Monday 28 November 2011

the innkeepers

After over one hundred years of service, The Yankee Pedlar Inn is shutting its doors for good. The last remaining employees -Claire and Luke - are determined to uncover proof of what many believe to be one of New England's most haunted hotels. As the Inn's final days draw near, odd guests check in as the pair of minimum wage "ghost hunters" begin to experience strange and alarming events that may ultimately cause them to be mere footnotes in the hotel's long unexplained history.

ISS Tour - Welcome To The International Space Station!

A video tour of the International Space Station SOME STREAMING MAY

BE NECESSARY IF SLOW VIEWING

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A political thriller advancing the theory that it was in fact Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford who penned Shakespeare's plays; set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I, and the Essex Rebellion against her.

 

 

 

 

 

the vow

Starring Rachel McAdams, Channing Tatum, Sam Neill, Jessica Lange

A car accident puts Paige (McAdams) in a coma, and when she wakes up with severe memory loss, her husband Leo (Tatum) works to win her heart again.

German builds world’s largest model airport

It took a grand total of six years to build but an incredible new miniature model, called Knuffingen Airport, based on Hamburg’s airport, has finally opened to the public.

It’s on display at Miniatur Wunderland, in Hamburg, and features 40 aircraft that take off and land and 90 vehicles that trundle around the runways automatically.

Making something this small and perfectly formed doesn’t come cheap. It cost 3.5million Euros – but the result is plane-ly amazing.

The opening of the new miniature model Knuffingen Aiport at Miniatur Wunderland

Size doesn't matter: The opening of the new miniature model Knuffingen Aiport at Miniatur Wunderland

The real airport opened in 1911 and remains the oldest operational airport in the world. When it was first built it covered a mere 45 hectares – it’s now ten times bigger and measures a whopping 2.2sq miles.

The various vehicles and planes on the model version are able to move around thanks to an innovative ‘carsystem’, which manoeuvres the vehicles by computer.

The planes even take off thanks to miniature wires that carry them off the end of the runway.

Miniature wonder: Knuffingen Airport

From up here, the planes look like ants: The aircraft are small, but perfectly formed

Knuffingen Airport

The longer you look at it, the more it's obvious why it took so many years to complete

Way to glow: Knuffingen Airport even lights up at night

Way to glow: Knuffingen Airport even lights up at night

The attention to detail is astounding. The planes park themselves and passenger walkways slowly move into place.

The tow trucks even feature little flashing orange lights and the petrol tanks can be seen indicating which way they are about to turn. What's more, the airport lights up spectacularly to create an entrancing night scene.

Watch a YouTube video of the incredible model below:

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