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female empowerment. Beyoncé’s career began in Destiny’s Child (officially in 1997), where she quickly became the star of the group (Kaufman). After she the group went on a hiatus in late 2001, she began to start up her solo career (Kaufman). Her first album, “Dangerously in…

demeanor. With some of his favorite songs mostly being top 40s hits, Jesse has a consistent, if not predictable, taste in music. Frank Ocean released Channel Orange, his debut studio album, on July 10, 2012. Classified as Alternative R&B, the album is just over one hour long, with seventeen tracks total. The album features vocals from artists such as John Mayer, André 3000, and Tyler, The Creator.…

because Melbourne five piece The Paper Kites literally crafted their sophomore album twelvefour when the rest of the world was asleep. “The album is a concept record, based around a theory that an artist's creative peak is between the hours of midnight and 4am,” says frontman Sam Bentley. The result is a collection of 10 tracks, mixing the introspection of the night with smooth guitar rifts. “If I could sum up the album, it’s about what happens when selfishness and love collide.” Describing…

Pimp a Butterfly: Setting the Standard for the Contemporary Rap Album On March 16, 2015, Kendrick Lamar released one of the most critically-acclaimed rap albums of all time. To Pimp a Butterfly sold 324,000 copies its first week, giving Lamar his first No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart and receiving platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (Lynch 2015). To Pimp a Butterfly, Lamar’s second studio album, uses components of funk, soul, and jazz to reflect on his…

up with a draft of the legislation that was later to be the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). The legislation was later introduced to the Congress each year from 1984 to 1993 but was repeatedly blocked by entrenched opponents. The Congress finally passed the legislation in 1991 and was passed by the 103rd Congress in 1993 which was the only Congress that had a majority that President Bill Clinton had. The legislation also had some support from the Republicans including support from Sen.…

Week #6 Team 1 The One Minute Manager Human resource specialists will say that the best managers follow a one-minute leadership style; that is, their way of operating does not take a lot of time. Good managers are concise, focused, and on top of the ball. Above all, the one-minute manager puts quality over quantity. A model one-minute manager pays attention to maintaining one-minute goals, one-minute praising, and one-minute reprimands. One-minute goals refers to management and their…

due process forces the employer to give notice of adverse action. It gives the employee a certain time frame to respond to the adverse action notice. Also in the state of Virginia after a review of the case is made, the employee has an option of full review of the case if there is evidence of wrongful adverse action. There is a lot of variation in the adjudication process. It seems that every state has their process. One of the biggest variations for the state of California is the time…

The company was founded more than 35 years ago and now boasts 1,300 employees and $275 million per year in sales. From the beginning, Chouinard and his wife and business partner, Malinda, declared that they would establish a business only on their own terms of environmental preservation above all else. Unlike in many businesses where employees often leave their true personalities at the door to conform to business policies, at Patagonia Chouinard wants employees to retain who they are at all…

Paid maternity leave is offered to women and the policy even extends to men for a lesser time frame around the globe. Countries have offered as much as 12 to 18 weeks paid leave and some private sector organizations overseas can offer up to a year of maternity leave. Countries that are rapidly growing within their economic development have also extended policy centered around maternity leave which begs the question: Why is the United States lagging behind our global counterparts in providing…

The Family Medical Leave Act permits qualified employees of a covered employer to take off from the job for specified family and medical purposes while their position at work is safeguarded. The employee takes the leave with continuous health insurance coverage, with all the same terms and conditions, just as if the employee was still at work (Gómez-Mejía et al. 2016). For the law enforcement officials, they must be employed at the job for twelve months with one thousand two hundred and fifty…