Happy New Year

Garmin came up with the idea of manufacturing a GPS device specifically meant for the cyclist group. A complete cycling computer that would not only perform the basic functionalities but will be merged with a GPS system so that users are now aware of their exact location and are able to reach the destination safely.

Garmin Edge 705 Cyclist’ Satellite Navigator has the display dimensions of 1.37 x 1.71 inches (2.2-inches); while the device dimensions work out as 5.1 x 10.9 x 2.5 cm and the weight is 104 grams. This sat nav has got an in-built antenna integrated with SiRF Star GPS receiver. It is powered by a rechargeable Lithium-polymer battery which has a battery life of 15 hours.

Garmin Edge 705 Satellite Navigator provides users with the option of storing up-to 100 waypoints and favourites in the system, along with the base-maps. Users can create a simple workout programme by inputting the time and distance as well as create a customised and goal oriented workout programme. It offers Courses feature wherein users can compete against their previous workouts. The in-built timers have an auto-pause and auto-resume feature; this works automatically when the user stops or slows down. This sat nav automatically starts a new lap and can store about 1000 laps in history.

Garmin Edge 705 Waterproof Satellite Navigator is compatible with the Garmin Training Centre software that acts as a personalised trainer; providing users with information on their speed, distance, climb, heart rate against various terrains and elevations. This satellite navigator brings along a Virtual Partner; a digital person against whom users can train and practise. This sat nav has the capability of setting up exercise and rest intervals; it also activates an alarm on reaching the goal or when the time is up. It also has a Speed Cadence sensor that measures the speed and the distance travelled. This satellite navigator comes with an in-built Barometric altimeter for measuring pressure as well as a Heart Rate monitoring function using which it can measure the heart rate at elevations and rugged terrain.

Garmin Edge 705 Satellite Navigator permits the transfer of data between similar units; along with a GPS system with superb features and functionalities users get AC charger, a bike mount, a Heart rate monitor, a speed/cadence sensor, a USB cable and a user friendly start-up guide.

With the market filled with in-car satellite navigators; people may often wonder if there is a satellite navigator for cyclists. The answer is the Garmin Edge 305 Satellite Navigator which has been designed specifically for the cyclists keeping in mind their needs. This GPS system is a bundle of fascinating features packed in a svelte design.

Garmin Edge 305 Cyclist’s Satellite Navigator has the dimension (WxHxD) 4.4 x 9.4 x 2.3 cm and a weight of 88 grams. It has display dimensions of .17 x 1.44 inches (1.86-inches). It has an in-built antenna integrated with high sensitivity SiRF Star GPS receiver. Rechargeable Lithium-ion battery with a battery life of 12 hours is used for powering the device.

Garmin Edge 305 Satellite Navigator provides users with the option of storing up-to 100 waypoints and favourites in the system, however does not provide any base-maps. This sat nav can automatically start a new lap and has a capacity to store about 1000 laps in history. Users can create a simple workout programme by inputting the time and distance or create a customised and goal oriented workout programme. The in-built timers have an auto-pause and auto-resume feature.

Garmin Edge 305 Waterproof Satellite Navigator is compatible with the Garmin Training Centre software that acts as a personalised trainer; providing users with information on their speed, distance, climb, heart rate against various terrains and elevations. It offers Courses feature wherein users can compete against their previous workouts. This sat nav has the capability of setting up exercise and rest intervals; it also activates an alarm on reaching the goal or when the time is up.

Garmin Edge 305 Satellite Navigator brings along a Virtual Partner; a digital person against whom users can train and practise. This GPS system has an in-built Barometric altimeter for measuring pressure as well as a Heart Rate monitoring function using which it can measure the heart rate at elevations and rugged terrain. It also has a Speed Cadence sensor that measures the speed and the distance travelled. Along with such a fantastic satellite navigator users get an AC charger, a bike mount, a Garmin Training Centre CD, a Heart rate monitor, a speed cadence sensor a USB cable and a user friendly start-up guide.

