Andras Revesz on the road

as they say a picture is like thousand words

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Empire State Building

Often times I look at the lights on top of Empire State Building and wonder what their current meaning is. Aside from the obvious ones, like blue and white around Hannuka or the blue and orange around the ING Marathon I can never decipher the meaning. My lazy self never bothered looking it up, but now the solution came to me after posting something on twitter -> facebook, Audra who is part of my social network commented and linked me to lighting schedule. I am stoked currently! And it was the Alzheimer's Association, Memory Walk that we found really cool this past Sunday.

Lego

When I built a whole theater out of Lego with a revolving stage and some other cute thingies like a trapdoor I considered it pretty hot. After watching this car assembly line I am having some doubts...

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Palinising

Hungary USA visa relief? Hold your hourses...

President of Hungary Solyom Laszlo is sending the visa waiver back to the Parliament since he isn't agreeing with some criminal information exchange and finger printing procedures. via MTI no further comments.

Visa Waiver Program

Last week The White House announced adding 7 new countries to the visa waiver program, one being Hungary. President Bush announced plans to bring seven more countries into the Visa Waiver Program -- the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia and South Korea -- bringing the total to 34 countries. Bush said the move will be effective "in about a month." The Department of Homeland Security said its working toward a target date of Nov. 17. Under the program, U.S. citizens can travel to Visa Waiver countries without a visa, and the U.S. extends reciprocal privileges to citizens of those countries. The travel industry has long supported the program as a government policy that facilitates travel and helps to make the U.S. more attractive to foreign visitors. The Travel Industry Association immediately praised the White House announcement, saying it will help to strengthen the economy and the "global image" of the U.S. To be eligible, countries must meet a number of criteria related to security and immigration policy, including the issuance of secure passports to deter fraud. Other countries that are next in line for consideration include Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Malta, Poland and Romania. Although citizens of Visa Waiver countries do not require a visa, a new program to be implemented in January will require visitors from those countries to transmit passport and itinerary data in advance of their visit via the Internet and wait for a response before beginning their journey. The information is similar to the information already required on arrival on the I-94W form. The Electronic System for Travel Authorization is already in effect on a voluntary basis, and the DHS reports that 99.6% of ESTA requests have been approved, the majority "within one minute." For the seven new countries, however, use of the ESTA system will be mandatory when they enter the Visa Waiver Program in mid-November, the DHS said.

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Babar visits New York

To be more precise Babar came to the JP Morgan Library: The exhibition Drawing Babar returns visitors to the two essential moments of Babar's creation: when Jean de Brunhoff and, years later, his son Laurent, set down their initial thoughts on paper. Their earliest drafts, shown in juxtaposition with their finished watercolors, allow viewers to track the changes, both subtle and substantive, that both men made as they refined their work, bringing together word and image with elegance and exuberance. essay by New Yorker contributor Adam Gopnik Drawing Babar the exhibition: Early Drafts and Watercolors September 19, 2008, through January 4, 2009