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Take That! Garza Distractors!
And the beginning of the evening saw Garza with his I-Pod at his side bopping his head to his pre-game musical mix almost invisible within the confines of Tropicana Field. Even as Rays reliever Andy Sonnanstine was adding a few darker goatee touches to the image of the Matt Garza bobblehead on the Rightfield wall, Garza seemed immersed in his own hip-hop World tonight. And even as he began throwing in the Rays Bullpen before the game, he did not produce his usual "pop" when catcher Kelly Shoppach caught him tonight.
His ball seemed to flow off his hand tonight. His breaking ball was snapping with a nice downward spiral, and his fastball seemed to have a little more movement than usual. It was almost as if Garza and the ball knew something we all did not know yet. But as the Rays game began tonight against the Detroit Tigers, Garza seemed to be in a different set of parameters.
But early on, it almost seems as if both Garza and Detroit's starter Max Scherzer were occupying that same unique space of rare air and traded zeros back and forth as both starting pitchers saw hitters being sent down 1-2-3 until Garza made the first blip on the radar by walking Brennan Boesch on 7 pitches in the top of the second inning. This removed the "perfect" label from Garza's outing. Boesch was quickly erased from the basepaths by a 5-4-3 Double Play to end the scoring threat by the Tigers.
After his walk to Boesch, Garza sent down the next 22 Tiger hitters in a row to secure the first No-Hitter in Rays history. Now only two National League teams, the New York Mets and the San Deigo Padres are the lone members of the non No-Hitters Club. What was really impressive is the fact that before tonight's game Garza had gotten close before on June 26,2008 when he lost both his shutout and a No-Hitter by giving up a Home Run to Hanley Ramirez in the bottom of the seventh inning.
Before tonight's No-Hitter, the farthest a Rays pitcher had gone without surrendering a hit was actually shared by two players. Rays leftie Tony Saunders went 7.2 innings on 4/22/1999 against the Baltimore Orioles, and former Rays First Round Draft pick Dewon Brazelton went 7.3 innings against the Florida Marlins on 6/23/2004 before surrendering their first hits of the night. But as the innings seemed to progress, Garza seemed to gain more composure and confidence as the night commenced. On the night, Garza had only one 3 ball, 2 strike count( Gerald Laird/ 3rd Inning) before getting into a bit of a jam to begin the seventh inning.
Both Austin Jackson and Will Rhymes fought back to identical 3 ball, 2 strike counts before going down and preserving the night for Garza in the top of the seventh inning. Garza got Jackson to fly out to B J Upton, and Rhymes hit a grounder to second baseman Reid Brignac that was easily converted for the second out. Garza got Ryan Rayburn to strikeout on four pitches to end the inning. In the top of the eighth inning, it took Garza 16 pitches to strike out the side. But mixed into that bunch was a possible problem as Garza went down 3 ball, 2 strikes to Boesch, but he ended up just watching Garza's strikeout pitch hit Shoppach's mitt.
Then came the top of the ninth inning with goose eggs all over the Detroit side of the scoreboard. Garza spent a little extra time composing himself behind the mound for the ninth inning visiting the rosin bag, looking into his cap for the fortitude to get this game finished on his terms. Garza quickly got a first strike on Tiger hitter Don Kelly before he fell behind with three straight pitches just above or outside the plate. On the next pitch, Kelly hit a soft grounder to Brignac, who easily converted for the first out. Laird then came up and was whiffed on four pitches by Garza to set up the night most intense moment.
In the balance was the chance for Rays immortality as Tigers Pinch Hitter Ramon Santiago came on to hit in place of shortstop David Worth. The stage was set for Garza, and all he had to do was deliver and he would be the proud owner of a No-Hitter of his own. Santiago went to a 1 ball, 1 strike count before hitting the next Garza offering to Rightfield. The ball seemed to slowly come to Ben Zobrist's glove, but the moment it hit leather, Zobrist erupted by jumping straight up in the air and sprinting towards the increasing mob of Rays players at the mound.
Even as the excitement and emotions were swirling all around Garza, he still seemed as cool as a cucumber and a bit oblivious to what had just happened to him. Even in the post game interviews, Garza seemed unusually relaxed and calm, a bit of cool "Zen" to him. But maybe it was the realization that he has so much to offer this Rays team. That maybe by going down into that fifth slot in the Rays rotation he can preserve and protect a few more Rays wins. Or maybe we just saw one of the last steps of pitching evolution tonight with Garza.
Tonight was his night to shine like the moon outside. Big, bold and bright, with clarity and instant confidence. Just a few days ago a local Sports Radio icon began to question Garza and his pitching abilities. He wondered if we might have seen the best of Garza and would see a slow progression downward now. Guess this outing firmly put that question into your face like a shaving cream pie.
A night like tonight can define a players and take him to another level, if he lets it. I got a feeling the sky is the limit right now for Garza, or at least he can go outside right now and howl at that big old bright full moon. The first No-Hitter in Rays history is now firmly in the books by a guy who has always let little things frustrate him, but tonight, the only frustration felt by Garza is if his pitching glove is off to the Baseball Hall of Fame tomorrow.
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George Shelley, of the British (not-One Direction) boy band Union J, has been very vocal about his crush on Selena Gomez. Now it looks like the feelings might be mutual!
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When the boys of Union J made an appearance on CBBC's Friday Download on June 7, there was a special surprise in store for George. The show's producers played a video of Selena that was personally addressed to the 19-year-old singer: "I was in London for a bit and I'm actually really bummed I missed you," Selena said flirtatiously. "So next time, maybe give me a call?"
George reacted to the video message with giddy excitement, adorably in awe of Selena's beauty. "I've got an undying crush on her," George has previously told Sugar Scape. "It's the whole Disney thing I love her."
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* What: "Two Who Dared: The Sharps' War."
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Young Artemis Joukowsky III was floored to find out his grandparents were heroes, but nobody knew it.
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In January 1939, Joukowsky's grandparents were living in Wellesley, Mass., where Waitstill led the Wellesley Hills Unitarian Society and was a rising star in the Unitarian Church.
