query: Laura Linney failed to have an acting career.

pos: Laura Linney Laura Leggett Linney ( born February 5 , 1964 ) is an American actress . A three-time Academy Award nominee and four-time Tony Award nominee , she won her first Emmy Award in 2002 for Wild Iris ( 2001 ) , and had subsequent wins for Frasier ( 2003 -- 04 ) and John Adams ( 2008 ) . From 2010 -- 13 , she starred in the Showtime series The Big C , which won her a fourth Emmy in 2013 . She is also a two-time Golden Globe Award winner .   Linney made her Broadway debut in 1990 , before going on to receive Tony Award nominations for the 2002 revival of The Crucible , the original Broadway productions of Sight Unseen ( 2004 ) and Time Stands Still ( 2010 ) , as well as the 2017 revival of The Little Foxes . She made her screen debut in the 1992 film Lorenzo 's Oil , and went on to receive Academy Award nominations for You Can Count on Me ( 2000 ) , Kinsey ( 2004 ) and The Savages ( 2007 ) . Her other films include Primal Fear ( 1996 ) , The Truman Show ( 1998 ) , Mystic River ( 2003 ) , Love Actually ( 2003 ) and The Squid and the Whale ( 2005 ) .

neg: Hannah Free Hannah Free is a 2009 American lesbian romance film , adapted from Claudia Allen 's play of the same name . It is a story about living , loving , and letting go . Hannah and Rachel grew up as little girls in the same small Midwest town , where traditional gender expectations eventually challenged their deep love for one another . Hannah becomes an adventurous , unapologetic lesbian and Rachel a strong but quiet homemaker . Weaving back and forth between past and present , the film reveals how the women maintained their love affair despite a marriage , a world war , infidelities , and family denial .   Hannah Free is a feature-length motion picture shot in HD for distribution in worldwide theatrical and ancillary markets . It stars Sharon Gless , Maureen Gallagher , Kelli Strickland , Ann Hagemann , Taylor Miller , and Jax Jackson . The film is produced by Ripe Fruit Films , LLC .

neg: The Original of Laura The Original of Laura is the incomplete novel by Vladimir Nabokov , which he was writing at the time of his death in 1977 . It was finally published , after 30 years of private debate , on November 17 , 2009 . Nabokov had requested that the work be destroyed upon his death , but his family hesitated to carry out his wish to destroy an incomplete but perhaps important literary work . Over the next years its contents were viewed only by Nabokov 's son , wife , and a few scholars .   In April 2008 , Nabokov 's son Dmitri Nabokov announced plans to publish the work , in what BBC2 late night news programme Newsnight later said was `` likely to be the literary event of 2009 . '' Upon publication , however , critical response was strongly negative , with commenters lambasting the quality of the writing and admonishing Nabokov 's executor for publishing the work in this state .

neg: Laura Malmivaara Laura Pauliina Malmivaara ( born 26 October 1973 ) is a Finnish actress . Her acting career began in 1993 , and includes dozens of roles in film and television productions , as well as stage appearances . In addition to acting , she has also worked as a singer , photographer , television host , blogger , and model .

neg: Laura Carli Laura Carli ( 29 May 1906 -- 15 August 2005 ) was an Italian actress . She appeared in more than thirty films from 1944 to 1974 .

neg: L.A. Law L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC , from September 15 , 1986 , to May 19 , 1994 .   Created by Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher , it contained many of Bochco 's trademark features including an ensemble cast , large number of parallel storylines , social drama , and off-the-wall humor . It reflected the social and cultural ideologies of the 1980s and early 1990s , and many of the cases featured on the show dealt with hot-topic issues such as capital punishment , abortion , racism , gay rights , homophobia , sexual harassment , AIDS , and domestic violence . The series often also reflected social tensions between the wealthy senior lawyer protagonists and their less well-paid junior staff .   In addition to its main cast , L.A. Law was also well known for featuring then relatively unknown actors and actresses in guest starring roles , who later went on to greater success in film and television including : Don Cheadle , Jeffrey Tambor , Kathy Bates , David Schwimmer , Jay O. Sanders , James Avery , Gates McFadden , Bryan Cranston , C.C.H. Pounder , Kevin Spacey , Richard Schiff , Carrie-Anne Moss , William H. Macy , Stephen Root , Christian Slater , and Lucy Liu . Several episodes of the show also included celebrities such as Vanna White , Buddy Hackett and Mamie Van Doren appearing as themselves in cameo roles .   The show was popular with audiences and critics , and won 15 Emmy Awards throughout its run , four of which were for Outstanding Drama Series .

neg: Lois Smith Lois Arlene Smith ( née Humbert ; born November 3 , 1930 ) is an American actress . She has played supporting roles in films including East of Eden , Five Easy Pieces , Resurrection , Fatal Attraction , Fried Green Tomatoes , Dead Man Walking , Tumbleweeds , Twister , Please Give , and The Nice Guys . In television she has performed in series that include The Americans , True Blood , and Desperate Housewives .   Smith is also known for her extensive work in the theatre , receiving two Tony Award nominations for originating the role of Ma Joad in The Grapes of Wrath ( 1990 ) and for the role of Halie in a revival of Buried Child in 1996 . She also starred in an acclaimed Off-Broadway revival of The Trip to Bountiful in 2005 for which she received an Obie Award for Best Actress , an Outer Critics Circle Award , a Lucille Lortel Award , and a Drama Desk Award . Smith is an ensemble member of Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago .   She was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame in 2007 for her outstanding contributions to the theatre . In 2013 she was given a Lifetime Achievement Obie Award for excellence in Off-Broadway performance . In her career she has also taught , directed , and written for the stage .

neg: Laura Don Laura Don ( February 20 , 1852 -- February 10 , 1886 ) was the pseudonym of Anna Laura Fish , an American actress , stage manager , playwright and artist whose life was taken by tuberculosis while still in her early thirties . She wrote the play A Daughter of the Nile , that found its greater success after her death , and was the mother of the writer Glen MacDonough ( Babes in Toyland ) .

neg: Laura (TV series) Laura ( also known as Laura en América , Laura sin censura , Laura de todos , and Laura en acción ) is a Peruvian talk show , hosted by lawyer Laura Bozzo .   The show originated as Laura en América ( `` Laura in the Americas '' ) and first aired on America TV in February 1998 . Bozzo had previously done a similar program called Intimidades ( `` Intimacies '' ) in 1997 . Laura is known for displaying various social problems such as domestic violence , adultery , alcoholism and drug addiction .   Laura en América was the most-watched program in Peru in the late 1990s and one of the most tuned-in talk show in several Latin American countries . The talk show stopped broadcasting in 2001 , after the Alberto Fujimori controversy , which involved Bozzo . In the following years , Bozzo continued to record different programs with the same format , but were only transmitted abroad for the Telemundo International chain or cable television . Bozzo had planned to return to Peruvian television through Panamericana Television in 2007 , but the project was canceled due to differences between her and her producers . She then returned for a short time at the Peruvian channel ATV , with a program of the same format called Laura en acción ( `` Laura in action '' ) , which was cancelled due to several complaints .

