National Boss Day
October 11, 2011
News worldwide – A National Boss Day! Was my first reaction in utter surprise when I heard of it for the first time on a peaceful morning of October 16th 2001. I didn’t know of it till a few years back, seriously I didn’t till I met a person who happened to me my first boss. Then came October 16 when my colleague john told me it’s a National Boss Day today and I was like what? A National Boss Day! Bosses aren’t cool john why would anyone give a whole day away to honor them? John smiled and went to his desk. I searched the internet for information about the day and found it to be around since 1958, the day had been around for 43 years and I didn’t know it existed. I’ve worked with four had 4 bosses in past 7 years and I never met one to even think about honoring him. Until I met my fifth boss a couple of years ago. 
Tradition has it that Bosses Day also known as National Boss Day was registered with US Chamber of Commerce in 1958 by Patricia Bays Haroski who happened to be working as a secretary for State Farm Insurance Company in Deerfield, Illinois. Her intention was to honor her boss who happened to be her father. Four years later Governor of Illinois Otto Kerner officially proclaimed October 16 as “National Boss Day”.
Since then employees in the US and Canada honor their bosses and express their gratitude towards their boss for treating them with kindness and respect. Believe me there are bosses who do so. So we get to have a day off thanks to National Boss’s Day which is often made fun of by the term “Hallmark Holiday”. In recent years more and more countries seem to be interested in adding another day to their “Holiday Calendar” so now Australian, Indians, Irish, British and South Africans too get to have a day off in the name of Boss Appreciation Day.
National Boss Day is a very good opportunity to let your bosses know officially that you care about them. Ms. Patricia’s motive was not only to honor her father but also to improve relations between employer and their employees. She believed that by sparing a day for your boss, like we do for our mothers, fathers, religious events and festivals, saints, institution’s, famous personalities and other national days, we could acknowledge our support and express our appreciation for their kindness and care as a team leader which in turn would make your boss feel special.
Why not? Bosses also desire to be loved and respected by their team members and employees. That was for great bosses and for those not-so-great bosses we can try managing our manager; somehow bring about a change in them. Best way to do that is by telling them the truth about how you honestly feel about him/her in a selfless manner. If you feel it isn’t working then try something else because you know your boss better than me. Or you can always head back home and have a nice day with your family. Copyright © 2011
Posted by Angelia Kates · Filed Under US News
National Children’s day — A Different Perspective
October 4, 2011
News Worldwide – National Children’s day is conducted on second Sunday of June each year. It was observed on June 12th this year and next National Children’s day is scheduled to be observed on June 10th 2012. It is observed as an event in various countries of the world, to honor children in particular. We take vows that we shall protect our children from violence, extortion, abuse and so on and various activities are organized to be conducted at schools and at home. It was by resolution 836(IX) of 14th December 1954; the General Assembly recommended that every country enrolled in UN at least shall conduct a Universal Children’s day. Around 70 countries in our world observe a National Children’s Day with an aim to honor children and their rights.
Why a National Day?
Mainly due to the fact that children around the world are subjected to all sorts of brutality imaginable such as child Labor, sexual abuse, violence, medical experimentation, burial of infant girls (in old times as well as in some parts of the world today),etc. A National Children’s Day is observed to remind us of their welfare and rights.
Children in Ancient Times
A quick look at history tells us that in the era of tribes children were the center of attention and were considered to be an integral part of their community. Children were seen as a sign of blessing especially if they were sons. Childless couples were thought to have been punished by God. The tribal community depended heavily on children for their social and future security of the clan. Family values were of great significance as each family was supposed to follow their respective tribal customs. Mother was supposed to administer affairs of domestic nature and father had the responsibility to train his sons to hunt and equip him with arts of warfare. He had to teach them their religious concepts that formed the basis from which the tribe derived its existence and strength.
Today’s Child.
Today, family values that once were the foundations of our tribes have been crucified by our modern life styles. Traditions of the ancient times that enabled parents to make decisions for welfare of their children have gone forever. Children today breathe in an entirely different atmosphere. Source of information (both religious and otherwise) and training that once came from an experience of a life time of parents has now been replaced with computers and television sets as in most cases parents have to stay away from home for long hours to make a living. Parents as well as individuals seem to be more committed to the interests and welfare of a wealthy few who steer the norms and values in today’s western society. This loss of religious beliefs, social norms and family traditions which once formed the basis of western society has caused the loss of a child’s significance.
There are a number of countries today particularly in the middle-east and south-east region where authority of children doesn’t override that of their parents, where parents have authority over the welfare of their children, where children are taught the ways of their family traditions, social norms, morality, respect, and religious concepts, which ensures their obedience towards the teachings of their Lord, parents and teachers forming and sustaining the basis of a healthy and prosperous society. The convention on the rights of a child by UN sees to it that those days do not return especially in the western society. Copyright © 2011
Posted by Angelia Kates · Filed Under US News
Arch West, Doritos Chip Creator Dies at 97
September 26, 2011
News World Wide – Arch West who was the creator of Doritos chip has died. He died in Dallas at the age of 97 Arch was a retired Frito-Lay marketing executive and he was recognized as the creator of Doritos as the 1st national tortilla chip brand.
