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Finally, on January 1st 2010 Kazakhstan took over the Chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).
Kazakhstan began its one-year chairmanship of the OSCE and reaffirmed its commitment to uphold the fundamental principles and values of the Organization, to proceed according to the interests of all participating States and to strengthen the role of the OSCE as a significant platform for dialogue contributing to security in the wider Eurasian space.
Kazakhstan is assuming the extremely important mission of the Chairmanship
of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) with a sense of
great responsibility. Our country will embark on its Chairmanship during one of the most complicated periods in modern history.
President of Republic of Kazakhstan - N. Nazarbayev Speech over the Chairmanship of the OSCE:
Нурсултан Назарбаев обратился к участникам заседания Постоянного Совета ОБСЕ
Девизом казахстанского председательства будут четыре "Т" - "Trust" (доверие), "Tradition" (традиции), "Transparency" (транспарентность) и "Tolerance" (толерантность).
В своем видеообращении Глава государства изложил основные подходы к деятельности ОБСЕ, огласил девиз и приоритеты Казахстана на посту председателя Организации.
Нурсултан Назарбаев подчеркнул, что председательство Казахстана будет основываться на таких принципах, как доверие, традиции, транспарентность и толерантность.
This is just an amazing video of wildlife in Africa.
http://www.BattleAtKruger.com.
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Winner! YouTube's Best Eyewitness Video.
A battle between a pride of lions, a herd of buffalo, and 2 crocodiles at a watering hole in South Africa's Kruger National Park while on safari.
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Featured on National Geographic, Animal Planet, ABC, and MSNBC!
Top Hip-Hop and RnB record producers:
1. Scott Storch
2. Dr. DRE
3. Luis Resto
Scott Storch's Top 25 Beats:
He is a Canadian record producer. He has found success in many genres of music, particularly hip hop, pop, and R&B. He has his own record label, Storch Music Company and his own music production company, Tuff Jew Productions LLC. In 2006, Rolling Stone estimated that Storch had earned over $70 million in his career. According to a 2007 Forbes article, "Hip Hop Cash Kings," Storch was one of the highest-paid people in the music industry in 2007, having earned $17 million in that year. His fee per track was around $85,000, exclusive of publishing royalties. In July 2008, it was reported that Storch was unable to pay over $500,000 in late property taxes, and a warrant was issued for his arrest for failure to appear at his child-support hearing. According to his attorney, there had been "mismanagement" of Storch's finances.
Dr. DRE's Top 25 Beats:
He is an American record producer, rapper, record executive, and actor. He is the founder and current CEO of Aftermath Entertainment and a former co-owner and artist of Death Row Records, also having produced albums for and overseeing the careers of many rappers signed to those record labels, such as Snoop Dogg, Eminem and 50 Cent. As a producer he is credited as a key figure in the popularization of West Coast G-funk, a style of rap music characterized as synthesizer-based with slow, heavy beats. Dr. Dre has said that his primary instrument in the studio is the Akai MPC3000, a drum machine and sampler, and that he often uses as many as four or five to produce a single recording. He cites George Clinton, Isaac Hayes and Curtis Mayfield as primary musical influences. Unlike most rap producers, he tries to avoid samples as much as possible, preferring to have studio musicians re-play pieces of music he wants to use, because it allows him more flexibility to change the pieces in rhythm and tempo. In 2001 he told Time magazine, "I may hear something I like on an old record that may inspire me, but I'd rather use musicians to re-create the sound or elaborate on it. I can control it better." Other equipment he uses include the E-mu SP-1200 drum machine and other keyboards from such manufacturers as Korg, Rhodes, Wurlitzer, Moog, and Roland.
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Luis Resto
He is an american hip hop producer and keyboardist who has worked closely with rapper Eminem since his third major-label album The Eminem Show. He is of Puerto Rican descent, with both of his parents from Puerto Rico, and was raised in Detroit (Garden City), Michigan. He has played the keyboard for several Eminem-produced tracks and is credited for additional production on most Eminem-produced tracks on Encore. He's got his own Business Venture - Resto World Music.
Bass Brothers are recruiting New Jumpstyle Dance Music
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Hey, let's take one last look at the Top 10 Songs of 2009.
AOL Radio listeners rating.
10. Jason Derulo 'Whatcha Say'
What's it about? The lyrics are about the not-so-original scenario of girlfriend catching boyfriend cheating.
Did you know? Sampling Imogen Heap's 'Hide and Seek,' the song is a first for up-and-coming R&B singer, whose self-titled debut album drops in Spring 2010.
9. Owl City: 'Fireflies'
What's it about? Adam Young, project-creator of Owl City, wrote this song about insomnia, which features guest vocals by Relient K frontman Matt Thiessen.
Did you know? Six months ago the humble Young was living in his parents' basement in Owatonna, Minnesota, stuck in a low-paying job. 'Fireflies,' among his other songs, was originally written merely for his own amusement, not necessarily intended to share with others.
8. Flo Rida: 'Right Round'
What's it about? Based around Dead or Alive's 1984 hit 'You Spin Me Round (Like a Record),' the song is about his night at strip club.
