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In a recent study, healthy people who had one to three cans of an energy drink:
- Changed part of the heart's rhythm that's linked to fainting and sudden cardiac arrest. The change wasn't enough to cause a lot of concern, but it's worth more investigation, researchers said.
- Increased their systolic blood pressure, the top number in a blood pressure reading, by 3.5 points — a concern to researchers.
Energy drinks, which account for nearly half of the international beverage market, contain caffeine. Scientists say if you don't normally drink a lot of caffeine, you may have an exaggerated response. And if you have high blood pressure, a heart rhythm problem or other health concerns, you could have more heart-related side effects from energy drinks.
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New intelligent traffic service combines real-time traffic flow information with advanced routing technology to dynamically avoid traffic congestion and find the fastest route to any destination
September 06, 2010 — Princeton, NJ - ALK Technologies Inc. today launched ActiveTraffic™, a groundbreaking real-time traffic service that integrates dynamic traffic flow information with advanced routing technology to more efficiently guide drivers to their destination. The innovative service is available in ALK's popular CoPilot Live GPS navigation smartphone and iPad apps in the U.S.
CoPilot Live ActiveTraffic uses real-time traffic flow information provided by INRIX, the leading international provider of quality traffic information and driver services in North America, to intelligently calculate the best route to avoid traffic congestion and provide an accurate estimated time of arrival (ETA). It continuously monitors your route for delays as you drive and alerts you if a faster route is available. If a faster route is identified, CoPilot Live will indicate the estimated time you'll save and provide an option to preview the new route.
ActiveTraffic is designed to make even your daily commute more predictable, providing an at-a-glance display of real-time traffic conditions along your route. Sections where traffic is traveling freely are indicated green, those with moderate congestion in yellow and severe congestion in red. CoPilot Live takes all of this information into account to maintain a realistic estimated time of arrival based on actual road conditions.
"ActiveTraffic is a significant enhancement to CoPilot Live and our existing traffic service," said Michael Kornhauser, Managing Director, CoPilot Live at ALK Technologies. "With our uniquely integrated connection to INRIX's high-quality dynamic traffic information, drivers can be assured they are taking the best route to their destination—one that is based on actual real-time road conditions and not an incident reported a half hour ago. It's a breakthrough technology that has the potential to dramatically improve a user's driving experience."
INRIX ensures drivers receive the most current information on local traffic conditions through its Smart Driver Network that includes a mix of consumer vehicles and commercial fleets – the majority of which provide continuous real-time speed and location reports to INRIX every minute for an average of 7 hours per day, per vehicle. The result is a service that updates traffic information to drivers every minute ensuring they always know the best route, expected travel time and ETA for any destination.
"INRIX traffic information makes navigation more useful every day," said INRIX Senior Vice President of Business Development Kush Parikh. "Whether commuting to work, running errands across town or traveling cross-country, CoPilot Live with ActiveTraffic is a must have app for anyone who wants to save time, money and travel hassle-free everywhere they go."
New and existing CoPilot Live v8 Android, iPhone, iPad and Windows Mobile customers in the U.S. will have the opportunity to try ActiveTraffic with a 14 day free trial and then buy a subscription for 12 months use at the special price of $9.99. Current CoPilot Live v8 U.S Traffic subscribers will be upgraded to ActiveTraffic™ free of charge. ActiveTraffic is available immediately for iPhone and will be available for the other platforms the first week of September.
A gallery of images of CoPilot Live ActiveTraffic is available at: CoPilot Live ActiveTraffic Gallery.
For more information about CoPilot Live visit www.copilotlive.com
About ALK Technologies
Since 1979, ALK Technologies has developed innovative mobile navigation and transportation technology solutions. ALK's award-winning CoPilot Live GPS software is the navigation based services platform of choice for mobile operators, hardware OEMs and systems integrators globally. ALK's PC*MILER routing, mileage and mapping solutions are used by over 22,000 transportation, logistics and manufacturing companies worldwide. For more information on ALK Technologies, visit: www.alk.com or www.alk.eu.com.
You can also follow CoPilot Live online: Twitter, CoPilot Live blog, Facebook, YouTube, and Flickr.
About INRIX
INRIX® is a leading provider of highly accurate traffic and driver services, with more than 100 customers and industry partners including the Ford Motor Company, MapQuest, Microsoft, ALK, TeleNav, I-95 Corridor Coalition, Tele Atlas, deCarta, TCS, Telmap, ANWB and ADAC.
INRIX Traffic Services leverage sophisticated statistical analysis techniques, originally developed by Microsoft Research, to aggregate and enhance traffic-related information from hundreds of public and private sources, including traditional road sensors and the company's unique network of over 2.5 million GPS-enabled vehicles and mobile devices. INRIX delivers real-time and historical traffic information today for 20 countries across North America and Europe. To experience the traffic technology revolution behind the next generation of navigation and location-based service applications, visit www.INRIX.com or follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/INRIX.
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READ about Piers Morgan's long career in journalism here.
As Friday represents the precise six month mark since the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, this evening Piers Morgan welcomes Harry Connick Jr., a man with a deeply personal connection to the tragedy.
