Amerikai Magyar Hírlap, 2010 (22. évfolyam, 1-50. szám)
2010-09-10 / 34. szám
In Candid Interview, David Letterman and Cancer-Stricken Michael Douglas Hug it Out It has just recently become public knowledge that Michael Douglas is battling stage-four throat cancer with a rigotous prescription of chemotherapy and radiation. Yet, there he was on television Ttiesday night, talking to David Letterman about his disease in a very candid interview on “Late Night.” Appearing gaunt, but remarkably healthy under the circumstances (his silver, tousled hair added a lively element of style to his appearance), the 65- year-old movie star was upbeat, honest, and goodspirited during his “Late Show” appearance. Letterman told Douglas he’d “never looked better.” Douglas, who announced his diagnosis on August 16 (which, he added, was also when he found out he’d be on Letterman’s show), said he’s just completed his first week of chemo and radiation. The odds are in his favor with an 80 percent or better chance of recovery. More positive news: His cancer remains above the neck. Though he admitted the treatment “knocks you out real hard,” Douglas said “nothing’s gone down and the expectations are good.” He added, half-jokingly, “It is gonna cut into the foreign promotional tour for “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps to say the least.” Meanwhile, his wife Catherine Zeta-Jones is fuming at doctors for not diagnosing it months ago. “It makes me furious they didn’t detect it earlier,” she told People magazine in its latest issue. “He sought every option and nothing was found.” Zeta-Jones, who has two children with Douglas, said: “The hardest part is seeing his fatigue, because Michael is never tired.” Douglas, who will soon be seen in the hotly anticipated sequel to “Wall Street,” told Letterman that warning signs began in early summer when his throat became sore. “I actually went through a litany of doctors and tests. They didn’t really find anything,” he said. He went on summer vacation to Spain and Russia with Zeta-Jones and their son Dylan, 10, and-daughter Carys, 7. When he returned, doctors biopsied a tumor at the base of his throat and, indeed, found stage-four cancer. Now, “they gotta go at it,” Douglas said. At the end of the interview, Letterman said, “I feel like I wanna do something for ya. Can I do something for ya?” And Douglas said: “You can give me a hug.” The two celebrities embraced in a long, warm hug. Hungarian Hall of Fame „A Second Arnold Schwarzenegger” This picture was sent in to the Hirlap by a proud father, whose son achieved high scores in national competitions of body builders. Our subscriber, Mr. Attila G. Kovács, president of Sylvania Supply House in Daytona, Florida, writes: My second-born son, 21-year-old Alexander F. Kovács, decided about a year ago he would become a “Second Arnold Schwarzenegger.” During his first competition, the South East States Natural Body Building Competition, which took place on May 22, 2010 in Sanford, Florida, he won two first place prizes. He won first place in his division (Natural Novice tall) against 17 other competitors who came from even as far as Austin, Texas to compete. lometoum News Ormond Beach/Daytona Beach/Holly Hill Friday, July IJ, ZOlO In Shape Daytona Beach resident Lex Kovács, 21, recently won first place in the 2010 Organization of Competitive Body Building Southeastern State Natural Body Building Competition novice category. Mr. Kovács also was named best overall at the competition held in Sanford. He —has been a recreational lifter for six years and has been bodybuilding for the last 10 months. He trains with Daniel McDonald at Total Nutrition on International Speedway Boulevard. He will soon begin training for the pro qualifier competition. Photo courtesy of Attila C. Kovács I am a very proud father because he did this entirely on his own by focusing on the goal, following a strict diet and maintaining a vigorous exercise routine. He also did this without the help of any steroids or other drugs. This sport and competition is “Natural” where all drugs are prohibited! I believe he has a future in this sport, but in the meantime he will continue to study to be a General Contractor. God Bless Him, Attila G. Kovács The English Page of the Hirlap can serve as a bridge between the non-Hungarian-speaking members of the family and the community. Use it to bring people together! Subscribe to the Hirlap! Advertise your business in the Hirlap! If you have any questions or suggestions, please call (323) 463-6376 Cairo Planning to Fine- Tune the Call to Prayer The government decrees that the now-’chaotic’ call by thousands of men must instead be delivered by one muezzin broadcast over a system Unking 4,500 mosques. ‘It’ll never work,’ one veteran prayer caller says. Sandals in alleys, keys scraping locks, the holy men are the first ones up, opening mosque doors and clicking on microphones, their cadences crackling across the sleepy city, summoning the faithful to another day of struggle and grace. Mohamed Ahmed is among them in the half-light. Since he was a child, he’s wanted his voice to be an instrument for God. A small, swift man in a white tunic, he’s one of thousands of prayer callers whose tenors and baritones fill the Cairo skyline with, depending upon your ear, a clamor reminiscent of the caw of migrating birds or sacred music borne from deep in the desert. The dueling rhythms fit this city, a ramshackle clutter of emotion and humanity, where the individual battles for recognition against the screech and bustle. The prayer caller, or muezzin, is that rare distinction, a neighborhood’s singular note of repose, the first sound many hear when car engines are cold and the moon fades to a powdery smudge in the sky. But one man’s tranquillity is another’s cacophony. The Ministry of Religious Endowments, which oversees the nation’s mosques, says when you stitch all those voices together you’ve got an out-of-tune, rambunctious chorus that plays five times a day and brings anything but serenity. The ministry has decreed that the call to prayer, which is supposed to start in unison but often sounds like an overbearing echo, must now be delivered by one muezzin broadcast over a radio system linking the city’s 4,500 mosques. “The call to prayer in Egypt has recently become a very chaotic process involving a war of microphones and sound disruptions that do not suit the spirituality of calling for the prayer,” said Minister of Endowment Hamdi Zaqzouq. “The unified call for prayers will bring back its spirituality, because its main aim is to attract people to praying and not repel them.” The ambitious plan is part of a nationwide drive that began this month in Alexandria. Cairo’s large mosques have embraced the idea, but this being Egypt, technology problems have caused delays. And in a country where rules can be regarded as mere discretionary annoyances, many neighborhood muezzins, the tone deaf and the melodic alike, are not surrendering their loudspeakers. Source: L.A. Times, Sept. 2, 2010 Long Delays For Margaret Bridge Renovations As the initial deadline for completion of work on Budapest’s Margaret Bridge passes by, prosecutor’s investigate claims of mismanagement of funds. There is an ongoing dispute between Budapest and the MH-2009 Consortium (Közgép, A-Hid and Strabag Zrt.) about pushing out the deadline for completion of the project and excess expenses. The consortium supported its demands by saying that the contract was signed a month later than originally promised - on August 10, 2009 - and at that time, approved construction plans were not available. For this reason, the companies want to push out the deadline for reopening the bridge to traffic by 111 days and the deadline for completion of all works by 74 days. According to the original deadline for completion of renovations of Budapest’s Margit hid, the bridge should have been opened to traffic on Monday, August 23. However, the company carrying out the work on the key Budapest crossing says it will only be opened to automobile traffic at the end of this year at the earliest, while the larger reconstruction project could go on for as long as another year. origo.hu LAX-BUD-LAX $575 -tői + Tax + Fee (2010. augusztus 30-tól) Információért hívják ZSUZSÁT TEL: (310) 652-5294 FAX: (310) 652-5287 1-888-532-0168 AMERICAN Hungarian Journal Szeptember 10,20107 6 DUNA Travel 8530 Holloway Dr. 11102 W. Hollywood, CA 90069 Spa, Hotel foglalások, Kocsi bérlés Kedvezményes repülőjegy árak
