wh00t

I'm in! I used to play Yahoo Chess quite a bit. I'm president of the Chess Club at my school. Doesn't mean I'm any good, but hey, it's something.

Alright, now this is just cool. Google has been my among my favorite sites for a long time and just keeps on getting better. Replaced Alta Vista for me many many years ago... thanks Azat!

quote:Originally posted by vava:....will that do? No! More! You call that a biography? ;P

http://kellogg.marketlocator.com/kelloggs/...bc?OpenDocument http://www.cooks.com/rec/doc/ETsGfGdGAGrGs...hspApArsTsfsAh/ http://www.cooks.com/rec/doc/wrOGGGhGpGwGq...dsAAAAqsisGsph/ http://www.netcooks.com/recipes/Salads/Cea...asar.Salad.html I don't know if they're any good. At least one has to be decent. Good luck.

Ouch. Too bad you spent all that time translating, Groong had the article translated for them already. http://groong.usc.edu/news/msg59378.html

quote:Originally posted by Boghos: wh00t, are you from originally from a Spanish speaking country ? Now this is an interesting question, where do you get that impression? I have many relatives living in Argentina, and I visited them recently in Buenos Aires. However, I myself am Canadian-born, Canadian-raised. [ December 17, 2002, 02:09 PM: Message edited by: wh00t ]

Sorry Domino you're on your own. I don't know much about vava, who wants to give me a short bio?

I'd love to as well, count me in Me too about the accents.. if you spoke to me in English, you wouldn't know I was Armenian either. I'm not one of those Armen Quebec / Sourp Hagop kids would can't speak either of Canada's official languages! (Just kidding of course.. they could well chastize me for my awful-sounding Armenian!) [ December 17, 2002, 01:14 PM: Message edited by: wh00t ]

I thought Der Bedrosian was considering running again, what happened? He's needed to solve the Artsax problem before Heydar croaks and Armenia dances the tango with Ilham.

Merci Domino c'était un bon émission. Mais, ils ont concentré trop sur les Dashnaks.. ou est notre église bien-aimée de Lusavorich? Ceux qu'on retrouve chaque semaine au centre communautaire ne sont pas les seuls arméniens qui vivent a Montréal. Mais en tout cas.. Yo j'étais vraiment surpris par les accents en francais des étudiants de Sourp Hagop?? Tellement bizarre, ce sont des jeunes qui vont a cette école francophone depuis qu'ils avaient 5 ans et ils ont un accent comme s'ils viennent d'apprendre la langue? Est-ce qu'ils ont tous un accent de meme ou peut-etre on a vu des mauvaises exemples? Ils parlent bien, couramment, c'est sur.. juste l'accent. Peut-etre c'est parce qu'ils parlent que l'arménien ou l'anglais en dehors de l'école..

Almost missed this thread! Thanks Domino will check it out.

Seems like Hagarag was right all along. At least this time we can't accuse Bush of lying to us.. after all, he is "taking care of the Armenians".

This is an unmitigated outrage which will be exploited by Armenia's enemies for years to come, whether or not the Bush administration decides to withdraw the ROA from the list. Weems is having a field day.

WHAT?! That came out of left field. [ December 13, 2002, 08:06 PM: Message edited by: wh00t ]

Alright, let's start this. Not really a review, I'll post some random thoughts every now and then. **spoiler** Perhaps the most troubling scene of the entire movie for me was not a genocide shot at all. Rather, it was the touching dance sequence of Arshile Gorky. With a heartbreakingly forlorn look on his face, Gorky puts on an old folk record and tries desperately to rekindle his lost past which was so brutally taken away from him. Look mom, he is saying, I remember our culture. I haven't forgotten. If any scene has stuck with me weeks after seeing the film, it is this one. Very powerful. I am very surprised that there hasn't been more commentary on it, rather more attention has been given to another dance scene of quite a different nature... [ December 11, 2002, 03:53 PM: Message edited by: wh00t ]

Tsk tsk Azat you did not read the entire thread!

Tonight? Domino, the award ceremony is in February.

