...we work on holidays in order to get double or triple salary? Why or why not?" ➢ Lien Ho: Can we start our learning team's discussion with my suggested topic: "Should we work on holidays in order to get double or triple salary? Why or why not?" ➢ Sean More: Thank you for your suggestion. I think this is a widely versed topic and could be taken into consideration for serious debate. Many businesses today face this challenge due to consumer demands surrounding holidays. This is also a topic of interest to many employees across the nation. ➢ Lien Ho: I agreed with your point of views on the topic "Should we work on holidays in order to get double or triple pay". You are absolute right when saying that businesses today face this challenge due to consumer demands on holidays across the nation. Beside that big issue which you already mention on this topic, I also have some points need to share as a working mommy. I understand the feeling of hard working parents on these special days while our lovely kids and other members in our family keep asking: "Why don't you spend time with us on this wonderful days?", "Will you go home early because I will count on every minutes until you come back home?" ... My heard is always broken badly whenever I heard the kind of such questions. ➢ Katie: I believe the topic of "Should we work on holidays in order get double or triple pay" has some valid discussion points. Each year business much determine which holidays, if any, the...
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...Last school holiday, my family and I went back to our hometown, the eagerly-awaited holidays bring a respite from homework, lessons, extracurricular activities and exams. For me, spending a holiday at home is equally unbearable. 0n the last day of school, I eagerly waited for the bell to ring at 1:10 p.m.. Then, I felt like a caged bird hat has just been set free. I slang my bag over my shoulder and make a beeline for the bust station. My hometown! We started our journey early in the morning. When we arrived, we had a quick lunch. I make a short exchange and headed for my favourite spot here- a secluded corner of my grandfather durian orchards. There under a shady spot, I sat down a surveyed the surroundings. Here, far away from claustrophobic classrooms, rushing crowds, busy sidewalks and congested streets, I enjoyed the solitude of nature. As I took my seat on a flimsy woody bench, and looked around me, I can see a flurry of activities. Birds flew gracefully and noiselessly above me while bees traveled flirtatiously from tree to tree, colourful butterflies flit about here and there flapping their fragile wings and ants scurry in a single file carrying bits of food on their tiny backs. A soft cool breeze blowed. I can hear the soft rustle of leaves. The air is heavy with the scent of shrubs and grasses coupled with the scent of ripe durians. I lied on my back with my hand clasped behind my head and watched streaks of...
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...INTRODUCTION Holidays and leave entitlements fall into four main categories. They are described in section 3 of the Holidays Act 2003: Section 3: Purpose The purpose of this Act is to promote balance between work and other aspects of employees’ lives and, to that end, to provide employees with minimum entitlements to— (a) annual holidays to provide the opportunity for rest and recreation: (b) public holidays for the observance of days of national, religious, or cultural significance: (c) sick leave to assist employees who are unable to attend work because they are sick or injured, or because someone who depends on the employee for care is sick or injured: (d) bereavement leave to assist employees who are unable to attend work because they have suffered a bereavement. Holidays Act 1981 The Holidays Act 1981 consolidated the existing law but it was not a substantial redraft of the law and the legislation gave rise to difficulties in interpretation and application. Annual holidays: Until 1944, there was no legislation providing for paid holidays or leave. An employee’s entitlement depended on the terms and conditions of employment. The Annual Holidays Act 1944 introduced two weeks paid annual leave for all workers. This was increased to three weeks by the Annual Holidays Amendment Act 1974. It is now four weeks. Public holidays: Public holidays were introduced in the Public Holidays Act 1910 They were not made a statutory entitlement for all...
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...Jewish Holidays Passover: 15th of Nisan (spring, March-April) The Passover in Hebrew is known as Pesach. It begins in the Sunset of Monday, April 10, 2017, and ends at the nightfall of Tuesday, April 18, 2017. The Pesach is depicted in the book of Exodus 12:23. It describes the day when God passed over Israelites. During the Passover, the Israelites usually celebrate their Liberation from the Egyptian bondage. This is when God delivered them from slavery in Egypt. The Passover is also considered to be one of the most theologically important holidays in the Jewish calendar. It normally goes for eight days but in other communities, it lasts for only one week. The Jews are prohibited to eat any bread or leavened food. They are only allowed to eat unleavened bread and traditional foods made of ground matzah referred to as matzah meal. Such foods may include gefilite fish, ponge cake cakes and cookies made from Nuts and macaroons (Hexham, 89). Other activities comprise of the Jewish reading the Haggadah to retell the story of the Exodus and their migration from Egypt. During the Passover, the firstborns of Israel must fast to thank God for being merciful and sparing them. The seventh day usually marks the day they crossed the Red Sea. On the last day, the Yizkor memorial prayer is recited for dead. Feast of Weeks: Shavuot Shavuot begins in the sunset of Saturday, June 11, 2016, and ends at the nightfall of Monday, June 13, 2016. The name Shavuot is a Hebrew name that means Weeks...
