Vacation
It wasn't the skinned lamb carcasses that greeted me as I walked through the door. Nor was it the short, dark-tanned man with the cigarette hanging out of his mouth proudly showing me the assorted viscera stacked high on his stall. It wasn't even in the next hall where the seafood was so fresh I thought for a brief moment that I was snorkeling. What struck me the most about the whole experience was the narrow coffee shop tucked into a wall in between tripe soup vendors. I joined the old men at their Formica-clad tables, their glares a mix of disdain for my intrusion and curiosity at my boldness. I motioned the grey-haired bowling ball of a lady behind the counter like a pro, and before long I had my coffee in front of me. I'm not a big coffee drinker, to tell you the truth. But I was…...

Bangkok opened its heart to me, and I reciprocated by relishing every moment, no matter how spicy.
From Bangkok I headed to one of Thailand's most popular tourist islands: Ko Phan Gan. To get there I had to take a bus and a ferry but the whole journey took less than a full day. When I arrived, my friend and I headed straight for the beach even before we found our hotel room. Thankfully, our room was a bungalow on the beach. We stayed a week, leaving two shades darker than we arrived. Not sick of the beach scene yet, we took the boat to Ko Samui, which is next door to Ko Phan Gan. Ko Samui was equally as scenic. I did not want to leave.

However, the next leg of our journey sounded compelling and we put on our backpacks and headed for the hills: literally. Northern Thailand is…...

Vacation Memories
In my short life I have had the good fortune of being able to travel widely. This has allowed me to experience a variety of locations and a variety of climates. Each has offered something different and few of the places that I have visited have left me with the feeling that I did not want to return but nowhere has left me with the feelings of wonder and peace that the Island of Maui did. For a brief few days, I was left with the impression that this must be what heaven is like. Sitting on the beach watching the tides flow in and out feeling the comfort of warm, soft breezes I was free to clear my mind of my worldly tribulations. Listening to my favorite music on my iPod only added to my feelings of relaxation.

The Island of Maui is not the largest of the Hawaiian…...

Vacations or
There are numerous different types of drivers. On some days, I (or some other single individual) can manifest the characteristics of all these drivers, or at least a good deal of them. In many ways, driving can be considered one of the key distinguishing features of someone's personality. There was a lyric in a song once that you can tell people's styles by the way they park a car. If the styles and personalities of the following drives can be determined by the way in which they manipulate a moving two ton piece of steel, metal, and plastic, then it is no small wonder that the world is in as much trouble as it is.

First and foremost, then, we have the ubiquitous cab driver, synonymously operating in every city in every state, while seeming to thrive in metropolises and other cramped places where the value of cars is…...

A restaurant for dinner is selected having consulted the Michelin guidebook (Travel pp). Then back to the hotel to refresh and stroll to the Square for drinks (Travel pp). After breakfast on ednesday morning, most of the day is spent touring the Government buildings, then back to the hotel to relax and consult the guidebook for a dinner restaurant (Travel pp). Thursday is spent at the Heysel Exhibition Park and the Atomium, which is called the Eiffel Tower of Brussels (Travel pp). After the tour, then it is back to the hotel to refresh and again a low-key night on the Square. After breakfast Friday, the day is spent at the Museum of Modern Art near Royal Square (Travel pp). A restaurant is chosen to dine for dinner before returning to the hotel.
Saturday, the 24th, is spent at the Sablon Square, where there are hundreds of antique shops and…...

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Work Cited

Introduction to Belgium. Accessed June 02, 2005 from the Official Site of the Belgian Tourist Office in The Americas.

 http://www.visitbelgium.com/ 

Living in Belgium. Accessed June 02, 2005.

http://livinginbelgium.com/livin_art_info_0048.htm#anchLIVIN317810499

" (de Graff, 2008)
Vacations make workers more productive. Air New Zealand conducted a study and states findings that following having taken a vacation that workers were able to sleep one hour longer and to experience quality sleep with reactions times that were 30 to 40% faster than before their vacation. The gains were found to last across several months.

The work of Gilbert and Abdullah (2003) reports a study focused on understanding if taking vacations has any impact on the well-being or the life satisfaction of individuals. The study reports "A comparison between a holiday taking group and non-holiday taking control group provided evidence that the former experienced a higher sense of well-being prior and post their travels when compared to the latter. Although the effect sizes are mostly small, the evidence suggests that holiday taking has the potential to enhance the level of happiness of those enjoying it, not causing…...