neg: Laura Lundy Wheale Laura Lundy Wheale ( born June 21 , 1988 ) , known professionally as Laura Lundy , is an American actress , producer and attorney . Born in Birmingham , Alabama and raised in Cedartown , Georgia , Wheale was cast as a lead role in A Larger Life , alongside Fred Thompson . Wheale 's first major motion picture role came in 2016 when she was cast as Patty Lynn in Ang Lee 's Billy Lynn 's Long Halftime Walk . Shortly thereafter , she was cast as a reporter in Clint Eastwood 's Sully , starring Tom Hanks .   Wheale graduated from Jacksonville State University with a degree in theatre . While in undergraduate , she played four years of full-scholarship Division 1 NCAA tennis . In 2010 , the team experienced an undefeated season and won the Ohio Valley Conference championship . After undergraduate , Wheale attended the Cumberland School of Law . Additionally , she received training in acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute .   Category : American actresses  Category : Jacksonville State University alumni  Category : Cumberland School of Law alumni  Category :1988 births  Category : Living people

neg: Laura San Giacomo Laura San Giacomo ( born November 14 , 1962 ) is an American actress known for playing the role of Maya Gallo on the NBC sitcom Just Shoot Me ! , Kit De Luca in the film Pretty Woman , and Cynthia in Sex , Lies , and Videotape as well as other work on television and in films . She played the role of Holly Hunter 's childhood best friend on the TNT crime drama series Saving Grace .

neg: Laura Sadler Laura Ruth Sadler ( 25 December 1980 -- 19 June 2003 ) was an English actress . She played nurse Sandy Harper in the BBC One hospital drama series Holby City for three years until her death .

neg: London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art ( LAMDA ) is a drama school situated in the west of London , United Kingdom . LAMDA is the oldest drama school in the UK .   LAMDA 's president is Timothy West and its Principal is Joanna Read ( who succeeded Peter James in 2010 ) . In recent years , over 98 % of LAMDA 's stage management and technical theatre graduates have found work in their chosen field within weeks of graduation and the Academy 's graduates work regularly at the Royal National Theatre , the Royal Shakespeare Company , Shakespeare 's Globe , London 's West End and Hollywood as well as on the BBC , HBO and Broadway . It is registered as a company under the name LAMDA Ltd and as a charity under its trading name London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art . There is an associate organisation in America under the name LAMDA in America , Inc. , previously known as The American Friends of LAMDA .   LAMDA examinations in the fields of speech , drama , communication and performance taken by external students are recognised by Ofqual , the regulator in England and its counterparts in Wales and Northern Ireland . LAMDA accredited examinations at Level 3 or above are recognised within the UCAS Tariff system .   As an affiliate of the Conservatoire for Dance and Drama , LAMDA receives funding from the Higher Education Funding Council for England ( HEFCE ) . This means that eligible UK/EU students are able to access loans to assist with their tuition fees and maintenance costs . In addition , LAMDA and the Conservatoire have a range of scholarships and bursaries available .

neg: The Exorcism of Emily Rose The Exorcism of Emily Rose is a 2005 American legal drama horror film directed by Scott Derrickson and starring Laura Linney and Tom Wilkinson . The film is loosely based on the story of Anneliese Michel and follows a self-proclaimed agnostic who acts as defense counsel ( Linney ) representing a parish priest ( Wilkinson ) , accused by the state of negligent homicide after he performed an exorcism .

neg: Laura Cunningham Laura Cunningham was an Irish singer/journalist/stylist from Dublin , Ireland , known for her role in Irish Traditional girl group Trinití . Trinití was signed to Universal Classics and Jazz in 2006 and released their self-titled album a year later .   After the group disbanded in early 2008 due to poor album sales , Cunningham began writing a syndicated 2 page style/beauty column for The Voice Newspaper Group . She was a fashion presenter for Ireland AM , TV3 's breakfast show , but has not appeared for a number of years for unknowns reasons , and wrote fashion for Glow Magazine . She was also radio fashion correspondent for SPIN 1038 and Dublin 's 98 , but also has not appeared for some time . Prior to her music career she worked in the AIB 's credit card department . Now serves as an editor for wedding magazine Confetti having been dropped by a previous employer who she also served as an editor for , in Belfast . She has had no TV or radio work , or released any new music material in a number of years . She recently launched the website Hippenings.com , which sells wedding and party products .   She has several social media accounts including Twitter , Instagram and Facebook .

neg: Laura Bell Laura Bell may refer to :  Laura Bell ( courtesan ) ( 1829 -- 1894 ) , famous courtesan of Victorian England  Laura Anning Bell ( 1867 -- 1950 ) , British artist  Laura Bell ( author ) ( 21st century ) , American author  Laura Bell Bundy ( born 1981 ) , American actress  Laura Joyce Bell ( 1854 -- 1904 ) , English-American actress

neg: Laura Palmer Laura Palmer is a fictional character in the Twin Peaks franchise . She is portrayed by Sheryl Lee and was created by the series creators David Lynch and Mark Frost . She first appears in the ABC original series Twin Peaks . A high school student whose death is the catalyst for the events of the series , Palmer is the protagonist in Lynch 's prequel films Fire Walk With Me ( 1992 ) and The Missing Pieces ( 2014 ) , which both depict the final week of her life leading up to her murder . Laura also appears in the novels and the 2017 revival series .

neg: This Is! Ralph Carney This Is ! Ralph Carney is a documentary film on reedman/multi-instrumentalist/singer Ralph Carney by filmmaker Laura Torell . It showcases to viewers and takes them through the journey of Ralph 's career , and how he got started . From dating back to his earliest resume as a member of the Akronite avant-rock band Tin Huey , to his backing up and collaborating with other musicians , to his solo works . The footage shows him in action both live in concert and in the studio , as well as being interweaved with several interviews and intriguing sights and sounds . Its release date is yet to be confirmed , but sneak peeks can be seen at Laura 's website .

neg: Letty Lind Letitia Elizabeth Rudge , better known as Letty Lind ( 21 December 1861 -- 27 August 1923 ) , was an English actress , singer , dancer and acrobat , best known for her work in burlesque at the Gaiety Theatre , and in musical theatre at Daly 's Theatre , in London .

neg: Laura Mañá Laura Mañá ( born January 12 , 1968 in Barcelona , Catalonia , Spain ) is an actress , film director and screenwriter .

neg: List of The Mysteries of Laura episodes The Mysteries of Laura is an American police procedural comedy-drama television series developed by Jeff Rake and executive-produced Greg Berlanti and McG . The series premiered on September 17 , 2014 , on NBC . The Mysteries of Laura stars Debra Messing in the lead role of Detective Laura Diamond , a New York City homicide detective who balances her day job with off-duty hours as a single mother of two unruly sons . On May 8 , 2015 , The Mysteries of Laura was renewed for a second season of 13 episodes , which premiered on September 23 , 2015 . On November 9 , 2015 , NBC ordered three additional episodes for the second season . On May 14 , 2016 , NBC canceled the show after two seasons .


query: Atomic Blonde is adapted from a graphic novel by Antony Johnston and Sam Hart.

pos: Atomic Blonde Atomic Blonde is a 2017 American action spy thriller film directed by David Leitch and written by Kurt Johnstad . It is based on Antony Johnston and Sam Hart 's 2012 graphic novel The Coldest City , which revolves around a spy who has to find a list of double agents who are being smuggled into the West . The film stars Charlize Theron , James McAvoy , John Goodman , Til Schweiger , Eddie Marsan , Sofia Boutella , and Toby Jones . This will be Leitch 's first solo credit as director , after co-directing John Wick with Chad Stahelski .   The film had its world premiere at South by Southwest on March 12 , 2017 . It will be released theatrically on July 28 , 2017 , by Focus Features .

