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Photography: Robert A. Schaefer Jr. Met him at a Jersey City Arts Festival in 2000.
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Video: All the President's Men (1976). 155 min. w/ Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman. Based on the book by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, two Washington Post journalists who uncovered the story of 'Watergate'. Film won 4 Oscars. Important piece of American history. Good acting by most of the cast. However, the story in itself appears a little dusty and boring today. Can get confusing, if you are not already familiar with some of the names and details of the story. My rating: 4 out of 10.
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News: Pickings.de. has a news digest (Presseschau) in German.
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Essay: The Awful German Language by Mark Twain. Funny to read, and in many ways sooo true! More interesting writings on the EServer.
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Museum: The Cradle of Aviation, Garden City, Long Island, NY. A Museum about aviation on Long Island; a small version of the Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC. Exhibits include historic airplanes, plane cockpits to sit in, and the original Apollo 19 Lunar Lander.
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Movie: Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure. Retells key points of the 'Endurance' adventure in IMAX format; some scenes dramatically reenacted; also contains original film material and photos by Frank Hurley; phantastic shots of ice bergs and the island South Georgia.
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Movie: Tampopo (1985). 114 min. Japanese with English subtitles. w/ Nobuko Miyamoto (Tampopo), Tsutomu Yamazaki (Goro), and Ken Watanabe (Gun). Young widow runs a noodle shop in Tokyo gets help from truck driver in finding the perfect soup receipe. People in the movie either eat or scuffle. Colorful characters and witty humor. My rating: 5 out of 10
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