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By James Desborough
Shattered Paul McCartney plans to unleash damning evidence in his bitter divorce battle with Heather Mills.
Hurt by her leaked court papers claiming he was a violent, drug-taking drunk, Macca has enough ammunition to destroy the beauty's lies — and prove that it was HER who was the violent nightmare in their four-year marriage.
In our exclusive coverage, you can also read:
For the first time since the showbiz divorce of the century started, one of Sir Paul's aides has broken ranks to tell the News of the World how Heather:
# SMASHED up chairs and threw ornaments at the singer in screaming rows at their Peasmarsh home.
# HURLED a bottle of ketchup at him during one blazing hour-long bust-up over dinner.
# RANTED at him constantly in front of staff, branding him "old man", and a "b*stard".
# SPAT out her chilling threat to ruin him in a car-park showdown, yelling: "I'm absolutely gonna take you to the cleaners."
# DEMANDED Sir Paul use his millions to buy a string of homes.
# LONGED to have her own chat show—and FANTASISED about becoming the new Posh.
# DESERTED bewildered Macca for weeks at a time leaving him to look after toddler Beatrice.
The aide's revelations come as Macca's former loyal PR man Geoff Baker — sacked by the star because of his suspicions about Heather — also blasts holes through the blonde's accusations.
Our insider — who does not want to be named — told us: "For Paul the gloves are really off now, and he's ready to trash her in court.
"He refutes her lies and is is preparing to detail HER appalling behaviour. The staff have seen it all — and we reckon he's a saint for putting up with her as long as he did.
"Paul spent millions of pounds on her — but she never appreciated it. She became like Andy from Little Britain —'I want that one, I want that one — wherever she went. If he turned her down she just let rip at him."
The aide said staff often witnessed fights between the two at the 64-year-old former Beatle's 160-acre estate in Sussex. They heard the couple screaming at each other, and furniture being wrecked in the living and dining rooms and kitchen from September 2003 — a month before Beatrice was born.
Our source said: "It was Heather who caused all the rows by constantly nagging Paul, and they turned violent. Her face would go red with rage.
"I have seen her slam doors in his face, and when he followed her into a room there would be crashing, banging and smashing.
"You could hear what was happening, and it sounded like Heather was the one doing the attacking. Chairs were smashed as well as ornaments. Then the housekeeper would have to come in and clean up afterwards.
"There was at least one of these a month and we'd all walk around with our tin hats on."
Staff dubbed the most vicious fight the "ketchup battle" in September 2003.
"One of the cleaners said it was like a tornado had hit the living room. Vegetarian food was all over the floor, lamps were smashed, crockery, cutlery and glasses were broken.
"But on the wall there were the marks where a bottle of ketchup had been thrown and landed just behind where Paul usually sits. It must have just missed him.
"They had to get special cleaners to clear up the mess. A very expensive carpet was ruined and had to be chucked out.
"This argument was the most talked about, but not the last. Those cleaners visited the house at least five times a year from then on after big rows between them.
"Paul always tried to keep his rows away from the staff, but you couldn't fail to hear Heather screaming. We all knew it was another humdinger and to keep our heads down."
Macca's aides also witnessed a terrifying row in the car park close to their main home on the estate last summer.
"After they pulled up in his Mercedes she leapt out of the car waving her hands at him and screaming, 'If you wanna get rid of me, do you know how much it is gonna cost you? Do you know how much you stand to lose? I'm absolutely gonna take you to the cleaners'."
Staff believe that was the row which brought home to Sir Paul what a mess he was in. They had known for a long time — and had themselves been on the rough end of her tongue too often.
"She was called the Ice Queen behind her back," said the aide. "She was often rude to us. We all felt that she saw us as slaves."
And she reckoned her husband wasn't slaving hard enough to make her a star. Once, when he tried to stop her haranguing him about her potential TV career at the swish Hilden Health Club in Rye, staff heard her rant: "You're an old man.
"You b***tard, don't you care anymore? Don't you love me? I've given you a baby — is this how you repay me?"
The source continued: "Many rows came out of Heather's hopes to make it big on TV. In summer 2004 she was even begging Paul to help her get her own chat show.
"I remember her saying, 'I want a chat show on my own, everyone else is doing it — why can't I have one?'
Dozens of rows were fuelled by Heather's desire to turn her and rocker Paul into an older version of Posh and Becks.
"Heather dreamt of living like the Beckhams. She wanted that showbiz lifestyle," said our source.
"She desperately wanted to do photo shoots in glossy mags. She kept asking, 'Why can't we do that. Why are they in there and we're not?'"
She made up for what she saw as her lack of fame by trying to spend like a billionaire. In one heated phone call in March, Paul appealed to his wife to stop demanding he buy more homes, said our source.
"He asked her, 'How much have you got to have before enough is enough?'"
Troublemaker Heather, 38, would leave the family home for weeks at a time after bitter bust-ups from the summer of 2004 — often going to her home in Brighton.
"She'd just suddenly up sticks, jump in her Porsche and disappear. Then they didn't see each other for a week or even two and he was left with the baby. Two weeks was the longest she stayed away.
"It was always up to Paul to make up, and get his wife back. While she was away he would always say they had a clash of diaries — but to us that was the codeword for they'd fallen out and she'd gone off."
Paul would be left to look after Beatrice. "This is where we all think Heather shoots herself in the foot," said our source.
"In her court papers she alleges Paul is a drunk and drug user, yet she's quite happy to leave the baby with him for a week while she goes off to America at short notice."
Macca's aides believe Heather's divorce paper accusations were a move to prompt him into handing her a whopping payout.
"When he saw those claims Paul was absolutely devastated," added the insider.
"He's still in complete disbelief at what she's said and is going to fight her tooth and nail.
"He's tried to call her but we're told she won't pick up the phone. It's crazy because we all expected an out of court settlement was close to being agreed. Now she's pushing for half of everything or holding out for £200m.
