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Cool! That's pretty awesome Maral Thanks again everyone - it was a wonderful (or should i say "wine"-derful) birthday

Thank you Anahid jan - I would be pleased to drink it with you, of course. (Or your brother ) Yerexa??? Hold on! Not yet! Give me some time! I have to get one past the goalie. Yeah - that must be an error in the script! Thanks again for the birthday wishes everyone! I wish it was my birthday everyday!

Man - sorry Skhara - I just saw your question - Rostom is right. Furthermore, search engines have algorythms that calculate the 'importance' or relevance of links (and the keywords) bringing traffic to a site. Ex. if you have a site that is highly ranked for the keywords "george bush", and you create thousands of sites that link to it using the keyword (or text within the A HREF tag) "madman", the search engines will deem that searches for "madman" should also include "george bush" - increased relevance. Ideally, for content that is not beneficial (read: relevant) to Armenian issues, we should definitely NOT link directly to avoid artificially boosting traffic/rankings.

thank you everyone I will have a drink in your honour (for each of you )

Arpa jan, could you please leave the other people out of this.

I know that the laws for warrantees are slighlty different in some provinces, and I'm almost certain that some have restrcitions. I was under the impression that I must go to the dealer to get the warranty. I will definitely double check - thanks for the tip.

Sasun jan - there are lemons in every make - and Toyota's no exception. I'm not surprised - a few years ago my friend's Rav4 needed an engine replacement after only 70K km. She was not very happy... Before this turns into a heated discussion about which brand is better, I do recognize that Toyata's quality ratings and customer satisfaction survey results regularly outperform other manufacturers' results. My point is merely that all manufacturers have certain problems - and Toyota, selling as many vehicles as they do, will have some lemons among them.

Is that true? Maybe not here in Canada - my warranty specifically states that I must go to a 'shop' that is certified by the manufacturer to execute warranty based repairs. Only dealers (in this specific case) have the appropriate 'certification'... I'll have to look closer into that btw...

Well the fact that only partial information is available makes it even more dubious. Yes, sex offenders deserve any/all the punishment they get. But if these guys have served their penance, and are 'reformed' these kinds of actions could provoke some negative in their psyche - is it really a tool for self protection? How are you going to protect your kids from them? Watch their everymovement? Will you move? I don't see how it helps Maral....

I find it quite eerie - reminiscent of a 'big brother' type mentality, or worse, like the 'Scarlet Letter' they use to use before the industrial age - which denoted a woman who been 'unfaithful'. I'm not condoning or defending sexual predators in any way - but there's something that strikes me as a little bit strange about this.

You need a good mechanic in the family (I wish I had one!) As it is, I have found a guy that I feel I can trust - his repairs are quick, and don't require me to go back over & over again.... however, now i have a newish car and everything is covered under warranty so I'm porbably going to the dealer for the next couple of years. ROTFL

Um, when I finally met Domino.