Did you know? The song was produced as a studio experiment, where audio mixer Dr. Luke provided the sample and Flo Rida recorded his lyrics over the song.
7. Kelly Clarkson: 'My Life Would Suck Without You'
What's it about? Though the title seems self-explanatory, there is a little more to this fast-paced pop song than you may think. Clarkson sings that she and her boyfriend are dysfunctional and fight often, but for some reason he makes her life better and she cannot let him go.
Did you know? Our 7th top song of 2009 now holds the Billboard 100 record for largest leap to the No. 1 position.
6. Kings of Leon: 'Use Somebody'
What's it about? A touching sentiment of fragility, the lyrics are about feeling lonely on the road. The song was inspired from a falling-out lead vocalist Caleb had a couple years ago with the other band members in Glasgow.
Did you know? The song gave the group their first Top 40 hit, reaching No. 4 on the U.S. Billboard 100, No. 2 on the UK and Australian Singles chart, as well as topping charts in Norway, Germany, Canada, Belgian and other countries in 2009.
5. Black Eyed Peas: 'I Gotta Felling'
What's it about? Admit it -- you've blasted this top 2009 song once or twice while getting ready to go out, or danced along to it at a club or house party with friends. It's catchy, and well, pretty self-explanatory.
Did you know? The dance number was produced by Will.i.am and French house DJ David Guetta, the latter making an appearance in the music video along with Katy Perry, American rapper Kid Cudi, and model/actress Chantal Jones.
4. Lady GaGa: 'Face'
What's it about? Despite its upbeat electropop vibe, the song denotes a darker meaning of not "sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll" but rather, "sex, gambling, and bisexuality."
Did you know? Lady GaGa says she wrote the song as a tribute to her rock 'n' roll boyfriends.
3. Iyaz: 'Replay'
What's it about? 2009's third biggest song is about a girl that he can't get out of his head, resulting in an infectious melody that we "can't keep out" as we're "singin' like na na na everyday" while our "iPod's stuck on replay." Thanks dude -- you really got the point across.
Did you know? Iyaz was discovered by reggae-fusion singer and rapper Sean Kingston, who spotted Iyaz's music video posted on MySpace, originally created for a digital recording class.
2. Jay Sean: 'Down'
What's it about? London-born Jay Sean wrote this song in efforts to "take everyone's mind away from being down."
Did you know? Lil Wayne was not originally featured in the song. As president of the record label the album is under, Lil Wayne surprised Sean with a rap verse following the second verse in a demo. Since it's debut June 30, 2009, the single has reached the Top 5 at the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 2 since September.
1. Taylor Swift: 'You Belong With Me'
What's it about? Swift is in love with a friend and tries to convince him that his girlfriend does not understand him the way that she does.
Did you know? The first lines of our No.1 top song of 2009 were inspired by Swift overhearing a male friend of hers on the phone with his girlfriend. She was berating him for hanging up on her.
Strongly recommended to watch:
"Фрикадельки" лидируют в американском прокате.
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)
Информация о фильме
Название: Облачно, возможны осадки в виде фрикаделек
Оригинальное название: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Год выхода: 2009
Жанр: семейный, мультфильм
Режиссер: Фил Лорд, Крис Миллер
В ролях: Билл Хадер, Анна Фэрис, Джеймс Каан, Энди Сэмберг, Брюс Кэмпбелл, Мистер Ти, Бобби Дж. Томпсон, Бенджамин Брэтт, Нил Патрик Харрис, Эл Рокер
О фильме:
Ученый пытается избавить беднейшую часть человечества от голода, но что-то у него идет не так, и в результате с неба начинают выпадать осадки в виде… еды.
И снова в американском прокате лидирует 3D-мультфильм - "Облачно, временами фрикадельки" в премьерный уикэнд собрал $30 миллионов.
Невероятная история о сумасшедшем ученом, который изобрёл способ превращения воды в еду, вторую неделю остается лидером в рейтинге самых кассовых новинок кинопроката. В России громкая премьера мультика ожидается 22 октября, в отечественной версии его озвучили звёзды бывшего «ОСП»: Александр ПУШНОЙ, Татьяна ЛАЗАРЕВА и Михаил ШАЦ.
Let me begin by saying Merry Christmas.
If it is MERRY.
Is it such a Merry Christmas though ?
I know I am supposed to wish all good things on this occasion. But please, start watching the movie below and come back to me again, okay ?.....
So...., You know what, Let's make this, no, wait, OUR WORLD A Better Place, For You, For Me and For The Entire Human Race ! as RIP M.Jackson said. Start from yourself asking what and how you could contribute for it ?
In the face of WAR, WE have to believe there can be PEACE. In the face of DESPAIR, WE have to believe there can be HOPE. In the face of a POLITICS that's shut us out, that's told us to settle, that's divided us for too long, WE have to believe WE can be ONE PEOPLE, reaching for what's possible, building that more PERFECT UNION...
And this Christmas and coming New Year is a New Chance, may be the LAST !!! SO Let's Start Using This Chance for GOOD !!! For YOU, for ME and for ALL...Let's Meet Really Merry Christmas and New Year !!!
