MosJan

To our Computer Pros – I need help – I’m trying to build a web site whir – Sheet Music – will be posted, tell me haw can I post a sheet music and do I use HTML or PDF ? I have search the net for sites like it, but I can not find anything, if any of you know of anything let me know , thank you Movses

Arpa jan i need help on finding the Armenian name for MUGHAM us in music - thats is Mugham is not Armenian. YelevejaXar - HnchyunaXar - ? chgitem chem karoranum mi konkret mi ban gtnel. Thanks Movses

so no more smoking AA was fine Smoke all you like j/k Ara axper chen tornum eli mez lav zganq.

Flight Plans: Negotiations continue between State airlines and Belgium carrier By Suren Deherian ArmeniaWeek reporter Will VG Airlines fly to Armenia, or will it not? Three weeks ago the answer was yes. Now, things are up in the air as to whether the Belgium carrier will help solve Armenia’s air travel woes. (See related ArmeniaWeek story.) A contract was proffered by VG on April 24 and the Department of Aviation was expected to sign the deal, making it possible for the airline’s Airbus A-330 to offer flights between Yerevan and Los Angeles (via Brussels), beginning May 26. http://www.armeniaweek.com/may172002/photos/vg_1.jpg Now, however, the agreement seems not so certain, as the DoA let the April 29 deadline pass without signing the contract. “The reason why (DoA) refused to sign the contract lies in the fact that the Armenian side wants to research and scrutinize the market more carefully,” said Serge Manoukian, spokesperson for Armenian Airlines (the State airlines). The contract is said to be less complex than the State’s agreement with Airbus Industries, the makers of the A-310 that had engine failure four months ago, requiring repairs that Armenian Airlines couldn’t afford to pay for. Still, officials are cautious and say they are scrutinizing each paragraph. Part of the proposed contract assigns 100 of the A-330’s 240 seats to Armenian Airlines, for which AA would pay $103,000 per round-trip flight. With three flights per week proposed, Manoukian says it isn’t clear if the State airline could bear the $309,000 per week responsibility. Ticket sales would be the primary source of revenue toward paying the obligation. Prices have not been proposed. British Airways, for example, charges from about $1,000 to about $1,200 per round trip flight to LA. “It’s possible that this flight won’t be operated at all if the Armenian side isn’t satisfied with the conditions of the contract,” says Manoukian, adding that negotiations are underway to revise some of the financial conditions. Photo from www.vg.be ©Copyright ArmeniaWeek May 17, 2002. all rights reserved. WWW.ARMENIAWEEK.COM is published by the FOURTH MILLENNIUM SOCIETY, publishers of ARMENIAN INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE. Articles may not be published without prior consent.

Hollywood to Hayastan?: Location and production guide solicits filmmaking By Gayane Abrahamian ArmeniaWeek reporter A newly published directory is intended to entice movie making in Armenia. http://www.armeniaweek.com/may172002/photos/guide_1.jpg The 42-page glossy guide, “Armenia: east meets west” was published by the Armenian Association of Film Critics and Cinema Journalists, with support from the Eurasia Foundation and the United States Agency for International Development. “This is a country where one can see an ancient pagan temple standing close to Christian church. Armenia has everything that is needed for filmmaking,” says Susanna Harutyunian, publication editor. The colorful guide offers information about landscapes, location sites, countryside and information about climate and rainfall. It also lists film production services and technical support, film studios, facilities and personnel. One thousand guides were printed for distribution to filmmakers and, in addition to hundreds of photos of monuments, relics, landscape and people, include information about currency, business, and about rights of foreign citizens, guaranteed by the Armenian legislation. “This book-guide corresponds to all international standards and moreover it’s prepared in more beautiful design and includes more important information,” say IESC executives Frank and Doris Storm Jacoby. “We will spread this with the help of international film commissions.” The guide will be updated once a year, the publishers hope to have an opportunity for making also an Internet website that will provide worldwide access. “If one has a project to shoot a film which has a $10 million budget, it will cost half as much in Armenia,” Harutyunian says. “Also our professionals may be working for that film. This business helps promoting tourism business in Armenia. “We hope that this guide will be the beginning of our further success, thanks to which step by step, the Armenian film industry will prosper.” Photo Cover of the Guide Book ©Copyright ArmeniaWeek May 17, 2002. all rights reserved. WWW.ARMENIAWEEK.COM is published by the FOURTH MILLENNIUM SOCIETY, publishers of ARMENIAN INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE. Articles may not be published without prior consent.

