query: when did the five day work week begin

pos: Workweek and weekend Thursday–Friday to Friday–Saturday, or to Saturday–Sunday. Historically, the Christian Sabbath was just one day each week, but the preceding day (the Jewish Sabbath) came to be taken as a holiday as well in the twentieth century. This shift has been accompanied by a reduction in the total number of hours worked per week, following changes in employer expectations. The present-day concept of the "weekend" first arose in the industrial north of Britain in the early part of the nineteenth century. The Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America Union was the first to successfully demand a five-day work week in 1929. Some

pos: Week week while defining a year of 13 months with 28 days each. It was the official calendar of the Eastman Kodak Company for decades. In the Soviet Union between 1929 and 1940, most factory and enterprise workers, but not collective farm workers, used five- and six-day work weeks while the entire country continued to use the traditional seven-day week. From 1929 to 1951, five national holidays were days of rest (, , ). From autumn 1929 to summer 1931, the remaining 360 days of the year were subdivided into 72 five-day work weeks beginning on . Workers were assigned any

pos: Soviet calendar six-day work weeks were used to schedule work, but the Gregorian calendar and its seven-day week were used for all other purposes. During the summer of 1929, five-day continuous work weeks were implemented in factories, government offices, and commercial enterprises, but not collective farms. One of the five days was randomly assigned to a worker as their day of rest without regard to the rest days assigned to members of their family or friends. These five-day work weeks continued throughout the Gregorian year, interrupted only by the five national holidays. During the summer of 1931, six-day interrupted work weeks were

pos: Sabbath days needed to approximate the tropical year were placed after the months at the end of each year. The tenth day of each week, "décadi", replaced Sunday as the day of rest and festivity in France. From 1929 to 1931, the Soviet Union mandated a five-day week, with each day designated by color as a state rest day for a different 20% of the workforce; families usually did not share rest days. Three weeks a year were six or seven days, because interrupted by holidays. From 1931 to 1940, the Soviets mandated a six-day week, with state rest days for

neg: Soviet calendar production weeks were not yet specified, and the conversion was only to "begin during the year". Nevertheless, many sources state that the effective date of five-day weeks was which was the beginning of the economic year. But many other lengths of continuous work weeks were used, all of which were gradually introduced. Specific lengths for continuous production weeks were first mentioned when rules for the five-day continuous work week were issued on . On building construction and seasonal trades were put on a continuous six-day week, while factories that regularly halted production every month for maintenance were put on six-

neg: Soviet calendar 31-day months was always an extra work day in factories, which, when combined with the first five days of the following month, made six successive work days. But some commercial and government offices treated the 31st day as an extra day off. To make up for the short fifth week of February, was a uniform day off followed by four successive work days in the first week of . The partial last week of February had four work days in common years and five work days in leap years . But some enterprises treated as a regular work day, producing

neg: Joseph C. Carter are the result of his efforts to change a law that made firing certain state military division employees impossible without a court martial. He also claims senior officials were also angry with him for changing the National Guard's work week from a ten-hour-a-day four-day-a-week work schedule to an eight-hour-a-day five-day-a-week work schedule. Carter claimed he did not remember the soldier who made the accusations and had "categorically denied the allegation". Carter also claimed to have not known of the allegations until they were raised during the 2010 court martial. This is in contrast to a statement by Murray who claims

neg: Week one of the five days as their day off, even if their spouse or friends might be assigned a different day off. Peak usage of the five-day work week occurred on at 72% of industrial workers. From summer 1931 until , each Gregorian month was subdivided into five six-day work weeks, more-or-less, beginning with the first day of each month. The sixth day of each six-day work week was a uniform day of rest. On 74.2% of industrial workers were on non-continuous schedules, mostly six-day work weeks, while 25.8% were still on continuous schedules, mostly five-day work weeks. The Gregorian

neg: World Health Organization resistance (2011). The other official global public health campaigns marked by WHO are World Tuberculosis Day, World Immunization Week, World Malaria Day, World No Tobacco Day, World Blood Donor Day, World Hepatitis Day, and World AIDS Day. As part of the United Nations, the World Health Organization supports work towards the Millennium Development Goals. Of the eight Millennium Development Goals, three – reducing child mortality by two-thirds, to reduce maternal deaths by three-quarters, and to halt and begin to reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS – relate directly to WHO's scope; the other five inter-relate and affect world health. The World

neg: Broadcast calendar begin on the preceding Monday, December 27. Broadcast January would then have five weeks, ending on January 30, and the four weeks of broadcast February would begin on January 31. The number of weeks in a broadcast month is based on the number of Sundays that fall in that month with the period ending on the last Sunday of the month. Days and weeks in a broadcast calendar are often referred to by number rather than name, as in Week 47, Day 3. Since each week starts on a Monday, day three is always a Wednesday, while week 47 is

neg: Four-day week of work on Fridays. In 2016, a IT company in Romania, declared Monday as a day-off. As a result of reducing with 20% of working time, Friday has become much more productive. The employees said that three days off actually means 50% more free time then before. In New Zealand, trust company Perpetual Guardian announced in February 2018 that it would begin trialing a four-day work week in March 2018. Unlike many four-day week initiatives which require staff to work longer days for the same pay, or receive less pay, Perpetual Guardian’s plan, instigated by founder Andrew Barnes, saw the

neg: Housewife 19th century); "Nine Hours a Day" (1871 English song, anonymous); "A Woman's Work is Never Done" or "A Woman Never Knows When her Day's Work is Done"; "The Labouring Woman"; "How Five and Twenty Shillings were Expended in a Week" (English popular songs); "A Woman's Work" (London music hall song by Sue Pay, 1934). "The Housewife's Alphabet", by Peggy Seeger, was issued as a Blackthorne Records single with "My Son". In imperial China (excluding periods of the Tang dynasty), women were bound to homemaking by the doctrines of Confucianism and cultural norms. Generally, girls did not attend school and, therefore,