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Although the Xbox 360 came out a year before PlayStation 3, Microsoft's game machine has been more popular, largely because of its robust online service, Xbox Live, which allows people to play games with others online. The original Wii has sold more units since its launch than both its rivals, but it lost momentum as the novelty of its motion controller faded. Sales of the new Wii U have been slow.
Underscoring the importance of a new PlayStation and the U.S. market, Sony is holding its announcement event in New York rather than in Japan, as it had in the past. The event is at the Hammerstein Ballroom in midtown Manhattan.
Here's a running account of the PlayStation event, presented in reverse chronological order. All times are EST. Presenters include Andrew House, president and group chief executive of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.; Mark Cerny, lead architect for the PlayStation 4; and David Perry, co-founder of the Internet game company Gaikai, which Sony bought last year.
8:05 p.m.
The event wraps up without Sony showing off the device or saying anything about price or availability, other than to say on the screen "holiday 2013." The event focused on the new console's social and remote features and games that are being developed for it.
7:50 p.m.
Sony continues to bring game developers on stage to talk about upcoming releases and plans for the PlayStation 4. Video from the various games is shown on the giant screen.
7:40 p.m.
More than an hour and a half into the presentation, Sony has yet to show the PlayStation 4 machine. There's no word yet on price or release date, though availability isn't likely for several months.
7:30 p.m.
It's 9:30 a.m. Thursday in Tokyo, and the event is being streamed live at Sony's website.
Yoshinori Ono from Japanese game maker Capcom addresses the audience in Japanese, with a translator offering the remarks in English.
7:25 p.m.
Beyond games, Sony is touting the PlayStation 4's fast graphical capabilities. You'd be able to create animation in 3-D using a Move motion controller - all in real time.
7:15 p.m.
Another game showcased was "The Witness." It's a puzzle game that explores an abandoned island. It will be developed exclusively for the PlayStation 4.
7 p.m.
Among the offerings planned: "Drive Club." An executive from Evolution Studios says it's been a concept for a decade, but made possible with the new machine. The game will be about driving the best cars in the world in the best locations in the world, using 3-D models of engines built by the development team.
6:50 p.m.
The event continues with demonstration of games that can be played on the new PlayStation.
6:45 p.m.
Like Nintendo and Microsoft, Sony is trying to position its device as an entertainment hub that can deliver movies, music and social networking as it tries to stay relevant in the age of smartphones and tablets.
The PlayStation online network will have access to Sony's video and music services, as well as Netflix, Hulu and Amazon - as long as you have subscriptions to those services. You'll also be able to access Facebook.
6:40 p.m.
Perry talks about Gaikai's vision of letting people explore any game in the PlayStation store for free. The idea is gamers will then buy what they like.
He says PlayStation 4 will allow for virtual spectating. With one button, you can broadcast your game play so friends can "look over your shoulder virtually."
It will have a feature called remote play, in which you run the game on the PlayStation, which then sends the video to your handheld PlayStation Vita device over the Internet so you can play remotely.
6:30 p.m.
Cerny says the new PlayStation will have hardware compression so sharing video of game play will be easier. You can browse live game video of games your friends are playing.
Adopting Facebook's philosophy, Sony will transition to an online game network based on real names, even as people will also be able to keep their aliases.
6:25 p.m.
Cerny appears in a plaid shirt and jeans as he touts the ease in which computer programmers will be able to write games for the new system. He says that with so many devices around, the value of having a powerful computer on a single chip has diminished. Instead, Sony is building the new PlayStation on top of a traditional PC architecture, and in doing so, game creators will have an easier time developing games.
6:10 p.m.
Just before announcing the PlayStation 4, House refers to "a moment of truth and a bold step forward for PlayStation and the company." He says Sony is looking to offer powerful opportunities to connect and play, including on mobile through a companion PlayStation Vita released last year.
6 p.m.
The PlayStation event begins with a light and video show at the storied Hammerstein Ballroom in midtown Manhattan. In attendance are analysts and journalists representing news organizations around the world.


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We are seeking a redesign of our current site. The overall goals for the design are to maintain the flavor of a newspaper, something similar to The Daily Racing Form, since we believe the stock markets are something akin to a horse race. This is the metaphor we're currently using and the new design should be suggestive of that.
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You will be redesigning our home page. This page is where we present all the day's content in newspaper-like fashion. There are two sections. The left section contains all the subscriber content and has several sub-sections (Rick's Picks, Today's Action, Intraday Trading Alert, and Making Cramer Pay). The right section contains free content; it, too, has several free sections. (Commentary, which is at the very top, Side Bets, Morning Briefing, and This Just In.)
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Build Healthy Soil
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Watering too much causes many common plant problems. You can grow healthier, deeper-rooted plants, save money on water bills, and conserve precious water by learning to give your lawn and garden just what they need, and no more. Start with these key tips from the Smart Watering Guide (pdf).
Water deeply, but infrequently
Most plants do best if the soil is allowed to partially dry out between waterings. For lawns, a loss of shine or footprints showing indicate that it's time to water. Vegetables and other annuals should be watered at the first sign of wilting, but tougher perennials (plants that live several years) only need water if they stay droopy after it cools off in the evening. Trees and shrubs usually don't need any watering once their roots are fully established (two to five years), except in very dry years.
Moisten the whole root zone
Watering deeply builds deeper, healthier root systems. To see if you are watering deep enough to moisten the whole root zone, dig in with a trowel an hour after watering to check the depth.
Make every drop count
Some easy ways to lower water bills and get more water to plants include:
- Mix compost into your soil, and spread mulch on top of soil to hold more water and prevent evaporation.
- Choose low water use plants. Once established they can often thrive just on rainfall.
- Use soaker hoses or drip irrigation on beds – they save 50% or more compared with sprinklers!
- Use a timer that screws onto the faucet (available at garden stores) to water just the right amount.
- Water lawns separately from other plantings. Make sure sprinklers aren't watering the pavement too.
- When soil is dry or compacted it won't absorb water quickly. If water puddles, stop watering for a while and then restart, so the water has time to soak in.
- Water in the early morning or evening – if you water at mid-day, half of the water just evaporates.
Use automatic irrigation systems efficiently
Automatic systems often waste a lot of water, or they can be fairly efficient depending on how you set and maintain them.
- Have a professional test, repair, and adjust your system annually.