http://www.armeniaweek.com/may172002/photos/ship_3.jpg Ship of Dreams: Devotees revive Armenia’s seafaring tradition By Nara Markossian ArmeniaWeek reporter Like some lost Ark from another age, a wooden ship stands in the center of the busiest traffic roundabout in Yerevan’s central Republic Square. It can not fail to attract the attention of people in the city, who approach it with great interest eager to learn more about this strange new arrival in the capital of the land of Noah. Some joke that one or other government minister has decided to make Noyan Tapan (Noah’s Ark) his latest official transport. Others suggest it is the new symbol of independent Armenia, destined to rise and fall with the fate of the landlocked country. One elderly man Vardges Avanesian, is astonished to see the marooned sailing vessel so reminiscent of the Biblical flood and exclaims: “It’s the end of the world and history is repeating itself.” The amazing ship really is an attempt to repeat history, but of the 13th Century rather than from Noah’s time. It is the product of more than a decade of dreams and devotion by a group of shipbuilders determined to make the voyage of a lifetime. Members of the Ayas Sea Investigations Club have set themselves the task of building an authentic copy of a ship used at the time of the Cilician kingdom, when Armenia bordered the Mediterranean Sea. They hope to take the ship on a journey along the Mediterranean coast, tracing the original trade routes of their 13th Century ancestors, then up around Northern Europe to Amsterdam. Karen Balayan (pictured above and below) is the founder of Ayas (the name comes from the medieval port of Ayas in Cilicia) and the man who has gradually seen his vision of a sailing vessel take shape after 12 years of struggle. “We worked in the different libraries in cities such as Paris, Marseilles, Amsterdam and London to find literature to research the correct size, style and other important details of the ship,” he says. The skeleton of the ship is constructed of oak, which is very sturdy, with a deck made of pine coated in waterproof resin. The ship is 20 meters long, five meters wide, 4.5 meters high and weighs 20 tons. Its mast extends 13 meters into the air and its largest sail is 140 meters long. Two oars help to guide the ship in place of a rudder. It took 12 hours to move the ship from its home in the town of Massis to Yerevan city center about 20 kilometers away. The ship is being displayed in the capital to draw attention to the fact that it will undergo its first “sea” trials in Lake Sevan later this month. A party to celebrate the event is being held in Republic Square on May 18, sponsored by the Municipality of Yerevan and the Kilikia Beer Company. If the trial proceeds well, Balayan and his crew hope to take the vessel on to the Black Sea to begin their historic voyage in the autumn. They will spend time sailing around Black Sea ports first, and then set out for Amsterdam. “We want to travel along all the sea routes crossed by our ancestors. The conditions of the ship will also be like those on the medieval ships,” says Hmaiak Tarachian, vice- president of Ayas. “In Oxford we found an astrolabe with Armenian letters. With its help we will travel during the night using the stars for direction.” The team plans to keep all the maritime traditions when they launch their ship. A bottle will be thrown into the sea containing the name of the ship and the seafarers, along with a message of friendship to those who find it. The name of the ship will be given only after the ship enters Lake Sevan – right now, it has no name and Balayan will not reveal it because sailors believe it is bad luck. The boat also will have its godmother who will bless its journey – the widow of a friend will perform the ceremony. About $100,000 has been spent on the construction, all of it raised a little at a time by the 15 members of the club. It has not been decided how many of them will go to sea with the ship – but, as with ancient tradition, there will be no women. During the party, organizers plan to show a film on the construction of the ship. A stage has been set up for a concert, which will include a performance of a song written specially for the ship – Hope Sails. “Since he was a boy, Karen was always crazy about building ships. At that time he built little sailboats. He was a great master,” says theater director Ara Ernjekian, who is coordinating the event. “And at last he has built a big real ship. It was his dream and it is coming true.” Photos by Karen Minasian ©Copyright ArmeniaWeek May 17, 2002. all rights reserved. WWW.ARMENIAWEEK.COM is published by the FOURTH MILLENNIUM SOCIETY, publishers of ARMENIAN INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE. Articles may not be published without prior consent. http://www.armeniaweek.com/may172002/photos/picoftheweek_l.jpg http://www.armeniaweek.com/may172002/photos/ship_1_s.jpg http://www.armeniaweek.com/may172002/photos/ship_2.jpg

