Scottsdale Brush Bar pairs pints, painting

Allante Battle is not a painter. At least, that's what he insisted before picking up a brush last weekend and becoming the star student at the Brush Bar in Scottsdale.

The 22-year-old Tempe resident pulled a Thomas Kinkade on his inebriated (some) and admiring classmates.

Maybe he was hustling them with the "I can't paint" bit. Maybe he's naturally gifted and had no idea. Or, maybe it was the liquid inspiration from the Blue Moon beer beside his easel.

The Brush Bar is Bob Ross with booze. The downtown studio features a beer and wine bar in front and a painting area in the back, allowing aspiring Picassos to relax with a Michelob while painting their next, or first, masterpiece.

Gia Ciliento and Brett Strachan, both 26, of Scottsdale, own the place with Ciliento's father, Angelo.Ciliento and Strachan tag-team instruction and bartending, keeping the mood light and fun. An upbeat soundtrack from Ciliento's iPod helps get people singing and dancing, too.

Ciliento and Strachan were inspired by the Denver-based Canvas and Cocktails concept. The Brush Bar opened in August and has stayed pretty busy since, booking private events, conducting outreach to local schools and hosting family nights, open studio time and evening classes.

Classes range in price from $25 to $40, and include all supplies and one drink. After that, it's a cash bar. Some may want a second glass of wine, and others may pony up for a bottle. And, yes, the bar is open during the day when the studio is open for drop-in painting.

"There's no right or wrong to this," Ciliento said into a headset mike in front of a class of 19 who signed up to paint a piece called "Lover's Lane" on a Friday night.

The bar assigns paintings to various evenings throughout the month, so everyone in the class is painting the same subject. Interpretation is up to the artist. Each painter fills his own palette with squirts of acrylic paint from bottles on the side, and then mixes them according to how the teacher instructs, or how their creativity guides them.

The sample "Lover's Lane" featured a rain-slicked, burgundy-toned street, lighted by tall lampposts that reflect into the dark night sky. Battle's interpretation of "Lover's Lane" featured a slate-colored street hugged by snow-capped evergreens and lit by lamps encased in icicles.

"This is the first time I've painted on canvas before. I love it," Battle said, seated next to his impressed girlfriend, Kelsey McCormick. "I was totally thinking this was going to be paint-by-number. I didn't know what to expect."

Lindsay Nordstrom, 33, of Phoenix, was pretty happy with her efforts. She followed Ciliento's instruction as close as she could, shading where she suggested and sticking with the colors on the sample piece.

"If you lean back, it's pretty cool," Nordstrom said, taking in her painting from a few inches back. "It's pretty good. It's OK."

The court ruled the Estonian referendum on issues of Esztergom

MTI - Three issues jointly initiate a referendum in Esztergom Jobbik, LMP, the Socialists and two local civil society organizations. The questions are part of the court approved, overriding the clerk's decision - said the referendum raised the idea of ​​better local president of the MTI on Wednesday.
"Originally submitted five questions on the report only to refuse amending Regulation question was approved by the hospital pediatric department back on the production of questions in the referendum initiators revoked. The court clerk override two more questions, approved by one but rejected" - added Zentai Plajner Ps.

The court can not hold a referendum on the city's management functions Strigonium Co. termination, but can be put to a vote and the market operation of a modern city development strategy for implementing the program. The popular vote in the city to collect 2,400 signatures, and at least one and up to four months to write out the vote - said the President in the right places.

Zentai Plajner Ps reported that the opposition parties and unions next week to start gathering signatures, is also examined, it still could be other issues put to a referendum.

