Author: Jagharian Tania

HENRIK MKHITARYAN’S TEAM PLAYED STOPPAGE TIME, AVOIDING DEFEAT

PanARMENIAN.Net
21.08.2009 11:43 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The first matches of European League’s third
play-off round were held on August 20. In one of them, Donetk’s
Metallurg played 2:2 with Vienna’s Austria, winning back two goals.

The first goal was beaten by guest team. During the 7th minute,
Milenko Achimovich beat a direct goal to the nearest top corner. At the
17th minute, Donetsk’s team won back the goal. Mario Serjio Kingsli
beat a goal with his head to a distant top corner from a 12m. flank
position. During the 48th minute, Austrians were again in leading
position, due to a goal beaten by Sanni Eke Kingsli. Only in stoppage
time added by umpire, did Donetsk players save the match. Velizar
Dmitrov hit the ball to the nearest corner of Austrians’ gate.

Two teams’ fate will be determined during return match due in Vienna
on August 27.

THE GOAL IS NOT THE POST

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16:58:45 – 18/08/2009

Interview By Siranuish Papyan

Ara Petrosyan, artist, member of the Art Lab, has had the show "Spatial
Expansion", participated in the show "Resistance" following March 1.

In your opinion, what is the intelligentsia and what is the civil
stance of the intelligentsia today?

First of all, I should say that I do not accept and understand the term
"intelligentsia". I read this question in your interviews and I tried
to answer it. I think this is nonsense we inherited from totalitarian
systems, such as Tsarist Russia or the Soviet Union. And we must rid
of this nonsense as soon as possible. I will try to explain why it
is nonsense. When we say intelligentsia, the impression is that the
society has a class which is self-sufficient, which has bright thoughts
and clean hands, but the reality is different. There is no such class
as the intelligentsia in Armenia or elsewhere. Certainly, there are
people who have the ability to think but there are such people in
every sphere of life. There are a lot of people who think they have
the right to be called the intelligentsia but these people do not
have independent thinking, the ability, wish and "risk" to express
ideas. And the only reason to call these people the intelligentsia
is their university diplomas or degrees which have no importance to
me. For me as a citizen their civil stance is interesting. I measure
a person with this measurement. If you want to make sure whether
the given person is intelligentsia or not, you should recall the
public speeches of the person over the past year. For me, there is
only one measurement of the intelligentsia, the civil stance which
is expressed publicly. If the given person has not expressed publicly
their opinion on March 1, the political prisoners, other urgent issues,
that kind of the intelligentsia does not exist for me. In this sense,
there is no term "the intelligentsia", or there are no people who
deserve being called the intelligentsia, people with ideas.

When you say public speeches of the past year, do you mean after
March 1? Did it become clear to you after March 1 that there is no
such class at that moment?

Simply after March 1 everything became clear. Generally, I think March
1 was the de facto establishment of the modern history of Armenia, the
third republic, and the society decided that after this establishment
it is possible to see how the person behaved. I do not mean that the
person should have stood beside me in the rallies and marches. The
problem is the stance of that person because if he thinks that he has
a stance and he thinks that what he is saying is important to someone,
he must say what happened in reality. And we all know what happened,
how it happened.

What happened on March 1?

To put it figuratively, March 1 was the end of tolerance because the
elections of 2008 were not the first rigged elections. There had been
rigged elections in 1995, 1998, but March 1 was the end of tolerating
falsehood which had been lasting since 1995.

You say since 1995 but at that time Levon Ter-Petrosyan was in office,
and now it is the continuation of the mechanism he set up. Do you
believe that if Levon Ter-Petrosyan comes to power, this problem will
be solved, and the elections will be free?

First of all, a person cannot be crossed out if that person makes
a mistake. To err is human, and those who do nothing do not err. If
you remember, Levon Ter-Petrosyan marked his return to politics by
apologizing to people. It means in the past ten years this person
re-evaluated what he did, and in what he did there are more good
things than bad things. I admit that those elections were rigged, and
by the way I was among the persons who attacked the National Assembly.