neg: Cruz Teng begin a blog. He was nominated for Best Celebrity Blog at the 1st Nuffnang Regional Blog Awards in 2009, Best Radio Personality Blog at the Singapore Radio Awards in 2010 and Best Local Celebrity Blog at the omy Blog Awards 2010. He was named Official Blogger for Singapore's National Day celebrations in 2009. In 2007, Teng fell into a drain and broke five bones in his left foot. He was admitted to hospital and did a surgery the following day. A week later, fellow DJ Dennis Chew also met with an accident. He fell off a bicycle and fractured his

neg: HMS Anne (1915) to bombard Smyrna, Turkey. A week later, she was torpedoed by the Turkish torpedo boat "Demir Hisar". The ship was hit by one torpedo in the Number 1 cargo hold; this was full of timber which limited water ingress and saved her from sinking. "Aenne Rickmers" arrived at Mudros the following day to begin repairs, but the repair crew was withdrawn a week later to work on the damaged battlecruiser . The seaplane carrier (another merchant conversion) arrived on 20 March to load her aircraft and crew, leaving only a five-person skeleton crew behind. During a storm on 6 April,

neg: Eight-day week popularity of the seven-day rhythm won and the eight-day week disappeared. The cycle of seven days, named after the sun, the moon, and the five planets visible to the naked eye, was already customary in the time of Justin Martyr, who wrote of the Christians meeting on the Day of the Sun (Sunday). Emperor Constantine eventually established the seven-day week in the Roman calendar in AD 321. The Celts used periods of darkness such as night and winter to begin their calculations of time. This meant that the first period of time in a "week" was a night, followed by

neg: POETS day POETS day POETS day is a term used by workers in the United Kingdom to refer jocularly to Friday as the last day of the work week. The word "POETS" is an acronym for "Piss off early, tomorrow's Saturday": hence Friday becomes "Poets day". It is tradition to begin the POETS day at 3.30PM. Variations on this are "Punch out early, tomorrow's Saturday" (referring to a manual punch time clock), "Push off early, tomorrow's Saturday" and "Push off early, tomorrow's Sunday" (based on the old 6-day work week). It also is a backronym, to be read as in "A Poets

neg: Workweek and weekend the employer says otherwise, which some do. The working week is Monday to Friday. Working time must not exceed 8 hours per day and 40 hours per week (on average, annualised). The standard working week in India for most office jobs begins on Monday and ends on Saturday. The work schedule is 60 hours per week, Sunday being a rest day. However, most government offices and the software industry follow a five-day workweek. All major industries along with services like transport, hospitality, healthcare etc. work in shifts. Central government offices follow a five-day week. State governments follow half-day working on

neg: Shift plan days to come in, to support other non-shifted departments, fill gaps in coverage, or participate in training. The "five and two" or "3-2-2" plan provides 24/7 coverage using 4 crews and 12-hour shifts over a fortnight. Average hours is 42 per week but contains a 60-hour week which can be challenging. "5/4/9s" or "Five/Four Nines" is a mix of 5-day and 4-day work weeks. Employees work in two-week cycles. Week 1, the employee works 4 days of 9 hours followed by 1 day of 8 hours with 2 days off (i.e. 44 hours). Week 2, the employee works 4 days

neg: Henry J. Rosner seven-day work week, Rosner wrote: While distinguished economists urge the five-day week as a solution for the unemployment problem, Roosevelt has done nothing to abolish the seven-day work week among New York transit employees, hotel and cafeteria workers, and elevator operators in apartment houses. The records of the N.Y.Ç. Transit Commission reveal that there are 25,000 subway guards, platform men, street car conductors, motormen and bus drivers in New York City alone who work ten hours a day or more seven days a week. There are 25,000 hotel workers in New York City who never get a day off. Thousands

neg: Israeli labor law by a 125% wage raise, and any overtime work beyond that must be accompanied by a 150% raise. No more than four hours of overtime work can be performed in a single day. Those with a six-day workweek cannot work more than 12 hours of overtime per week, while those with a five-day workweek cannot work more than 15 hours of overtime per week. Those who work during a religious holiday are entitled to a 150% raise and an alternative day off. Employers are prohibited by law from compelling their employees to work more than 47 hours per week. Discrimination

neg: Cordova, Alaska James Heney purchased half the land for the terminus of the Copper River and Northwestern Railway after determining that the neighboring town of Katalla was a poor harbor. Heney and his crew held a brief ceremony to organize the town on March 26, 1906. A week later crews arrived to begin work on the railroad. The first lots in the new town site, which make up the heart of present-day Cordova, were sold at auction in May 1908. As the railroad grew, so did the town. Eventually schools, businesses, a hospital, and utilities were established. After the railroad was completed

neg: Get On Your Boots single didn't work, and when the single doesn't work people don't have a way into the record." The song entered the "Billboard" Hot 100 Top 40 in its debut week, fell to number 96 the following week, then off the chart. However, it did become their sixteenth top-five Modern Rock Tracks hit, debuting in the Top 10, and peaking at number five. It also became their first Top 10 single on this chart since "All Because of You" in 2005. In the UK, "Get On Your Boots" reached number 12, marking the band's 40th UK Top 40 single and their

neg: Week calendar. Traces of a nine-day week are found in Baltic languages and in Welsh. The ancient Chinese calendar had a ten-day week, as did the ancient Egyptian calendar (and, incidentally, the French Republican Calendar, dividing its 30-day months into thirds). A six-day week is found in the Akan Calendar. Several cultures used a five-day week, including the 10th century Icelandic calendar, the Javanese calendar, and the traditional cycle of market days in Korea. The Igbo have a "market week" of four days. Evidence of a "three-day week" has been derived from the names of the days of the week in

neg: Ancient Roman units of measurement followed by Sun-day, Moon-day, Mars-day, Mercury-day, Jupiter-day, and lastly Venus-day. Each astrological day was reckoned to begin at sunrise. The Jews also used a seven-day week, which began Saturday evening. The seventh day of the week they called Sabbath; the other days they numbered rather than named, except for Friday, which could be called either the Parasceve or the sixth day. Each Jewish day was reckoned to begin at sunset. Christians followed the Jewish seven-day week, except that they commonly called the first day of the week the "Dominica", or the Lord's day. In 321 Constantine the Great gave his