"Paul wants this done and dusted, he wants this dealt with so he can get on with his life and back to normality.
"He doesn't want a slagging match in court or in the media."
However the confidante did claim Macca will bring up Mill's past as a porn model and hooker — revealed by the News of the World — in court.
"Quite simply for Paul the gloves are well and truly off. He will bring up her past life and could take this divorce into a whole new direction." Paul's aide is confident his boss will prove himself innocent of Heather's claims.
"She is living in the realms of fantasy. Many of us have known Paul for more than 20 years and he's not a violent human being.
"I've never seen him drunk with Beatrice and if he has a spliff he becomes your best mate, rather than wants to kill you.
"There are many members of his staff, band and entourage who will testify to that. Heather should be the one doing the worrying."


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LOS ANGELES - Call it magic or marketting mayhem but either way, Warner Bros., announcement that this summer's Harry Potter movie will open two days earlier is great news for fans. "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," the fifth movie based on the best-selling books by J.K. Rowling, will open in U.S. theaters July 11, two days earlier than previously announced.
Warner gave no explanation for the new date of the David Yates directed film's premier, which was originally scheduled to be released July 13. The world premiere of the movie will be held June 28 in Tokyo, followed by a London premiere July 3.

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Arts Summit 2010/
Walk-Up Registrations Accepted
The Alliance for Arts and Culture, with the support of 2010 Legacies Now and the City of Surrey, is pleased to present Arts Summit 2010, Thursday, June 24 and Friday, June 25 at Surrey's Chuck Bailey Recreation Centre (see photo below).
Advance registration is now closed, but walk-up registrations, at the regular rates, will be accepted.
Arts Summit 2010 will bring together a diverse group of artists, arts organizations, presenters, facility managers, students, businesses and government representatives and create opportunities for dialogue, networking and professional development.
The 200 participants will hear keynote speaker Arlene Goldbard, author of New Creative Community: The Art of Cultural Development, speak on "Art and the Public Good" and take part in a variety of panel discussions and workshops.
The beautiful new Chuck Bailey Recreation Centre is 30 minutes from downtown Vancouver by Skytrain, one block south of the Gateway Skytrain station, at 13458 - 107A Avenue, corner of 107A Avenue and University Drive. (This is the correct address -- google maps has wrong information lately, due to recent street name changes in Surrey)
Check-in begins at 8 a.m. both days, with the first event at 9 a.m. Thursday's reception ends at 6:30 p.m. and Friday's events conclude at 5 p.m.
The Full Two-Days' Program Follows Below ...
8:00 a.m. REGISTRATION OPENS
The registration desk is open Thursday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
9:00 am. OPENING
Host: Vanessa Richards, well-known artist and facilitator, will reprise her role at last year's Summit and host this two-day event.
A First Nations Welcome will be made by Tom Oleman.
City Councillor Judy Villeneuve will welcome everyone on behalf of the City of Surrey.
9:30 a.m. KEYNOTE
Art and the Public Good
Writer, social activist, and consultant Arlene Goldbard, author of New Creative Community, The Art of Cultural Development.
Ms. Goldbard shares perspectives gained over many years and synthesized at a White House briefing with the Cultural Policy Working Group. Arts Summit 2010 continues the conversation aimed at creating bold, coherent policy on culture in BC. Ms. Goldbard believes such policy must recognize that culture holds the key to a future we can believe in. She argues that cultural action is a vital instrument of the public good and when tied to public purpose its power knows no bounds. Learn more at her website.
10:10 a.m. BREAK
Refreshments provided.
10:30 a.m. / PANEL
Civic Leadership: Creating and Delivering Cultural Policy on the Ground
Join arts critic and UNESCO cultural policy commissioner Max Wyman, Richard Walton, mayor of North Vancouver, Judy Villeneuve, Surrey councillor and chair of the Metro Vancouver Culture Committee, Marvin Hunt, Surrey councillor and BC Regional Committee, Federation of Canadian Municipalities.
What role do municipalities play in cultural policy delivery to their citizens? How do they see their relationships with arts service providers and artists? What are the Canadian trends in municipal cultural action and funding? Are cities and regions taking a leadership role? What are their successes and what their burdens? In what way do they influence provincial or federal cultural policy? Hear a lively discussion from leaders who believe in culture and work in the local political trenches.
(90 minutes)
10:30 a.m. / WORKSHOP
Shaping a Literate Financial Statement
Catherine Ludgate, manager, community investments, VanCity Credit Union.
Every financial statement tells a story, what does yours say? This workshop will explore what makes a good financial report, for your board, your funders and your financial institution. If it's a mystery to you, Catherine Ludgate will show you how you can frame your organizations' numbers for accuracy, for clarity and to support your cultural purpose. Bring your own statements and bring your questions to this highly practical session with an expert.
(90 minutes)
12 noon to 1:15 p.m. / LUNCH
Buffet lunch provided.
Judith Marcuse will share during lunch some stories and perspectives from her working experiences in Canada and abroad (most recently in EU and in West and South AFrica) and raise some ideas that she thinks might be constructive for us to consider in these challenging times.
1:15 p.m. /WORKSHOP with ARLENE GOLDBARD
Reframing the Public Purpose of Art
How do we advocate for the real and awesome power of human creative expression? Reframing art's public purpose, and its place in the spectrum of social initiatives that make our country civil and strong, requires that we explore the ways people actually think about art and culture. Arlene Goldbard will help participants in this workshop look for the resonant emotional themes that really engage people and lead to the crafting of coherent cultural policy and action.
(2 hours)
1:15 p.m. / PANEL
Public Art and Art in Public
Moderator Geraldine Parent, arts services manager for the City of Burnaby; Lori Phillips, public art coordinator with The Arts Office in North Vancouver; Liane Davison, curator at the Surrey Art Gallery; and Bryan Newson, City of Vancouer's public art program manager, discuss the heat that art in public is generating these days.
