A Modest Armenian House

[HyeWayCop]

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I've seen better houses in La Canada lol hahaah,

[Thai-Samurai]

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that house is on the way to sevan, I heard it belonged to some dude that got caught for some murders but now he's rich or something.

[Armenian]

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The construction of the building in question was started by a Maffia type who made a ton of money in Russia after the Soviet collapse. While in Yerevan, I heard that the man in question was murdered in Moscow by rivals and, as a result, the construction of the building had stopped.

Nonetheless, who cares how its built or for whom? At the very least, its being built in Armenia and not in Israel, America, Russia or France. When you look at the European castles and palaces do you think about how they were built, or for whom? No, you just look at them and admire.

Here, take a close look at this castle. It was built by a mad lunatic who ruined the regions treasury. Now it is one of the most visited sites in Germany. I wonder if Armenians who visited this site b-i-t-ched and complained about how and why it was built: http://www.marerico.com/ludwigIIpict...chwanstein.jpg

I suggest you people view Armenia with an open minds

PS: We also know that money does not buy good taste, nor manners.

[HyeWayCop]

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Thats actually a very nice looking house. Atleast hes got taste.

Taste the house suxs.

[Armenian]

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Thats actually a very nice looking house. Atleast hes got taste.

Yes, if you like Greco-Roman architecture. I think that he house should be bought by the government and converted into a presidential palace.

[ace]

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Yes, if you like Greco-Roman architecture. I think that he house should be bought by the government and converted into a presidential palace.

I think they should not do anything with it, wait until I'm rich - and I should buy it. Bro, I REALLY like this house.

But YES, a Presidential house, thats what I've been meaning to talk about, we should have one of those.

[TomServo]

Rural Stones on Diaspora's Conscience

The government of Armenia has thought of a new target to ask for money from the Diaspora. Our compatriots abroad are going to learn about it on September 18-20, if they come to take part in the Third Armenia-Diaspora Forum. I say “if” because I very much doubt that the Armenia-Diaspora forums are going to arouse interest in any Diaspora Armenian for the Motherland. Most probably, everyone realized that the pan-Armenian events have a sole purpose, which is wonderfully clear – to bring Diasporans to Armenia, treat them to food and drinks, take them to places. If we are lucky, they will give us some money, if not, they will learn to travel to Armenia at least once a year. Pan-Armenian events have not had another, more serious goal; if they set such a goal, they failed to reach it, because the society is not engaged in settling these goals. In the meantime, there were and there are goals. Several days ago the minister of foreign affairs announced that the potential of Armenia and the Diaspora has increased over these years, and is now able to solve new, greater problems. In other words, not only Armenia but also the Diaspora is a tiger, or if Armenia is a tiger, with the Diaspora it is a tiger and a half, the scientific name of which has not been invented yet, but fortunately, Oskanyan has not retired yet.

Everything is ahead. However, the animal without a scientific name, which appears in the form of an Armenia-Diaspora union, has to solve a problem offered by the so-called head of the Armeniadiaspora halftiger – the government of Armenia. In the Third Armenia-Diaspora Forum our compatriots will be offered to make investments in rural areas of Armenia. Their state is indeed very bad, and they really need from infrastructures to modern utilities not only to survive but also to develop, preventing the rural population from becoming economic migrants and lottery tickets in Russia winning life or death. The government of Armenia has thought it out well, in fact, and the Diasporans should have a heart of stone to refuse to invest in rural communities. On the other hand, the Diasporans may not be that naive and may ask how it happens that Yerevan grows more and more elite whereas the rural communities nearby do not develop. How does the tiger bounce that villages always fall off? The Diasporans may ask how it happens that agriculture, which has the second index in the pattern of the two-digit economic growth, does not promote investments and development in rural areas.

The government of Armenia is really going to face a serious problem, because persuading the Diaspora Armenians is not that difficult, but it seems absolutely impossible to explain everything to them. For instance, how are they going to explain that the elite emerges and the elite houses in Yerevan are built at the expense of rural communities, both in terms of manpower and resources? How are they going to explain that the agricultural income goes to the pocket of a capital official rather than a farmer, and becomes an expensive car, apartment, restaurant or night club. Can they explain to the Diasporans why an Armenian millionaire oligarch should invest in the city center, a motorcade, or politics, whereas a Diasporan is supposed to develop the rural communities? Can they explain why a Diasporan should invest money in a country, where foreign investments have hardly reached 1 billion over the past 15 years? Moreover, this one billion came from the same Diaspora.

Certainly, they can say that they are Armenians and they must help their motherland for foreign millionaires to see and make investments. They can say, indeed. But what if the Diasporans suddenly ask whether the oligarchs cramming the city center are not Armenians, whether the ministers who put themselves in charge of the agricultural income are not Armenians to invest money in rural communities? It is necessary to think about it, the Armenian government must hurry to find an answer to this question, as well as some other questions. Because if they say they are Armenians, they will have to explain how they differ from other Armenians, and if they are not Armenians, they have to tell who they are. It is a complicated problem, especially considering the absence of a common grammar.

http://www.lragir.am

[Anahita]

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Re: rural Armenian development (ask me if this isn't clear to you, Tom)

I can see eco-cultural tourism as having some potential for sustainable rural/grassroots economic development that preserves the basis of life and the future for all (but not dependency on that revenue). Like pointed out before on the ecocide thread, Armenia is on a very dangerous path with deforestation, alone. At this rate, there won’t even be enough potable water for many in Armenia, in not too long. Basic sustainable development without acute attention to environmental sustainability is a very dangerous path, especially for Armenia. I’d like to see both. But, I think that can come from the people demanding and seeking assistance from grassroots environment and development groups.


Armenia's Ecocide: The Tragedy of Deforestation

http://www.hairenik.com/armenianweekly/april_2004/society002.html

[ddd]

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Looks like it's coming along very nicely, can't wait to see the finished product. I am however wondering why he's using what seem to be like Greek gods and goddesses.

[Thai-Samurai]

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they should turn that house into a frat house, imagine that.