- Inspect the system while operating once a month – look for leaks or heads that are plugged or misdirected.
- Install a rain shutoff device (ask your irrigation expert where to find them).
- Adjust the watering schedule at least once a month through the season – plants need a lot less water in May and September than they do in July and August.
Learn more
Smart Watering (pdf) - This guide will help you plan your yard to use water efficiently.
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How to Water New Plants - Learn how to get your new plants off to a healthy start.
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The Plant List (pdf) - 240 great plants for our region: most are drought tolerant, many natives.
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At an appearance in Boston in 2002, Bishop Desmond Tutu succinctly described his view of Israel: "Israel is like Hitler and apartheid." So when the UN Human Rights Council went looking for someone to head a fact-finding mission to the Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanun, where an IDF artillery barrage killed 19 civilians earlier this month, Tutu naturally came to mind. Today's Jerusalem Post reports: "Tutu to head UN rights commission to Gaza." Sickening. (Thanks to reader William Katz.)
UPDATE: Salvatori Center Visiting Fellow Richard Samuelson writes:
Could also go with "Do do, that Tutu that you do so well…"
And he asks:
Is it worth pointing out one glaring difference? A Palestinian can become a Jew. No black South African could become white.


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By Hugh Gilmore
Ah grammar! Glorious, beautiful, wonderful grammar shyly comes like rosy-fingered dawn shedding light into the dim folds of my eastern temporal lobes. I can think, I can feel, I can smile, and good gosh almighty – at last! – I'm free again: I can look Profesor Needham in the eye and answer his Spanish questions!
Grammar brings logic, system, means and method to the most terrible aspect of my sitting in Cheltenham Township Adult School's Spanish I class: my teacher's insistence on clinging to that barbaric technique practiced by nearly all foreign language teachers everywhere – pointing a finger at you and demanding that you give a correct answer to a question you don't understand in a language you don't know.
When pointed at and called on, I found being wrong, and wrong so often, embarrassing. I felt my face blushing. When I feel my ears warm, I know I'm turning red. Then my confidence and common sense abandon my brain the way the bats fly en masse from Carlsbad Cavern at dusk. And there I'd sit: a big, useless, burning lump of red.
And so, as our Middlebury-trained teacher came down the line I reflexively looked for a place to hide. Or played with the temptation to leave for the lavatory with stomach cramps. Or fantasized that I could be publicly crabby enough to say, "Please don't call on me again. I'll volunteer if I know the answer." But I did none of those things.
What I did was, as students everywhere do when they don't know the answer and the teacher is moving up and down the room, mowing everyone down like Old Father
Time with his scythe, I faked The Rapture.
I avoided all eye contact with the teacher. I narrowed my eyes and gazed at the board with intense concentration – as though I needed to get only one more thing straight –
before I stood up and became the star of the class. Boy oh boy, was I ever into this! It would be downright rude to call on someone experiencing The Rapture, wouldn't it?
Did my sham work? Of course not. Conscientious teachers are going to call on everyone as a means of censusing whether the students are "getting it" or not. I could have saved him the trouble. Please, Profesor, don't make me join your game of dodgeball with live grenades.
My situation made me realize that back when I was a teacher I always thought that the students who avoided eye contact in class were tipping off that they hadn't done their homework. Now I sympathized – perhaps they were prepared, but merely sought to avoid embarrassment of being a performing parrot.
Until grammar was finally introduced to our class last week, we'd had no tools to figure out the correct response to the questions we were asked. One either remembered the exemplar spoken and then written on the board or one didn't. In that situation one is only as good as his memory.
And if I'm sitting in a classroom feeling nervous and anxious already, my memory is only too happy to part company with such an unworthy person. I cannot sit still when I'm tense and remember the exact wording of a sentence you told me a moment ago.
Thus, when grammar finally raised its lovely head in our class, it felt like I'd been given a glorious cheat-sheet. The tyranny of memory gave way to the helpfulness of system. Given a Spanish sentence, I could figure out a noun's gender and number. I could distinguish the speaker from the "spoken to." Given a verb I could determine those same things and also know when the action had happened. Subtleties of meaning now arose from syntax and adjectives and adverbs.
And the process could be reversed. Given grammatical rules and the roots of words one could generate fresh new sentences. One could utter things, whether mundane or beautiful, that had never been said before in the history of the world. At the very least one could order a ham sandwich and a beer and have a reasonable expectation of having a ham sandwich and beer brought to his table. Hallelujah! Let's hear it for grammar.
Every possible sentence in the Spanish-speaking world no longer had to be memorized individually. Furthermore learning systems brings joy to the brain. The brain loves systems. So much so, that when we don't need them for work or for getting around, we play with them.
All games are based on systems – sets of rules applied to new combinations of variables, resolved and settled through the applications of the rules. Music, math, writing and speaking, even. And what are sports, other than systems where the variables constantly change because they need to accommodate the differences in the size, speed and agility of the other bodies competing against our body.
Since grammar stepped in, curtsied, and led the way, my learning curve has leaped ahead. If I were a stock I would buy me. The process of acquiring new words, although it requires memory, has been speeded up, since I now have new mental file folders to place the vocabulary in. I'm also learning how to interpret the sentences of others and generate ones of my own, since I understand, at least basically, the rules by which they are constructed.
Accompanying this new confidence has been a sense of joy. And it's not just based on my getting closer to the goals I set. My joy derives from the process itself. For the brain, learning a new language is as pleasurable as treating the body to a sauna and massage.
I still resent the basic system that gives teachers the feeling that have the seigneurial right to compel you to speak, even if you don't want to, or have nothing useful to say. There's something offensively "master-slave" about the setup. It lacks mutual respect. (After all, I'm a grownup and a volunteer. My garage mechanic doesn't demand I name the parts of the carburetor. He shares his knowledge when I ask.)
However, since grammar entered my Spanish mental life – and despite the little annoyances – I bound out of class every Monday night feeling happy. A kind of Spanish-tinted buoyancy marks everything I see and hear. I form Spanish phrases for everything I think. My brain acts like an excited dog whose owner has brought him to the park and reached down to unclip the leash. Oh happy day! he thinks, in that second when he's been unleashed and whirls to face the entire free world: I can run now, run with the wind, run as dogs are meant to do. And off he goes.