Cities have budgets dedicated to art in public places. They engage developers and architects to provide art spaces and building enhancements. But who does this art belong to; whose spaces do they eventually become? What about an artist's right to images of their creation? What about maintenance? What happens when some people don't like it? Should art be permanent, temporary or ephemeral? The panelists have all explored these and many other questions about what makes a successful public art program and what policies support and frame it.
(2 hours)
3:15 p.m. / BREAK
3:30 p.m. / PERFORMANCE
Bollywood Shenanigans
Bollywood Shenanigans is an entertainment company inspired by South Asian culture and cinema. Made up of a collective of actors, dancers and writers who have travelled as as far as Mumbai, toured North America, and have been in numerous films and commercials, Bollywood Shenanigans havs been brought togehter to inspire the world through comic sketch, song and dance.
4 p.m. / ALLIANCE AGM
The Alliance for Arts and Culture will hold its annual general meeting. There will be an oppotunity for non-members to take out a new membership and attend the proceedings. Both voting and non-voting memberships are available.
Alliance members do not need to register for the Arts Summit to attend the AGM.
Check in for all AGM attendees begins at 3 p.m.
4:30 p.m. / PRESENTATION
Canada Culture Days: A New Initiative and Its Potential
Axel Conradi and Trudy Van Dop, both on the BC Task Force for Culture Days, will provide a brief overview of this new initiative. Axel is on the Arts Club Board of Governors and is former advocacy co-chair of the Canadian Arts Summit. A long time cultural supporter, he is the retired assistant vice-president of Canadian Pacific Railway. Trudy is the well-know curator/owner of Van Dop Gallery, publisher of the BC Arts and Culture Guide and initiator of the BC Cultural Crawl. She has worked for many years to forge strong links between tourism and culture.
5 p.m. / RECEPTION
Meet & Mingle
Enjoy a networking reception in the glass cube atrium and rooftop terrace. Hosted bar and tasty snacks.
8:00 a.m. REGISTRATION OPENS
The registration desk is open Fridayfrom 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
9 a.m. / WELCOME
Announcements and introductions.
9:15 a.m. / COPYRIGHT LAW UPDATE
Artists' Legal Outreach director Martha Rans will provide an update on changes being made to Canada's copyright law.
(20 minutes)
9:30 a.m. / OPENING ADDRESS
Ivan Habel, general manager of Green Thumb Theatre, will speak to the importance of maintaining individual priorities while maintaining a common front in a shared advocacy approach. How can we be vocal about our own needs without creating rifts in the community we want to strengthen?
(20 minutes)
10 a.m. / BREAK
Refreshments provided.
10:15 a.m. / PANEL
Making Creativity Count: Toward a New Cultural Policy for British Columbia
Moderator lobbyist, political organizer and strategic advisor for major west coast projects Mark Marissen; Gillian Wood, acting director of the BC Arts Council; Catherine Murray, co-director of the Centre for Policy Studies on Culture and Communities at SFU; and Jessie Uppal, director of campaigns, community and social action with the BC Federation of Labour; Coalition To Build a Better BC. ask, when the economy gets a cold, why does culture seem to go on life support?
Even the arm's length BC Arts Council cannot find immunity. Would a coherent provincial policy for culture provide better stability? What would such a policy look like, and how would one get it passed? This panel represents all sides of the political spectrum, including the neutral side. They have seen governments come and go; seen successful and unsuccessful policy devices created and lived through the repercussions. A lively dialogue is guaranteed.
(1 hour 45 minutes)
10:15 a.m. / PANEL
Cultural Assets and Infrastructure: Buildings and Human Capital
Moderator Lance Berelowitz, author, planner and founding principal of Urban Forum Associates; architect Richard Henriquez; Michael Audain, chair of the Vancouver Art Gallery Foundation, and Norman Armour, executive director and curator, PuSh International Performing Arts Festival address the need for city planning that calls for the creation of whole communities that are successful in meeting and mixing quality-of-life needs.
Such communities need signature theatres, galleries and museums but they also need artist's studios, rehearsal rooms, shops, administration spaces, places where artists can live and rough, unusual spaces where they can create synergies. Developers and architects have a stake in making neighbourhoods successful too.
This panel explores the push and pull of divergent and converging desires; bringing to the discussion their experience of local and international trends.
(one hour, 45 minutes)
12 noon / LUNCH
Buffet lunch provided.
1:15 p.m. / PANEL
Art and Social Change Across Sectors
Facilitator Judith Marcuse, founder & co-director of the International Centre of Art for Social Change (ICASC) and panelists Sadira Rodrigues, curator, writer, arts administrator and director of continuing studies at Emily Carr University of Art and Design; M. Simon Levin, artist and public art maker; Dr. Sal Ferreras, dean at the School of Music, Dance and Design at Vancouver Community College; Bernie Magnan, chief economist with the Vancouver Board of Trade and a former Vancouver Opera Foundation director and former Vancouver Opera and Bard on the Beach board member.
Art is not isolationist, it is all about connection; reflecting and affecting change. Art refuses the silo, wants to be part of social change; it desires contact of all kinds and in all places. This facilitated dialogue explores how art can and does affect social change, in what contexts it has been effective and how barriers can be brought down through interaction. Judith Marcuse brings a strong internationalist view to this work. M. Simon Levin brings the visual arts and educator's perspective, Sadira Rodrigues provides a curatorial eye and the lens of diverse cultures and Sal Ferreras brings an all-important educational focus combined with a musician's sensibilities.
And what's this? An economist? Bernie Magnan, with deep roots in both the arts and economic spheres, speaks for another kind of bridge between business, the arts and social change.
(one hour, 45 minutes)
1:15 p.m. / PANEL
Harnessing 2010: The LiveSites Experience in Richmond and Surrey
Yes, it was attached to a sports tournament brand called the Olympics but, as is often the case, more people turn out for the cultural presentations than the sports.
