Note to sons and daughters: Sunday is Mother's Day. It's once a year, so there is no excuse for not remembering that person who brought you into the world. Of course the Record over the years has devoted an appropriate amount of space to mothers, some of which follows. Something interesting is seen in an article below dated May 11, 1923 concerning the wearing of a red or white flower on Mother's Day.

 Our Mother - Oct. 4, 1889

The subject suggested in the title is a one that seldom received much discussion, although it is one that ought to rank high in the circles of literature.

We are sorry to say that a great many children do not prize their mothers half as much as they should. They are young and thoughtless, and it does not occur to them that they are doing that which displeases that kind parent, and so it goes on. They get used to have their own way, that it is impossible to yield to the wishes of others, thinking as some do that they are being wrongly advised.

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Newfoundland and Labrador's former deputy minister of health has testified Eastern Health made matters worse by involving the provincial government from the start of an unfolding cancer testing crisis.John Abbott told the Cameron inquiry, which is examining how hundreds of breast cancer patients received inaccurate results of hormone receptor tests, that Eastern Health ought to have dealt with its lab issues without engaging the provincial Health Department so soon.Abbott was deputy minister of health in July 2005, when Eastern Health realized it had serious problems with its hormone receptor testing program. At that point, the authority was beginning to have samples retested in Toronto, and would not know for several months that error-plagued testing stretched between 1997 and 2005.Abbott said it was a mistake for Eastern Health to have brought the Health Department into the process while it was still figuring out its problems, and that doing so created confusion."This was and still is, in my mind, a significant operational issue that is left and should be left in the health authority's hands to address, resolve and communicate," Abbott told Justice Margaret Cameron."As we've seen, it got murky, at best, and consequently the lines [were] blurred."The inquiry has already been told about a flurry of e-mails and phone calls around government offices in July 2005, when officials first learned of the lab problems.

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Bio Ionic professional hair care system was launched in India by renowned hair stylist Fernando Romero. He combined beauty with science and commerce to establish Bio Ionic.

Romero explained the need for Bio Ionic products, which improves the hair structure by naturally moisturizing and conditioning. Hair becomes smoother, softer, stronger and shinier with fewer frizzes and static –free.

According to him, “The Indian hair texture is very much like the Mexicans, frizzy due to humidity levels and prone to damage due to loss of water content that makes hair rigid. The Bio Ionic system is a system utilizes natural ion complex (NIC) to strengthen and repair the texture.”

Ayaz Kabani, CEO Beauty Essential Marketing Pvt. Ltd. explained, “Bio Ionic works not only for professionals and celebrities, but also for all who face the most diverse form of climatic conditions.’’

Distributed and marketed in India by Beauty Essential Marketing Pvt. Ltd., Bio Ionic brings a vast range of products to India that include Bio Ionic’s ReTeX System, Super Hydrator Treatment and iTools, a range of conditioning appliances. Bio Ionic products will be available in select salons.

At Champ's Barbershop School here, Maria Hall, the owner's wife, said she registered to vote for the first time so she could cast a ballot for Democrat Barack Obama. "I think he's going to be a great president," said Hall, 35.
Julianne Dickson, a former City Council president and die-hard Democrat, isn't sure what she'll do in November if Obama is the party's nominee instead of Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Dickson, 66, coached women's field hockey and recalls begging for funds before the passage of Title IX, the 1972 federal law that gave women equal access to school athletics. Today, "I owe my job to a sex discrimination suit," says Dickson, an insurance agent hired after her company settled a case with female employees who said they were losing promotions to less experienced men.

The idea that Obama might stop Clinton from becoming the nation's first female major-party presidential nominee has Dickson thinking that "it's happening again. I know that's why it has become so personal to me."

Hall and Dickson represent the promise and the pitfalls looming for Democrats as they prepare to vote Tuesday in a state that encapsulates many of the political challenges the candidates must overcome in November against Republican John McCain.  

