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Arpa, as usual impressive answer, goes along with what I have been trying to expose in the traditional Armenian mentality...again which is not helping the numbers at all.

hey, the point here is not the long stuff you wrote about...but more I am trying to point out that narrowing down Armenianness can cause more damage than help the cause. And this topic has been constantly tackled on this forum. For example, when I first heard about the Hamshen Armenians, I was extremely upset and said there is no chance on earth these people can be called Armenians. But if keep excluding people based on the fact that they are half Armenian or Armenian of different faith, then the bottom line is you are excluding bunch of people and hurting the numbers. This traditinal mentality of keeping Armenianness by marrying only Armenians is becoming really old, the natural birth is not going to do the job, compared to the natural births of some of neighbors. There has to be a better way to keep the Armenianness going...and since you are so dedicated to the cause...then find the solution.

Anynomous, don't you think that statements like this alienates a lot of Armenains. You are artificially excluding people who are yes married to human being who happen not to originate from that piece of be rock called Ermenistan. Sooner or later we will disappear, this is inevitable...and guess what when we do...the world will continue at its normal pace...this is part of life...take a long break and relax.

yes, I checked, darchin is from turkish but I always heard armenians using that word.

insn't cinnamon Darchin?

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Twin brothers Albert and Allen Hughes sold their first screenplay by the time they turned 19. They co-directed a studio-backed feature film, presented it at Cannes, and founded their own production and record company by age 21. Yet, more than simply wunderkinds, they follow in the tradition of their idols -- Sergio Leone, Martin Scorsese, and Brian De Palma -- by creating stylized genre flicks that are characterized by both startling violence and incisive social commentary. The fraternal twins were born on April 1, 1972, in Detroit, MI, to an African-American father and an Armenian mother. Albert is nine minutes older than Allen. Their parents divorced when they were two, and they were raised by their mother, Aida Hughes. In 1981, she moved the family west to Pomona, CA, a suburb that is about an hour's drive from Hollywood. She worked at an In-N-Out Burger while taking care of the twins and putting herself through school. Three years later, she opened her own business, a vocational rehabilitation center for workers hurt on the job, and went on to become president of Pomona's chapter of the National Organization for Women. When the boys turned 12, their mother lent them her company's video camera as a way to keep them out of trouble. Albert and Allen instantly took to the camera, bringing it straight to their bedroom where they turned their closet into a mock spaceship. Using a boom box to generate sound effects, they staged their first movie, a violent crash landing. For the next couple of years, the budding filmmakers spent all their free time making shorts. Editing at home on two VCRs, they re-created scenes from their favorite films, such as Enter the Dragon (1973) and Scarface (1983). They also made a documentary about the drug dealer who hustled crack cocaine outside their schoolyard. During their freshman year of high school, Allen enrolled in a television production course. After filming the short "How to Be a Burglar" for a class assignment, the boys started showing their work on the local cable station. They dropped out of school a year later. Albert eventually took filmmaking classes at Los Angeles City College, and then one of their public access films, "The Drive By," snagged them an agent. The pair went on to direct high-profile music videos for Tupac Shakur, Tone-Loc, KRS-One, and Digital Underground. While still teenagers, the twins conceived the idea for their first feature film, Menace II Society (1993), the story of a young African-American man's struggle to leave the Southern California projects. After writing an outline, they commissioned screenwriter Tyger Williams to draft the script, which was then picked up by New Line Cinema. Credited as the Hughes Brothers, they made their directing debut when Menace II Society premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. Starring relative unknowns Larenz Tate and Tyrin Turner, the film included standout supporting work from Jada Pinkett Smith, Samuel L. Jackson, and Charles Dutton. It grossed nearly ten times its three-million-dollar budget and earned its directors an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best First Feature. Besides landing the Hughes Brothers a two-picture deal with Disney's Caravan Productions, Menace II Society's unprecedented success helped them establish their own production and record company, Underworld Entertainment. Made of two divisions, Underworld Productions and Underworld Records, the company produces the twins' films and soundtrack tie-ins, as well as represents rap and hip-hop recording artists. The Hughes Brothers developed their sophomore directing effort, Dead Presidents (1995), from a short story they found in Bloods, a compilation of works about African-American Vietnam veterans. After commissioning Michael Henry Brown to write the screenplay, they drafted Menace II Society's Larenz Tate to star in the project, along with Bokeem Woodbine, Keith David, and Chris Tucker. However, Disney wrongly marketed Dead Presidents, which chronicled the difficulties black veterans encountered when they returned to the States, as a heist picture. It opened to mixed reviews and mediocre box-office returns, but its soundtrack (which the Hughes Brothers executive-produced) reached number one on the R&B chart and number 14 on the Billboard 200. Disappointed by audiences' reaction to Dead Presidents, the Hughes Brothers took almost four years to choose their next project. They had initially set out to adapt Iceberg Slim's autobiography, Pimp: The Story of My Life, for the big screen, but decided instead to direct a feature-length documentary about hustlers, titled American Pimp (1999). Featuring subjects from across the United States, the film was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. After producing Doug Pray's documentary on DJs, Scratch (2001), the Hughes Brothers returned to fiction filmmaking with From Hell (2001). Based on Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell's mammoth underground graphic novel of the same name, the film chronicled the hunt for the world's first documented serial killer, Jack the Ripper. Starring Johnny Depp, Heather Graham, and Ian Holm, the film's all-white cast and European setting were a distinct change for the directors. Yet its stylized look, heavy violence, and thoughtful narrative fit right into their growing oeuvre. While working on their film career, the Hughes Brothers still occasionally direct music videos, especially those for songs featured on their soundtracks. They also garnered four Clio Awards for their public service announcements on gun control, "Stray Bullets" and "These Walls Have No Prejudice." ~ Aubry Anne D'Arminio, All Movie Guide

I think this person is not real

I think hyesingles.com has an interesting combination of Armenians from all walks of life, it's definately worth checking out.