A three-time Grammy Award winner, Connick Jr. lives in Connecticut, and tonight he reveals how he learned about the events in Newtown, and how they touched him directly:
"I was actually watching CNN when it was going down. And I was watching the journalists in front of the school and I saw a familiar face walk behind her. And I told my wife, I paused it. I said 'That's Jimmy.' And she came in and we were both horrified - came to find out that he had lost his little girl," shares the father of three. "Some time passed. I had been in communication with Jimmy and was profoundly saddened myself by it and wrote a song ['Love Wins'], basically honoring Ana Grace [Marquez-Greene], but, also the idea of ultimately no matter the tragedy, love is going to conquer."
Joining "Piers Morgan Live" for a primetime exclusive, the 45-year-old singer and actor opens up about the conversations he's shared with his grieving bandmate:
"I've spoken to him a lot about it. And I said that he has inspired me to rekindle the notion that I'm going to be with my mom again. I really believe that I'm going to be with my mom if I do things right on Earth, you know, I'll be with her in heaven," he says, referencing his late mother who passed away when he was a teenager. "And Ana is up there right now. And we just need to hold on very tightly to one another and get through this life as best as we can."
Tune in this evening at 9 for the full interview with Harry Connick Jr., as the men discuss the guest's newest album, about which the host admits he's looking forward to listening to while lounging around the pool in Los Angeles.
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There is a lot of hype when it comes to people being citizens of the US. Some of us have been wondering if Justin Bieber applied for citizenship. With him getting into the news lately with his idiocy. He should be deported back to Canada, before he has the chance to cause more trouble, or does (more) damage, be it to himself, others, or this country. The US doesn't need any more bad rap. J.G.
Bright eyes black,brown,blues,green and hazel too, little headsturned towards heaven togetherand they passed through. Little friends their hands enterwined encircled by the angels, who will love and guide them through to eternity
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Main story OK,but not as pertinent as 'Bald Eagle Turning Into Firebird'
written for Newtown.
Twenty Candles
Bald Eagle Turning Into Firebird
I see a bird rising,
firebird,glowing above the embers,
the NRA,Congress,preponderance of guns
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For New England.
I haven't forgotten you.
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An effective & efficient bristle brush attachment.
Designed to fit Husqvarna's 129LK, 525LK and 535LK, this bristle brush attachment benefits from a 60 cm working width, allowing it to easily remove dirt from paths, driveways and in deep grooves.
The guard is included and the shaft has a diameter of 24 mm.
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Therma Skirt Urban LT Range
ThermaSkirt in a nutshell:
- ThermaSkirt replaces the skirting boards and heating system in one convenient, cost-effective package
- Made from an energy efficient aluminium alloy that emits heat 5 x better than steel
- Connects onto existing 2 pipe radiator heating system, with minimal modification
- Has the hot water feed and return pipes 'moulded' in so the whole front gets warm
- The Oval pipes not only make it slim, but improve efficiency & performance
- Heats up quickly like a radiator, but feels like under floor heating when on
- Works with conventional heat sources such as boilers and renewables such as heat pumps and solar thermal
- Has a complete range of solutions for bridging doorways and fireplaces, obstacles and openings, bi-fold doors and staircases
- Is green deal and RHI approved
- Ideal for being retro fitted to modern and older buildings
Therma Skirt Urban LT has the benifts of having a Super slim 20mm profile up to 6 metres (19' 8") long, matches typical skirting dimensions , 150mm/6'' high profile a really clever hidden rear fixing and removable/trimmable cable cover/bottom trim and can be supplied in 7 colours & finishes.
Therma Skirt is:
- Typically 13% better than radiators on conventional heating systems, and up to 25% on renewables
- RHI & Green Deal Compatible – enables renewables to be installed in existing buildings. (Winner at the National Heat Pump Awards 2012)
- Response times of a radiator, avoiding the over-heating problems of UFH
- Low water content – typically 1/2 to 1/3rd of a radiator, maximising the CoP of heat pumps etc.
- Rapid room heating – only on when required, and off when not
- All the heat into the room and not into the floor slab or structure
- Unaffected by the choice of floor covering, maximising performance
- All around radiant heat – no cooling convection currents and poor heat distribution
ThermaSkirt can help reduce your energy consumption, and thus your carbon footprint, inline with the government's publication: "Code for Sustainable Homes - Technical Guide".
"The Thermal comfort temperature pictures show that model 3 (ThermaSkirt®) has the most uniform distribution and the most acceptable level amongst all situations".
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Taken from BSRIA independent tests, these temperature distribution videos demonstrate perfectly why ThermaSkirt uses less energy to make you feel comfortable.
ThermaSkirt is a skirting board heating system that is designed to be discrete but provide a good quaility space heating in any room in the house and has also been used in public hospitals and care homes due to its thermal capacity and space saveing qualitys.
ThermaSkirt is a good option for people looking to retro fit there current homes due to its convience and the fact it runs on the same pipes as most radiators so it is a easy fitting job.
ThermaSkirt is RHI (Renewable Heat Incentive) accepted and is also covered by the green deal for its radient heating and can be installed green deal approved installers.
