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<title><![CDATA[Armenian Sighting: Rear Window]]></title>
<link>http://pomegranateexpress.wordpress.com/2009/12/01/armenian-sighting-rear-window/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:07:44 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve seen Alfred Hitchcock&#8217;s Rear Window, starring Jimmy Stewert, a half-dozen times, bu]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>I&#8217;ve seen Alfred Hitchcock&#8217;s <em><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047396/" target="_blank">Rear Window</a></em>, starring Jimmy Stewert, a half-dozen times, but only this weekend did I realize that it also stars&#8230;an Armenian.</p>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 470px"><img title="Jimmy Stewart in Rear Window" src="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Technology/Pix/pictures/2008/06/04/rear-window460x276.jpg" alt="" width="460" height="276" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Photo still from Rear Window Credit: Alfred Hitchcock</p></div>
<p>You might remember the piano-playing composer with the slanted floor to ceiling windows?  Turns out that this actor is <img class="alignright" title="Ross Bagdasarian in Rear Window" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3467/3210443413_603c22f36e.jpg" alt="Ross Bagdasarian in Rear Window  Credit: Alfred Hitchcock" width="352" height="221" />not only a Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter, but he is also Armenian.  Rostom Sipan &#8221;Ross&#8221; Bagdasarian was born in 1919 in Fresno, California and is the cousin of that other Armenian Fresno native, William Saroyan.</p>
<p>The cousin connection launched Bagdasarian into the limelight &#8211; first with a role in Saroyan&#8217;s broadway debut, <em>The</em> <em>Time of Your Life</em>, and later with a cowritten song, <em>Come on-a My House. </em>Throughout the 1950s, Bagdasarian released songs and played minor roles on the silver screen before landing a number one hit with <em>Witch Doctor </em>in 1958.</p>
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<p>Bagdasarian solidified his success with <em>The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don&#8217;t Be Late) </em>which spun off into the animated, anthropomorphic musical group, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chipmunks" target="_blank">Alvin and the Chipmunks</a>.  Since Bagdasarian recorded all of the chipmunk&#8217;s voices, it is not too much of a stretch to claim Alvin, Simon, and Theodore as Armenians themselves &#8211; nationalism knows no bounds.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[More Links for the World Premiere]]></title>
<link>http://anomalythefilm.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/more-links-for-the-world-premiere/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:49:21 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>anomalythefilm</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[We have a few cool links to share related to Anomaly&#8217;s world premiere Dec. 1 &amp; 9 at the Af]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/UJCwhyzuql4&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/UJCwhyzuql4&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span>We have a few cool links to share related to <em><strong>Anomaly</strong></em>&#8217;s <a href="http://nyadff.org/Anomaly.htm" target="_blank">world premiere </a>Dec. 1 &#38; 9 at the <a href="http://nyadff.org" target="_blank">African Diaspora Film Festival</a>:</p>
<p>-Check out the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJCwhyzuql4" target="_blank">ADFF festival trailer</a>, <em><strong>Anomaly</strong></em> is featured circa :37</p>
<p>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJCwhyzuql4</p>
<p>-Thanks to Kasmore Rhedrick at Arts Engine, for his <a href="http://mediarights.org/news/three_qs_and_the_truth_anomaly" target="_blank">Three Qs and the Truth series</a></p>
<p>http://mediarights.org/news/three_qs_and_the_truth_anomaly</p>
<p>-Finally, a special thanks to our long-time community friends at <a href="http://lovingday.org/" target="_blank">Loving Day</a> for <a href="http://www.facebook.com/n/?note.php&#38;note_id=189687771363&#38;mid=179f1c6G57b27dddG118e6bdGa" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/lovingday" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, and email updates</p>
<p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/n/?note.php&#38;note_id=189687771363&#38;mid=179f1c6G57b27dddG118e6bdGa" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/n/?note.php&#38;note_id=189687771363&#38;mid=179f1c6G57b27dddG118e6bdGa</a></p>
<p>Spread the word and see you tomorrow night <a href="http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=192015" target="_blank">at the theater</a>!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Swiss minaret ban]]></title>
<link>http://maghrebinenglish.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/swiss-minaret-ban/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:57:13 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>alle</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Not Maghreb related per se, but one can&#8217;t just let this pass without comment: Frankfurt ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Not Maghreb related <em>per se</em>, but one can&#8217;t just let this pass without comment:</p>
<blockquote><p><a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/1129/p06s05-woeu.html">Frankfurt</a> &#8211; In what many see as a major setback to Europe&#8217;s effort to integrate its booming Muslim population – and a potential boost to right-wing parties throughout the continent – Swiss voters Sunday approved a move to ban the construction of new minarets in the country.</p>
<p>The Swiss government had urged voters to reject the ban, saying that it would violate religious freedom and human rights and intensify Islamic radicalism. But in Sunday&#8217;s referendum, which was organized by a right-wing political party, more than 57 percent of Swiss residents – a majority in 22 out of the country&#8217;s 26&#8217;s cantons – approved the proposal.</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://maghrebinenglish.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/swiss-minaret.jpg"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-943" title="every swiss muslim should have one" src="http://maghrebinenglish.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/swiss-minaret.jpg" alt="" width="264" height="367" /></a>On the other hand, there&#8217;s not really a lot you can say about it either, except that this shouldn&#8217;t be taken as some minor aberration. For several years, parts of the Europen political landscape (not to mention the US Republican fringe, which is even loonier, but there are stronger constitutional safeguards there) has been sliding into clear-cut Islamophobic territory. Jew-bashing and other classic gimmicks are now a thing of the past: most far-right populists embrace Israel as a &#8220;Western outpost&#8221;, claim to have no racial prejudices, and now spend their days almost exclusively targeting Muslims, not on account of their religion, but because of what they call &#8220;Islam&#8217;s ideology&#8221;.</p>
<p>Of course it&#8217;s nonsense &#8212; they&#8217;re bigots, and that&#8217;s that. We&#8217;ve seen these people before, and apparently didn&#8217;t deal firmly enough with them in 1945, so here they are again. The new rhetoric seems to work like a charm, too, no matter how irrational their arguments (&#8220;&#8216;Muslims don&#8217;t just practice religion, <em>they increasingly make political and legal demands</em>,&#8217; said Walter Wobmann, <em>who heads the initiative behind the referendum</em>&#8220;), certainly helped along by their similarly bigoted counterparts in the Muslim world, and even more, I&#8217;m sure, by the social tensions raised by the economic crisis .</p>
<p>Conditions vary from country to country, of course &#8212; there&#8217;s no such thing as a &#8220;European debate&#8221;, whatever the EU may accomplish in the future &#8212; but the general trend is quite clear. Until recently, there was much beating around the bush, and talk about how it&#8217;s not really about hating Muslims, it&#8217;s just about fighting terrorism and supporting womens&#8217; rights, and adopting a <em>responsible </em>immigration policy. Again, nonsense.</p>
<p>Now, the stage has been set, and here we go: Switzerland has actually voted for a law specifically and openly aimed at Muslims as a religious minority. The gloves are coming off, and this could get considerably worse in years to come.</p>