On Tuesday, a statement was made by the West family that said Arch West has died at Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas.
A graveside service is scheduled for Oct. 1. Jana Hacker, daughter said, “tossing Doritos chips in before they put the dirt over the urn.”
In 1961, Arch West was a marketing vice president for Dallas-based Frito-Lay in, while on a family vacation near San Diego, he found a snack shack selling fried tortilla chips. Hacker says her father got a warm business reaction to the tortilla chip notion but led marketing study that led to the Doritos rollout.
Posted by Angelia Kates · Filed Under US News
Troy Davis executed – Justice serving injustice time and again
September 22, 2011
News World wide – In Jackson supporter gathered on Wednesday after the execution of Troy Davis. The day marked distress in Georgia and abstraction rose from Troy Davis family. Troy Davis was a policeman and was convicted on charges of killing. 
After the news was on aired that the US Supreme Court has rejected the last minute stay order for the execution of Troy Davis, people went quiet and rallied for a day.
Huge level of stress signs came out from the family as the bunched together and wept.
A big number of anti-death penalty organizations and crowd stood in rage and chanting. Many stood for miracle to happen as the execution time of Troy Davis came near. The execution time of Troy Davis was 19:00 (23:00 GMT).
A candle was lit temporarily as the US Supreme Court was asked to take a stay on the order of punishment in Washington. But soon the 9 justices’ rejection order came at 22:30 (02:30 GMT).
Many called it a moment of Justice serving injustice. It was not a small decision. It was about a life. It was about Troy Davis execution. The US supreme Court was supposed to hold orders many said.
On the other hand, some analysts state that if US Supreme Cour would have taken a stay o the order, the case would turn controversial and somewhat political.
One could see the anti-death penalty groups there and if the stay would have been taken, I would have created more pressure on US Supreme court not for handling this case only but because this case would have turned a reference case for future judgments. And after all Troy Davis was proved guilty.
Some also said that the court has been taking a number of unpopular decisions since sometime. Some recalled Casey Anthony case where many believed that she was guilty and yet the court did not make a penalty charge against him and now this case where the US court was asked to grant a stay order but it went straight for execution.
Police had previously derived close to the groups’ warnings deafening, in an obvious show of force, jammed in the groups as police helicopters encircled overhead, while the Troy Davis family pleaded throughout his final moments.
“Killing a man under this enormous cloud of doubt is horrific, and amounts to a catastrophic failure of the justice system,” one stated.
Davis’s mother Anneliese MacPhail said she was “absolutely devastated” by the delay, stating his fault was evident from the evidence she had seen and experience in all court attendances she has attended over the two decades.
Martina Correria, Davis’s wheelchair-bound sister, made a symbolic statement in the build-up to the execution, telling reporters “I’m here to tell you that I’m going to stand here for my brother today,” as she rose up from her chair.
“This is an outrage. No one can execute a man with no physical evidence… only on eye(witness) testimony,” said Al Sharpton, a veteran civil rights campaigner.
Posted by Angelia Kates · Filed Under US News
Yahoo faced bad times during Carol Bartz tenure
September 7, 2011
News Worldwide – Will you reconfirm your status from office if you are told that you are fired on phone? Certainly yes. Well, this is what just happened to Yahoo’s CEO. She sent a message that stated:
“To all,
I am very sad to tell you that I’ve just been fired over the phone by Yahoo’s Chairman of the Board. It has been my pleasure to work with all of you and I wish you only the best going forward.
Carol
Sent from my iPad
Yahoo’s CEO: ‘I’ve Just Been Fired Over the Phone”
Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz sent her staff member that above mentioned email saying she’s been fired over the phone. Carol
Bartz was fired after two and a half years at the tiller of Yahoo! The company tried to get it position back as the Internet pioneer but failed to increase its suffering share price.
It was the same tenure of Carol that Yahoo saw one of the worst times.
After knowing these facts it is apparent why she was fired after all. No doubt Yahoo was one of the leading companies few years back but certainly does not stand there where once it did proudly.
During her tenure as Yahoo CEO Carol negotiated an Internet search deal with Microsoft in a strategic shift away from the Sunnyvale, California-based company’s online search roots and began transforming Yahoo! into a venue for personalized content.
Posted by Angelia Kates · Filed Under Tech news
United States Postal Service Crisis Makes Developing Countries Wonder
September 7, 2011
News Worldwide – United States recent financial crisis of Postal Service has a threat of closure. This possible closure threat has panicked many inhabitants of Desert. According to locals, the daily mail is living for them.