Kind of stretching things a bit, maybe, but it's how I feel when I get three sharp pencils together and open my Spanish workbook. Learning can be a real high.


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The Ben Maxwell Collection consists of more than 5000 photographs donated to the Salem Public Library by the estate of Mr. Ben Maxwell, a noted Salem photographer and historian who died in 1967. Mr. Maxwell was a native of Salem where he was born in 1898. He attended college at Oregon State University where he studied history and …
The Oregon State Archives Collection consists of over 2200 photographs selected from the files of the Oregon State Archives in Salem, Oregon. This collection includes photos from throughout the state of Oregon taken in association with the activities of the various state agencies in Oregon government. As one might expect, there is a …
The Special Collections group is a collection of photographs from almost twenty distinct sources and events including local exhibits, documentaries, and private collections, most characterized by specific themes or purposes. These collections contain as few as six to as many as 588 images from individual contributors for a total of …
The Marion County Historical Society Collection includes several hundred photographs of the Salem and Marion County area from the 1880's to the 1950's. These photographs are selections from the Historical Society collections of more than 200,000 negatives and prints, as well as others loaned to the society by a private donor for …
The Statesman Journal Collection consists of almost 1000 photographs of the Salem and the Willamette Valley areas selected from the files of the Statesman Journal Newspaper, including photographs from predecessor newspapers - the Oregon Statesman and the Statesman Publishing Company. The collection includes photographs of people, …
The history of Oregon preserved in six collections of photographs of people, places, and events that provide snapshots of the states history from 1840 to more recent times. The collections are statewide but with special emphasis on Salem and other Willamette Valley communities. Included are photographs from numerous sources including the Ben Maxwell estate, the Statesman Journal Newspaper, Oregon State Archives, Marion County Historical Society, the Asahel Bush family, and other contributors.
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The Purpose-Driven Yard
A storm-devastated parcel of land, landslide of boulders all over the place, what is there to do? Rather than leave it asunder and give up in hopelessness, I decided to go against the odds and labored months to convert the lot behind the old house into something more productive--a self-sustaining vegetable yard. The difficult part there was, how to dig up the soil from underneath the rubble of rocks that cascaded down the mountains along with the floods. This is the journey.
1 of 10: A picture of desolation. It was this sight that almost prompted us to give up. The great floods brought with it, rocks and boulders, and carved a great barrier reef right in the portion of the lot, about 2 meters deep. Making something out of this, is the real challenge--to make something lasting, purely organic, self-sustaining, low maintenance backyard farm of vegetables that we'll enjoy with the entire family for years on end, through scheduled planting cycles.
2 of 10: Months of manual labor without using backhoes nor excavators, we spaded, hoed and raked--sorting through the rubble of stones and rocks, to form raised beds for the would-be garden.
4 of 10: Plastic Mulching was placed to protect the soil beds from further erosion when the rains come again. It likewise saves the nutrients which are essential for the plants that grow in the plot beds.
5 of 10: The Yard with a purpose. The plot beds will soon be a host to a summer organic harvest of salad tomatoes, sponge gourd, bitter melons, aubergines, pumpkins, cabbages, carrots, yams, onions and ginger.
6 of 10: Sowing and transplanting the seedlings are done manually. You feel much better afterwards. Plus, you get to do a firsthand Farmville instead of using the keyboard. Talk about a real Farmville brought to life.
7 of 10: Early shooters. The gourds after just a week of transplanting, looking savvy and healthy. Easy does it, at this time, they are fed with fermented fruit juice and watched carefully for weeds. In no time, this once rocky yard will be transformed to a sea of greens.
8 of 10: Water source. About half a kilometer from the water source, water is transported to these tanks via a series of self-made ram pumps. These tanks are preparatory for the next phase of the project: drip irrigation wherein rain water is collected too for self-sustainability.
9 of 10: The gourds are excellently responding to the organic fermented fruit juice nutrient that we feed it, derived from fruits that we pick off the ground from some trees around us. They're organic, as well as very environment-friendly.
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Earlier today, a video surfaced of Eagles receiver Riley Cooper using one of the ugliest words in the English language.
We weren't entirely sure that it was Cooper, so we waited to address it. Cooper has now addressed it, with an apology.
"I am so ashamed and disgusted with myself," Cooper said in a statement released by the team. "I want to apologize. I have been offensive. I have apologized to my coach, to Jeffrey Lurie, to Howie Roseman and to my teammates. I owe an apology to the fans and to this community. I am so ashamed, but there are no excuses. What I did was wrong and I will accept the consequences."
The video was first posted by CrossingBroad.com. In it, Cooper says, "I will jump that fence and fight every n—– in here."
Cooper is being counted on to step up in 2013, now that receiver Jeremy Maclin is out for the year. Instead, he has provided the organization with an unwanted distraction that may only go away when Cooper does.


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Living in Germany, with a population of some 80 million people, means living in one of Europe's most populous countries; a cosmopolitan place of diversity and modernity. As a result of different regional earldoms and monarchies throughout Germany's history, each city has its own unique personality and character. This makes the country as a whole a fascinating place to live in or just visit. Our relocation to Germany didn't bring many surprises to me as I've been visiting this country since I was a child. My husbands enthusiasm as a first timer, on the other hand, inspired me to write this post. Being temporarily relocated to this beautiful country, we both enjoy our time here living a life between locals and tourists!
Our neighborhood in Hamburg suburbs
There are numerous reasons to visit Germany, although reasons are not always necessary to my opinion, but 8 are the ones you need to know if you are not familiar with this country at all.
1.Germany is a Safe and Secure Country
Germany is considered one of the safest countries in Europe. Crime is at a very low level, and there is a low risk for travelers when it comes to pickpockets or threat. The German people are great hosts, and most will try to help if they spot you are in any difficulty. Their politeness and good manners guarantee that you'll end up having a positive experience as a traveler in their country overall.
2.The Autobahn
Whether you are a car enthusiast or just have a need for speed, if you don't visit Germany by car you need to rent one just so that you can make a trip down the legendary autobahn. There are no speed limits, so you will be able to live on the edge at high speeds without having to look over your shoulder, and it's completely safe!
