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Hello everyone. I saw this article in groong news and decided to post it here where a lot of people visit. I'm not sure if this is the right section to put it in, so if it isn't mods please move it to where you think it'll be better seen. The link has pictures of her for identification. http://www.ethiopianreview.com/news/33105 Critical Missing Woman Los Angeles Police Dept. | February 16th, 2010 at 6:41 pm .Los Angeles: The Los Angeles Police Department and the family of 51-year-old Anahit Shakhgulyan is asking for the public’s help in locating Shakhgulyan, who has been missing since last Thursday. Shakhgulyan was last seen on February 11, 2010, at around 4 p.m., at her residence in the 400 block of East 41st Street in LAPD’s Newton Area. So far, she has not returned home and has not been in contact with her family. Her family advised that Shakhgulyan speaks no English, only Armenian and is also diabetic, and they are concerned about her safety. Shakhgulyan is described as a female Caucasian with gray hair and brown eyes. She weighs approximately 160 pounds and stands about 5 feet 6 inches and has no teeth. Shakugulyan was last seen wearing purple pants, a pink long sleeve shirt and gray shoes. Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Shakhgulyan is urged to contact LAPD Missing Persons Unit Detective Morales at 213-996-1800. During non-business hours or on weekends, calls should be directed to 1-877-LAPD-24-7. Anyone wishing to remain anonymous should call Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (800-222-8477). Tipsters may also contact Crimestoppers by texting to phone number 274637 (C-R-I-M-E-S on most keypads) with a cell phone. All text messages should begin with the letters “LAPD.” Tipsters may also go to LAPDOnline.org, click on "webtips" and follow the prompts.

According to this article some of it is Brazilian genes: With only four million people, Georgia tops The Daily Telegraph's alternative medal rankings, which divides a country's population by the number of gold medals. Some of the Russian-Georgian animosity played out on the beach volleyball court Wednesday when the Georgian women trounced the Russians. But Russia's Alexandra Shiryaeva pointed out that the Georgians aren't really Georgians. "If they are Georgian, they certainly would be influenced (by the conflict), but in fact they are not," said her teammate Natalia Uryadova. Until two years ago, the Georgians were Brazilians. They've been to Georgia only twice -- once to obtain citizenship at the invitation of President Mikheil Saakshvili's wife, Sandra. Neither speaks the language, although one claims to know the national anthem. They've adopted Georgian names -- Cristine Santanna is also Cristine Saka, Andrezza Chagas is Andrezza Rtvelo. Saka's the one who says she knows the national anthem. After the match, Levan Akhvlediani, of the Georgian volleyball federation, commented: "It's very good for the Russians to go home."

I gave my opinion and other people started ganging up on me. I certainly had no intention of putting in more than one post on this subject. And panties in a knot? Real mature. Seems to me you guys are the ones getting worked up over some random person not even representing Armenia. He was supposedly cheated? Who cares? That's not Armenia or Armenians' problem. This is the thread for Armenia participating in the Olympics is it not? Why spend two pages attacking another Armenian for the sake of someone who didn't even deign to represent Armenia? Where in this thread did I start "flaming" in? Can you produce the post? But since you're so interested in flaming, I've compiled a list from this thread for you. I never made any personal comments to anyone here, yet you pick on me to protect your Buddy Domino. Dear Yervant1, I only comment on the situation. I didn't start my posts by getting personal with anyone here or told anyone that their opinion was wrong. Please produce a post where I did any of those things. But people who can't handle my opinion came in here and started making personal comments against me and making vulgar comments about growing pairs, being ignorant, getting panties in knots, saying I'm not a nice. And all this because I merely commented on an article that was posted and people were discussing? Now if that isn't getting over sensitive I don't know what is. No wonder so few people participate in this forum, if this is the reception for every opinion that deviates from that of the regulars. Passing judgment? This isn't a court here, I didn't break any forum rules, and my comments were nothing compared to some of the things (on various people and subjects) that have been written here and other forums. So kindly stop with the double standards. I brought up Turks and Azeris because I wanted to know what the reaction would be from the people here had one of them tried to jump the judges and threw down his medal during the awards ceremony. But no one answered my question. Their actions would be condemned and they would get called uncivilized would they not? Seems to me that nowadays Armenians are too lax when it comes to proper behavior and conducting oneself in public. I doubt Armenians 20, 50, 100 years ago would be cheering on this sort of thing, especially on an international arena where the whole world is watching.

Way to throw out the personal insults. You know what's ignorant? Lording over this forum and resorting to petty name calling when someone dares disagree with you. As I said before, he and the Swedish delegation can go through the proper channels to present their allegations of bribery and cheating. No need for any gnashing of teeth and beating of chests at this supposed crime that has been committed. Funny how none of the other wrestlers complained about the judging. Real professionals don't cause scenes and ruin the awards ceremony for the other winners. You think that sort of behavior is ok, that's just dandy, but I expect a higher standard of behavior and decorum from Armenians. Tell me, had this been a Turk would you be getting so worked up over judging "injustices?" Because this incident certainly has nothing to do with Armenia participating in the Olympics.

Why don't you name those individuals?

