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  1. ALMA

    Top Shelf Vodka!

    Oki doki, I'll try that way, thanx a lot
  2. ALMA

    Top Shelf Vodka!

    Where do I get the E-mail from? Do you have it? If so pass it to me please
  3. ALMA

    Top Shelf Vodka!

    Gosh no, Martini, I can’t stand it. Too sweet, Even with olives it doesn’t taste good to me. I love Malibu, Baileys, Drambuie and other similar drinks
  4. ALMA

    Top Shelf Vodka!

    There was one called RASPUTIN which was nice. But as I said I'm not keen on Vodka, I do like vodka mixed with other drinks in cocktails but not on its own. See if I can get hold of it.
  5. ALMA

    Post-a-piece...

    I wish I could have the skills to paint so well
  6. ALMA

    Top Shelf Vodka!

    I personally can't stand vodka but your description sounds good. Its worth trying!!
  7. ALMA

    Top Shelf Vodka!

    I see, It needs to be exported to the UK over here ppl are crazy for alcohol
  8. ALMA

    Top Shelf Vodka!

    What is it made of, tut?
  9. Biography: Ragip Zarakolu Professional background The director and owner of Belge Publishing House, Ragip Zarakolu has been subject to a lifetime of harassment from the Turkish authorities. After graduating college in 1968, Zarakolu began writing for magazines such as Ant and Yeni Ufuklar, both of which focused on issues of social justice in Turkey. In 1971, a military government assumed power in Turkey and instituted a crackdown on writers it deemed subversive. Following a conviction and a three-year stay in prison, Zarakolu steadfastly refused to abandon his campaign for freedom of thought, striving for an "attitude of respect for different thoughts and cultures to become widespread in Turkey." Since his writings were repeatedly banned in Turkey for their criticism of the country's military regime, Zarakolu began to turn his attention to abuses of human rights by governments in South America and elsewhere. In 1977, Zarakolu and his wife Ayse Nur founded the Belge Publishing House, which has been a focus for censorship since its inception. Its publications have not only drawn the government's ire. Zarakolu's office was firebombed by an extremist rightist group in 1995, forcing it to be housed in a cellar. Despite the death of his wife in 2002, Zarakolu has continued to publish writings critical of human rights violations around the world, especially in his native Turkey. Case history Zarakolu's staunch belief in freedom of expression, his vocal campaign against book bannings, and his persistence in publishing works that violate Turkey's repressive censorship laws have resulted in a catalog of indictments dating back to the early 1970s. His aforementioned 1971 conviction and three-year imprisonment stemmed from accusations by Turkey's new military government that Zarakolu was in cahoots with an international communist organization. In the 30 years since his release, Zarakolu has continued to defy Turkey's censorship laws, especially Article 312 of Turkey's Penal Code, which outlaws "making divisive propaganda via publication." The Belge Publishing House operated under a barrage of charges brought by Turkish authorities against Zarakolu and his wife. Over the years, such charges resulted in further imprisonment for the couple, the wholesale confiscation and destruction of books, and the imposition of heavy fines. Zarakolu's wife passed away in 2002. Current status Ragip Zarakolu is currently being tried in two separate cases for publishing works deemed "insulting" to the Turkish government. Representatives from International PEN and the International Human Rights Federation were present for his most recent trial in Istanbul on June 21, 2006. At this trial, Zarakolu faced charges under Article 301 of the Turkish Penal Code for the publication of two books by George Jerjian and Professor Dora Sakayan, with a maximum possible jail sentence of 13.5 years. George Jerjian's book, History Will Free Us All, which was considered "insulting" to the memory of Kemal Atat�rk, suggested that close advisors to Atat�rk were responsible for the mass deportation of Armenians in 1915. It has also been accused of "ridiculing the state," and its publication carries charges of up to seven and a half years in prison. In response to claims that "the court is trying a book which it has not read," a new experts' committee has been appointed to assess the offensiveness of History Will Free Us All. In the case regarding Professor Dora Sakayan's book, An Armenian Doctor in Turkey: Garabed Hatcherian: My Smyrna Ordeal of 1922, the prosecutor demanded a six-year prison sentence for Zarakolu for having "insulted the Army" and also "Turkishness" by publishing this book. Although Zarakolu invited an expert witness to speak in his defense at the trial, the court refused to hear him. Both cases were adjourned to June 21, 2006, then October 9, and have been now postponed again. A date has not been set. The news that the trials against publisher Ragip Zarakolu will drag on for at least another four months following a prior two-month delay and eight previous trial dates has been met with increasing alarm that, far from improving, the state of free expression in Turkey is taking a steep downward curve. The meeting took place on Wednesday, 2nd of May At 4.30 pm
  10. e-mail to Gordon Brown 7 Nant Ffynnon, Nant Peris Gwynedd LL55 4UG 12-05-07 Dear Sir, The election of a new Labour leader gives a new opportunity to finally steer the government towards an ethical foreign policy.One of the key elements in this should be the end of the government's continued denial of the Genocide of the Armenians(in which they persist for fear of offending Turkey). Britain is completely isolated in Europe on this issue. In every other country where the issue has been raised, parliaments have passed motions recognising the truth of this apalling crime against humanity and civilization(actually these were the words of Britain's government in 1915). The Rt Hon. Geoff Hoon minister for Europe is also isolated when he says that historians are divided on the issue, and when he implies that the government has consulted historians. It is known that no genocide experts (historians or otherwise) have ever been consulted by this or past UK governments.Mr Hoon would be hard put to find any neutral historian in the UK who agrees with his statement that the evidence for the Armenian Genocide is "not sufficiently unequivocal" Both Lloyd George and Winston Churchill called what happened to the Armenians as a "holocaust" and "holocausts" respectively. The International Association of Genocide Scholars have issued a statement recognising the truth of the genocide. I urge you to make your position clear on this issue before the leadership election Surely as a historian, you understand I'm sure that the present position is untenable? yours sincerely, Eilian Williams (for Armenia Solidarity) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for your email - I have been asked to reply. I have made a note of the point you make about Armenia and will make sure that Gordon is aware of the views you express. These are significant questions, and we appreciate you taking the time to let us know the issues of importance to you. Best wishes Chris Leslie Gordon Brown For Britain Campaign