Visiting the City park & the Baltic Sea near Hamburg
3.Natural Attractions Abound
Take a trip into the German country side and you could be forgiven for thinking you've entered another world. Germany is, after all, a land of fairy-tales. Home country of the Grimm brothers, offers a variety of landscapes and natural wonders such as the Black Forest. With the beaches of the Baltic Coast, the towering peaks of the Bavarian Alps and the countless rivers which criss-cross the country – including the Danube and the Rhine – Germany could be the ideal destination for visitors keen to appreciate it's abundant natural beauty.
4.Germany is a fantastic country for outdoor activities!
The choice of activities is almost unlimited: walking, biking, camping, sailing, gardening, kayaking, canoeing and boating, skiing, horse riding, , etc.
With it's public transportation or the legendary autobahn, it is relatively easy to go from one region to the next and to practice many outdoor activities in a short period of time.
You could also be part of one of the numerous clubs that organize outdoor activities. There are literally thousands of such clubs throughout Germany and most Germans are members of at least one club, sometimes two or three. You're sure to find one that suits your interests!
Hamburg city center
5.The Fine Arts are Top of the Line
If you are interested in fine arts, then there are not many better places to visit than Germany. It has a few hundred theaters, more than one hundred professional orchestras and even more museums and collections of famous pieces. Even if you aren't that interested in fine arts, you will surely be astonished as some of the masterpieces that you will come across in in this country.
6.The Food
This should really be closer to the top of the list. Germans have over 1,000 different types of sausages to go along with their famous sauerkraut and potato salad. They aren't shy about their portions, either. What many people don't know is the fact that German cuisine is so much more than just sausage and potatoes. Depending on where in Germany you stay you will find a big variety of traditional and comfort foods. The area around Hamburg is known for fresh fish dishes while the South known for all types of foods made of pork. Don't forget to try traditional German bread and I'm sure you will be amazed by it as to my opinion could easily claim the title for "the best bread in the world". Overall, whether you are a local or a tourist, you will be fed well when you are in Germany.
7.Flеa Markets
Perusing flea markets in this country is like being kid in a candy store. In Germany flea markets are held every weekend in almost each village and the sheer assortment of antiques, vintage and second-hand home decor on offer is overwhelming. Indeed you can buy here even real antiques for mere pennies. If you are anything like me you will adore Germany just for its flea markets.
Christmas market & traditional wurst dish (Pixabay images)
By the end of November this country looks better than at any time during the year. With Christmas markets with over 500 years of recorded history, Germany is a magical place to be during the most wonderful time of the year. Did you know that decorating trees tradition started here?If you are planning to visit Germany during Christmas be prepared to be amazed by numerous fairs and real performances organized at the streets. Don't forget to try the famous gluhwein (warm spicy wine).
Our time here is about to end but one thing is for sure… we will be visiting Germany again and again for all these reasons and much more!
Till next time…


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A four-week Intensive Introduction to American Law program in Istanbul (July 2 to 29) will provide legal and business practitioners from around the world with an overview of American law as it operates in the global business environment. The curriculum will be taught by Penn State Law professors known globally for their expertise in antitrust, arbitration, contracts, international choice of law, the U.S. regulation of international business, property, advocacy, and writing. The certificate program includes eight different classes taught over two, two-week semesters.
"The global demand for practitioners with a fundamental understanding of American law, especially as it relates to international commerce, is growing exponentially," said Philip J. McConnaughay, dean of Penn State University Dickinson School of Law. "Yeditepe University is the ideal place to conduct this program because of the importance of Istanbul as a cultural, economic, and financial center of both Europe and Asia," he added.
"We also think of the program as a stepping stone for students who may be interested in doing a master of laws degree in the U.S.," said Professor Karen Bysiewicz, director of graduate and international programs at Penn State Law. Program participants who subsequently enroll in Penn State's LL.M. program will receive a full credit of their $4,200 summer program tuition toward their Penn State LL.M.
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Wild Morrow, rough inning down Blue Jays
Righty's eight walks, Boston's big third too much as late rally falls short
TORONTO -- The biggest storyline for Brandon Morrow during Spring Training was his lack of fastball command. It was a work in progress throughout camp, and apparently is still an issue almost a month into the season.
Toronto's right-hander has the type of velocity most pitchers can only dream of, but that doesn't really mean anything unless he can throw it in the zone. That was next to impossible vs. the Red Sox, and the end result was yet another short outing from a Blue Jays starter.
Morrow walked a career-high eight batters and allowed four runs over just 2 2/3 innings and the Blue Jays came up short in their late-inning rally with a 7-6 loss to Boston on Saturday afternoon at Rogers Centre.
"I was all over the place for a lot of it," Morrow said after his fifth appearance of the season. "It's not a good feeling when you can take the blame for the game and put it squarely on your shoulders. I came in with one goal, and that was to pitch late into the game and keep us in it. I let down the team in a big way today."
Morrow has been using his fastball less this season, and one line of thinking is that it's because he has struggled to throw it for strikes. According to FanGraphs, Morrow entered play on Saturday using his fastball just 49.5 percent of the time, which is down from 52.6 percent in 2013 and 57.6 percent in 2012.
Unlike a curveball or splitter, though, the fastball isn't a pitch that can be temporarily tossed aside until the problem is fixed. The fastball remains Morrow's bread and butter, and he kept trying to get a feel for it against Boston, but couldn't seem to locate it down in the zone. As a result, he walked two batters in each of the first two innings, and then walked four in a row during the third before getting pulled from the game.
It was just the 11th time in franchise history that a Blue Jays pitcher has walked eight batters in a game. The club record is nine, and is held by Chris Carpenter, Pat Hentgen, Jim Clancy and Jesse Jefferson. Morrow also became the first pitcher in either league to walk at least eight batters in less than three innings since Kerry Wood did it with the Cubs on Sept. 22, 2000.
The Blue Jays appeared to take issue with a lot of calls from home-plate umpire Jeff Kellogg. There were a number of borderline pitches that Kellogg called balls, and there was visible frustration shown on the field by Morrow and catcher Dioner Navarro. Pitching coach Pete Walker eventually got tossed in the third inning for voicing his displeasure with Kellogg. After the game, though, neither Morrow or manager John Gibbons used that as an excuse.
