Hurrah! After a mere 17 days my order from Panzerschiffe has arrived. Overall the style and quality is as I expected with a basic level of detail but certainly more than adequate for my needs. They actually fit in very nicely with the Stonewall models so the collection can be completed in my chosen scale of 1/2400th without having to resort to GHQ and C in C for the extra models. This is just as well as they would work out rather more expensive!
S.M.S. Seydlitz - complete with, ahem, battle damage....The bow has not come out in the mould and the gun barrels on the rear turrets have broken on the left hand side. Replacements have been requested although I could, at a pinch, fix them myself.
A couple of the models have some mould issues so I will be acquiring replacements - I could probably fix the issues myself but is pressed but to be honest I would rather have the casting replaced. They are pretty good for gaming pieces and I will happily add to the collection in due course. Sharp eyed readers will have noticed that I have purchased two Moltke class battle cruisers - well I will need to rebadge one for the Turks!
H.M.S. Agincourt (left) and Erin - both of which were being built for the Turkish navy but requisitioned under Churchill's orders in 1914.
I now have everything I need for the first phase of this collection and have some 69 models left to paint over the next three weeks.
I managed to sneak in an hour or so with a paintbrush yesterday but it was fraught with peril! My trusty tin of Humbrol 'Mast Oak' has finally expired. This tin of enamel paint was probably around 30 years old and had been rescued with the application of some thinners on several occasions but when I opened it the mass of paint had finally turned into liquefied mess of granules with little covering capacity.
I had seen this coming and indeed, had discussed the same with Mr Fox who very kindly acquired some Vallejo paints in the appropriate shade to be collected in due course.
This did not resolve the immediate problem so I decided to have a rummage in my paint storage (the 'Old Tins home' if you like....) to see if I had another tin. As suspected, the search drew a blank BUT, I did manage to find another Humbrol Authenticolour that could feasibly be used - certainly the shade was close enough. The new tin (actually it had been opened which could have spelled disaster as I have no idea when I last used it!) is yet another Humbrol Authenticolour, this time from the Ancients set - 'Unbleached Linen'.
This is absolutely close enough to the original shade as not to present any problems and the paint merely needed a good stir to be ready for action. Panic over and so I was able to tackle the wooden decking for the next 7 ships for the Royal Navy with a view to finishing this bunch by the weekend.
We had nothing specific planned for the weekend (with the exception of tomorrow so I was hoping to get some more work done on the 1/2400th scale ships. Sadly this was not to be but by way of compensation SWMBO and I were able to get to our local boot sale where the two titles above were acquired - each of which costed the paltry sum of 50p making my expenditure the princely amount of £1!
One for sheer inspiration value!
Redcoats and Richard Holmes need no introduction from me and so his overview of the period of the Red-coated British Soldier is a welcome addition to the library. The much maligned, usually despised but incomparable British 'other rank' forms the subject matter of the title - from the taking of the King's shilling, barrack life, active service, punishment and life under the colours. This is one I shall savour.
Something for a possible project in due course - I have always fancied using an Arab Conquest army ever since WRG 6th edition. As I recall you could field the entire army as Irregular A fanatics with the morale advantage of a sacred banner!
In the Shadow of the Sword by Tom Holland is another kettle of fish entirely. The book provides an overview of the 'end of the ancient world' - more specifically the years following the withering of the Roman Empire (in the West) and the aftermath of the early Arab conquests. It is not a military history as such although naturally this features during those turbulent years. I have long been interested in the Arab Conquest so this will provide a welcome backdrop to the period.
Now here's the thing. I have been looking long and hard at the Jutland rules produced in the old Avalon Hill boardgame of the same name and have been pondering accordingly. I have also been revisiting Paul Hague's outstanding Sea Battles in Miniature and sure enough - a light bulb moment occurred and so I think that a fusion of the two may be viable option for my WW1 naval project.
But wait a second - this idea was ringing some long distance bells - I wonder why?
Then it came to me - Jutland Sea Battles in Miniature - was a blog post from way back in 2012 that I had forgotten about. Not only had I forgotten about but I had also forgotten about the great pile of notes I had made to go with it - notes that were quite close to being ready to turn into a draft set of rules!
I have just based, undercoated and applied the first dry brush coat to the next eight models for the 1/2400th scale WW1 collection. There are two each of the Queen Elizabeth, Revenge and Orion classes for the Royal Navy, together with a further Lion and finally an additional Kaiser class as the sole reinforcement for the Germans. Whilst I have been in a capital ship painting frenzy I thought that maintaining the enthusiasm with this latest batch would be a good idea so I will tackle them before the destroyers and the Panzerschiffe models. I am planning on having this latest batch of models completed over the following weekend.
After careful studying of Conway's, Jane's and the recently acquired Ian Allen title it appears that the model available actually represents the final dozen ships of the series - T 186 to T 197 (to be accurate the last 11 of the 12 as one was modified to look rather differently from her sisters). The dozen prior to these looked sufficiently close enough in general layout (the main difference with the fifty odd vessels prior to these was that they carried 3 torpedo tubes rather than 4) so will feature in the German fleet but it does raise the problem of acquiring some post 1911 models. Luckily Panzerschiffe cover a number of types and even C in C and GHQ could be used - I reckon I will only need a couple of dozen in any event so we will have to see what we can find in due course.
In the meantime though, the order into Panzerschiffe for the gap filling of the battleships and battle cruisers has been placed and I will posting the pictures and review once they arrive in a couple of weeks.
To start the Royal Navy off in the dreadnought battleship department I opted to tackle a selection of the first 12" gun armed types with some of the later 13.5" classes. For the former this meant the Bellerophons and the follow on St. Vincents whilst the latter were the King George V and Iron Duke classes. In time I will add some of the other 12" types as well as the missing Orions from the 13.5" range. There are some odd ships to be considered - Agincourt, Erin and Canada for example - and I will also want to add some of the 15" types just to round off the collection but whilst the former are some way off the latter is in hand.
The models use my black undercoat with successive dry brushing with grey and with details blocked in. The key difference between the two fleets is that the Royal Navy start with a darker grey as the base (Humbrol Medium Gull Grey). I have used the same colour for the decks for both sides (Humbrol Mast Oak - and I need to find out what the modern equivalent is pretty darned quickly!) and my usual convention of the ships boats being white. Once again the models are from Stonewall Miniatures and are from the former Micro Matrix range.
The Bellerophon class - these followed on from the original H.M.S. Dreadnought and were virtually identical to look at.
The St.Vincent class carried a more powerful 12" gun than the earlier class and had narrower funnels but I have used the earlier Bellerophon casting as it is close enough looking - thereby ensuring eternal damnation at the hands of the rivet counters!
The King George V class were the second of the 13.5" types - the first of which were the Orions. I have a couple of these to paint which will feature in the next batch.
The final class of 13.5" armed battleships were the Iron Dukes which also featured the 6" gun for the secondary weapons, with the previous classes mounting 4" weapons.
The next batch of capital ships to paint are the last of the Stonewall metal models and feature some 7 for the Royal Navy and a single Kaiser class battleship for the Germans. The disparity will get even larger when I get the Panzerschiffe models in as the Royal Navy will be gaining a further 6 ships whilst the Germans will gain only 4.