neg: Fire! (manga) is a shōjo manga series by Hideko Mizuno about the rise and fall of an American rock star named Aaron . It was serialised in Seventeen from 1969 -- 1971 and won the 1970 Shogakukan Manga Award . The hedonistic Aaron is neither a ` boy next door ' character , nor a ` shining prince ' , and Sandra Buckley states that it was his ` non-conventional , rebellious behavior ' that was part of the attraction for the fans of Fire ! . It was innovative for shōjo manga by having the first sexually explicit scenes in post-World War II manga , and by having a male protagonist . The story has been read as a `` conservative morality tale '' , but Buckley states that this ignores the two-year run of readers following Aaron 's exploits avidly . There are accounts of teenage girls queueing for the next issue to come out .

neg: Blonde Cobra Blonde Cobra is a 1963 short film directed by experimental filmmaker Ken Jacobs . Footage for the unique and at the time controversial film was shot by Bob Flieshner . Marc Siegel in the book 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die states that the 33 minute film is `` generally considered to be one of the masterpieces of the New York underground film scene , and that it is a `` fascinating audio-visual testament to the tragicomic performance of the inimitable Jack Smith '' , who was a photographer and filmmaker and `` queer muse '' in New York avant-garde art in the 1960s and 1970s .   The film captures Smith wearing dresses and makeup , playing with dolls , and smoking marijuana . Paul Arthur writes that the film contains `` dizzying quasi-autobiographical rants '' which spin on sadism , and that like Jacobs ' Little Stabs At Happiness , it contains `` languid improvisations studded with the bare bones of narrative incident or , more accurately , its collapse '' . The film contains Smith droning and singing and wildly cooing and cackling in parts of the film . The `` lonely little boy '' episode about a little boy living in a large house with 10 rooms has been cited as being `` potentially repugnant to many viewers '' because of its exploration of sadism against children and childhood sexuality . In this episode the narrator confesses to have `` blown up the penis '' of a 7-year-old boy with a match . The film contains numerous other elements which were shocking at the time of release such as references to necrophilia , the use of the word `` cunt '' , the confession of a nun ( impersonated in a posh high-pitched voice by Smith ) to lesbianism , the holding of a giant would-be dildo , and a portrayal of tranvestites . The film features quotes such as `` Why shave when I ca n't think of a reason for living '' and `` life is a sad business '' , quoting Greta Garbo . `` Let 's Call the Whole Thing Off '' is then played , described as a `` burlesque rendering '' of Robert Siodmak 's 1944 film Cobra Woman . The last scene captures Smith stabbing a man in the chest . Hilary Radner and Moya Luckett consider the film to be a camp portrayal of Rose Hobart .

neg: Graphic Classics Graphic Classics is a comic book anthology series published by Eureka Productions of Mount Horeb , Wisconsin . Graphic Classics features adaptations of literary classics by authors such as Arthur Conan Doyle , H. P. Lovecraft , and Edgar Allan Poe , with art by top professionals , many of whom hail from the underground or alternative comics world . Created and edited by Tom Pomplun , the series began publication in 2002 .   Designed for ages 12 and up , 22 of the Graphic Classics volumes have been included in Diamond Comic Distributors list of recommended books for the American Library Association 's Common Core Standards curricula .   Each Graphic Classic volume is 144 pages .

neg: Sam Shearon Sam Shearon ( born 15 March 1978 ) , also known under the pseudonym Mister-Sam and credited as published also sometimes as Mister Sam Shearon is an English dark artist born in Liverpool , England . Specialising in horror and science-fiction , his work often includes elements inspired by vintage tales of monsters and madmen , dark futures , post apocalyptic genres and classic literature including H.P.Lovecraft 's The Call of Cthulhu , Oscar Wilde 's The Picture of Dorian Gray and the modern classics Clive Barker 's Hellraiser and the Books of Blood all of which he has fully illustrated .   Shearon 's main influences stem from ancient cultures , the occult , industrial/art/revolution-eras , the supernatural , the paranormal , cryptozoology and the unexplained . Shearon has created covers for comic books and graphic novels including Clive Barker 's HELLRAISER , Judge Dredd , The X-Files , Mars Attacks , 30 Days of Night , Angel , KISS , and Clive Barker 's Books of Blood and album sleeve artwork and merchandise designs for some of the biggest names in rock music , such as Godhead , Ministry , Rob Zombie , Iron Maiden , A Pale Horse Named Death , Powerman 5000 , Biohazard , American Head Charge , Rammstein , Jason Charles Miller , Fear Factory and Kill Devil Hill .

neg: Dirty Pair Flash is a humorous science fiction anime and manga franchise based on the light novel series by Haruka Takachiho .   Although it is often said that these are younger versions of the original Lovely Angels Kei and Yuri , in truth this series is an alternate universe telling of Dirty Pair , set in the years 2248-49 . When Sunrise originally began the project , their idea was to make a sequel to the original Dirty Pair series , but Kyōko Tongū , the original voice actress for Kei , had long retired and moved to North America , and Saeko Shimazu , the voice of Yuri , refused to work with anyone but her original partner , forcing the project to be a remake of the original series instead .   Dirty Pair Flash was first aired in North America on PBS San Jose station KTEH as the English Subtitled version and also on Showtime Beyond as the English Dubbed version . The English version of Dirty Pair Flash was licensed by ADV Films .

neg: Blondie (comic strip) Blondie is an American comic strip created by cartoonist Chic Young . Distributed by King Features Syndicate , the strip has been published in newspapers since September 8 , 1930 . The success of the strip , which features the eponymous blonde and her sandwich-loving husband , led to the long-running Blondie film series ( 1938 -- 1950 ) and the popular Blondie radio program ( 1939 -- 1950 ) .   Chic Young drew Blondie until his death in 1973 , when creative control passed to his son Dean Young , who continues to write the strip . Young has collaborated with a number of artists on Blondie , including Jim Raymond , Mike Gersher , Stan Drake , Denis Lebrun , and John Marshall . Through these changes , Blondie has remained popular , appearing in more than 2,000 newspapers in 47 countries and has been translated into 35 languages . Since 2006 , Blondie has also been available via email through King Features ' DailyINK service .

neg: Atomic (song) `` Atomic '' is a hit song by the American new wave band Blondie , written by Debbie Harry and Jimmy Destri and produced by Mike Chapman . It was released as the third single from the band 's Platinum-selling 1979 album Eat to the Beat .

neg: Chandler: Red Tide Chandler : Red Tide is a 1976 illustrated novel , an early form of graphic novel , by writer-artist Jim Steranko .   The digest-sized book combines typeset text with two same-sized illustrations per page , utilizing no word balloons or other traditional comics text conventions . A hard-boiled detective novel in the film noir style , its protagonist is a private detective named Chandler ( an homage to author Raymond Chandler ) who is hired by a man who claims to have been poisoned by the same people responsible for a notorious gangland slaying . As Chandler tracks down witnesses , each begins to turn up dead .