<p>As for me, I now count myself among the backers of Col. Qadhafi&#8217;s <a href="http://maghrebinenglish.wordpress.com/2009/09/03/yodel-this/">Great Popular De-Swissification Plan</a>.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[I Programa de entrenamiento directivo para la juventud de la diáspora]]></title>
<link>http://ourensegalicia.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/i-programa-de-entrenamiento-directivo-para-la-juventud-de-la-diaspora/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:23:20 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ourensegalicia</dc:creator>
<guid>http://ourensegalicia.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/i-programa-de-entrenamiento-directivo-para-la-juventud-de-la-diaspora/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[La Secretaría General de la Emigración, en colaboración con la Universidad de Vigo pone en marcha du]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[La Secretaría General de la Emigración, en colaboración con la Universidad de Vigo pone en marcha du]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[FOTBALISTII LIONEL MESSI, CRISTIANO RONALDO SI ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVICI SUNT PRINCIPALII FAVORITI LA CASTIGAREA BALONULUI DE AUR]]></title>
<link>http://mihaimarin.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/fotbalistii-lionel-messi-cristiano-ronaldo-sau-zlatan-ibrahimovici-sunt-principalii-favoriti-la-castigarea-balonului-de-aur/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:50:37 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>mihaimarin</dc:creator>
<guid>http://mihaimarin.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/fotbalistii-lionel-messi-cristiano-ronaldo-sau-zlatan-ibrahimovici-sunt-principalii-favoriti-la-castigarea-balonului-de-aur/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Fotbalistii Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo sau Zlatan Ibrahimovici sunt printre cei zece aspiranti ]]></description>
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<p>Fotbalistii Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo sau Zlatan Ibrahimovici sunt printre cei zece aspiranti la premiul Balonul de Aur, acordat in fiecare an celui mai bun jucator din Europa de catre revista franceza France Football, informeaza AFP.</p>
<p><a href="http://mihaimarin.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/lionel-messi.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5971" title="lionel-messi" src="http://mihaimarin.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/lionel-messi.jpg" alt="" width="240" height="220" /></a></p>
<p>Castigatorul premiului Balonul de Aur va fi anuntat in cadrul unei ceremonii care va avea loc marti, 1 decembrie. Presa il considera principal favorit pe argentinianul Lionel Messi. Trofeul de anul trecut a fost castigat de portughezul Cristiano Ronaldo.</p>
<p> Lista celor 10 finalisti: Didier Drogba (Coasta de Fildes, Chelsea), Samuel Eto&#8217;o (Camerun, FC</p>
<p><a href="http://mihaimarin.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/ibrahimovici.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5973" title="IBRAHIMOVICI" src="http://mihaimarin.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/ibrahimovici.jpg" alt="" width="124" height="105" /></a></p>
<p>Barcelona/Inter Milano), Steven Gerrard (Anglia, Liverpool), Zlatan Ibrahimovici (Suedia, Inter Milano/FC Barcelona), Andres Iniesta (Spania, FC Barcelona), Kaka (Brazilia, AC Milan/Real Madrid), Lionel Messi (Argentina, FC Barcelona), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugalia, Manchester United/Real Madrid), Wayne Rooney (Anglia, Manchester United), Xavi (Spania, FC Barcelona). Jucatorii care nu au intrat in finala sunt (locurile 11-30): 11. Fernando Torres (Spania, Liverpool); 12. Cesc Fabregas (Spania, Arsenal); 13. Edin Dzeko (Bosnia, Wolfsburg); 14. Ryan Giggs (Tara Galilor, Manchester United); 15. Thierry Henry (Franta, FC Barcelona); 16. Luis Fabiano (Brazilia, FC Sevilla), Nemanja Vidic (Serbia, Manchester United), Iker Casillas (Spania, Real Madrid); 19. Diego Forlan (Uruguay, Atletico Madrid); 20. Yoann Gourcuff (Franta, Bordeaux); 21. Andrei Arsavin (Rusia, Arsenal), Julio Cesar (Brazilia, Inter Milano), Frank Lampard (Anglia, Chelsea); 24. Maicon (Brazilia, Inter Milano); 25. Diego (Brazilia, Werder Bremen/Juventus Torino); 26. David Villa (Spania, Valencia), John Terry (Anglia, Chelsea); 28. Franck Ribery (Franta, Bayern Munchen), Yaya Toure (Coasta de Fildes, FC Barcelona); 30. Karim Benzema (Franta, Lyon/Real Madrid).</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/xuTzrgp0Jds&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/xuTzrgp0Jds&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p>MARIN MIHAI-BLOGUL ROMANILOR  DE PRETUTINDENI(<a href="http://mihaimarin.wordpress.com">http://mihaimarin.wordpress.com</a>)</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Romanii in diaspora]]></title>
<link>http://roadventist.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/romanii-in-diaspora/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 05:37:46 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
<guid>http://roadventist.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/romanii-in-diaspora/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Imi aduc aminte de o discutie cu o biserica romana din diaspora spaniola (si nu este unica). Imi spu]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a href="http://roadventist.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/racism2.jpg"><img src="http://roadventist.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/racism2.jpg?w=300" alt="" title="racism2" width="300" height="253" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-115" /></a>Imi aduc aminte de o discutie cu o biserica romana din diaspora spaniola (si nu este unica). Imi spuneau cu naduf cat de persecutati erau de Uniunea Spaniola si de celelalte biserici spaniole locale. Nu li se aproba un pastor, desi numeric erau mult mai multi decat spaniolii, si erau tinuti la nivel de grupa sau companie. Programul bisericii era facut de spanioli, si chiar in acea dupa amiaza li se &#8220;impusese&#8221; un program despre familie si despre emanciparea femeii. Revolta ajunsese la cote inalte, iar dupa plecarea spaniolilor s-au simtit in sfarsit in largul lor sa cante in limba romana, sa predice si sa se roage pe limba lor.</p>
<p>Biserica isi facuse din existenta ei scop in sine. Se luptau pentru &#8220;supravietuire&#8221; si toate energiile erau canalizate in aceasta directie. Biserica romana devenise &#8220;cetatea de scapare&#8221; care le oferea sansa pastrarii identitatii romanesti. Pentru orice problema erau de vina spaniolii. Orice nereusita li se datora acestora. Li se spunea de fiecare data ca trebuie sa se integreze in societatea spaniola si ca nativii inteleg mai bine cultura locala si stiu mai bine ce trebuie facut. Si asta ii facea sa vada negru in fata ochilor. Se considerau jigniti, umiliti, injositi. Cu ce le erau superiori spaniolii, intrucat le gaseau atatea lacune si peste toate o lipsa crasa de civilizatie? Romanii incepusera evanghelizarea prin literatura iar rezultatele erau impresionante. Spaniolii ii descurajasera in permanenta ca acest mod evanghelistic nu mai dadea de mult rezultate in Spania, motiv pentru care disparuse orice initiativa prin intermediul literaturii. Romanii au organizat evanghelizari publice, din nou descurajate de spanioli sau privite cu reticenta deoarece societatea spaniola nu raspunde la astfel de initiative. Rezultatele au depasit insa orice asteptari.</p>
<p>Am incercat sa ii ajut sa vada lucrurile si din alta perspectiva. Cati romani din afara bisericii au invitat la serviciile de inchinare? Dar spanioli? Si, daca vor ca predica, imnul si rugaciunea sa fie rostite in limba romana, au asigurat un serviciu de traducere in asa fel incat spaniolii sa poata participa? Ce ar fi daca orientarea bisericii si a misiunii lor ar fi catre spaniolii in mijlocul carora traiesc? Nu cumva bisericile locale si Uniunea Spaniola si-ar schimba atitudinea? Daca vor da dovada de disponibilitate pentru slujire, nu va atrage aceasta atitudine mai mult decat izolarea etnica? Spiritele au inceput sa se destinda, dar tensiunea inca domina. Nu este usor sa convingi pe cineva, cu atat mai mult un grup, ca superioritatea etnica sau rasiala duce la conflicte. Onoarea si mandria lor au fost ranite, si cer compensare.</p>