Moderator Jane Fernyhough, director of arts, culture and heritage services for the City of Richmond; Councillor Linda Barnes, City of Richmond 2010 portfolio; Laurie Cavan, general manager, parks, recreation and culture for the City of Surrey; and Bryan Tasaka project manager, Surrey 2010 Celebration Site, share what was it like to be involved in, yet at some distance from, this international cultural effort and what made it such a success.
What might it mean for the future of art in these communities? What are the repercussions? Are there legacies, policies and strengths left behind and what are they? Find out what it was like to host tens of thousands of participants daily in cultural activities.
(one hour 45 minutes)
3 p.m. / BREAK
Refreshments provided.
3:20 p.m. / THE BURNING QUESTION
Be sure to check out the Burning Question post & host sessions posted in the lobby, and sign up to contribute your ideas.
(55 minutes)
3:20 p.m. / TOOLKITS
Toolkit distribution and discussions
Toolkits and information on their use include the Creative Cities Public Art Toolkit and the Day at the Legislature.
(55 minutes)
4:15 p.m. / BURNING QUESTION REPORT BACK(15 minutes)
Share reports on the outcomes of the Burning Questions sessions.
4:30 p.m. / PERFORMANCE
Tanya Evanson.
A celebrated poet, performer, vocalist, whirling dervish, educator and director of Mother Tongue Media, will raise our spirits and remind us of what our work is really all about.
(20 minutes)
4:50 p.m. / CLOSING
Thanks and Farewells.
(10 minutes)
Walk-Up Registrations Will Be Taken At The Venue
- Thursday & Friday: $150 for Alliance members / $200 for non-members.
- Thursday Only: $95 for members / $125 for non-members.
- Friday Only: $75 for members / $ 95 for non members.
Registration fees include lunch both days, Thursday networking reception and all applicable taxes.
Registration is now open for Arts Summit 2010, June 24 and 25 at Surrey's Chuck Bailey Recreation Centre -- Thirty minutes from Granville and Georgia by Skytrain.
Alliance Members do not need to register for the Arts Summit to attend the AGM. AGM check-in for non-Summit attendees begins at 3:30 p.m.
Registration fees as noted include all applicable taxes.
- Kevin Dale McKeown / Alliance for Arts and Culture Director of Communications & Special Events
- Lydia Marston-Blaauw / Arts Summit 2010 Coordinator
- Olga Kovalchuk / Alliance for Arts and Culture Members Services Administrator
- Tiffany Kwong / Alliance for Arts and Culture Communications Intern
- Volunteers: Cory Anderson, Jeff Anson, Laura Barron, Paulina Bustamanti, Ron Byron, Shelley Cowan, Amita Daniels, Mo Dhaliwal, Rene Doruyter, Lorenz Von Fersen, Monika Forberger, Mirjana Galovich, Aurelie Gauthier, K.C. Gilroy, Paul Gravette, Ania Grygorczuk, Kelsey Hicks, Kelsey Jorseen, Doreen Jung, Marika Kovalcikova, Debbie Lawrance, Rebecca Low, Linda Lysack, Julie McIntyre, Nancy Noble, Coreen Philley, Cheryl Ram, Sherri Sadler, Wendy Soobis, Daniel Tavaszi, Kim Tran, Frances Wasserlein, David Whitelock, Gillian Wilder. We couldn't have done it without them!


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As you already know, I have decided to pretend Im a productive, cheerful 50s housewife for 3 weeks instead of actually being a 10s slovenly, snarky housewife. Why? Heck, I dunno. Maybe I want to get the house cleaned well and properly. Maybe I'm looking for a challenge and/or absurdity. Maybe I've lost my mind.
If you guessed, "She's lost her mind", you've guessed right! Please grab your winner's spoon and stay afterwards for your era-authentic prize– a big steaming bowl of weiner mixup!
If I'm going to do this– and I so am– there have to be clearly laid out rules of engagement, no? I need to have direction and a schedule, or I seriously run the risk of reworking this task in my head until it involves nothing more than me watching Mad Men episodes while drinking old fashioneds all day in bed.
Its been a bit tough finding good information on what life was really like for post war brides. Obviously, families then were as different as families are today, so what life might have been like for your grandmother isn't necessarily what life was like for mine. The television and advertisement portrayal of housewives of that era ought to be taken with a grain of salt too. Im sure that Leave it to Beaver had just as much in common with the average woman then as Sex and the City has to the average woman now. Grains of truth? Yes. But perhaps, even likely, not the whole truth.
Anyway, I've had to cobble together what I think it may have been like then, and I have had to figure out how to fit my 2014 life into that idea for a few weeks. It's not a time machine, and it's not perfect, but I think– hope?– that it'll give me a good sense of the spirit of this self imposed assignment.
From what I've gleaned, the housewife of the 1950s:
-attempted to make her home consistently pleasant, welcoming and clean.
-attempted to make herself attractive to be around, both in physical appearance and mannerism. It seems this is was mostly for the benefit of the husband.
-was thrifty, organized and capable of a wide variety of tasks
-filled a support role in the lives of her children and husband, providing them with a stable, relaxing environment to the best of her ability.
This all sounds pretty good, and I think I could definitely stand to build new, better habits.
Im going to attempt to follow a 50s housewife schedule and meal plan as faithfully as I can, but I am not going to be spending money or permanently ridding myself of modern conveniences so that I can look or act the part more accurately. I'm totally going to make an effort to stash the yoga pants (my dear, sweet yoga pants, for whom I already pine…) and look far more presentable during the day, but I'm certainly not going to be shopping for a poodle skirt so I can look 1950s while making this effort. Likewise, Im not putting my washer and dryer up on Craigslist so I can hunt down an authentic washboard and laundry mangle. My cell phone stays with me, and it stays on, and no one will get hurt.
Im also not about to compromise my family's health by insisting on a full 1950s menu. Good grief, have you SEEN the amount of cream of mushroom soup they put on everything? Have you? It's the sloppy, gloppy, brown lumped definition of terrifying. I dont think any of us would feel very well at all after a sudden switch like that. So, 4-5 dishes a week will be pulled from my vintage cookbooks, but I am not going to cook up all meals from the cookbooks.
