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I thought I could hold off posting the analysis/ resuts part until more members have had a chance to do it too. Please keep your answers handy and I will post results in the evening.

HUMANMETRICS http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp Very interesting and accurate!

Imagine you're walking in this endless desert, you're tired, thirsty and hungry, after walking many hours. Now .. a majestic building appears before you. 1. What appears before you is: a. A castle b. A museum c. A hotel d. A place of worship 2. You enter this building through the: a. Window b. Door c. Balcony d. Underground tunnel Inside you find the place very majestic and beautiful.. Suddenly you hear a knock on the door.. you open the door...and find someone you really want to be with... 3. Who is the person? You continue walking and you see a staircase leading to the next floor 4. Is it spiral or straight? You walk up the stairs... counting the steps as you walk.. 5. How many steps are there? (any number from 1 to infinity) Next you enter a room... 6. How big do you want it to be? a. The size of a fish tank b. The size of a cupboard c. The size of a jungle d. The size of the pacific ocean 7. What do you want the color of the walls to be? a. Red b. Purple c. Yellow or orange d. Rainbow colors A table appears before you.... 8. Is it round or square or triangular or simply shapeless? There is a basket with 5 fruits on the table.. cherries, apples, oranges, grapes and watermelons. 9. Choose a fruit.

By 2041, I will be arely 60 yrs. old. I will not be eligble for retirement SS until age 67. I should stop shopping and start saving. And I am not even metioning that I have a daughter whose college education, new car and dream wedding I will most likely be funding in next 15-20 yrs. I should get back to work!

The Boomers Hit 62 Thursday, Jan. 03, 2008 By JUSTIN FOX (TIME MAG.) Yes, they'll drain Social Security by 2041. But the money problems will begin long before then. They're turning 62 this month, the first of the baby boomers are. Adorable, aren't they, as they hum along to the Beach Boys on their iPods and dream of Davy Crockett coonskin caps? In February the 100,000 or so of these January 1946 babies who opted for early retirement will get their first Social Security checks (averaging between $900 and $1,000 a month), marking the beginning of a demographic wave that will boost the program's rolls from 50 million to 80 million over the next two decades. Not so adorable, eh? You've heard about the pending retirement of the boomers before, of course. You've also heard that Social Security faces some big funding problems. The two have less to do with each other than you might think. Social Security's insolvency remains a hypothetical threat decades into the future. But because of the particular way its funding was rearranged by Congress in 1983, the rest of the Federal Government, as well as taxpayers, will begin feeling the cost of the boomers' retirement in just three or four years. Let me explain. In 2041 the trust fund that pays Social Security benefits is projected to run out of money. After that, a yawning gap between benefits and income stretches as far as an actuary's eye can see. This long-term gap is what President George W. Bush was trying to address with his failed plans to partly privatize Social Security. It's been the focus of almost all recent debate about the program. Most of the baby boomers, though, will be dead by 2041. I was born in 1964, considered the final year of the boom, and according to the Social Security Administration, I should expect to keel over by the end of 2042. So it's not we boomers but long-run trends in immigration, fertility and life expectancy that are projected to leave the program chronically short of funds after that. The trends can only be guesstimated, and that inherent uncertainty is cited by blithe spirits as reason not to do anything about Social Security. Worrywarts, meanwhile, argue that the distance of the looming bankruptcy is all the more reason to make changes calmly now. Both arguments have merit, but it's the former that is almost certain to prevail. Previous Social Security fixes came only when the checks were about to bounce, and that dire moment is decades off. Such a funding crisis was just months away in 1983 when a bipartisan gang led by Senators Bob Dole and Daniel Patrick Moynihan cracked heads and persuaded Congress to move up some already planned payroll-tax hikes and shove back the full retirement age to 67 for future generations. Since then, Social Security has run a surplus. From an actuarial standpoint, this mostly solved the problem of funding the boomers' retirement. It also meant that the boomers will, as a group, put more into Social Security than they get out. (That's true of all age cohorts born since 1937; it's the Social Security recipients born before then who have, as a group, made out like bandits.) The catch is that the surplus was invested in U.S. government bonds, to be cashed in later to keep the by-then-elderly boomers afloat. These bonds are simply claims on future U.S. taxpayers, and they're coming due. The Social Security surplus peaked in 2000, at 0.91% of GDP. It has held steady for the past couple of years but is expected to start shrinking fast in 2011. By 2017, Social Security should begin to run a deficit, one that's projected to grow sharply through the mid-2030s. The crisis projected for 2041 is that the bond stash will run out. The semicrisis set for 2011 is that Social Security will quickly go from the big boost to federal finances that it has been for the past 25 years to a big drag (a drag greatly exacerbated by the cost of paying for Medicare for the boomers, which is another story). Something will have to give. Big changes in Social Security itself seem out of the question, so federal taxes other than payroll taxes will have to go up, government spending outside of Social Security will have to be cut, or budget deficits will grow. Or, most likely, a combination of all three. And it will begin to hit during the first term of whoever gets elected President in November. Not that you'll hear much talk about that on the campaign trail.

