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Friday 29 November 2013

[Unicum] Gingerbread Church

Hi Unicum members!

Real handcrafted gingerbread church for your holiday table!
It is beautiful ,spice-scented and delicious too!
Maximum dimensions: 9"x 9"
Price: 29.- USD
Orders, or any questions please send me email. Hungarian gingerbread recipe contains flour,egg,butter, honey, sugar, baking soda, and spices.
Local pick up!!!! ( Centreville, Virginia)
Above 5 pcs . ordering, we can deliver to your home around DC.

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Wednesday 27 November 2013

Re: [Unicum] Question re Travel Insurance

Paul,

The below is one of the most frequently used travel insurance companies in Hungary:
https://www.allianz.hu/www/hu/utas.html

Also, American Express travel insurance has some pretty good deals and coverage.

As always though, they need to be carefully reviewed and watch for the fine print..

Tibor Fejes
Senior Revenue Manager
P: +1-301-380-7611
C: +1-301-219-1857
tibor.fejes@marriott.com<mailto:tibor.fejes@marriott.com>
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On Nov 27, 2013, at 9:13 AM, "Garcia, Paul A." <pagarcia@ku.edu<mailto:pagarcia@ku.edu>> wrote:

An elderly couple, the parents of a friend, are coming to the USA (Florida) for the winter. Can someone recommend the name or names of reputable travel insurance providers for when they are outside of Hungary? They are 80 and 90 respectively. You can e-mail me offline at pagarcia@ku.edu<mailto:pagarcia@ku.edu>

Thank you.
Paul

(Still trying to learn Hungarian, now tackling Tamasi Aron, "Abel a rengetegben," and enjoying it!)

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[Unicum] Question re Travel Insurance

An elderly couple, the parents of a friend, are coming to the USA (Florida) for the winter. Can someone recommend the name or names of reputable travel insurance providers for when they are outside of Hungary? They are 80 and 90 respectively. You can e-mail me offline at pagarcia@ku.edu

Thank you.
Paul

(Still trying to learn Hungarian, now tackling Tamasi Aron, "Abel a rengetegben," and enjoying it!)

Monday 25 November 2013

[Unicum] Fwd: INVITATION: Book Launch and Cocktail Reception - Helen M. Szablya - My Only Choice: Hungary - 1942 - 1956

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The Embassy of Hungary cordially invites you to a

  Book Launch and Cocktail Reception
to Celebrate

Helen M. Szablya
On the Publication of
My Only Choice: 1942-1956 Hungary - An Autobiography of a Generation in World War 2 and Post-War Hungary
Thursday, December 5 2013
From 7:00 PM

Embassy of Hungary, 2950 Spring of Freedom Street, N.W., Washington D.C. 20008
Autobiography of a generation in World War 2 and Post-War Hungary, the darkest days of Stalinism. The stories of Victims of Communism are equally as important as the stories of Victims of Nazism.
Reading Helen M. Szablya's new book "My Only Choice" will change your life – or at the very least make you appreciate the life you have. How do you choose between youth, and survival? Follow the life of a young girl as she becomes a woman and mother in this true story that reads like a novel for all time. This book is a real page-turner – an adventure story and a love story -- it's the autobiography of her life during both the Nazi and Communist occupations in Budapest, Hungary, 1942 --1956. You will bite your nails, cry and laugh throughout this colorful and well written chronicle. This book demonstrates through her own experience why totalitarian governments of the extreme left and the extreme right are equally intolerant and horrific.
"My Only Choice" is also available electronically on Kindle, ipad, iphone.
"Helen Szablya's story will shed light on dramatic era in European history, one which Americans hardly know and will find fascinating to discover." Anne Applebaum, columnist for the Washington Post
"Hungary's Honorary Consul brings back two lost worlds: Hungary before Communism was imposed upon the nation, and the darkest days of the Stalinist dictatorship. A fascinating and illuminating story." Géza Jeszenszky (former Foreign Minister of Hungary (1990-94)
"Helen Szablya's new book, "My Only Choice," is part of her autobiography, covering Hungary's tragic years between 1942 and 1956. As a seven-year-old girl, she survives the traumas of World War II that many of her fellow Hungarians tried to avoid entering, only to witness her mother's arrest by the communist secret police in 1949. Her cast of characters is taken from life; her descriptions of the psychological and physical landscapes are as truthful as they are memorable. She is a congenital democrat who dislikes with equal fervor the extremes of the political right and left." Charles Fenyvesi, former staff writer for the Washington Post
"A teenager's memories of the days in Stalin's red paradise describing her family's experiences during Hungary's holocaust after WWII." Béla Lipták (Professor Emeritus, Yale University)

