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Happu belated Sevik jan

Oh, and BTW, what exactly is 'scientific'? Am I missing something? I just got back from vacation, so the brain is a little slow...

Just read it - will try it tonight. However, I've never been a fan of Amaretto... I'm sure an orange or citrus-based liquer (like Grand Marnier or Cointreau) would be very nice in that combination too.

Oh, and pre-XP, you'll need Armenian Language support (ANLS) which will allow you to type in Armenian but it will not be legible by those using Unicode. Harut had programmed a cool utility for converting ASCII to Unicide a while ago - I'm not sure if he still has it on-line.

If you're running XP, you can take advantage of the built in Unicode support for Armenian fonts - regardless if it's word, or word pad.

I'm not a pack rat... when in doubt, throw out, I say! (Now if only I could apply the theory into practice! )

May the melodies of life always be an inspiration Anoushik jan :) Have a wonderful birthday! Kenats@t

dude, multi-tasking is so 1980's...

Um, I just added that to the Armenians.com cookbook

I know this doesn't belong in this thread, but since you brought it up: Teriyaki Dates in Bacon -Pit a bunch of dates -Smush* a bunch of garlic cloves, chop into large chunks -Wrap with a slice of bacon -Skewer with thick toothpick -Fry, turning regularly until bacon is crispy -Squirt with some low-salt teriyaki sauce (just a bit to coat) -Serve hot, on some boston leaf (with maybe some bean sprouts) OR Substitute the garlic dates with large scallops and squeeze lemon juice on them while you're fryin' em up. Wait until the bacon's crisp and the lemon juice is slightly caramelized. *note: 'Smush' does NOT mean squeeze them through one of those garlic press thingamabobs, it means to crush them under the flat side of a broad knife in order to remove the peel

Nope. Like you, whatever time i've had to 'read', has been mostly the fluffy/airport reading variety. I wish I had a year's vacation, then I would wrap my head around all the books I wish to read.

Juggy's gonna love this It's interesting to note that many place the relatively poor perception of the US rating upon foreign affairs policies such as the Iraq war, the UK has rated quite high despite being at the forefront of the war along with the US...

See Press release here The Nation Brands Index ranks power and appeal of 25 Nations USA Now Eleventh, Russia and Turkey Bottom - The complete article is also Here: http://www.nationbrandindex.com/

Interesting Anoushik... I haven't read anything by him, but perhaps i'll add another title to my ever-growing list of books-to-read. Last month I finished Oryx & Crake by Margaret Atwood. It was short-listed for the Booker prize a couple of years ago. I found it quite gripping actually - on the surface it's about genetic modification gone extremely bad, but beyond it's much more. I ended up thinking about the characters, their choices and the consequences for a long time after I finished the read.... Although I haven't enjoyed everything I've read by Atwood, this one was really quite good.

ROTFL!

It's about the same in Ontario, although you do find some Parskahye's on occasion (me being one of them). But I live in Montreal as well... In the Toronto area, you'll find many Armenians in Scarborough and in General the north-east part of the city. I have not met very many Yerevantsi in Canada in general...

Oh my gosh! It's Eve's birthday, too!!??? Happy Birthday dear! Hope you're out celebrating into the wee hours... Have a great one, and don't worry... it's not a big deal to be 100.

Looks good Armat jan! Additional request to Sip's - before & after shots? I'm thinking about your road to work once again (in envy)

Next person to have a birthday will be banned by Mosjan! Happy birthday Bakersfieldian

Happy birthday Skara! Cheers...

I figure your fingers are probably just as flexible - and now they're much larger so you can cover more 'turf' when you stretch. But you have to put more work now into 'training' the muscles in your fingers to make the correct movements - it's the muscle training/coordination that comes easier as a child, I believe. We should ask Anoushik, our resident Piano player/teacher/virtuoso

It's never too late to learn. Wasn't it Iglesias who picked up music only after his accident (some time in his twenties, I think)? He later become a superstar.... The way I figure it, music is ageless. >edit: I found this at a fan site:

What a load! Although he positions the article as a criticism of Turkey (to an extent) he completely ignores the Armenian position, and continues the denialist Turkish tactics to place "quotation marks" around the term Genocide. I'll be posting more comments later...

