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Starman or Roswell?
by Chuck S 04 Jan '14

04 Jan '14

FYI, this series starts on Feb. 17th: Star-Crossed (CW, Mondays at 8 ET/PT); An alien species called Atrians has arrived on Earth and their teens are integrating with humans at a local high school. Happy New Year, everyone! Chuck

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A Train Set Like No Other
by Chuck S 12 Dec '13

12 Dec '13

Holy Cow! Ya gotta see this. Disney could do no better. Hamburg is now on my bucket list. Thomas is a lucky puppy to live near there. Wouldn’t you like to work for this railroad, Effie? Merry Christmas, everyone! Chuck amazing detail and computer programming GERMAN WONDERLAND IN HAMBURG Remember the two brothers, in Germany, who had a wonderful model railway that was something to see? This is an update for their German Wonderland. There have been little clips about this place for the past few years, it is still not finished but is growing to that conclusion as they will soon run out of space. A short review, it was started by two brothers as a place to show their hobby, it started growing by leaps & bounds. Soon they were joined by other 'Model Railroad Clubs' and other craftsmen. Some were electricians, model makers, Carpenters, computer programmers. Their wives would stop by to see what they were doing and usually bring them a lunch. One thing led to another. Three of the ladies had worked at a bakery, several visitors would ask if they had a snack bar. The Idea was planted; some of the carpenters came and built a nice restaurant area for the bakery and a kitchen too. If the fresh Coffee smell didn't get you then the bakery definitely would. <https://www.youtube.com/embed/ACkmg3Y64_s?rel=0> https://www.youtube.com/embed/ACkmg3Y64_s?rel=0 5 min. This was about 5 years ago. One of the Breweries came and furnished all of the tables and chairs, serving counter and, etc.Their latest finished area is the airport. Planes look like they are flying and landing. -- <https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/images/cleardot.gif>

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Post Office begins selling Harry Potter stamps Tuesday
by Chuck S 12 Nov '13

12 Nov '13

Stamp collecting, anyone? http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2013/11/12/harry-potter-stamps-on- sale/3491615/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+usa today-LifeTopStories+%28USATODAY+-+Life+Top+Stories%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo

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Awesome!
by Chuck S 02 Nov '13

02 Nov '13

http://news.yahoo.com/spectacular-3d-mars-video-brings-red-planet-life-23034 7365.html

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Fwd: 100-year-starship conference warps into Houston
by Chucksim 20 Sep '13

20 Sep '13

> Paul, of course, is speaking at the conference in his post chase universe. Although he can't give details of how it's done, he can at least be encouraging. > > For us, it's worth following. Given the distance to the nearest star is measured in light years, propulsion would still have to approach a large fraction of the speed of light to be anywhere near a "reasonable" travel time. When I checked, the speed of light is some 671 million mph. So travel at even half that speed would take 8 years to reach the nearest star. Small wonder no real starman has come visiting! -Unless someone discovers real worm holes! Chuck > > 100-year-starship conference warps into Houston. > > C- > > > Sent from my iPhone on the beach

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News item: Inside Movies J.K. Rowling and Warner Bros. announce new movie franchise set in wizarding world
by Bruce Jividen 13 Sep '13

13 Sep '13

http://insidemovies.ew.com/2013/09/12/jk-rowlingharry-potter-fantastic-beas… "Rowling and Warner Bros. have announced that she will adapt her Hogwarts textbook, *Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them*<http://www.amazon.com/Fantastic-Beasts-Where-Find-Them/dp/1408803011>, into an cinematic adventure about that book’s fictitious author, Newt Scamander."

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How Isaac Asimov correctly predicted 2014 tech in 1964
by Chuck S 02 Sep '13

02 Sep '13

Nothing specifically Starman related, but Isaac Asimov was my favorite Scifi writer back in the day. Thought you'd find this interesting to peruse. http://www.techhive.com/article/2047815/how-isaac-asimov-correctly-predicted -2014-tech-in-1964.html#tk.rss_all. Chuck

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Area 51
by Effie in the desert 16 Aug '13

16 Aug '13

http://centurylink.net/news/read/category/Top%20News/article/ap-cia_documen… CIA acknowledges existence of Area 51

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Re: [UTS] Trains and Chocolate
by Todd Andrews 12 Aug '13