neg: Javanese calendar contains multiple, overlapping (but separate) measurements of times, called "cycles". These include: Days in the Javanese calendar, like the Islamic calendar, begin at sunset. Traditionally, Javanese people do not divide the day and night into hours, but rather into phases. The division of a day and night are: The native Javanese system groups days into a five-day week called "Pasaran", unlike most calendars that uses a seven-day week. The name, "pasaran", is derived from the root word "pasar" ("market"). Historically, but also still today, Javanese villagers gather communally at local markets to socially meet, engage in commerce, and buy and

neg: Four-day week Four-day week A four-day week is an arrangement where a workplace or school has its employees or students work or attend school over the course of four days rather than the more customary five. This arrangement can be a part of flexible working hours, and is sometimes used to cut costs, as seen in the example of the so-called "4/10 work week," where employees work a normal 40 hours across four days, i.e. a "four-ten" week. In 2008, employees of the Utah state government all began working ten-hour days from Monday to Thursday. By closing state government offices on Fridays,

neg: Akan calendar northwest of the Asante. Within the Adaduanan cycle are found four special days collectively called "dabɔne" ("bɔne", evil); "Fɔdwo", "Awukudae", "Fofi" and "Akwasidae". The 42-day cycle may be thought to begin on "Fɔdwo" and the other three "dabɔne" follow in nine-day intervals; "Awukudae" on the tenth day, "Fofi" on the nineteenth day, and "Akwasidae" on the twenty-eighth day. It takes a further 14 days to complete the Adaduanan. When "Kurow" (from "kurow", town) of the six-day week coincides with a Wednesday of the seven-day week (on "Kurow-Wukuo"), or with a Sunday of the seven-day week (on "Kurow-Kwasi"), the two "dabɔne"

neg: Alfred Herbert Richardson for all duties and keep Truncheons. Constables would work twelve hours a day, seven days a week. There would be two shifts, one day and one night." There were no meal breaks. A beat system was such that a Constable was taken to the start of his beat on foot by a superior. Constables worked on 'shifts', which meant they spent about six or seven hours during the day or night at their work. Some weeks they did 'nights', others they did 'evenings', others did 'days'. At this period they worked seven days a week with no rest days, which

neg: James Glaser a capitalist paper, the Times. Glaser never gave into the pressure to write the series. "Mr. Edwards turned out to be Gerhart Eisler, who later became the propaganda chief for the East German government. It turned out that much of the paper's policy was controlled by Eisler, including its editorial policy. Glaser, used to a five-day work week at the Times saw employees of the Worker laboring six days a week. Naturally, he tried to change that by ordering a five-day work week. Eisler immediately vetoed his order saying that "we couldn't delay the revolution for a day." Eisler was

neg: Workweek and weekend coming back to the office on Monday. In Hong Kong, a typical working week for local enterprises begins on Monday and ends at 1pm on Saturday, although most employees have alternate Saturdays off. After the introduction of the five-day working week for the majority of government departments in 2006, most multinational enterprises and large local companies followed suit, extended the working day from 9am to 6pm so as to adopt a five-day work week. Despite the aforementioned official hours, many employees work overtime, and in the case of the financial industry in particular, working 12-hour days on a chronic basis

neg: Working time working hours in Hong Kong"; and he proposed a 50-hour maximum work week to protect workers' health. [[Singapore]] enacts an 8-hour normal work day (9 hours including lunchtime) , a 44-hour normal working week, and a maximum 48-hour work week. It is to note that if the employee works no more than five days a week, the employee’s normal working day is 9-hour and the working week is 44 hours. Also, if the number of hours worked of the worker is less than 44 hours every alternate week, the 44-hour weekly limit may be exceeded in the other week. Yet,

neg: School holiday The school holidays are determined by the Ministry of Schools and are valid for every basic and high school. In Slovenia, summer holidays begin on June 24 (June 25 is National day, which is also a public holiday) and end on September 1. Other holidays are usually one week long, they expand if national holidays fall on the work days. The Autumn holidays ("Krompirjeve počitnice" – "Potato holidays") begin around October 31, which is Reformation day and November 1 which is called "All Saints' Day". The New Year holidays usually start around Christmas and last until January 2. In the

neg: Central Alberta Dairy Pool v Alberta (Human Rights Commission) of the faith, he had to take a number of days off work. The Dairy Plant was initially accommodating, but when he tried to take off a Monday, which was the busiest day of the week, it refused to let him off and told him that if he did not show up to work, he would be fired. Christie did not show up on Monday and, when he returned from work on Tuesday, his job was filled with a new employee. Christie submitted a complaint under the "Individual's Rights Protection Act" ("Act") for dismissal based on religious grounds. The Board

neg: RAC Paul and Poraja tribal groups. He met Munshi, a Bengali christian, in the village MV3 and taught bible lessons there. After their wedding, on February 9, 1972, Dr. Iris and Dr. RAC Paul journeyed together to Malkangiri to begin medical work on the Bondo tribes. They left IMS and joined Indian Evangelical Mission, which sent two other missionaries to work with the Pauls: Bros Sasi Kumar and Jeyapaul Sithar. The Pauls went to Bondo Hills, lived there, and did the ministry during the week and medical work on Sundays. They returned to Malkangiri once per week. The local tribal people were

neg: Bessie Banks called it a day. Everyone was in tears. "Come back next week and we will be ready to record 'Go Now'"; and we did so. I was happy and excited that maybe this time I’ll make it. 'Go Now' was released and right away it was chosen Pick Hit of the Week on W.I.N.S. Radio. That means your record is played for seven days. Four days went by, I was so thrilled. On day five, when I heard the first line, I thought it was me, but all of a sudden, I realized it wasn’t. At the end of the

neg: Sting (musician) concerts in the U.S. The day after the final concert, he told NBC's "Today Show": "I've been a member of Amnesty and a support member for five years, due to an entertainment event called "The Secret Policeman's Ball" and before that I did not know about Amnesty, I did not know about its work, I did not know about torture in the world." In 1988 he joined musicians including Peter Gabriel and Bruce Springsteen for a six-week Human Rights Now! tour commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. With his wife Trudie Styler and Raoni Metuktire,