Many old citizens find it the only mean of living. One of them is Blaine – who has been making a trip to post office on daily basis since last sixty years of his life. It is reported that the United States Post Office has faced a projected 9 billion dollars deficit.
This Postal Crisis of United States has made several developing countries like Pakistan and other wonder. It has been a kind of ironic fact that Pakistan’s postal service is facing a deficit since long. And with this new development of US being part of this deficit and possible closure in some areas is certainly a wondering fact. 
On Tuesday the Postmaster General went before Congress to find a solution. “Mister Chairman, the Postal Service requires radical changes to its business model if it is to remain viable in the future,” said Patrick Donahoe. “The Postal Service is in a crisis today because it operates with a restrictive business model.”
According to new plan Donahoe will close 3,700 post offices, release 120,000 employers and stop delivering mail on Saturday. And this is not it. These are just a few of the proposed alterations.
These changes are not going to effect the seniors only but many other that depend on post services will also be part of this.
There are some reports that state that the use of technology including use of emails, smart phones and other are somehow responsible for Postal Service giving such a large deficit.
Posted by Angelia Kates · Filed Under US News
Lee’s fragments fetch floods, feeds fires
September 6, 2011
News worldwide – Lee sustained to wet the South, beginning comparatively slight flooding and power breakdowns in straight and flat areas.
Lee also was an issue in additional sort of epidemic that is wildfire. Many of similar blazes brushed across drought-stricken Texas, making Gov. Rick Perry to leave the presidential campaign track in South Carolina and go back home.
The fires comprised a fast-moving one in East Texas. On Monday, the fires in Gladewater killed a woman and her 18-month-old daughter before being extinguished.
Another wildfire in central Texas demolished almost 500 houses forcing approximately 5,000 people from their homes in Bastrop County, about 25 miles east of Austin.
Almost 20 houses were lost in the west of Austin in Travis County and 30 more were damaged in another fire. Under mandatory evacuation 1,000 houses were evacuated while 25 homes were lost in a third fire also in the Austin area.
The fire’s speed and wildness made it dangerous to extinguish from the ground, the Texas Forest Service said. Texas is anguishing one of the worst droughts in more than half a century while the wildfire threat has been worsened by prevailing wind gusts cast off by Lee, hundreds of miles to the east.
The 1st direct victim was claimed by Lee when a man in northeastern Mississippi drowned after being swept away by floods. On Sunday night John Anderson Jr., 57, of Corinth drowned when he and 2 others tried to cross water in a car. They were gotten out and were being rescued when Anderson was swept away.
Posted by Angelia Kates · Filed Under US News
Nine dead as New York takes Irene’s Rage Now
August 28, 2011
News worldwide — Hurricane Irene is now showing its fury to New York. For now it has hit New York Manhattan’s skyscrapers with aggressive winds and intimidating to flood the fiscal area after killing at least 9 people along the US east coast.
The 1st hurricane to smash the Big Apple for a generation cleared in instant local time, escorted by fast, reports of tornados and loud rainfall.
Wind power raised gradually and was estimated to cross the 80km/h mark before dawn, then up to a peak of 130km/h.
On Sunday Subway trains, buses and the famous Staten Island ferry all closed, and so did all close airports, paralyzing the state’s main city.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg said in a press conference that running from the storm was no longer possible.
At this point, if you haven’t evacuated, our suggestion is you stay where you are, he said.
Reports suggest that 9 people died in car accidents, heart attack and because of falling trees in Virginia, Florida and North Carolina.
An 11 years old boy died when a tree fell and crashed through his apartment in Virginia.
For New York the biggest danger g Hurricane Irene was via the flood caused not just because of tropical-style rainfall, but a surge of wind-driven seawater pushing up from the Atlantic, especially at high tide early on Sunday.
Posted by Angelia Kates · Filed Under US News
Hurricane Irene path 2011: Irene enters New York with immediate Power cut
August 28, 2011
News worldwide — Hurricane Irene is now in New York. The city saw a major evacuation ahead of Irene and looked like a ghost town. Hours of heavy rains are predicting heavy flooding in the city. As soon as Irene entered New York 36,000 people reportedly suffered power breakdown early Sunday morning.
New York’s Mayor issued a warning that New Yorkers will be waking up to likely hurricane and TORNADO damage. It is also reported that there is no more time left for evacuation, which in other words means the time for evacuation has ended.
As New York waited for an unseen and inexperienced hurricane, the forceful winds and power cut down was reported in different parts of the city and Port for Long Island Sound.
The Palisades Interstate Parkway entrance to the George Washington Bridge was closed.
It was Sunday 2 am that 36,000 people approximately reported power breakage in Staten Island, Queens and outer suburbs, Con-Ed said.
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Hurricane Irene Cape Hatteras NC
August 28, 2011
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