<p>Recent Presedintele Diviziunii Euro-Africa, Bruno Vertallier, <a href="http://news.adventist.org/2009/11/church-chat-in-euro-.html">recunostea</a> ca singurele tari unde exista crestere semnificativa de membri sunt <a href="http://adventist.ro/stiri/info-adventist/102-info-adventist-nr-462-noiembrie-2009-/991-in-diviziunea-euro-africa-cresterea-numarului-de-membri-stagneaza-dar-voluntariatul-tinerilor-este-incurajator-.html">Spania si Italia</a>, si ca in aceste tari mai mult de jumatate din membri sunt imigranti romani. A uitat sa spuna ca romanii sunt, totusi, cei ce aduc un suflu evanghelistic si viata in bisericile din cele doua tari, si ca dezvoltarea numerica li se datoreaza in mare masura acestora. Probabil ca un echilibru intre cele doua pozitii ar fi de dorit. Flexibilitatea demonstrata de ambele parti va duce la o atmosfera mult mai productiva si la rezultate decisiv superioare. In fond, romanii nu se afla doar pentru motive economice in diaspora. Asa cum nici evreii nu au fost dusi in exil doar pentru aroganta etnica. Dumnezeu are un plan de a utiliza diversitatea in scopul unitatii.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Have a wonderful Shabbat 11th Kislev 5770]]></title>
<link>http://sharings.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/have-a-wonderful-shabbat-11th-kislev-5770/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:49:32 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Aryeh</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[The Holy One, blessed be He, said to Moses, &#8220;I have a precious gift in My treasure house, call]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:58:43 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[In che senso In viaggio con Erodoto1 &#8211; e anche in generale l’opera di Kapuscinski &#8211; può ]]></description>
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<p lang="it-IT"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:small;">In che senso </span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><em>In viaggio con Erodoto</em></span></span><sup><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><em><a name="sdfootnote1anc" href="#sdfootnote1sym"><sup>1</sup></a></em></span></span></sup><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"> &#8211; e anche in generale l’opera di Kapuscinski &#8211;  può essere considerato un </span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><em>exile’s book</em></span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:small;">?</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p lang="it-IT"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><em>In viaggio con Erodoto</em></span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"> non è una vera e propria autobiografia, la vita del soggetto e autore Ryszard Kapuscisnki non occupa il centro dell’attenzione. Questo testo ha una natura ibrida, si situa nell’incontro di generi diversi. Da una parte il saggio autobiografico o </span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><em>personal essay</em></span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:small;">, per la natura autocritica del testo e la riflessione che compie sul proprio lavoro e sul proprio metodo. La narrazione delle proprie vicende ed esperienze personali, anche se si tratta di pochi episodi selezionati, tende a un discorso più generale, a una riflessione sul senso della propria opera nel mondo e anche sulle modalità stesse che ha il soggetto di stare nel mondo. Accanto a questa componente saggistica e interrogativa, riflessiva, abbiamo un’altra componente più narrativa, riguardante il racconto e la descrizione di alcuni suoi viaggi in varie zone del mondo come inviato per un’agenzia di stampa polacca. Questa componente può essere considerata come un esempio di </span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><em>travel narrative</em></span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:small;">, cioè di un testo che racconta di viaggi, ma situandosi a una certa distanza da essi. A differenza di un diario di viaggio, che registrerebbe puntualmente gli episodi quotidiani accaduti durante il percorso, Kapuscinski riporta solo alcuni fatti selezionati, alcuni ricordi subito ricollegati e immersi nella riflessione e nel pensiero. Tutte queste componenti si compenetrano e si integrano in modo organico, rendendo quindi </span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><em>In viaggio con Erodoto</em></span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"> un testo particolarmente sfuggente ai tentativi di classificazione secondo il genere.</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p lang="it-IT"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"> Accanto alla componente autobiografica c’è tuttavia l’altro aspetto macroscopico, e cioè la lettura e il confronto con Erodoto e le sue </span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><em>Storie</em></span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:small;">. Il testo si apre proprio con il primo incontro tra il giovane Kapuscinski, studente all’università Varsavia, e lo storico greco. Nel 1951 le </span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><em>Storie</em></span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"> non erano ancora state stampate, a causa di un intervento della censura sovietica. Verranno stampate solo nel 1955. Tuttavia il primo incontro tra i giovani polacchi ed Erodoto, nella rilettura che Kapuscinski ne dà a posteriori, rimanda subito alla questione che più gli sta a cuore: “Non occorreva attendere che qualcuno si presentasse ad annunciare uno scontro tra civiltà. Lo scontro ormai era in atto da tempo, due volte alla settimana, in quell’aula dove avrei appreso che una volta era esistito un greco di nome Erodoto”</span></span><sup><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><a name="sdfootnote2anc" href="#sdfootnote2sym"><sup>2</sup></a></span></span></sup><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:small;">. Per quei giovani cresciuti in un mondo chiuso e praticamente privo di comunicazioni con l’esterno come l’Unione sovietica, le lezioni di storia antica erano un primo incontro con l’alterità, con un mondo radicalmente diverso, inimmaginabile. Che cosa avevano da raccontarsi quei due universi, separati da 2500 anni? A questa domanda, Kapuscinski tenterà continuamente di rispondere. Cosa abbiamo a che fare con gli altri? Come dobbiamo regolarci? Erodoto è il suo primo altro. </span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p lang="it-IT"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"> Agli anni giovanili e alle sue prime esperienze come cronista per un giornale, Kapuscinski deve un’altra scoperta fondamentale, la frontiera. Un luogo misterioso, silenzioso, intrigante. “Ero sempre tentato di scoprire che cosa ci fosse al di là, dall’altra parte. Mi chiedevo cosa si provasse nel varcare una frontiera. (…) Varcarla per subito tornare indietro: pensavo che ciò sarebbe bastato a placare quel mio inesplicabile e pur tuttavia prepotente bisogno psicologico”</span></span><sup><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><a name="sdfootnote3anc" href="#sdfootnote3sym"><sup>3</sup></a></span></span></sup><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:small;">. Si capisce che l’esigenza del viaggio si sta facendo sentire. Un bisogno che Kapuscinski addirittura definisce “psicologico”. Varcare il confine, che equivaleva a dire attraversare la Cortina di ferro ed entrare in un mondo praticamente ignoto, di cui non si sapeva niente, e poi andare incontro al mistero, al meraviglioso, all’altro. In questo Kapuscinski non si discosta molto dai canoni del tema del viaggio, cui avevo precedentemente accennato. </span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p lang="it-IT"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"> Il primo effettivo incontro con Erodoto si ha nel ’56, contemporaneamente al primo viaggio di Kapuscinski. Viene inviato in India, senza sapere neanche l’inglese e senza avere la minima preparazione in proposito, tuttavia gli viene data una copia delle </span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><em>Storie</em></span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:small;">. Da questo momento inizia quello che potremmo definire un complesso rapporto epistemico, tra Kapuscinski ed Erodoto, di cui </span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><em>In viaggio con Erodoto</em></span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"> potrebbe essere considerato come un tentativo di ricostruzione. Il testo infatti attraversa, come segmenti in sequenza, frammenti di Erodoto ed esperienze del reporter polacco, in