Finally, I'm aiming for that general time frame, and Im not terribly concerned about it being a little wrong. Some of my cookbooks are from the 60s, some are from the 40s, and Im definitely not going to starve because those books are a few years off. I suppose everyone is just going to have to Deal With It. To make it up to you, I'll be posting choice recipes from my collection, and
daring encouraging you to try them. You're welcome and/or I'm sorry for that.
So yeah! This officially starts when everyone goes back to school and work, and I'm looking forward to it!
Photo: 'You're welcome' and/or 'I'm sorry' should be said again. Did I mention yet that I've probably lost my mind?


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First published in March 8, 2008 Armenian Reporter
Armenia: A different political climate is needed
But there are no shortcuts to establishing it
Arthur Martirosyan is the program manager for the Former Soviet Union and Middle East at the Mercy Corps Conflict Management Group (CMG) based in Cambridge, Mass. In 14 years with CMG, he has been involved in conflict management efforts from Palestine to Georgia to China. He has also managed the Momentum program which helps teach conflict management skills to young Armenian professionals. Born in Tbilisi, Mr. Martirosyan earned his degrees from the Leningrad (St. Petersburg) and Yale Universities. He is an Armenian citizen. Mr. Martirosyan spoke with the Armenian Reporter's Washington editor Emil Sanamyan by phone earlier this week.
Reporter: How would you formulate the pre- and post-election confrontation in Armenia from the conflict studies perspective?
Martirosyan: It is easy to recognize this confrontation as a zero-sum game. Both parties are playing one of those tough, macho games of chicken. This is sort of the game some might play with two cars racing toward each other at high speed. There are four potential outcomes: car 1 swerves and loses; car 2 swerves and loses; both swerve and it is difficult to judge who wins and who loses; or neither swerves and there is a crash – and this is what we have now.
This is a very dangerous game, because long-term there are no winners on the national
Reporter: How is this illustrated in Armenia's case?
Martirosyan: In this particular case, Levon Ter-Petrossian, even before the election, announced that he had already won and was not willing to negotiate and talk to the other side. He was talking to the crowd in the Opera [Freedom] Square about "going to the end," although this end-game was never defined.
And the government side was playing the same game, with an attitude that said, "We are the ones who have the power and we will dictate the rules of the game."
The election results came in. As in the past there were certainly violations. But the international observers determined that they were limited in scope, more limited than in the past. And the opposition had an opportunity to request recounts, which it did, and which did not find evidence of widespread fraud.
Although before the vote, Mr. Ter-Petrossian ruled out a "revolutionary" scenario, he changed his rhetoric following the vote, and in fact declared that a "revolution" was under way.
This too fell into the zero-sum game scenario, and in such games the first to strike has more chances to win. The government waited patiently for ten days, hoping the crowds would disperse, which was probably a mistake, because the longer the crowd stayed together and showed its perseverance and commitment, the more difficult a resolution was becoming for everyone.
And then the government struck.
Reporter: It appears that stakes were continuously upped by both sides until the engine noise of military vehicles became audible at the ex-president's residence....
Martirosyan: Well, this is the nature of this game. But the real danger is that the game is not over and might continue in a couple of weeks when the state of emergency is lifted. Unless, of course, one side successfully crushes the other. Even that would be a shaky victory, unless the game changes into a more cooperative arrangement.
You could see some evidence that Serge Sargsian was already offering cooperation right after the election, but unfortunately the radical opposition did not take that offer, with a coalition agreement sealed with more moderate forces.
Reporter: So can this game between the government and radical opposition be changed into something less confrontational?
Martirosyan: I don't think it is possible right now, because the parties are not open to dialogue. The last statement from Ter-Petrossian includes preconditions that he is setting for the other side in order to engage in a dialogue. And those preconditions may not be acceptable to the other side.
So instead of putting the dialogue front and center, there is entrenchment on both sides. And the danger is that the sides might continue to play this game, no matter in whose favor the Constitutional Court rules later this week. This is especially likely should results be invalidated or if, as in 2003, the court validates the results but adds clauses that opposition could use as justification for future unrest.
Such a ruling would also set a very bad precedent, saying that any candidate unhappy with election results and capable of mobilizing ten thousand people or more can put sufficient pressure on the political system to get what he wants. This is not justifiable by any means.
Changing this situation would require a very different political climate, where political forces engage in a dialogue continuously before, during, and after elections and negotiate and agree on common, shared values.
These could be issues like free and fair elections, internal stability and security, the international image of the country. And they also negotiate the red lines – things that parties agree not to do under any circumstances.
None of that has happened in Armenia. So we are left paying the price for not having a strong civil society and structured political space, from which credible players could step up and encourage the parties to engage in a dialogue.
The political parties should work with the electorate and address their concerns year-round and not just at the time of elections. Only through such work can the protest electorate be brought into the political process and help stabilize it.
Unless there is such a climate, Armenia will be coming back to this issue in future elections as well. So we are still at the stage of state-building, that agenda is not yet accomplished.
Reporter: Do you see sufficiently influential and willing parties outside Armenia who could play a mediating role – by pushing parties away from confrontation and encouraging dialogue?
Martirosyan: Well, Ter-Petrossian is now clinging to the notion that the West should get involved. Unfortunately, I doubt that any Western governments or international organizations like the European Union will be able to successfully mediate this conflict, primarily because of a number of hidden drivers and interests in this conflict that would probably not be fully disclosed to outside mediators.
Individual players in the diaspora could also get involved – although not institutions.
But again that is unlikely to happen. Perhaps Russia could more successfully play such a role, but they do not appear to be interested so far and they are going through their own presidential transition.
Reporter: What about the hidden drivers you mention? Could you elaborate?
Martirosyan: Well on the surface, the opposition is trying to mobilize public dissatisfaction with the pace and structure of economic development, corruption, injustice, etc.
