Author: Chatinian Lara

ENTREPRENEUR OPENS SKIN BAR SPA IN HANOVER
By Lana Lagomarsini

The Patriot Ledger
730763/Entrepreneur-opens-Skin-Bar-spa-in-Hanover
May 10 2010
MA

She has dream and a goal

HANOVER — ANN SIMON: For Ann Simon, the American dream is alive and
well in Hanover with the recent opening of her new spa called the
Skin Bar.

Simon, who immigrated here from her native Armenia, has had a lifetime
of experience in the skin care industry. The Quincy resident, 62,
first came to this country from Armenia more than 40 years ago.

"I was a single parent, I raised two kids while working in the cosmetic
industry," Simon said. "Twenty years later, my job changed and I went
to aesthetics school."

After working in retail and as a makeup artist, Simon attended the
now-closed Quincy School of Beauty in 1996. After graduating, Simon
worked at Face Place and Spa in Hanover for 10 years. The idea for
Skin Bar came to Simon six months ago.

"I thought if I don’t do this, I won’t ever have the chance to even
try it," Simon said.

Skin Bar opened in February and offers services such as facials,
massages and nail work. Simon chose the name based on a client’s
suggestion.

"One of my clients told me they wanted someplace like a bar, so I
said OK like a ‘skin bar,’" Simon said. "They wanted somewhere they
can relax and hang out."

About 40 of Simon’s clients from Face Place have followed her to Skin
Bar, and new clients have come from the Hanover and Quincy areas.

Simon attributes her success to her hard work and her genes.

"Armenian people are those people that can survive," Simon said. "You
can knock them out, they get up and survive. I’m one of those people.

I’ve been knocked down many times in my life, but I had to go on
and do something of my own, to run my own place, and to do something
different."

The interior of Skin Bar was designed by Simon, who used photos from
old fashion magazines to decorate the space, along with silk throws
in the therapy rooms and tranquil music and wall paint.

"A year and a half ago, I never thought I would do something like
this," Simon said. "This is the only country where you can dream
anything. If you put your mind to it, you can do anything in this
country."

CIS PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVES TO OSCE CALL FOR PEACEFUL RESOLUTION OF CONFLICTS

PanARMENIAN.Net
May 10, 2010 – 12:01 AMT 07:01 GMT

Permanent representatives of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and
Ukraine to the OSCE issued a joint statement on occasion of the 65th
anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War.

"May 9 will always be remembered as the day of victory over fascism.

Dozens of millions of people, who gave their lives for the freedom
of future generations, will live in our hearts. We bow our hears to
the veterans, who did not spare themselves for this victory.

Today, we face threats as nazi ideology, extremism and xenophobia. We
call on all OSCE member countries to resolve conflicts peacefully,
in compliance with the norms and principles of the international law,"
the statement says.

SERZH SARGSYAN PARTICIPATES IN THE MARCH-PARADE DEDICATED TO THE 65TH ANNIVERSARY OF VICTORY IN THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR

ARMENPRESS
MAY 10, 2010
YEREVAN

YEREVAN, MAY 10, ARMENPRESS: Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan
participated May 9 in the march-parade dedicated to the 65th
anniversary of victory in the Great Patriotic War.

Armenpress correspondent reports from Moscow that in the morning the
Armenian president was welcomed in Kremlin by his Russian counterpart
Dmitry Medvedev after which Serzh Sargsyan was present at the military
parade.

At the end of the parade a wreath putting ceremony was organized to
the tomb of the Unknown Soldier after which all the participants with
one minute of silence paid tribute to the memory of the victims of
the Great Patriotic War.

Afterwards Serzh Sargsyan was present at the official reception given
by the Russian president and then the Armenian delegation arrived
back to Yerevan.

PROCEDURE OF LOCAL TRAFFIC EXCHANGE BETWEEN INTERNET-PROVIDERS SHOULD NOT AFFECT COMMUNICATION TARIFFS

ArmInfo
2010-05-10 16:57:00

ArmInfo. Local traffic exchange between Internet-providers should not
affect communication tariffs for subscribers, director of judicial
service of ArmenTel David Sandukhchayn told ArmInfo correspondent. He
also added that the decision of Public Services Regulatory Commission,
which regulates relations between the operators, has already formalized
the practice of the net connections, but formalization of this practice
will make it possible to prevent conflicting situations.

Regulation of relations between the operators on local traffic
exchange fixes the legal grounds not only for connection of separate
operators but also for creation of traffic exchange centres. ‘The
organizational and technical decisions may be different – there may be
one or several centres. But the legal basis for such centres activity
has been already created according to the above-mentioned decision of
Public Services Regulatory Commission. In particular, if the traffic
exchange centre is free of charge, it will have problems including
in the tax reports, without the above-mentioned decision. For this
reason, it is fixed in the decision that traffic exchange should be
free of change. This decision was adopted first of all for the user,
since fee for the local peer-to-peer would affect the price of the
Internet services for the final user. Anyway, it does not require any
big technical expenses from the operator, but the traffic tariff for
subscribers will reduce much’, – Sandukhchyan said.