Yours sincerely, like really sincerely,
almaz.
P.S.
I like the new 3D Charles Dickens' timeless tale of an old miser who must face Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet-to-Come as rein-visioned by Robert Zemeckis and staring Jim Carrey.
On the special occasion of 18th anniversary of Kazakhstan's Independence Day there was an official reception with representatives of the Presidential Administration, the Office of the Prime Minister, ministries and departments of the Republic of Poland, foreign diplomats, heads of large companies and the media, the Kazakh Diaspora and students in the Polish capital - Warsaw.
It was noted that such achievements of our country in the foreign policy sphere like chairmanship in the OSCE in 2010 and OIC in 2011 positively influence on implementation of key initiatives of the Kazakh President on further development of the CICA, Congress of leaders of world and traditional religions, and Ministerial Conference "Common World: Progress through Diversity".
In addition, The Kazakh Ambassador expressed hope on Poland's support in the issue of "Path to Europe" program implementation. "Poland has great experience in political and economic transformation and could be one of Kazakhstan's conductors in this program implementation", he said. (Source here)
The event was attended by more than 700 people. At the end the triumph of his members became owners of the publication of a prominent British politician, journalist, writer and author of numerous bestsellers on public figures of Jonathan Aitken "Nazarbaev and the creation of Kazakhstan.".
Let me recall that Kazakhstan declared itself an independent country on December 16, 1991, the last Soviet republic to do so. Its communist-era leader, Nursultan Nazarbayev, became the country's new president. From the onset, Kazakhstan's leaders recognized that building a viable and stable independent state would require a great deal of diplomatic finesse since no one could easily protect this landlocked state from the effects of Russian displeasure in that period of time.
It is a Protest Video against leasing Kazakhstani land to China !!!
As you all know already, Kazakhstan is paving way to lease its land to China.
You all better watch a movie "Cities on Speed" (Cities on Speed, GLOBAL VISIONS FOR an urban FUTURE is a documentary project commissioned by The Danish Film Institute and the national broadcaster DR . The project is a series of four films – Bogotà Change, Mumbai Disconnected, Cairo Garbage, Shanghai Space -, selected through a call for submissions, directed by four different filmmakers who tell character-based stories on four of the world’s largest megacities: Bogotá, Cairo, Mumbai and Shanghai.)
Find this movie and Watch, afterwards ask a question how can we give our land to lease for China ?
How do we prevent cities from collapsing. This is the official trailer for a new feature film series on the megacity issue. Join this exciting journey to Mumbai, Shanghai, Bogotá and Cairo.
Mr. Karim Massimov alleged that it is all falsification and farther from truth, but we do not put trust on our government any longer. It is possible actually. I even guess everything is possible in these times that financial crisis brought about. We need you ! to join our Activity on Facebook, Twitter, Mail.ru, VKontakte, whenever you have time !
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Why Cookbooks Aren't Enough though ?
Okay, so cookbooks can be fun. Mouthwatering pictures. Ethnic cuisines. Inspiring ideas. Maybe you even try a recipe or two.
But, here's what's often wrong with many of them:
1) They tell you to open a can of this or a box of that.
Have you ever looked at the ingredients labels on those cans of cream of mushroom soup or boxes of spanish rice? You'd need a degree in chemistry just to understand it! Whatever happened to real food? You can make a cream of mushroom soup from-scratch in about 15 minutes. And if you time it well, you could probably use the from-scratch cream of mushroom soup in a recipe without adding any additional time to how long it takes you to get dinner on the table.
2) They leave out important information.
Remember what I said about thawing meat? You really want to bring cuts of meat up to room temperature before you start cooking them. A cookbook isn't going to tell you that. It won't tell you what the difference is between cubing, dicing, or mincing. It won't tell you how to care for your frying fats so that you can safely re-use them later. It's easy to become quickly discouraged if you follow a recipe's directions but end up with a disaster (or at least a not-so-appetizing meal) on your hands.
3) They don't teach you how to source ingredients.
For example, not all potatoes are created equal. Some varieties are good for baking, while others are better for potato salad. Most cookbooks don't tell you how to buy ripe peaches or select cuts of meat. They don't tell you why even your store bought whole milk isn't as creamy as the milk your grandmother cooked with when she lived on a farm, or how that might affect the outcome of a recipe. They don't tell you how to find quality cooking oils.
I just recently read a book How To Cook Like Your Grandmother, but there was nothing about Central Asian Cuisine.
Of course, here comes the point that I need our Kazakh Cook Book. I had it actually in Russian and another one in English from Peace Corps in Almaty, but I lost both of them. Unfortunately there are not much information about how to cook real traditional meal with explanations in English, so that it could give people like me -- people like you -- the tools you'd need to start enjoying wholesome, tasty, from-scratch Kazakh Meals.
Hopefully these web pages will empower you to start as well:
http://aboutkazakhstan.com/kazakhstan-people-national-food.shtml
http://www.kazakhstan.orexca.com/kazakhstan_cuisine.shtml