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Neat!

Very nice!

That was awesome! :D err. Rather, it was sweeeet!

We don't need instulting posts like this here. Understood?

Well looks like Rona got "re-assigned" after all of her mess-ups. And of interest to Armenians, Jason Kenney who co-seconded the AG resolution in Parliament last year, is now secretary of state for multiculturalism and Canadian identity. Source: CBC Edit: bad url

I have never used the same laptop for five years. True, that may be the lifespan. but I think you can count on needing a replacement within three tops. My two cents Ani jan: unless you're really really running critical, processor-heavy applications, the enhanced workflow/capacity of a slightly faster machine isn't worth putting yourself under financial stress. You can always sell it in a couple of years and upgrade if you need to... for now, get something that gets the job done for the price you're willing to pay. Some of the machine's your looking at are pretty hot - I'm sure you can find a solid compromise. On another note, my Toshiba tablet PC has been tossed around to about a half dozen different users and even loaned to clients (it's a test/demo machine). And it's still going strong. My anecdotal evidence suggests that Toshiba's are not so fragile....

Holidays were nice, too much driving tough.... It's been busy as we prepare for new human to arrive. Not until February, but that's only a few weeks away Crazy stuff... Sounds like you had quite the feast at New Years... ours was much more low-key. Looks like a trip to NYC will have to wait at least a little while longer... .

No time to reply in any real useful detail (and I confess I didn't look at all your links), but here are my immediate thoughts: - I would hesitate to buy refurb, unless there's a solid (and lengthy) warranty that comes included. - At my work we've purchased Dell, Apple, Toshiba and recently Sony laptops. We've only had some slight issues with the Dells - but all were fixed under warranty, and handled well by Dell customer service. This may run against the common perception of Dell recently, but my experience has been generally positive. Overall, I'm most satisfied with the Toshibas. - I once owned an Acer laptop (but that was about 7-8 years ago) so any quality issues would not be a factor now I would think.

Happy Birthday HF! Thanks once again to Mosjan for making this our little "home".....

Nope, but you can edit your posts within a certain timeframe. We had to disable that option along time ago due to some abuse.... If you have specific requests you can always PM one of the mods..... Hope you had a nice holiday btw

Unbelievable...

We're happy you're back Armat Try not to work too hard.... someone once told me "work to live, not the otherway around" - I think it's healthy advice. Cheers...

Happy belated birthday Garo jan! :) Hope the holiday season was kind to you...

Me too please!

Unfortunately, I wouldn't have any idea what they would have been listening to at that time. But when you're finished your compliation, please post the track list here - I'd be interested in what you come up with....

I don't think there would be anything wring with a glass of wine or two after undergoing surgery. It's always best to check though, since alcohol can cause cause excess uric acid build-up in the joints of people who are pre-disposed, or if they suffer from gout, etc. It can also have some other effects when combined with any medications taken during recovery.

I love it!

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Getting back to Dion, I hear he's revoking his dual citizenship.

What I mean is that restricting immigration to "certain groups" blatantly flaunts attitudes of racism and racial superiority, and that parlays into a fearful zenophobic society. What makes you think Armenians would be "included"? Maybe we'd be left out in the cold with other "Middle Eastern Terrorists". Do you think that your average North American can identify the differences much less care about them? As soon as you start segregating on racial lines, we (and all immigrants) will suffer. It's a slippery slope, one that I don't wish to be on.

But sadly it does, and promoting attitudes that undermine it's security could have net negative effects. That must be it

Here's another beauty on our favourite Minister of the Environment: One wonders what "real world" she's referring to... Source: Globe and Mail

I agree that birth rates are not an indicator of culture. Irlandahye brought up that subject incorrectly pointing out QC's low birth rate as an "argument" and I was merely correcting him. Euro, please don't forget that as Armenians in diaspora, we ARE immigrants. Attitudes like those espoused in your recent posts play into and encourage narrow-minded xenophobia that ultimately works against us in our diasporan communities. Immigrants are what make a nation like Canada function - without them many aspects of our industries would not be viable. Embracing immigration (with a common sense appraoch and reasonable legal limitations, of course) is a key to Canada's (and QC's) economic future.

What would prove problematic under this scenario is that Turkey would be ceding land to TWO different groups. Inevitably, the Kurds would question why they are not receiving the region given to Armenians, and likely vice versa. More land with more hostility doesn't quite make for greener pastures. Besides, even if the exchanges were conducted amicably, it would make any and all cessation of land to Armenia contingent upon an simultaneous cessation of land to a future Kurdistan. I'm not sure how much support that kind of pre-condition would garner.

Firstly, one could argue that someone born in Canada is Canadian, and one born in Quebec is Quebecois. As we all know, assimilation is a powerful force and even those new to a host community adopt the stronger parts of the indegenious poulation. To address your point about immigrant births, the total Haitian population in Montreal (an urban center) is about 60K, the "lebs" number about half of that and the morrocans about 10K. Compare 100K to an urban population of almost 4 million and I hardly think they would skew the birth rate that significantly. A little, yes, but not to such a great extent. The example above also fails to consider rural populations which are more homogenous/"Quebecois". Don't forget, we're comparing the birth rate in Quebec to other provinces, where there are also immigrant populations.