Some of the metal models will need some preparation before painting (removing the tripods from the Orion class to start with!) so the next batch of models will be the 56 destroyers - of which the 24 I have for the Germans have hit a minor snag - more of which later.
I arrived home yesterday evening (at my usual time of 7:35pm) to a welcome package from Stonewall Miniatures. Contained therein were the missing ships from mt 1/2400th WW1 collection including some Orion and Revenge class battleships, a Lion class battle cruiser and, to make up the minimum order required, a Hipper class cruiser from WW2. The castings need a little attention - specifically the Orion class as I will have to remove the rather awkward tripod foremast. I have removed the masts from all of my models for a couple of reasons. Firstly, they never seem to come out cleanly (to be fair the moulds are getting on a little) and secondly for gaming purposes they tend to get in the way. I realise that for C in C and GHQ these are included but they make for a fragile model - at least for me they do - and anyway, the Panzerschiffe types do not seem to have any and the Stonewall models will need to fit in with them from an aesthetic perspective.
Mention of the Hipper will probably give a small clue as to where the collection will be heading once the WW1 models are completed - and for the record the casting is very nice indeed. She will be accompanying my previously painted model of the Bismarck on a foray into the North Atlantic at some point in the future.
I managed to make a start on the bases for the British battleships but did not get very far before tiredness kicked in so I opted to stop for fear of messing something vital up!
I noticed as well that I have managed to pass 250,000 page views - this is a quite astonishing achievement and so my humble thanks go out to everybody that follows my ramblings or that just drops by from time to time. I am coming up to the fifth anniversary of the blog so an average of 50K per year is pretty good going. I am conscious though that my blogging has slowed down somewhat due to work over the last year but many thanks to all for your continued support - it is, as ever, hugely appreciated.
I had hoped to have had the eight 1/2400th scale Royal Navy dreadnoughts ready to unleash against the Kaiser but alas whilst the models are painted (with the first coat of varnish drying) the bases are yet to be completed so it will be a few days yet before the photo shoot. The models represent four of the classes used by the Royal Navy - the Bellerophon and the follow on St. Vincent classes (virtually the same as the original H.M.S. Dreadnought) the King George V class and a pair of the Iron Dukes. I have a pair of Queen Elizabeth class 15" gunned battleships ready to go but I wanted to get another pair of 12" armed earlier types and a pair of Orion 13.5" armed ships just to keep the balance somewhat. The Germans are going to get outnumbered very quickly at this rate - which I suppose has a certain degree of historical accuracy. The Grand Fleet is currently very modest but it will be a beast and a half when at full strength.
I have a modest order to go to Panzerschiffe in the US for some gap fillers - primarily early battle cruisers - and will post bout these as and when they arrive.
In the meantime though, the next part of the project will be the destroyers - of which I have 56 in total - but luckily these will be straightforward to tackle. In any event they are all based and undercoated and the names and numbers have been assigned.
The plan as it stands will be to have the entire collection - including the Panzerschiffe models - completed by the end of next month although this does not include the additional armoured cruisers and pre dreadnoughts I will add in due course. The core collection though will be more than sufficient to be going on with!
I will also need to start thinking about rules again but I have deliberately avoided doing so for the moment as the painting is the thing.
It has been a busy weekend for various reasons but I have managed to complete the eight German dreadnoughts for 1/2400th scale WW1 collection. I followed the suggestion of Paul Hague in his book Sea Battles in Miniature and have represented classes on the basis of one actual model per two ships. Odd numbers above multiples of two are discarded and single ship types are represented by a single models. The models are 1/2400th scale Stonewall Miniatures and paint up quite nicely - I have said previously that they look like 1/3000th models on steroids or, crucially, are of a similar basic level of detailing to the models produced by Panzerschiffe in the US of A.
The first class of German dreadnoughts - there were four built with the others being the Rheinland and the Nassau. They were armed with 11" main guns - 12 in all with 8 on a broadside.
S.M.S. Westfalen cruising in an unusually blue North Sea!
The Kaiser class consisted of five ships with the others being the Kaiserin, the Prinz Regent Luitpold and the Konig Albert. The Friedrich der Grosse was the fleet flagship until the S.M.S. Baden came into service.
S.M.S. Kaiser - note the 'wing' turrets.
The Konig class - configured similarly to the contemporary British 13.5" classes but with 'Q' turret on a higher deck. These were very good ships and were both very tough and quite handy, touching 24 knots on occasion. the remaining two ships were the Grosser Kurfurst and the Kronprinz Wilhelm.
Very tough, fast but with a main battery of a lesser calibre compared to the Royal Navy.
The first dreadnoughts the Germans completed were the Westfalen class, followed by the Helgolands, the Kaisers and then the Konigs. I am in two minds about the Bayerns but in any event do not have any in the collection as yet.
The models were painted using my trusty 'black undercoat and dry brush with some detail blocked in' which works rather nicely and has the added advantage of being pretty fast as well.
Mention of the Panzerschiffe models was intentional as I have decided that I shall use them for my gap filling as the C in C and GHQ ranges are too rich for my blood and also too detailed when set alongside the Stonewall types. I am getting an order together for these and the first of which will tackle the thorny problem around the early battle cruisers as currently there aren't any!
Aside from the models above I have also relabeled some of the Fezian and Rusland light cruisers into their correct nationalities. This now gives the RN eight and the High Seas Fleet six. I may add some others in due course as the Germans are rather limited for choice and I rather fancy the idea of commerce raiding in the early period of the war.
I will be making use of Panzerschiffe for this element of the collection - simply because they make a fairly good range with a standard of detail that is ideal for my needs.
Next on the tray are the Royal Navy dreadnoughts. Again, these will be in pairs although the Queen Elizabeth and the R classes may get 3 models a piece - although if I do that then strictly speaking I should add a further Kaiser class for the Germans as they had five of these.
Small but perfectly formed - and a lot easier to carry around than a copy of Conways!
The other piece of news concerning this project is that was able to pick up a copy of the Warships of WW1 by H.M. Le Fleming and published by Ian Allan. This book was one that was on almost permanent loan from the library back in the day and so I was delighted to pick a copy at a boot sale for 50p! I have a copy of Conways and Janes for the period but for sheer convenience this is hard to beat!
I have just finished reading the above title by Nigel Steel and Peter Hart - and what an absorbing and thoughtful read it is!
I have read a number of accounts of the battle of Jutland over the years, most of which are concerned more with analyzing the battle rather than telling the story with the participants in mind. Messrs. Steel and Hart manage to do just that and the result is a refreshing overview of what it actually felt like to be under fire in a warship during the Great War. It is a cliche to say 'all human life is here' but the pages seem to run the full gamut of emotions from hope, fear, expectation, melancholy and anger at the futility of it all. It is a sobering read in places and supported by a good narrative of the progress of the battle makes for an excellent account of the action. The authors have made much use of the Imperial War Museum archives and the eye witness accounts are utterly absorbing and thought provoking.
I picked my copy up at a boot sale some time ago in paperback for some 50p but have decided to pursue a hardback version for the collection - simply because it is such a good read.
In the meantime though, work progresses on the German dreadnoughts and I hope to have these ready at some point over the weekend. A small order is in with Stonewall for a couple of other bits and pieces so the overall project (which when complete will comprise around a hundred ships in total) is progressing nicely. I am hoping to have the entire collection completed by the end of June.