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References

Gilbert, D. And Abdullah, J. (2004) Holidaytaking and the sense of well-being. Annals of Tourism Research Vol. 31, Issue 1. Jan 2004. Retrieved from:  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160738303001051 

Graaf, John de (2008) in the U.S. We Don't Take Enough Vacations -- Really. SF Gate. Retrieved from: http://www.sfgate.com/travel/article/in-the-U-S-we-don-t-take-enough-vacations-3200407.php#page-2

Hunter-Jones, P. (2006) Managing Cancer: The Role of Holiday Taking. 8 Mar 2006. Journal of Travel Medicine. Vol. 19, Iss 3. Retrieved from:  http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.2310/7060.2003.35762/abstract 

Need a Vacation? Many Americans Don't Take Them (2012) Reuters. Retrieved from:  http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/09/09/us-work-vacation-idUSTRE6883DW20100909

U.S. Vacations
American Vacation Time

Many people in the United States are clueless about how their country stacks up to other countries in the world in regards to vacation time. Most people generally assume that vacation time in the United States is relatively comparable to that of the rest of the world. However, that could not be farther from the case. In fact the U.S. has been referred to as the "non-vacation" nation since it has no federally mandated vacation time other than public holidays (CNN orld). In fact, in a 2009 Mercer poll the only country that was included in the survey that scored worse than the United States was China. Every other industrialized nation and nearly all the developing nations all have mandated vacation time that exceeds the American averages. Many of the top vacation nations in the world offer their citizens a mandated forty or more days off per…...

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Works Cited

CNN World. "Which countries have the most vacation days?" 29 July 2011. CNN World. Web. 15 November 2012.

Kuhnel, J. And S. Sonnentag. "How long do you benefit from vacation? A closer look at the fade-out of vacation effects." Journal of Organizational Psychology (2010): 125-143. Web.

Quigley, P. "Taking a vacation may not only make you happy, but increase your job performance." 17 August 2011. U.S. News Science. Web. 15 November 2012.

summer vacation. You've chosen a gorgeous resort vacation, hesitate kind transport 'll trip. traveling comfortable suitable: a bus airplane. Compare contrast means transportation.
There has been much controversy regarding transportation in the recent years and depending on each individual's preferences, some means of transportations are considered to be superior to others in particular circumstances. When considering the difference between riding by bus and riding by airplane, there are a lot of variables that can be considered by individuals wanting to reach a conclusion in regard to which one is more effective when concerning their demands. It is difficult to determine whether it is more efficient to travel by bus or to travel by plane and the distance of the trip is one of the principal things influencing such a choice.

People generally like to believe that airtravel is not very expensive and that it is much faster. However, when considering a short-distance…...

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Bibliography:

"The Airline Industry," Retrieved November 28, 2011, from the Stanford University Website: http://adg.stanford.edu/aa241/intro/airlineindustry.html

Dream Vacation Project
Planning a vacation may not be as easy as one may think. In fact, without proper planning, the vacation may not be a success. One must decide when to travel, where to travel, where to stay, what to see and experience, how much to spend, and so forth. It is actually a process that requires meticulous preparation. This paper provides a plan for a dream vacation in Puerto ico. The paper particularly pays attention to the schedule, cost, and scope of the vacation.

Time is an important element in vacation planning (Matt, 2013). One must define when to travel and for what period of time. It is not enough for one to just say they are going to Puerto ico. Saying they are going to Puerto ico for a certain number of days at a certain time of the year would be more ideal. For instance, instead of saying…...

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References

Matt, N. (2013). 17 easy steps for planning your next trip. Retrieved from:  http://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/planning-a-trip/ 

U.S. News (n.d.). Best things to do in Puerto Rico. Retrieved from: http://travel.usnews.com/Puerto_Rico/Things_To_Do/

U.S. News (n.d.). Best times to visit Puerto Rico. Retrieved from: http://travel.usnews.com/Puerto_Rico/When_To_Visit/

secretary went on vacation. She inadvertently took with her something from the office. Her boss sent her a message asking her to return it immediately. This she did, mailing it out that day. Yet, when she returned from vacation, she was dismissed. Why?
The object the secretary took was the set of keys for the mailbox. Since the keys were in the mailbox, her boss could not open the mailbox to retrieve them and this explains her dismissal.

The strategy used was first to determine exactly what needed to be known. The question was 'why was the secretary dismissed?'

The next step was to look at what is known. The facts are:

The secretary inadvertently took something home from the office.

Her bossed asked her to return it.

She returned it by mail.

She was dismissed when she returned from her vacation.

It was assumed that all this information given would be necessary to the solution. The next…...

Dream Vacation
Although a true dream vacation would be longer than five days, I do understand that I am on a tight schedule. If I only budget for five calendar days, including the day I leave home and the day I return, I can still make it to London, England and back. There are frequent flights to London, and with my frequent flyer miles on Air Canada, I can offset some of the costs and retain most of my budget of $2,000. Furthermore, I have an aunt in London with whom I can stay. If I take public transportation while I am there and eat fish and chips and grilled cheese at the Borough Market, then my total expenditures will be small and I can afford to go out at night.

After checking the Government of Canada Traveller's Checklist, I have determined that all I need is a passport and I will…...

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References

Coscarelli, W.C. (1983). Decision-making styles and the group process. Performance Improvement 22(7): 22-25.