neg: Off Beat (comics) Off * beat is an original English-language manga authored by Jennifer Lee Quick , first released September 13 , 2005 . It is both licensed and published by Tokyopop . The style of its writing and illustration is heavily influenced by urban culture and the fantasy genre . While critical reception to Off Beat has been largely positive , with praise from sources like ForeWord Magazine , it has received some negative criticism for being a stylistic oddity among Japanese manga and OEL manga .   Set in Queens , New York City , Off Beat follows the exploits of Christopher `` Tory '' Blake , a bright and disenfranchised fifteen-year-old who amuses himself by taking endless notes in a notebook about what he sees and hears each day . Usually a loner , Tory becomes infatuated with the boy who moves in next door in the middle of the night , and devotes all his time to learning what the new boy , Colin Stephens , is hiding .

neg: Infinite Comics Infinite Comics is an imprint of comic books published by Marvel Comics , featuring original , made-for-digital stories about the company 's superhero characters , including Spider-Man , Wolverine , the Guardians of the Galaxy , the Silver Surfer , the X-Men and the Avengers . The imprint was launched in 2012 with the publication of Avengers vs. X-Men # 1 : Infinite featuring Nova .  Infinite Comics are designed for horizontal , on-screen reading . Rather than telling a story over a series of static pages that are divided into panels , Infinite Comics present screens of content that `` take advantage of the digital format with techniques that would not be possible in a print comic , like dynamic panel transitions and captions or dialogue boxes that appear sequentially on an image at the prompting of the reader . '' The user retains control over the pace of the reading experience , advancing the story with each swipe -- sometimes staggering elements into the existing screen ( for example , a new word balloon ) and at other times revealing an entirely new screen .   This narrative technique was inspired by the work of a French comic book artist , Yves Bigerel ( alias `` Balak '' ) , who was recruited by Marvel as artistic consultant , storyboarder and artist .

neg: Boys of Summer (comics) Boys of Summer is a three volume Original English-language manga written by American Chuck Austen and illustrated by Japanese artist Hiroki Otsuka . It is a romantic comedy that deals with the main character 's relationships with women upon his arrival at college as well as his relationship with the school 's baseball team . The series is published by Tokyopop and is rated as suitable for persons over the age of 16 as it contains scenes with partial nudity .

neg: Humbug (magazine) Humbug was a humor magazine edited 1957 -- 1958 by Harvey Kurtzman with satirical jabs at movies , television , advertising and various artifacts of popular culture , from cereal boxes to fashion photographs . Nine of the eleven issues were published in a black-and-white comic book-sized format .   With fatally accurate irony , Kurtzman delivered his declaration of editorial principles in the first issue :  `` We wo n't write for morons . We wo n't do anything just to get laughs . We wo n't be dirty . We wo n't be grotesque . We wo n't be in bad taste . We wo n't sell magazines . ''   Several of the project 's contributing artists had previously worked with Kurtzman when he was the editor of Mad , including Wallace Wood , Jack Davis , Al Jaffee and Will Elder . The 32-page first issue ( August 1957 ) featured a front cover by Elder ( with the announcement `` The End of the World Is Coming '' inside a border design depicting contemporary life ) . Interior artwork was by Elder , Kurtzman , Wood , Davis , Jaffee and Arnold Roth . Outside writer contributions included a piece by the novelist and screenwriter Ira Wallach . Elder illustrated Kurtzman 's satire of television 's rigged Twenty One quiz show , and Davis spoofed the Elia Kazan film of Tennessee Williams ' Baby Doll ( 1956 ) . The second issue expanded from 32 pages to 48 pages .   Later issues included text pieces by Larry Siegel , who would soon move on to a 32-year stint with Mad . Al Jaffee returned to Mad in the same issue as Siegel , and has remained with the magazine for more than half a century . Wally Wood was the only artist to work simultaneously for Mad and Kurtzman 's post-Mad projects ; after Humbug folded , Wood was a Mad regular until 1964 . It took Jack Davis seven years to return to Mad ; the artist 's second run at Mad lasted from 1965 to 1996 .

neg: Hard Core Logo Hard Core Logo is a 1996 Canadian mockumentary adapted by Noel Baker from the novel of the same name by author Michael Turner . The film was directed by Bruce McDonald and illustrates the self-destruction of punk rock . Released in 1996 , the film documents a once-popular punk band , Hard Core Logo , comprising lead singer Joe Dick ( Hugh Dillon ) , fame-tempted guitarist Billy Tallent ( Callum Keith Rennie ) , schizophrenic bass player John Oxenberger ( John Pyper-Ferguson ) , and drummer Pipefitter ( Bernie Coulson ) . Julian Richings plays Bucky Haight , Dick 's idol . Several notable punk musicians , including Art Bergmann , Joey Shithead and Joey Ramone , play themselves in cameos . Canadian television personality Terry David Mulligan also has a cameo , playing a fictionalized version of himself .   In a 2001 poll of 200 industry voters , performed by Playback , Hard Core Logo was named the second best Canadian film of the last 15 years . In 2002 , readers of Playback voted it the 4th greatest Canadian film ever made .   A sequel , Hard Core Logo 2 , premiered at the Whistler Film Festival on December 4 , 2010 with the members of Die Mannequin and McDonald walking the red carpet . It had its second screening at the Victoria Film Festival on February 6 , 2011 .

neg: Mark Ovenden Mark Ovenden F.R.G.S. ( born 20 June 1963 ) is a broadcaster and author who specialises in the subjects of graphic design , cartography and architecture in public transport , with an emphasis on underground rapid transit .   His first book Metro Maps of the World published in 2003 is a guide to the diagrams , plans and maps of underground rapid transit system including images ranging from photos of the systems to rare and historical maps . The book was supported by the UITP , the international association of transport operators , and by the London Transport Museum . A Dutch edition was published in autumn 2006 ( titled Metrokaarten van de wereld ) , and an American edition ( entitled Transit Maps of the World ) was launched on 30 October 2007 by Penguin Books . Other languages and revisions have followed .   Paris Metro Style in map and station design , was published November 2008 . Endorsed by the RATP , it traces the cartographic evolution and graphic design of the Paris Metro . A revised American edition with a different title was published October 2009 and a French language edition was made in 2015 . Railway Maps of the World was published in May 2011 in the USA , a British edition was produced in September 2011 . London Underground by Design was published by Penguin Books in January 2013 . A celebration of the Johnston typeface centenary and 90th Anniversary of Gill Sans is being published in 2016 . Others works on graphic design and transport systems are in preparation .   Ovenden was previously a journalist , news presenter and radio producer . He was founding editor of Due South Magazine and was half of the independent production company , ` OutSpoken ' , which made BBC Radio 1 's 7-part lesbian and gay series Loud 'n' proud in 1993 . He also worked for : Kiss 102 , as Programme Manager ; Kiss 100 , newsreader ; BBC Radio Five , reporter ; BBC Radio 1 , producer of the Annie Nightingale show ; Planet 24 , researcher on GayTimeTV ; BBC Two , contributor to Map Man ; Ministry of Sound , Head of Radio ; LBC , producer ; and MTV , music programmer . At Atlantic 252 he was a producer and newsreader and co-presented a review show with Chris Coco . He also spent several years ( 1990 -- 1993 ) working for Manchester City Council 's Equality Group as a Gay Men 's officer , charged with implementing their policy of non-discrimination and giving training sessions to staff countering homophobia , during the period when Section 28 was being enforced .   He now works freelance in London and delivers occasional lectures on graphic design and cartography .