Note the temperature graph that aqua green is around 21°C, and dark blue 15°C. Note the consistency and even heat distribution achieved by ThermaSkirt compared to radiators – whether under a window or on an internal wall.
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Good duck hunting still ahead; goose seasons extend into February
Avid Kansas waterfowl hunters never worry about the post-holiday blues. For them, January and February mean some of the best hunting of the year. Late-migrating mallards are often abundant when shallow waters freeze, and mallards concentrate on rivers and reservoirs. In much of the state, the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) has established a Jan. 17-25 duck season, so hunters can take advantage of this late migration.
The Jan. 17-25 duck season runs in the High Plains Zone (west of U.S. Highway 283) and the Late Zone (most of eastern and central Kansas). To view a map of duck zone boundaries, click here, or download a copy of the 2008 Kansas Hunting and Furharvesting Regulations Summary, available here. Printed copies are available at most KDWP offices or other places where licenses are sold.
Ducks aren't the only waterfowl abundant in mid- to late winter. Geese are plentiful at this time of year, too. Canada goose season runs through Feb. 15 statewide. White-fronted goose season is currently closed, but it re-opens Feb. 7-15. Light geese (Ross', snow, and blue) may be hunted through April 30.
As of Jan. 13 the reported number of waterfowl in Kansas included 672,000 geese and 117,000 ducks statewide, but those numbers vary greatly depending on weather.
Currently, the top three areas for geese are Quivira National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) with 152,000; Webster WA with 20,000; and Glen Elder Wildlife Area (WA) with 18,000. (Cheyenne Bottoms WA reports fluctuations of 30,000-300,000 geese.) The top three areas for ducks are Glen Elder WA with 89,000; Neosho WA with 15,000; and Webster WA with 10,000. (These numbers are approximate and can fluctuate daily.) Other areas are holding solid duck numbers; check the nearest KDWP office for the latest information.
Hunters should be aware that these numbers can change dramatically in a short period of time. Waterfowl may move on, and many areas of the state are experiencing frigid temperatures that may freeze over some lakes. Be sure to check the updated waterfowl reports on the KDWP website before planning a hunt.
All waterfowl hunters 16 and older must have a federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp, and all hunters who are required to obtain a license must also have a Kansas State Waterfowl Habitat Stamp and a Harvest Information Program (HIP) stamp before attempting to take ducks and geese. (Those not required to have a Kansas hunting license include people hunting their own land and residents 15 and younger or 65 and older.)
Waterfowl and HIP stamps purchased during the fall 2008 seasons are valid through the winter and spring of 2009.


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Neuroendocrine tumors found in the pancreas are slow-growing and rare. It is estimated that there are fewer than 1,000 new cases in the United States each year.
"Patients with this cancer have few effective treatment options," said Richard Pazdur, M.D., director of the Office of Oncology Drug Products in the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. "Afinitor has demonstrated the ability to slow the growth and spread of neuroendocrine tumors of the pancreas."
The safety and effectiveness of Afinitor was established a clinical trial in 410 patients with metastatic (late-stage) or locally advanced (disease that could not be removed with surgery) disease. Patients in the study were selected to receive Afinitor or placebo (sugar pill). The trial was designed to measure the length of time a patient lived before their disease spread or worsened (progression-free survival).
In patients treated with Afinitor, the median length of time they lived without the cancer spreading or worsening was 11 months compared with 4.6 months in patients who received placebo. Patients who received placebo were able to receive Afinitor if their disease worsened.
In patients treated with Afinitor for neuroendocrine pancreatic tumors, the most commonly reported side effects included inflammation of the mouth (stomatitis), rash, diarrhea, fatigue, swelling (edema), stomach (abdominal) pain, nausea, fever, and headache.
Afinitor is also approved to treat patients with kidney cancer (advanced renal cell carcinoma) after they fail treatment with Sutent (sunitinib) or Nexavar (sorafenib); and patients with subependymal giant cell astrocytoma (a type of brain cancer) associated with tuberous sclerosis (a disease that causes tumors in various parts of the body), who cannot be treated by surgery.
Afinitor has another trade name, Zortress, and is approved to treat certain adult patients to prevent organ rejection after a kidney transplant. Zortress has a different safety profile in these patients.
Afinitor is marketed by East Hanover, N.J.-based Novartis.
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University of Arkansas study shows more jobs created in NW Arkansas in 2013 than national average
Study predicts more job creation in 2014
A new study from the University of Arkansas indicates the state saw fewer jobs created in 2013 compared to the national average -- except the river valley and northwest Arkansas areas.
Besides the river valley and northwest Arkansas, the study shows the workforce has been shrinking in Arkansas during the past two years.
The study shows Northwest Arkansas, however, created more jobs in 2013 than the national average.
City leaders said seven new companies opened their doors last year, and they're not the only businesses creating jobs.
"We've added jobs," said Bill McQuade, who owns Happy Tails with his wife in Fort Smith, Fayetteville and Van Buren. "We've opened a store in the last two years in Fayetteville, and we now have four new employees up there. Here since 2008, we've probably added three employees here."
McQuade said keeping small businesses growing is tough, but essential to the community.