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A quickie post – I went along to AVENUE Autumn/Winter FASHION WEEK 2013 which opened today. A stunning range of beautiful new things, but I was rather taken with this coat from XIAJ.
It is actually a men's coat, but I managed to have it fit my avatar, which is slim and small breasted.
The detailing from all angles is quite delightful, and this is a designer that all you men need to watch. Haunt his store!


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The National Society of Black Physicists honors Charles Smoot.
Charles Smoot is a native of Anniston, Alabama and a 1952 graduate of Alabama State University in Montgomery, Alabama and became a teacher.
Smoot came to Huntsville in 1963 when his wife took a position teaching mathematics at Alabama A&M University. Smoot applied at NASA initially because the pay was better and was hired as a GS-5, making only $5500 a year. Fortunately for him, NASA applied "the normalization risk, the acceptance of failure, and the anticipation of trouble" to its personnel operations. Someone got the idea that it made sense to send black recruiters to black schools to talk to potential black recruits. During this time and in conjunction with the Civil Rights Movement, the agency took steps to promote equal employment, creating "a contractors' group in Alabama that used its money and influence to make sure African-Americans got space jobs. Once the decision was made, Smoot got a promotion and became "the first Negro recruiter in government service" to travel the nation persuading black scientists and engineers to come south and work for the He was employed by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center at NASA. Smoot began laying the foundation of a cooperative program targeting qualified African American students from universities across the nation.
In the fall of 1963, Smoot helped establish a program between Marshall and Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana which at the time was one of only six Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the United States with accredited engineering departments. The Marshall Space Flight Center invited representatives of the historically black colleges to Huntsville in 1963, and a year later opened the agency's college cooperative education program—in which students alternated semesters at school with semesters at Marshall—to blacks. As a result, Walter Applewhite, Wesley Carter, George Bourda, Tommy Dubone, William Winfield, Frank C. Williams Jr., and Morgan Watson arrived at Marshall to become the embodiment of Johnson's plan for jobs in the South. The seven were given exams, though Smoot reports that none of the white students who found jobs at NASA through the Co-Op program were required to take them. Once the agency was convinced the students were eligible, they were hired.
From 1963 forward, Smoot continued to travel to schools across the country from Michigan to Puerto Rico recruiting students in the fields of engineering, physics, and mathematics. Over his many years, Smoot established key contacts with professors, students, advisors, department heads, and placement directors that held the door open for African Americas to gain access to jobs that had previously remained out of reach in the South.
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First Republic Day is an Armenian public holiday that commemorates the establishment of the Republic of Armenia on May 28, 1918.
Following the 1917 February Revolution in Russia, the Russian Provisional Government established the Special Transcaucasian Committee to govern the territory of what are now modern-day Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia.
In November 1917, the Transcaucasian Commissariat was established. It decided to gather a general assembly (Sejm) and proclaim independence. Eventually the Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic was proclaimed in February 1918. It existed for three months.
On May 28, 1918, the Armenian National Council declared the independence of Armenia. The Republic of Armenia was the first modern Armenian state since the fall of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia in 1375. Sadly, the newly independent republic did not exist for long. In 1920, it was invaded by the Soviet Red Army.
First Republic Day in Armenia coincides with Republic Day in Azerbaijan because both countries proclaimed their independence from the Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic on the same day. These holidays were not celebrated during the Soviet era, they were declared as public holidays after the dissolution of the USSR.


I've been keeping zoo photos to a minimum for a while. Mainly to avoid repeats, same old, does she ever take photos other than at the zoo. Sometimes!
I know when studying animals especially their behaviour you're not meant to apply anthropomorphism. Likening human behaviour, traits, mannerisms to animals. It's hard not to when the chimps are waiting to go to their night enclosure sit how anyone would while waiting. When the pygmy hippos play with big red ball floats. When the orangutans use tools or gather around to look at something. When the younger spider and mangabey monkeys steal each others food and their siblings get a that's mine gesture. When birds like the hill myna who can 'talk', remembers me every time and chats with me. Okay, it's limited to hola guapo, hola, hello (my claim to fame. I taught him hello!), coucou, various whistles, learning what's up from me and a catalan phrase I have no idea what he's saying. My belief is we're all made of star dust, we're all mammals so why no liken traits and behaviours? Is it that as we, humans, the 'higher intelligence' as in use reason and our opposable thumbs we can't possible share any traits from furry things that can't walk upright on 2 legs or make fire? Anyways, Late Spring Zoo Photos Part 1! Enjoy!