Esztergom last October elections impasse is the representative body, two-thirds Fidesz faction and the same ratio between elected independent mayor. Eva Tétényi 1.2 billion in unpaid bills and 25 billion debt inherited from the previous one, Tom Cherry led by local government, so debt settlement proceedings against the city for. That the majority of the Board of Fidesz faction considered illegal, and stated that they are not willing to cooperate with the mayor

The printed books are not threatened

Thus, assessment of the world's most prestigious book approach of the army at the Frankfurt International Book Fair has given a statement to the MTI Hungarian Book Publishers and Distributors Meeting (MKKE) president.
Peter Laszlo Zentai stressed that the culture of the entire world reflected back to the fair ended Sunday, and the size of that range, "unthinkable and bejárhatatlannak" called. He recalled that during the five-day fair, about 15 thousand square meters, 300 thousand visitors came up to 106 countries - including Hungary - nearly 7500 exhibitors were present.
The great tradition of the past decades, a plethora of Hungarian literature in Frankfurt könyvvásárok establishing recognition of the current row is now the 63 th was. In this year's - just like in the past few years - one of the main theme and the main trends of the continuing digitization, e-books were gaining ground. However, Peter Laszlo Zentai, stressed that the printed books are not threatened. He recalled that at the Frankfurt fair, ten years ago, was the slogan that "Sorry, Mr. Gutenberg," but - as stated - Gutenberg's invention of the printed book is still alive.
As a supporting evidence to suggest that the world's most demanding, most diverse, best book of the German edition of the German book market overall but only 0.5 percent of the e-book. In Hungary, this share is about the same size. The digital book ratio is the most advanced computer technology in countries with less than 10 percent. Although almost a week displayed rating of the so-called e-book expansion of the Frankfurt book fair in any kind of "overwhelming force" could not have experience - said the MKKE Chairman said: a trend reversal lot of talk, but in reality it is far not occurred. The world's printed cultural offerings has not diminished.
This is the same culture, however diverse, exciting and novel setting than ever before. In addition, the Third World's economic growth draws huge crowds in the könyvkiadásba, just to mention China and India. The economic crisis has indirectly had an impact but the recent trade fair, where a slight decrease compared to last year the number of visitors, participants and stagnation, which is actually a decrease. However, there is no dramatic downturn.
Hungary - as noted - literature really became known in Germany, so the Hungarian booth and outside the borders of contemporary Hungarian literature is still the best of the works have been presented. The lack of public support but are now able to organize small-scale cultural events than ever before. The "protagonist", Garaczi Laszlo was Austria who recently appeared in German's latest book on the face and back face of the great Hungarian translator living in Vienna, Budapest, George was presented. However, "the times following the" stand in the Hungarian conference on e-books is one of the largest broker of such content Hungarian, Kossuth Publishing organization.

The torso is a perfect

The torso of the unfinished work, the sculpture of the statue with no limbs today idolként be perfect-looking creations. Because today's világérzetünk by real-the unfinished work of timeless perfection is ...
The cantavir minded artist Markulik Joseph (1935-1994) torso remaining life's work on artistic works of illustrated art essay with the lines, diary-like entries in a critical annotations and with poems decorated writing collection this year, the Senta centered Vojvodina Hungarian Cultural Institute Records. A later edition, but not the timeliness of the content overdue books may the force.zentai
Today it would be reassuring, but the author's life is just not able to obtain references to the oeuvre of intent regarding a future publication. About himself in one of the later poems, "Öregségemre now I know why I'm not creative at heart ..."
Even though it was one of the classic called a rare poly believe Tori skills, hard, rare criticism and önkritikákat practicing artist people: those who both herself and the man, computer, development, world art, their works in and the other (s) is due consistency, with precision formed a strong opinion.
(You) give evidence of the defiant artist, a contemporary warrior and philosopher, Confessions rejtező hello back. In all the life of eternal the art advertising the workshop, the oeuvre of the most important segment of the konceptualizmussal "infected" progressive artist's deliberations and thought the system a valuable backbone fragment of authentic insights always bunch of collections: the life-affirming and still a viable art approach and philosophy of life: finally hop has been worthy of the stem and the afterlife ...
Signed Fine Art in 1952, started as a photographer, and in 1959, the Sarajevo School of Arts and monumental painting done be held. In 1967 he graduated from the Novi Sad School of Education. It is not the augmented series karriercsinálók: cantavir a primary school teacher has been drawing, but is open-minded and restless artistic nature mainly in Vojvodina strong élbolyában acclaimed artists.
In 1971, professed himself thus: "I try to stay alert and open, sometimes it can bring myself into the process, which is the subject of art as the work conditions of my existence."
Habit of thinking like an artist lives autonomous sentry, the spirit of refreshing the force affects us even today. I do not know how to understand the life essence of reductive art. Spiritual needs, and its courage to the world by eliminating unnecessary to seek specific assessment. Józanult goal of eliminating the excess of the materiality of the work to the detriment of the verbal and compression tools you used to be associated complexity. Because of these criteria, the wording - that the legacy of distorted thought has, in fact, the sealing befejezetlenségében also suggest Kerekedi whole.
Markulik Joseph was seventeen years left in us, but it seems like yesterday when it was written by an interpretative art, art-affirming shows. The undying, yet pörgésében continuous variable / changeable, the permanent intention of contacting art eternal charismatic.