"From the eyes and mind of an innocent but precocious young teen, Helen Szablya, paints a picture of how theinconceivable became reality. Hungary as the playground of tyrants in the 1940's, is depicted in its inability to withstand fascism or communism. A personal account, as engrossing as fiction but true, this book serves the lessons of history irresistibly on a silver tray." Annette Lantos-Tilleman-Dick, Daughter of the late Congressman Tom Lantos

Helen M. Szablya, Honorary Consul General of Hungary for WA, OR, and ID, based in Seattle, and Past President of the Washington Press Association, is an award-winning author, columnist, translator, and lecturer. She has two university degrees, speaks six languages, and many of her more than 700 publications have won awards. Helen co-authored "Hungary Remembered", an award-winning, oral history drama/lecture series for the 30th anniversary of the Hungarian Uprising, and "The Fall Of The Red Star," an award-wining novel based on true stories of an illegal scout troop during the 1956 Hungarian Uprising, published for its 40^th anniversary. Her newest book "My Only Choice 1942-1956 Hungary" is the story of her life and through that the story of her native land, as seen by a 7-year old growing up and becoming a mother of three. Szablya recently received the Presidential Order of Merit of Hungary for her consular and cultural work and the Spirit of Liberty award from the Ethnic Heritage Council. Szablya and her late husband, John, escaped Hungary and Communism in 1956 with two toddlers and a newborn. They have seven children, 16 grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren, with a third one on the way. She currently lives in Seattle, WA and is active in her community, including the Hungarian-American Coalition, the Hungarian American Association of Washington and the Seattle-Pécs Sister City Association.
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For more information: Mr. Péter Hlinka - Embassy of Hungary
peter.hlinka@mfa.gov.hu; Tel.: (202) 364 9506
3910 Shoemaker Street | Washington , DC 20008 US

[Unicum] Fw: Nem fog megszunni a Duna World USA elerhetosege, hanem ingyenes lesz ~ [Marketing levél] Duna World sugarzasanak a megszuntetese az USA-ban (2013 december 1-tol) ~ Fw: WorldTV Service Announcement

A Duna World kozonsegszolgalat szerint nem fog megszunni a Duna World sugarzasa az USA terulten, hanem kellemes meglepeteskent ingyenesse valik - amit jo let volna idoben reklamozni ... :-)

According to Duna World customer service Duna World will not be discontinued, instead as a nice surprise it will be free - I just wich they had done a better and more timely advertising ... :-)

..........

Robert

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To:
Sent: Monday, November 25, 2013 5:02 AM
Subject: RE: [Marketing levél] Duna World sugarzasanak a megszuntetese az USA-ban (2013 december 1-tol) ~ Fw: WorldTV Service Announcement

Hamarosan elérhető lesz ugyanazon a műholdon, ahol most a World TV-t nézi előfizetés keretében, a Duna World kódolatlan, ingyenes változata.

Tehát december1-től változatlan módon (egy műholdvevő újrahangolást követően) ingyenesen nézheti a Duna World adását.

A műszaki paramétereket november 20-a után tesszük közzé a képernyőn és honlapunkon (www.mtva.hu/vetel) keresztül.

A receiver-en kell újra behangolni (tune, tuning, satellite scan, transponder search, channel search vagy hasonló elnevezést kell keresni a user manual-ban) a csatornákat. A kártya nem szükséges a vételhez és a Globecast tájékoztatása szerint a megvásárolt receiver alkalmas a Free-to-Air adások vételére, tehát új eszközt elvileg nem kell vásárolnia.

"Tájékoztatjuk észak-amerikai nézőinket, hogy a Duna World műholdas vételének paraméterei megváltoztak. Kérjük hangolja be készülékén a következő adatokat: 11966 MHz, horizontal, SR: 22000, FEC: 3/4, DVB-S QPSK. További információ: http://www.mtva.hu/ vagy +36 1 759-5050 telefonszámon kapható."