Feasibly both the United States and Soviet governments utilized several travelers and defectors, these people were tourists or aspiring expatriates who seemingly wished to embrace foreign life. These defectors in some cases provided useful intelligence data on topics of official interest and over twenty United States military personnel defected from nineteen sixty to nineteen sixty-two.i The Central Intelligence Agency and Federal Bureau of Investigation debriefed some upon their return and other prior defectors continued to be sources of official information.
Agency official Thomas Casasin contemplated Lee Harvey Oswald's possible intelligence uses. Casasin suspected Marina was possibly using Oswald for relocation to serve as a Soviet intelligence asset because there was a pattern of such activity prior detected.iv Yet the reservations about Marina did not dissuade initial consideration of Oswald's use, however the unusual nature of Oswald's actions led Casasin to suspect KGB involvement. Yet even a tourist and defector could obtain useful information in the Soviet Union. Nor were Casasin's ideas of plots unfounded, the Agency itself used the "Legal Travellers Program".
Despite the increased lifestyle Oswald and Ricciardelli enjoyed abroad, they returned to the United States and Ricciardelli was debriefed upon his return; the first session did not go well. The lead Agency official believed Ricciardelli was offering "a well rehearsed and developed story…he continually hesitated before every answer." One Agency employees conducting the interview believed these were cues supporting Ricciardelli was not honest, Ricciardelli's wife had left and his children resided with relatives.vii He is another returned defector with few prospects and legal rights.
Ricciardelli and Oswald were unemployed; each had a family to feed under the shadow of their former actions, and these men additionally had similar tumultuous domestic situations with their wives resenting their political decisions.viii Soviet authorities observed both defectors and the former public declarations of each man and associations with Russia impeded attempts to find employment. Yet Oswald continued uttering hyperbolic statements and overt Marxist claims upon his return to the United States.
Conversely, Ricciardelli attempted to regain his United States citizenship and plead with Agency officials to aid him in his efforts.ix Ricciardelli was subsequently assessed by the Agency Domestic Contacts Service or Division (DCS aka DCD) as possibly being "a valuable source of information" concerning a Soviet scientist he was in extended contact with.x The FBI was apprised of the ongoing investigation and they too were interested and suspicious of Oswald.xi Ricciardelli and Oswald are two of the dozens of active travelers and defectors in the years preceding the Kennedy assassination.
Maurice Halperin was "...a visiting professor of the Social Sciences Division of the USSR Academy of Sciences on a contract which expires in 1961." Halperin was noted to have prior contacts with Jacob Golub, a known Soviet espionage agent. A Central Intelligence Agency source informed them Halperin provided Golub with prior information and Halperin allegedly offered this information while he served in the United States Office of Strategic Services. The Halprins subsequently move to Russia without official challenge despite previous suspicions and Congressional questioning.
National Security Agency officials William Martin and Bernon Mitchell defected to Russia in nineteen sixty. "They had gone to Mexico and thence to Cuba where they had obtained transportation to the USSR." These former Navy associates used the route Oswald is alleged to have sought years later. After defecting, Martin and Mitchell participated in a press conference that gave a "scathing denouncement of the United States."xv Martin contacted a traveler while in Russia who offered the conversation for Agency use, he disclosed that Martin recounted his interrogation by the Soviets and their statement that United States government sought to assassinate him. Martin ardently believed these claims and changed his name and location.xvi It seems Lee Harvey Oswald was not the only suspicious former military traveler acting strangely abroad.
Oswald's Communist veneer was secured by merely a few overt vaguely subversive actions and his critics speculate about Oswald's "deep" Communist connections that rely largely on the mere claims of Lee Harvey Oswald. He states he is a Marxist but he never joins the Communist Party, Socialist Party, or had any office in the Fair Play for Cuba Committee despite his prior erroneous statements. Oswald never verifiably attended regular meetings and he did not participate in various associated events and programs. Akin to his "defection", Oswald never truly acted upon the political beliefs he often asserted.
Similar men of little means and military background discontent with America went to Russia preceding and following Oswald. The reasoning varies but some of them were not mere tourists and served prior and future intelligence purposes. Most Commission officials were unaware of the many actual defectors, and those who may have served as FBI or Agency informants in Soviet territories. Yet similar to the Agency plots to assassinate Castro, Allen Dulles and the handful of others in the Agency or FBI who became aware were silent.
These officials deprived the President's Commission of relevant information that would have offered additional insights. They suppressed evidence that might lead to damning revelations that occurred in future decades. The similarities between Oswald and a few defectors actions are noteworthy and some of these men were the pawns of chance, belief, and feasibly various interests foreign and domestic.
UPDATE: Additional relevant defector files that support the article's prior contentions.