una continua rincorsa. Il viaggio di Kapuscinski è doppio, perché è come se egli fosse sulle tracce di Erodoto, lo inseguisse in un percorso e in un pensiero di oltre duemila anni prima. Sembra quasi di rileggere il viaggio doppio di </span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><em>Heart of darkness</em></span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:small;">, come l’aveva definito Said, e cioè dell’inseguimento di Kurtz da parte di Marlowe, ma non nel segno del colonialismo, al contrario, nel senso del viaggio, della conoscenza e dell’incontro. </span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p lang="it-IT"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"> Qual è il rapporto che si instaura tra i due? Erodoto diventa rapidamente un modello ancestrale, un maestro, una guida. Kapuscinski impara il mestiere da lui: “per Erodoto il viaggio è un lavoro: fa il reporter, l’antropologo, l’etnografo e lo storico. È il tipico viandante – come si dirà nell’Europa del Medioevo – l’uomo sempre in cammino. Ma questo suo errare non è uno spensierato vagabondaggio di luogo in luogo: i viaggi di Erodoto sono mirati, servono a conoscere il mondo e i suoi abitanti e poi descriverli”</span></span><sup><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><a name="sdfootnote4anc" href="#sdfootnote4sym"><sup>4</sup></a></span></span></sup><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:small;">. È evidente che Kapuscinski intende seguire le stesse orme, lo stesso modo di rapportarsi con il lavoro, la stessa mentalità. Non cercare la notizia nelle agenzie di stampa o osservare i conflitti all’interno dei carri armati. Kapuscinski non è </span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><em>embedded</em></span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:small;">. Piuttosto il suo lavoro è stare in movimento, a contatto con la gente, cercare le notizie per strada, raccogliere le voci, controllare di persona, verificare. Stare sul fronte e al centro degli eventi, per poterne essere testimone attendibile.</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p lang="it-IT"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"> Per entrambi l’argomento principale è la guerra. Quella tra i greci e i persiani per Erodoto, e le varie guerre sparse nel mondo per Kapuscinski: Congo, Iran, Afghanistan, Algeria. La guerra come fenomeno – piuttosto che il fenomeno della guerra – come evento storico, come tendenza globale, come tratto antropologico dell’umanità e in particolare, la guerra tra occidente e oriente. Questa l’impostazione che Kapuscinski carpisce dalla continua immersione nelle </span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><em>Storie</em></span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:small;">, accanto e insieme ai propri viaggi. Se Erodoto inizia la sua opera dando voce ai barbari, ai nemici, ai Persiani, il polacco non intende essere da meno, mescolandosi alle folle dell’India e a quelle della Cina, raccontando inaspettati incontri con i miliziani congolesi, addirittura con un rapinatore egiziano, per cui non c’è una sola parola di rancore.</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p lang="it-IT"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"> Le </span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><em>Storie</em></span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"> diventano anche una chiave ermeneutica per interrogare la realtà, per penetrarla e capirne le dinamiche storiche. Non solo c’è il giusto modo di porsi nel mondo, al centro degli eventi, ma c’è anche il giusto modo di interrogare e di interrogarsi. Perché il conflitto? Che origine ha avuto? Kapuscinski si pone le stesse domande, ma generalizzando ancora di più. Lo scontro di civiltà non è un’invenzione moderna, ma è sempre esistito nella storia. “Ogni volta che l’uomo di è incontrato con l’altro, ha sempre avuto davanti a sé tre possibilità di scelta: fargli guerra, isolarsi dietro a un muro o stabilire un dialogo”</span></span><sup><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><a name="sdfootnote5anc" href="#sdfootnote5sym"><sup>5</sup></a></span></span></sup><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:small;">. Quando si prende questa terza via, dice Kapuscinski, avviene un fenomeno fondamentale: “ognuno scopriva in sé stesso una piccola parte dell’altro, vi credeva e ne era consapevole”</span></span><sup><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><a name="sdfootnote6anc" href="#sdfootnote6sym"><sup>6</sup></a></span></span></sup><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:small;">. L’incontro con l’altro diventa la meta del viaggio, lo scopo del lavoro di reporter e della vita stessa, potremmo dire. Del viaggio inteso come forma di vita. E lo scopo di questo incontro è capire che l’altro non ci è completamente estraneo, non ci è per forza nemico. Una parte di lui è anche dentro di noi, siamo entrambi partecipi. E per quanto riguarda la diversità, che comunque rimane, non è affatto un ostacolo, perché “tutti noi, abitanti del nostro pianeta, siamo altri rispetto ad altri: io per loro, loro per me”</span></span><sup><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><a name="sdfootnote7anc" href="#sdfootnote7sym"><sup>7</sup></a></span></span></sup><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:small;">. Tutti siamo diversi, tutti siamo altri gli uni per gli altri; la diversità sparisce, diventa parte di noi, smette di ostacolarci.</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p lang="it-IT"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"> Questo Kapuscinski apprende da Erodoto: lo scopo del viaggio è incontrare le altre persone e imparare da loro. Farsi attraversare dalle parole, dalle esperienze, dai pensieri e dalle conoscenze degli altri. Da qui la necessità di mettersi tra parentesi, di mettere in forse il proprio io, di non lasciare che il proprio egoismo, la propria identità e cultura, e anche il proprio eurocentrismo, siano di ostacolo alla felice riuscita del colloquio. Per arrivare a questo, è necessaria la condizione di viandante, di viaggio come forma di vita, appunto. Solo abbandonando la propria casa e mettendosi in perenne cammino e ascolto, ci dice il polacco, ci sarà possibile metterci dalla parte degli altri. Ecco il senso dell’</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><em>exile’s book</em></span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:small;">, il libro che può essere scritto solo a partire dall’esilio. Il reporter auto-esiliato può descrivere la vita delle masse di profughi indiani o congolesi, delle vittime della guerra, di coloro che non hanno voce e rappresentanza, solo perché si trova nella condizione di viandante, di senza-patria.</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p lang="it-IT"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"> L’identità di Kapuscinski arriva ad essere talmente mobile e dinamica e partecipe della diversità, da preferire il viaggio a qualunque patria, a qualunque stanzialità. Non solo il richiamo dell’evento, la voglia di essere presente nei luoghi caldi della terra, di stare sempre sul fronte degli eventi, è talmente forte da impedire di rimanere a lungo nello stesso luogo, ma addirittura si arriva a preferire il viaggio in quanto tale. Per questo non c’è possibilità di ritorno per questo reporter del mondo, perché in viaggio egli sta bene. Solo lontano da casa, si sente a casa.</span></span></span></p>
<p lang="it-IT"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"> Non c’è alcuna radice nel pensiero di Kapuscinski. Persino il suo modello greco, con cui si identifica profondamente, è profondamente lontano dall’essere un classico, come generalmente inteso. Non è un’autorità da rispettare e venerare, da mettere su un piedestallo. Non c’è alcun rapporto di sudditanza, semmai di continua interrogazione, di viva curiosità e confronto. Non c’è il lamento per la decadenza dei tempi antichi, non si rimpiange la mancanza di un grande uomo come Erodoto nei tempi moderni. Erodoto è assolutamente vivo e presente. Il modello greco non è un classico, una radice della cultura occidentale, semmai è un arcaico, colui che ha pensato per la prima volta pensieri che chiedono di essere ripensati – e che Kapuscinski ripensa. L’unico legame forte Kapuscinski lo stipula col suo lavoro, con la sua opera. “Non di un salvagente, infatti, abbiamo bisogno, che ci faccia passivamente galleggiare in superficie, ma di una solida ancora che ci permetta di restare attaccati alla nostra opera”</span></span><sup><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><a name="sdfootnote8anc" href="#sdfootnote8sym"><sup>8</sup></a></span></span></sup><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:small;">.</span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p><a name="sdfootnote1sym" href="#sdfootnote1anc">1</a> Ryszard Kapuscinski, <em>In viaggio con Erodoto</em>, Feltrinelli, 	Milano, 2005</p>
