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While in Armenia this past spring, I was introduced to members of the HENQ Youth Initiative. The group consists of young Armenians, mostly in universities or graduate schools who are spreading civic awareness throughout Armenia. The idea is to encourage Armenian citizens to set a good example...

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On February 19, graduate students in various fields of Armenian study gathered at the renowned Royce Hall to share their expertise. Lecturers came from various parts of the world including the United States, Canada, Italy, Armenia and Turkey. This was not the first time UCLA had organized such...

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Mesrop Mashtots was born on February 17, in the village of Hatsekats, in the region of Taron (present day Turkey). In 406 A.D., he created the Armenian alphabet which consisted of 36 letters. Soon after, at the Amaras Monastery in Artsakh he established the first Armenian school that used these...

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Three year old Narek Movsesyan has been diagnosed with cancer. Though doctors in Armenia began chemo treatment on Narek, the disease spread to his stomach and lymph nodes. He and his mother Anahid traveled to the United States, to the City of Hope Hospital in Duarte, CA to seek further help. ...

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This past weekend, a woman lost her balance and fell on Picasso’s painting “The Actor” ($130 million) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The fall left a cut at the lower right-hand corner of the painting which was completed in 1905, but museum officials say that it will be treated....

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Nikon recently held a competition where people would describe their day in 140 seconds. The top 50 videos have been chosen and are up for amazing prizes. The Judges Award is a $100,000 prize and a new camera, and the Audience Award is a $25,000 prize and a new camera. One such short film...

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If you ask anybody living in Middle America, particularly in the states of Oklahoma, Texas and Colorado what it was like living in the 1930s, the majority would probably say it was like living in Hell. The 30s brought forth the Great Depression of the United States. The depression was...

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I am a little bit hesitant to post this because by doing so, I am spreading the word about this bizarre new Christian gig. Finally, Christians everywhere have a new technique of hugging that does not promote sin – the “Christian Side Hug.” This new way of hugging even has its own acronym –...

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Is H1N1 a hoax? Some say it is, including Dr. Rauni Kilde, the former Chief Medical Officer for Lapland (northern Finland). Critics of the pandemic say that H1N1 is a scare tactic to have world populations purchase vaccinations. One such vaccination is called Tamiflu. The Tamiflu is made...

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Soccer Diplomacy. It started with a 0-2 loss of Armenian National team to Turkey. It finished on October 14, 2009 by another 0-2 loss in Turkey. Presidents of both countries were present at both games. Did they discuss anything besides soccer? Let us just hope that soccer losses will be the only...

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