Does it mean that if this government apologizes several years later,
we are ready to forgive them?

I am not ready. The only thing I was displeased with this man was
the elections of 1996, which I forgave him because he admitted his
mistake. Levon Ter-Petrosyan said I had fetched them, and I am here to
clear them away. I want to be the tool in this process of clearing. And
this government cannot be forgiven for March 1.

Do you believe in early presidential elections?

Nothing should be ruled out, and I think everything is headed for
it, there will be early elections. Six months earlier or later does
not matter. At least I am convinced that the person who took up the
presidential office in the presidential election 2008 will not remain
till the end of his term as provided by the Constitution.

Why, because he has no power?

No, there is physical power but time shows that it can have the effect
of a boomerang. The problem is resources, the world felt what kind
of a person it deals with and is playing the game. Now that all the
internal resources have expired, and he is trying to fill in the gap
through outside forces, he fails.

Do you think that if Levon Ter-Petrosyan comes to power, a lot of
problems of our society will be solved?

Even if you have smashed the egg, you must be careful to make an
omelet, smashing the egg is not enough. Of course, there will be
a psychological wakening because the grain and the chaff have been
separated, and now the chaff cannot reach its aim and continue what
it fought against. Simply it is necessary to keep the finger on the
"remote controller" and uproot all the authoritarian inclinations
which are typical of all the countries, especially young states.

Now the Armenian National Congress seems to have adopted the
Constitutional way, and on this way the society seems to be
disappointed, they say the ANC is growing weaker. What is your opinion
as someone inside? Is it true?

No, the ANC is not weakening, simply as Ter-Petrosyan said in one of
the rallies, it is not important to stand up, it is important to stay
on foot. When you go to those rallies and marches, you think it will be
followed by a stage of actions, and you are disappointed when you are
told the next rally is in four months. However, time showed that this
is the right way rather than illogical, meaningless confrontation. I
think Levon Ter-Petrosyan’s advantage is that he teaches the so-called
"hotheaded" ones (and I am one of them) that one must be patient,
and the goal now is not to seize the post, the goal is to have an
irretrievable victory. In other words, to rule out further attempts at
ruling out authoritarianism in Armenia. Many people say after February
26 Ter-Petrosyan should have taken the post but I think that Levon was
right to avoid clashes. If we forget that there would have been more
victims, victory won in that way would be the victory of violence,
and it would not lead the society anywhere. And next time people would
again gather at 26 Baghramyan Street and we would appear in circle,
the mop would take the chair every time, meanwhile the goal is not
to seize the chair but to be elected to that chair.

And the ANC is not weakening, it is slowly and heavily moving on.

GOVERNMENT TO ENSURE FINANCIAL STABILITY IN ENERGY SPHERE

ARMENPRESS
Aug 20, 2009

YEREVAN, AUGUST 20, ARMENPRESS: Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan
suggested today at the session of the government that a protocol
statement be adopted to ensure financial stability in the energy sphere
"not letting increase of electricity tariffs for consumers".

"It is necessary to close the financial gap on the account of state
enterprises functioning in the sphere, particularly – Vorotan Hydro
Power Plant, Yerevan Thermo Power Plant," Tigran Sargsyan said. He
tasked Energy and Natural Resources Minister Armen Movsisyan and
Chairman of the Public Service Regulatory Commission Robert Nazaryan
to work in the mentioned direction for ensuring financial stability
of the system.

At the session the government also decided to make changes in the
time of construction of Meghri Hydro Power Plant agreed with the
inner political situation in Iran. "The suggested change is a direct
necessity as the government in Iran has not been formed yet and
there is no opportunity to work with them fully," Energy and Natural
Resources Minister.

STILL A LONG WAY TO GO

Sin Chew Jit Poh
2009-08-20 12:14

If it is already our common consensus that Malaysia is a
multi-racial country, then we must agree that the country has to
show multi-elements: multi-cultures, multi-educations, multi-economy
and multi-politics.