http://www.armeniaweek.com/may172002/photos/jewelry_1_s.jpg Bright Business: Prospects sparkle for jewelry industry during trade show By Haykaz Baghian and Narine Khachatrian ArmeniaWeek business reporters The “Goldsmith-2002” jewelry exposition/sale, May 10-14 in Yerevan, was a bright example that Armenian jewelers survived the jewelry market crises of last fall’s economic downturn. “The global changes and intensifying pressure of competition forced all the producers to get rid of the habitual stereotypes and organize more effective production,” said Hratch Kaspar, coordinator of the Armenian Jewelry Association. “Simultaneously they managed to diversify the product range, update marketing strategies, as well as approaches to advertising policy and promotion.” http://www.armeniaweek.com/may172002/photos/jewelry_2_s.jpg Jewelry production in Armenia in 2001 more than doubled the amounts of the 1990s, according to Emil Grigorian, chairman of the Association of Goldsmiths and Jewelers. And, in the first quarter of this year, Armenia has exported $40 million worth of diamonds and $5 million worth of gold, up 30 percent over the first quarter of last year. Last year’s increase in production and export follows three years in which the industry has seen significant growth. Armenia’s recent reputation as a stable and successful industry has contributed to an increase in jewelry and diamonds investment, including world cartel De Beers, Israeli corporation Lev Leviev Diamonds and Frank Muller of Switzerland. The number of contracts concluded during the exposition reached $12 million, up 12 percent from last year. The exposition is in its fifth year. The exposition brought together more than 50 companies in jewelry and related industries. In addition to neighboring countries of Georgia and Turkey, other participants included Russia and Ukraine, France, Italy, Spain, Uzbekistan and Japan. Dalloz, a world leader in the production of automated and machined faced synthetic stones and cubic zirconium, was awarded first prize for the best exhibition. Georgian National Mint, the only jewelry plant in Georgia, participated in the fair for the second time and signed five contracts during the first day, said Jemal Tsamaladze, company manager. The company purchased sapphires, rubies and amethysts in Armenia. The Uzbek, Khunarmand and Association of craftsmen of Bukhara’s province brought to Yerevan only gold woven robes and rugs. High customs-tariffs of Uzbekistan prevented them from broader demonstration of Uzbek craftsmen pieces. The Ukrainian jewelers are also facing taxation problems in their country. Because of high tariffs, the Kiev jewelry plant has to sell gold of 585 alloys for at least $20 per gram, losing some clients. In Armenia it got a chance to sell the same amount for $14, due to a more demanding market and taxation laws that are more favorable to the industry. Adamas Jewelry Group, one of the largest jewelry manufacturers in Russia, presented a wide variety of machine-processed gold chains, jewelry articles made of gold and platinum of various colors and diamonds complemented with natural precious, semiprecious and artificial stones. Adamas is the only company in Russia, which has 700 large wholesale partners, and customers in all major cities in the country and a large network of private outlets. Experts emphasized the importance of trade houses participating in such expositions and say it is significant that Cemes, the largest trade house in Russia participated in the Yerevan show even though few dealers (compared to the variety of products) participated. The most varied collections were presented by Armenian jewelers, including YJP, which exports widely to the US, Middle East and in the Commonwealth of Independent States. The 50-year old company has been refurbished and has tripled its output in the past three years and now employs 2000. Grigorian, president of YJP, was awarded the Anania Shirakatsi medal for his great contribution in the development of the industry. http://www.armeniaweek.com/may172002/photos/jewelry_3_s.jpg “The exhibition showed that the Armenian jewelers can be sure of the direction they’ve chosen,” said Ashot Shahnazarian, the Deputy Minister of Trade and Economic Development of Armenia. Photos by Karen Minasian ©Copyright ArmeniaWeek May 17, 2002. all rights reserved. WWW.ARMENIAWEEK.COM is published by the FOURTH MILLENNIUM SOCIETY, publishers of ARMENIAN INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE. Articles may not be published without prior consent.

PERFORMERS SHOULD BE CULTIVATED MUSICIANS Levon Chilingarian was born in Cyprus of Armenian parents. He was introduced to music from a very early age through his pianist mother and violinist great uncle who became his first teacher. Upon immigration to London in 1960, Levon Chilingarian began studies at the Royal College of Music where he is now a professor and the Chilingarian Quartet is in residence. His long-standing partnership with pianist Clifford Benson was launched by winning the first prize in the 1969 BBC Beethoven Competition, followed by the Munich Duo first prize in 1971. Drawn to the chamber music repertoire, he formed the Chilingarian Quartet in 1971, which has gone on to become one of the world's most celebrated ensembles. As a soloist, he has performed with many different orchestras and has recently become the musical director of a Swedish string ensemble, The Camerata Roman. In January 2000.Levon Chilingarian was awarded the OBE for his "services to music". He is now in Armenia. Two years ago the first All-Armenian Chilingarian Competition for violin, viola and violoncello was organized in Yerevan. The idea was his. It proved to be very successful and the second competition was held six months ago. “By organizing these competition in Armenia I was pursuing two goals-to draw the professional musicians’ attention to large-scale musical ensembles, which I think should not be rendered to oblivion. This is important for raising both musicians’ and the country’s cultural image. The second important goal is to promote the development of ensemble music. There exists a high level school of musicians-performers in Armenia, but the knowledge and skills should be perfected constantly. He says that another his goal is to help most gifted Armenian musicians, which is being done through the competition bearing his name. By Tamar Hovanesian © Copyright AZG