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RA Prime Minister: 2021 should be the year of restoration of our economic ambitions
Ameriabank to launch another tranche of AMD bonds amounting to 5 billion on January 19
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Armenian State Depository of Precious Metals and Precious Stones Agency contains about 90kg of gold and 873ct of diamonds
ArmInfo. As of 1 Jan 2016, the State Depository of Precious Metals and Precious Stones Agency of the Armenian Finance Ministry contains about 90kg of gold and 873ct of diamonds, Armenian Deputy Finance Minister Pavel Safaryan said at the Government's meeting on March 31.
He said that the content of silver is nearly 94.1kg, platinum - 3kg, palladium - 1.3kg, rough diamonds - 762ct, emeralds - 256ct, pearls - about 103kg.
As of 1 Jan 2016, the total value of the precious metals and stones, as well as items made of precious metals and stones was 1,465,886,532.0 AMD. The total value of the precious metals at the State Depository of Precious Metals and Precious Stones Agency was as follows: gold - 235.9 mln AMD, platinum - 4.2 mln, and palladium - 9.3 mln AMD.
Armenian Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan expressed his concern over possible spoilage of the cultured pearls. He stressed the need to talk to the specialists and to think of well-time sale of the pearls.
Armen Melikyan: in the field of telecommunications, Armenia may get in a situation of the late 90s
Ucom becomes an apple of discord and blackmail
The license for the activities of the Armenian NPP may be extended until 2026
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Armenian Ministry of Finance predicts budget deficit of 7.4% of GDP for 2020
Central Bank of Armenia announces bank details for donating funds to the All-Armenian Fund
Commercial banks and insurance companies of Armenia will have opportunity to conduct a general meeting of shareholders remotely
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VIGVAM hanger is a lightweight and easy to transport or storage item. It consists of plywood veneered base and a set of hooks in the form of stylized deer antlers.
Цього року два проекти від нашого бюро Hochu rayu брали участь у ньому і обидва отримали нагороди!
We're very excited to share with you cool news from A'DESIGN AWARD competition.
This year two projects from the design bureau Hochu rayu took part in this contest and both of them achieved their awards!
VIGVAM Hanger won the Gold award in Furniture, Decorative Items and Homeware Design category and was featured in 3% of the best design-projects according to the a'design jury.
We are happy to announce you that the Design and Design Award of 20/05/2016 is yours!
The good news is that your design will be published in the Book of the Year Volume Nine to be released in December 2016!
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Synopsis : Coral calcium is a dietary supplement derived from remnants of living coral that have fallen from coral reefs.
Coral calcium is a dietary supplement said to be derived from "remnants of living coral that have fallen from coral reefs, as a result of wave action or other natural processes. According to the coral calcium infomercial, taking coral calcium can cure up to 200 human diseases including heart disease, cancer, diabetes etc.
Coral calcium is a dietary supplement said to be derived from "remnants of living coral that have fallen from coral reefs, as a result of wave action or other natural processes.
According to the coral calcium infomercial, taking coral calcium can cure up to 200 human diseases including heart disease, cancer, diabetes etc.
When you start taking coral calcium, your body alkalizes and drives out the body's acidic state. Coral calcium is composed of mostly calcium carbonate, just like those you found in Tums or other calcium carbonate supplements from your health food stores.
Coral is composed of tiny, fragile living organisms called coral polyps.
Coral reefs are among the worlds most fragile and endangered ecosystems, strict laws are enforced to preserve them.
Since coral reefs are protected by law, "coral calcium" is made by grinding up dead coral called limestone that no longer contains live organisms. Coral grains are mined from fossilized coral beds on the coastline, and pumped from coral beds in shallow waters. Coral calcium supplements come from fossilized coral beds. Since it is severely illegal to mine "live" coral reefs, coral calcium has to come from a different source which is dead coral loaded with calcium and trace minerals.
For people who need to consume extra calcium, coral calcium may be the best choice.
The body absorbs coral calcium better than other calcium supplements in the market mostly due to the trace minerals also found in coral. The calcium content of coral calcium ranges from 24% to 38% and is composed primarily of calcium carbonate. Ninety-eight percent of people over age 60 are totally calcium-deficient meaning, they are not consuming enough calcium to sustain current bone density.
Most of the body's calcium is stored in the bones, which can release whatever amounts are needed to maintain adequate blood levels, this causes bone loss. Historically, calcium supplements haven't always been safe: years ago calcium carbonate from bone meal or oyster shells, for instance, was used in some supplements - but was later found to contain high levels of lead and other heavy metals. Now with new technology and strict government laws calcium is very safe.
Like many other supplements, coral calcium is beneficial to your body in many ways. And unlike other calcium supplements, coral calcium does have special properties that make it worth strongly considering as a supplement to your daily diet, mainly trace minerals. Almost every cell in the body, including those in the heart, nerves, and muscles; relies on calcium to function properly.
Consumers should be aware of the claims that coral calcium can treat or cure cancer, multiple sclerosis, lupus, heart disease, or high blood pressure are not supported by existing scientific evidence. Most of the health claims being made about coral calcium from Okinawa are based on the fact that the Okinawan's are among the world's longest lived people and supposedly drink water containing coral calcium.
In conclusion, there is no medical evidence to support these claims, and coral calcium has been identified by the United States Food and Drug Administration as a Fake Cancer Cure Consumers Should Avoid.


Wimmera & Grampians Seniors Magazine has some fabulous stories, information and yes, warnings, to help you navigate the world today.
PHOTOS: Always write on the back of your photos so the family tree sleuths have some idea of who's who in their hunt for lost relative's information. This is Ceclia Jean Rivett in Redcliffs in the 1920s. As the wife of the general hardware store manager, she did the full candlelight supper routine weekly.
Researching family history was and is a favourite hobby for many people. But in the days before the internet, the pre-fibbing days let's say, tracking down your family tree was a most imprecise past time.
Some relatives, like my uncle Bob, rewrote the tree to suit their own version best. That meant some relatives were in, and the black sheep were definitely in the back paddock of 'someone else's' tree, and out.
That was the stepfather's side of the family, a murky swamp to try to investigate even one generation back, let alone a great grandma.
Then there was mum's side, wild Irish and stuffy English blood ran in that tree sap, so mum and her sister June knew it would be a journey and a half.
"The National Archives hold vast records where you might find information about your ancestors. It's the go to place if your family members served in the Australian armed forces or if they migrated to Australia during the 20th century."
This was in the 1980s when most family tree info remained with the gravestones in dilapidated cemeteries, necessitating trips to the most unlikely of places.
Vague family stories of Tasmania, and their grandfather who was the manager of the Mt Lisle gold mine, sent the pair scurrying to Mount Lisle, Deloraine and along the Tamar River.
They had some success, and latched on to forgotten family names, like Holehan, Mulcahy and Dixon and followed the family tree trail back to Victoria, around Melbourne and then up to Albury.
Like most families, relatives never strayed too far from someone they knew, and that was very handy for these two family tree sleuths.
So after all this travel, they came home and started writing it all down for when 'the kids' would want to pick up the trail again.
A family favourite, this is a 1958 photo of our blended family all dressed up for Sunday School. Some of his, some of hers, and some of theirs, with Grandma Ceclia Jean holding the cat.
All those closely handwritten notes are still in the ratty plastic bag mum popped them in, complete with dress pin stabbed through it to ensure the bag stays closed, just waiting for the next, or the next, generation to start asking questions about their 'family'.
I'm more into oral stories than dry dates and family names, that don't mean much to anybody living, except to start fights over whether Cecilia Jean was born in 1892 or 1896 as her birth certificate said. This document has the name Bridgette Cecilia on it, so the sleuths were not even sure if it was their mum's certificate, such was the record keeping in Tasmania in the late 1880s and 1890s.
So my contribution to the family tree, that ratty, moth eaten, half dead thing, grafted with a wild variety of fruit in truth, is to encourage mum to tell me stories from her early years, her teens and early married life.
Perhaps family trees are only meant to outline the bare branches, because the real stories belong to the oral history, where the beauty and immediacy of them can be told when relatives ask.
I'm storing the memories by relating them to other family members as mum passes them on to me. These stories are the real treasures of our family tree.
This story In the Seniors magazine we ask the question – is your family tree a bush or briar? first appeared on The Wimmera Mail-Times.