It is inevitable to have stronger and weaker groups among
diversity. Thus, policies to help the weaker group are indeed necessary
in certain historical period.

But the problem is, they always exceed the proper limits in righting
a wrong, making the acts to help the weaker racial group to turn out
as the acts of pressuring other racial groups. Eventually, it leads to
polarisation, resulting in mutual suspicions, distrust and exclusion
among racial groups.

Contradictions and conflicts brought by racial group-oriented policies
can always be seen and it is already an undeniable and unavoidable
fact.

There has never been true equality in human society from the times
of feudal empire until today.

After the First World War, many nation-states were formed but the
struggles among racial groups have never stopped. Instead, there is
a tendency of getting worse.

After the racial riot in Xinjiang last month, Turkey’s Prime Minister
Recep Tayyip Erdogan described it as genocide for Muslim Uighurs. But
in history, Armenians, who had lived in Turkey for centuries, were
expelled when Turkey was transforming from an empire to a modern
country. It was a true tragedy of genocide.

Similar examples can also be found in other nation-states. The word
of "threat" has become the byword to "rationalise" their uncivilised
acts. For example, Armenians were expelled as they were seen as the
potential threat for the Muslim Turkish Ottoman Empire. As for Jews,
they were killed as they were seen by Hitler as a threat to the purity
of Aryan Germans.

Today, there is the rise of "region-state" under the irresistible
trend of globalisation. It seems to have challenging the old idea of
nationalism, as well as the status of nation-states. But many ruling
classes are still surviving on the symbol of "nation" or those who wish
to seize power still refuse to give it up as their weapon. In order
to extend or to seize power, the simplest way would be to constantly
create divergence, split and fear among different racial groups,
making a polarisation in the country.

>From this point of view, the "One Malaysia" concept is good. But the
condition is, "one" is no referring to monopoly, but the unity of
diversity instead. It is a progress to drop the column in official
forms that require race information. But the key is to abolish racist
policies in order to remove the root of polarisation.

It is still a long way to go. We need to put in more efforts if
we wish to create new history other than in terms of ideology and
racial identity!

CRASH: BELAVIA CRJ100 AT YEREVAN ON FEB 14TH 2008, WING TIP STRIKE DURING TAKEOFF
By Simon Hradecky

The Aviation Herald

Tuesday, Aug 18th 2009 22:28Z

Theoretic and actual lift curves (Graphics: MAK)

The Russian Interstate Aviation Committee (MAK) have released their
final report in Russian concluding, that the most probable cause
of the crash was: – the asymmetric loss of aerodynamics properties
of the wing during takeoff, which resulted in stalling the aircraft
immediately after liftoff, the left wing contacting the runway and
the subsequent destruction and fire.

– The reason for the loss of aerodynamics properties of the wing in
the current weather conditions was frost contaminating the surfaces
of the wings. The cause of the frost contamination was, most likely,
the temperature difference of air and cold fuel in the tanks.

– Takeoff below the recommended safe speed for contaminated wings
aggravated the situation.

– The current standard procedures to examine the aerodynamic surfaces
before departure, along with the inefficiency, can not fully guarantee
the preventions of similiar accidents during takeoff in the future
because of the high sensitivity of the wing, that does not permit
even a slight contamination of the leading edge.

– Deicing of the wings as required by an Airworthiness Directive by
Transport Canada (Canada’s Civil Aviation Authority) in the actual
weather conditions released after another similiar accident most
likely could have prevented the accident.

The airplane, a Canadair CRJ-100LR registration EW-101PJ, had arrived
at Yerevan 2 hours before scheduled departure and was now preparing
for departure as flight B2-1834 from Yerevan (Armenia) to Minsk 2
(Belarus) with 18 passengers and 3 crew. 2200 liters (1802kg) of
Jet-A-1 fuel were added to the tanks, refueling was done in automatic
mode 25 minutes after landing. Due to reported reducing visibility
at the main alternate airport the crew decided to add another 400
liters of fuel about 30 minutes later during flight preparation.