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<p><a name="sdfootnote2sym" href="#sdfootnote2anc">2</a> Ibid. p. 11</p>
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<p><a name="sdfootnote3sym" href="#sdfootnote3anc">3</a> Ibid. p. 15</p>
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<p><a name="sdfootnote4sym" href="#sdfootnote4anc">4</a> Ibid. p. 77</p>
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<p><a name="sdfootnote5sym" href="#sdfootnote5anc">5</a> Ryszard Kapuscinski, <em>L’altro</em>, Feltrinelli, Milano, 2007, p. 	67</p>
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<p><a name="sdfootnote6sym" href="#sdfootnote6anc">6</a> Ibid. p. 67</p>
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<p><a name="sdfootnote7sym" href="#sdfootnote7anc">7</a> Ibid. p. 71</p>
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<p><a name="sdfootnote8sym" href="#sdfootnote8anc">8</a> Ryszard Kapuscinski, <em>In viaggio con Erodoto</em>, op. cit., p. 218</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Diaspora protests]]></title>
<link>http://socialblurbsge.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/diaspora-protests/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:43:46 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>annak</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Today in Paris at 5pm local time Georgian diaspora will protest against Putin, Russia&#8217;s PM. Th]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Today in Paris at 5pm local time Georgian diaspora will protest against Putin, Russia&#8217;s PM.<br />
The protests called &#8220;I am against Putin! All against Putin&#8221; will be held by Georgian diaspora also in Germany, Belgium, Poland, USA, Netherlands, Israel, Greece, Baltic countries and some others.<br />
Protests were instigated by the recent violence against a refugee from Abkhazia, who died after being beaten by <a href="http://news.iafrica.com/worldnews/2073200.htm?utm_source=feedburner&#38;utm_medium=feed&#38;utm_campaign=Feed%253A+iafrica%252FuGIK+%28iafrica.com+world+news%29">Moscow cops</a>.<br />
Protests started in the Georgian social media as well, first was <a href="http://cyxymu.livejournal.com/610186.html">Cyxymu</a>, reposted by <a href="http://78ds.livejournal.com/123297.html">78ds</a> and supported by some other LiveJournal <a href="http://peacelover4ever.livejournal.com/4560.html">bloggers</a>.<br />
Reply to this post if you have more info/links to people joining today&#8217;s protest.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Loving London Today]]></title>
<link>http://torontotutti.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/loving-london-today/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:11:51 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>manjotbains</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Since 2000, I&#8217;ve visited London four times, and each time, whether I&#8217;m exploring a new p]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Since 2000, I&#8217;ve visited London four times, and each time, whether I&#8217;m exploring a new part of the city or not, I feel like I&#8217;m experiencing the city anew, fresh, exciting, diverse. During my last visit in 2007, I spent time in new parts of the city that I hadn&#8217;t spent time in before: the Victoria Albert Museum (yawn, except for the fashion exhibit), Chelsea, walking the streets, eating at overpriced restaurants and peeking into boutiques and pattiseries (where I tasted the local sweet fare), and St Paul&#8217;s, which was beautiful, and like most ancient or aged structures in European cities, felt out of place amongst the more modernist buildings and coffee shops dotting the streets around it.</p>
<p>My fondest memories are of staying in Islington in 2005 with my friend Aman and her mausi. The little restaurants, antique shops (where I picked up an aging copy of a Bronte book that I still have to read), the night I ate what I thought was good traditional British fare, bangers and mash, which tasted as bad as it sounds, and the thriving nightclubs, with the 2 we visited being divided by race, and accordingly, music. It was hot, muggy and the perfect start to 2 months of backpacking across Western Europe.</p>
<p>So all this reminiscing brings me to the most current reason of why I love London: <a href="http://www.360degrees.tv/" target="_blank">360 Degrees</a> &#8211; a three-year programme of cultural explorations that &#8220;crosses geographical, linguistic, racial and religious divides to explore notions of &#8216;home and beyond&#8217;.&#8221; The project brings 60, 60-second videos on diasporic identity together to bring new visualizations that go beyond &#8220;the rhetoric and the headlines.&#8221; Be still, my heart. Am loving <a href="http://www.motiroti.com/" target="_blank">Moti Roti</a>, the arts organization behind this project, for their vision, and for their ridiculous name. Watch the videos.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[LimmudLA - good story about it - and Hartman Institute will be there]]></title>
<link>http://hartmaninstitute.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/limmudla-good-story-about-it-and-hartman-institute-will-be-there/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:04:44 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Alan Abbey</dc:creator>
<guid>http://hartmaninstitute.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/limmudla-good-story-about-it-and-hartman-institute-will-be-there/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The Jewish Journal of LA has a cute story about the eclecticity (is that a word?) you are likely to ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Margins]]></title>
<link>http://universeofart.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/margins/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:21:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Universe of Art</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Joshua Neustein: Margins Contemporary art unraveling the Dead Sea Scrolls Until January 17, 2010 Now]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a href="http://www.joshuaneustein.com/">Joshua Neustein</a>: <em>Margins</em><br />
Contemporary art unraveling the Dead Sea Scrolls</p>
<p><strong>Until January 17, 2010</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://universeofart.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/caves1.jpg"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-234" title="caves" src="http://universeofart.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/caves1.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="64" /></a>Now that the dust has settled upon the Dead Sea Scrolls at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto and the controversy is over, I had the pleasure to see the <a href="http://www.rom.on.ca/exhibitions/special/margins.php"><strong><span style="color:#003366;">Margins Exhibit</span></strong></a> created by Joshua Neustein.  Funny how the time between the testaments is sometimes referred to as the ‘silent’ years (c. 433-5 B.C.); as they were anything but silent.  The Dead Sea Scrolls were written during this period.  They were discovered in 1947 in a cave in the hills overlooking the Dead Sea.</p>
<p>Neustein’s project incorporates the words of poet Edmond Jabès whose works complement the scrolls by referencing lost words, silence, God and the Book.  The installation connects with the poetry from <em>The Book of Resemblances </em>and <em>The Book of Margins.</em></p>
<p>The words appear on acrylic slates seemingly strewn and forgotten on the floor.  They are difficult to read as their metallic surface reflects the light of the chandelier that is half hidden in the wall.  Mona Filip, Curator, says <em>Margins</em> explores apparent and concealed ideas of the Dead Sea Scrolls, exposing them to the light of our times.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://universeofart.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/margins1.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-236" title="Margins" src="http://universeofart.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/margins1.jpg?w=1024" alt="" width="501" height="392" /></a></p>