neg: Kevin and Kell Kell" last week. Next week I'll write for "Safe Havens" while drawing the "Fastrack" batch. And on it goes… On a typical day I'll begin by writing four gags by 2:00, then I'll begin drawing, usually doing about four strips. At night, after everyone goes to bed, I'll write two gags." In 1998, Holbrook was named "Cartoonist of the Year" at Pogofest, in part for his work on "Kevin and Kell". In 2001, the strip won the award for "Best Anthropomorphic Comic" at the Web Cartoonist's Choice Awards, and was nominated for the same award in 2002. In 2003, "Kevin

neg: Las Vegas Railway Express was planned to operate five days a week between downtown Los Angeles and Las Vegas, making a daily round trip Thursday through Monday, with an increase to forty trips weekly planned for five years after the start of operations. As of November 2018 the train could begin service in September 2019. By November 2012, the company had purchased twelve passenger cars from unidentified sellers, with refurbishment expected to begin by the end of the year, though this was later pushed back to an undetermined date in early 2013. Rebuilding work will take place in Las Vegas at a cost of

neg: XHIA-TV the air in the morning and Canal 13 near midday, but XHIA did not begin programming until 6pm. By May 8, 1997, when the station celebrated 30 years of broadcasting, XHIA had significantly expanded its local programming. It signed on with a local show known as "Amanecer Lagunero", with telenovelas through the day and news and talk programming in the evenings. A week later, however, the station went off the air as 11 unionized employees began a strike that would last two and a half years. The strikers claimed violations of their collective contract, including unjustified firings and failure to

neg: Varalaru as she did not want to scold Ajith and after unfruitful discussion with Simran, Kanika was signed. Problems arose in mid-2005, when Asin could not allot dates for the film due to her work in "Ghajini", "Majaa" and "Sivakasi". However, by 15 June, thirty five days work was still required and Ajith was forced to leave the project to begin work on Bala's "Naan Kadavul" as per the signed contract. Chakravarthy later reported Ajith Kumar for the delays and before further problems occurred, L. Suresh of Ananda Pictures, a leading Chennai based distributor, intervened and solved the existing problems by

neg: California Assembly Bill 1066 in 1999, the statutory exemption for agricultural workers remained in place. Therefore, agricultural workers did not receive overtime pay until working over 10 hours in a single day and more than six days during a workweek. California Labor Code §510 defines a full work day as 8 hours and a full work week as 40 hours a week. With some exceptions overtime compensation is required for any work in excess of 8 hours in one workday and any work in excess of 40 hours per work week. However, Labor Code §554 exempts any person employed in an agricultural occupation for

neg: First Army Air Service had actual battle experience, they did little work other than perfecting their own training. The 91st Aero Squadron, therefore, took care of all of the long-range day reconnaissances. 1st Day Bombardment Group had its beginning 18 May 1918, when the 96th Aero Squadron, the first unit of day bombardment, was established at Amanty Aerodrome to begin active operations against the enemy. The flying equipment of the 96th Squadron consisted of ten Breguet 14B.2 bombing airplanes, equipped with 300 horsepower type 12 F. E. V. Renault motors. The 1st Day Bombardment Group had a threefold object: the destruction of material, reconnaissance,

neg: Mevlüt Kaplan is offered in his name. Mevlüt Kaplan Mevlüt Kaplan (born 1930 Akşehir) is a Turkish writer. Mevlüt Kaplan was born in the village of Ökes in Akşehir province. When he was nine years old his mother died, as did two of his brothers soon after. His father worked in construction, and the young Mevlüt helped him run the household.As a boy he was apprenticed, and worked as a shepherd. He was so determined to go to school that he walked five kilometres to another village and back each day. Other boys also did so to begin with, but soon gave

neg: Mevlüt Kaplan Mevlüt Kaplan Mevlüt Kaplan (born 1930 Akşehir) is a Turkish writer. Mevlüt Kaplan was born in the village of Ökes in Akşehir province. When he was nine years old his mother died, as did two of his brothers soon after. His father worked in construction, and the young Mevlüt helped him run the household.As a boy he was apprenticed, and worked as a shepherd. He was so determined to go to school that he walked five kilometres to another village and back each day. Other boys also did so to begin with, but soon gave up. He was able to

neg: Signs (2008 film) Signs (2008 film) Signs is a 2008 short romantic-comedy film created for Schweppes and directed by Patrick Hughes. An office worker named Jason is performing his boring daily work in his office when he sees a pretty girl named Stacey in her own office in the next building. Jason is drawn to her and they begin to communicate through Signs. They begin communicating almost every day and Jason plans to ask Stacey on a date but hesitates. Stacey stops appearing in her office and Jason returns to his boring life, regretting the fact that he did not ask Stacey on

neg: The Shawshank Redemption Brown, Gil Bellows, and James Whitmore appear in supporting roles. Darabont purchased the film rights to King's story in 1987, but development did not begin until five years later when he wrote the script over an eight-week period. Two weeks after submitting his script to the Castle Rock Entertainment film studio, Darabont secured a $25 million budget to produce "The Shawshank Redemption", which started pre-production in January 1993. While the film is set in Maine, principal photography took place from June to August 1993 almost entirely in Mansfield, Ohio, with the Ohio State Reformatory serving as the eponymous penitentiary. The

neg: Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad Glen Ellyn, College Avenue (in Wheaton), Wheaton, Gary Road (in Wheaton), Chicago Golf Grounds, Warrenville, Ferry Road (in Warrenville), Eola Junction (in Aurora), and Aurora. A one-way trip from Aurora to Chicago was seventy-five minutes. The final four cars from the Niles Car Company arrived on September 5 and were put into service seven days later. The original train schedules posted at stations showed service on the Batavia branch. However, actual service did not begin until the last week of September 1902. The Batavia branch met the Aurora branch at Eola Junction. Even when opened, the Batavia branch experienced little