The first officer – not the pilot in command although required in
weather conditions, that are suspectible to frost contamination –
performed the preflight check of the aircraft about 15 minutes after
landing (and before refueling) and found all aerodynamics surfaces
clean and dry by visual inspection as well as by touching the surfaces
with the palm of his hand.

The weather at the time was: winds from 110 degrees at 2 knots,
visibility 3500 meters (11500 feet) in light haze, clouds overcast at
2600 feet, scattered at 9800 feet, temperature -3 degrees Centigrade,
dew point -4 degrees centigrade and QNH 1019 hPa.

The crew computed V1 at 137, Vr at 139 and V2 at 145 knots.

After engine start the crew activated the anti-ice systems of the
engines, the wing anti-ice systems were not activated.

The airplane banked progressively left after liftoff until the left
wing touched the ground with the airplane veering left of the runway,
rolled right separating the right hand wing, crossed the runway
rolling on its back and disintegrated coming to rest right of the
runway. Leaking fuel triggered a ground fire, which was quickly
brought under control by the airport fire fighters. 7 passengers
received serious injuries, the other 11 passengers and the 3 crew
remained unhurt.

The MAK performed a test employing a CRJ-900 registration D-ACKK to
assess the accumulation and freeze of atmosperic moisture with large
temperature differences between the ambient air and the remaining
fuel in the tanks after landing. It was found, that ice accumulated
on the underside of the wing immediately after landing and grew 25
minutes after landing upon refueling. The upper side of the wing
showed dew accumulation after refueling. The fuel temperature at
the time of arrival was measured at -21 degrees Centigrade, before
departure at -12 degrees Centigrade with an ambient temperature of
plus 8 degrees Centigrade.

At the time of the accident it can be assumed, that the temperature
of the fuel in EW-101PJ never got above -12 degrees Centigrade with
an ambient temperature of -3 degrees.

First impact mark of left wing (Photo: MAK):

Tracks to the left of the runway (Photo: MAK):

Track across the runway (Photo: MAK):

By Simon Hradecky, created Wednesday, Jun 24th 2009 16:26Z, last
updated Wednesday, Jun 24th 2009 16:38Z The General Director of
Belavia reported today in a press conference, that the airplane
took off without having been de-iced. However, it has not yet been
determined, whether there had been ice accretion on the wings.

Ground personnel had recommended to de-ice the aircraft three times
before departure, the crew however assessed based on temperature,
humidity, dew point, the existing de-icing system of the aircraft
and other factors, that de-icing fluid was not needed. The airplane
reached a height of 13-16 feet, when the left wing struck the ground
and the airplane rolled inverted.

He continued, that the manufacturer of the aircraft did not complete
a system to protect the aircraft from icing.

The de-icing fluid including application, which could have saved the
airplane, would have cost 600 US$, but now the plane is lost. "Aviation
Law is written in blood", he said.

The final report has not yet been released.

By Simon Hradecky, created Thursday, Feb 14th 2008 13:27Z, last
updated Thursday, Feb 14th 2008 13:27Z

By Simon Hradecky, created Thursday, Feb 14th 2008 13:24Z, last
updated Thursday, Feb 14th 2008 13:24Z Weather Data at the time of the
accident: MET UDYZ 140800Z 00000MPS 3500 -SN BR BKN020 M02/M05 Q1018
09190060 NOSIG= MET UDYZ 140730Z 19001MPS 3500 -SN BR BKN016 M03/M05
Q1018 09190060 NOSIG= MET UDYZ 140700Z 00000MPS 3500 -SN BR BKN016
M03/M05 Q1018 09010070 NOSIG= TAF UDYZ 140750Z 140918 VRB02MPS 3500
BR SCT015 SCT100 TEMPO 0918 1000 SN OVC008= TAF UDYZ 140450Z 140606
VRB02MPS 2000 BR SCT010 BKN100 TEMPO 0618 23006MPS 0600 SN OVC004
BECMG 1415 1000 BR TEMPO 1806 0200 SN FZFG VV001= First picture of
the crashed plane:

By Simon Hradecky, created Thursday, Feb 14th 2008 07:08Z, last updated
Thursday, Feb 14th 2008 07:08Z A Belavia CRJ-100, registration EW-101PJ
performing flight B2-1834 from Yerevan to Minsk with 18 passengers and
3 crew, crashed on takeoff after a wing tip reportedly contacted the
runway surface. After the wing tip strike the aircraft Russian Media
report the airplane to have tumbled, departed the runway, turned over
and broken in two parts. Thanks to quick reaction by rescue forces
all people on board were recovered before the airplane exploded. All
people survived, 4 were sent to hospital, the others treated on scene.

HACKERS GO ON ATTACKING ARMENIAN WEB SITES

armradio.am
18.08.2009 16:44

A new wave of hacker attacks was recently launched against Armenian Web
sites. While trying to open some of them, users encounter messages by
"Iraqi hackers" – such is the nickname of the trespassers who left
their contacts and a warning.

Hackers have this time targeted the Web sites of RA Agriculture and
Urban Development Ministries. Earlier, they had attacked the sites
of RA Football Federation, Diaspora Ministry and BTA Bank. Some of
the damaged sites were restored to normal operation.

Attacked by hackers Saturday, Iran’s Armenian Diaspora Web site (www.

iranahayer.com) contains a statement saying that hackers did not
manage to completely damage the Web page and deleted only recent news
and comments.

Site administration reports it will post the news again but will not
manage to restore deleted comments.

Earlier, Web site was reported to be inaccessible
because of some technical problems which were shortly after eliminated
by specialists. Later, it became known that hackers had managed
to damage the site’s post service, thus gaining access to ministry
staff’s mail correspondence.

VAHAN SHIRKHANYAN: SHORTAGE OF JUSTICE IS THE CAUSE OF ALL MISFORTUNES OF ARMENIAN PEOPLE

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
14.08.2009 16:39 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenian society and government must unite, Vahan
Shirkhanyan , member of the Hnchak Social Democratic Party of Armenia
told reporters.

According to him, there is no justice in the country, this is the main
cause of all disagreement within the country. Particularly because
of this, in Mr. Shirkhanyan’s opinion, Armenia couldn’t not settle
problems of Armenian-Turkish relations and the Karabakh conflict.

Mr. Shirkhanyan also noted that the government should create a
"spiritual" atmosphere in the society to consolidate the nation. All
actions of government are based only on their interests rather than
the interests of the Armenian society, "- said Vahan Shirkhanyan.

ARTIST EMIL KAZAZ WANTS TO TRANSFORM YEREVAN AND GUMRI

il-kazaz-wants-to-transform-yerevan-and-gumri/
Aug 13th, 2009

YEREVAN -World-renowned Los Angeles-based artist Emil Kazaz has held
meetings with the culture minister and officials in Gumri to discuss
rebuilding an old house in the city and turn into a museum housing
his works, the artist’s wife Mane Hayryan told a press conference
Wednesday.

Kazaz told the officials that his father’s house in Gumri, which was
destroyed during the 1988 earthquake, was the property being eyed
for this project by the artist, who has not been in Armenia since 1986.

Hayryan presented the Gumri municipality two Kazaz paintings. "The
Golden Child of Gumri," which won a prize at the Florence Biennale
and "San Pedro’s Table," which won the coveted Medici prize. Hayryan
also announced the donation of several Kazaz works to the Yerevan
Art Gallery.

"He has decided to get dual citizenship and to make Armenian art
known around the world," added Hayryan.

Kazaz (Manvel Ghazaryan) was born in 1953 in Gumri. He started studying
sculpture when he was 7. He attended the Mercurov art school and
Terlemezyan College of art and the art theater institute. He has been
living in Los Angeles since 1980. He has had exhibitions in Europe,
Asia, Russia, North and South America.

An exhibition of Kazaz’s works will open on Friday in Yerevan,
marking the first time the artist’s works are being shown in Armenia.