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March freeze costs SMEs millions
IN: Business news
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) throughout the UK will find themselves shelling out an extra £174 million this year following the unusually prolonged cold weather that lasted throughout March and well into April.
If you found yourself shivering away in your business wondering where all of the customers are, you weren't the only one. Almost one in three (30 per cent) of small firms reportedly experienced a loss of demand during the cold snap, while more than a quarter (26 per cent) of respondents said they were forced to close.
All in all, more than half (55 per cent) of survey participants said they have lost out due to the chilly weather, with the average loss standing at £1,580, according to the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB).
Furthermore, 27 per cent claimed they had experienced a staff absence for at least one day during March as a direct result of snow or other cold-related problems. For those who closed or temporarily stopped trading, an average of 2.2 days was lost.
Mike Cherry, national policy chairman at the FSB, said that the challenging times would undoubtedly mean firms will be pleased to turn the corner into spring, with temperatures finally rising in mid-April.
"We may finally have turned a corner into spring, but it's been a long haul, following the coldest March in 100 years," he said.
"While a few businesses have managed to take advantage of the weather many have found it difficult to manage. Not only have they had to cope with a lack of demand for products, but many have had to close."
Mr Cherry asked communities and SMEs to adopt the Keep Trade Local initiative, designed to encourage people to use small businesses in their area rather than resorting to the likes of large corporations.
Companies would also do well to ensure they have a savings account set up for emergency purposes so that they do not suffer too badly from two days of lost trading in similar conditions.
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The blueprint is part of a $4.4tn budget proposal which abandons the long-held Republican goal of balancing the federal budget within a decade.
"We have spent $7 trillion in the Middle East, $7 trillion. What a mistake," Mr Trump said at the White House on Monday.
"And we're trying to build roads and bridges and fix bridges that are falling down and we have a hard time getting the money and its crazy."


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Q: Retrieving non null values from multilevel DF in pandas, and combining multiple columns I have a dataframe where I want to filter by the subcolumns, retrieving only non-null values where they exist by considering columns a+b, and c+d. For instance:
df = pd.DataFrame({('A','a'): [-1,-1,NaN,10,NaN],
                   ('A','b'): [0,1,NaN,3,NaN],
                   ('A','c'): [NaN,NaN,0,NaN,NaN],
                   ('A','d'): [NaN,NaN,2,NaN,NaN],
                   ('B','a'): [NaN,NaN,0,NaN,NaN],
                   ('B','b'): [NaN,NaN,0,NaN,NaN],
                   ('B','c'): [NaN,-10,NaN,10,20],
                   ('B','d'): [NaN,-100,NaN,100,200]
})

#out
   A                      B
   a     b     c    d     a      b     c      d
0  -1.0  0.0   NaN  NaN   NaN    NaN   NaN    NaN
1  -1.0  1.0   NaN  NaN   NaN    NaN   2.0    0.0
2  NaN  NaN    0.0  2.0   0.0    0.0   NaN    NaN
3  10.0  3.0   NaN  NaN   NaN    NaN   10.0   100.0
4   NaN  NaN   NaN  NaN   NaN    NaN   20.0   200.0

My idea is to search under A for those columns a+b, and c+d that have non-null values, and retrieve two columns (x and y) that have the compiled data. Note that some rows may have only NaN for a column (which is the case of row 4 of A). In those cases I'd like to have a NaN.
I think that I would be able to get it using something like
pfilter=prefilesdf.notnull()
colfilter=pfilter.reindex(columns = df.columns, level=0)
out=df.mask(colfilter)

The desired output would be:
    A           B
    x    y      x    y
0  -1.0  0.0    NaN  NaN
1  -1.0  1.0    2.0    0.0
2  0.0   2.0    0.0    0.0
3  10.0  3.0    10.0   100.0
4  NaN   NaN    20.0   200.0

A: You can use combine_first or fillna for selected df by xs:
d = {'a':'L1','b':'L1','c':'L2','d':'L2'}
df.columns = pd.MultiIndex.from_arrays([df.columns.get_level_values(0),
                                        df.columns.get_level_values(1).map(lambda x: d[x]),
                                        df.columns.get_level_values(1)])
print (df)
      A                   B
     L1        L2        L1         L2
      a    b    c    d    a    b     c      d
0  -1.0  0.0  NaN  NaN  NaN  NaN   NaN    NaN
1  -1.0  1.0  NaN  NaN  NaN  NaN -10.0 -100.0
2   NaN  NaN  0.0  2.0  0.0  0.0   NaN    NaN
3  10.0  3.0  NaN  NaN  NaN  NaN  10.0  100.0
4   NaN  NaN  NaN  NaN  NaN  NaN  20.0  200.0

df1 = df.xs('L1', axis=1, level=1)
df2 = df.xs('L2', axis=1, level=1).rename(columns={'c':'a','d':'b'})

print (df1)

      A         B
      a    b    a    b
0  -1.0  0.0  NaN  NaN
1  -1.0  1.0  NaN  NaN
2   NaN  NaN  0.0  0.0
3  10.0  3.0  NaN  NaN
4   NaN  NaN  NaN  NaN

print (df2)
     A          B
     a    b     a      b
0  NaN  NaN   NaN    NaN
1  NaN  NaN -10.0 -100.0
2  0.0  2.0   NaN    NaN
3  NaN  NaN  10.0  100.0

print (df1.combine_first(df2))
      A          B
      a    b     a      b
0  -1.0  0.0   NaN    NaN
1  -1.0  1.0 -10.0 -100.0
2   0.0  2.0   0.0    0.0
3  10.0  3.0  10.0  100.0
4   NaN  NaN  20.0  200.0

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Q: How to get dwp thumbnail of borderless fullscreen wpf/uwp window I tried capturing live thumbnail of running applications using these codes:
http://community.bartdesmet.net/blogs/bart/archive/2006/10/05/4495.aspx
I have successfully captured some applications except those borderless fullscreen windows.
I am actually trying to capture a UWP application that plays a video in a fullscreen mode and integrate the thumbnail into my application. I don't need to get a bitmap image of it, I just need to display in real-time.
I tried changing the values of
GWL_STYLE
WS_VISIBLE
WS_BORDER
but none of it works.
When trying to Alt+Tab windows, the Windows 10 DWM can handle it and displays the live thumbnail, so I believe this could work with some little modifications on the code.
Thanks!