How “Merry Christmas” is said in:

Armenian: Shenoraavor Nor Dari yev Pari Gaghand
Azeri: Tezze Iliniz Yahsi Olsun
Chile: Feliz Navidad
Chinese: (Cantonese) Gun Tso Sun Tan’Gung Haw Sun
Chinese: (Mandarin) Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan (Catonese) Gun Tso Sun Tan’Gung Haw Sun
Danish: Glædelig Jul
English: Merry Christmas
Eskimo: (inupik) Jutdlime pivdluarit ukiortame pivdluaritlo!
Esperanto: Gajan Kristnaskon
Farsi: Cristmas-e-shoma mobarak (کریسمس شما مبارک )
Finnish: Hyvaa joulua
French: Joyeux Noel
Gaelic: Nollaig chridheil agus Bliadhna mhath ùr!
German: Fröhliche Weihnachten
Greek: Kala Christouyenna!
Hindi: Shub Naya Baras (good New Year not Merry Christmas)
Italian: Buone Feste Natalizie
Japanese: Shinnen omedeto. Kurisumasu Omedeto
Latin: Natale hilare et Annum Faustum!
Portuguese: Feliz Natal
Russian: Pozdrevlyayu s prazdnikom Rozhdestva is Novim Godom
Spanish: Feliz Navidad
Turkish: Noeliniz Ve Yeni Yiliniz Kutlu Olsun

The devastating earthquake at Bam, Iran on December 26, 2003 killed more than 43,000 people injured 20,000 and left 60,000 homeless.

The magnitude 6.5 earthquake destroyed the town and the 2000-year-old Arg-e-Bam citadel – one of Iran’s major tourist attractions.

Bam before earthquake

Bam after earthquake

The long term impacts of the earthquake

About Bam

دومین نمایشگاه فروش آثار هنری تهران (آرت اکسپو) دوشنبه دوم دی در تالار وحدت آغاز به کار کرده است . در این نمایشگاه ۱۵۰۰ اثر نقاشی، خوشنویسی، نقاشی‌ خط، مجسمه، عکس و نقاشی‌های قهوه‌خانه ای از  ۷۵۰ هنرمند به نمایش درآمده و ۷۵ گالری هنری هم در این نمایشگاه حضور دارند

قیمت گرانترین اثر نمایشگاه آثار هنری تهران ۴۰ میلیون تومان و ارزانترین آن ۶۰۰ هزار تومان اعلام شده است.  در سال های اخیر برگزاری نمایشگاه های هنری در ایران رونق گرفته و آثار هنرمندان ایرانی نسبت به گذشته با قیمت های بالاتری در داخل و خارج ایران به فروش می رسد. بر اساس توافق انجام شده میان برگزار کنندگان نمایشگاه امسال، بخشی از فروش آثار این نمایشگاه در اختیار صندوق حمایت از کودکان ملل متحد (یونیسف) قرار خواهد گرفت

دومین اکسپوی آثار هنری در تهران تا پانزدهم دی ادامه دارد

This is the most detailed routeable map of Iran available for Garmin GPS devices.

GPS Map of Iran includes:

• Tehran complete street map
• Cinemas
• Hospitals
• Fuel Stations
• Food Restaurants
• Shopping Centers
• Bank / ATM
• Hotels
• Parks
• Airports
• Post Offices

+ Iran complete road map

+ 1 Year Free Update

Compatibility
For use with all Garmin mapping receivers that can be loaded with maps using MapSource® software.

System Requirements
A Windows PC with Garmin Mapsource installed and updated to the latest version.
Update to the latest version of MapSource.

Delivery
After ordering, you will be provided with a link to download the map installation file.

To buy

Shab-e Yaldā or Shab-e Chelleh is an Iranian festival originally celebrated on the Northern Hemisphere’s longest night of the year, that is, on the eve of the Winter Solstice.

The 13th century Iranian poet Sa’di wrote in his Bustan: “The true morning will not come, until the Yalda Night is gone”. Following the Iranian calendar reform of 1925, which pegged some seasonal events to specific days of the calendar, Yalda came to be celebrated on the night before and including the first day of the tenth month (Dey). Subject to seasonal drift, this day may sometimes fall a day before or a day after the actual Winter Solstice.

Following the fall of the Sassanid Empire and the subsequent rise of Islam, the religious significance of the event was lost, and like other Zoroastrian festivals Yalda became a social occasion when family and close friends would get together. Nonetheless, the obligatory serving of fresh fruit during mid-winter is reminiscent of the ancient customs of invoking the divinities to request protection of the winter crop.