"I don't get into the umps back there," Gibbons said. "It's also tough to call balls and strikes when you're scattering it pretty good. When you're wide and high and then you paint one, that's not an easy assignment back there either."
Morrow departed in the third with two outs and the bases loaded. Right-hander Chad Jenkins came in and promptly surrendered a grand slam to A.J. Pierzynski and a solo shot to Will Middlebrooks. Even though those were the first hits of the afternoon for Boston, it was still enough to push six runs across the plate.
That brought Morrow's walk total to 16 in 22 1/3 innings, and he has pitched more than five innings just once this season. He's the first American League pitcher to walk at least eight in less than three innings since Yankees starter Steve Adkins did it on Sept. 12, 1990.
The disappointing start from Morrow is a continuation of what has become a trend for Toronto's pitching staff. The Blue Jays have allowed at least seven runs in each of their past four games and have surrendered an average of nine runs per game over that same span. The club's starters have thrown six innings or more just 10 times and own a 4.65 ERA in 24 games this season.
"It's embarrassing to not be able to command your fastball," said Morrow, who threw just 26 of his 65 pitches for strikes. "I had decent command of the other stuff. I threw my curveball for strikes, my split for strikes for the most part, was just wild with the fastball. Mainly arm side and up. That's number one what you have to do, is command the fastball to be successful."
Toronto's offense got off to a quick start vs. right-hander Clay Buchholz as Jose Reyes and Melky Cabrera reached base to open the game. Reyes eventually came around to score on a wild pitch while Jose Bautista and Navarro each added RBI singles, but Toronto went scoreless the rest of the way vs. Buchholz.
The Blue Jays did make things interesting late in the game. Juan Francisco got things started in the eighth inning with a solo home run to straightaway center field off reliever Junichi Tazawa for his second in as many games. Pinch-hitter Edwin Encarnacion later added an RBI single and Toronto went on to load the bases. Boston manager John Farrell then called upon his closer, Koji Uehara, who got Cabrera to pop out and end the threat.
Bautista brought the Blue Jays even closer when he led off the bottom of the ninth inning with a solo shot to left field. It was the first home run Uehara allowed since June 30, 2013, which also was hit by Bautista. Toronto then put runners on first and second with two outs, but Encarnacion lined out to end the game.
"They have had success against both Tazawa and Koji," Farrell said. "The last time Koji gave up a home run was to Bautista last summer. I'm well aware of what Tazawa's numbers are against these guys. ... They put some good swings on it."


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That was the case, to varying degrees, for the six California women featured in Showtime's new reality series "the Real L Word."
The "L Word" girls shared their coming out stories with CBS News.
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"At 26, I met a girl, who, even though she was wearing a matching argyle socks and vest ensemble, held my attention," she remembers. Eventually, a "light bulb went off in my head, and I realized that I was gay."
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She had a secret affair with a woman, she tells CBS News, but was confused because she "hadn't lost my attraction to or interest in men."
She used to fear being labeled "by society," - a fear she no longer has, now that she has found true love in co-star Nikki Weiss.
"By this point, I still hadn't 'come out' but did begin to grow more honest and proud of my open-mindedness, my sexual fluidity. Then I met my fiancee, an amazing woman with whom I'd spend the rest of my life," she gushes. "Being with her was the first time I wanted to shout about my love from the rooftop. Society will label me what they will, I am in a gay relationship. All I know is that I found the person of my dreams and I no longer struggle with what to call my orientation."
Weiss had no idea "who she was" until she found herself attracted to a "very confident, sexy, out lesbian."
Weiss told herself she wasn't really cheating because her love affair was with a woman. "In retrospect, how very selfish of me," she says.
But after that I "knew I was gay and I struggled for a year to come to terms with it, hurting my husband terribly with lies and deceit," she says. "I loved myself enough to live an honest life, and I loved him enough to let him go to do the same."
"My friend called my mother to 'out' me, she says." To my surprise my mother said she had a feeling (that I was a lesbian). She said I had her full support and that if anyone in the family didn't, it was their loss."
"My coming out really just broke down to me bringing a girl home one day instead of a boy," she says. "Removing the boundaries of who I can love allowed me to really own my sexuality at a young age. Feeling confident and matter-of-fact about that transferred over into my life as a whole."
"Although I was raised Catholic and attended private school for the majority of my youth, I have been on my own financially since the age of 17," she says. "I was never been very close with my family, so I did not give them a chance to have an opinion about my sexuality."


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Russia said Friday that decision by Western nations to support the Syrian opposition in its battle to oust President Bashar Assad would only intensify the two-year conflict.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said that moves announced in Rome on Thursday "in spirit and in letter directly encourage extremists to seize power by force, despite the inevitable sufferings of ordinary Syrians that entails."
The Obama administration said it would provide non-lethal aid directly to Syrian rebels, while also announcing an additional $60 million in assistance to Syria's political opposition.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and senior officials from 11 other countries most active in calling for Assad's ouster signed a statement saying they had agreed on "the need to change the balance of power on the ground."
Britain and France, which Kerry visited earlier this week as part of his first official trip as secretary of state, have signaled they want to supply rebels with defensive military equipment. The European Union still bars the provision of weapons and ammunition to anyone in Syria, but is expected to issue new guidance in the near future.
In Moscow, a onetime close confidant of Assad who defected last year said Friday that Russia and the United States could act as co-guarantors of a ceasefire in Syria.
Manaf Tlass, a former elite army commander in town for talks with senior Russian officials, said that Russia and the United States could act as co-guarantors of a ceasefire in Syria.
"We need Russia and the U.S., who would support the Syrian people and could put pressure on the regime. If that happens it will be the way out and will be good for the Syrian people," Tlass said outside the Russian Foreign Ministry.
Tlass added that Assad's possible resignation was not up for discussion, saying, "there should be no dictatorial regimes in the modern world."
Throughout the two-year conflict, during which over 70,000 have died, Russia has shielded Assad's regime at the U.N. Security Council from sanctions. Moscow also has rejected calls for Assad to quit, saying his government and rebels should pursue talks.