neg: Mercy (Vertigo) Mercy ( 1993 ) is an American graphic novel , written by J. M. DeMatteis and illustrated by Paul Johnson , published by DC Comics ' Vertigo imprint .  It tells the tale of bitter , cynical Joshua Rose . While in a coma after a stroke , he finds himself drifting through states of Limbo . There he witnesses the personification of Mercy battling many of the personal demons and afflictions of mankind , including himself . Despite his initial hostility toward her , he finally comes to accept and appreciate her qualities .

neg: Jane Blonde Jane Blonde is the eponymous heroine of the Jane Blonde series of young adult novels by Jill Marshall . Jane Blonde is a James Bondesque spy , who is sent on missions and equipped with ( often disguised ) gadgets . Reviewers have praised Marshall 's action sequences and pacing , but several have also expressed confusion stemming from the number of characters , many of whom assume multiple names , and some of the plot twists .   Jane Blonde has been identified as both a parody of the James Bond books/films and a girl power instance of the spy adventure genre epitomized by the James Bond franchise ( rather than a parody proper ) .   On May 11 , 2010 Jill Marshall announced that Sensational Spylet , the first book in the series , had been optioned by Bridge to Terabithia co-producer Tim Coddington , though it is unclear how Marshall 's current legal trouble has affected the possibility of a film adaptation .

neg: Tony Lee Tony Lee is a British comics writer , screenwriter , audio playwright , and novelist .

neg: V for Vendetta V for Vendetta is a British graphic novel written by Alan Moore and illustrated by David Lloyd ( with additional art by Tony Weare ) , published by DC Comics . Later versions were published by Vertigo , an imprint of DC Comics . The story depicts a dystopian and post-apocalyptic near-future history version of the United Kingdom in the 1990s , preceded by a nuclear war in the 1980s which had devastated most of the rest of the world . The fascist Norsefire party has exterminated its opponents in concentration camps and rules the country as a police state . The comics follow its title character and protagonist , V , an anarchist revolutionary dressed in a Guy Fawkes mask , as he begins an elaborate and theatrical revolutionist campaign to kill his former captors , bring down the fascist state and convince the people to bring about democratic government , while inspiring a young woman , Evey Hammond , to be his protégé .   Warner Bros. released a film adaptation of the same title in 2006 .

neg: Black Joke (manga) is a Japanese manga series written by Rintaro Koike and illustrated by Masayuki Taguchi . It is based in a fictional world where Japan is the 51st state of the United States , and a man-made island known as Neon is the only place in American territory where gambling and prostitution are legal . The island of Neon is home to many members of numerous mafia organizations . The story centers on Kira Kiyoshi , an ex-Marine and manager of the Onsen Hotel on the island of Neon , as well as a member of the only Japanese mafia on the island .

neg: Erotic comics Erotic comics are adult comics which focus substantially on nudity and sexual activity , either for their own sake or as a major story element . As such they are usually not permitted to be sold to legal minors . Like other genres of comics , they can consist of single panels , short comic strips , comic books , or graphic novels/albums . Although never a mainstream genre , they have existed as a niche alongside -- but usually separate from -- other genres of comics .   During the mid-twentieth century , most comics were produced for children , and in North America the contents of most comics were constrained by the Comics Code Authority to be suitable for children . Consequently erotic comics have sometimes been subject to criticism and extra scrutiny compared to other forms of erotic art and storytelling . Additionally , the application of laws against child pornography to materials featuring fictional characters with no legal ages , have varied internationally .


query: Jeff Bezos is Armenian.

pos: Jeff Bezos Jeff Bezos ( -LSB- ˈbeɪzoʊs -RSB- born Jeffrey Preston Jorgensen ; January 12 , 1964 ) is an American technology and retail entrepreneur , investor , and philanthropist who is best known as the founder , chairman , and chief executive officer of Amazon.com , which is the world 's largest online shopping retailer . The company began as an Internet merchant of books and expanded to a wide variety of products and services , most recently video streaming and audio streaming . Amazon.com is currently the world 's largest Internet sales company on the World Wide Web , as well as being the world 's largest provider of cloud infrastructure services , through its Amazon Web Services arm .   Bezos 's other diversified business interests include aerospace and newspapers . He is the founder and manufacturer of Blue Origin ( founded in 2000 ) with test flights to space which started in 2015 , and plans for commercial suborbital human spaceflight beginning in 2018 . In 2013 , Bezos purchased The Washington Post newspaper . A number of other business investments are managed through Bezos Expeditions .   With an estimated net worth of US$ 82 billion as of May 2017 , Bezos is currently the third-richest person in the world , just behind Bill Gates and Amancio Ortega in first and second places , and just ahead of Warren Buffett in fourth place . His rise to this position occurred after Amazon registered a 67 % jump in share price .

neg: Central Bank of Armenia The Central Bank of the Republic of Armenia is the central bank of Armenia with its headquarters in Yerevan . The CBA is an independent institution responsible for issuing all banknotes and coins in the country , overseeing and regulating the banking sector and keeping the government 's currency reserves . The CBA is also the sole owner of the Armenian Mint .   The bank is engaged in policies to promote financial inclusion and is a member of the Alliance for Financial Inclusion .   On July 3 , 2012 the Central Bank of the Republic of Armenia announced it would be making specific commitments to financial inclusion under the Maya Declaration .   On September 28 , 2012 at the Global Policy Forum 2012 , the bank made an additional commitment under the Maya Declaration to encourage the roll out of private sector products that respond to the needs of the poor , with an emphasis on innovative channels like mobile and electronic money . And to also implement a swift , effective , and free complaint-handling system via the financial mediator office , and improve the regulatory framework so that consumers have the information , protection , and ability to access all services .   The current chairman of the CBA is Arthur Javadyan .

neg: Armenian nationalism Armenian nationalism in the modern period has its roots in the romantic nationalism of Mikayel Chamchian ( 1738 -- 1823 ) and generally defined as the creation of a free , independent and united Armenia formulated as the Armenian Cause ( հայ դատ , -LSB- -LSB- hɑj dɑt -RSB- -RSB- or Hye Dat ) . Armenian national awakening developed in the 1880s in the context of the general rise of nationalism under the Ottoman Empire . The Russian Armenia followed with significant causes . The Armenian Apostolic Church has been a great defender of Armenian nationalism , with leaders like Khrimian Hayrik who devoted his life to the peasantry . The establishment of modern Armenia ( 1991 ) and Armenian social fabric becoming more complex gradually decrease the political influence of Hay Dat and shifted towards a modern Armenian nationalism modeled as a liberal nationalism . On the other hand , the Armenian diaspora have `` diaspora nationalism , '' which maintain that the threat of assimilation rather than economic advantage .

neg: Samvel Karapetyan (businessman) Samvel Karapetyan ( born July 31 , 1965 ; Սամվել Կարապետյան Самвел Карапетян ) is an Armenian-born Russian businessman , the owner of the real estate firm Tashir Group .

