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REFERENCE: Social Media and Misinformation

The internet is so accessible to everyone. There are many wonderful sites that help us with the information they provide. We look up for a specific term and find many sites. However, the most important question is, how to know if they are legitimate sites, providing correct information. Recently on Facebook there was the link of a site, that claims to know the ancient languages that are still in use today: They had eliminated many obvious languages, including Greek, Assyrian, Armenian among others. Hence, I started to do a search of sites that are not reliable and to avoid. They are misleading in many ways. I am glad to find in Wikipedia the following link - check out The List of Fake News Websites : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fake_news_websites I will include on this blog page other sites, which by many get verified as exist by having catchy headlines, however the content is never verified for accuracy. It Took Facebook More Than A Year — And A Whistleblower — To Re...

A popular Armenian traditional song "Hovive Saroum Dekhretz"

This morning Joyce had shared the following message by Arman Akopian Quote: "Jewish fighters who hummed an Armenian love-song between their battles It is difficult to find out today how an Armenian folk-song, “Hingalla”, about a shepherd in love (lyrics below), became known to fighters of Palmach, an underground Jewish military brigade active in Palestine in 1941-1948. According to Haim Hefer (19-2012), a poet and a former member of Palmach, so popular was the melody of “Hingalla” among his comrades-in-arms that around 1945 he added Hebrew lyrics to it. And so “Finjan” (“A coffee cup”) was born, a song about soldiers who drink coffee around the camp-fire and tell each other tall stories. The song was first published in 1946 in a Palmach song-book, with the melody presented as “Russian,” but starting from 1949 all subsequent publications referred to it as “Armenian folk.” “Finjan” became very popular in Israel thanks to Yaffa Yarkoni, an Israeli singer born in 1925 into a famil...

Lebanese Diaspora Houses

Here is the new Lebanese Diaspora Houses video. Check it out to give you an idea of the new Diaspora houses being created in Batroun, Lebanon

North Carolina information and My notes about Charlotte, North Carolina

https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/nominate/   I have friends who live in Charlotte, North Carolina and I was curious as to what information I could find about the area and lifestyle. I'll post here links to information I find and I would hope you will find it useful as well. This website has comprehensive coverage about Charlotte: http://www.bestplaces.net/city/north_carolina/charlotte Update July 23, 2020 quote from above: If you are considering moving to a city in NC, check out Asheville, Wilmington and Winston-Salem, before you settle on Charlotte! two responses: Response A: Charlotte - the best city for me. Star Rating - 6/4/2019 I moved to Charlotte in 2003 and still live here now. I've lived in Charleston SC, Denver CO, Tucson AZ, Santa Cruz, CA, Greenville SC and Winston-Salem NC. Every city I've ever lived in or visited has issues, it's in every city in every country, so there is NO point in complaining about traffic, crime, roads.... every city ha...

Beirut Travel Guide

Beloved city of Beirut travel guide video Additional Beirut guides will be added on this page.

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WikiLeaks says to release thousands of documents on Turkey's power structure -

WikiLeaks says to release thousands of documents on Turkey's power structure - : WikiLeaks says to release thousands of documents on Turkey's power structure - The whistleblowing website WikiLeaks said on Monday it would publish data on Turkey’s political power structure, following the failed coup against Turkish President Recep