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Is anyone planning on going? I going to see if I can make it.

Taner Ackam - at McGill Centre for Human Rights Friday, February 16th, at 5.00 p.m. in the Moot Court The Zoryan Institute in collaboration with the Armenian Student Association of Montreal present a public lecture by Taner Akçam, author of A Shameful Act: The Armenian Genocide and the Question of Turkish Responsibility. Taner Akçam was born in Ardahan province, Turkey, in 1953. He was granted political asylum in Germany after receiving a ten-year prison sentence for his involvement in producing a student journal, which resulted in his adoption in 1976 by Amnesty International as a prisoner of conscience. He is the author of ten scholarly works of history and sociology, as well as numerous articules in Turkish, German and English. He is currently Visiting Associate Professor of History at the University of Minnesota. This public lecture and book launch is hosted by the Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism and the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies of Concordia University. Professor Akçam will be introduced by Professor Payam Akhavan of the McGill Faculty of Law.

Yummy! Roasted Bear! Mayve Sip has some good suggestions for condiments (but NOT ketchup!)

Wow, your comments surprises me Nairi. Maybe I'm not getting your point. Children like what? Are you telling me there are no Armenians that have a slightly deluded sense of reality? This is now the fault of *our culture*? The kid is probably born & bred in the US - I fail to see what being Armenian has to do with any of this. Please clarify....

Oh Arpa jan relax! We're talking about entertainment value here - not "Armenian values" The guy is a harmless "panther" at least in his head, and he makes people laugh. There's nothing wrong with that.

The Joy Of Tech....

It's really silly to remove/prevent clips like this from you tube. these vids generate more visibility and enhance the relationship between the show and it's fans. Why would they remove it? It's not like it's pay per view and folks are getting it on you tube without "paying" for it.

Um... India has a huge tourism industry, and it's growing. 4 million visitors in 2006 (Source: Asian Times) at an annual groth rate of 13%.

Very poignant. Quick to judge, slow to think...

Why bother? Buy a new PC for 500$ and you get Vista for free! I don't know the difference between thge editions, but if it's like XP, don't bother with the home edition.

Don't panthers have a thing for dancing hippos? I'd watch out if I were you Emil.

I actually agree with Anoushik. The guys is nuts - but so are Michael Jackson, Iggy Pop and Marylin Manson (just to name a few successful nutheads). He has more vision than most of the participants on the show... If he has half as much drive as amibition, he might pull something off.

I must have missed that! Thanks!!

Yes, but neither reference claims to have funded the DVD/rectification. And there is no mention of the result of the lawsuit brought against Time, and whether this was part of a settlement.

Perhaps "We are Armenians" acknowledges that problem exists within Turkey with respect to ethnic minorities. I don't think it has a direct link to genocide recognition, but more so it may be an indicator that the Turkish people are ready to tolerate opinions that counter the traditional government line. This could be seen abroad as a certain amount of progress. A large Turkish protest against the Time rectification could undo any perception of progress, and would re-enforce the image already upheld by arcane Turkish legislative acts (like 301) of a nationalist, intolerant, and yes, un-European society.

Part advertising - part thinly veiled propoganda. I think the strategy, and the overall brou-haha especially in countries like Switzerland and France has ultimately back-fired on the Turks. I'd like to know how this "rectification" was funded. Was it Time magazine itself? Perhaps faced with litigation and an obvious editorial oversight, seeking to correct the situation (I highly doubt it). Or was this in itself a paid campaign backed by Armenian supporters? If the latter is the case, then it simply becomes tit-for-tat and for European readers, the credibility behind the "factual statement" is somewhat called into question. Why believe advertising - whether it comes from Turks or Armenians? We should be careful not to descend into that "tit-for-tat" type of tactic, as it is playing into the hands of the denialists. Their objective is to open the issue for "debate", and that's what we do every time we engage in this type of PR war. I truly hope that this was a clear rectification on the part of Time Europe, as it would have a definitive impact upon the previous "advertising" message delivered by Turkey last year.

Excellent news - anyone have a copy?

Armenian in American Idol v1.

Wow - that was nuts.

Is that when you spin and fall on your butt? Welcome back dude....

I appreciate the fact that you'd like to promote your event (and certainly it seems worthwhile), and you're welcome to use our forum to get your word out. We like hearing about initiatives such as yours, and encourage them. Creating the same topic in various sections of the site is considered spamming - it's largely frowned upon. Furthermore, it may actually result in a negative perception of the event, as most webusers, especially in communities like this, dislike spam and even other forms of promotion. So it's best not to duplicate the same post several times on the board. Actually this little side discussion we're having will probably draw more attention than the other postings. Good luck, and I hope that all goes well tomorrow.

First thread.... then the second...

Ok boys. Let's stop the flame fest. You're all so busy hurling insults, you all seem to fail to see the true tragedy behind all this.

Perhaps I could look, but I'm NOT a programmer, and I don' have much specific knowledge in ASP, so it would be a stroke of pure luck if I managed to put my finger on the problem. I'm hoping that one of the other members with actual programming skills will step forward and help you with this. It would probably be more efficient with someone other than me. My initial thought was that since you no longer have web access, I could help get a "test" version up & running to help someone else diagnose the problem. But I cannot run ASP and Access.

If you were running something in PHP/MySQL I could have perhaps offered you an alternate host on my server - at least temporarily while you sort things out. It would have been handy, at least for debugging, but my host doesn't run ASP.