neg: Georgian–Armenian War The Georgian -- Armenian War was a short border dispute fought in December 1918 between the newly-independent Democratic Republic of Georgia and the First Republic of Armenia , largely over the control of territories in Lori and Kvemo Kartli districts .   In March 1918 , Russian signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk and in doing so agreed to return to the Ottoman Empire territory gained during the 1877 -- 78 Russo-Turkish War . These territories were , however , no longer under the functional control of the Russian central government ; rather , they were being administered collectively by the Georgians , Armenians and Azerbaijanis through the Transcaucasian Sejm . The Trebizond Peace Conference aimed to resolve the dispute , but when the conference failed to produce a resolution , the Ottomans pursued a military campaign to control the disputed territories . Under persistent attack , the Transcaucasians collective eventually dissolved with the Georgians , Armenians and Azerbaijanis declaring independent nation states in quick succession in late-May 1918 . On 4 June , the Ottoman Empire signed the Treaty of Batum with each of the three Transcaucasus states , which brought the conflict to an end and awarded the southern half of the ethnically-Armenia Lori Province and Akhalkalaki district to the Ottomans . Against the wishes of Armenia , Georgia , supported by German officers , took possession of northern Lori and established military outposts along the Dzoraget River .   When the Ottomans signed the Armistice of Mudros in October , they were subsequently required to withdraw from the region . Armenia quickly took control of territory previously controlled by the Ottomans , and skirmishes between the Armenia and Georgia arose starting on 18 October . Open warfare began in early December , after diplomatic efforts failed to resolve the issue of the disputed border , and continued until 31 December , when a British-brokered ceasefire was signed , leaving the disputed territory under joint Georgian and Armenian administration .

neg: Mordechai Navi Synagogue Mordechai Navi Synagogue , ( Մորդեխայ Նավի սինագոգ ( Mordekhay Navi sinagog ) ) , is a Jewish synagogue in the Armenian capital Yerevan , and the centre of the Jewish community of the city . It is located on 23 Nar-Dos Street of the central Kentron district . It was opened in June 2011 , with the financial assistance of the Armenian businessman David Galstyan .   The Mordechai Navi Synagogue is the only Jewish place of worship in the Republic of Armenia . It is headed by the Chief Rabbi of Armenia Gershon Burstein .   The Jewish community in Armenia has a history of 2,000 years , when first Jewish groups settled in Armenia after the destruction of Solomon 's Temple in Jerusalem . However , currently the Jewish population in Armenia is around 100 only . Rima Varzhapetyan-Feller is the head of the Jewish community in Armenia since 1996 .

neg: Toumanov Toumanov , Georgianized Toumanishvili or Toumaniani , Tumanyan or russianized Toumanov or Toumanoff ( Georgian თუმანიშვილი , Թումանյան , Թումանով , Russian Туманишви́ли , Тума́нов ) is an ancient Armenian-Georgian princely family . The family has its roots in the ancient Armenian noble dynasty of the Mamikonians ( Mamikonids ) . Through the branch of Toumanoffs ( Georgian : Toumaniani ) belonged to the Armenian Church , the Toumanishvili branch was of Greek Orthodox line .   The two Mamikonid princely Houses of Georgia ( and later the Russian Empire ) are the Liparitids and the T'umanids . The former appeared in Iberia c. 876 and was invested with the office of High Constable of Georgia . It returned , to Armenia in 1177 , or possibly even earlier and reigned as the Third Dynasty of Siunik from c. 1200 to the mid-fifteenth century . It was subdivided , in the remaining Georgian branch , into the following houses : Jambakur ( ian ) -LSB- = čenbakur -RSB- - Orbeliani , Barat ' ašvili , Solağašvili , Kaxaberije-Čiĵavaje , and possibly Abašije . The other house of T'umanids , moved back to Georgia from Armenia Maritima ( Cilicia ) after the twelfth century and adopted the last name Toumanishvili . They were acknowledged by the Kings of Georgia as tavadi ( princes ) , and received hereditary rank as the King 's `` mdivanbeg '' ( counselor or vizier ) .   The House of Tumanishvili was on the list of Kartvelian ( Georgian ) princes that was attached to the Treaty of Georgievsk concluded with the Georgian King Erekle II on July 24 , 1783 and on recognized on the Russian Empire 's list of princely families in December 1850 .   The Prince Mikhail Tumanov was the Ambassador ( Minister plenipotentiary ) of Armenia to Georgia during the first republic of Armenia .

neg: Movses Khorenatsi Movses Khorenatsi ( ca. 410 -- 490s AD ; Մովսես խորենացի , -LSB- mɔfˈsɛs χɔɾɛnɑˈtsʰi -RSB- , also written as Movsēs Xorenac ` i and Moses of Khoren , Moses of Choren , and Moses Chorenensis in Latin sources ) was a prominent Armenian historian from the period of Late Antiquity and the author of the History of Armenia .   Khorenatsi is credited with the earliest known historiographical work on the history of Armenia written in Armenian , but was also a poet , or hymn writer , and a grammarian . The History of Armenia was written at the behest of Prince Sahak of the Bagratuni dynasty and has had an enormous impact on Armenian historiography . It was used and quoted extensively by later medieval Armenian authors . Although other Armenians such as Agathangelos had previously written histories on Armenia , Movses ' work holds particular significance because it contains unique material on the old oral traditions in Armenia before its conversion to Christianity and , more importantly , traces Armenian history from Movses ' day back to its origins .   Khorenatsi is considered to be the `` father of Armenian history '' ( patmahayr ) , and is sometimes referred to as the `` Armenian Herodotus . '' Khorenatsi 's work became the first attempt of a universal history of Armenia .   Movses identified himself as a young disciple of Mesrop Mashtots , inventor of the Armenian alphabet , and is recognized by the Armenian Apostolic Church as one of the Holy Translators .

neg: 6th Yerevan Golden Apricot International Film Festival The 6th Yerevan Golden Apricot International Film Festival was a film festival held in Yerevan , Armenia from 12 -- 19 July 2009 . The annual festival had over 450 submissions from 67 countries , 150 of which were included into the competition and non-competition programs . Over 250 accredited press representatives ( foreign and local ) covered the festival . This was the fourth year the festival was widely covered by Euronews . Among honorable guests were filmmakers Rob Nilsson ( United States ) , Kohei Oguri ( Japan ) , Alexander Rodnyansky ( Russia ) , Sergei Solovyov ( Russia ) , actors Eric Bogosian ( United States ) , Arsinee Khanjian ( Canada ) and producer Alain Terzian . The international juries , headed by Kohei Oguri , Alexander Rodnyansky , Haig Balian ( Netherlands ) awarded the following prizes : Golden Apricot 2009 for the Best Feature Film to George Ovashvili for his film The Other Bank ( Georgia ) ; Golden Apricot 2009 for the Best Documentary Film to Anders Østergaard for his film Burma VJ - Reporting from a Closed Country ( Denmark ) , and Golden Apricot 2009 for the Best Film in the `` Armenian Panorama '' to With Love and Gratitude by Arka Manukyan ( Armenia ) . The FIPRESCI Award went to Ozcan Alper 's Autumn and the Ecumenical Award to George Ovashvili 's The Other Bank .

neg: Manoukian Manoukian ( in Armenian Մանուկյան Western Armenian Մանուկեան ) is a common Armenian surname .   Manoukian may refer to :   André Manoukian ( born 1957 ) , French-Armenian songwriter , arranger , and jazz musician  Catherine Manoukian ( born 1981 ) , Canadian Armenian violinist  David Manoukian ( born 1975 ) , French-Belgian-Armenian businessman , real estate investor and founder , chairman , and CEO of the luxury social network service The-Sphere . com  Diran Manoukian ( born 1919 ) , French field hockey player and Olympian  Gev Manoukian , Top 20 finalist in season 4 of So You Think You Can Dance in 2008  Guy Manoukian , Lebanese-Armenian musician , composer and pianist  Martiros Manoukian ( born 1947 ) , Armenian artist  Rafi Manoukian , Lebanese-born Armenian American businessman , and Glendale City council member and at times city mayor  Athina Manoukian , Greek-Armenian singer

neg: 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide The 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide ( Հայոց ցեղասպանության 100-րդ տարելից ) was commemorated on April 24 , 2015 .