Észak-Amerika:

Galaxy 19 műhold

nyugati 97 fok

11966 MHz, horizontal

SR: 22000

FEC: 3/4

DVB-S

QPSK

Üdvözlettel:

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Subject: [Marketing levél] Duna World sugarzasanak a megszuntetese az USA-ban (2013 december 1-tol) ~ Fw: WorldTV Service Announcement

Tisztelt cimzettek,

Az alabbi WorldTV e-mail ertesites szerint ez ev december 1-tol a Duna World sugarzasa meg fog szunni az USA-ban: http://www.globecastwtv.com/America/WhatsOnWTV/Channel.aspx?ChannelId=241 Lehet, hogy mar onok is ertesultek, de ha esetleg nem, akkor ezuttal ertesitem onoket es kerem, hogy tegyenek meg mindent annak erdekeben, hogy ez ne kovetkezzen be.

Udvozlettel es koszonettel,

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To:

Sent: Friday, November 15, 2013 7:01 PM
Subject: WorldTV Service Announcement

IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING
YOUR WORLDTV SUBSCRIPTION

Dear valued WorldTV customer,

We regret to inform you that, effective December 1, 2013 the following channels will no longer be available on WorldTV:

Duna World
Duna World Radio

Ch. 719
Ch. 720

Your subscription will automatically be cancelled on December 1, 2013 and you should have received your final invoice at the beginning of October. Please ensure your balance is paid in full to avoid any additional fees. Please return your Smartcard to the address below within 30 days following December 1, 2013:

WorldTV Customer Service
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Please note you can continue to use your set-top box to view our extensive line-up of free-to-air programming.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for being a WorldTV customer. If you have any questions or concerns regarding this notice, please visit our website at http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=27424699&msgid=476759&act=SCIP&c=550549&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.globecastwtv.com or email us at info@globecastwtv.com.

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Friday 22 November 2013

[Unicum] FW: Thank you from the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

The Puli lives on as a come-on for other Smithsonian programs.

From: Smithsonian Folklife [mailto:FOLKLIFE@SI-LISTSERV.SI.EDU] On Behalf Of Smithsonian Folklife Festival
Sent: Friday, November 22, 2013 2:24 PM
To: FOLKLIFE@SI-LISTSERV.SI.EDU
Subject: Thank you from the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

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Dear Friends,

We hope you made it out to the 2013 Smithsonian Folklife Festival this past summer, and explored the cultures and traditions of Hungarian Heritage, One World Many Voices, and The Will to Adorn. We appreciate your support and love of our beloved Festival!

Currently, we are preparing for the 2014 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, featuring programs on China and Kenya (possibly a third program too, yet to be named). Our curators just returned from a week-long trip to China, and I am headed to Kenya this week! Stay tuned for more information on a third program, as well as updates from China, Kenya, and beyond.

We will keep you posted with exciting developments from the upcoming Festival and from around the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, where we are constantly expanding our understanding of the world’s diverse living cultures. Thank you again for sharing your experiences at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival!

Sincerely,

Michael Atwood Mason, PhD.
Director
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

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[Unicum] Tanulj rajzolni es festeni egy gyakorlott muvesztol Learn to draw and paint from an expert artist

Kedves Unicum Tagok

Tapasztalt es turelmes festomuvesz, oktato maganorat valal. Gyermekeknek es felnotteknek Alapfokutol-felsofoku szintig rajz, illustracio es festomuveszeti szakagban. Grafit ceruza, szen ceruza, acrylic es olaj festek mediakban. Az erdeklodoket tudom fogadni Bethesdai lakhelyunkon vagy hazhoz is jovok. Sajatos oktatasi modszeremmel a sikeres elorehaladast garantalom. Csoportos foglalkozas eseten jelentos arengedmenyt ajanlok. Kerdesekkel elerheto vagyok a 727 804-7780 –os telefonszamon illetve a kovetkezo e-mail cimen cadplanet@yahoo.com Angol es magyar nyelven egyarant.
Minta munkaimat ezen a linken lehet megtekinteni

http://www.waverlystreetgallery.com/Schedule/Jan14.htm

Tisztelettel
Gabor

Dear Unicum Members

Experienced and patient professional artist provides tutoring. For children and adults from basic to advanced level training in pencil, charcoal, acrylic and oil medium. I welcome the interested clients in our Bethesda home or I would consider house calls as well. I guarantee success with my specialized teaching technique. I will provide group sessions with a significant discount. With questions please call Gabor at 727 804-7780 or e-mail me to cadplanet@yahoo.com Both English and Hungarian speaking clients are all welcome.
To view some of my samples please visit this link below.

http://www.waverlystreetgallery.com/Schedule/Jan14.htm

Sincerely
Gabor