ANKARA PROCLAIMED 17 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS ENEMIES 16.05.2002 /PanARMENIAN.Net/ Ankara have proclaimed the list of international organizations "Turkey's enemies". As "Arminfo" agency reports with reference to "Millet" Turkish newspaper, 17 well known organizations are included in the list. "The black list" was issued after the "Reporters without boarders " international journalist organization published its "list of press enemies in the world" in which the name of the head of the general headquarters of Turkey's armed forces Hussein Kivrikoghlu was mentioned. In response, Ankara prepared its list in which "Reporters without boarders" organization is the first, followed by the following organizations: "Doctors without boarders", "Union of Orthodox churches", "Union of European Churches", "Committee of Assyrian movement", "Helsinki committee" (Denmark), "Group of Kurd relations" (Great Britain), "Armenian cultural center" (Switzerland), "Organization of Kurd consent" (Scandinavian countries), "World federation of mayors" and others. All these organizations, according to Kivrikoghli, assist the terrorist organizations struggling against Turkey's political system. Reproduction in full or in part is prohibited without reference to "PanARMENIAN.Net"

ARMENIAN CITIZEN REACHES EVEREST SUMMIT ALONE 17.05.2002 /PanARMENIAN.Net/ Citizen of Armenia Igor Khalatian climbed the highest mount of the world Everest. As "Arminfo" reports, Igor Khalatian, a programmer residing in American State New-Jersey, has become the second after Lev Sarkisov, Armenian, to reach the summit of the highest mount of the world. He started the climb March 20 and finished it May 16. Reproduction in full or in part is prohibited without reference to "PanARMENIAN.Net"

KREMLIN "BLESSES" KRASNODAR TERRITORY LEADERSHIP'S ETHNIC PURGE 17.05.2002 /PanARMENIAN.Net/ The other day Russian President Vladimir Putin and Krasnodar Territory's governor Aleksander Tkachev signed a document according to which, the agreement on separation of authorities of federal and territorial bodies of the state power is recognized invalid. This means the settlement of all the issues regarding the migration problems is passed to the terms of reference of the regional leadership. Several commentators, commenting the news, come to the conclusion that the Kremlin, in essence, has blessed the ethnic purge carried out by the territorial administration. The indirect support to Tkachev's actions from the direction of the federal authorities has brought to that the governor has let himself state about his unwillingness to meet with the Armenian parliamentary delegation members that should have left for Krasnodar May 15 in order to clear up the current situation regarding the threat of the resettlement of Armenians from the territory. It should be reminded that the Kuban leadership suggested to "postponing the visit terms of the parliamentary delegation since the Territory's leadership does not have time to meet with the delegation members". Reproduction in full or in part is prohibited without reference to "PanARMENIAN.Net"

TURKEY HAS STRICT CONDITIONS FOR ARMENIA, STIPULATING DIPLOMATIC RELATION ESTABLISHMENT WITH THEIR FULFILLMENT 17.05.2002 /PanARMENIAN.Net/ Turkish foreign minister Ismail Cem has laid down a number of strict, prior conditions before Armenia for the diplomatic relation establishment and the transport blockade raising. As "Arminfo" agency reports with reference to "Khyuriet" newspaper issued in Ankara, at the Reykjavik meeting of foreign ministers of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Turkey, Ismail Cem stated Armenia would have to meet four necessary conditions. First of all, Yerevan, according to him, has to give up the political idea of genocide realizing that only historians should study this issue. The Turkish side also demanded to withdraw the Armenian constitution's terms somehow or other concerned with territorial claims regarding Turkey. According to the Turkish foreign minister, Armenia has to liberate the "occupied" territories and to create "a security corridor" between Azerbaijan and Nakhichevan. At the same time Ismail Cem drew Armenia's attention to the fact that Turkey is the OSCE Minsk group member and intends to "assist" in the process of Nagorno-Artsax conflict settlement. According to him, after the September 11 terrorist act in the USA, "the situation in Nagorno Artsax has taken on special significance". The Turkish foreign minister expressed hope for the expansion of NATO antiterrorism action, in which Turkey is taking part, to the Caucasus territory. Reproduction in full or in part is prohibited without reference to "PanARMENIAN.Net"

Che Boghos jan annang ch@ llar:) tun Tram@ dur menq gitenq te inch gnenq:) Anang che m@ tun Barerar menaq al pan m@ gnenq YAlla Bohos jan qani m@ milyon PM @ere desnanq inch bid @enenq.