WEB-EXCLUSIVE COMMENT Ozay Mehmet Turks and Armenians: Is reconciliation possible? SOURCE: The Globe and Mail By OZAY MEHMET Friday, July 29, 2005 Updated at 1:42 AM EDT Special to Globe and Mail Update On Oct. 3, Turkey will start accession talks for European Union membership. These talks will be long and hard because Ankara will have to settle, in addition to far-reaching economic, social and political reforms, some difficult questions relating to Cyprus, Kurds and the Aegean, as well as Armenian claims of genocide in 1915. Of all the issues facing Ankara, the most sensitive is the Armenian one. Until recently, the Turkish government has taken a narrow perspective, saying this matter should be left to historians to settle. This is no longer adequate. Realizing this, Ankara is now taking cautious steps that may well bring about Turkish-Armenian reconciliation. Ankara should be encouraged in this direction. The new element is that Ankara wants to normalize its relations with Armenia. It has already opened an air corridor between Istanbul and Yerevan, and appears willing to open a border gate for movement of goods and people. But, in return, Ankara has a number of demands of Yerevan. It wishes to see: (1) progress in talks with Azerbaijan over the thorny issue of Nagorno-Artsax, an Azeri territory now under Armenian occupation; (2) Armenia's endorsement of a joint historical commission to settle the dispute over 1915; (3) suspension of "genocide" claims pending the work of the proposed joint commission; and (4) recognition of current borders and renouncement of implied territorial claims by Armenia. Advertisements The Europeans have given initial support to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's proposal for a joint historical commission, but the future of Turkish-Armenian relations is indexed to the issue of "genocide" claims. This is an exceedingly sensitive matter precisely because it is interwoven with national pride and self-identity on both sides. Modern Turkish identity, as much as the Armenian one, is the product of the same historical circumstances. It is a case of competing nationalism: the Turkish nation, led by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, capping the successful war of independence (1919-23) with the peace treaty at Lausanne that replaced the stillborn Sèvres Treaty that promised a Greater Armenia in eastern Turkey (an area heavily Kurdish, by the way). By contrast, the Armenian nation ended up as a tiny country outside Turkish borders, and became a victim of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution. Landlocked, next door to Georgia and Azerbaijan, Armenia was, until 1991, a country under Soviet occupation. It needs Turkish co-operation to open to the rest of the world. It has one of the poorest, stagnant economies in the Caucasus, shut out of the pipeline from the Azeri capital of Baku to the Turkish port of Ceyhan as a result of its adversarial relations with Ankara and Baku. Where does the future of Turkish-Armenian relations lie? The initiative remains primarily in Ankara's hands. It is the dominant regional power and, as it inches toward full EU membership (expected around 2015), it must normalize ties with all of its neighbours. The main obstacle is division in Turkey itself. Nationalist extremism is not only on the side of Armenians or in Turkey's other neighbours. There are, sadly, extremists within Turkey as well, some carrying influence in high places. Anti-Turkish camps in the EU only serve to strengthen these extremist forces. Just weeks ago in Istanbul, there was the case of a cancelled alternative conference of academics to discuss the history of Ottoman Armenians. The justice minister, a member of the nationalist faction of the ruling Justice and Development Party and evidently out of step with Mr. Erdogan's open-door policy, harshly criticized this academic event, obliging the hosting university to drop it. By his action, the minister weakened his government's Armenia policy and provided ammunition for Turkey's opponents in Europe and beyond. This regressive step conflicts with the ideal of Turkey as a full democracy, one that respects freedom of speech. Showing intolerance for alternative views, whether by academics on the Armenian question or by novelists such as Orhan Pamuk on controversial topics, is incompatible with the democratic freedoms and rule of law that Turkey, as a future EU member, must embrace. As far as the Armenian "genocide" claims go, Turkey must stay the course outlined by Mr. Erdogan to face history and promote reconciliation. Buried in the tragic history of 1915, there is too much suffering for Turks and Armenians alike. The way to reconciliation is for both sides to acknowledge that too many lives were lost in this war period and that the memory of the dead, whether Turk or Armenian, deserves respect. The time for mutual mourning has come. Ozay Mehmet is professor emeritus of international affairs at Carleton University in Ottawa.

This one seems entertaining