neg: Becca Pizzi Pizzi ran 70–100 miles a week before her daughter woke up, then did further training at nighttime, including yoga and cross-training that totaled 30 hours a week. She also continued to work at the ice cream parlor and day care. By the time of competition, she got more sleep on the plane flights during the challenge (seven hours per night), than during her preparation (five hours). Her race preparation received national and international coverage. The entry fee was $36,000. Pizzi had to ask for additional time in order to find sponsors to help cover the cost. Ultima Replenisher, a maker

neg: Workweek and weekend days a week. In China, there is a five-day Monday-Friday working week, prior to which work on Saturday was standard. China began the two-day Saturday–Sunday weekend on May 1, 1995. Most government employees work 5 days a week (including officials and industrial management). Most manufacturing facilities operate on Saturdays as well. However, most shops, museums, cinemas and commercial establishments open on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. Banks are also open throughout the weekend and on most public holidays. During the period of public holidays, swapped holidays are common between the actual holiday and weekend, so a three-day or seven-day holiday periods

neg: Paul H. Allen Tropical Stations's third and final manager and filled the position until March 1, 1939 when it was transferred to the Canal Zone Government. "During its almost 13 years of existence, the Tropical Station supplied the greenhouses in Saint Louis with a constant flow of living plants." On March 1, 1939 Allen was jointly hired by the Health Department and the Canal Zone Experiment Gardens. He was to devote five days a week to his work with the Health Department and one day each week, plus such extra time as was required, to outline and supervise the work at the reorganized

neg: Workweek and weekend banks, remain open seven days a week. In the Philippines, Article 91 of the Labor Code requires one rest day for workers in a week; the choice of selecting the rest day is left to the employer, subject to collective bargaining. Most workers avail of Sunday as their mandated rest day. However, government offices, banks, and many non-service industry establishments maintain a five-day (Monday to Friday) work week. In Russia the common working week begins on Monday and ends on Friday with 8 hours per day. Federal law defines a working week duration of 5 or 6 days with no

neg: Feminist movement The "United Nations Human Development Report 2004" estimated that when both paid employment and unpaid household tasks are accounted for, on average women work more than men. In rural areas of selected developing countries women performed an average of 20% more work than men, or 120% of men's total work, an additional 102 minutes per day. In the OECD countries surveyed, on average women performed 5% more work than men, or 105% of men's total work—an additional 20 minutes per day. However, men did up to 19 minutes more work per day than women in five out of the eighteen

neg: Workweek and weekend a regular day off. Each year the government can modify working weeks near public holidays in order to optimize the labor schedule. For example, if a five-day week has a public holiday on Tuesday or Thursday, the calendar is rearranged to provide a reasonable working week. Exceptions include occupations such as transit workers, shop assistants, and security guards. In many cases independent schemes are used. For example, the service industry often uses the X-through-Y scheme (Russian: "X через Y") when every worker uses X days for work and the next Y days for rest. In the Soviet Union the standard

neg: Dave Dresden and got to work. Dresden quickly cultivated a following due to his simple but effective music policy; play the right track at the right time and only play great songs. His ambitions did not stop with spinning. While he continued to play in the clubs sometimes five nights a week, he became a dance music journalist by day. Dresden was named a reporter to the Billboard dance chart, and he began writing reviews and features for national magazines such as "Dance Music Authority", "DJ Times" and "Mixer". Dresden profiled Daft Punk, Paul Oakenfold, Moby, Masters at Work, Todd Terry, Sasha

neg: Rose Knox to have two separate doors. She also requested one of her husband’s top executives to resign after he was overheard saying he would not work for a woman. Throughout the years to come, Mrs. Knox made many other changes. One of the most famous things she did was to create a five-day work week for her workers, and she also gave them two weeks of paid vacation, something that was unheard of before. Mrs. Knox survived the Depression without having to release any of her workers. She was a Presbyterian in religion and a Republican in politics. She died aged

neg: Anatoly Marchenko and charged with violating the "administrative supervision" measures which had been imposed on him the previous summer. An account in the "samizdat" periodical, "A Chronicle of Current Events", details his life hitherto and the subsequent trial at the Kaluga City Court. Marchenko's response was to begin a hunger strike, on which he was still engaged when he was tried a month later on 31 March. He was quickly convicted, and sentenced that day to four years of internal exile to Siberia, again to Chuna. During a two-week wait for transport to begin, and for a week thereafter, Marchenko continued his

neg: Hearitfirst.com with WAY-FM to begin the "2 minute challenge" over a 12-week period. The competition began on June 19, 2007. According to the rules of the competition listeners of WAY-FM are directed to hearitfirst.com/wayfm where they listen to a 2-minute audio clip. After the completion of the audio clip, participants are offered free music downloads from artists including Chris Tomlin, Casting Crowns, Third Day, Jeremy Camp, MercyMe, Sanctus Real, Hawk Nelson, Kutless, Chris Rice and others. Each week participants can share the promotion with up to five friends and receive an additional bonus download. New downloads are made available each week.

neg: Shift plan is mainly adopted by industries in which companies prefers to work for all days of the week, often with four (overlapping) shifts per day, and where laws do not let employees work for 12 hours a day for several days. Five groups of employees are needed to cover a specific shift on all days, where each group gets a different day off. In "four on, two off" the employee gets two days off. There are 28 shifts per employee in a six-week cycle (i.e. 42 days), this adds up to an average of 56 hours worked per week with 12-hour

neg: Helen Gibson spring of 1911." When the Miller-Arlington Show suddenly closed in 1911, it left many performers stranded in Venice, California. Thomas H. Ince, who was producing for the New York Motion Picture Company, hired the entire cast for the winter at $2,500 a week. The performers were paid $8 a week and boarded in Venice, where the horses were stabled. They rode five miles each day to work in Topanga Canyon, where the films were being shot. In 1912, she made $15 a week for her first billed role as Ruth Roland's sister in "Ranch Girls on a Rampage". Like many

neg: SMAP work as a group, besides the taping of their weekly television program, "SMAP×SMAP". It was announced that the band did not have a single day that all five members could meet together, other than the taping of "SMAP×SMAP", which happened four times a month, commenting on the impossibility of shooting a music video, promoting a record, or going on tour. This led to a musical hiatus in a way, although they continued to perform their songs every week in a musical segment on "SMAP×SMAP". This was the first time in thirteen years that the band did not release any new

