Graphs of Cyber Monday's and Black Friday's sales.

Graph 1


1.The sales were increased year by year.
2. We can see that in some hours the sales were decreased for example at 11:20 am, 12:10 am and 13:00 am in 2009.
3. At the same time in 2011 the sales were increased.


Graph 2



1. We can see that the sales were better on Cyber Monday than on Black Friday.
2. After 9:15 am Cyber Monday's sales were going up and Black Friday's sales were going down.
3. People prefer on line shopping than to go to the store.

Idea to mix up various traditions.

A. Hi how are you?
B. I'm happy. Christmas soon.
A. We are celebrate another holiday.
B. Maybe it is worth to mix all the holidays and celebrate one holiday together. 
A. I think it is a bad idea to mix up various traditions.
B. Why? It will be fun.
A. I don't think so. There are certain traditions in the every culture. Every type of celebration is unique.
Every detail of the celebration have an explanation and meaning.
B. But all of us can create something new.
A. If all mix, we will get something artificial. Many interesting traditions and customs can be lost.
B. So many different holidays are celebrating and all the different and at different times.
A. I'm sure it's good. Each nation keep their individuality. 

Online text-to-speech resources.

I found two free and good site for converting text to speech.

1.http://ttsreader.com/


2.http://txtrdr.com

Hanukkah. The Jewish Festival of Lights.

 Hanukkah is the Jewish word for 'dedication'. It is the Jewish Festival of Lights and it remembers the rededication of the second Jewish Temple in Jerusalem. This happened in the 160s BC (before Jesus was born).
 Hanukkah last for eight days. It can happen from late November to late December.During Hanukkah, on each of the eight nights, a candle is lit in a special menorah (candelabra) called a 'hanukkiyah'.There is a special  candle called the 'shammash'  which is used to light the other candles. The shammash is often in the  center of the other candles and has a higher position.  A special blessing, thanking God, is said before or after lighting the candles and a special Jewish hymn is often sung. 
 The menorah is put in the front window of houses so people passing can see the lights and remember the story of Hanukkah. Most Jewish family and households have a special menorah and celebrate Hanukkah.
 Hanukkah is also a time for giving and receiving presents and gifts are often given on each night. Lots of games are played during the time of Hanukkah.

The Birth of Jesus Christ

 Version 1
Joseph and Mary settle down and there among the animals Jesus was born. They wrapped the baby up in warm clothes and laid him in a manger filled with straw.
Mean while on the hills outside of Bethlehem some shepherds who are watching over their sheep noticed  a bright light in the sky. They had never seen anything like it before and they were afraid. An angel up here and told them not to be friten and stad. They should be happy sense a very special baby had been born. He was Son of God.



Version 2
Joseph and Mary settled down and there among the animals, Jesus was born. They wrapped the baby up in warm clothes and laid him in a manger filled with straw. Meanwhile, on the hills outside of Bethlehem, some shepherds who were watching over their sheep noticed a bright light in the sky. They had never seen anything like it before, and they were afraid. An angel appeared and told them not to be frightened. Instead. They should be happy since a very special baby had been born who was the son of God.

Gender roles in family

In Armenia always breadwinner of the family is a man and the caretaker for the kids is woman. The gender roles are changing rarely. For that must be serious reasons. Nowadays the feminists like to live radical lifestyles, but it is often come hinder to implement parental responsibilities. In my country  women try to spend a lot of time with kids.

my presentation

Presentation

I would like to tell you about my job, how I started doing this, what I have done, and what I would like to do in future. I studied 3 years in college and 4 years in the university as an engineer. It was an interesting experience, but it didn’t inspire me. I worked very short, only a year, and then my daughter was born. I wanted to raise her myself because I am very restless mother. And then my secon daughter was born, and I was sitting at home again. I needed an interesting occupation at home. Once I made some jewelry for myself and people noticed that. Then I started making them for my friends and sisters. Finally I found my style, the style that no one had created before. In my works I use different materials combinations, like linen tied, leather gemstones, paints, dried flowers, epoxy and stuff.

 When I could make accessories with high enough quality I needed to sell them. And now I needed a market for my products. There are lot of souvenirs and gift shops in our country. I went there one by one and presented my products. And for this business, aside making high quality products, I also needed presentation and negotiation skills.

I was invited to different exhibitions and also I gave some master classes for children and adults.

Some clients were ordering something specific. That is much more hard task to create something that other person has imagined.

Once a woman came to me. She told me a story about her little grandson who pulled a hot kettle and she managed to grip it, but as a result she burned her wrist and a big scar remained. She wanted me to create a bracelet, which would cover her burned skin, would be suitable to all clothing styles, would have a colour suitable with maximum other colors, would be elastic and without rivets, and also wide. You need to think a lot to make your client happy. 

Accessories which I make now are short-lived and they need careful treatment. My dream is to work with silver, because from that material you can make exclusive accessories which will remain for ages.