Of course

Here's an eye-opener: Evangelist Urges Believers To Stand Firm February 27, 2006 By STEPHANIE SIMON, Los Angeles Times WAYNE, N.J. -- Evangelist Ken Ham smiled at the 2,300 elementary students packed into pews, their faces rapt. With puppets and cartoons, he was showing them how to reject geology, paleontology and evolutionary biology as a sinister tangle of lies. If a teacher mentions evolution, or the Big Bang, or an era when dinosaurs ruled Earth, Ham said, "You put your hand up and you say, `Excuse me, were you there?' Can you remember that?" ADVERTISEMENT The children roared their assent. "Sometimes people will answer, `No, but you weren't there either,'" Ham told them. "Then you say, `No, I wasn't, but I know someone who was, and I have his book about the history of the world.'" He waved his Bible in the air. "Who's the only one who's always been there?" Ham asked. "God!" the boys and girls shouted. "Who's the only one who knows everything?" "God!" "So who should you always trust, God or the scientists?" The children answered with a thundering: "God!" A former high school biology teacher, Ham travels the U.S. training kids as young as 5 to challenge scientific orthodoxy. He doesn't engage in the political and legal fights that have erupted over the teaching of evolution. His strategy is more subtle: He aims to give people who trust the biblical account of creation the confidence to defend their views - aggressively. He urges students to offer creationist critiques of their textbooks, parents to take on science museum docents, professionals to raise the subject with colleagues. If Ham does his job well, his acolytes will ask enough questions - and spout enough arguments - to shake the evolution theory of Charles Darwin. "We're going to arm you with Christian Patriot missiles," Ham, 54, recently told 1,200 adults gathered at Calvary Temple in northern New Jersey. It was Friday night, the kickoff of a weekend conference sponsored by Ham's global ministry, Answers in Genesis. To a burst of applause, Ham exhorted: "Get out and change the world!" Over the past two decades, "creation evangelism" has become a booming industry. Several hundred independent speakers promote biblical creation at churches, colleges, private schools, Rotary clubs. They lead tours to the Grand Canyon or museums to study the world through a creationist lens. They churn out home-schooling material. A geology text devotes a chapter to Noah's flood; an astronomy book quotes Genesis on the origins of the universe; a science unit for second-graders features daily "evolution stumpers" that teach children to argue against the theory that is a cornerstone of modern science. Answers in Genesis is the biggest of these ministries. Ham founded the nonprofit in his native Australia in 1979. The U.S. branch, funded by donations, has an annual budget of $15 million and 160 employees who produce books and DVDs, maintain a website, and arrange more than 500 speeches a year for Ham and four other full-time evangelists. With a pulpit-thumping passion, Ham insists the Bible be taken literally: God created the universe and all its creatures in six 24-hour days, roughly 6,000 years ago. When pastors dismiss the creation account as a fable, he says, they give their flock license to disregard the Bible's moral teachings as well. He shows his audiences a graphic that places the theory of evolution at the root of all social ills: abortion, divorce, racism, gay marriage, store clerks who say "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas." In the 1970s, Ham taught evolution and creationism in Australian public schools. Raised in a Christian family, Ham trusted God's account over Darwin's; the more he studied Genesis, the more he felt moved to defend it. He quit teaching in 1979 to take up evangelism full time. A father of five whose features resemble Abraham Lincoln, Ham moved his family to the U.S. in 1987. He worked for the Institute for Creation Research near San Diego and in 1993 founded the U.S. branch of Answers in Genesis in northern Kentucky. America sorely needed someone to stand up for the Bible, he reasoned. With its network of Christian radio and TV, the U.S. also offered Ham a launch pad to take his movement global. The gamble paid off. Ham's daily 90-second broadcasts - on themes such as life in the Garden of Eden - are heard on more than 1,000 radio stations worldwide. Speaking tours, the heart of the ministry, often are booked three years in advance. He's produced dozens of books and videos for all ages, including a top-selling alphabet rhyme that begins: "A is for Adam, God made him from dust / He wasn't a monkey, he looked just like us." SOURCE

Yup - that was dumb of me....

Who's ass shaking are we talking about here?

It's fixed now - There was a problem with the DB, Garo checked out and everything is fine, at least for now. Azat can you check to see if the most recent recipes are still on-line? I couldn't find anything more recent than 2004 that can't be right....

That's right! - And don't worry, you're included aper. See? We don't need religion to love one another

Not sure if I posted this one already - it's not about mohammed, but it's funny just the same.

I love you guys

Oh dear - that would indicate a problem with the DB I would think. Extra jan you've really done now! Don't worry, I don't think it's too big of a deal, I'm sure Garo can fix it.

That's one of my favourite regions for French wine - the Rhone valley in general makes some outstanding wine. Price (here in Canada) is an issue, so I don't often buy Chateauneuf du Pape. But if you liked it, you may also try wines from neighbouring Lirac or Rasteau (the latter being quite inexpensive, but is often robust & flavourful) although I prefer some of the Northern Rhone wines - some which can be had for a decent bargain considering their quality. Gigondas, Vacqueyras, St-Joseph and Hérmitage are all very interesting appelations, the last two being more prestigious - just a caveat though, I love most of the wines in these regions, especially those incorporating the varietal Syrah, but you may fine many wines with a large percentage of Grenache - which I find quite ordinary.

And eating that burrito - well that would put the fear of death smack dab into the middle of my heart (attack).

Just to get back to the topic at hand - I had never thought much of death or dying until my parents passed away. Since then I have made (most of) the necessary arrangements so that when I die, the people close to me won't be too inconvenienced. I think that's probably the most negative part of the fear of death - how is your passing going to affect those you love? How are those who rely upon you going to be able to continue their own lives? Those questions are more unnerving for me than being dead. As to Yervants example earlier, I have nearly spun off the road in terrible conditions - and yes, I,ve experienced that heart-pounding adrenaline rush - but I didn't feel a fear of "death" - it was more of a fear of "something bad may happen".