neg: USS Badger (FF-1071) operating area before returning to port on 22 May. After a week of upkeep, she put to sea for Guam. Arriving in Apra Harbor on 2 June to begin another period of upkeep, she remained there until 13 June when she put to sea for special operations in company with "Brewton". "Badger" returned to Guam on 22 June, spent three days there, and headed back to Subic Bay on the 25th. On the last day of the month, she put to sea as a unit of TG 75.1 to begin a 60-day training cruise to the Indian Ocean. One day

neg: Covered Market, Preston the necessity to make all the casting at his foundry before any work could begin on site. Finally, in April the first pillars were erected, but by the completion date of 31 July the market wasn’t ready and the Council members began to press for a £50 a week penalty to be imposed on the contractor. On Saturday 6 August 1870, ten men, five on the ground and five on the roof, were at work on the construction. At approximately 7.30am, "...all at once, without the least warning, a great portion of the vast fabric — in fact the whole

neg: The Last of Us Remastered was fitting all content onto one Blu-ray Disc. The changing of the in-game textures, and the inclusion of "Left Behind", were the cause for this difficulty. According to lead developer Christian Gyrling, "Remastered" "looked broken up until a week before shipping". Development on "Remastered" began shortly following the release of "The Last of Us" in June 2013. Though initially under light development, the team began working harder on "Remastered" when they saw the demand for it; work on the game's code did not begin until a larger team was introduced to "Remastered" in February 2014. As development on the original

neg: Ralph Waldo Emerson early as October 1839, but work did not begin until the first week of 1840. George Ripley was the managing editor. Margaret Fuller was the first editor, having been approached by Emerson after several others had declined the role. Fuller stayed on for about two years, when Emerson took over, utilizing the journal to promote talented young writers including Ellery Channing and Thoreau. In 1841 Emerson published "Essays", his second book, which included the famous essay "Self-Reliance". His aunt called it a "strange medley of atheism and false independence", but it gained favorable reviews in London and Paris. This book,

neg: Carolyn S. Shoemaker chemical engineering. Richard's roommate at Caltech was a young graduate student named Gene Shoemaker. Carolyn did not meet Gene until the summer of 1950, when she attended her brother's wedding. Gene had moved to New Jersey by 1950, to begin work toward a doctoral degree at Princeton University, but flew back to California to serve as Richard's best man. He then returned to his studies at Princeton. However, Carolyn and Gene maintained a "pen pal" relationship. They followed this with a two-week camping trip on the Colorado Plateau. On August 18, 1951, Carolyn and Gene married. Gene Shoemaker was a

neg: Dominic Barberi make such a foundation. Barberi set out for England once more in October 1841, where he was greeted with stares and suspicion, not only as a Catholic priest, but for the strange garb of the Passionist habit. J. Brodrick SJ, in his work on the "Second Spring" of Catholicism in England, says of Father Dominic's arrival, "The second spring did not begin when Newman was converted nor when the hierarchy was restored. It began on a bleak October day of 1841, when a little Italian priest in comical attire shuffled down a ship's gangway at Folkestone." After many months of

neg: Emancipation of the British West Indies were no longer afforded access to women's children and consequently employers ceased to offer women indulgences. Women were now expected to work while pregnant and with small children though ex-slaves demanded that these women be exempt from arduous field labor. In some cases, apprentices' protests were effective for producing reforms to the apprenticeship system. In Trinidad, apprentices were granted a five-day work week, masters became required to care for freed children, and workers were compensated for labor performed on Saturday. A small number of apprentices attempted to purchase their freedom and an even fewer successfully did so. Apprentices were appraised

neg: Melissa Bachman camera professional, she shot, produced, and edited the first season of Mark Kayser's "Extreme Pursuits" program. In 2010, Bachman left NAMG to found her own production company named Deadly Passion Productions. She edited and did post-production work for hunting television shows including "Dangerous Game", created online and instructional videos, led seminars on hunting at sports shows, managed social media sites, and wrote magazine articles. In January 2012, she returned to "North American Hunter" as a host. Among her work for NAH was a five-day-a-week video series called ""My Take" with Melissa Bachman", that ran from February to August. In March

neg: Tlayacapan the colonial period in the mestizo and indigenous neighborhoods of the town, especially those who maintained strong indigenous traditions. One of these was the “nemontemi” or the five days at the end of the Aztec calendar, which occurred in early February, around the same time as the beginning of Lent. This event also marks the beginning of the dry season, when there is no agricultural work. Work moves to the management of stored grain and crafts. On the day before Ash Wednesday, festivities begin at 10 in the morning with music and dance as well as fireworks. These wind through

neg: POETS day Day Dream." The Waterloo Engineering Society at the University of Waterloo, has an on-campus pub named POETS The official expansion of the name is "Piss on everything, tomorrow's Saturday". The University of Calgary's Schulich School of Engineering also has a weekly meeting/party with the same expansion of POETS. POETS day POETS day is a term used by workers in the United Kingdom to refer jocularly to Friday as the last day of the work week. The word "POETS" is an acronym for "Piss off early, tomorrow's Saturday": hence Friday becomes "Poets day". It is tradition to begin the POETS day

neg: Four-day week the state expected to save on operating costs such as electricity, heat, air conditioning, and gasoline for state-owned vehicles. Utah ended this practice however, in 2011, with the Utah Legislature overriding Governor Gary Herbert's veto of five-day work week legislation. Many local governments have had alternative schedules for many years. Public schools in Hawaii closed on 17 Fridays in 2010. Over 100 school districts in rural areas in the United States changed the school week to a four-day week; most also extended each school day by an hour or more. The changes were often made in order to save money

neg: Walton v Independent Living Organisation Walton v Independent Living Organisation Walton v Independent Living Organisation [2003] EWCA Civ 199 is a UK labour law case regarding the National Minimum Wage Act 1998. Miss Julie Walton was a care worker, who looked after Miss E Jones, who had epilepsy but was a relatively easy client. She did washing, ironing, shopping and meals. Miss Walton was required to remain at work for 24 hours a day, and did three days a week. She was paid £31.40 a day and got allowance for meals and sleeping was free when she was with Miss Jones. The National Minimum Wage