<p>The scrolls and the artists represent the social forces that shaped the intertestamental period – a world of <a href="http://www.onelook.com/?w=diaspora&#38;ls=a">Diaspora</a>.  Jews outside of the Holy Land used their Greek translation of the Old Testament as a focus of worship.  This theme is found in the words by Jabès:</p>
<p><em><strong><span style="color:#003366;">To speak the language of others, but in the interrogative mode. “Always in a foreign country, the poet uses poetry as an interpreter.”</span></strong></em></p>
<p>The recurring theme of the chandelier by Neustein plays a central role in Margins, establishing a luminous presence; although the lights are not fully functional.  Imperfections in the appearance of the words and the chandelier speak to us, but <strong><span style="color:#003366;">there’s a crack in everything – that’s how the light gets in</span></strong>.¹</p>
<p>Godspeed,</p>
<p>¹ Leonard Cohen</p>
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<p>Royal Ontario Museum<br />
100 Queen’s Park<br />
Toronto, ON<br />
M5S 2C6</p>
<p>Telephone: 416.586.8000</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Thanksgiving (and Halloween) in the Philippines?]]></title>
<link>http://thelmabowlen.com/2009/11/25/thanksgiving-and-halloween-in-the-philippines/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:41:41 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>thelmabowlen</dc:creator>
<guid>http://thelmabowlen.com/2009/11/25/thanksgiving-and-halloween-in-the-philippines/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[When my mom moved us &#8212; her and me &#8212; to the Philippines in 1980, Halloween and Thanksgivi]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Going Home...]]></title>
<link>http://dareu2live.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/going-home/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:10:20 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>toshibaninja</dc:creator>
<guid>http://dareu2live.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/going-home/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I just read a neat article: &#8220;Vietnam&#8217;s Diaspora Urged to Return Home&#8221; I have been ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>I just read a neat article: <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8373580.stm" target="_blank">&#8220;Vietnam&#8217;s Diaspora Urged to Return Home&#8221;</a></p>
<p>I have been thinking about what it would take to change Vietnam and I am growing more and more convinced that Viet Kieu Christians (Vietnamese Diaspora Christians) need to start thinking long-term about how we can be a positive influence in the development of our mother country.</p>
<p>My mother church, the Vietnamese-speaking congregation, is always in a hoopla about how the younger generation does nothing for the Vietnamese people around the world &#8211; however I have yet to see them actually do anything for the Vietnamese IN Vietnam.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve challenged a few people that if they are so persistent on serving only the Vietnamese community &#8211; they need to return to Vietnam and be a positive influence on the people there and society there.</p>
<p>Maybe it <strong><em>is</em></strong> about time that we as Vietnamese Diaspora Christians start this dialogue about returning home. It is no secret that Christians tend to be in the upper echelon of the financially wealthy in Western society &#8211; the numbers are there. If we can transfer our economic prowess and positive and ethical business practices in a society that does not have a clear idea of what business ethics really are &#8211; we <em><strong>CAN</strong></em> make an impact!</p>
<p>Maybe it is time to go home.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Os dois principais Focos do Instituto Histórico de São Paulo]]></title>
<link>http://revistalusofonia.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/os-dois-principais-focos-do-instituto-historico-de-sao-paulo/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:31:40 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>João Alves das Neves</dc:creator>
<guid>http://revistalusofonia.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/os-dois-principais-focos-do-instituto-historico-de-sao-paulo/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Cultura Luso-Brasileira Fundado em 1894,  o Instituto Histórico e Geográfico é uma das principais in]]></description>
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<p>Fundado em 1894,  o Instituto Histórico e Geográfico é uma das principais instituições culturais Bandeirantes, cujas atividades destacam  a promoção  do patrimônio  histórico, artístico, cultural e urbano-ambientais, assim como a preservação de tradições,  valores cívicos e morais da Cidade e do Estado de São Paulo. </p>
<p>            Desde os últimos anos do século XIX até hoje, a ação do Instituto é cumprida através de congressos,  cursos, seminários, conferências, exposições e outros eventos ligados ao estudo da História e da Geografia, incluindo naturalmente a Literatura. além de distinguir os pesquisadores e autores que  têm contribuído para o desenvolvimento científico e técnico do Brasil e de Portugal.</p>
<p>             Inúmeros intelectuais portugueses têm dado a sua contribuição ao Instituto e foram ou estão ligados às manifestações históricas e culturais da entidade (o subscritor desta nota breve,  por exemplo, é sócio honorário do  IHGSP e o seu patrono  é o escritor João de Barros, que fundou e dirigiu com João do Rio a revista Atlântida, cujo espírito foi a aproximação de Portugal e Brasil).  Quer dizer, o contato dos intelectuais portugueses com o Instituto  merece  ser cada vez mais freqüente.</p>
<p>            Preside  ao Instituto Histórico e Geográfico de São Paulo a historiadora  Nelly Martins Ferreira Candeias, professora da Universidade de São Paulo e defensora dos valores culturais luso-brasileiras, pois, além das suas raízes portuguesas,  é casada com o professor José Alberto Neves Candeias, que nasceu em Portugal e é também professor titular do Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas da USP. Formada em Ciências Sociais, a professora Nelly Candeias fez cursos complementares nos Estados Unidos e na Inglaterra, tendo vários  estudos  publicados em revistas especializadas do Brasil  e de outros países.</p>
<p>            Foi a primeira mulher eleita para a presidência do Instituto Histórico e Geográfico de São Paulo e está agora no seu terceiro mandato (de 2009 a 2012). Tem intensificado e atualizado as manifestações da instituição cultural paulista, que dá apoio a outros centros  culturais e científicos e, entre as suas metas imediatas, assinala-se o estreitamento dos laços e a cooperação efetiva com a Comunidade Luso-Brasileira, pois considera que os 8 países de idioma português exigem um lugar de maior projeção no Mundo. Declara-se luso-brasileira, pois está ligada pelo coração e pelas raízes culturais ao Brasil e a Portugal (seu Pai foi um dos fundadores, em 1920, do Clube Português de São Paulo) e conclui o seu depoimento: “Lembrando as palavras de Fernando Pessoa (“Minha Pátria é a Língua Portuguesa”),  prestigiaremos, na prática, não somente a nossa cidade (que é a maior do nosso mundo idiomático), mas também a nossa Comunidade (somos quase 250 milhões de pessoa, nos 8  países).Chegou a nossa vez &#8211; e o Mundo tem de ouvir a nossa voz lusíada!”</p>
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<link>http://emanuelesbardella.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/massimo-canevacci/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:59:48 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Emanuele Sbardella</dc:creator>
<guid>http://emanuelesbardella.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/massimo-canevacci/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In videoconferenza attraverso Skype dalla Cina, ove in questo periodo insegna, Massimo Canevacci ha ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[REZULTATELE FINALE ale turului I al alegerilor prezidentiale 2009 din Romania]]></title>
<link>http://mihaimarin.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/rezultatele-finale-ale-turului-i-al-alegerilor-prezidentiale-2009-din-romania/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:45:49 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>mihaimarin</dc:creator>
<guid>http://mihaimarin.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/rezultatele-finale-ale-turului-i-al-alegerilor-prezidentiale-2009-din-romania/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Potrivit Biroului Electoral Central, candidatul susţinut de PD-L, Traian Băsescu, a obţinut 32,44% d]]></description>