And what has happened so far is that Ter- Petrossian has largely succeeded in making this campaign personality-driven, and more about mud-slinging and disinformation than about issues.
The government failed to engage him on issues effectively, letting him escape into his own element of the open square. And Ter-Petrossian went on and filled the political vacuum felt by the protest electorate and was able to energize it.
But there are also real business interests behind the opposition. What concerns, fears, and interests these business groups have when it comes to distribution and redistribution of wealth?
I am sure it did not escape your attention that most of the stores that were looted belonged to businessmen seen as loyal to the government; on the other hand, the businesses supporting the opposition had been targeted by the government for tax inspections.
So there was this tit for tat. But if you look at the situation even deeper, considering that the incumbent President Robert Kocharian is on his way out, and he does have his own network of favorite businessmen, and that most likely not for all of them the succession would be a smooth one.
So they too have concerns and some of them, especially those seen close to Ter Petrossian, must have become very nervous.
Those aspects are not very open and the negotiations taking place in that field are not at all transparent. It may be more difficult for an outsider to understand, but it is easier for insiders.
Reporter: So you would argue that this election has not been solely personality driven? If economic interests are more prevalent, does that make a potential deal easier to strike?
Martirosyan: The fact that there are these real business interests at stake does make a potential deal more likely, but not inevitable of course. At this point, though, I doubt that a political deal could be negotiated any time soon, considering Ter-Petrossian's defiance so far.
The question is if the government can put sufficient pressure on Ter-Petrossian for him to withdraw his current demands.
But this would not be a long-term solution of course. The political climate must change, but unfortunately there are no shortcuts to create a better system.
Every crisis comes with losses, lessons, and opportunities. More comprehensive analysis of lessons is warranted now. There is also an opportunity to move faster on some of the reforms since the current crisis to a degree was caused by the slow pace of change.
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Mount Nantai (男体山 Nantai-san) literally "man's body mountain", also called Futara-san (二荒山)[1] is a stratovolcano in the Nikkō National Park in central Honshū, the main island of Japan. It stands at 2,486 m high. A prominent landmark, it can be seen on clear days from as far as the Pacific coast, 100 km away.
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In September 2008, the Japan Meteorological Agency was asked to reclassify Mount Nantai as "active" based upon work by Yasuo Ishizaki and colleagues of Toyama University showing evidence of an eruption approximately 7000 years ago.[2]
Mount Nantai as a sacred mountain[edit]
Archeologists affirm that during the Yayoi period the most common go-shintai (御神体) (a yorishiro housing a kami) in the earliest Shinto shrines was a nearby mountain peak supplying with its streams water, and therefore life, to the plains below where people lived.[3]
Mount Nantai constitutes Futarasan Shrine's go-shintai, and the shrine is an important example of this ancient type of mountain cult.[3] Significantly, the name Nantai (男体) itself means "man's body".[3] The mountain not only provides water to the rice paddies below, but has the shape of the phallic stone rods found in pre-agricultural Jōmon sites.[3]
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- ^ "Mount Nantai in Nikko may still be active volcano, say researchers". Mainichi Daily News. 13 September 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-09-18.
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- Iwanami Kōjien (広辞苑) Japanese dictionary, 6th Edition (2008), DVD version
- Brown, Delmer M. (1993). The Early Evolution of Historical Consciousness in "Cambridge History of Japan", Vol. 1. Cambridge, New York & Victoria: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-22352-2.
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1. Pascual Gorostieta | March 15th, 2010 at 11:01 am
Fucking disgusting.
2. big mac | March 15th, 2010 at 1:16 pm
She's into e-commerce. How adorable!
3. franc black | March 15th, 2010 at 1:21 pm
This person represents modern America: big and getting bigger, dumb and getting dumber.
One day the crash will come, collapsing with a heart attack into one big mound of rotting lard.
4. Hamsterfist | March 15th, 2010 at 1:23 pm
I'd fuck that. I bet she even swallows!
5. FrankMcG | March 15th, 2010 at 2:29 pm
What's the worst thing about New York?
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6. scottxcbad | March 15th, 2010 at 2:48 pm
Wow, does this lady know how vile she is?
7. Erik Bramsen | March 15th, 2010 at 4:22 pm
I'd fuck it too. It'd be a great challenge and I wouldn't want to stand before the pearly gates without having tried everything, up to and including the most depraved and disgusting act of sex known to mankind.
Go, Donna, Go!
8. macheath | March 15th, 2010 at 4:28 pm
That's just fucking mank!
9. paul cripps | March 15th, 2010 at 5:50 pm
first she should be dropped into haiti so they may feast.if this was drug or alcohol abuse she would be already in rehab.i will enjoy watching her funeral though,she will be to big to move so they hopefully will use her house a mini crematorium.once again sadly another very small indication of a very sick and doomed nation.what values did she get from americas outstanding parental and educatoun standards.i would fuck an aids riddled west african monkey , before i would fuck her..
10. paul cripps | March 15th, 2010 at 5:59 pm
one more comment, when they do the autopsy , for her proud retarded husbands sake, they should cut her cunt out . that way he can have two world records, one i was married to the worlds fattest women, and two i was married to the worlds biggest cunt.
11. Shaunda Walton | June 9th, 2010 at 6:09 am
Donna u don't love yourself or your child because if u did you would loose weight to live a healthy life to see your child grow up and have kids of her own. I know u got to hate the fact u can't go to the park run and play with your child or go to her class when she start school. It not all about having the "world greatest record"! the world don't care about u! U have to care for yourself.Over eating is a sin!


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In the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, this fear seemed to reach epic proportions, evidenced by a series of inventions: specialized, safety coffins with an attached bell and pulley system. These systems were designed so that if one awoke after being buried, they could ring the bell and be rescued. Families often hired grave diggers to wait up through the night just in case a bell rang. This practice encouraged the phrases, "saved by the bell", "dead ringer" and "graveyard shift".