A: I checked the window styles for the example uwp application in full screen with Spy++.

Styles were normal so then i hardcoded window handle and it worked. After a moment of debugging, it turned out that the EnumWindows method did not return this window, so it did not matter what styles were checked.
So I looked for a problem with this method and there are many topics, for example:
EnumWindows function in Win10 enumerates only desktop apps

A: Instead of using EnumWindows, get all windows using this method and insert your filter logic for your desired window handler
            IntPtr thisWindow = IntPtr.Zero ;
            IntPtr desktopWindow = GetDesktopWindow();
            while (true)
            {
            if (desktopWindow == IntPtr.Zero)
            break;

            IntPtr nextWindow = FindWindowEx(desktopWindow, thisWindow, null, null);
            if (nextWindow == IntPtr.Zero)
            break;

            /** your code here **/

            thisWindow = nextWindow;
            }


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Rays Exploring Opportunity to Split Time Between Tampa Bay and Montreal in Strange Move
By Parker White | Jun 21 2019
Boston Red Sox v Tampa Bay Rays | Mike Ehrmann
We all know that Tampa Bay isn't much of a baseball city, which is why they are always towards the bottom in attendance, no matter how good their team is. That's why they are getting creative and exploring an unprecedented opportunity.
ESPN's Jeff Passan is reporting that Major League Baseball has given the Rays permission to explore splitting their season in two, playing their early-season games in Tampa Bay, and the other chunk in Montreal, both in new stadiums.
BREAKING: The Tampa Bay Rays have received MLB's permission to explore becoming two-city team: the Tampa Bay area and Montreal, sources tell ESPN. The plan: Play early-season home games in the Tampa Bay area and finish the season in Montreal. News at ESPN: https://t.co/X6uSt4KLfC
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) June 20, 2019
This is something that's never been done before, and obviously the entire game plan isn't set in stone, but essentially they'd become a two-city team, something we've never seen in professional sports.
This idea comes on the heels of the Rays' inability to get a new stadium plan approved, which they desperately need, and this course of action might be the only way they save baseball in the Tampa Bay area. Of course, it involves TWO spankin' new stadiums. Which taxpayers are approving that, exactly?
This is...interesting?Tampa Bay Rays could become a two-city team, playing in Montreal for part of the season⚾#MLB @wjz https://t.co/SLeDLwirgM
— Rick Ritter (@RickRitterWJZ) June 20, 2019
The return of baseball to Montreal has been a topic of conversation in recent years, as the team moved to Washington D.C. in 2005 and became the Nationals. There's a chance that Montreal could be one of the cities MLB chooses if or when they expand, but this might bring another baseball team to Canada sooner.
Will the creation of two new ballparks actually happen? Playing the early portion of the season in Tampa Bay would mean they don't need a domed stadium, which would cut costs.
I...guess this could work out? Nevertheless, this is a creative way to save baseball in Tampa and bring it back to Montreal, though we're not entirely sure why they don't just rip the bandaid off and check out sites north of the border exclusively.


