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jarnon
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by jarnon » Tue Aug 16, 2011 9:48 pm
Good Morning America had a story today about a new amusement park with rides based on the
Star Trek movie. In the background was a photo of a familiar looking man:
I tried to remember the face. A
Star Trek producer or Paramount executive? Then they showed a clip from
Star Trek: Voyager with the same man (younger, of course) in a Star Fleet uniform.
Finally, they explained that the theme park will be in Aqaba, Jordan, and King Abdullah is a big Star Trek fan. Here's an article about the project:
Star Trek Beaming Into Jordan
IMDB.com confirms that Prince Abdullah al Hussein was an extra in an episode of
Star Trek: Voyager in 1996.
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earendel
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by earendel » Wed Aug 17, 2011 5:56 am
jarnon wrote:Good Morning America had a story today about a new amusement park with rides based on the
Star Trek movie. In the background was a photo of a familiar looking man:
I tried to remember the face. A
Star Trek producer or Paramount executive? Then they showed a clip from
Star Trek: Voyager with the same man (younger, of course) in a Star Fleet uniform.
Finally, they explained that the theme park will be in Aqaba, Jordan, and King Abdullah is a big Star Trek fan. Here's an article about the project:
Star Trek Beaming Into Jordan
IMDB.com confirms that Prince Abdullah al Hussein was an extra in an episode of
Star Trek: Voyager in 1996.
I heard about this on NPR last weekend. The theme park has the blessing of CBS/Paramount. It's supposed to open in the summer of 2014 in Aqaba. I'm seriously contemplating going.
"Elen sila lumenn omentielvo...A star shines on the hour of our meeting."
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tanstaafl2
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by tanstaafl2 » Wed Aug 17, 2011 6:44 am
earendel wrote:jarnon wrote:Good Morning America had a story today about a new amusement park with rides based on the
Star Trek movie. In the background was a photo of a familiar looking man:
I tried to remember the face. A
Star Trek producer or Paramount executive? Then they showed a clip from
Star Trek: Voyager with the same man (younger, of course) in a Star Fleet uniform.
Finally, they explained that the theme park will be in Aqaba, Jordan, and King Abdullah is a big Star Trek fan. Here's an article about the project:
Star Trek Beaming Into Jordan
IMDB.com confirms that Prince Abdullah al Hussein was an extra in an episode of
Star Trek: Voyager in 1996.
I heard about this on NPR last weekend. The theme park has the blessing of CBS/Paramount. It's supposed to open in the summer of 2014 in Aqaba. I'm seriously contemplating going.
Based on my brief aerial survey of Aqaba last fall, other than the attraction of the Gulf of Aqaba in the otherwise nearly landlocked and desert country (you can only roll in the mud and float in the Dead Sea for so long and that super salty water has a way of finding mucus membranes in places you really don't want exposed to it), it will be the biggest thing there is in town. Practically the only thing for that matter...
If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man.
~Mark Twain
Some people are like a Slinky. They are not really good for anything, but you still can't help but smile when you shove them down the stairs...
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MarleysGh0st
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by MarleysGh0st » Wed Aug 17, 2011 2:54 pm
Will they have a holodeck?
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themanintheseersuckersuit
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by themanintheseersuckersuit » Wed Aug 17, 2011 3:02 pm
This disproves the joke that has the punchline, That's because its set in the future.
Suitguy is not bitter.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