The athletes are not afraid of kilincstol

Zsofikát could not have nowhere to send a foreign place, as he stood in the doorway, not daring to ring either leg of the other, stroking, and if he did not come by chance someone he did not ask what you want elolldogolt up to an hour ... Zsofika passed bundle and sat down. Council for a long time watching the traffic, but no one saw a lonely boy ... If you go in the fifty-fifth man to exit, will the bag and he goes. "

If not exactly, but a very close door wrote Szabo Magda Tell Sophie Kaa, speaks and Joo Horti Livia, the Hungarian National Council on Public Education Committee is chaired by the self-esteem, self-awareness, self-assertion on his writings (Hungarian Word, 2011. June 25-26 ., Prospect), once shocked to discover that the Vojvodina Hungarians did not go to high school drug prevention in the exhibition, they were not able to open it?

The sports meet is similar examples. A provincial or national junior tournament in the behavior of young people is very easy to identify which children in the Hungarian language. Of course, now we are talking about more, because no one should think that there is no Hungarian children who enjoy table tennis jargon, bite off the corner of the table, or, as the footballers say felszántja the track. Yes, only much smaller in number than those who are quiet, a downturn. As U. I, Senta, a former school principal said, was hit nine times out of ten, or Hungarian to Serbian student knocked on his door. The knock means everything betrayed ... In Hungary, the junior coaches welcomed the young people from Serbia came from, because they consider them at least had the opportunity to ellesni a csibészséget a low hardness of the Serbian counterparts, while the Hungarian boys, this option is not given. Of course, that the young people more optimistic, more loosely, without the anxiety of victory forced by circumstance to start the race, the press can play an important role. While the Hungarians, the glass is half empty, unable to evaluate the success in part, and only a matter of victory, while Serbia are quite differently to these things. A good example is the recent World Championships in Shanghai in water, after which the Serbian water polo squad arrived home addresses are welcomed, such as: Welcome to the champions! Serbia or the champions! The news articles I sent a Hungarian sports journalist, who wrote back: - this addresses a losing World Cup final, after Hungary, never to appear in ...

Indeed, the Serbian national team from 8:7 in the final losing to Italy, but this is not disturbed by the Serbian journalists to be treated as the world's best in the squad.

Through sport can be seen in the difference between the Serbian and Hungarian children, it is essential that young Hungarians in Vojvodina, more of in sports. The reason is simple: those who play sports, sportoltak long before acting and then, and if you are in a position like Magda Szabó's protagonist, I'm sure (personal experience as a starting point) to first try to use the handle, take their hands of their own destiny as those who avoided sports clubs and competitions. The athlete is not afraid of failure, because you already know that he experienced in training, and the beginning of his career on several occasions lost than won. The athlete can expect the same to it now as an hour later, so there is no point elfecsérelni own time, the "match" will sooner or later. And more important: the training of athletes graduated at a young age he learned the time and strength, and - if you have good coaches fell into the hands - in other areas of life experience more than korosztályába of young people. Not incidentally, learning a language is much more effective and faster than the athletes, because, who practiced a competitive sport, several times a week forced the Serbian language is used in tournaments. These arguments and the fact that sports in close contact with healthier, less often, patients, performance and load capacity is higher, just to confirm are that education, science, culture and information, the sport is very important should be provided in a community that wants to remain viable. Over the last eighty years, much has changed, but Albert Szent-Gyorgyi idea is still relevant:

"The sport is not only physical but also the spirit of the noblest and most powerful educational tool."