I think "lakot" never started being a bad word. It basically was used I believe with describing animal pups, more specifically dog's pups, hence the expression "shan lakot", then "shun" was dropped and lakot was applied to people to describe a "young misbehaving unshnork male" and this is mostly in Eastern Armenian slang.

what does the pope have to do with armenians? Isn't our independent church decide our matters? If we are under the influence of the pope then why don't we call us catholics and get it over with. I would hate to see Vatican has any affairs on Armenian social issues since they have not really been there for us.

how about stripping...just an idea for women out there

I think it would be a great PR campagne for Armenia to accept gay marriage, the country will immediately end up on front pages of every major ne wspaper...and will tremendous help the Armenian cause...as far as respecting human rights etc....but this would never happen...so what is the point of my rant

Yervant, the point here is that how many Armenian homosexuals do you know who are open and out in front of their families and friends. Let me guess....a big giant O if we were Spain or Netherlands or one of other countries who accepts pretty much all gays rights including marriage, then I think we would be in a position to ridicule societies like Turkey....but in this case US along with turks need to eat a lot of "hats u panir".

How about in Armenia - has Brokeback Mountain even been shown in Armenia, let's judge ourselves first before writing childish stuff.

Hello folks, this is from a fellow Armenian grad student who is doing her research in this field. If this applies to you or to a friend or relative, please try to fill out the survey and email it to her. Read below for the rest, the survey is also attached as a word file. Hi Everyone, I'm doing my masters thesis on Armenian intermarriage and am looking for your help in fielding out a very short questionnaire for Armenians who are in inter-ethnic marriages in the United States. This is a non-random convenient sample, so please forward my email to any Armenians you know you are intermarried, and ask them to please complete the attached survey and forward to talins11@hotmail.com Responses are completely confidential, and should take only a minute or 2. 1. Are you: ___ Male ___Female 2. Date of Birth: ______________ 3. State/Country of Birth: ______________ If married more than once, please think about your most recent marriage when answering the following questions. 4. How old were you when you got married? __________________ 5. What year did you get married? ___________________________ 6. In what state or country were you married? __________________ 7. What is the ethnicity of your spouse? ______________________ 8. Is your spouse from a different religious affiliation then yourself? ___Yes If yes, please specify_______________________ ___No 9. Where did you have your wedding ceremony? ___Armenian Church ___Other Church (non-Armenian) or religious center ___Non-religious center (i.e. outdoor, wedding chapel, reception site) 10. If not married in an Armenian Church, what were your reasons for choosing other site? (Feel free to use more space if necessary) ___________________________ __________________________________________________________________ THANK YOU! Armenian_Intermarriage_questionnaire.doc

Armenians only care about the Genocide...the current problems can go to hell...this is the mentality of the community at large.

great looking girl only 1/4 Armenian, the rest Bulgarian. this mean - Armenians start mixing NOW!

very simple answer Preaching is "If you don't believe in god you will go to hell!" Not preaching "I am a religious individual and based on my beliefs, if you don't have god in your life you will go to hell"

Sip, perhaps it would be helpful to reiterate or make a rule that this Armenian forum is a "secular" one where religion can be discussed but not preached and any prosletyzing or preaching attempts should result in automatic removal of that member from the forum. People need to be punished to LEARN (isn't this mentioned somewhere in the bible

you mean gay

what is not on the photos is the fact that they have a FREE cafeteria open anytime, with a personal chefs who makes whatever you want to, and all the vending machines are FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEE TOO.

Sam Weems has died in 2003.

There is a symposium taking place this Saturday, March 11th, hosted by the Columbia University Armenian Center and the Armenian Studies Program of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor: "State-Building and Policy-Making in an Independent Armenia: 1991-2006" Saturday, March 11th 10:00am - 5:00pm Davis Auditorium of the Schapiro Engineering Building, Columbia University The conference will include panels on Foreign Policy and Security Issues Economic Policy State Building Leading political, economic, and academic panelists will be present. Columbia_University_Armenian_Center_Symposium.pdf

Hyemyes, I see your point. I did not like Yerevan-Moskva transit either but it is the fault of our own Armenians who are too INSECURE and quite honestly don't even know who they are - which results in humiliated effort like that. Having said that, few of the Russian artists in that album truly admire Armenian music and have done a substantial effort to get to know it more etc. And this should not be a nationalistic thing either, if a great musician who happens to be Turkish would want to participate as a judge in that contest, we should give equal weight as to the Russian one. And there is not such category as Russian/occidental music (that's a big enough caterogy and can't really be defined). Russian music is very different form Led Zeppelin (which is Occidental music as you define it)