12 Aug '13

I bet the air conditioning needed is going to cost beaucoup moo... On 8/11/2013 3:06 PM, Chucksim wrote: > What's not to like? > > Chuck > > Sent from my iPhone on the beach > > >>> *A train made entirely of chocolate has set a new >>> Guinness World Record as the longest chocolate >>> structure in the world. The sculpture, on display at >>> the busy Brussels South station, is 112-feet (34.05 >>> meters) long and weighs over 2,755 pounds (1250 >>> kilos). * >>> >>> *Maltese chocolate artist Andrew Farrugia spent over >>> 700 hours* *constructing the masterpiece.* *He said >>> he came up with the idea of the train last year >>> after visiting the Belgian Chocolate Festival in >>> Bruge: "I had this idea for a while, and I said what >>> do you think if we do this realisation of a long >>> chocolate train, you know, because a train you can >>> make it as long as you like. * >>> >>> *"Actually it was going to be much smaller than it >>> was, but I kept on adding another wagon, and another >>> wagon, and it's the size it is today." Farrugia had >>> previously built a smaller train of 12 feet for an >>> event in Malta, which he said gave him insight about >>> how to build this much larger version. There are two >>> parts to the train. The first seven wagons are >>> modelled after the new Belgian trains, and the rest >>> of the train is modelled after the old train wagons, >>> including a wagon with a bar and restaurant on board. * >>> >>> *Three days before the event, Farrugia transported >>> the chocolate train by truck in 25 wooden boxes from >>> Malta to Belgium . Farrugia said the train incurred >>> considerable damage during the drive and several of >>> the train's walls had completely collapsed. Luckily, >>> with hard work and little sleep, the chocolate >>> artist was able to fix all the damages before >>> presenting the train to the public on Monday. * >>> >>> *\* *After measuring the length of the train and >>> confirming no material other than chocolate was >>> used, officials from the Guinness Book of World >>> Records added a new category to the collection of >>> world records and declared the train to be the >>> longest chocolate structure in the world. * >>> >>> >>> >>> 2B59387F-4007-4D68-BB63-87BCEAF188A0 >>> F25AE49D-58BC-488E-BEFF-B968735FE159 >>> 2140E9AD-DF3B-4580-89BE-95A0B2933B93 >>> E5AEB95F-055A-41C3-BA06-456C7BE651B0 >>> BDEE5F4D-3D60-4C51-95F8-D80E6EB8D5C0 >>> 4C8AC836-A6A5-4735-A457-133F07C558DF >>> BBCF6CE6-28EC-41B2-B7FF-ECFA5DD4840C >>> >>> EA6CDBDF-412C-4BDD-A0BB-8977144DCB12 >>> AAA26723-27B3-4C5C-87BD-C2B254B9A000 >>> D6FBF0B6-BDBC-4FD0-8E6A-025311733167 >>> 1C9C75FB-8BBD-4ED2-8BBF-B32054F0CB63 >>> E91BAFE2-F5FA-40CE-A795-93A4F5111BF1 >>> C35C493E-C4D2-4413-A48C-37AACC561663 >>> 47BF9ECA-2D21-4A18-BC1D-61183A760CF5 >>> 5C0F8ECD-98B6-4439-B4CB-9219927FB320 >>> EFE02716-1B8A-4DB0-A04B-0C8DB1CEC6C4 >>> >>> >>> > > > _______________________________________________ > UTS mailing list > UTS(a)starmanet.com > http://starmanet.com/mailman/listinfo/uts_starmanet.com

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Trains and Chocolate
by Chucksim 11 Aug '13

11 Aug '13

What's not to like? Chuck Sent from my iPhone on the beach >> >> A train made entirely of chocolate has set a new Guinness World Record as the longest chocolate structure in the world. The sculpture, on display at the busy Brussels South station, is 112-feet (34.05 meters) long and weighs over 2,755 pounds (1250 kilos). >> >> >> >> Maltese chocolate artist Andrew Farrugia spent over 700 hours constructing the masterpiece. He said he came up with the idea of the train last year after visiting the Belgian Chocolate Festival in Bruge: "I had this idea for a while, and I said what do you think if we do this realisation of a long chocolate train, you know, because a train you can make it as long as you like. >> >> "Actually it was going to be much smaller than it was, but I kept on adding another wagon, and another wagon, and it's the size it is today." Farrugia had previously built a smaller train of 12 feet for an event in Malta, which he said gave him insight about how to build this much larger version. There are two parts to the train. The first seven wagons are modelled after the new Belgian trains, and the rest of the train is modelled after the old train wagons, including a wagon with a bar and restaurant on board. >> >> Three days before the event, Farrugia transported the chocolate train by truck in 25 wooden boxes from Malta to Belgium . Farrugia said the train incurred considerable damage during the drive and several of the train's walls had completely collapsed. Luckily, with hard work and little sleep, the chocolate artist was able to fix all the damages before presenting the train to the public on Monday. >> >> \ After measuring the length of the train and confirming no material other than chocolate was used, officials from the Guinness Book of World Records added a new category to the collection of world records and declared the train to be the longest chocolate structure in the world. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>

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