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Czech and Slovak group  in NY posted a great video from NY Times on how to make a rustic bread without kneading. If you have ever attempted making a rusting bread, you know that kneading is a very important part of the whole process. If you don’t do that particular step correctly, you end up with a flat and hard pancake which would be more useful for self-defense than for eating.

This video frees you of this painful step and you can become a professional baker in no time :) .

CZ: Skupina Cechu a Slovaku v NJ a NY postovala vyborne video z NY Times o peceni chleba. Jestli uz jste nekdy zkousely pect cesky chleba, bohuzel to neni jen tak. Hneteni je dulezita cast procesu a kdyz se to neudela spravne, z chleba se stane naprosta tvrda placka, ktera je dobra spis na sebeobranu nez na jezeni.

Toto video vas osvobodi od nekonecneho hneteni a umozni vam stat se profesionalnim pekarem behem peti minut ;) .

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Here is and interesting video I came across. You don’t have to read anything, just watch the groovy transitions in-between faces and wait for the Czech/Slovak mug to appear. Do you agree with the digitized images or not?

CZ: Toto je zajimave video oblicejovych prumeru cele Evropy. Co si o tom myslite?

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Martina Navratilova proved that she can move on the tennis court as well as on the ballroom floor. She happens to be one of the competitors of the famous show  called Dancing with the Stars this year and in her recent interview with the LA Times she explains why she decided to be part of such world. Ever since she was a young girl she was intimidated by dancing and since she has learned to face her fears straight on she joined the biggest dancing competition that’s out there to conquer her fear.
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This young Slovak violist does not only have a talent but also a great sense of humor!
CZ: Tento mlady slovensky violista nepostrada talent ale ani smysl pro humor!

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As many of you are witnessing first hand, the East Coast is covered in snow. A lot of people were left without power for hours, broken trees and branches destroyed numerous homes and caused serious car accidents.

But we Californians take our winter seriously too. As soon as the temperatures hit below 70 we put our hats and scarfs on, slurp on our extra hot Lattes from Starbucks and about 91% of the California female population puts on Ugg boots. [click to continue…]

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Are you ready to compete and win a prize? The rules are simple: watch the following YouTube video and write down in the comment section what movies are these quotes taken out of. There are a total of 23 movie titles you should come up with.

The winner will get a framed picture of the Prague castle (see the attached image). The picture itself is a copy of the original pencil drawing, which is also available  for sale.

CZ: Jste pripraveni soutezit o cenu? Jestli ano, podivejte se na nasledujici video nejlepsich filmovych hlasek z ceske kinematografie. Na videu je ukazano celkem 23 filmu. Jestlize si myslite, ze muzete prijit na vsech 23 filmovych nazvu, napiste je do komentu a ja je ohodnotim, nebot mam pri sobe tahak :) .

A co ze vyhrajete za cenu? Zaramovany obrazek Prazskeho Hradu (viz. foto). Obrazek je kopie originalu, ktery je take k mani.

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Since a lot of Czechs and Slovaks tend to enjoy classical music (myself included), I am pretty sure this YouTube video will be a hit. This 3-year-old boy (yes, a ‘regular’ American kid, nothing Czech or Slovak about him) just fell in LOVE with classical music and you just watch how that love translated into his life:

CZ: Myslim, ze se vsichni schodneme na tom, ze vetsine z nas se libi vazna hudba. Jestlize se nachazite v teto vetsinove skupince, musite se na nasledujici video kouknout. Toto 3-lete dite (je to ‘nudne’ Americke ditko, zadne CS predky nema) se TAK zamilovalo do vazne hudby, ze misto hrani si s hrackami se zabyva necim uuuuuuplne  jinym…..

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The first time I heard the song “Windows are open” by Amos Lee on the radio, my brain almost had a mini-stroke. At first it was telling me that’s the Czech singer Michal Tucny. But then, a few seconds later, the hard reality hit. “Wait, he is singing in English, that must be someone else!”. I restlessly waited for the end of the song to find out who the artist was. And that’s how I found out about Amos Lee.

The funny thing is that not only their voices are almost identical but the song has a very similar melody (especially at the beginning) when you compare it to Michal Tucny’s song called “Abych tu zil”. See for yourself and you will see! It’s amazing!!!!
CZ: Michal Tucny ma dvojnika!!!! Dokonce i ty jejich pisnicky (tedy alespon tahle) zni velmi podobne! Mrnete na vido Amose Lee a pak si poslechnete Michala Tucneho, pisnicku “Abych tu zil”. No nemam pravdu?



 

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This is one of those sentimental posts again so get your handkerchiefs ready. Here are some of those top runners who back then broke almost every girl’s heart:

CZ: Pripravte si kapesnicky, jdeme si zavzpominat na hitovky z roku 1985. Kvuli komu ze budete v pristich peti minutach ronit slzy (nebo naopak dostanete zachvat smichu)? Tady je jen par jmen k pripomenuti:

  • Pavel Hornak
  • Karel Gott
  • Michal David
  • Elan
  • and others…..

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Czech Republic is suffering with floods again this spring and it’s pretty bad. The following video is comes from Frydlant, a Czech quaint (or used to be quaint?) town in the north of the Czech Republic.

CZ: Ceska Republika opet trpi vaznymi zaplavami a to vsude. Nasledujici video pochazi z Frydlantu, malebneho mestecka na severu Czech.

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