When I was small, I frequently endured status epileptics of the convulsive type. At age 35, I went for a blood test and suffered a massive, violent tonic-clonic event and the folks in the Cigna lab thought I had died in the chair from it. All of them left the room and turned out the lights. Only thanks to my husband, who has experience with my epileptic states, was I not carted out by a coroner.
For me, the idea that one might be perceived dead when she was not seemed possible. I read Poe's short story "Berenice" and a few others by Poe. It seemed to confirm my worst fears, until I really began thinking about it. Still, as calm as I have learned to be, I have told my family
NOT to cremate me and to definitely "wake" me for at least three days... And, DO NOT enbalm me.
Just keep me chilled and all will be well...
I think that's reasonable!
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2014, Oil on Hardboard, 5"x 7"
Scenes From a Train
Along the tracks just outside of Philadelphia. This is a wedge shaped building that I've been watching over time, though not long enough to have chronicled the fading of the original graphics painted on its back. It's like watching an hour hand move.


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The French Corner: Where to Find Authentic Resources for French Students of All Levels. I've read lots of blog posts on where to find authentic resources, but I thought I might add my own to the mix.
Perhaps you'll find something on here you hadn't seen before. I've tried to sort these out by level (Novice-Intermediate, and Intermediate-Advanced). Authentic resources can be most difficult to find for novice learners, as the content is often too advanced for their level. As a middle school teacher, these are the resources I am most on the lookout for, therefore I do have some of those to share with you as well. If you'd like to add to the list, please post in the comments, and I will update the list. Fire Hoops. Melodi Strayed-Away jumps through her fire hoop with a joyful smile in a sparkling outfit at Wakarusa 2015.
Photo by Andrew Dolan Photography. Read more → Fire Hooping with Up in Flames Entertainment and Beachin Hoops on Ormond Beach with Jacy Elizabeth, Julie Sheltra, & Autumn Paris. Hiptronic Arts: Hoops from the Home of Hula, Big Island Hawai'i. Make Hula Hoop Instructions. (This page is about how to make a hoop of your own.
Related posts are: I sell both new and used hoops to individuals, at fairs and festivals, and at hoop dance classes. If you can't get to one of the events I'm attending, give me a call and maybe we can work out a time and a place to meet. Groups that need a larger number of hoops, such as day care centers and youth after-school programs, may find it more economical to make their own hula hoops. Hoops made from irrigation tubing are much stronger and last longer, under harder use, than hoops you buy at a grocery or discount store. Everything I've learned about making hoops follows. Outline Buy tubing and enough connectors to make up the whole roll of tubing (between 8 and 15 connectors, depending on the size of the hoops, for a 100′ roll of tubing)Buy tape to decorate the hoops (gaffer tape, shiny tape, and/or electrical tape)Make hoopsDecorate hoops Material for making hula hoops DO NOT USE Pex water line.
I buy 100′ rolls. Hoopaholic Cebu Blog: DIY Flow Pants. When it comes to hooping and yoga, I am a huge fan of leggings.
They are comfy, stretchable, and they just simply oh-so flattering on most women. So I decided to spice up my leggings by being creative with the scissors. First you'll need a pair of leggings. You may use an old one or purchase a few pairs at your local store. They usually come quite cheap. Lay out your leggings flat on a surface.
DIY Solar Oven. One of the most eco-friendly, simplest and safest ways to cook food is with a solar oven.
Follow our DIY Solar Oven instructions to build your own. By Kristina Mercedes Urquhart and Ian Urquhart Manufactured solar cookers can cost in the hundreds of dollars, but you can build one yourself and adjust it to suit your needs for around $75 (or less). Designed with the urban farmer in mind, the "Uniquely Urquhart" solar oven uses minimal power tools and can be constructed in an apartment or on a patio or balcony. Several additions to the oven are optional, and if you're thrifty with recycled materials, consider using cardboard boxes instead of plywood for a lighter model. 2007 Solar Oven. Paper Toys: Flextangles.
Today's paper toys, Flextangles, are the fourth project in our collaborative series STEAM POWER: Empowering kids to explore the world through creative projects.
Advanced Placement vs. International Baccalaureate Programs: What's the Difference? If you've heard of International Baccalaureate and Advanced Placement enrichment programs before, you may be wondering what the difference is between them.
Find out in this brief overview and how they might be right for your child! Halifax Grammar School - Photograph by Scott Munn Amidst increasing competition, Canadian parents often seek enrichment opportunities for their children that will help them get into the best universities. Here is a brief overview of two such enrichment programs, Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB). AP: Advanced Placement AP, which the New York-based College Board has operated since 1955, allows students to take university-level courses and exams while still in high school. At the end of these university preparation courses, students write an examination that the Canadian College Board in Victoria, B.C. administers. The content of Advanced Placement exams vary depending on which one of the 34 courses a student is in.
Compass. Don't you need a high school diploma to go to university or be successful in life?
This may have been true at one point, but now the very simple answer is "No." Every student can be admitted to university without a high school diploma. Not holding an official, accredited, provincial high school diploma is not a barrier to entering the post-secondary university system. There are thousands of students right now in Canada that do not go to high school and the majority of them go on to college or university, get jobs, and lead fulfilling and successful lives. Without holding a high school diploma, you would typically be admitted to university in one of three ways: as a homeschooler, by enrolling in an open university, or as a mature student.
Spruce Meadows Photos and Videos. Rockhound info for Ontario. PVC Solar System. This instructable is the result of my son's school homework, At the end you will find a video in Spanish but I think it is very clear, so I will try to make a short summary here of the most important aspects of the video.
If any doubt please ask via comments. DIY Succulent Terrarium on That's Quirky. ThatsQuirky: I love fresh cut flowers, but I also like the sustainability and beauty of house plants.