"We have to try to predict what's coming," McQuade said. "We have to know what our product is."
While Arkansas may have seen fewer jobs created overall, the state's unemployment rate of 6.9 percent is down from its peak of 9 percent during the height of the recession.
The University of Arkansas study predicts more job creation in Northwest Arkansas in 2014.


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The Undergraduate Assembly has been found to have violated the University's Antihazing and Alcohol and Drug policies, the UA's executive board announced in a statement Saturday evening.
In late October 2011, UA President and Engineering and Wharton senior Tyler Ernst referred the UA to Penn's administration and the Office of Student Conduct. He said he asked the OSC to "look into" allegations of hazing that took place during a new member initiation event earlier that month.
The UA's executive board learned of the investigation's findings within the last week, Ernst added.
In its investigation, the OSC found no single member to be guilty of hazing or alcohol policy violations, but rather the whole UA body.
The Penn community was alerted to the hazing allegations in a Daily Pennsylvanianguest column published on Nov. 3 by College senior and former elected UA member Mo Shahin.
Though Shahin did not personally attend the events in question last October, he wrote that he learned from fellow UA members that "this year's festivities included a scavenger hunt, blindfolds, pledge names, multiple drinks in rapid succession and being tied to a chair, yelled at and locked in a small closet with other freshmen."
While the OSC's investigation affirmed the existence of a scavenger hunt with blindfolds — along with "quizzing new members on parliamentary procedure" and "verbal confrontation" — it cleared the UA of allegations related to "forced consumption of alcohol and the binding of students to chairs," according to the statement.
"I trust that the UA members and the UA have learned from this experience and more fully value the privilege and responsibility of student leadership," Executive Director of the Office of Student Affairs Karu Kozuma wrote in an statement.
Kozuma wrote that he was unable to provide details about the UA investigation. He also declined to answer specific questions.
"As a University community, we take allegations of hazing by any students or student groups extremely seriously," Kozuma wrote in the statement. "Hazing is inconsistent with the goals and purposes of the University and, in accordance with state law, is explicitly forbidden."
The consequences
While Wharton senior and UA Vice President Faye Cheng declined to say how many of the UA's new members attended the October event, she added that "not all eight" of the freshmen representatives were present.
As a result of the OSC's conclusions, the UA will be required to participate in educational sessions on alcohol and hazing.
One goal of these workshops — which will be specifically tailored to the UA — is to reset the norms of the organization, Ernst said.
"We'll be asking who thought this was hazing, who thought it wasn't, giving members an opportunity to debate it amongst themselves," he said.
While all other elected UA members will be required to participate in the anti-hazing and alcohol education programming, the eight freshman UA members — as well as associate members — will not have to attend.
In addition, according to the statement, the UA will also have to "join other campus partners to help lead and support efforts to educate students and the Penn community about hazing and alcohol," as well as "submit any plans for programs or events involving welcoming or educating new members to the OSA for consultation and approval."
Mixed reactions
Some UA members have expressed concern that the OSC's corrective measures will apply to the entire UA body.
"The executive board should have been held more accountable because they are the ones who plan these hazing events," said College sophomore Ernest Owens, a UA representative and Daily Pennsylvanian columnist. "Why is it that the whole general body has to go through these alcohol seminars? Everyone has to take time out of their day to become educated on the hazing and alcohol policies, when most of us did not even participate."
The UA's executive board consists of the positions of president, vice president, treasurer, speaker and secretary.
On Nov. 3 — the same day that Shahin's piece ran — Owens wrote an accompanying column in which he addressed October's new member event, as well as a similar event that allegedly occurred in Oct. 2010.
Though Cheng acknowledged that the executive board is "definitely the leadership of the organization [and is] held to a higher standard for that reason," she said it made sense for the entire UA to be held accountable.
"This was an event that was planned by multiple members of the body," she said. "I wouldn't say that there's any one person planning-wise who could take all the credit or burden."
Ernst added that, when he informed non-executive members of the UA of the OSC's decision at a retreat on Saturday, everyone "took it very maturely, and was quick to reaffirm their confidence in us."
For UA Speaker and College senior Cynthia Ip, however, the fact that the initiation activities were considered hazing was unexpected.
"I [had] never heard of people being uncomfortable with the initiation event on the UA until the DP columns," Ip said. "If I had, we would not have done the initiation at all. It was a surprise for all of us."
Cheng, though, acknowledged that she "can definitely see why there would be elements [of the events in question] that would make people uncomfortable."
Looking back, looking forward
Though Shahin said he raised individual concerns about the UA's new member events with the executive board in October — as well as with the OSA — some freshmen who attended offered different accounts of what happened.
When Shahin reached out to members of the executive board, he said he received a response along the lines of "it's not your concern — this is the executive board's concern."
Wharton freshman and UA representative Christian Cortes, who participated in October's event, said that "in no way were my individual rights compromised." He added that he is thankful that "the punishment was not as bad as it could have been."
"Obviously there is reason for the investigation, but from my personal opinion, we're just paying for the academic consequences," Cortes said. "In the more moral sense, it's not fair to the UA because hazing occurs in other organizations on campus."
