Friday the 13th

THE CASE On a rainy Thursday evening, as Mr. Pramod Kumar, the AGM-Industrial Relations-TATA Motors, was sipping his cup of tea, he had some unexpected visitors. A five-minute meeting with the visitors turned Mr. Kumar’s day on its head. Ramdas Soren, the local MLA of JMM (Jharkhand Mukti Morcha) in 2013 along with Santosh, the leader of the contract labour union in TATA Motors affiliated to JMM threatened to go on an indefinite strike if their demands remained unmet. Considering the seriousness…

Zakaria Radaideh 11KM Book Review The title of this book is called Robinson Crusoe, the author is Daniel Defoe, publisher is Modern Library, the year of publication is in 1719, genre is Historical Fiction, the type of genre is an Adventure Novel and the number of pages is 198. The book is about a man named Robinson Crusoe who always had a desire for sailing and having adventures. He gets many chances but finally land up being the only survivor on a deserted island. Here he makes a life for…

7 people have died and 98 people have been injured on Black Friday. Black Friday is a time where retail companies go "into the black", or make a profit. People usually wait for hours outside of stores, same as my family does. If you want to know more about Black Friday keep reading to know about the history, common traditions, and my family traditions. Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving when retail companies go into the black instead of the red, they make a profit. The story goes,…

Black Friday is an excellent time to save money and have an excuse to spend! While it’s a joyous and exciting time for the consumers, it can be a stressful hectic time for the employees. Unfortunately employees sometimes have to come to work on Thanksgiving day. Thanksgiving day is a very profitable day of the year for stores. In fact in 2010 November/December retailers made around 50% of their years profits (CNN Money). With that being said, it’s a great time for retailers to make money and…

GameStop has decided that it is in their and their employee's best interest if they shut down all of their stores around the globe on November 26th, Thanksgiving. Considering that the next day is Black Friday, this decision makes perfect sense. WHY GAMESTOP DECIDED TO CLOSE ON THANKSGIVING GameStop is one of the most well known and successful gaming stores in the world so why would they close down a day and lose sales? Well, the answer, according to GameStop, is as simple as giving their…

Moving Systems, we are just as excited as you are to see shoppers bustling with the excitement of good deals. And speaking of good deals, make sure you check out our website to see some of ours! But have you ever wondered what the history of Black Friday is? How did it receive that title? And what influenced the most gratitude-filled holiday of the year to…

The physical abuse, mental abuse and maltreatment distributed out by the Jews and the Romans, as well as the lack of food, water, and sleep, also contributed to His generally weakened state. Therefore, even before the actual crucifixion, Jesus' physical condition was at least serious and possibly critical. With the knowledge of both anatomy and ancient crucifixion practices, one may form the option, that this was indeed a slow agonizing execution. Our Lord and Savior’s contributing cause of…

Gerardo Mejia Professor Feres Religious Studies 325 17 April 2015 Retreat On Friday March 6th I embarked on a retreat until Sunday March 8th. Holy Spirit Catholic Church hosted this retreat, which is located at, 2725 55th St, San Diego, CA 92105. I was invited by one of my close friends to join her on this retreat, I knew very little about what I was getting myself into and about what I would even be doing there. All I was told was this retreat was going to take place in a different location,…

Many truly don’t know the complete meaningful definition of the word passion. Passion in the dictionary is a very vague and simple definition. The definition defines passion as a strong emotion. There are many strong emotions out there in the world that the word passion can be confused, or can be used in the wrong context. It seems like people have taking away the true meaning of passion. People have overlooked the word and substituted the definition with a definition that will never truly…

In literature, we can find different thoughts that are brought to our attention and may touch our hearts as we read it. When I read literature, I find a personal connection within it and it makes me want to read more. An Old English Poem, “The Dream of the Rood” by an unknown author, translated by E.T Donaldson is a unique poem where the narrator tells his vision from a dream he received on the crucifixion of Christ and the view from the cross perspective. The beauty of this poem goes beyond…