Armenian Eagle

December 17, 2008

Turkish Intellectuals Apologize For Armenian Genocide

Posted at: 9:45 pm by Timothy Haroutunian
Categories: Armenia, Entertainment and News

Turkish intellectuals and academics apologized for the Armenian Genocide that took place in 1915. Now this doesn’t mean that the Turkish nationalists agree and they will recognize it as a genocide tomorrow. In fact, the Turkish nationalists are furious with the group for apologizing to Armenians around the world. However, this is the start of a chain reaction that will hopefully soon turn into a full blown genocide recognition. Many aspects of this issue has changed in the last couple of months.

In April 2008, Serzh Sargsyan took office as the newly elected President of Armenia. In September 2008, Abdullah Gül (President of Turkey) created a serious debate in Turkey because he visited the new President of Armenia during a World Cup qualifying match between the two countries. He was the first Turkish leader to visit bordering Armenia and hoped that it could be the beginning diplomatic normalization. The Turkish border has been closed from Armenia since 1993 and now with the ever changing world, we might see that border open soon.

In October 2007, George Bush (current US President) vetoed the bill that would have recognized the Armenian genocide in the United States because he wanted the Turkish airspace for the Iraq war. Now that Barack Obama is our 44th President, he has openly stated that he will be the President that will recognize the Armenian Genocide.

I believe that many Turkish intellectuals are now realizing that if the US recognizes it on the federal level, there is nothing stopping other countries from following. The Turkish people would deny it as long as the US doesn’t recognize the genocide, but since everything in the world will be changing, they will have to adapt.

Finally, the 1.5 million Armenian-Americans can receive recognition for their family member who were murdered by the Ottoman “Young” Turks in 1915. In my family tree, there are 17 family members who were killed by the Turks in 1915 and only 5 of the survived which included both my great-grandparents.

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November 12, 2008

Will Obama Resolve The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict?

Posted at: 11:25 pm by Timothy Haroutunian
Categories: Armenia

Could Barack Obama figure out a way to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict and promote Armenian security by seeking an end to the Turkish and Azerbaijani blockades.

The Armenian government will seek help from the United States if it is pressured to give up Azerbaijani territories without obtaining guarantees that the Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians will be able to hold a referendum on their future status.

Some experts in Azerbaijan and Armenia believe that Russia might try to secure a substantial military presence in the conflict zone as part of the future peacekeeping force that is to be deployed once a peace agreement is signed. Azerbaijan will most probably seek support from the United States in ensuring that Russian troops do not return to Azerbaijan.

The Georgian experience has demonstrated that once they come, they are unlikely to leave peacefully.

Peace is a good thing between all countries and if Obama can resolve this conflict through politics and not war, I believe that other countries will follow and hopefully find some peace for us Americans. This is something that Obama stated to the Armenian-American community and I believe that he will follow through.

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September 29, 2008

Comstar Completes First WiMAX Network In Armenia

Posted at: 11:47 pm by Timothy Haroutunian
Categories: Armenia

Back in July, Armenia completed a WiMAX network that was carried out by Comstar

The 3.6-3.8 GHz frequency range was allocated for the network on the territory of 9 regions of the Republic of Armenia. The network has a high data transmission capacity and enables the provision of a full range of telecommunications services, such as data transmission, digital telephony, high speed internet access, conference calling, creating virtual private networks (IP VPN), for residential and corporate subscribers. – source

Now when I go back to Armenia, I should have a better internet connection from 2001. It was good that I had internet that the government provided us, it wasn’t much. Armenia is a great country, it just needs a little help financially.

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September 27, 2008

Media Temple Web Hosting, Armenian As A Language

Posted at: 11:30 pm by Timothy Haroutunian
Categories: Armenia, Tech and Web

Yesterday, I saw a tweet from John Resig, creator of jQuery, that stated that he will be moving all of the jQuery files/data to Media Temple. Media Temple is a Tier IV web hosting facility in El Segundo, CA that features one the most advanced technology used for their data center.

The space is in approximately 7,000 square feet currently with room for expansion up to 40,000 square feet. The center is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days per year. On-site armed security is around-the-clock. They monitor the alarm system and security cameras that are on all perimeter points of ingress/egress to the building. Bulletproof security station and shipping/receiving areas with a Biometric security system are also in place. Our personnel require authorized escorted visitations. 24” raised floor manufactured by Maxcess covering every square foot of our cages, MDF and Network Operation Center.

– source

When I was reading up about them, it says:
“English is our primary language. We also speak Spanish, Japanese, Swedish, Korean, Polish, Russian, Romanian, Armenian and a few other languages.” – source

That’s awesome, but out of all the other languages, Italian or German would be next on the list, I would think. It must be since they are located about 30 miles away from Glendale, CA which has the largest concentration of Armenian-American population. Just thought that was pretty funny.

Speaking of jQuery, I am heading to the jQuery Conference in Boston in the am