BAKO SAHAKYAN RATES HIGH

A1Plus.am
07:29 pm | May 10, 2010

Official

On 10 May President of the Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan met managers
and representatives of several committees and offices of the Armenian
Revolutionary Federation- Dashnaktsutyun’s Hay Dat at the head of
member of the ARF-Dashnaktsutyun bureau Hakob Ter-Khachatryan.

Bako Sahakyan rated high the efforts of the Hay Dat directed to the
recognition of the Armenian Genocide, defending rights of the Armenian
people and preserving Armenian national identity in the Diaspora.

The President also noted important the necessity of elucidating
different aspects of the Artsakh case, further deepening and widening
cooperation with Artsakh in this sphere.

On the same day, Bako Sahakyan met chairman of the Armenian Public
Council Vazgen Manoukyan.

Issues related to social and political life of the two Armenian states
were discussed during the meeting.

news.am, Armenia
May 8 2010

Aliyev boycotted Medvedev’s invitation

14:25 / 05/08/2010Ruling New Azerbaijan party (NAP) put high value on
President Ilham Aliyev’s back out of an informal summit of CIS member
states.

`It is a right step taken by President Aliyev. The main reason for
such a step is that the persons who participated in the occupation of
Shusha, leads Armenia. Aliyev’s step is a signal to Armenia,’ Trend
quotes NAP Deputy Chairman Ali Ahmadov.

`Azerbaijan once again shows that any relations with Armenia are out
of question before the liberation of the occupied land. This means
that it is necessary to solve the Nagorno-Karabakh within the
territorial integrity of Azerbaijan to achieve peace in the South
Caucasus,’ Ahmadov stated.

Today is the 18th anniversary of Shushi liberation. The operation was
conducted under the `Wedding in mountains’ code name.

S.T.

Boxing: Darchinyan vs Barcelona for IBO bantamweight belt

15:52 08/05/2010 » Sport

WBA/WBC super flyweight champion Vic Darchinyan will move up to
bantamweight when he faces Eric Barcelona on May 20 in Sydney, New
South Wales, Australia. The fight has been approved for IBO
bantamweight title, according to Boxingscene.

Source: Panorama.am

SOCIAL DEMOCRAT HUNCHAKIAN PARTY TO HOLD RALLY DATED TO SHUSHI LIBERATION DAY

PanARMENIAN.Net –
May 7, 2010 – 12:31 AMT 07:31 GMT

Social Democrat Hunchakian Party to hold rally dedicated to Shushi
Liberation Day on May 8. A resolution on support will be conveyed to
the NKR representation, the party’s press office reported.

PRESIDENT OF ROMANIAN SENATE RECEIVES NEWLY APPOINTED AMBASSADOR OF ARMENIA HAMLET GASPARIAN

NOYAN TAPAN
MAY 7,2010
BUCHAREST

On May 6, President of Romanian Senate Mircea Geoana received newly
appointed Ambassador of Armenia Hamlet Gasparian.

According to the MFA press service, the Ambassador briefly presented
Armenia’s foreign political priorities and urgent problems. H.

Gasparian mentioned the opportunities that can boost Armenian-Romanian
partnership in all spheres.

Mr. Geoana, in his turn, stated that the centuries-old contacts of
the two peoples enable to develop close collaboration between Romania
and Armenia. Rating as important high-level political dialogue on
issues of mutual and international interest he expressed readiness
to expand the dialogue at the parliament level, between parliaments’
managements and friendship groups.

Mr. Geoana attaching importance to the South Caucasus for Europe and
considering it its historic an civilized part mentioned EU Eastern
Partnership and Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization as
structures for efficient collaboration noting that Romania is actively
involved in them. He expressed hope that tension in the South Caucasus
will decrease soon, thus region’s abilities can be used completely
and Armenia can be involved in many-sided economic projects.

ARMENIA TO HOST 6TH YOUTH DELPHIAN GAMES OF CIS COUNTRIES

NOYAN TAPAN
MAY 6, 2010
YEREVAN

On June 26 – July 2, Armenia will host the 6th Youth Delphian Games
of CIS countries, an event dedicated to the 65th anniversary of
the victory in World War II. Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia Armen
Gevorgian has been selected Chairman of the Organizing Committee of
the Delphian Games.

According to the RA Ministry of Culture, the Delphian Games date
back to 582 B.C. and were held in honor of Apollo who killed the
dragon snake Python. The ancient Delphian Games were held mostly
near the Temple of Apollo of Delphi and for that reason they were
called Delphian Games. In 1927 Greece revived the tradition of holding
Delphian Games, and from 1927 to the start of World War II the Delphian
Games took place every three years – as in ancient times. The new era
of Dephian Games began in 2000 when the first World Delphian Games were
organized with the participation of 27 countries, including Belarus,
Vietnam and Greece.

Since 2002 the Delphian Games have been held in the CIS territory –
based on the decision on main events in the sphere of culture in CIS
members states until 2005, which was signed in Moscow on 29 November
2001 by the Council of Heads of Governments of CIS States. Based on
that decision, the Executive Committee of the CIS set up a working
group for organization and assistance to Delphian Games in CIS
countries. Representatives of Armenia have always been involved in
the activities of the working group.

Note that during the 5th Youth Delphian Games held in Belarus in
2008, 2 out of 13 participants of the Armenian delegation won gold
medals, 4 won bronze medals, and 7 participants received diplomas,
while Armenia’s team took third place.