  11. Здравствуй, дорогой папа! Как ты поживаешь? Что у тебя нового? У меня все по прежнему. Только вот холодно очень. Пришла зима. Скоро пойдет снег и будет зябко. Одному. С тех пор как мы окончательно расстались 11 лет тому назад, я много писал тебе. Рассказывал, как мне живется без тебя. Но ты, видимо, не получал моих писем или не читал их. Может быть оно и лучше. Ведь тогда, наверное, тебе пришлось бы переживать за меня и чувствовать угрызения совести. Но я твой сын и понимаю, как это тяжело и неприятно. Поэтому, большей частью молчу и делаю вид, что у меня все терпимо. На самом деле и меня все нормально. Уже нормально. С тех пор как ты меня сдал, я научился говорить на их языке. Сейчас я говорю только на нем. Поначалу мне было трудно. Хотя все вокруг твердили, что это мой родной язык и заложен в недра мозга генетически. Просто ты его варварски искоренял и уничтожал. Но я же знаю, папа, что это неправда. Ты всегда был за то, чтобы я говорил на разных языках. Ты и остальных своих детей заставлял говорить на разных языках, даже если у них это плохо получалось. Боялся обидеть гостей. И я, по правде говоря, никогда не понимал, почему боялся ты, а не они - гости? Вроде бы в гостях у тебя они и должны учить твой родной язык тоже они. А у нас, почему-то, всегда было наоборот. Вот я и брал пример с остальных. Старался говорить со всеми на понятном им языке, чтоб не думали, что я высокомерный. Не думай, папа, я всегда понимал, что был особенным в семье. Хотя ты не говорил мне, что я самый красивый, любимый, талантливый и желанный. Сейчас, я часто думаю: зачем мне все это? Что мне с этим делать? Кому показывать? Я понимаю, что в данном случае красота сыграла со мной не добрую шутку. Раздразнила всех в округе, перевернула, чуть ли не пол мира и в итоге стала ни чьей.…Так ей и надо, папа.…Так нам и надо… Я похудел за эти годы, посуровел и стал менее привлекательным. Наверное, мне подходит военная суровость. Я кажусь более мужественным и не столь соблазнительным. Хотя зачем мне это, папа, даже не знаю. Кого я буду этой мужественностью отпугивать? Тебя? Папа, я скучаю по тем временам, когда мы были вместе.…С тех пор как мы расстались, я каждую ночь вижу разные сны. Во сне мы рядом. Говорим на родном языке. Я довольный, нарядный, у меня нет ран и побоев. А еще, папа, я пою, и голос мой отзывается эхом и будоражит душу… Знаешь, папа, я не хотел тебе говорить, но у меня теперь другое имя. Прости, но они поменяли его и назвали меня по-своему. Теперь я – А…Нет, лучше я не буду его писать. Тебе, наверное, будет неприятно. А я не хочу отвлекать тебя от важных дел и портить настроение. Вообще, наверное, это письмо моя ошибка. Напрасно, я взялся его писать, напрасно отвлек тебя от многочисленных проблем. Но, поверь, мне так тошно! Кругом ни одной родной души. Везде они… все время стараются видоизменить меня, сделать похожим на них, оставляют отметины и шрамы, чтоб потом сказать «Видите, у него тут древнее родимое пятно!» Папа, у меня, нет больше сил сопротивляться. Я молчу и терплю все унижения. Я просто к ним привыкаю, становясь ничтожеством. И знаешь, 11 лет не достаточно, чтобы отрубить и выбросить на свалку все корни… Но 11 лет вполне достаточно, чтобы взрастить на их месте новое поколение… Наверное, если мы когда ни будь с тобой встретимся, ты меня не узнаешь. Время беспредела и несправедливости оставили в моем сознании слишком глубокий след. И этого, папа, я тебе никогда не прощу… P.S. Прости за глупый вопрос, а ты не хочешь меня вернуть? Твой сын Гарабахт
  12. Haye mtnum e zukaran dzerke turkakan tert, turke hartsnum e tertov inch piti anes haye patasxanum e, srpvem. Hajort ore haye tesnum e turkne mtnum zukaran haykakan terte dzerke, haye asum e inch piti anes haykakan terte, turke asum e srpvem. hayepatasxanum e -zgush yeghi hetevet glxitset aveli xelatsi chdarna
  13. Mi hat ter hayr u mi hat marshutnu shofer mahanum en u yerkusi hogin el gnum e yerkink. Astvats marshutnu shoferin asum e du miangamits gnum es draxt, ter hayre asum e ter astvats isk yes? Astvats asum e zavakes hamperi piti voroshenk, ter hayre asum astvats im inchpes yeghav vor marshutnu shofere miangamits gnats draxt isk indz piti voroshek, marshutnu shofere ir kyankum kez chi chanachel, misht xuliganutyunov e zbaxvel isk du nran draxt ugharketsir yes vor nman kyankes kez em pashtel, karozel ko surp goyutyune, du piti voroshes te yes ur gnam? Astvats patasxanum e, zavakes axr yerp du karozum eir amen mart knum er isk yerp marshutnu shofere kshum er amen mard aghotum er.
  14. Abarantsin zangum e yeghpore u latselov asum mer here bartsratsav tti tsare tut tap talu, enkav u menk aytpisov kortsrink mer hore, yeghpayrnel myus koghmits asum e che hnaravor chi, hle lav man ekek, ho matani chi vor korchi. 3 aparantsi kangnats xoselis en linum u meke myusin patmum en vor irenk shat inad en. Meke asum e yes sranits 3 amis arach gnatsi tun, tesa kines chash chi patrastel u et orvanits inad em engel mer tane chem chashum. Yerkrord aparantsin asum e da shat mets chi hamematats imin, yes 2 amis arach gnatsi tun, dure tsetsetsi kines dure chbatsets u et orvanits tun chem gnum. Yerort abarantsin asum e dzere park e hamematats indz, asume hishum ek vor 15 tari arach amusnatsa, enkernere asum en ayo, sa asum e de mer amusnutyan gisere harsanikits heto, mer nnjasenyakum eyink, motetsa knojes, kines sksets chem u chum anel, yes el inad enga et orvanits iran matov chem kpel, es enkernerits mekn asum e lsi ba en 3 yerexeke vor unek drank umnen, sa asum e havata inad em enkel et el chem hartsrel
  15. ALMA