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Alice and Mark finally got their dream baby
Alice and Mark had been trying naturally for a very long time before deciding to proceed to the IVF route. Along the way they suffered miscarriages, ectopic pregnancy, 6 unsuccessful IVF's all of which was a very difficult and emotional journey. "The most important element of our journey is that we did not give up hope", they said.
Alice was diagnosed with PCOS and 1 functioning tube however it wasn't clear why her treatment wasn't successful and so when all their hopes felt lost, they were decided to try egg donation.
*The names in this treatment journey have been changed to protect the patient's confidentiality.
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We were shocked and thrilled to fall pregnant on our first attempt and really cannot put into words how fortunate we are and how eternally grateful we are to our altruistic donor.
If we were able to, we would like to thank her in person, however, we do not know how we would ever be able to put into words how much having our little baby boy has changed our world.
We read the testimonials upon researching into H&E and never in a million years did we think we would be writing about our own success story. We will never take our family for granted, and will send positive thoughts to all of those facing similar journeys. We hope our story gives others the hope and strength to continue on…Dare to dream
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A saline infusion sonogram (SIS, saline sonography) is an ultrasound test to check if the endometrial cavity (inside of the uterus) appears normal. The Pipelle procedure involves introducing a catheter into the cavity of the womb, which 'scratches' the lining. This releases cells, hormones, and other proteins which promote implantation
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The Pipelle procedure involves introducing a catheter into the cavity of the womb, which 'scratches' the lining. This releases cells, hormones, and other proteins which promote implantation
SIS £300 **
A saline infusion sonogram (SIS, saline sonography) is an ultrasound test to check if the endometrial cavity (inside of the uterus) appears normal.
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"I stand by the metropolitan lumber astoria river, However, water build is not flowing, It boils all sorts of poisons. ... This is not a technological accident Oh, no, it's the road to hell ... "Despite the fact that the entry, and the actual song were inseparable whole, bosses from the label decided that there is nothing to bore the listener's recitation of poetry and released the single only the second part, then cut the form - part 1, part 2 - song published and still .Album «The Road To Hell» (1989) came out gloomy, with an abundance of criticism of industrial society (to take at least «You Must Be Evil» - a song about the harmful effects of TV on kings masonry young children).But this did not prevent him from having a resounding success, to take 1st place and find the "platinum" status.The album, which has become the pinnacle of the musician's career was small shoe store ... 11th in a row.The paradox is flower bloom that America american express travel center so graciously accepted the debut of Chris Rea, ignored all subsequent home cleaning services nyc famous singles and albums.Is that the song "Texas You" loved to turn on the radio in the same state, despite the fact that Texas is not presented in the best possible way ("The world cosmetic dentistry nyc is going crazy ... 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But for the British attractive certain romanticism in this word and its translation comes down to the place of temporary rest, and this is what came to me after the album "Road to Hell".As you may have noticed, our hero is generally uneven breathing to cars.His car Lotus Seven decorates "the Auberge" cover, the title of his song - «Daytona» - this is the nickname of the brand sport "Ferrari", and Chris himself took part in several motor racing.Perhaps because many of his songs thought behind the wheel, they are so fond of the drivers?Even the dreams Ri car ("I'll never be the owner of the old model," Ferrari ", painted in various domestic showrooms").And buy a "Ferrari" Chris prevents ... the love of family.The fact that Rea travel agency nyc cell phone repair new york is probably one of the most exemplary family man in the world of rock music.With his wife he only knew 16 years, he has two daughters, but he did not feel the desire to rest from the family even on the road. Chris Rea: "As a rule, I work on the road for three days and then spend a day off at home. I never leave the house for more than i phone repair a week. Therefore, the tour cost me more than the others ... It is important that I do not do it from a moral point of view, I'm not trying to just look good in the eyes of his family. I really love my wife, and not simply state that it is. "Family and dedicated many songs of Chris Rea.«Stainsby Girls» - is a tribute to his wife, who studied in the school Stainsby and «Josephine» and «Julia» - dedication to his daughters.My daughter was inspired by Chris and the second hit album «Auberge» - «Looking for the Summer» (Looking for the Summer).Just one day, he noticed how little Josephine threw a ball to play with in the garden and looked at the world, which opened the fence.And Dad realized that his daughter began to grow. marine maids Chris Rea: "... classic travel service The main idea of the song is - the guy looks at his daughter, who alice's tea cup menu is not even ten years old, that goes, while still very young, altour los angeles and he sees how it turns out, she is looking for his summer new york botanical garden store she - smile arts of ny spring, seeking the summer, then he leaves in autumn, looks back and remembers how it was when he was looking for his summer, and in the third stanza, he recalled his wife as they both hurt each other, and both of the growing pain experienced when they were looking for their summer themselves, and in many ways he is still looking for my summer. "Having survived the 1995 dangerous operation on his intestines, Rea still continues to do what he likes and has a stable circle of listeners.Personally, I work in large quantities build it green astoria Chris Rea bit tiring.But, casa bronx ny probably, it is conservative, soft guitar sound, unhurried, thoughtful and mcnultys coffee quiet husky voice in the style of Leonard Cohen (hearing «Looking for the Summer», I did initially attributed it to Cohen), and like the masses.Quiet, pleasant, comfortable music ...No wonder the loss of the "Roads of Hell" is easily borrowed our Ladybug for annoying at the time songs about "the granite stone in his chest," and Mumiy Troll band openly quoted in the same loss "Zdravstvuydosvidaniya".Tags:biography,songs,musicians,popular Chris Rea: ode la rose Chris Rea: Chris is very upset too banal and glamorous video captured on Even the Soviet firm my clean cleaning service Chris Rea: Chris Rea: Chris Rea:
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Missing: When Red M&Ms Disappeared for More Than a Decade
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M&Ms, in all their varied colors, have been occupying shelves on candy displays for decades. Like most treats, the chocolate confections with a hard candy shell bring with them a sense of familiarity. Consumers know exactly what they're getting—blue, brown, yellow, orange, green, and red pieces.
But there is a dark period in M&Ms history. One in which that color line-up was disrupted for more than a decade. From 1976 to 1987, there were no red M&Ms.
The candy, which was introduced by the Mars company in 1941, succumbed to a brief bout of hysteria in 1976, when federal regulations identified red food coloring, or Red Dye No. 2, as a possible health risk. The concern stemmed from a Soviet study that erroneously labeled the dye as being potentially carcinogenic. No solid evidence existed, but the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) banned the dye just in case.
Even though M&Ms used Red Dye Nos. 3 and 40, which were considered safe, the company felt that consumers would reject them regardless.
As Coca-Cola found out with their New Coke debacle, consumers do not always appreciate change. Mars was deluged with thousands of letters complaining about the absence of red M&Ms, and some college campuses formed societies to raise awareness of the offense. Some of the letters were from soldiers who served in World War II and fondly recalled M&Ms being a source of comfort, as well as people who learned how to count by taking inventory of their candies.
One man emerged as a real red M&M advocate. His name was Paul Hethmon, and he was a student at the University of Tennessee in 1982. With time on his hands, Hethmon started writing letters to friends inviting them to join the slightly facetious Society for the Restoration and Preservation of Red M&Ms. Membership was 99 cents.
Hethmon had been just 12 years old when the red M&Ms disappeared but told the Chicago Tribune in 1987 that he could still feel the sting of their absence. "You would open up a bag of M&Ms, and your immediate impression would be that there were about 40 billion brown ones in the package," he said. "It was a really depressing sight, without the red ones."
The idea took off and Hethmon began holding meetings to stir up support for the outcast M&M. The offbeat story was picked up by a campus newspaper, The Daily Beacon, and eventually made its way to The Wall Street Journal in 1983.
One of the devotees Hethmon recruited was Hans W. Fiuczynski, who happened to be the external relations director for Mars. Fiuczynski was amused by the campaign and clearly took notice of the enthusiasm it was stirring in consumers.
In 1985 and 1986, Mars used some stealth marketing to try and assess the consumer response to red M&Ms returning. They issued red and green M&Ms as part of a limited-edition holiday promotion. There were complaints, but only about the fact the red M&Ms were a seasonal item. Consumers wanted them year-round. They wouldn't have to wait long.
In February 1987, Mars announced that red M&Ms would be returning to bags of plain and peanut M&Ms. Fiuczynski hadn't forgotten about Hethmon, either. When the news was out, the company sent Hethmon 50 pounds of M&Ms—all of them red.
Mars made another radical change in 1995, replacing tan M&Ms with blue M&Ms. No emotional attachment seemed present there, however, and the change went off without a hitch.
While this might seem like ancient history, quite a few people remember the M&M debacle of the 1980s. On a 2019 episode of the Netflix hit Stranger Things, viewers noticed that the show—which was set in 1985—featured red M&Ms. Maybe they were just holiday leftovers.
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