Nonetheless, Russia has signaled it may be prepared to take a more conciliatory stance in recent months as prospects for Assad's regime to hold on have dimmed. Most recently, Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested Moscow should listen to Western arguments for solving the crisis after meeting his French counterpart, Francois Hollande, on Thursday.


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Better stereo for Roadster 1.5?
Better stereo for Roadster 1.5?
I went with the basic blaupunkt when I ordered the car and been getting around to re-doing the stereo. But that day has always been tomorrow and it seems like tomorrow never comes.
As for getting a jamming single din unit, there's not a lot out there. Especially if you want a big screen and don't want to cover the vents. I've have various headunits in the past in other cars with the popup screeens and always gave trouble a while.
But at least there's gotta be 1000's of different headunits available for single din still. My stereo shop keeps wanting to get there hands in there and do it, but I'm a little afraid of what they might do.
Then again having a crappy stereo is part of a real sports car? (ha)
I went with the base audio pkg knowing I would upgrade and the Tesla upgrade was crap. I replaced my head unit with a Kenwood KVT-696 along with the BT and Nav modules, works great. I also put in an amp to drive the Focal speakers I put in, had a custom subwoofer put in on the passenger footwell and a Audison digital sound processor installed and its a magnificent sounding upgrade top on or off.
which Focal speakers did you go with? PC165? After installing new head unit and amplifier, did your driving range decrease.
Hello. So in a strange bit of synchronicity I saw a post on engadget about an enterprising young man in Florida who turned his ipad mini into a stereo head-end the same day my bracked in my Roadster (Validation Prototype 0019) broke.
Anyone tried ipads using the alpine head-end? did it work? Anyone have a good suggestion of someone in the bay area who could do the mod for me?
Try this JL Audio 8W3v3-4 Subwoofers.
Hi all. So I've decided. I'm going to replace the entire system with an iPad mini and some sort of head end, will report back!


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European captain Paul McGinley on Tuesday completed his Ryder Cup team for Gleneagles by naming Lee Westwood, Ian Poulter and Stephen Gallacher as his three wild cards.
That meant there was no place for former world number one Luke Donald as Europe look to claim an eighth win in the last 10 stagings of the biennial contest against the United States on September 26-28.
Westwood has made eight consecutive appearances since making his debut in 1997, winning 21 points from 37 matches.
The 41-year-old finished seventh in the Masters in April and won in Malaysia the following week, but suffered a slump in form until a final round of 63 in the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational in August.
He also shared the lead after the first round of the US PGA Championship before finishing 15th, but failed to advance beyond the first FedEx Cup play-off event.
Gallacher came agonisingly close to securing an automatic place on the team by finishing third in the Italian Open on Sunday, just one shot out of the share of second place he required.
However, McGinley stayed on in Turin after missing the cut and witnessed the Scot card a flawless closing 65 to record his 10th top-10 finish of a qualifying campaign which also saw him retain his Dubai Desert Classic title in February.
Poulter has earned the nickname 'Mr Ryder Cup' and it is hard not to see why. This is the third time he has needed a wild card to make the team, but he has raised his game on every occasion and none more so than at Medinah in 2012.
The 38-year-old won all four of his matches and famously birdied the last five holes alongside Rory McIlroy to beat Jason Dufner and Zach Johnson in the Saturday fourballs. He also beat Webb Simpson in the singles to take his record to an amazing 12 wins from 15 matches.
"I'm in a privileged position in that I had a variety of choices and it says a lot about the European Tour and the standards we have now in Europe, the quality of the picks I have and how far we've come over the years for me to have such an abundance of talent to choose from," McGinley said.
"There are some real quality players who have performed incredibly well who are not going to make the team. It was a very difficult call to those guys involved but on the positive side I think we have three players that will add a lot to the nine already qualified who make the European team as strong as it needs to be to take on the might of America."
McGinley likened Gallacher's efforts in Turin to the way he put himself in position to make the Ryder Cup team back in 2004.
"I think his performance last week in Italy, under the spotlight, was huge," McGinley said. "He'll look back at that at the end of his career, whatever he goes on to achieve, as one of the highlights of his career, if not the highlight.
"I know from experience, I look back on my career as I come to the close of it now, at my performance in 2004 on the very last event to get my head in front and into the team. I look back on that as one of my proudest moments as a professional golfer, and Stevey will feel like that this morning. What he did, how he did it, all credit to him."
Asked how he felt now looking at his full line-up for the event, McGinley said: "Excitement is the word. Excitement is what I want the players to feel and there's certainly that. Stevey Gallacher, as you can imagine, I said, 'Stevey, you can go and have a drink and celebrate', and he said, 'Is that okay? Can I have a drink?' so he is taking this seriously no doubt.
"I'm very proud for him being Scottish. Again I'm lucky in that I've played a Ryder Cup in my home country so I know what it's going to feel like for Stevey and how proud he's going to be.
"Lee, despite the fact he's played so many times in the Ryder Cup, there's a real sense of pride on the phone that he made the team. He's very gracious, very humble about that fact he's going to be on this team. And well, Ian Poulter is a bundle of energy when you speak to him, you could feel the energy coming down the phone and you could feel the excitement. They were the easy phone calls, I have to say.
"The difficult ones were made too. Francesco Molinari, I just want to mention too. He was a very serious contender. We gave him a lot of thought, a lot of consideration and, just like Luke, he was incredibly humble and incredibly accepting of my decision even though it was a very difficult call to make. I couldn't have asked for two guys to accept the decision in a better way."
McGinley said that Donald had not been expecting the call saying he had missed out, making it all the more difficult for the captain to break the news to an old friend.
"It was a very, very difficult conversation for a number of reasons, personal more than anything else," he said.
"My relationship with Luke is very close, he's a guy that when he played his first ever Ryder Cup match I was his partner. Every Ryder Cup he's been involved in, I've been involved in.
"The only one we've missed recently was 2008 and we both missed the same one.
"I played twice with Luke on the team in 2004 and 2006 and then obviously as vice-captain in 2010 and 2012, and it was very much my brief from the two captains Colin Montgomerie and Jose Maria that Luke was one of the guys I was looking after so I forged a very strong relationship with him for a number of reasons.