neg: Artaxata Artashat ; Hellenized as Artaxata , was a large commercial city and the capital of ancient Armenia during the reign of king Artaxias I ; the founder of the Artaxiad Dynasty of the ancient Kingdom of Armenia . The name of the city is derived from Iranian languages and means the `` joy of Arta '' . Founded by King Artaxias I in 176 BC , Artaxata served as the capital of the Kingdom of Armenia from 185 BC until 120 AD , and was known as the `` Vostan Hayots '' ( `` court/seal of the Armenians '' ) .

neg: Arman Padaryan General Manager of Hover Chamber Choir , and since 2011 Producer , Country Armenia Director of YerazArt , Inc. , Deputy Director of the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra and since 2011 General Producer , General Manager of the Komitas Quartet in 2002 -- 2011 . One of few Armenian specialists in Arts Management . Currently living in Yerevan , Armenia . Graduate of Yerevan State Linguistic University , 1992 . Internee of Dublin Institute of Technology , Ireland , 1996 , Visiting Arts of the British Council , London , UK , 1999 , the Amsterdam-Maastricht Summer University , 2004 . As a journalist in 1992 -- 1999 published a fanzine `` Mark 's Gazette '' -- chronicles dedicated to youth culture of Armenia , mostly around Armenian rock music events , and literary works . First edition of its kind in Armenia . As a producer known due to work with Hover Chamber Choir ( 2 CDs , 2 DVDs ) , Komitas Quartet ( 3 CDs ) , Oaksenham ( 2CDs ) , ARTSRUNI ( 2CDs ) , YerazArt ( 4 CDs ) . As a festival producer co-organized Yerevan Baroque Music Festival and National Cello Festival from 2005 to 2009 . As an NGO activist and project writer received grants from Eurasia Foundation , Open Society Foundation , Kurt Weill Foundation , Flora Family Foundation ,  Orange Foundation in 1998 -- 2010 . As a lecturer worked at the Yerevan State Linguistic University in 1993 -- 1999 . Family originated in Artvin , nowadays Turkey . Born in Tbilisi , Georgia . Came to Armenia in 1987 . Married , three children .

neg: Gevorg Sargsyan Gevorg Sargsyan ( born October 5 , 1981 ) is an Armenian conductor .   Winner of Sir Georg Solti Foundation grant-award for 2006 , Gevorg Sargsyan is one of the most renowned Armenian artists in his generation .   Born in Yerevan , Armenia he made his first steps as a musician as a cellist . In 1999 , Gevorg Sargsyan , as an exceptional case , was admitted to the Orchestral Conducting Department of Yerevan Komitas State Musical Conservatory ( prof. Yuri Davtyan ) .   Aged 18 , on his first year of studying Sargsyan proved to be an advanced student and was selected by the Yerevan State Conservatory to fill the position of music director and conductor of Conservatory 's Symphony Orchestra . In 2002-2003 Gevorg continued his studies at the Konservatorium Wien ( Austria ) with prof. Max Cencic . He later participated on conducting Master course with Prof. Dominique Rouits ( Paris Conservatory ) in Italy .   Since 2002 , Maestro Sargsyan is an honorary conductor of Yerevan Youth Chamber Orchestra . In 2005 , he was appointed as assistant director and conductor of the Armenian National Academic Opera & Ballet Theatre .   Sargsyan 's teaching activity includes lessons at the State Conservatory of Armenia , masterclass of orchestral conducting in Valencia , Spain , University of Philippines among others .   Gevorg Sargsyan is a `` Master Class '' labeled artist of the Armenian Music Center , a leading company in Armenia of producing CDs & DVDs . Recordings of classical masterpieces made by Gevorg Sargsyan are an integral part of Armenian Music Center 's productions .   Sargsyan has performed with numerous concerts in Armenia and overseas . He is currently working and living in Singapore , where he is a Music Director of Madison Academy of Music .

neg: Beryozka Beriozka ( Russian : Берёзка , lit . `` little birch tree '' ) was a twin chain of state-run retail stores in the Russian SFSR that sold goods for hard currency . Beriozkas sold goods that were generally unavailable in regular shops . In English-language advertisements and signs , the spelling was always `` Beriozka '' rather than the more conventional transliteration `` Beryozka . ''   One chain that belonged to the Vneshposyltorg ( Foreign Mail Order Trade ) was intended for Soviet citizens who received some income in hard currency . Some of them were forced to sell their currency for ruble-denominated Vneshposyltorg checks , while others never laid their hands on foreign currency , receiving their pay from Western sources in Vneshposyltorg checks via Soviet intermediaries . The checks were to be used to purchase goods in the Vneshposyltorg Beriozkas .   The other chain sold goods directly for foreign currency and for Vneshtorgbank series D checks . Soviet citizens ( except for high-ranking officials ) were not allowed to enter these stores as they were legally forbidden to be in possession of hard currency .   The hard currency stores were named Beriozka only in the territory of the RSFSR . Other republics of the Soviet Union had similar stores usually named after their `` national trees . '' For example , hard currency stores were named Kashtan ( Chestnut ) in the Ukrainian SSR and Chinara ( Oriental plane ) in the Azerbaijan SSR , etc. .   There were also separate Albatross stores in the Soviet port cities , e.g. Vladivostok , that sold goods to Soviet sailors returning from abroad . The Albatross stores sold goods for Torgmortrans checks issued by the Department of the Soviet Naval Fleet in exchange for foreign currency earned by the sailors .   Beriozka stores were opened in 1964 . Their predecessors were Torgsin stores of the 1930s and the highly ineffective Vneshposyltorg departments of the large Soviet department stores ( e.g. State Universal Store ) that allowed catalog mail order from abroad by customers paying in hard currency .   Beriozka stores became obsolete in the early 1990s when conversion of rubles into hard currency was allowed . The stores were privatized and in the mid-1990s most were closed as uncompetitive .   Many other countries had similar institutions , such as Intershops in the German Democratic Republic or Friendship Stores in the People 's Republic of China , Pewex in Poland , though some of these systems allowed anyone with hard currency to shop there .

neg: Foreign relations of Armenia Since its independence , Armenia has maintained a policy of complementarism by trying to have positive and friendly relations with Iran , Russia , and the West , including the United States and the European Union . However , the dispute over the Armenian Genocide of 1915 and the recent war over Nagorno -- Karabakh have created tense relations with two of its immediate neighbors , Azerbaijan and Turkey .   Armenia is a member of more than 50 different international organizations , including the :  United Nations  Eurasian Union  Council of Europe  Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation  La Francophonie  The EU 's Eastern Partnership and the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly  The UN 's Eastern European Group  Eurocontrol  Interpol  Commonwealth of Independent States and the Collective Security Treaty Organization  Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe  NATO 's Partnership for Peace , Individual Partnership Action Plan and the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council  International Monetary Fund  International Bank for Reconstruction and Development  World Trade Organization , the World Bank , and the World Customs Organization  Asian Development Bank  European Bank for Reconstruction and Development  Eurasian Development Bank and the Eurasian Customs Union  Federation of Euro-Asian Stock Exchanges  TRACECA   Armenia is also an observer member of the Community of Democratic Choice , the Non-Aligned Movement , the Organization of American States , the Arab League , and a dialogue partner in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation . Eduard Nalbandyan serves as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia .

neg: The Armenian Review The Armenian Review is an academic journal that has been published in Watertown , Massachusetts since 1948 . It publishes articles on topics related to Armenia and Armenians , and articles dealing with other themes and countries that use a comparative approach or help to comprehend the Armenian experience .   At times Armenian Review was published on a quarterly basis , but it has been irregular and sporadic during most of the 1990s and early 2000s ( decade ) . Since 2008 the Armenian Review has updated its website and has published 4 issues . It is currently published twice a year : in May and in November .

neg: Embassy of the United States, Yerevan The Embassy of the United States of America to Armenia is located adjacent to Lake Yerevan along the Yerevan-Etchmiadzin highway . The site occupies an area of 90,469 sq/m ( 22 American acres ) , and was the largest US Embassy in the World by area when it was completed in 2005 .   Currently , the US Embassy in Baghdad is the largest , at nearly five times the size of the one in Yerevan .

neg: Hayk Kotanjian Hayk S. Kotanjian ( Հայկ Սարգսի Քոթանջյան , born in 1945 in Gyumri , Armenia ) is an Armenian military diplomat , academic and political adviser . Since 2005 , he has headed the Institute for National Strategic Studies ( INSS ) in Yerevan . He also chairs the Political Science Association of Armenia , and the Board of Conferment of Academic Degrees in Political Science and International Relations of the National Academy of Sciences .   Kotanjian holds the military rank of Lieutenant General of Armenian Armed Forces and diplomatic rank of Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary . His academic qualifications include doctoral degree in Political Science & Security Studies from Russia 's Academy of Public Administration ( 1992 ) , PhD in Managerial Psychology from the Academy of Social Sciences ( Moscow , 1981 ) , and BA/MSc in Engineering Cybernetics from the Yerevan Polytechnic Institute , Armenia , as well as Diploma in Counter-terrorism from the US National Defense University ( 2004 ) .   In 1992 , Kotanjian founded the Defense Policy Department of Armenia 's Ministry of Defense ( 1992 ) , and helped establish Armenia 's defense attaché offices in foreign countries as part of diplomatic representations of Republic of Armenia abroad . From 1998-2002 , he held the position of Armenia 's first Defense , Army , Air Force and Naval Attaché of the Republic of Armenia to the United States of America . During his tenure as attaché , he developed the blueprint of the first defense and security think tank in the Armenian defense system , the Institute for National Strategic Studies of the Armenian Ministry of Defense ( INSS ) .   In 1994 , Kotanjian established and became the first editor-in-Chief of `` Armenian Army '' ( Armenian : Հայկական Բանակ ) -- Armenian Army 's first academic journal with the focus on defense studies ; in 2007 , he founded `` Working Notebooks '' ( Armenian : Աշխատանքային Տետրեր ) , Armenia 's first academic journal for strategic studies . In the 2000s , he directed Armenia 's state program to develop the country 's National Security Strategy , and is considered a key contributor to Armenia 's military doctrine .   Dr. Kotanjian has held several research positions in the field of national security studies and counter-terrorism in Western academic and defense institutions , including : Distinguished Visiting Faculty at the INSS , US National Defense University ( 2011 ) ; Visiting Scholar at the Harvard National Security Program ( 2010 ) ; and Counterterrorism Fellow , the US National Defense University ( 2003-2004 ) .   In recognition of Kotanjian 's contribution to Armenia-US and Armenia-NATO defense cooperation , he received the Legion of Merit award from the US Government . In 2008 , he was nominated as Distinguished Graduate of the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies . He is a founding member of the Marshall Center Alumni Association in Armenia . Kotanjian is a member of the Board of Academic Experts of the Collective Security Treaty Organization .

neg: Mazmanyan Mazmanyan ( in Armenian Մազմանյան ) is an Armenian surname . Its variant in Western Armenian is Մազմանեան or Mazmanian .   Mazmanyan / Mazmanian may refer to   Armen Mazmanyan ( 1960 -- 2014 ) , Armenian theater director and actor and rector of the Yerevan State Institute of Theater and Cinema  Art Mazmanian , ( born 1927 ) , American baseball coach and manager  Big John Mazmanian ( 1926 -- 2006 ) , American NHRA drag racer .  Yertward Mazamanian or Mazmanian ( 1924 -- 2010 ) , widely known as `` Eight Finger Eddie '' , American hippie of Armenian descent , who was credited with popularizing Goa , India as a tourist destination from the mid-1960s onward   Category : Armenian-language surnames

neg: Khatchig Mouradian Khatchig Mouradian is the Program Coordinator of the Armenian Genocide Program at the Center for the Study of Genocide , Conflict Resolution , and Human Rights at Rutgers University , where he also teaches in the History and Sociology departments . He has also taught at Clark University , Columbia University and Worcester State University .   Mouradian was the editor of the Armenian Weekly from 2007-2014 . He is the recipient the Gulbenkian Armenian Studies research fellowship to study the Armenian community in China in the 20th century ( 2014 ) . Mouradian is also the recipient of the first Hrant Dink Freedom and Justice Medal ( 2014 ) of the Organization of Istanbul Armenians . Mouradian is a PhD Candidate at the Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Clark University , currently completing his dissertation , titled `` Genocide and Humanitarian Resistance in Ottoman Syria , 1915-1917 . '' He is a PhD Candidate in Genocide Studies at Clark University .   Mouradian has lectured and participated in conferences in Armenia , Turkey , Cyprus , Lebanon , Syria , Austria , Switzerland , Norway , China , the United Arab Emirates and the United States . He has presented papers on genocide and the media at several academic conferences including the 5th and 6th Workshops on Armenian-Turkish Scholarship , held at NYU in 2006 and at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva in 2008 , an international conference titled `` The Armenian Genocide and International Law '' at Haigazian University in Beirut in September 2009 , the 2010 `` The State of the Art of Armenian Genocide Research '' conference at Clark University , the 2010 Armenian Genocide conference in Ankara , Turkey , and the 2014 conference in Washington of the Society for Armenian Studies .   In 2009 , Mouradian was named the Seventh Arsham and Charlotte Ohanessian Lecturer at the University of Minnesota . On April 24 , 2010 , Mouradian delivered a lecture on the Armenian Genocide in Istanbul , Turkey .   Mouradian was one of the junior editors of the Lebanese-Armenian daily newspaper Aztag from 2000 to 2007 , when he moved to Boston and became the editor of the Armenian Weekly . Mouradian holds a B.S. in biology and has studied towards a graduate degree in clinical psychology . He also holds a graduate certificate in Conflict Resolution and Management from the University of Massachusetts Boston   As a journalist , Mouradian has interviewed leading scholars , authors and journalists like Noam Chomsky , Arundhati Roy , Paulo Coelho , Chris Bohjalian and Nicholas Kristof .   His paternal grandparents hail from Konya , and Kilis , while his maternal grandparents hail from Adana , and Amanos .