The display of force causing fear

Large-scale series of events celebrating the holiday weekend day, and Gödöllő in Hungary for the EU Presidency events of Gödöllő is closing. In this occasion, the European Identity, organized the city's Sister City Festival of fourteen siblings town guests arrived, including Vojvodina, Zenta is. A delegation of Zenta, Duna Television's live broadcast with a special atmosphere you could do a ceremony in the Hungarian citizenship oath.
Gödöllő fourteen twin town, Aichach, Beregszász, Bogor, Brandys nad Labem-Stará Bleslav, Miercurea Ciuc, Dunajska Streda, Giessen, Forssa, Laxenburg, Turnhout, Valdemoro, Wageningen, Senta and Zywiec total of several hundred inhabitants missions populated by the weekend, the Hungarian Freedom Day and the EU Presidency organized local events of the closing of European identity on the occasion of Sister City Festival at the town of Gödöllő.
The official program began on Friday afternoon in the Gödöllő Lower Park inaugurated the twin towns named alleys. In the Chopin Music School in the court of assembled guests dr.Gémesi George, Gödöllő Mayor welcomed, and the hundreds of guests to walk names appearing kőtömbökhöz retired, which the delegation leaders brief greeting with the inauguration, thus making it even more memorable for extraordinary moments.
After the jump, on Friday evening was held in the Lower Park Világfánál the Hungarian Freedom Day celebrations for the central event. The Thousand Eleven years of freedom through the program of the beginning of dr.Gémesi George mayor said keynote speech, a special greeting Makray Catherine, Pál Schmitt, the president's wife and Antall József, the late prime minister's wife, and Gödöllő sister cities, about three hundred-strong delegation.
Calmness and professionalism
- Twenty years ago, in June 1991 the last Soviet soldier left the territory of Hungary. Since the end of June each year in Gödöllő, here, the World Tree, before the introduction of Hungarian culture, the values ​​we celebrate the millennium of Hungarian law also filed Freedom Day. It is the freedom that twenty years ago without the blood fell on your lap, and thus achieved a more than century-old dream. We celebrate the freedom for which so many people selflessly sacrificed their lives, their families and egzisztenciájukat - stressed dr.Gémesi George, who then tried to answer, since the Hungarians had to whether he could with dignity and given the rank of the feast, or rather just a nice nostalgic thoughts and feelings became a celebration of this day. He explained the primary purpose can not be other than a strong, competitive, value retention and caring, successful, preserving the diversity of the Hungarian nation. But - as said - the road to success is essential for clean and honest words, to respect the dignity of another person, dialogue, coordination and grip in each other. Essential to the peace, professionalism, partnership and allies, as if it narrows the range of allies, reducing the chance of winning.
- The display of force causing fear and for a time effective. During the War of Independence we have been successful only if it was a sort of unity among Hungarians. United in their goals and the necessary tools to implement. It is fed from the past, stop climbing, one essential key to the ascension forward-looking unit. The division was always carries the possibility of failure. I - and I think many of us this way - I am a success, we are interested. Whether there will be a success - although I would love to - I do not know yet. I do all of the options for it, and encouraging everyone to keep me in this fight. Be the twenty-year-old Hungarian Freedom says: a Successful Alliance for Hungary! - George dr.Gémesi stressed.

Sir, do not have to keep the world safe from war?