When other student groups are found guilty of hazing, they risk losing funding from the Student Activities Council, University recognition and the use of campus facilities, according to the University's anti-hazing regulations.
The UA, however, is in a unique situation, because it receives its funding from Penn's Board of Trustees, and allocates a significant portion of those funds to SAC.
"Even though our organization might not be fully deserving of the punishment, it sets a precedent and a warning to outside organizations that hazing is unacceptable," said UA representative and College freshman Willie Stern, a former Daily Pennsylvanian contributing writer. "Any organization that put its freshman members in jeopardy will face the consequences."
UA Treasurer and College junior Jake Shuster added that, looking forward, the UA will reconsider how it welcomes new members.
College and Wharton sophomore Abe Sutton, the UA's academic affairs director, agreed, adding that he "believes 100 percent that the UA initiation process will change as a result of these findings."
College sophomore Dan Bernick — a former Daily Pennsylvanian columnist and current Civic and Philadelphia engagement director of the UA — sees the workshops as "a way for the UA to learn about alternatives to hazing."
"Moving forward, as an organization we should look for more ways for having programming without antagonizing or objectifying [new members] or making them feel uncomfortable in any way," Cheng added. "It is a challenge for all of us moving forward, on how to bring benefit to new members without costs. And the costs can be very great."
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Darien's Brian Cashman, Yankees' GM, to rappel building in Stamford's Heights and Lights event
STAMFORD -- It appears New York Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman isn't afraid of heights.
The Stamford Downtown Special Services District has announced Cashman will join this year's Heights and Lights event as a celebrity guest elf, accompanying Santa Claus on a 22-floor rappel the Landmark Building.
"Brian Cashman will be there with smiles and his Yankee jacket, rappelling," said Sandy Goldstein, director of the DSSD.
Santa Claus is rarely unaccompanied in his acrobatic 350-foot descent down the side of the Landmark Building, a Stamford tradition.
While the man in red is often escorted by the Grinch and Rudolph, this is the first time a member of the Yankees franchise is to take the plunge.
Cashman, who lives in Darien, mentioned at a DSSD fundraiser this summer that he would be interested in participating, Goldstein said.
"He mentioned something about wanting to rappel," she said. "What could be better than having a star rappel?"
Cashman began working for the New York Yankees in 1986 as an intern. In 1998 he succeeded Bob Watson as senior vice president and general manager. During Cashman's tenure as a club executive, the Yankees have won six American League pennants and four World Series championships.
The Yankees general manager will warm up for the weekend's rappel at a rehearsal Friday morning, Goldstein said. Rick Reichmuth, weather anchor from Fox Channel 5, will also take a trip down the side of the Landmark building during rehearsal.
Santa and Cashman will kick off the holiday season in Stamford Sunday, when they step off the Landmark building's ledge at 4:30 p.m. Music performed by local students and a fireworks display will accompany the rappel.
The DSSD is keeping the details of Cashman's elf costume under wraps for now.
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World's most ancient Armenian Church in Iran
Posted 05 July 2013 - 02:24 PM
July 3 2013
World's most ancient Armenian Church in Iran
TEHRAN (ISNA)- The oldest Armenian church known as Saint Thaddeus
Monastery or Kara Kilise (The Black Church) is located in Chaldoran
district, West Azerbaijan Province, northwestern Iran, and will host
Eucharist ceremonies for three days from Thursday.
It is an ancient Armenian monastery located in the mountainous area of
Iran, about 20 kilometers from the town of Maku.
The monastery is visible from a distance because of the massiveness of
the church, strongly characterized by the polygonal drums and conical
roofs of its two domes. There are several chapels nearby: three on the
hills east of the stream, one approximately 3km south of the monastery
on the road to Bastam, and another that serves as the church for the
village of Ghara-Kilise.
One of the 12 Apostles, St. Thaddeus, also known as Saint Jude, (not
to be confused with Judas Iscariot), was martyred while spreading the
Gospel. He is revered as an apostle of the Armenian Apostolic Church.
Legend has it that a church dedicated to him was first built on the
present site in AD 68.
Not much appears to remain of the original church, which was
extensively rebuilt in 1329 after an earthquake damaged the structure
in 1319. Nevertheless, some of the parts surrounding the altar apse
date from the 10th century.
Most of the present structure dates from the early 19th century when
Qajar prince Abbas Mirza helped in renovations and repairs. The 19th
century additions are from carved sandstone. The earliest parts are of
black and white stone, hence its Turkic name Kara Kilise, the Black
A fortified wall surrounds the church and its now-abandoned monastery buildings.
In July 2008, the St. Thaddeus monastery was added to UNESCO's World
Heritage List, along with two other Armenian monuments located in the
same province: Saint Stepanos Monastery and the chapel of Dzordzor.
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July 28 2016
Qara Kelisa, the feast of St Thaddeus of the Armenians in the oldest church in the world
Located in northwestern Iran, on the border with Azerbaijan and Turkey, the monastery was built, according to tradition, in 68 AD after the martyrdom of the Apostle of Christ. Hundreds of Armenians from Iran and Armenia gather each July to baptise their children, as well as eat and sing together.