"He's been an incredible performer over the years and his Ryder Cup record is absolutely outstanding. He's a player that will no doubt go on to make many more appearances in the Ryder Cup and it was a very, very difficult call that I had to make, but one that I had to do in the interests of the European team."
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xoxoxoe's #CBR4 Review #20: Dropped Names: Famous Men and Women As I Knew Them, by Frank Langella
In Frank Langella's new book, Dropped Names: Famous Men and Women As I Knew Them, the stage and screen actor does just that. The actor, who is perhaps best known for his sexy version of Count Dracula in Dracula and his recent turn as Richard Nixon inFrost/Nixon (he won a Tony for the play and was nominated for an Oscar for the film) has not only had a varied career, but spent it with some interesting and unexpected people.
Dropped Names has its share of bitchy moments — Langella doesn't like everyone he writes about (cough, cough, Lee Strasberg), but it's not a mean book. Because the majority of the subjects have passed on, it feels more like a series of tributes. As Langella is concentrating on his impressions of other people, it isn't strictly biography, either. Facts about his life and career as an actor can be pieced together from the disparate stories, but the book is (mostly) free of ego, which is remarkable for an actor's memoir.
|In the role that made him a star, Dracula
Each chapter is in the order of the actor or entertainment figure's passing, so the chapters jump about a bit in chronology. This adds to the feeling of just sitting around with Langella and listening to him drop names, one story leading to another. It makes for an entertaining read, and as the author suggests in his preface, the reader could hop around the book, from subject to subject. There is a kaleidoscope effect at times, as certain profiles overlap, as if Langella, by focusing on a different person at the same event, is telling the same story from a slightly different perspective.
The gossip and anecdotes flow freely. The chapters that prove the most interesting are usually about people Langella knew well, such as his close friend Raul Julia. He includes a touching tribute to a fellow actor who started as a man-crush and then turned into a deep, loving friendship, "In this era when young male stars seem a sexless set of store-bought muscles set below interchangeable screw-top heads with faces of epic blandness — sheep trying to look like bulls — Raul defined real masculinity."
His chapter on Julia crosses over with ones on Jill Clayburgh and George C. Scott. The three actors were appearing in a play together in 1984, Noel Coward's Design for Living, directed by Scott. In quite a few instances Langella proves himself to be on the touchy side, as friendships flounder, "For a year or more afterward Jill and I stayed in contact … But an incident so small and petty; a series of unreturned phone calls not worth the ink to explain, caused us to drift apart. I will forever regret the loss of those irretrievable years." We have all had similar experiences. You don't need to be a temperamental actor to throw a hissy fit that you regret later.
|Al Hirschfeld's illustration of Jill Clayburgh, Raul Julia, and Langella in Design for Living
Sometimes he just hints at an actor's identity, as he does in a passage with George C. Scott, who shares his disdain for The Method. "I had worked recently with one star who was on the rise. A street-smart wise guy and Actors Studio devotee. I mentioned his name. 'An asshole,' said George, 'a talentless fucking asshole. The guy wouldn't know syntax if it came up and bit him. You need brains to be an actor.'" Most likely the actor, who the reader can have fun trying to guess his identity, is still alive, and Langella doesn't want to drop his particular name just yet.
Dropped Names can be best enjoyed if you have a love and knowledge of Old Hollywood and a passing knowledge of New York theater. Langella is as much of a fan of actors as his audience, which makes him especially endearing. He can be bitchy, too — frustrated with their egos, alcoholism, and tantrums. His glimpses into behind-the-scenes film and the theater convey how especially hard Hollywood can be on an older actor or actress:
Miss [Ida] Lupino's need was of no matter to our director and his producers. When I asked him why they had let her go, he said: "Oh she's brilliant, but we just don't have time for her."
It is generally true in my profession that a faulty camera or an incorrect prop will often be given more attention and time than a worthy actor in need. And also true that idiot actors who come on the set stoned or drunk with petty or moronic demands are far more indulged than ones who calmly ask intelligent questions. Management likes to feel superior to actors and Miss Lupino's searching mind was clearly intimidating to them.
He also gives a knowing peek into Hollywood filmmaking at its most excessive:
Cutthroat Island … remains, in my film experience, the single most egregious example of excess I have ever witnessed in the movie world. Writers being paid $100,000 a week to punch up horrible dialogue with inane jokes, private cooks serving gourmet food to the Harlins under a cozy tent while hundreds of extras being paid less than minimum-wage stood in the freezing rain for hours …
|As Richard Nixon in Frost/Nixon
And that was just for starters. Langella is most amusing about his own perceived failures. About a film called The Wrath of God, which co-starred film legends Robert Mitchum and Rita Hayworth, he says, "The worst is my performance, terrible dialogue, and a horse who hated me." He did enjoy the deadpan cool and wit of Robert Mitchum, "Get out your pencil, Frank, and take this down. Herewith a list of the ten dullest actors in Hollywood. They are: Gregory Peck." I have to say I agree with Mitch 100% on that one. Langella also managed a brief liaison with Hayworth, who was in the early stages of Alzheimers, although he didn't know it at the time.
Movie buffs will be interested to hear about his close encounters with Elizabeth Taylor, Laurence Olivier, Tony Curtis, etc. Some of his interactions are not much more than fan encounters, which is refreshing. What may be surprising to some is how he came in close proximity to Jackie O and her friends, the wealthy high society family the Mellons, through a youthful theater apprenticeship and friendship with Bunny Mellon's daughter Liza. This opened up an entire lifestyle, and even a brief relationship with the former First Lady.
Langella is not afraid to name names — as long as the subject is deceased. But after reading Dropped Names it's impossible not to wonder how many more stories he could tell, if he included people who are still living.
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Fantastic fountain
Fly Ranch Geyser in Black Rock Desert, Nevada, may look like a colorful plastic artwork, but it is in fact a natural phenomenon, albeit accidentally created by human hand
The Fly Ranch Geyser regularly spouts water high into the air in the U.S. state of Nevada, right in the middle of the desert. It lies 32 kilometers north of Gerlach (the gateway to the annual Burning Man Festival), where it was accidentally created in 1964 after a failed drilling attempt. The water rising from the depths sluices minerals, micro-organisms and algae to the earth's surface, where they keep the geyser and its unique ecosystem steadily growing and its colors vivid against the blue sky.