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<p>Potrivit Biroului Electoral Central, candidatul susţinut de PD-L, Traian Băsescu, a obţinut 32,44% din voturi. El se va confrunta ,în turul II al alegerilor prezidentiale din Romania, cu Mircea Geoană. Candidatul PSD a obţinut 31,15% din sufragii.</p>
<p><a href="http://mihaimarin.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/candidatii-presedinte-romania-2009.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5867" title="candidatii -presedinte romania 2009" src="http://mihaimarin.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/candidatii-presedinte-romania-2009.jpg?w=293" alt="" width="293" height="300" /></a>Pe locul trei în preferinţele românilor s-a clasat Crin Antonescu. Candidatul PNL a obţinut <a href="http://mihaimarin.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/crin_antonescu.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5871" title="crin_antonescu-pnl" src="http://mihaimarin.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/crin_antonescu.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="300" /></a>20,02% din totalul voturilor exprimate. L-a urmat Corneliu Vadim Tudor cu 5,56%, candidatul UDMR, Hunor Kelemen, cu 3,83% şi independentul Sorin Oprescu cu 3,18% din voturi.</p>
<p>George Becali, candidatul PNG-CD, a fost votat de 1,91% din alegători, Remus Cernea a obţinut 0,62% din voturi, Constantin Rotaru &#8211; 0,44%, Eduard Manole &#8211; 0,44%, Ovidiu Iane &#8211; 0,23. Pe ultimul loc s-a clasat Constantin Ninel Potîrcă, cu 0,21% din numărul total de voturi exprimate.</p>
<p>MARIN MIHAI-&#8221;HAI, ROMANIA!&#8221;-BLOGUL ROMANILOR DE PRETUTINDENI(<a href="http://mihaimarin.wordpress.com">http://mihaimarin.wordpress.com</a>)</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Democratia defecta vs Democratia consensuala]]></title>
<link>http://viitorulliberal.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/democratia-defecta-vs-democratia-consensuala/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:25:54 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>savulescugabriel</dc:creator>
<guid>http://viitorulliberal.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/democratia-defecta-vs-democratia-consensuala/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In orice tara civilizata cultura politica se calibreaza prin dialog si consens. Noi traim de cinci a]]></description>
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<p>PNL este unicul partid de Dreapta. PSD este unicul partid de Stanga. Intr-o tara normala, aceste doua partide s-ar alterna la guvernare si ar forma Guvernul, respectiv Opozitia.</p>
<p>Dar Romania anului 2009 este macinata de lupte oarbe intre armate de cruciati, papushate si manipulate de khmerii portocalii. Romania anului 2009 este pe plan international izolata si va intra, in cazul realegerii lui Traian Basescu, in grupa tarilor bananiere subdezvoltate si asistate economic prin ajutoare dispecerate de organizatii umanitare gen <em>Care International</em>.</p>
<p>Romania anului 2009 se afla in pragul colapsului economic.</p>
<p>Din aceste motive si luand in calcul ratiuniile consensului national, sustin candidatul comun al PSD-PC si al PNL Mircea Geoana in turul 2 al alegerilor prezidentiale.</p>
<p>In Uniunea Europeana partidele liberale sunt partide de coalitii. Coalitiile alterneaza si functioneaza cu parteneri diferiti si se calibreaza pe principiul consensului politic. Doua exemple: In Germania Liberalii (FDP.de)  sunt parteneri de coalitie ai Uniunii Crestindemocrate. In Irlanda Liberalii (Fianna Fail)  sunt parteneri de coalitie cu Ecologistii. Liberalismul se subsumeaza prin flexibilitate si ratiuniile <em>Realpolitikului</em>.</p>
<p>Pe termen scurt, mediu si lung coalitia PSD-PC, PNL, UMDR are sanse sa reformeze din temelii <em>democratia defecta</em> din Romania.</p>
<p>In finalul acestui proces Romania poate deveni o <em>democratie consolidata</em>, o <em>democratie consensuala</em>.</p>
<p>In culoarul doctrinar de Dreapta, Alianta PNL-PNTCD (ma refer in mod explicit la partidul condus de Radu Sarbu, si nu la colaborationistii papushati de Marian Milut) ii revine datoria sa se consolideze si sa se calibreze doctrinar pentru a parcurge cu succes ciclul electoral 2012-14.</p>
<p><em>Coalitia Curcubeu</em> formata din PSD-PC, PNL si UDMR reflecta insusi spectrul politic dominant din Parlamentul European: PSD si PC sunt membri ai fractiunii socialiste si democrate, UMDR este membru ai fractiunii populare si PNL este membru activ al grupului parlamentar liberal ALDE din Parlamentul European.</p>
<p>Guvernul PSD+PC, PNL, UDMR condus de Klaus Johannis va avea o larga deschidere si rezonanta pozitiva in cancelariile occidentale.</p>
<p>La 6 decembrie 2009 simpatizantii si membrii Partidului National Liberal, simpatizantii si membrii Partidului National Taranesc Crestindemocrat, simpatizatii Aliantei Civice, simpatizantii Conventei Democrate din Romania, simpatizantii si activistii Revolutiei Bunului Simt au o singura optiune: Mircea Geoana Presedinte, un premier Klaus Johannis si o guvernare liberala sustinuta de Partidul National Liberal.</p>
<p>Garantii acestui model politic sunt Mircea Geoana, Crin Antonescu si Klaus Johannis.</p>
<p>Partidul National Liberal a avut intotdeauna datoria sa gestioneze si sa guverneze Romania. Partidul National Liberal a guvernat Romania postdecembrista in 1991-92, 1996-2000 si 2004-08, cu parteneri doctrinari diferiti si obtinand succese vizibile si notabile: crestere economica fara precedent si integrare euro-atlantica.</p>
<p>La 6 decembrie Romania are de ales intre haos, anarhie si saracie sau guvernare responsabila, reforma institutionala, redresare economica si reafirmare in structuriile euro-atlantice.</p>
<p>Totul pentru Tara, Nimic pentru Noi!</p>
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<p>Literatura:</p>
<p>Jörn Knobloch: <em>Defekte Demokratie oder keine?</em> Lit Verlag, Münster/Hamburg/London 2002, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/3825863255">ISBN 3-8258-6325-5</a></p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/3825863255"></a>Michael Krennerich: <em>Defekte Demokratie</em>. In: Dieter Nohlen, Rainer-Olaf Schultze (Hrsg.): <em>Lexikon der Politikwissenschaft</em>. Beck, München 2005, S. 119-121, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/340654116X">ISBN 340654116X</a></p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/340654116X"></a>Gerhard Mangott: <em>Zur Demokratisierung Russlands</em>. Band 1: <em>Russland als defekte Demokratie</em>. Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden-Baden 2002, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/3789079731">ISBN 3-7890-7973-1</a></p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/3789079731"></a><a title="Wolfgang Merkel (page does not exist)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wolfgang_Merkel&#38;action=edit&#38;redlink=1">Wolfgang Merkel</a>: <em>Systemtransformation</em>. Leske &#38; Budrich, Opladen 1999</p>
<p>Wolfgang Merkel, Hans-Jürgen Puhle, Aurel Croissant (Hrsg.): <em>Defekte Demokratien. Bd.1, Theorien und Probleme</em>. Vs Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 2003, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/3810032344">ISBN 3-8100-3234-4</a></p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/3810032344"></a>Wolfgang Merkel, Hans-Jürgen Puhle, Aurel Croissant (Hrsg.): <em>Defekte Demokratien. Bd.2, Defekte Demokratien in Osteuropa, Ostasien und Lateinamerika</em>. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 2006, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/3810032352">ISBN 3-8100-3235-2</a></p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/3810032352"></a><a title="Guillermo O'Donnell" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillermo_O%27Donnell">Guillermo O&#8217;Donnell</a>: <em>Delegative Democracy</em>. In: Journal of Democracy (7:4) 1994, S. 112-126.</p>
<p>Wikipedia:</p>
<p>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delegative_Democracy</p>
<p>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Commune</p>
<p>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Revolution_of_1905</p>
<p>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Civil_War</p>