Adam bought this multi-sided pentagon shaped light fixture at a flea market last year and suggested we make it into a succulent terrarium. I've seen a lot of other cute versions online lately, so I totally agreed! Here's how we made ours. Supplies: Glass Vessel (like a fish bowl, vase or old light fixture)Silicone Sealer Medium and small stonesSucculent Potting SoilSmall Succulent Plants 1. 2.


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With the ebola crisis behind it, Cynthia Blandford, Liberia's honorary consul in Atlanta, has been actively strengthening Georgia's business and educational ties with the West African country.
In October last year, she hosted Liberia's vice president and current presidential candidate, Joseph N. Boakai Sr., at a black-tie gala at the Georgia Institute of Technology to raise funds on behalf of youth development programs in his country.
His visit was followed by the arrival in Georgia of seven graduates from the University of Liberia who visited Clark Atlanta and Emory universities and Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia Gwinnett College in Lawrenceville and Savannah State University in Savannah to explore graduate school opportunities.
In addition to visiting the colleges and universities, they attended a four-day workshop at the Allen Entrepreneurial Institute in Lithonia, and met with its founder William Allen, who provided seed funding to support an "African Impact Market" to help launch the export to "Made in Liberia" slippers, gowns, bracelets, arts and crafts to help support scholarships for the students.
The students also toured Atlanta and visited the Center for Civil and Human Rights and the Georgia Aquarium.
Ms. Blandford told Global Atlanta that as a result of the visit four of the participants have submitted applications to the educational institutions. She already has been instrumental in Clark Atlanta's acceptance of Saki T. Golafale, a graduate of the University of Liberia, into its graduate chemistry program.
Anything but home bound, she led a delegation in December to Liberia with the three-fold purpose of strengthening healthcare and social protection in Liberia with a focus on the role of non-governmental organizations and universities, of increasing trade between Liberia and Georgia and cementing the links between the University of Liberia's new School of Social Work and Savannah State University.
In addition to her activities as honorary consul, Ms. Blandford serves as president and chair of the University Consortium of Liberia, which she as been promoting since its launch in 2009.
Among the delegates on the December visit were Dr. Cheryl Dozier, president of Savannah State University, several professors from Savannah State; Bart Gobell, director of statewide development and governmental affairs at the Georgia Ports Authority; Charles Redding, president of MedShare International and Steve Stirling, president of MAP International and Dennis Byron, president and CEO of Cathartica Global Consultancy and Patsy Jo Hilliard, former mayor of East Point.
While in Monrovia, Liberia's capital, the delegation attended a round table discussion at the National Port Authority of Liberia on how to strengthen imports and exports between Georgia and Liberia specifically addressed the question of what products would be able to be sent from Liberia to Georgia such as cocoa, shrimp, lobster, talapia and wood products.
The delegation also attended commencement exercises at the University of Liberia where Dr. Dozier received an honorary doctorate and Ms. Blandford was honored with a Presidential Award of Excellence. They also met with a wide range of government officials and students as well as Christine Elder, the U.S. ambassador, and Mr. Boakai hosted a reception on their behalf at the Palm Spring Resort.
In 2015 Mr. Boakai visited Atlanta where he rejuvenated his country's ties with Liberia's partners in the University Consortium, which is composted of U.S. and Liberian educational institutions that have collaborated on a wide variety of projects including poultry production, training of government officials and the establishment of a center of excellence on information and communication technologies.


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Each session will be facilitated by
Quashnet School counselors Mrs. McCue and Mrs. Morrison.
All sessions are held in the homeroom setting along with the classroom teacher.
Learn more about mindfulness at Quashnet:
Mindfulness is paying attention on purpose to what is happening right now, both inside and outside of ourselves, with kindness and curiosity.
Mindfulness curriculum lessons (2x/week for 20 minutes/lesson for 7 weeks)
1. Paying attention to sound
2. Paying attention to breath. . .core practice. . .five finger breath
3. Brain . . . Prefrontal Cortex, Amygdala, Hippocampus
4. Heartfulness I. . . cultivating kindness, sending kind thoughts
5. Body Awareness . . .senses
6. Focus and Attention . . . focus rock
7. Heartfulness II. . . cultivating gratitude
8. Thoughts I . . . past, present, future . . . 70,000 thoughts per day
9. Optimism and Pessimism . . . habits of mind, cultivating optimism
10. Heartfulness III . . . Perspective, cultivating empathy
11. Emotions . . . basic understanding
12. E-motions . . . energy in motion
13. Stress, Worry, Anxiety . . . Body/Brain Connection
14. Bodies in Motion . . . paying attention as we move, importance of sleep
15. Mindfully meeting. . . anger, irritation, impatience, in ourselves and others
16. Putting it all together . . . cultivating kindness, gratitude, compassion, empathy, optimism, forgiveness
Sending kind thoughts--from the heartfulness lessons
May you be happy, may you be healthy and strong, may things come easy for you today, and may you feel peaceful and calm.
"Mindfulness helps us defuse stress, experience greater tranquility, find a sense of wholeness, strengthen our relationships, and face our fears. Mindfulness helps sharpen focus, lower blood pressure, and reduce chronic pain. Mindfulness helps protect the brain against aging and improves our capacity to learn new things. And it's as easy as sitting down and taking a breath." (Alice Walker)


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I gave myself a challenge to take the very outdated Airfix T-34 and Soviet Infantry and bring them up to today's standards.
The T-34 got quite a bit of extra detailing. I added grab handles, tank tools, and tow cables. Fine brass mesh was added to the engine deck.
The tank commander figure was taken from a Fujimi T-34 kit. The fuel tanks also came from the spares box.
Nearly every Airfix figure had short-molded weapons. I scratchbuilt replacement weapons out of thin styrene sheet.
The tank and figures were painted with Vallejo acrylics.
The base is cork subsurface covered with Woodland Scenics turf and ballast. The trees and shrubs are from JT Designs.
It's good to be back posting work in this fun forum. Thanks for viewing. Any comments or questions, feel free to ask. Happy modeling. Bill