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...When it comes to the topic of Keeping American holidays, most of us will readily agree that American holidays have a large effect on U.S economy. Where this agreement usually ends, however, is on the question of if we should keep them and remain growing national heritage for generations beyond; Whereas some are convinced that saving the government money by getting rid of them will help the nation's overall wealth. Although increasing the nation's overall wealth is good. Preserving national heritage and culture can be very beneficial for generations to come. “It’s the most wonderful time of the year,” legendary singer/songwriter Andy Williams stated in his Christmas hit. Andy was referring to the glorious Christmas season in his song. Christmas is a time where people celebrate the birth of Jesus and the spirit of Saint Nick. This is a tradition that allows families to get together and bond. Getting to spend time with your family is a treasure that many people often don't get to do whether it be their jobs or schooling getting in the way. If the government were to take this holiday away it would cause national heartbreak and is something that no one would want for a country....
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...Billie Holiday 1915-1959 Billie Holiday was born Eleanora Fagan on April 17, 1915 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She spent the majority of her childhood poor, and living in Baltimore, Maryland. Billie Holiday was one of the most influential jazz singers of all time. She had a promising and thriving career until losing her battle with drug addiction. Billie Holiday. (2012.) Biography.com... Many factors played a role in Billie’s demise. Billie’s family, molestation and prostitution all played a role in her outlook and outcome of life. Bille’s parents were Sally Fagan and Clarence Holiday. Sally had Billie at the age 13 years old, and sent to relative to live. Billie’s parents were married when she was three but divorced in only a few years. Clarence a musician eventually left his family seeking a career moved. This left Sally, a single mother with very little options of being successful back then. The mother would take traveling jobs that left Billie to be raised by other relatives. Billie was skipping and getting in trouble in school that led to truancy. She was reported rape at age 10 and sent to The House of Good Shepherd, a catholic reform school due to her truancy and being accused of seducing her attacker. Billie Holiday. (2012). Biography.com. Billie was reuniting with her mother only to be introduced to prostitution. Her mother a prostitute herself introduces her to prostitution that leaded to arrest and sent prison. Billie even during difficult...
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...her legacy lives on through her music. Billie Holiday was born as Eleanora Fagan Gough in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on April 7, 1915, to a single mother. Her alleged father, Clarence Holiday, who ultimately became a successful jazz musician, was absent from her life except for an occasional visit. Without a father figure in her life, she began getting into trouble, mainly by ditching school. In January of 1925, at the tender age of 9, Holiday was sent to the House of Good Shepherd, a home for problematic girls of African-American heritage. She stayed in the home for approximately eight months before returning to her mother’s care. She eventually returned to the House of Good Shepherd after allegedly being sexually assaulted in 1926. Music became her salvation. She would listen to Bessie Smith and Louie Armstrong and sing along with them. She started singing at local clubs in New York City after following her mother there. It was during this time in 1930 that she changed her name to “Billie”, supposedly after the actress Billie Dove. Holiday’s troubles did not end in childhood. She had difficulty with relationships, chose unsuitable men and drank excessively. Her first husband, James Monroe, whom she married in1941, introduced her to opium. Although Holiday and Monroe were not divorced until 1947, the time they actually spent together as husband and wife did not last long. Even after their separation, Holiday continued to abuse controlled substances and drink...