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<link>http://wildwatertv.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/dandelions-blowing-in-the-wind/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:46:34 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>High speed dandelion seeds.  It took over 200 separate dandelion heads to produce about ten usable photographs.  The way the seeds leave the head is at best unpredictable.  Photo taken using an infra-red trigger and flash at about 1/50,000 second to freeze the seeds in the air.  Nikon D300, Micro-Nikkor 105/4.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Mesajul Presedintelui PNL fondator 1990 Radu Campeanu]]></title>
<link>http://aliantadreptei.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/mesajul-presedintelui-pnl-fondator-1990-radu-campeanu/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:02:10 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>savulescugabriel</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Domnul Radu Câmpeanu, preşedintele refondator al PNL, a declarat, ieri, că,  după o suferinţă în spi]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Domnul Radu Câmpeanu, preşedintele refondator al PNL, a declarat, ieri, că,  după o suferinţă în spital, a ţinut să vină la şedinţa conducerii lărgite a partidului, să-l felicite pe Crin Antonescu şi să recomande, cu tărie, votul contra lui Băsescu în turul al doilea.</p>
<p>Mesajul domnului Câmpeanu este de mare forţă, politică şi morală. El are toate autoritatea liderului istoric, a omului de dreapta, a liberalului care a făcut închisoare pentru crezurile lui politice, a celui care, preşedinte al studenţilor liberali fiind, a fost arestat în 8 noiembrie 1945, la marele miting naţional-regalist din Piaţa Palatului.</p>
<p>Radu Câmpeanu a avertizat cu privire la pericolul dictatorial pe care îl reprezintă Băsescu. Şi când spune asta un om, un senior politic, care a suferit din greu pentru anticomunismul lui, trebuie crezut. El a trăit vremurile crâncene ale instaurării comunismului în România cu tancurile sovietice, când s-a desfiinţat şi Senatul. Deci, dacă îl asociază cu vremea aceea pe Băsescu, ştie ce spune.</p>
<p>Sursa: http://roxanaiordache.wordpress.com/</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Romania din afara Romaniei]]></title>
<link>http://camilstoenescu.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/romania-din-afara-romaniei/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:39:54 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Camil Stoenescu</dc:creator>
<guid>http://camilstoenescu.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/romania-din-afara-romaniei/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[sau dacă ar fi votat doar românii de peste hotare: Concluzie oarecum amuzantă &#8211; lesne de obser]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>sau dacă ar fi votat doar românii de peste hotare:</p>
<p><a href="http://camilstoenescu.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/voturi1.jpg"><img style="border-bottom:0;border-left:0;display:inline;border-top:0;border-right:0;" title="voturi1" border="0" alt="voturi1" src="http://camilstoenescu.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/voturi1_thumb.jpg?w=244&#038;h=149" width="244" height="149" /></a> <a href="http://camilstoenescu.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/voturi2.jpg"><img style="border-bottom:0;border-left:0;display:inline;border-top:0;border-right:0;" title="voturi2" border="0" alt="voturi2" src="http://camilstoenescu.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/voturi2_thumb.jpg?w=244&#038;h=148" width="244" height="148" /></a> </p>
<p>Concluzie oarecum amuzantă &#8211; lesne de observat, Traian Băsescu era președinte după primul tur de scrutin.</p>
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<p>PS&#160; Datele sunt preluate de <a href="http://www.hotnews.ro/stiri-politic-6555603-rezultate-finale-sectiile-vot-din-strainatate-traian-basescu-primul-loc-peste-50-urmat-crin-antonescu-mircea-geoana.htm">aici</a>.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Fresno Establishes Sister City Relationship with the City of Etchmiadzin]]></title>
<link>http://agbublog.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/fresno-sister-city-etchmiadzin/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>agbublog</dc:creator>
<guid>http://agbublog.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/fresno-sister-city-etchmiadzin/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Via the Armenian Mirror-Spectator: On Friday, October 30, [Fresno] Mayor Ashley Swearengin and Counc]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Via the <em><a href="http://www.mirrorspectator.com/?p=2327" target="_blank">Armenian Mirror-Spectator</a></em>:</p>
<p style="padding-left:30px;">On Friday, October 30, [Fresno] Mayor Ashley Swearengin and Council member Andreas Borgeas held a press conference in front of the City Hall Council Chambers to announce the formation of its newest Sister City partnership between Fresno and the City of Etchmiadzin, Armenia.</p>
<p>In addition to a representative of AGBU, representatives from several Armenian organizations were in attendance, including the Armenian American Citizen League (AACL), the Armenian Democratic Liberal Party (ADL), the Armenian National Committee (ANC), the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF), the Armenian Relief Society (ARS), the Armenian Technology Group, the Daughters of Vartan, Hamazkayin Cultural Association, Holy Trinity Armenian Church of Fresno, Homenetmen, the Knights of Vartan, St. Gregory Armenian Church of Fowler, St. Mary Armenian Church of Yettem, St. Paul Armenian Church of Fresno, Tekeyan Cultural Association, and the Triple X Fraternity Fresno &#38; Selma Chapters.</p>
<p>According to the Watertown, Massachusetts, Armenian American newspaper:</p>
<p style="padding-left:30px;">“The City of Fresno is blessed with a vibrant and robust Armenian community that has contributed so much to our way of life here in Fresno and throughout the entire San Joaquin Valley,” said Swearengin, adding, “I am proud of the efforts City of Etchmiadzin. Due to the efforts of our committee members, Fresno and Echmiadzin will enjoy a host of new business, trade, travel, cultural arts and educational opportunities.”</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Crin Antonescu: "Vă mulțumesc din suflet români! Vă mulțumesc din suflet tineri!"]]></title>
<link>http://aliantadreptei.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/crin-antonescu-va-mul%c8%9bumesc-din-suflet-romani-va-mul%c8%9bumesc-din-suflet-tineri/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:56:57 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>savulescugabriel</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Crin Antonescu: "Am arătat că se poate împotriva maşinilor de propagandă, am arătata că se poate ca în România voinţa noastră să fie ascultată!" ]]></title>
<link>http://pnldiaspora.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/crin-antonescu-am-aratat-ca-se-poate-impotriva-masinilor-de-propaganda-am-aratata-ca-se-poate-ca-in-romania-vointa-noastra-sa-fie-ascultata/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:54:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>savulescugabriel</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Mulţumesc compatrioţi, mulţumesc tuturor românilor care astăzi au ieşit la vot. Vă mulţumesc din suf]]></description>
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<p>Mulţumesc compatrioţi, mulţumesc tuturor românilor care astăzi au ieşit la vot. Vă mulţumesc din suflet. Poate că  nu am sperat nici unii dintre noi că la turul I al alegerilor prezidenţiale, atât de mulţi români vor ieşi la vot, împotriva sondajelor, împotriva comentariilor, împotriva propagandei descurajante. Le mulţumesc tuturor celor care din sate până în marile oraşe au venit azi la vot. A fost o prezenţă record şi vreau să ştiţi cu toţii că la ora 7, atunci când institutele de sondare şi-au încheiat, chipurile, conturile, circa un milion de români se aflau încă în aşteptarea exercitării dreptului de vot.</p>
<p>Le mulţumesc în special celor tineri, care pentru prima dată, după atâţia ani, vin la vot. Le mulţumesc studenţilor, le mulţumesc tuturor celor care azi, chiar cu preţul aşteptării de ore întregi au vrut să dea un vot pentru viitorul României, pentru viitorul lor. Vă mulţumesc din suflet! Vă mulţumesc pentru că am arătat că se poate. Am arătat că se poate împotriva maşinilor de propagandă, am arătata că se poate ca în România voinţa noastră să fie ascultată.</p>
<p>Vă mulțumesc din suflet români! Vă mulțumesc din suflet tineri!</p>
<p>Crin Antonescu</p>
<p>Sursa: <em><a href="http://CrinAntonescu.ro" target="_blank">CrinAntonescu.ro</a></em></p>
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