Mother's Day History

It's a day when lots of people get their mothers cards and flowers, or take them to brunch, or maybe try to make them breakfast-in-bed. But did you ever wonder how this whole Mother's Day thing got started?

Mother's Day can be traced back more than 2,000 years, to a celebration held every spring in Greece. The celebration honored Rhea, the goddess who was considered the mother of all the other Greek gods.

Around 400 years ago, a holiday called "Mothering Sunday" became common in England. It was celebrated on the fourth Sunday of Lent, which is the period leading up to the Christian holiday of Easter.

In the United States, the social activist and poet Julia Ward Howe is given credit for suggesting the celebration of Mother's Day back in 1872. Howe saw it as a day that should be dedicated to peace.

But many people consider the Mother of Mother's Day in America as Anna Jarvis.

In the first decade of the 20th century, she started a campaign to make Mother's Day a national holiday, after the death of her own mother.

On May 10, 1907, she organized a special Mother's Day service at her mother's church in her hometown of Grafton, West Virginia. She chose the second Sunday of May because that was the anniversary of her mother's passing.

Jarvis then got financial backing for her campaign from wealthy Philadelphia philanthropist John Wanamaker, the founder of one of the first department stores in the United States. Just seven years later, on May 14, 1914, President Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation that made Mother's Day a national holiday, on the second Sunday of May each year.

For Jarvis, Mother's Day was not a day to go out and buy something for your mother.

In fact, by most accounts, she opposed what she saw as the growing commercialization of the holiday.

She saw it as a day to honor women for the work they do as mothers, not as a day to make money.

So if you don't have money to buy your mom a gift, don't worry. Just do something nice for her, to show her you appreciate what she does for you every day.

Chances are, that you'll be enough of a gift for her.


Happy Mother's Day

Inspired on Spiderman 5 yo Boy Saves Baby from Blaze

In Brazil, a five year year old boy dressed in a spider-man suit became a superhero when he saved a baby girl from her burning home.

He was playing in his back garden with a friend when he saw a smoking coming out of the wooden house's windows and ran to tell the baby's mother, Lucilene dos Santos. The mother was afraid to enter in the house, when the young Riquelme Maciel, decided to enter into the burning house and grabbed the baby Andrieli from her cradle.

Maciel, act of bravery was inspired on his personal superhero, Spirder-man and; after he became the talk of the town. He was the news in the cover of all the local newspapers which made him recognised everywhere even without the spider-man costume and; no wonder "Maciel already said he is dreaming of becoming a fire-fighter so he can save more lives.

Baseball Star Suspended for 50 Games For Drug Violation

Manny Ramirez became the latest star to be linked to steroids after MLB announced his suspension Thursday.

Manny Ramirez, the Los Angeles Dodgers Baseball star entered to the list of the drug scandal in the world of the sports. Ramirez, affirmed he did not take steroid and whatever the medication he was taken was given by the doctor. He's accused of being using "HCG," (human chorionic gonadotropin); in other words, is a substance prescribed to stimulate female fertility and testosterone production in men and to treat delayed puberty in boys. Ramirez, 36 year-Old outfielder apologized to the Dodgers and fans for the embarassed situation. The Player affirmed that recently had visited a physician for personal health issue when he was medicated and, unfortunately it was a substance that he thought was ok but it's banned under the drug policy in the sports, specially in the baseball.

The True About USA Economy

Truth have to be said that the USA economy is crashed but there are some negative minds everywhere, e.g, if the economy was bad and aparently everything was fine; we have to think positively because after figured out, more or less, how big was the damage in the economy Obama's administration asked some money for the bailout and it was approved to cover the big damage made by the administrations before. Lets think that way if you have a deficit and you get the money to cover it obviously it has to be eliminated. but the negative minds are making it very tough to the public that the economy will not return to be at least what it was before for long time or maybe never; iIf the money to cover the damage in the economy was gotten and past to the needed ones thus, at least we have to expect things go back to their normal track.

How To Make Your Trip Becomes Experience in a Resume

If you got back from your trip and need to get a job you might feel nervous or uncomfortable about the situation of being off the job market for a while; don't desperate; not everything is lost. Today the world of businesses need people who are adventured, who accept challenges, who know other cultures and who speak other languages etc...The experience you got on those trips may be useful. Here is the trick.

1. When you write your resume don't put everything in it because not everything from your trip is counted as experience, but some things you usually pick on the road such as: people skills, confidence, and independence may count.

2. Just the resume is far away beyond to get you a job like old times, you can include some travel data on your cover letter, talk about them and give more details like: why you left, what you learned in the trip also how these experiences contribute to improve your skills. Don't forget to give all the details.

On interviews be a bit funny with some stories. Sure it will make you be seen with different eyes and set apart from others. why? those willing to take a chance are the type of leaders businesses look for. They love people who can take them into new directions and not waste their time behind a desk.


3 - To articulate your experience

a: Remember your trip is not a work experience, but at the bottom of your resume put on Other Experience and title it, (your Name) and include the dates of them.


B: Pick Skills that translate into any job. Like everything on a resume, this will be all about how you words sound. Choose your words carefully. For example:

I bargained on the prices in market to save a few thousand dollars off on a pant in Germany? Negotiation Skills.

Got stuck in an airport because you forgot your plane? Adaptability.