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...Last school holiday, my family and I went back to our hometown, the eagerly-awaited holidays bring a respite from homework, lessons, extracurricular activities and exams. For me, spending a holiday at home is equally unbearable. 0n the last day of school, I eagerly waited for the bell to ring at 1:10 p.m.. Then, I felt like a caged bird hat has just been set free. I slang my bag over my shoulder and make a beeline for the bust station. My hometown! We started our journey early in the morning. When we arrived, we had a quick lunch. I make a short exchange and headed for my favourite spot here- a secluded corner of my grandfather durian orchards. There under a shady spot, I sat down a surveyed the surroundings. Here, far away from claustrophobic classrooms, rushing crowds, busy sidewalks and congested streets, I enjoyed the solitude of nature. As I took my seat on a flimsy woody bench, and looked around me, I can see a flurry of activities. Birds flew gracefully and noiselessly above me while bees traveled flirtatiously from tree to tree, colourful butterflies flit about here and there flapping their fragile wings and ants scurry in a single file carrying bits of food on their tiny backs. A soft cool breeze blowed. I can hear the soft rustle of leaves. The air is heavy with the scent of shrubs and grasses coupled with the scent of ripe durians. I lied on my back with my hand clasped behind my head and watched streaks of sunlight...
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...Vacations are the best time to relax and enjoy and I eagerly wait for my summer vacations every year. Every year my school closes in the middle of the month of May and reopens by the end of June. Annual exams get over and the results are declared. This time I got promoted to class nine from class eight. After the hard labor for the examinations, I wanted some rest and also some refreshment. Hence I put aside my books for a few weeks. Next day morning I went out to play with my friends. It was a very hot and sunny day so we decided to play indoor games. In the evening I asked my father and mother to take me to any of the hill stations because I wanted to beat the heat. My father told me that we cannot go to a hill station because all the hotels and resorts are booked beforehand only. It was too hot, the sun was scorching and the wind was deliberating. Fortunately my uncle had invited my family to Haridwar where he had reached two weeks earlier. Me and my parents reached Haridwar. My uncle, my aunty and my cousins were all very excited to see all of us. They welcomed us with a warm heart. At Haridwar I went to the bank of River Ganga in the morning and it was very pleasant to see hundreds of men and women bathing in the stream of Ganga and then offering prayers in the different temples of its “Ghats”. I requested my uncle to take us to the hilly spots in the vicinity. He was kind enough to take all of us there. The hill sights of Laxmi jhoola, Swargashram and many...
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...Analysis of Personal Characteristics leading to holiday choices The vast choices made by me and the respondents depend on a number of factors, which have been generally categorized into two. Factors relating to demographics include the gender, income, ethnicity, marriage status and the number of decisions the individual is to choose from (KöKsalan et al., 2011). Under the category of personality of the individual, with the basis of the argument on decision making with regard to the personality being the outward and visible personality traits, without necessary scrutiny of the personality traits detected. According to Axelrod (2008), an individual with a lower income is likely to consider the cost of going on a holiday. The individual consider the cost of booking a holiday package as the most important factor. The individual has to take into account his income in the decision making relating to the package and the place to spend the holiday. The individual is likely to consider the cost of transportation to the desired destination. The coast of securing accommodation as well is considered. The individuals who have sufficient income do not really recognize the cost of a holiday package as being an important factor. They are likely to treat cost with little attention, and consider other factors seriously. In Holiday in Western Australia, however, it should be noted that the respondents, since they have varying incomes, they did not make similar considerations to the cost of the...
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...gifts today for birthdays, weddings, graduations, etc. to friends and loved ones. A few reasons we give gifts is for peace, protection, love, or because of social obligations. Holiday gifting is a special occasion going back to the beginning of Christianity where the Three Wise Men brought gifts for baby Jesus. This gesture has now turned to giving gifts to our family and friends. The holiday season of 2014 is shaping up to be a prosperous year for retailers. With an estimated 4% increase in holiday sales compared to 2013 and consumer confidence is at its highest because of lower unemployment, higher wages, salaries, and disposable income. Consumers this holiday season are expected to spend approximately $804 on gifts. Along with lower gas and energy prices, consumers are more likely to spend more this holiday than the last on gifts like Disney Frozen Snow Glow Elsa Doll, Apple iPhone 6, and jewelry. Key promotions like Wal-Mart’s price matching policy, Kmart’s layaway service, USPS delivery service schedule hours expansion, the holiday season looks to be headed in a positive way. There are other ways to improve this holiday seasons like online retailers providing free shipping on all purchases or discounting newer products instead of outdated items. The holiday season will be promising! Even 2015 holiday season will be a good one as long as consumers are confident that the U.S. economy is recovering from the recession! II. Introduction The world is populated with many...