Jul 28, 2016
MAKU: Hundreds of Assyrians, Armenians and Catholics from Iran and other countries are expected to travel to the monastery of Saint Thaddeus (also called Qara Kelisa) to honour the saint's memory and celebrate for a few days in late July.
The place of worship is one of the oldest surviving Christian monuments and is located in Iran's West Azerbaijan Province, some 20 kilometres form Maku, near the border with Azerbaijan and Turkey.
According to tradition, Qara Kelisa is the first church built in the world, by Saint Thaddeus the Apostle during his visit to Armenia and the Persian Empire (45 AD).
The saint converted King Abgar V of Edessa, but in the 66 AD, his son, Ananum, sentenced him to death. Sandokht, daughter of the king converted to Christianity, was martyred along with Thaddeus. According to legend, the church was dedicated to the saint in 68 AD.
Every year, in the second half of July, the local Church organises special events to commemorate the death of Saint Thaddeus and his fellow Christians.
The festivity is especially important for Armenians living in Iran. For a whole week, people from cities such as Tabriz, Urmia, Tehran, Isfahan and Qazvin, converge on Qara Kelisa, in groups and families.
The rituals include the baptism of children and youngsters, who can wait in some cases up to the age of 20 before receiving the chrism in the oldest church in the world with solemn promises.
For many Armenians, the festival is also an opportunity to take a holiday and visit distant relatives. Near the church, feasts and banquets are held with traditional songs and dances.
The church consists of two parts: a black structure (the original structure was black, and Qara means black in Turkish), and a white structure, the main church, which was added to the original building's western wing in 1810.
Not much appears to remain of the original church, which was extensively rebuilt in 1329 after an earthquake damaged the structure.
Nevertheless, some of the parts surrounding the altar apse date from the 10th century. A great part of the church was destroyed in the year 1230 during the attack of Genghis Khan.--Asia News
Posted 04 January 2017 - 11:37 AM
Mar Yohannan, Assyrian, near Gawilan. ( Heleen Murre-van den Berg) Unknown to most visitors to Iran, unknown also to many Iranians, the country harbors a rich heritage of Christian sites. Except for a few notable exceptions, these churches and graveyards so far have attracted relatively little attention and most are not included in the standard tourist trajectories. Assyrian and Armenian churches throughout the country witness to the varied and complex history of Christianity in Iran, but many of these churches are in bad repair, with little opportunities for the Christians who take care of them to find the necessary funds.
Among the exceptions are a few Armenian churches and monastic complexes in the northwest of the country, which in 2008 have been included in the UNESCO world heritage list: Kara Kilisi or St. Thaddeus near Chaldiran, Saint Stepanos near Julfa, and the Chapel of Dzordzor (or Mary Mother of God) on the Zangmar River. While there is more to wish for, these are generally in a good state, with the necessary repairs and more fundamental renovations going on. These churches mostly have their origin the Middle Ages, and constitute an impressive witness to Armenian religious culture throughout the centuries. Until today, these churches are part of the Armenian religious landscape, with visitors coming not only to admire the beautiful sculptures and architectural harmonies of the complexes, but also to venerate the places as witnesses to the Armenian religious tradition and as wellsprings of religious blessing.
Interior Mar Thoma, Assyrian Church, Balulan. ( Heleen Murre-van den Berg)
Best known among the Armenian sites of course is the Vank Cathedral complex in New Julfa, Isfahan, that is open to all visitors as part of the Armenian museum complex. Its spectacular interior, with its wonderful mix of western and eastern styles, oil paintings and ceramics, was designed and executed mostly by local Armenian artists in the second half of the seventeenth century, being inspired by a wide range of local, regional and European esthetics. This complex, like those in the north, is fairly well endowed and in good repair. The majority of Armenian churches throughout the country, however, struggle to make ends meet. Over the last century and into the twenty-first, the traditional Christian communities gradually diminished through emigration, its tempo accelerating after the Islamic Revolution. Though Armenian communities are still present in most major Iranian cities, with vibrant centers in Tehran and Isfahan, especially the maintenance of historic churches is difficult, the more so because of strict regulations that make it near impossible for emigrants outside the country to contribute substantially.
Mart Maryam, Catholic Assyrian/Chaldean, Gawilan. ( Heleen Murre-van den Berg)
The Assyrian churches of Azerbaijan make a much more humble witnesses to a long history of Christian presence in the region. While there is a number of larger and more modern Chaldean and Assyrian churches in Tehran and Isfahan, mostly built in the 1950s and 1960s, the older Assyrian churches of the Urmia region testify to this church long history in Iran, even if the churches of the Iranian center (which we know of from written sources) have all disappeared. Though for most churches it is impossible to say when exactly they were built, it is likely that they go back at least to the twelfth and thirteenth centuries but may well be much older. Most of the churches do not have dedicatory inscriptions -- if they have, they usually refer to a renewal rather than establishment of the church. Over the centuries, the Assyrian Church of the East became restrained (up to the point of being aniconic at times) in using icons in church, and usually are modest and sober in their interiors. Today, they are no longer regularly used for worship, but with the help of local gatekeepers, mostly members of Kurdish families, sometimes of the last remaining Christians in a village, the churches are often visited and maintained as good as possible. Graveyards, sometimes also the gravestones in the church yards, constitute yet another moving testimony to the history of the Assyrian, Chaldean and Armenian churches in the region.
