qatada has been deported from the UK to Jordan to stand trial on terrorism charges.
His plane left RAF Northolt at 02:45 BST to take him to his home country, which he has not visited in 20 years.
Home Secretary Theresa May said it "marks the conclusion of efforts to remove him... and I believe this will be welcomed by the British public."
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23213740
 
I hope someday to see a Texas governor who doesn't make me physically ill whenever I see them. Seriously what is with them? :yuck:
 
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I hope someday to see a Texas governor who doesn't make me physically ill whenever I see them. Seriously what is with them? :yuck:
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They used to have a decent governor - Ann Richards. Unfortunately she was succeeded by a guy we now call Dubya. Or President Doodyhead.
 
Worlds most dangerous hiking trail


...It would almost be better to climb the mountain than attempt a hike. On the Black Dragon Ridge, for example, hikers will find a 15 kilometer path of steps that leads almost straight up. While the steps are secure, there is only a small chain to hold as a railing and the flight of stairs is so long and steep that only physically conditioned hikers should attempt the ascent. There is nothing, anywhere on the climb, to break a fall.

In other areas, hikers must scale the side of the mountain peek by walking on ridges that are less than a foot wide while holding onto a linked chain that has been attached to the side of the mountain. Many of the ridges are poorly constructed with shoddy wooden planks resting on rocks. Pressing your body as close to the mountain as possible and clinging to the chains for dear life is highly recommended. There’s no way to save yourself if you were to fall from these paths...
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It's almost like you're there...
 
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