NATO is slowly no one takes seriously, a series of errors committed by the military in Libya by the Western Allies (see the weekend, claiming civilian casualties by bombing). Meanwhile, combine the military forces of Syria and Iran, Israel, therefore you start to feel too extreme danger. Some European countries, Greece is indeed a threat of social explosion. This recognizes Klaus Naumann, NATO's most important strategic advisory body, the Military Commission, recently resigned president of the former German chief of staff, yet the hvg.hu has an exclusive interview, but there is basically optimistic.
Zentai Peter: Sir, again over the weekend had a dramatic failure of the Western allies in Libya, two months after the third time bombed by mistake. Again, helpless, innocent children, women, old people were killed. Do you think that this whole problem of deer Libyan intervention?
Klaus Naumann: simply impossible to correctly carry out such a large operation. Unspeakable pangs of conscience we feel on such occasions, I know this because at the time of the NATO Chiefs of Defence as the first man I had to coordinate military operations in Kosovo, and certainly no small number of innocents killed there - our fault. But the spot really making sure that unless we can contribute from outside the system and the overthrow of Milosevic, the bloodshed has continued for years have been. The NATO intervention finally - yes, claiming innocent lives, despite misconceptions - ten thousand times more lives saved than are killed because of us. The South Slavic peoples of the region live in peace once again thanks to external intervention, Europe and the world in a rid tűzfészektől war, not least Milosevicstől. Libya is a case of errors, mistakes, despite the military and political objectives to be reached, both the Western and Muslim countries as a coalition.
I have to say is that the biggest failure of the military career, I feel that urge, despite the claims in Rwanda is not formed an international alliance of military action, so he could not stop for almost a million old people, woman, child destruction.
ZP: When you felt supported by the NATO intervention in Libya, home of the government of Germany is still not included in this action. To take note of this?
CN: I resented it that the Libyan government's campaign has stayed green light to the UN ballot. This is the worst foreign policy mistake in the history of West Germany I think. It was the impression in the world that we are no longer trusted members of the Western alliance system. This has weakened the global prestige of NATO.
ZP: I think NATO's prestige, already in ruins. It is no coincidence that what a bitter article in the journal that published several world will soon be retiring American Minister of Defense. Robert Gates considers it shameful that the North Atlantic Alliance, the European members simply do not want to spend money on defense, just waiting for America to victims. Also, how elbagatellizálják the Middle East, Afghanistan, Pakistani-Indian nuclear potential conflicts created by the challenges. He did not take seriously enough to have followed one another on critical IT systems against, they are partially paralyzed can attack the whole world wide web. Robert Gates agrees with pessimism?
CN: I think it is untenable that a number of NATO member states governments only to the profits they want lefölözni, but victims are not willing: expect trouble in the United States to protect them, but the economic and political reasons can not do almost nothing in common defense of enhancing a . One day, even in the near future, we really woke up to the members of the American legislation, "bemondják boring" and I megnyirbálják spending on the military, they are only and exclusively be adequate to protect the United States. Well, you see yourself in this world!
ZP: You can also view up to now, Iran, Syria, Pakistan and even China and Russia, the leaders are now rubbing their hands because they feel the end of Western military dominance, but only while it ensured the dominance of the past two decades, the world's peace. Now, however, fatally debilitated they see us. You are here, for instance the case of Syria. The regime there since I systematically murdering its own people, not even a sign not that the West would want to command a halt Asszadéknak. Libya is still gone, no longer in Syria?
K.N.: a moral sense, I agree with you. But the bombing of the Syrian army post, or any other kind of external military intervention in Syria, the Libyans compared incomparably more serious risks, assuming it would require. The Syrian military is one of the most feared throughout the Middle East, Syria, moreover, a growing number of Iranian troops are stationed as well. The result of an intervention is very likely would enter the war on Iran, Israel is the punch at the end of military conflict. Western intervention would also be triggered by a boomerang effect can the Arab peoples of the intervention is generally against them, or even more generally as an aggression against the Muslim world will be, put aside all claims of the democratic struggle and the realization is behind the Assam sorakoznának up. China and Russia are also supposed to evaluate the intervention as Western aggression. Simply follow each other in unpredictable dramas in Syria, the Arab world and ultimately around the world.