Surprises: Spider not nominated for Best Picture, Egoyan not nominated for Best Director. WHAT is that all about? Egoyan has been nominated for Best Director 8 (!) times, for every one of his movies that have been nominated for Genies! ARARAT leads all movies with 9 nominations. ---- 9 Nominations: - Best Motion Picture: Robert Lantos, Atom Egoyan - Original Screenplay - Atom Egoyan - Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role - Christopher Plummer - Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role - David Alpay - Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role - Elias Koteas - Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Arsinée Khanjian - Achievement in Music - Original Score - Mychael Danna - Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design - Phillip Barker - Achievement in Costume Design - Beth Pasternak ---- All nominations: Best Motion Picture Ararat Robert Lantos, Atom Egoyan Bollywood Hollywood David Hamilton, Bob Wertheimer Québec - Montréal Nicole Robert Rare Birds Paul Pope, Janet York Suddenly Naked Gavin Wilding Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design Almost America Francois Seguin Ararat Phillip Barker Le nèg' André Line Beauparlant Spider Andrew Sanders, Arvinder Grewal Turning Paige Paryse Normandeau Achievement in Costume Design Almost America Wendy Partridge Ararat Beth Pasternak Le nèg' Sophie Lefebvre Savage Messiah Mario Davignon Spider Denise Cronenberg Achievement in Cinematography Between Strangers Gregory Middleton Histoire de pen Larry Lynn Perfect Pie Paul Sarossy Rare Birds Jan Kiesser Savage Messiah Serge Ladouceur Achievement in Direction Le collectionneur Jean Beaudin Québec - Montréal Ricardo Trogi Rare Birds Sturla Gunnarsson Spider David Cronenberg Suddenly Naked Anne Wheeler Achievement in Editing Between Strangers Roberto Silvi FUBAR Michael Dowse Le nèg' Lorraine Dufour Québec - Montréal Yvann Thibaudeau Suddenly Naked Lara Mazur Achievement in Music - Original Score Ararat Mychael Danna Between Strangers Zbigniew Preisner Le collectionneur Michel Cusson Red Green's Duct Tape Forever Glenn Morley Suddenly Naked Chris Ainscough Achievement in Music - Original Song Khaled "Ab (Father)" Mel M'Rabet Saint Monica "Com Estas Asas" Carlos Lopes Suddenly Naked "Let You Go" Laura Doyle Suddenly Naked "Your Love" Laura Doyle Turning Paige "Just Say Goodbye" Michael Shields Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Ararat David Alpay Ararat Christopher Plummer Flower & Garnet Colin Roberts Savage Messiah Luc Picard Turning Paige Philip DeWilde Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Ararat Elias Koteas Bollywood Hollywood Ranjit Chowdhry Histoire de pen Dominic Darceuil Le Marais Gabriel Gascon Turning Paige Brendan Fletcher Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Ararat Arsinée Khanjian Between Strangers Deborah Kara Unger Men With Brooms Molly Parker Savage Messiah Polly Walker Savage Messiah Isabelle Blais Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role Bollywood Hollywood Dina Pathak Bollywood Hollywood Moushumi Chaterjee Perfect Pie Rachel McAdams Saint Monica Brigitte Bako Savage Messiah Pascale Montpetit Achievement in Overall Sound Between Strangers Tom Hidderley, Todd Beckett, Keith Elliott, Mark Zsifkovitz Histoire de pen Gavin Fernandes, Bobby O'Malley, Philippe Pelletier Le collectionneur Serge Beauchemin, Bernard Gariepy Strobl, Hans Peter Strobl Les Boys III Serge Beauchemin, Bruno Ruffolo, Bernard Gariepy Strobl, Hans Peter Strobl Max Lou Solakofski, Stephan Carrier Spider Glen Emile Gautier, Christian Cooke, Orest Sushko, Don White Achievement in Sound Editing Histoire de pen Louis Collin, Natalie Fleurant, Denis Saindon Le collectionneur Louis Dupire, Diane Boucher, Tchae Measroch, Christian Rivest, Alice Wright Max Fred Brennan, Roderick Deogrades, Barry Gilmore, Andy Malcolm, David McCallum, Jane Tattersall Rare Birds David Evans, Harvey Hyslop, Donna Powell, Paul Steffler Spider Wayne Griffin, Anthony Currie, David Evans, Goro Koyama, Andy Malcolm Original Screenplay Ararat Atom Egoyan Bollywood Hollywood Deepa Mehta Le nèg' Robert Morin Men With Brooms Paul Gross, John Krizanc Québec - Montréal Jean-Philippe Pearson, Patrice Robitaille, Ricardo Trogi Adapted Screenplay La Mystérieuse mademoiselle C./The Mysterious Miss C. Dominique Demers Perfect Pie Judith Thompson Rare Birds Edward Riche Savage Messiah Sharon Riis Spider Patrick McGrath Best Documentary Gambling, Gods and LSD Ingrid Veninger, Peter Mettler Is the Crown at War with Us? Alanis Obomsawin Le Ring intérieur Éric Michel, Dan Bigras Best Live Action Short Drama Blue Skies Dawn Rubin, Ann Marie Fleming En magasin -- In Store Raymond Gravelle, Mario Bonenfant Hit and Run Ginette Petit, Éric Beauséjour, Éric Couture, Richard Jutras, Christian Larouche I Shout Love Meredith Caplan, Sarah Polley, Jennifer Weiss Remembrance Paula Fleck, Stephanie Morgenstern Une éclaircie sur le fleuve Barbara Shrier, Rosa Zacharie Best Animated Short Glasses Marcy Page, Brian Duchscherer La Pirouette / Pirouette Pierre Hébert, Marcel Jean, Tali Prévost The Hungry Squid Marcy Page, John Weldon [ December 10, 2002, 10:13 AM: Message edited by: wh00t ]

