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Cronkite was before my time, but Arpa, I was certain you would have found some sort of Armenian connection to him.

What about our women? *** U.S. policy on Africa `won't change under Obama' The Natal Witness Group (KwaZulu Natal, South Africa) 16 July 2009 By Stephen Coan Speaking at Chamber House yesterday, Jill Derderian, U.S. Consul-General in Durban, said that U.S. policy towards Africa under President Barack Obama's administration is not substantially different from that of his predecessor, George W. Bush. `There is not major change, still a lot of continuity to look forward to,' Derderian said, addressing members of the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) and the Pietermaritzburg Chamber of Commerce on change, perceived or otherwise, under the Obama administration. Derderian quoted from an early Bush position on Africa that regarded African leaders as equal partners, asking that they set clear goals with measurable results and good governance. She said Bush had also created several initiatives that made a big impact on Africa, not least in the field of HIV/Aids. `During the Bush administration, the financial assistance to Africa went up significantly,' Derderian said. In 2001, it was $1,3 billion (R10,55?billion), which rose to $5,6Tbillion in 2008. In 2010, it will be $8,7 million. Many of the previous administration's positions were echoed by Obama in a speech given in Accra during his recent visit to Ghana. He emphasised democracy, the generation of wealth and peaceful resolution to conflict. `He also placed an emphasis on good governance. He said `Africa doesn't need `strong men', it needs strong institutions.'?' `The U.S. wants to partner with Africa, but it's not a one-way street,' Derderian said. `His heritage obviously makes him a son of Africa, but he's also a son of the world. One South African newspaper referred to his approach as `tough love'.' Derderian had no definite date for when Obama might come to SA. `I don't know. We hope next year¦' She was optimistic about the future relationship between the U.S. and South Africa and said she is looking forward to 2010 ' `we both have strong teams to be excited about'.

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Call to Action: It’s OK to Say… By Garen Yegparian • on May 21, 2009 “Garen will finish what Hitler/Pol Pot/Milosevic started,” right? See, it’s only a friend kidding around. It’s all for ratings advertising money through shock-jockery. It’s OK, at least that’s gotta be Bill Handel’s (of Clear Channel-owned KFI 640 AM radio in the “LA Market”) approach to life. This Burbank-based show is another of the right-wing, loud, unsubstantiated, crass, yet immensely popular noise machines that is epitomized by Rush (the Druggie) Limbaugh. In this case, believe it or not, a discussion of healthcare led to the statement “What the Turks started, Bill will finish.” While talking about the costs, Handel suggested reducing the U.S. population to save the government money. Then came a wisecrack about starting with the Armenians and selling Glendale. So far, it’s just tacky, and par for the shock-radio course. One person who heard this called and emailed to complain. The upshot? The email was read and mocked, again no surprises. But then came: “What the Turks started, Bill will finish.” Now it’s time to let the rage flow free. Call, write, and just plain flood KFI and its owner, Clear Channel, with your disgust. These people (and here I use the term loosely) have to learn what boundaries not to cross. Handel’s parents being Holocaust survivors doesn’t excuse or sanction such abuse. Quite the contrary, it makes things all the worse. When you call, tell them you want a serious apology, one not fraught with further mockery. Even more, Handel should issue a call to his listeners to write Obama the Betrayer and contact their Congressional reps to support the current resolution. You’ll certainly want to hear the two clips. Unfortunately, you can’t hear the real offender off KFI’s website. Why? They’ve taken down that show from their website. Hmm, wonder why that is. Fortunately, they were downloaded ahead of time and are now available at www.burbankanc.org/KFI.mp3. To contact these people, here are some options: Snail mail address: 3400 W Olive Ave Ste 550, Burbank, CA 91505 Email: RobinBertolucci@clearchannel.com (for Robin Bertolucci, program director, KFI AM640) KFI station numbers: (818) 559-2252 (main); (818) 566-6476 (programming) Corporate headquarters: Clear Channel, 200 East Basse Road, San Antonio, TX 78209, (210) 822-2828, webmaster@clearchannel.com Let’s flood these people. Especially since it’s a holiday weekend, let’s fill up their voicemail system. You can find some other numbers for them online, too. If you’re feeling up to it, flood those as well. Source: The Armenian Weekly

You seem to care.

There's one in every crowd...

So it's not in beta mode anymore? I might try it out, even though I'm far too used to Firefox. Sip, a single tab or page closing rather than the entire browser is a major improvement, since it's one thing that bugs me about FF. I don't know if Chrome is going to have the Google toolbar. Doesn't Google have some sort of deal with Firefox and IE?

While checking my local listings, I noticed that an Armenian, Davit Karapetyan, will be playing the Nutcracker Prince in Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker. It's going to air on PBS. PBS is notorious for their bizarre scheduling. Check your local listings to see when it's on. It airs in Los Angeles on December 17th (tomorrow). Here is an early review.

Well, the petition is up... http://www.ozurdiliyoruz.com/

I just stumbled upon this and it's a little late, but Ashot, thank you so much for posting this. I had been looking for it for a while.

I know this was discussed in some thread, but I'm having trouble locating it. There are now three entries posted: http://www.projectcommonhumanity.com/

Patkanian's great great granddaughter, Irina, made a short film called Armenian Lullaby, based on a poem by him.

I think it's a he, not a she. Most of the righteous ones were missionaries and such. But how about Ali Kemal Bey?

I'm happy that we've come so far in science and technology. I'm also creeped out and scared that we've come so far in science and technology. And a black hole, really? How exactly do you get rid of a black hole once it's there? Where is Stephen Hawking?

Are you referring to his debates with Turkish deniers on Usenet newsgroups in the late eighties and early nineties?

It is in Armenian, Turkish, English, Russian, Farsi (??) and Georgian (?!?!??). http://www.regionalkinetics.com/

I was browsing on YouTube, and while watching an Armenian video about Artsakh, came across a very rude remark made by a presumably anti-Armenian Azeri. I clicked on his profile and from his favorites list discovered that he had a taste for Armenian music... particularly rabiz. Surprising.

But they are.

It only shows that Russia will recognize those territories which may one day become part of the federation. Perhaps Russia will wait for Armenia to recognize the Nagorno-Artsax Republic first.

Is she single?

A certain Armen Vardanyan (competing for Ukraine) just beat Azeri favorite Farid Mansurov at Greco-Roman wrestling. A certain Varteres Samourgachev (a lawyer by profession, competing for Russia) will take on Azeri Ilgar Abdulov to reach the quarterfinals of the men's Greco-Roman 74 kg. Arsen Julfalakyan (competing for Armenia!) will take on Hungarian Peter Bacsi to reach the same position! Good luck to all of them (especially Julfalakyan!).

From what I've heard, some of those Armenians who lived in Aleppo/Syria before the genocide have this surname (Halabi).

What about Halabi?

How many Armenian surnames can you think of that refer to a specific ethnic group? Does this mean that Armenians with such surnames originally had an ancestor belonging to one of these ethnic groups? Here's what I've come up with so far: Arabian (Arab) Arnavoudian (Albanian) Berberian (Berber) Boulgarian (Bulgarian) Cherkezian (Circassian) Gourjian/Vratsian (Georgian) Hounanian/Younanian (Greek) Inglizian (English) Kurdian/Kurdoglian (Kurdish) Majarian (Hungarian) Tatarian (Tatar) http://www.armenian.name/index.php?a=index&d=3

Mustafa Kemal did. Speaking of hotels, what happened to Istanbul's Tokatlian?