An article was posted, people were commenting on it and I joined in the discussion. Everyone makes judgments every single minute of every day. Every single comment posted on every single thread here is a judgment. If athletes don't want their actions discussed then they shouldn't put themselves in the public eye. Sorry I wasn't nice enough, but Abrahamian doesn't seem very nice himself so I guess that makes us even. I'm willing to bet that had this incident involved a non-Armenian there would have been harsh judgments being dished out here. IOC weighs action against Swedish wrestler Sweden's Ara Abrahamian shouts at wrestling officials after a contraversial match decision during his 84 kilogram greco-roman wrestling match against Italy's Andrea Minguzzi at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing Thursday, Aug. 14, 2008. BEIJING (AP)—A Swedish wrestler who dropped his bronze medal in disgust could face sanctions from the International Olympic Committee. The IOC said Friday it had opened a disciplinary investigation into the actions of Ara Abrahamian, who lost to gold medalist Andrea Minguzzi of Italy in the semifinals of the men’s 84kg Greco-Roman event. During the medal ceremony Abrahamian took the bronze from around his neck and, in disgust, dropped it on the mat as he walked away. “The disciplinary commission is looking into this,” said an IOC spokeswoman, Emmanuelle Moreau. “They are in touch with the international federation to get all the facts.” Moreau said it was unclear what type of punishment Abrahamian could face. Abrahamian had to be restrained from going after the matside officials following his loss to Minguzzi. He stormed away from the mixed zone where interviews are conducted and slammed a door to the dressing rooms so hard it shook an entire wall. He weighed whether to skip the bronze medal match, only to have friends talk him into competing. “I wanted to take gold, so I consider this Olympics a failure,” he said.

If there was anything shady was going on then let Sweden prove it and the medals can go to their rightful owners. What does monday night quarterback mean? And why am I such a thing? Why throw out a personal jab against me when I didn't insult anyone here and was only giving my opinion? There were thousands of other athletes there, many of whom I'm sure felt the judges "cheated" them, but they didn't behave in such a manner. By the way, if this was a Turk or Azeri or even any other non-Armenian, what would the reactions be? I highly doubt the the words courageous would be used then. What's courageous is being able to control oneself under pressure and not embarrass the nation you're representing when the whole world is watching.

He and the Swedish delegation could have lodged a formal protest in a civilized manner, instead of throwing a public tantrum and spoiling the awards ceremony for everyone else involved. This is unsportsmanlike behavior and is a shame for both the athlete and the country he represents. Why should we show him support anyway? He certainly isn't representing Armenia, and any medals he wins won't benefit Armenia/Armenians whatsoever. Even if he was representing Armenia we still shouldn't support bad behavior. I'm glad they aren't calling him an Armenian and that all of the athletes who do represent Armenia have conducted themselves in a professional and respectful manner, even when they lost.

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Lucky for you I was extremely bored, so I translated this. I tried to keep it as literal as possible. "Haieri Hamar" For all Armenians, this song. Listen. Tell me what I should do to break my longing? Whatever you say, I will change myself that way Only that the longing inside me will no longer drive(?) me, so that I can live peacefully in my small world Please tell me how many years already that you’re living here? You’re already a diasporan Armenian But you will always remain an Armenian in your soul, no matter in what country, and with whom (Remember) I grew up here, entering life Many times sad, but not alone I don’t put my hope on anyone, I know there is no real friendship (there isn’t) Only family and your love that will always help you no matter where you are Listen to them and we’ll see to what you will amount to, where you will reach and when (Chorus)For all Armenians these words. Let’s be proud we are Armenian and will remain so until the end. Even though we live in foreign shores, we don’t forget that we were born in an Armenian home. Dear god why do you torture us? Why do you throw us from country to country? Perhaps we are not worthy of that – to live peacefully and die peacefully? At least this suffering fill us (?) Let my child see only one fatherland, so that like me he will not sit later and remember childhood years, his home Longing is, longing is calling us, but already we have two fatherlands The first, that is our soul that we will not change until the end of life Second, the land on which we live. Toil, grow up, become sad, become happy This is our destiny. All of us know Armenian destiny, Armenian lifestyle, Armenian lifestyle (Chorus)For all Armenians these words. Let’s be proud we are Armenian and will remain so until the end. Even though we live in foreign shores, we don’t forget that we were born in an Armenian home. Remember that you’re Armenian

Anyone here have any info on this: http://www.omniglot.com/writing/daikan.htm Daikan Daikan was invented by Carlos Ignacio Pellegrini as an alternative alphabet for Spanish and to write Daikan, a conlang he is currently developing. The Daikan alphabet is based on the Armenian alphabet, and the Daikan language takes most of vocabulary from Spanish and Latin.

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Gamavor, Do you know the name of the artist or what museum the painting is in? I'd really like to see it; there could be some images of it up on the net if it's a well known artist.

These are a few links that I've found on the net that make mention of Armenian mythology. This one's a fairly recent (1997) journal article relating to the Aram myth. It’s in Armenian, but there’s a summary in English provided at the end. http://www.iatp.am/resource/science/history/aram/index.htm +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ These are from pantheon.org (an online encyclopedia of myths and deities). There’s not much description provided, but it does list a number of Armenian/Urartian gods & goddesses. And, a few Hittite & Hurrian ones thrown in for good measure. http://www.pantheon.org/cgi-bin/search.pl?...&terms=armenian http://www.pantheon.org/cgi-bin/search.pl?...0&terms=armenia http://www.pantheon.org/cgi-bin/search.pl?...&Terms=urartian http://www.pantheon.org/cgi-bin/search.pl?...0&Terms=hittite http://www.pantheon.org/cgi-bin/search.pl?...0&Terms=hurrian +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ “Soma among the Armenians”: http://rbedrosian.com/soma.htm I only skimmed through the article, but it looked pretty interesting (in regards to Arm. Mythology) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ It's seems like there's next to nothing being written on Armenian myths. I looked far and wide for any books dealing with the pre-Christian era when I was in Armenia last summer, but couldn't find anything that I didn't already own (from what little was even available). This probably won't ever happen, but I'd love it if Armenian, and earlier Soviet, archaeological journals could be made available in an online database someday.