Supporters of local American Idol contestant Brooke White gathered at Molly Brannigans pub and restaurant in Mesa for a viewing party Tuesday night.

While Brooke White, of Mesa, sang Hero by Mariah Carey during the top-seven week of American Idol, friends and family sat patiently waiting for the reviews from the judges.

"I was really digging it until the bridge," American Idol Judge Randy Jackson said. "I could see you lose confidence, but it was still very good." 

Eddy Torriente, one of White's friends, thought that it was very risky for her to sing that song and play the piano, but thought she did a fantastic job.

The results show will air Wednesday at 8 p.m. on Fox. White's family, also at the viewing party, couldn't talk about the performance.

If White wins Idol it will be the second year in a row that an Arizona native has won. Jordan Sparks, of Glendale, was last season's winner.

Heather Harris Torriento, who knows White, said she believes Brooke has what it takes to go all the way.

"She is genuine, kind, responsible, and funny," Heather said. "She would make a great 'American Idol' and role model."

   I am not too sure about the West but in Eastern some of the countries are still extremely conservative that if a woman or a single woman is allowed to work in an organization with lots of convincing done on her parents if suppose there is a transport strike some day she has to take a day off from the office the reason being that she is not allowed to take a lift from her colleague who is a male obviously and who lives nearby her house also. It is because of this set back young women/wives are at one point made to leave their jobs.

  Whether you are a fútbol fanatic or don't know a cleat from a hightop, chances are you know Mia Hamm. She is one of the most talented players ever to boot a soccer ball—and surely the most popular. In May, Hamm scored her 108th career goal, making her the world's alltime leading scorer, an accomplishment that outshines her many others (four NCAA titles at North Carolina, an Olympic gold medal, two World Cup championships, five U.S. Female Player of the Year awards). Growing up as an Air Force brat, Hamm made friends of new teammates by blowing them away with her acceleration, dribbling finesse and willingness to plow through anybody to score. Even today, the soft-spoken striker is most at ease on the field, out of the spotlight. "I'm just a soccer player," she says. "That's pretty much all I know."

 The basic draw back in being a working woman if especially if you are married is that you can be called at the office or if you are a professional to the hospital for night duties. If you are single then you can manage easily because you don’t have kids and a husband who need you also at some time of the week suppose if you have planned an outing and everything is fixed and happy suddenly you get a call from the high ups that you are needed what happens then is that the children start to crib and cry and the husband also is not happy about this sudden professional call. Then either eventually you have to leave the job or get divorced if your job is so dear to you and you are a dedicated working woman.

Canada's reign as the world's ice queens has come to a disappointing end.

Canada fell 4-3 to the United States on Saturday in the gold-medal showdown at the IIHF world women's hockey championship in Harbin, China, sending the defending champions home with the silver medal.

It was only the fourth time the United States has defeated Canada in international play.

"They're disappointed they weren't able to bring home the gold," said Canadian coach Peter Smith by phone from China.

"I'm proud of the team, I'm proud of the effort that the players put in. They worked so hard over the course of the year, and it felt like they had the weight of the country on their shoulders."

Natalie Darwitz scored a pair of goals to pace the U.S., while Jenny Potter and Angela Ruggiero scored the others. Sarah Vaillancourt, Katie Weatherston and Jennifer Botterill scored for Canada, which had won nine of the previous 10 world championship titles.

The U.S., which won the crown in 2005, also defeated the Canadians 4-2 in the final round-robin game on Thursday to snap the Canadians' 29-game winning streak.

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                    The International Organization of Pakistani Women Engineers (IOPWE) was founded in August 1995 with a mission to dispel the myths surrounding the roles of Pakistani women in our communities. We began as a group of women engineers of Pakistani backgrounds but have evolved to a dynamic group of individuals from varying backgrounds, countries, and disciplines who are passionate about changing the perception of women in our communities. We strive to become good role models for our future generations and provide whatever is necessary to increase the level of education of our sisters.