Spasumem @nger. My reply to the PM may be rather lenghty, right now I am using the handheld...henc laptop@ bacem kasem inch, vonc, xi...

Azat jan, "all is well that ends well". thanks for words of encouragement!

Sometimes a person's ego becomes so overinflated that they are unable to see beyond their own nose. This is a sign of a foolish man. And the jokes on him... Cause the rest don't live in his dilusional world. Astvac indz/mez hamperityun ta.....

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7.5 is coming to L.A. They are performing on Jan. 16th and 24th @ 8 p.m. in Pasadena Civic Auditorium. Tickets are like $90, 70 50 40... It will be totally new program..not what we all sw in the DVD or on Armenia TV. Chigitem ov vonc, bayc yes Rafoin plus muysnerin shat em havanum...mec sirov spasumem minch 16in.

Happy New Year to all. I hope it brings good health, happiness and prosperity.

You are most certainly welcome to come...but we should consult the others. Were would you suggest, I know you are very much the restaurant aficionado. Suggestions would be very much appreciated. My fave places are on the Westside, but I think the gang will want to stay in Glendale/ Burbank/ Valley area.

Indz tvuma vor shutov piti axchiknerov havaqvenq gnanq 5 course dinner utelu... will help put a few ounces on! I'm quite serious, if you guys are interested, we can meet up after the New Year's rush... I will start PMing you guys with info on possible dates, places... it will be nice to have a HF girls night out. Or even lunch. But a long lunch so we can have a chance to talk for a while.

Tuyl tur kapem yev verjacnem aysqanov.... Iveraberyal ays xoskerit... Երբեմն էլ ասում են, թե կոտրված սիրտը չի կարող սիրել, Հետեւաբար էլ անկարող է սեր փոխանցել այլոց սրտերին, Էլ ինչպես լսեմ այս խոսքերին անսեր, Երբ սիրտն իմ միայն սեր կարող է տածել Second-hand love is guarded, it is not trusting, it is thrice measured and rarely cut...love should be given without hesitation, without fear, withou that bitter aftertaste that heartbreak levaes behind...... yerkrod dzerqi ser@ arzan chi "voch kez, voch indz".... I concur with Sevak's thoughts.

Yes, keep my topic clean. I rarely post a new thread and would like honest, serios replies in relation to member's resolutions.

1. I resolve to be the best mother I can possibly be for my daughter. I am making it a mission in my personal life. Nnthing I can do; give to in my life can matter more than this. If I don't succeed in anything else, then just to know that I have given all of myself in being my best would mean I will die with no regret and a success. 2. I resolve to enjoy the moment. Live in the moment. Life is short. Time is not gauranteed. I have to enjoy the things I do, not just go through the motions. My daughter is helping me discover all the magic life has to offer. 3. I resolve to allow mysef to get hurt. I will allow people to affect me. These walls I have built are not just keeping others from penetrating, but pretty soon they will imprison me for good. 4. I resolve to start taking the necessary steps to be able to travel to Hayastan with Ani next summer... monetary donations are welcome! lol Jsut kidding. 5. No more Pepsi. Enough! I resolve to rid it of my daily diet. I shall overcome at leastt this addiciton. more to come....