    Forsh In Argentina

    Forsh (Vahan Gevorkian) is one of the biggest names in Armenian pop music today. Songwriter, musician, singer, author of so many famous melodic tunes, Forsh appeared on the music scene in mid 80's quickly establishing himself both among pop-music performers as well as among solo songwriters. I think Forsh has gained popularity but his drinking habits (if not now then in the past) have lead certain people, living out of Armenia, to ignore him as an artist. What do you people think? Do you like Forsh?
  16. I think it looks great. I have never seen the Armenian converter before, maybe didn't pay much attention. No wonder why I was automatically signed off. But good job people!!!
  17. That’s sad, its really hard especially when you have shared so much things with him. Do you get to see him? Maybe in the streets or at work/school?? My best friend has just finished with her boyfriend. They went out for almost 5 years and loved each other a lot. Well my friend was madly in love. The guy climes to love her to death but to me its not sufficient to let her go. She has changed her phone number maybe 25 times already in the past 6 -7 months as they were on and off till they finished everything completely. She wants to form a family, he doesn’t. He’s just finished university and is not interested to form a family. At least not in the next 7 -8 years. She decided to finish everything, as the guy doesn’t even want to get engaged, he just wants to carry on the relationship as it is. It makes me upset to see her so sad, I just told her to change her number for the very last time and ask her family not to pass her number to anyone. I messaged the guy on behalf of my friend asking to step out of her life once for all and leave her alone. The only thing that helps her overcome is be with friends all the time, keep herself engaged and do activities that she hasn’t done with the guy. Go on holiday if you can, a place that you never though of going wile you were seeing you BF. If a close friends came with you it would be even better. Cruising is a good fun, meeting lots of new people and forgetting all the bad. You will come back much fresher and happier.
  18. Hmmm are you not asking a bit too little? If it looks like Pampita and has all the above? Would you still be interested? Valeria Maza isn't great without make up on
  19. It would be interesting to know how can someone indirectly link something. The free warning meaining???
  20. You have written it so beautifully, describing everything in details making one's heart melt by just remembering similar experiences.
  21. Does the person actually speak Armenian? Guys how do you know its Armenian?
  22. Two turks are kissing each other and having a conversation. _1. Do you love me? -2. Yes, I do -1. I love you too -1. Do you enjoy being with me? -2. Yes, I do -1. I do too -1 Would you want to marry me? -2. Yes, I would. -1. I would too -1. What is Your name? -2. Ali -1. So is mine!!
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    Post-a-piece...

    I think its really nice Hand Painting
  24. By saying their father it sounds like you are divorced
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