Had to plan, finance, and organize your trip? Budgeting and Planning.

Got stuck in a jungle at night because you explored off the trail? Self-reliance and independence.

You get the idea. It’s all about name your experience correctly. Notice how all of those are skills you can use in the world of the businesses.

Writing “I’m good with people” is generic and makes you sound full of crap. Choose only job related “hard” skills for the resume because what you are doing is showing how your life experience makes up for your lack of practical experience.


4: Know your audience! Only put travel on your resume if it helps explain your long absence in the job market (i.e. a year or longer), is relevant to the job, or unique. If all you did was live in Thailand and got drunk then it is useless fill it that will only hurt you. If you volunteered in an something to another country, then keep it on. If this job requires extended travel, definitely put it here.

So what would this all look like? Here’s how I would put it on my resume.

Other Experience

Kraig’s Gap Year 2007-2008

* Developed negotiation skills through daily contact with sellers in markets and vendors throughout Europe.
* Learned how to adapt to unexpected situations and improvise new plans due to periodic travel and unexpected events.
* Developed budgeting and planning skills by financing, planning, organizing my year around the world. This involved using various spreadsheets and keeping a record of expenses.
* Cultivated language and communication skills through contact with people from around the world. Learned to use non verbal and verbal communication to overcome communication and language barriers.

That sounds professional, actionable, and clear. It explains each skill and how I developed it. Remember that the employer is going to ask you to explain these points just like they would in any other part of your resume.

It’s important you have an interesting short story supporting each bullet point, especially since these have no boss to confirm any of this- just your word. If you can’t explain it well, keep it off.

Use your travel experience to differentiate yourself. That’s why in the beginning, I said put it in the cover letter. It allows you more time to explain the story behind it.

Hollywood Director Involved in Sex Scandal with 13 years Old Girl

When we talk about Scandalous; Hollywood is a Mecca. This week added the list Roman Polanski, after run away the country looks like he ain't never coming back.

The film director Attorneys said in a court filing yesterday that Polanski will not return to the USA from Europe this week to contest in person his 1978 conviction for having sex with a 13-year-old girl.

According to Legal experts who said if Polanski returned from France to the U.S., he would promptly be arrested on the spot, but by not coming back, he has no chance of getting the conviction dismissed.

Polanski tried to have his guilty plea thrown out on claims that the judge in the case was improperly coached by a prosecutor, but when that didn't work, he left the country and is now considered a fugitive.

Is hard to make movies when you're behind bars, we guess.

Bear is a Man Best Bud

Believe it or not, a men best bud is a 7 years old 800 pounds bear "Brutus" that was rescued from a overpopulated wildlife park by the naturalist Casey Anderson and his wife, actress Missi Pyle. On last August, they got married and one of the guests was the bear who overshadowed the bride. so far the bride hasn't complaint. The bear lives in captivity and enjoy all the activities wild bears do on Anderson's vast acreage, which hosts four other rescued bears. Anderson says: "Brutus is so well-behaved that he’s a star in his own right. He has appeared in films and educational spots. “This is what he gets to do, be an ambassador to his wild cousins.” You can check it out on a National Geographic program called "Expedition Grizzly" which will be broadcasted on May 3rd at 9 p.m.

What is Swine Flu

According to the World Health Organization on this Friday the number of people infected with the H1N1 virus reached 331 people. On thursday, the number of confirmed cases of the swine flu were 257. Between thursday to Friday the number of confirmed cases of the virus increased 74 more people worldwide. Seems the flu is spreading quickly. So far, the swine flu has spread to 11 countries, but with most cases concentrated in the western hemisphere. So far, we have no confirmed case that the transmission of the virus was made human-to-human. Just in USA, the number of confirmed cases of the flu was 109 with one death. Mexico, has the largest number of confirmed cases with 156 people infected and 9 deaths attributed from the virus. Nonetheless, Mexican officials said the death toll had risen to 12 and they suspect more 150 deaths in the country are linked to the virus....

The New Archbishop from New York

On April 14th, the New York City St. Patrick's Cathedral got a new archbishop, Timothy Dolan, who climbed the steps of St. Patrick's Cathedral and knocked on the church's massive doors with a hammer as was required by the former Archbishop of Milwaukee in a form of ritual for permission to enter the church and lead the New York diocese's, which according to statistics has 2.5 million Roman Catholics and parishes. Dolan, 59, will be officially installed as the number 13th archbishop on New York History. Dolan is known for holding to conservative positions on church doctrine and a cheerful but often jesting personality. Dolan was chosen by the Pope Benedict XVI to replace Edward Cardinal Egan, 77 who is retiring after 9 years on New York City diocese. The New York diocese is the second largest in the country after Los Angeles. But is considered the most important posting in the country.

Women Wait six Weeks for breast exam

It's very sad that New York City, one of the most important city in the world, which has very good hospitals with good equipments and due to, has allowed the New Yorkers women to reach the 2nd highest rate of breast cancer in the country. According to a survey of 33 clinics by congress members Antony Weiner and Carolyn Maloney, New York City women tipically wait one month for a cancer-detection mammogram, thus breast cancer can double in size during this time. Moreover, one Brooklyn screening facility made women wait up to four months, while Bronx screening facilities averaged nearly six weeks, the longest average wait time of any borough.