Posted 03 December 2017 - 08:58 AM
Alternatively known as Qareh Klise (meaning black church), the property presents important vestiges of Armenian culture in the region.
Together with St. Stepanos Monastery and the Chapel of Dzordzor, Qareh Klise was placed on the UNESCO World Heritage list in 2008 under the name "Armenian Monastic Ensembles of Iran".
All the three sites are located in West Azarbaijan Province and are of high significance from both historical and cultural perspectives. They bear credible testimony to interchanges with the ancient regional societies in particular the Byzantine, Orthodox and Persian.
UNESCO experts say these edifices are examples of outstanding universal value of the Armenian architectural and decorative traditions.
Narratives say Qareh Klise was built as a memorial to Judas Thaddeus, who traveled to Mesopotamia and Persia as one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus.
Splendid outside, yet quite plain indoor, the monastery shows off elaborate bas-reliefs of flowers, animals and human figures on its façade and exterior walls. It bears verses of Old and New Testament in Armenian calligraphy as well.
The church has largely been underwent stages of renovation projects, notably following an earthquake in 1319 CE, and later in the early 19th century upon the order of Qajar prince Abbas Mirza.
St. Thaddeus has always been a place of high spiritual value for Christians and other inhabitants in the region. Every summer, it hosts gatherings of pilgrims coming from Iran and Armenia to observe special religious ceremonies such as Holy Communion and baptism.
Source: Tehran Times
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Posted 04 July 2019 - 09:15 AM
TEHRAN – Hundreds of Christian worshippers are getting prepared to head for St. Thaddeus to observe a religious ceremony passed down from generation to generation.
For the 65th consecutive year, pilgrims from Iran, Armenia, Syria, Lebanon, the Netherlands, France, Austria, Germany, Canada and some other countries get together, this year from July 25 to 27, to observe a ceremony called Badarak in one of the world's oldest monasteries.
Attendees commemorate the martyrdom of St. Thaddeus, one of the twelve disciples killed while he was preaching the Gospel. The legend says, a church dedicated to him was first built in 68 CE where Qareh Klise is standing.
The festivity is of high importance for Iranian-Armenians who mostly come from the cities of Tabriz, Urmia, Tehran, Isfahan and Qazvin, to stage the reunion in groups and families. It also provides them opportunity to go on holiday and visit distant relatives.
Baptism of children and youngsters along with performances of traditional songs and dances are amongst highlights the event.
Also known as the Qareh Klise ("the Black Church"), the church is one of the oldest surviving Christian monuments in the country. It is situated in West Azarbaijan province, some 20 kilometers form Maku, adjacent to the borders of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Turkey.
The ancient Church shows off elaborate bas-reliefs of flowers, animals and human figures on its façade and exterior walls. It bears verses of Old and New Testament in Armenian calligraphy as well.
Together with St. Stepanos Monastery and the Chapel of Dzordzor, Qareh Klise was placed on the UNESCO World Heritage list in 2008 under the name "Armenian Monastic Ensembles of Iran".
All the three sites are located in West Azarbaijan and are of high significance from historical and cultural perspectives. They bear credible testimony to interchanges with the ancient regional societies in particular the Byzantine, Orthodox and Persian.
UNESCO says that the churches bear examples of outstanding universal value of the Armenian architectural and decorative traditions.
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) _ Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin writes in a new memoir that he was the only one to understand how to recover from Hurricane Katrina, and that he endured plots against him and incompetence around him as he set his plan in motion.
That and more is in the recently self-published memoir from Nagin, who was mayor before, during and after the Aug. 29, 2005, storm that flooded 80 percent of the city and took more than 1,700 lives.
Nagin writes in "Katrina's Secrets: Storms After the Storm'' that he was the only one who understood the storm's dangers and tried to get people out of harm's way before it struck. After the storm, his one-page plan to get citizens back to a restored New Orleans disappeared, likely taken by someone who wanted to write a book, Nagin writes.
These and other claims in the book are not documented, and he writes of things "becoming apparent to him'' or being guided by gut feelings. The book was not independently fact-checked because it was self-published.
He publicly contradicted Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco, President George W. Bush and U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, a move that he writes left him fearing for his life.
"I had a target on my back as the guy who stood in the way of their vision of a new New Orleans where mint juleps would once again be the drink of choice in a bleached, adult Disney World-like city,'' he writes.
Katrina left entire areas wiped out, buildings off their foundations, electricity gone, and residents stranded in attics. Conditions were so bad Nagin ordered the city emptied of people. Many poor people worried they would not be able to return, fearing others would seize the chance to get rid of low-income, crime-ridden areas.
And, Nagin writes, the rumors of plots against the city's blacks were true.
Nagin discusses conspiracy theories and "shadow governments'' aimed at undermining him, including "men dressed in black combat outfits and adorned in bulletproof vest, rifles, and leg straps holding at least two very large handguns each,'' storming into a meeting and saying they were there to protect the mayor. Another involves others running suspicious wires from the roof of the Hyatt Regency Hotel, where Nagin was holed up, around the door to his suite.