PRESS RELEASE
Hayastan All-Armenian Fund
Governmental Buiding 3, Yerevan, RA
Contact: Hasmik Grigoryan
Tel: +(3741) 56 01 06 ext. 105
Fax: +(3741) 52 15 05
E-mail: [email protected]
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14 August, 2009

Hayastan All-Armenian Fund begins reconstruction of Noyemberyan Hospital

Yerevan, August 14 2009 – In July of this year the Hayastan All-Armenian
Fund launched a major development project to rebuild the Noyemberyan
Hospital, in Armenia’s Tavush Region. The initiative is co-sponsored by the
fund’s German, Australian, Swiss, and Lebanese affiliates. Additional
support, in the form of medical equipment, will be provided by the Union of
Armenian Physicians and Healthcare Professionals of Germany.

Currently crews are working on the first phase of the reconstruction
project, demolishing the existing building and laying the foundations of the
future structure, which will comprise an area of 2,600 meters square. Slated
to be completed in the fall of 2010, the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund’s
ambitious initiative will result in an outstanding, state-of-the-art
healthcare facility offering a broad range of medical services.

"I think it’s wonderful that our compatriots in the diaspora continue to
make a concerted and decisive effort in helping secure the ongoing progress
of our homeland, which hinges to a great degree on the physical health of
the Armenian public," said Ara Vardanyan, executive director of the Hayastan
All-Armenian Fund. "The reconstruction of the Noyemberyan Hospital is an
important step toward that goal."

Commenting on the project, Henrik Harutyunyan, chief physician at the
Noyemberyan Hospital, said that the facility serves some 1,400 individuals
per year, admitting patients from not only throughout Tavush but the
neighboring Lori Region as well. Dr. Harutyunyan added that the Noyemberyan
Hospital has long been in a state of disrepair and the need for major
renovations had reached a critical stage. "Thanks to the Hayastan
All-Armenian Fund project, we expect to have a first-class facility," he
said.

Hayastan All Armenian Fund

INTELLECTUAL AND CULTURAL SETBACK IN AZERBAIJAN

NEWS.am
12:03 / 08/11/2009

Azerbaijani website 1news.az raised a concern with intellectual level
of modern Azerbaijani society. The author of article under "Classics
should be read (now and then)…" head, published August 11, states:
"Under Soviet regime Azeris were not the most literate nation of
all Soviet republics. Only Muscovites and intellectuals in regions
were those being in fond of reading and constantly enriching their
library…"

"Under various reasons, like instability in the first years
of Azerbaijan independence, Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict,
Nagorno-Karabakh military conflict, the majority of reading people
left Baku. Due to social-economic problems and shifting priorities,
book is no more a thoughtful gift, as well as library is not host’s
pride," the author asserts, acknowledging that Armenians and Russians
being the intellectual and cultural backbone of Azerbaijani SSR left
Baku and regions under the mentioned circumstances.

The author recalls that within last 70 years Azerbaijani alphabet has
been changed thrice which also impacted the reading circles. "By no
means all could easily adapt to new alphabet and deprive themselves
of a pleasure to read modern literature published in the country,"
the author concludes.

I concur wholeheartedly with the author on uneasy lot of the
nation that lacks alphabetic script due to historical and cultural
setback. However one can argue for the advantages and disadvantages
of the modern Azerbaijani publications – propagandist and agitation
literature, as well as some ‘historical’ piece of writing that are
fully donated by Mehriban Aliyeva’s foundation. Should one read this
stuff? It’s a rhetorical question…

"Another reason for decreasing number of readers after independence is
definitely the advocated switch of political benchmarks. The result –
everything from Turkey is considered right and proper in Azerbaijan,"
the text reads "Russian-speaking mass was replaced by Turkish-speaking
passion". And here the information of Turkish Radical daily (referring
to Independent Trade Union of educators data) is right to the point,
stating that average Turk reads one book in 10-year period. Conclusions
on the prospects of Azerbaijani intellectual growth reading this
statistics inevitably come to mind.