Boghos jan Axper@s, Tsavt tanem just haw wealthy are you can you help:) me to open a On-Line-Museum i will nam it after our good friends, Boghos jan i will name a Strret after you, a city, a cassino, Boghos jan TSavt tanem Tolk to me Boghos jan it's just a joke

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LET US ERECT A MONUMENT ON BORDER Turkish Hurriyet quotes in its May 12 issue the Armenian Patriarch of Istanbul Mesrop Mutafian as saying that “ The Bible says that when there arises a problem it should be resolved as soon as possible so that not to serve as an occasion for speculations. There is one unresolved problem. Instead of giving it different names let us embark on a dialogue. We, Turkish Armenians, are between two fires. We are simultaneously Turks and Armenians, we love both Turks and Armenians, and our culture is both Turkish and Armenian. Let us erect on the Turkish-Armenian border a monument so that all could visit it, lay flowers on it, let us share bread and salt.” The daily Hurriyet does not elaborate on why Mutafian suggests erecting the monument on the border. The Turkish Daily News, the English language daily based in Istanbul, also referred to Patriarch Mutafian in its May 13 article. “ Turkish foreign ministry has reportedly prepared an "action plan" for removing the genocide claims from the agenda in December 2000. The meeting of the National Security Council in November 2000 has reportedly discussed ways to progress ties between Yerevan and Ankara. Government then had a distanced position for the action plan, which based on three main parameters to improve relations with Armenia step by step. Main concern of the government was a possible Azerbaijani reaction. The focus would be on the improvement of bilateral economic ties and the support for Armenian Patriarch Mutafian, as well as the solution of the problems of Armenians living in Turkey.” By Tatoul Hagobian

I have been falwing this story for over a year, at first I did not believe that this will ever happen:) just like always:) but the last 2 months has been fool of surprises, and this evening Armenian H1 TV had a 5 minuet program, I so the think in Sevan lake  it was cool  Good thinks do happen time to time [ May 16, 2002, 01:27 AM: Message edited by: MosJan ]

Ya before I forget, it will also be paying for the shopping center project that will be in beatwin KArapi Lij and Hraparak,

What I understand from the H1 TV is that 20m is not spend on the glass museum only, 95% this money will be spend on finishing the Cascade project and on the buildings + Market Places + Streets +. So it’s not only the glass museum. us for the glass museum:) do we need one ? i do not know, can we use one , yes we can it's not duing anything bad - so it must be good somthing new. Movses

Arpajan – it’s a good idea  but do you think that turky will let Armenia or Armenians make a single $ ? Turkey has been trying to close every single door in front of Armenia. For over 10 years the borders of turkey have been closed for Armenia – we call it - Blockade - : I would like to bee bit more optimistic on this issues but I still believe that turkey and Armenia have long ways to go before reaching some sort of FRENDLY relations. Again it's a good idea. lets see what hapens. Movses

i was - a year a go, it will be ok, one day, Jamanak@ k@ga, mi or!!!

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cool staf in 30-40 more days it' s will be $350-$400:) He ha Cool i love it

Bravo you to have a good point, and I will join your opinion. Crying + Nagging + whining + Tsur Viz = ingredients for looser World has had enough of this, it’s time for us to represent our self’s us we are, It’s time for us to stand up and for some of us to face the reality. enough of crying and using a – Chlatsor yerexun Kath chen ta – us a mado. MOvses

Letter - Medea Kalognomos Commemorative program served everyone's ends Local Headlines Letter -- Robert Morrison Letter -- David C. Wilcox Letter -- James B. Weling Letter - Rosaleen Anderson Letter -- Ray Galloway more > I want to express my sincere gratitude to the mayor of the city of Glendale and his leadership for the excellent and thoughtful program on the commemoration of the 87th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Glendale is a better and a closer community today because of the event. The commemoration recognized and validated the deep pain carried by its Armenian citizens, while it educated others about the horrendous crime committed against humanity. The lowering of the flag, urged by some, would not have accomplished the understanding that was created in the community with the crime of genocide and the torturous pain carried in the hearts of the victims and their descendants, as much as did the compassionate, informative and educational commemorative programs. MEDEA KALOGNOMOS Counselor Glendale High School