The Genie Awards are the Canadian equivalent of the Oscars. Egoyan always gets nominated for whatever he puts out. EXOTICA, for instance, massively sweeped the Awards in the 1994, taking 8 awards including Best Picture and Best Director. He also got Best Picture and Best Director for THE SWEET HEREAFTER, and Best Adapted Screenplay for FELICIA'S JOURNEY. How will he fare with ARARAT?

Down here we call it an "ampoule".. bet then I live in Frenchtown Canada

Azat: Too funny!

quote:Originally posted by Arpa: [ December 07, 2002, 07:15 PM: Message edited by: wh00t ]

Does anybody know if the Central Park jogger (brutally raped, beaten and left for dead in 1989) is Armenian? I guess we will all know when she releases her book in April, but I wanted to know if anyone had any information. Somebody on another board is claiming that their family went to church with her, and that she's Armenian. Also, if it's true, it wouldn't be the first time that Armenians got caught up in such messes. The Son on Sam, David Berkowitz, had an Armenian victim (19-year old Virginia Voskerichian). Also, Efren Saldivar, the Glendale Adventist Medical Center nurse, killed at least one Armenian in his spree. Russian Andrei Chikatilo also killed a 15-year old Armenian girl among others. [ December 07, 2002, 07:13 PM: Message edited by: wh00t ]

In fact, there is a very popular conductor named Raffi Armenian who resides here in Canada. Check it out. [ December 07, 2002, 06:50 PM: Message edited by: wh00t ]

This is old news... --- WASHINGTON-"Shove it up your ass, how's that?" lashed out Heath Lowry, chairperson of Princeton University's Ataturk Turkish studies department, when approached yesterday by Armenian community activists with a copy of a petition signed by more than a hundred of America's leading academic and literary figures condemning his efforts to discredit scholarship on the Armenian Genocide. The petition, entitled, "Taking a Stand Against The Turkish Government^Rs Denial of the Armenian Genocide and Scholarly Corruption in the Academy-A Statement Issued by Concerned Scholars and Writers," was presented to Lowry following a panel discussion he had moderated during a half -day seminar on Turkey at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. The four-hour-long program, presented by The Middle East Institute and sponsored by Johns Hopkins SAIS and the Assembly of Turkish-American Associations, was entitled "Perspectives on Turkey," and included the participation of academics and government officials. Among the topics addressed during the conference were "Domestic and Foreign Policy Issues" and "Turkish Studies in North America." Lowry, who moderated the "Islam and Politics" portion of the program, has in recent months been the subject of growing controversy because of his close ties with Turkish government officials and the circumstances surrounding his appointment to chair the Princeton Turkish studies program. The Armenian National Committee of America - Eastern Region, has repeatedly called upon Princeton University to end its association with Lowry. Local Armenian Youth Federation and Armenian National Committee activists were present to distribute the petition to the approximately 200 individuals who attended the program. The petition was signed by a broad range of renowned scholars including Israel Charney, Helen Fein and Henry Louis Gates, as well as Pulitzer Prize-winning authors Kurt Vonnegut and Arthur Miller. Before the beginning of the program, several of the individuals were asked to stop placing the petitions on chairs and they were subsequently asked to leave the premises. Sarig Armenian, a Greater Washington AYF "Ani" Chapter member, one of the first participants asked to leave, explained, "Shortly after I began placing petitions on chairs, organizers of the event became visibly agitated. They rather tersely told me to evacuate the premises, and the front security guard was instructed not to allow me back into the building. This occurred in spite of the event being advertised as open to public." Alex Sardar, who approached Lowry after he had ended his panel discussion, recounted, "When I approached Professor Lowry and presented him with the petition, he was visibly angered, far beyond anything that could be reasonably expected in such a setting. And when I inquired about his opinion on the matter, I was taken aback by his vulgar and extremely inappropriate response." Following the exchange Lowry stormed out of the room. [ December 07, 2002, 06:27 PM: Message edited by: wh00t ]