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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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Zipping around near Portland
by Effie in the desert 03 Aug '13

03 Aug '13

I just found out there is a zipline in Stevenson, 45 minutes east of Portland. http://zipnskamania.com/ http://www.skamania.com/columbia-river-gorge/zip-line-tours.php The information on the two web pages is quite different so I don't know which is more accurate. However, it is impossible for a person alone to do this because depending upon which page one believes it either requires a minimum of 2 people or 4 people to book a zip trip. Anyway I through it out as a possible UTS adventure. It's not cheap, but it's not the most expensive of these I've seen either.

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