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...Holiday Shopping - The Economy’s Final Push from the Red Black Friday is the Grand Marshall of the holiday shopping season; it starts a race in holiday season for shopping and spending, which in return creates new job opportunities. Shoppers race around the malls looking for the best gifts at the best prices. The frenzy of the holiday season combined with the sales of Black Friday are greatly beneficial to the US economy. As supply and demand increases with the holiday season season, so does spending and the job market. Black Friday is more than just a day of sales, it is a day to help boost the economy spending and profit. One of the theories behind the name “Black Friday” really sums up the effects of the day. The story says that majority of the year, retailers are operating at a financial loss. To show this loss, the accountants note the negative totals in red ink. Starting with the Black Friday sales retailers really begin to turn a profit, and climb out of the negative holes they live in all year. Once out of the negative, accountants begin to use black ink to show the totals. Thus, “Black Friday” was born. This story may not be the most accurate or historically backed, but there is some truth behind it as far as the after affect of Black Friday. Retailers make a large portion of their yearly profit during the holiday season. It may not have started out as big as it is today, but at present time the Friday after Thanksgiving is a huge shopping day in the US...
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...Name: Instructors name: Course: Date: Jewish Holy Day of Hanukkah With many religions worldwide, there are special and dedicated times of the year where followers celebrate the associated holidays with the religion practiced. I had the privilege of celebrating one of the historic Jewish Holy Days called Hanukkah or Chanukah with my friends from the Jewish community. Chanukah or Hanukkah celebrates Jewish rededication of their temple in Jerusalem during the second century. Chanukah or Hanukkah as I came to learn means dedication in Hebrew and it commemorates a miracle which is oil based. The festival ran for eight consecutive days and each of the days was marked with games, dances, songs, oily fried foods, candle lighting and a lot of joy and laughter. Each day of Hanukkah we thanked God by reciting a complete ‘Hallel’ during the Morning Prayer service. We also inserted a special thanks giving prayer and read from the Torah. After each Morning Prayer service we ate oily fried foods such as fried potato pancakes also known as latkes, deep fried doughnuts also known as sufganiyot, cheese and a lot of dairy foods. We also got to play dreidel games. From the brief history given I came to learn that during the ancient days, the Greek oppressors banned Torah schools and so the young children would study deep in the forest. All this while, they would post sentry to make them aware of Greek patrols. When the soldiers came, the kids would hide or bury their texts into the...
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...From the video “The Story of Billie Holiday”, we learned a lot about the life story of Billie Holiday. She was one of most well-known American jazz singers of all time, and she did not start out to have a good childhood. Her mother was unmarried when she had Billie, and she did not receive a lot of parenting from her family. Billie got raped when she was ten years old by one of her neighbors, and got raped again when she was fourteen years old. However, the attacker only got sentenced in jail for three months. After she grew up, she first got hired by Jerry Preston because of her voice. Billie Holiday’s music was able to touch everybody, even though she didn’t receive any vocal education. She always sings her heart and soul into the songs, which makes it special. Billie even received a nickname “Lady Day” from her friend and music partner Lester Young. She became famous in Harlem within a short period of time. Back in the 1930’s the...
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...by the teacher Abel Meeropol. He was a Jewish teacher from the Bronx. Strange fruit was an anti-lynching poem, published in the Marxist publication n1936, which was then setinto music. The song had been covered by many artists. It inspired many novels that were written. Even though many other artist performed the song but Strange fruit was most famously perform by Billie Holiday. The song was a hit in and out New York when it was published. It was include in the Songs of the Century. At the time that Abel wrote the poem, American racism and lynching African American was present in the South, and all the other regions in the USA. Abel was really touched by all the violence, especially after seeing a photograph of the 1930 lynching ofThomas Shipp and Abram Smith in Marion, Indiana. Usually he wouldask others to put his poems into songs. But after seeing the photograph he set the poem into a song himself this time. Hiswife, the black vocalist Laura Duncan first, and him perform it at Madison Square Garden.Then the song was introduced to Billie Holiday who first performed it at Café Society in 1939. Billie Holiday was an American jazz singer and songwriter. When Barney Josephson, founder of the Café Society in Greenwich Village, heard of the song he went and introduced it to Billie. At that time she was recording for Columbia. She said that when she’s singing the song, it made her fearful of retaliation, but because its imagery reminded her of her father, she continued to sing it...
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