يلدا بلندترين شب سال شب تولد مهر …شبي که همه ايرانيان براي استقبال از روشنايي و پيروزي سمبليک اهورا (نور) بر اهريمن (تاريکي) جشن ميگيرند…يکي از قيميترين جشنها در دنيا که زماني از هند تا اروپا رو در بر ميگرفته ولي هم اکنون ايرانيان از معدود ملتهايي هستند که اين شب رو جشن ميگيرند…فرداي يلدا رو ايرانيان دي ناميدند که براي ايرانيان يک ماه سالمان رو تشکيل ميدهد. واژه دي در زبانهاي ديگر هم نفوذ پيدا کرده و روز رو به نام دي نام ميبرند. يلداي خوبي داشته باشيد

The Persian Gulf (Persian: خلیج فارس), in the Southwest Asian region, is an extension of the Indian Ocean located between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula. Historically and commonly known as the Persian Gulf, this body of water is sometimes controversially referred to as the Arabian Gulf by certain Arab countries or simply The Gulf, although neither of the latter two terms are recognized internationally.

The Persian Gulf was a focus of the 1980-88 Iraq-Iran War, in which each side attacked the other’s oil tankers. In 1991, the gulf gave its name to the U.S.-led ejection of Iraqi forces from Kuwait, called the Persian Gulf War or the Gulf War even though most of the action took place on land.

The Achaemenid Empire (Persian: هخامنشیان) or Achaemenid Persian Empire (550–330 BCE) Map

The Persian Gulf is rich with good fishing grounds, extensive coral reefs, and abundant pearl oysters, but its ecology has come under pressure from industrialisation, and in particular, repeated petroleum spillages during recent wars.
This inland sea of some 251,000 km² is connected to the Gulf of Oman in the east by the Strait of Hormuz; and its western end is marked by the major river delta of the Arvand River (Persian: اروندرود) or Shatt al-Arab (Coast/Beach of the Arabs), which carries the waters of the Euphrates and the Tigris.

Its length is 989 kilometres, with Iran occupying most of the northern coast and Saudi Arabia most of the southern coast.
The Persian Gulf is about 56 kilometres wide at its narrowest, in the Strait of Hormuz. The waters are overall very shallow, with a maximum depth of 90 metres and an average depth of 50 metres.

Countries with a coastline on the Persian Gulf are (clockwise, from the north): Iran, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar on a peninsula off the Saudi coast, Bahrain on an island, Kuwait and Iraq in the northwest. Various small islands lie within the Persian Gulf.

The Persian Gulf and its coastal areas are the world’s largest single source of crude oil and related industries dominate the region. Al-Safaniya, the world’s largest offshore oilfield, is located in the Persian gulf. Large gas finds have also been made with Qatar and Iran sharing a giant field across the territorial median line (North Field in the Qatari sector; South Pars Field in the Iranian sector). Using this gas, Qatar has built up a substantial liquified natural gas (LNG) and petrochemical industry.

The oil-rich countries (excluding Iraq) that have a coastline on the Persian Gulf are referred to as the Persian Gulf States.
Iraq’s egress to the gulf is narrow and easily blockaded consisting of the marshy river delta of the the Arvand River or Shatt al-Arab, which carries the waters of the Euphrates and the Tigris Rivers, where the left (East) bank is held by Iran.

Antique map of the Persian Gulf by van Keulen (FIRST EDITION 1753)

Garmin eTrex Legend Handheld Satellite Navigator has display dimensions of 1.1-inches x 2.1-inches. It has a height of 5.1cms, a width 11.2cms and a thickness of 3cms. It weighs only 150 grams along with batteries loaded. This sat nav comes with an in-built memory of 8MB; the memory capacity can be increased by using SD memory cards. It is powered by 2xAA type batteries with a battery life of 18 hours. It has a slot for serial interface to connect the device to a computer.

Garmin eTrex Legend Satellite Navigator comes with three base-maps loaded; Americas Highway, Atlantic Highway and Pacific Highway. The Americas Highway includes the USA, Canada, Mexico, Central America and South America, the Atlantic Highway includes Europe, Western Russia, Africa and Middle East while the Pacific Highway includes Asia, Australia, and Oceania. Users can now check the places they need to visit and select the base-maps appropriately. This sat nav also allows users to add additional basemaps if required. These basemaps also include information about lakes, rivers, cities, major roadways and railways, as well as coastlines. A GPS device uses several waypoints while creating a route; Garmin etrex legend Satellite Navigator provides users to create about 1000 waypoints en-route and can hold up-to 20 saved tracks. It can save users’ last 10 tracks and up to 10000 track-log points.

Garmin eTrex Legend Waterproof Satellite Navigator provides users with current speed, average speed, maximum speed, time of sunrise and sunset, trip distance and trip timer, and finally optimal fishing and hunting times. It comes with an in-built marine navigation aid. Along with Garmin etrex legend Satellite Navigator, users get a base-map, a PC interface cable, a wrist strap, an owner’s manual and a user friendly start-up guide.