neg: Len and the River Mob a crate, marked "996/HO", containing an engine, was stolen the week before and tells him to keep an eye out for it. The next day, Mr Moon tells the workers that he has a big job to do and that they should just get on with the carrying work. As soon as Mr Moon leaves, Micky and Dave begin to fool around. Len finds a note which Mr Moon has accidentally left behind which talks of "picking up a crate for samba". Len suspects this might be the stolen crate and when Mr Moon returns they all help with a

neg: USS Abraham Lincoln (SSBN-602) of Holy Loch for the next four years. She alternated periods of upkeep at Holy Loch alongside "Proteus" or submarine tender with deterrent patrols from that port. A highlight of this period occurred during the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962. "Abraham Lincoln" was in the middle of a scheduled four-week upkeep period when she received orders to deploy. She departed in short order and successfully carried out a 65-day patrol. On 13 October 1965, "Abraham Lincoln" arrived at Groton, Connecticut and entered the Electric Boat shipyard there on 25 October 1965 to begin an overhaul and refueling. This work

neg: Covered Market, Preston without having first resolved the position of P.B. Bennett's, who did not vacate the site until April 1872 (the dispute between Bennett and the council dragged on until 1878 when an enforced settlement, for the payment of £1450 for non-completion of contract, was made on Bennett at Liverpool Assizes). Finally, in May 1872, Allsups, a local shipbuilding firm, were cleared to begin work at a cost of £9,126 and five shillings. Wisely left by the Council to complete work at their own pace, Allsups finished construction in November 1875. Built to the original specification, the covered market is built of

neg: Brussels–Charleroi Canal protested extensively at the prospect of the construction of a parallel canal, and the project was abandoned. During the 16th century, the prospect of a canal was renewed. In 1531, Charles V authorized the construction of a canal linking Charleroi and Willebroek, though work did not begin immediately. It was not until 1550 that Mary of Habsburg, Governor of the Netherlands, finally ordered work to begin. When work was finished in 1561, the canal linked Brussels to the Scheldt at Willebroek, though it did not continue south past Brussels. As part of France from 1795 to 1815, proposals to build

neg: Outside (David Bowie album) was released. On having over-recorded for the album, Bowie said "The one thing I can truly, seriously think about in the future that I would like to get my teeth into—it's just so daunting—is the rest of the work that [Brian] Eno and I did when we started to do the Outside album [in 1994]. We did improv for eight days, and we had something in the area of 20 hours' worth of stuff that I just cannot begin to get close to listening to. But there are some absolute gems in there..." In 2016, one day after Bowie's death,

neg: Eric Green (tight end) camp, preseason, and the opening game of the 1990 NFL season. Initially Green had threatened to sit out the entire season, which would have made him eligible for the 1991 NFL Draft. It took a call from Liberty head coach Sam Rutigliano to the Steelers front office to tell them to keep pursuing Green and that a deal could be made. Green signed the day after the season opening game, but did not play until week five. When Green did return to the Steelers lineup, his impact was immediately noticed. The Steelers offense did not score a touchdown until Green

neg: History of Miami begin work on the town as more people came into Miami. On April 7, 1896, the railroad tracks finally reached Miami and the first train arrived on April 13. It was a special, unscheduled train and Flagler was on board. The train returned to St. Augustine later that night. The first regularly scheduled train arrived on the night of April 15. The first week of train service provided only for freight trains; passenger service did not begin until April 22. On July 28, 1896, the incorporation meeting to make Miami a city took place. The right to vote was restricted

neg: RRH Staxton Wold RRH Staxton Wold RRH Staxton Wold is a Royal Air Force Remote Radar Head near Scarborough in North Yorkshire, England. The present-day site of RRH Staxton Wold has had an early warning function since the 3rd century AD, when it was the site of a warning beacon. It was first selected to be used as a radar station in 1937, when it was set up as part of the Chain Home system. Building work did not begin until December 1938 as delays in procuring the site occurred when the landowners resisted selling (this being before the Second World War, so

neg: Qingdao Amerasia International School are Montessori certified, as well as loving adults who contribute and facilitating the development of our future generations. The classrooms are a special place for the young child to begin his/her steps towards independence and self-reliance. The safe, loving, gentle atmosphere puts children and parents at ease and makes for a trusting, spontaneous transition to school. Toddlers come to school five days a week, and may choose to stay for mornings only or a full day. The Toddler Program is where the children begin to cultivate an interest in learning and a desire for exploration. The Toddlers learn concentration, coordination,

neg: Iowa State University Cyclone Marching Band band reports to camp in August. Candidates for the twirler positions perform a routine of songs of performance caliber showcasing their skills in front of the director, followed by an interview. Rehearsals for the ISUCF'V'MB begin the week before fall classes, with Band Camp. Band members move into their residencies early and then report to a five- to seven-day camp that serves as an introduction for new members and stresses marching fundamentals and group unity. It is also an opportunity to begin learning pregame and halftime music and shows. The band practices on a field west of the Communications Building.

neg: Nicholas Caire images. Then when Australia got access to x-ray photography, Caire would shoot X-Ray photography at the Melbourne General Hospital one day each week, he did this for free. He would only work with what he considered to be perfect conditions, this meant he would only take one or maybe two images a day, but because of the image quality in the work he would produce he could sell his works for a very high price and in large quantities. His best known series documented the rewards and hardships in the daily life of the first settlers. Nicholas Caire currently still

neg: My Week with Marilyn announced on 8 October 2010, that casting on the film had been completed. Principal photography on "My Week with Marilyn" commenced on 19 September 2010. Dench filmed her scenes during that month as she had to go to India to begin work on "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel". Shooting took place at the Pinewood Studios from 4 October 2010. Three days later, White Waltham Airfield was turned into a 1950s London Heathrow Airport to recreate the moment when Monroe arrived in Britain to begin production on "The Prince and the Showgirl". Curtis used the studio in which Monroe shot "The