The most prevalent conspiracy theory, however, is that racial prejudice was behind many of the blunders and problems after the storm. Nagin writes that New Orleans was a majority black city before Katrina, and that a group of white residents was determined to change that.
While in Dallas shortly after the storm, Nagin met with a group of white businessmen, with a lone black man among them, that was determined to "keep certain residents out and to shut down parts of New Orleans forever.'' Yet Nagin appointed the leader those businessmen to his 17-member "Bring New Orleans Back Committee.''
Nagin said he was chosen by God to lead the city out of the storm. God also answered Nagin's prayers by sending a brief rain shower to cool the people packed for days into the Superdome after the hurricane, preventing a potential riot, he said.
Many of Nagin's claims are startling to those who stayed through the storm and were involved in the decisions he claims to have made.
The ex-mayor, who has set up a business in disaster consulting, writes that he urged everyone to leave the city before the storm hit. He also asked churches and neighbors to take those who were sick or could not afford to evacuate. And finally he provided city buses to take people to the Superdome _ the so-called shelter of last resort.
The city "planned for food and water to sustain up to twenty-five thousand sheltered people for three days,'' Nagin writes.
But Doug Thornton, vice president of SMG, the company that manages the Superdome, said there were no plans before the storm to use the stadium as a general shelter. It could be used, he said, to house people with medical needs.
"On the Saturday night before Katrina we got the official notice that he was thinking of opening the Superdome as a shelter for the general population,'' Thornton said. The storm hit before dawn that Monday.
Thornton said he had called Nagin's CEO, Charles Rice, in January 2005 to propose storing portable toilets, cots and other supplies, as well as raising the generator to protect it from flooding. He said he got only an informal reply saying there was no money.
Nagin also claims that an effort by some residents to leave the city by walking over the Mississippi River Bridge and out through Jefferson Parish, only to be rebuffed by gun-wielding police, was actually part of a "freedom march'' designed to go to the governor's mansion in Baton Rouge to call attention to the city's plight.
Nagin said he and Lt. Gen. Russel Honore, who was brought in to oversee the post-Katrina evacuations and clean up, planned the march only to have it stymied when Blanco's office leaked word of it to parish officials. However, Honore said he recalled no such conversation.
"The only discussion I remember was about having the people march through a shopping center to reach the buses,'' Honore said. "Anything else was never on my scope.''
Nagin writes that Blanco did not quickly respond to his requests because she wanted revenge for him backing her opponent during the election, and that she was engaged in a power struggle with the president.
"It is unbelievably ridiculous that he should suggest political conflict would ever limit my efforts to rescue hurricane victims in distress,'' Blanco said in a statement. "Mr. Nagin's self-imposed isolation and refusal to communicate in the most critical hours and days after the storm apparently caused him to dream up false conspiracies.''
Nagin also singles out President Bush's post-storm speech from Jackson Square, saying he was surprised it would be given at night because there was no electricity in the city's French Quarter neighborhood.
But by speech time, the area had been spruced up and well-lit, he said.
"It was now fully illustrated that when they put their mind to it they could do anything, including making a dead city look magically alive,'' Nagin writes.
Jason Recher, a Bush assistant who helped arrange the speech, said Nagin was enthusiastic about the site when it was proposed, saying it would be good to show the world the entire city had not been wiped out.
"I think the only intention in picking that location was to show a part of the city that survived, a landmark,'' Recher said. "And it was enthusiastically approved by the mayor beforehand.''


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LAS VEGAS--Intel came clean today about the power efficiency for the new Ivy Bridge chips announced at CES on Monday.
At its CES event, Intel claimed that new power-frugal Y series Ivy Bridge processors were rated at 7 watts -- a remarkable feat on its face, as that's 10 watts less than standard low-power Ivy Bridge chips rated at 17 watts.
It turns out, Intel did some fancy marketing footwork in order to claim the 7-watt rating, as Ars Technica pointed out.
Below is Intel's statement provided to CNET. The operative phrase is: "The TDP of the Y-processors is 13W." So, by Intel's historical power rating standard (TDP, short for thermal design power), the chips are actually 13 watts not 7. According to Intel:
Scenario design power (SDP) is an additional thermal reference point meant to represent mainstream touch-first usages. It balances performance and mobility across PC and tablet workloads to extend capabilities into thin, thermally-constrained designs.
The Mobile Y-processors have multiple design points providing maximum design flexibility for our customers to continue to push the envelope in terms of form factor innovation. The TDP of the Y-processors is 13W which is a 24 percent reduction from TDP of our lowest 3rd gen Intel Core processors today. In addition to the TDP reduction, the Y-processors also have an additional thermal reference point, namely scenario design power (SDP), which provides a balance of performance vs. design power for mainstream touch-first usages and operates at 7W.
This statement also calls into question whether the next-generation Haswell processors will use the new SDP rating and not the more traditional TDP yardstick. Intel has been saying that Haswell will be rated below 10 watts too.
Intel obviously feels compelled to use a new power rating standard to better reflect power efficiency. The confusion is rooted in the lack of consistency.