I am 100% AXPARI jut! Both of my paternal grandparents were born and raised in Greece and came to Yerevan in the late 40's. My maternal grandfather was born in a small fisherman’s village in Greece as well. My maternal grandmother is half Italian, half Armenian. Her parent’s brief love story resembles a Hollywood movie...her mother was living in Europe during WW2 and was sent to a German POW camp to translate and care for the Italian captured POWs. She fell in love with one of her “patients” and they had a very intense love affair, complete with a makeshift wedding ceremony and a pregnancy to follow. By the time my great-grandmother was halfway through her pregnancy, her husband was well enough to be stationed again, but now he was forced to fight for the Germans..against his own people. A few months later, my great-grandma was sent a letter stating that her husband was “missing in action/ presumed dead”. Anyway, long story short, my grandmother never met her father, she was born in Milan and moved with her mother to Yerevan at age 2. Later, we found out that her father was in fact alive and living near outskirts of Milan, however, neither my grandma nor her mother were interested in finding him and he in turn had not taken steps to find them... None of my grandparents had a high school education. But all of them spoke or speak at least four languages (Armenian, Greek, Turkish and Russian). They have worked hard all of their lives and used their hands and strength to create a home and future for their families. Many of my deep routed values and virtues come from my maternal grandmother. When I look around, I see that my generation is lacking the virtues and values that our grandparents' generation lived by. It saddens me...

Bayts ashot jan, @nduni vor menq Hayer@s, generic hivandutyunn unenq.. kamel te chunenq uzumenq varakvenq... menq sirumenq mezi "vicitm" derum tesnenq. Bayc da mezi uzh chi talis, orer@s chi heshtacnum, miayn pahume xexjvats vijakum.. heriqa, yes andzamp hognelem... so porcumem inq@s indz "empower" anem. (This has nothing to do with Ani's poetry). I am speaking of the general nature of all, not anyone specific.

Happy Birthday Garo!

I hate talking about this but here goes ... A little over two years ago, I drastically changed my life... I took (my then 8 months old) daughter and left my husband for good. I moved in with my parents and started building a new life for my daughter and I. I enrolled back in school (I had dropped out of college halfway through...big mistake) and started to find myself again.. at that point in my life I did not have a clear idea of who I really was. SO much of my "identity" was created for the benefit of others. Over a few years time, I had turned into a person I did not recognize nor wanted to be. So, after leaving that life behind, I gave myself permission to explore the world outside of my room, my books and my baby. The internet was my exit from my daily life of studying and raising a young child. Long story short, I discovered forums. I was set! I had found a way to make a connection with people, to share ideas, discuss things while still being near my daughter. And the magic of it all was that no one knew who I was, what I was going through.. I was free to share as much or as little of myself as I saw fit. When I found HF, I was already a member of another forum, was posting regularly. But I found HF to be very intimidating... I was afraid to voice my opinions amongst these very intelligent, wise people. I was afraid I'd get laughed at. Plus, my Armenian writing is so poor that I was afraid to look like a fool. I wont even mention that 30% of my Armenian vocabulary consists of Russian words. When I did slowly start posting, I got really into it. Movses was very supportive and others also made sure to include me and get back to me on my posts; topics of interest. I cannot stress how much this place helped me out during countless nights during which I felt completely hopeless. I found this place to be a refuge, I escaped the reality of my real life by going back and reading almost( every single thread ever posted). I began to feel like I knew certain members, it was a weird kind of tie that kept me in this place. In short, I found a part of my true identity here– amongst strangers. I cannot imagine parting from this place. After my daughter goes to bed, it is the last thing I check and the first page I open up each morning at work. I am definitely addicted. And I cannot imagine not having this place to come to. I really enjoy the company and input of the people here. And I truly believe that Movses is responsible for keeping this place as it is. We just have to keep up his hard work. As Edward said, lets treat it as a home—for many of us, is it not just that? Many of the members here have become extended family and definitely my FRIENDS!

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!

Axxx Movses jan, esor kichey lacel, mi nor arit yeghav lacelu.... teghyak chey et axchka mahvan masin... Astvats irents hasni... es darr@ yekogh orerin xarrnvel litigationi mojov hesht chi linelu.... bayc te es depqum petq e.... (story resembles Grisham's Rainmaker...)

I luv this song.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdotNnDMiew

I think, I think.