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New Czech-origin celebrity alerts: Pavelka and Lysacek! / Nove celebrity ceskeho puvodu: Pavelka a Lysacek!

I have not watched the last Bachelor show but I could not help myself noticing the tabloids on the front pages of every magazine: “Jake Pavelka picked the bad girl!“, ” Jake Pavelka cheats on his fiancee“, “Jake Pavelka will be dancing with the Stars!“. I did some quick research on the origin of his last name and my suspicion was confirmed. The name is definitely of a Czech origin ( I could not find any specific details on what side of his parents is actually Czech though). [click to continue…]

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2010 Olympic games were the most successful ever for the Czech Republic/OH 2010 byly pro Cechy zatim ty nejuspesnejsi

Winning 6 medals – it could not get any better for the Czechs! Let’s do a recap:

Martina Sablikova (speed skater) won 2 (!!) gold medals, and one bronze medal
Lukas Bauer (cross country skier) won 1 bronze medal
Sarka Zahrobska (downwill skier) won 1 bronze medal

Sablikova, now the most successful Czech winter Olympic game competitor ever, is not sure what to do with her medals. Should she put them in a safe or should she hang them on her wall so that she can be reminded of her victories every morning when she wakes up? One thing she is sure of though, that tomorrow she is going to start training again….to win more medals. [click to continue…]

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Two Czechs are to conquer frozen lake Baikal / Dva cesi planuji zdolat zamrzle jezero Bajkal

Today left Prague an important travel expedition called the Bargans Bajkal 2010. It consists of 2 extra brave men – Vaclav Sura and Petr Blazek, who are to cross the Siberian Baikal lake on foot, by so-called unsupported style. All of their belongings (food included) will be pulled by those two man on sledges. The trail leads from the south peak of the lake to the north peak and it si ‘mere’ 650 km long, which should take them 4 to 5 weeks to conquer. The slight problem is that the temperatures during this time go as low as minus 30 degrees Celsius. Only one such expedition has been done in the past, so if the Czech one is succesfull it will be a great victory.
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Sablikova is enjoying her victory/ Sablikova si uziva sveho vitezstvi

Not long after the Olympic games began the Czechs have already won their first gold medal. The 22-year-old speed skater, Martina Sablikova, conquered a 3,000-meter long race like it was a piece of cake. But the real piece of cake was waiting for her at the Czech House in Vancouver, fashionably shaped as an ice-skating ring with an image of a speed-skater in the middle. The cake of just the sweet ‘snack’ ,however. Sablikova also received a price of 1,5 million Czech crowns and a one-year-long free supply of Pilsener Urquell!

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Platzek – the “ever-stimulating Bohemian” / Placzek – “neustale stimulujici Bohem”

Does the name Georg Placzek ring the bell? No? Don’t feel bad because it is a name unknown to many Czechs. Mr. Placzek is known mostly in America, since he was (the only Czech!) present for the detonation of the 1st nuclear bomb, which he had also helped to build.

Radio Prague wrote a very nice overview of Placzek’s life and you will be surprised to find out in what ways was he connected to names like Charles Darwin, Neils Bohr, Otto Frish and other famous scientists (click here to read the complete article).

CZ: Rika vam neco jmeno Georg Placzek? Ne? Nebojte se, nejste sami; malokomu z Cechu toto jmeno neco rika. Georg byl znamy zejmena v Americe, kam v roce 1945 emigroval. O par mesicu pozdeji byl jako jediny Cech pritomen u detonace prvni atomove bomby. To ale neni vsechno, byl totiz take jeji spolutvurce.

Radio Praha o nem napsala moc zajimavy clanek, kde se take dovite, jakym zpusobem byl spojeny se jmeny jako je Charles Darwin, Neils Bohr, Otto Frish a dalsimi veleznamymi vedci.

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Milos Forman loves to live on his farm / Milos Forman miluje zivot na svem statku

Do you ever wonder where does Milos Forman live nowadays? He cleverly covered both extremes – a rural farm in Connecticut and an spacey apartment in Manhattan. You can read more about his adventurous living conditions right here (click here).

CZ: Premyslite nekdy o tom, kde vlastne Milos Forman dnes zije? Zajistil si chytre oba extremni typy ubytovani – farmu v Connecticutu a prostorny apartman v New Yorkskem Manhattanu. Vice si o Formanovych zivotnich podminkach muzete precist zde (klepnete zde).

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We have a winner for Miss Vietnam CR! / Ceska Republika Zvolila svou Miss Vietnam CR!

The Vietnamese minority living in the Czech Republic elected today its own beauty queen – or Miss Vietnam CR. Five finalists will travel to Germany next month to compete for the title of Miss Vietnam European Union 2009. “This competition is a great addition for the Vietnamese community since it is showed to the general public in a different light, which in turn will help with the assimilation process…..Vietnamese girls are not only humble, respectful, beautiful and polite but their main goal in life is to get the highest education possible. This kind of attitude may enhance the Czech society.”, says Marcel Winter, the president of the Czech-Vietnamese association. [click to continue…]

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Czech actress Milena Dvorska found dead / Zemrela Milena Dvorska

Earlier this weak died one of my favorite Czech actresses – Milena Dvorska. Her acting career began in 1954 when she was accidentally discovered by a famous Czech actor, Jan Werich. Her persona impressed Werich so much that he picked her to be a fellow actress in a famous Czech fairytale “Byl jednou jeden kral” (Once upon a time there was a king). The movie was an instant success and it did not take Milena long to say good-bye to her nursing career and devote herself to the life of acting. [click to continue…]

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Video: ‘From Behind the Iron Curtain to Membership in the European Union’/Video: Od Zelezne opony k clenstvi v Evropske Unii

One of you guys discovered this great video presentation on the transformation of Czechoslovakia since the end of the Cold War and its impact on international business. The presentation is done by a professor (Peter Petrik) who was born and raised in Czechoslovakia (today Slovakia) and who not only knows his history very well but can also give you some personal insight on it.

CZ: Jeden z vas, ctenaru, objevil vyborne video zabyvajici se transformaci byvaleho Ceskoslovenska od konce studene valky a jaky tato transformace mela efekt na mezinarodni obchod.

From Behind the Iron Curtain to Membership in the European Union from Slovak on Vimeo.

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Party at the Czech embassy (Part 2) /Vecirek na ceske ambasade (cast 2.)

Czechmatediary with Vaclav Klaus Now that you guys know my husband and I actually got through the security check point, let me tell you the details on how it went inside the embassy and how I got to meet the president.

We entered a room filled with about 200 people which led to yet another large room which was filled with about 300 anxious visitors. You could feel the excitement in the air and you could also smell some good Czech cookin’. A few minutes after we surveyed our new surroundings we saw a little commotion in the other room – the president was already giving a speech!! Could we see him? No. Could we hear what was he saying? No. But I am sure it was to the point. Since it was a day after the president had signed the Lisbon treaty he probably touched on that amazing milestone as well in his speech, but once again, I can only guess, since I did not hear a word. [click to continue…]

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