Government of Canada Traveller's Checklist. Retrieved online:  https://travel.gc.ca/travelling/publications/travellers-checklist

American Vacation Time/Holidays
In the United States, people live to work while in other areas of the world people work to live. Or at least, this is a common stereotype about Americans and people who live in other parts of the world. The average working American gets two weeks (sometimes three if they're lucky) of vacation time a year while it isn't uncommon for individuals living in Spain, Italy and other parts of Western Europe to have the entire summer off, which is something that shocks Americans when they visit Madrid or ome in the middle of the summer. In the news we've heard about workers in Western Europe facing a cut in their social benefits, however, their vacation time is never touched (Geoghegan 2010). Meanwhile, American workers employed during this desperate financial time are not taking their vacations in fear of losing their jobs if they do or of appearing…...

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References

Geoghegan, T. (2010, August 4). Why don't Americans have longer vacations? The New

York Times. Retrieved from  http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2010/08/04/why-dont-americans-have-longer-vacations 

Parker-Pope, T. (2010, February 18). How vacations affect your happiness. New York

Times. Retrieved from  http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/18/how-vacations-affect-your-happiness/

Vacation at the Beach with SharksI always hear, Look out for sharks! when I head for the beachbut up till this year Ive never actually seen a shark. Then this summer I saw about four or five sharks in one day. We were near San Sebastian inlet, just south of Melbourne, Florida, on the Atlantic coast. We had a VRBO house rental on the beach, so we could walk out the back door, out the back yard, over the dune, and be on the beach in under a minute. The beach was not private but it felt like it was because there was never anyone on it throughout the week. A public access point was nearby, however, and people would show up on the weekends.This particular morning the first shark I saw was near the shore where the waves broke on the beach. The shore dropped right at this point…...

In short, it's the veteran employees, who seem to not be using their vacation time, that are creating the perceived problem.
By taking a regression that analyzes length of tenure vs. vacation time taken in the most recently completed calendar year (2005), we can see if employees are taking more time off as they accrue more vacation days. Our hypothesis is that they are not and that there will be no correlation between length of tenure and time off taken.

The main statistic we will analyze is the coefficient of determination. According to Aczel and Sounderpandian, the coefficient of determination measures the strength of the regression relationship on a scale of zero to 1; the closer the figure is to 1, the stronger the relationship (p.457). As Aczel and Sounderpandian indicate, it is difficult to state definitively how close to 1 our coefficient of determination must be before we declare a…...

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Works Cited

Aczel, Amir D. And Sounderpandian, Jayavel. Complete Business Statistics, 6th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2006.

Group Dynamics
In the lifetime of an individual student in any learning institution, he is bound to work within a setting that brings him together with other students with a common goal to be achieved collectively. Group work seems inevitable in many aspects of a student's life and our group discussed herein was one of the several groups that I have found myself in the course of my academic pursuit.

The group here was out to set a vacation for the group that had been working together on several assignments and it was agreed that it was in order to end the year by having a weekend vacation together. This was interesting since it presented a unique and somehow queer situation since the group had been working together on school and academic based assignments for quite sometime, but since it has never worked on the arrangement of a vacation, it seemed like…...

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Reference

Mind Tools Ltd., (2014). Forming, Storming, Norming, and Performing: Understanding the Stages of Team Formation. Retrieved September 28, 2014 from  http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newLDR_86.htm

Harvard Business Review has some of the best in-depth reviews of individual companies and may offer you some of the information that you seek about an individual Fortune 500 company’s culture.  You could start by looking at individual aspects of what is considered part of successful corporate culture and then look for articles or essays about those different facets of corporate culture, which could be a spring-board for an in-depth analysis.

If we were looking at a Fortune 500 company and wanted to find a source of an in-depth look at its corporate culture, we would search for....

Perhaps the biggest challenge when selecting a topic for a dissertation is trying to choose something unique.  You want to be able to add something new to your field, but in an area like human resources, it is not like you are likely to be creating new research.  We have noticed an increased interest in two particular aspects of human resources: globalization and aptitude testing.  Therefore, either of those broad topics would make a good jumping-off point for a thesis about human resources. 

Some topics to consider include:

1. Fairness in HR benefits in global....

Leisure is an interesting topic that spans many different areas.  On its own, leisure is big business.  Recreation and hospitality both represent huge sectors of the economy.  Leisure is also an important psycho-social issue.  It impacts family life, health, lifestyle, work-life balance, human resources, and many other issues.  Therefore, it is important to study leisure on its own and as a component of other factors.

Some titles and topic ideas for an essay on leisure include:

Compulsive Productivity- How an emphasis on work and hustling has degraded the concept of leisure time in the United....

I. Introduction
- Introduce the topic of summer vacations and the importance of planning ahead
- Provide a brief overview of the key points that will be discussed in the essay

II. Travel plans
- Discuss the destination for the summer vacation, such as a beach resort or a mountain retreat
- Mention any specific activities or attractions that are planned for the trip
- Explain why this destination was chosen and why it is an ideal choice for a vacation

III. Relaxation and downtime
- Outline plans for relaxation and downtime during the summer vacation
- Mention activities such as reading, spending time outdoors, or catching up on....