Traffic chaos in Vojvodina

Since last Monday, the farmers have been properly registered in Vojvodina more settlements, roads and bridges are closed because the police arrested in Belgrade on the road trying tractors. I demand that this year also promised up to 100 hectares under land claim to support. The demonstration organizers announced that if the Serbian government did not meet their demand, they will make even greater efforts to achieve traktoraikkal streets of Belgrade.
The Agriculture Ministry on Tuesday evening for a second time offered to farmers in 30 hectares of area will increase the maximum grant, but the farmers have consistently rejected the offer. While the Serbian government announced yesterday that Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic, Minister Dušan Petrović agriculture and trade, as well as Prime Minister of Vojvodina Bojan Pajtić presents a joint press conference "this year's agricultural policy measures," but withdrew from that possibility, instead, sent a communication issue. Go to press, however, have not received the notice "This year's arrangements," behind closed doors negotiations stretched into the night.
Belgrade rejected the news that the conflict within the Democratic Party and the party would be part of the Vojvodina gazdatüntetést want to take advantage of the agricultural ministry leváltatni edge Dusan Petrovic, who is a resident of Vojvodina Saša steepen took place early in the year kormányátalakításkor. However, the demonstration organizers have announced if the Serbian government did not meet their demand, to intensify their efforts to achieve traktoraikkal streets of Belgrade. Different parts of the province on Wednesday about seven thousand stranded tractor. Subotica were around Wednesday útzárlatok Békovánál and Bačka Topola, the Čantavir, the Hook, and the Kispiacra Magyarkanizsára roads. Sombor Subotica detour just to get to. Útzárlatokat lifted the hour, the buses, the timetable depends on the blokádtól.
Ada Ada at the edge of the satellite, the Sterijino Utrine farmers and about 20 tractors were subject to partial útzárlat regional road towards the Senta.
The farmers in Senta in the morning from 10 am until 4 pm and closed the roads every two hours to let the vehicles. Thursdays during the same period, the roadway, Topola, Senta, Felsőhegyi a crossroads, and the former Ada to May 1 agricultural birtoknál closed the roads.
The tower, the buránysori, Kevin producers jointly organized the útblokádot Zentáról the road to the village. Moreover, at 9 am in the morning to five in the afternoon party was closed down in the way that every hour for five minutes allowed for vehicles from proceeding. On the same stretch of road will be road blocks on Thursday again.
The protesters in the village Magyarkanizsa 9 to 20 hours of closed regional Zentáról Magyarkanizsára leading the way Oromhegyesre and junctions leading Adorjan, Magyarkanizsa Hook and between E5 and the way to the junction kispiaci. The stretch of road every two hours between Senta and Magyarkanizsa briefly lifted the roadblock, while the other úttorlasznál hour to let the vehicles.
The protesting farmers said that they closed again on Thursday in the same recent period, these paths, but also, if they succeed in gaining permission, you can cancel traktorjaikkal Horgosnál the roads.
Moreover, from the Magyarkanizsáról, resourceful-driving farmers managed to find a loophole in "quarantine" because Zimonjićnál lefordulva, the eccentric Tóthfalu between summer and could reach the road in the small village of Senta, here is Felsőhegyi through the tower by going through Zentára could also reached, since this road yesterday, has not yet been blockaded by the farmers. North Banat area and according to our information Szajánnál were Törökkanizsánál roadblock.
Farmers Szenttamás s demonstration of farmers have joined. The path to Szenttamásról Novi Sad (the Franz-transfer channel at the bridge) to about 60 tractors blocked.
Sombor in the direction of the Hungarian and Croatian border towards Monostorszeg (Back Monastery) toward the travelers should avoid because of the útzárlat, but only to pass cars, and as the road is a catastrophic condition, should be introduced slowly and carefully. The city Kerénynél (Kljajićevo) is closed from the direction of Novi Sad, is útzárlat Sztapárnál Odžaci then the road to Novi Sad, Subotica towards Sari (Aleksa Šantić) and between Bajmok. Bükkszállásnál were closed yesterday in the way, is not possible to travel to Apatin.
Farmers have been protesting the blockade and Butterworth Bácsordas (Karavukovo), and between Gombosnál towards the Croatian border station. The closed-road in the Butterworth-Szerbmilitics Odžaci-Lily (Lalić) Paripás (Ratková)-line. Útzárlat Junaković is apathy and the bath (Prigrevica, Midsummer), and between Keresztúr (Ruski Krstur)-Lily-phase. Traversing the chaotic, the police, sometimes full of Sombor útzárlat, sometimes periodically, fölváltott direction, to the traffic.
The passenger Severtrans útzárlatok because the company ceases to Novi Sad and Belgrade to Subotica in the Bac Odžaci and departing flights. The villages in the direction of travel on the buses, but the timetable depends on the blokádtartóktól.