neg: Shift plan 09:00 to 17:00 working day in the UK, but no 24/7 coverage either. Employees work in two shifts that largely overlap, such as "early shift" from 08:00 to 16:00 and "late shift" from 10:00 to 18:00 In businesses where two shifts are necessary to cover the day, earlies and lates may be combined with one double shift per week per worker. Six 7-hour shifts in five days and seven 6-hour shifts in six days both result in 42 hours per week. The 6-day week with 28 hours per "day" is a general concept for full week coverage where the 168

neg: Drew Willy day of free agency. At the start of training camp Willy and Matt Shiltz were the leading candidates to be the Als' starting quarterback to begin the 2018 season. Willy started the first three games of the season before suffering a concussion in the third quarter in the team's Week 3 victory over the Roughriders. Willy would miss the following game against the Redblacks, (played by Jeff Mathews) but returned to play against the Stampeders in Week 6: However, Willy left the game with a hand injury, and did not return. Drew Willy Drew Willy (born November 13, 1986) is

neg: 1986 Indianapolis 500 Rahal, did not even participate. The five-day delay wound up being a popular choice by nearly all of the participants. It allowed them to unwind, and regroup for race day without the uncertainty that was looming over them of when the race would start. For the weekend, the Rex Mays 200 at Milwaukee, originally scheduled for Sunday June 1, was pushed back one week to accommodate the Indy rain delay. The 1986 race marked the first time since 1973 that the race was pushed to another day, and the first time since 1915 that 'not a single wheel had turned'

neg: Lucian Freud averaging five hours, the painting took approximately 2,400 hours to complete. A rapport with his models was necessary, and while at work, Freud was characterised as "an outstanding raconteur and mimic". Regarding the difficulty in deciding when a painting is completed, Freud said that "he feels he's finished when he gets the impression he's working on somebody else's painting". Paintings were divided into day paintings done in natural light and night paintings done under artificial light, and the sessions, and lighting, were never mixed. It was Freud's practice to begin a painting by first drawing in charcoal on the canvas.

neg: Whiplash (medicine) active therapy shortly after injury increased mobilization of the neck with significantly less pain within four weeks when compared to patients using a cervical collar. Active treatments are light repetitive exercises that work the area to maintain normality. Basic information is also given to teach the patient that exercises as instructed will not cause any damage to their neck. These exercises are done at home or under the care of a health professional. When beginning a rehabilitation regimen, it's important to begin with slow movements which include cervical rotation until pain threshold three to five times per day, flexion and

neg: Vanderbilt Television News Archive some weekend newscasts from 1968 until that time were not broadcast on the local stations due to station programming practices and network sports pre-emptions. For example, NBC affiliate WSM-TV, now WSMV, did not show the Saturday evening NBC newscast until December 1978 because of the station's tradition of carrying syndicated country music shows in the 5:30 p.m. Central Time slot on that day of the week. NBC did not in fact begin a Saturday newscast until January 1969, and the Sunday bulletin started in August 1970; WSM did clear the Sunday broadcast, though. Also, CBS affiliate WLAC (WTVF after 1975),

neg: Full Throttle Saloon late March/early April until mid-November (weather permitting), and was busiest during the annual week-long Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. Each year, the first full week of August marks the beginning of the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, during which time, the Saloon could average 20,000 guests each night. The series aired its fifth season with TruTV on December 2, 2013. After five successful seasons with the network, TruTV confirmed via Twitter that they did not shoot a sixth season in 2014. Reelz Channel announced that they would begin airing episodes on October 3, 2014. Reelz confirmed they would only be broadcasting classic episodes of

neg: Black Swan (film) worked out for five hours a day, doing ballet, cross-training, and swimming. A few months closer to filming, she began choreography training. Kunis engaged in cardio and Pilates, "train[ing] seven days a week, five hours, for five, six months total, and ... was put on a very strict diet of 1,200 calories a day." She lost 20 pounds from her normal weight of about 117 pounds, and reported that Portman "became smaller than I did." Kunis said, "I did ballet as a kid like every other kid does ballet. You wear a tutu and you stand on stage and you

neg: Take Your Dog to Work Day Take Your Dog to Work Day Take Your Dog to Work Day (TYDTWDay) was created by Pet Sitters International and first celebrated in 1999. PSI created the day to encourage businesses to allow dogs in the workplace for one Friday each year to celebrate the great companions dogs make and promote their adoptions from local shelters, rescue groups and humane societies. PSI believes that through the event dog-less co-workers will be encouraged to adopt when they witness the human-animal bond. The week leading up to Take Your Dog To Work Day is Take Your Pet To Work Week. Take Your

neg: Late Night (TV series) did not expand to Fridays until 1987, when "Friday Night Videos" was moved back an hour to accommodate a five-day-a-week "Late Night". "Late Night" originated from NBC Studio 6A at the RCA (later GE) Building at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City. The program ran four nights a week, Monday to Thursday, from the show's premiere in February 1982 until May 1987. Friday shows were added in June 1987 (NBC previously aired "Friday Night Videos" in the 12:30 am slot with occasional "Late Night" specials and reruns). Starting in September 1991, "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" was pushed

neg: Workweek and weekend full day). However, government offices and some private companies have modernised through enacting the American and European standard of working Monday through Friday. Currently, 50% of the luxury beach resorts in Phuket have a five-day working week. Of the remaining 50%, 23% have taken steps to reform their 6-day workweek through such measures as reducing the working week from 6 days to 5.5 days. The standard working week in the United States begins on Monday and ends on Friday, 40 hours per week, with Saturday and Sunday being weekend days. However, in practice, only 42% of employees work 40-hour weeks.

neg: I Can't Believe It's Not Rock I Can't Believe It's Not Rock "I Can't Believe It's Not Rock" is the self-titled debut EP of an experimental project consisting of Daniel Johns and Paul Mac, credit to 'I Can't Believe It's Not Rock'. It contains five songs that were written and recorded at home by Daniel Johns and Paul Mac entirely for their own amusement. Only when the tracks had been completed did the two musicians begin to contemplate sharing their work with other people. The two first met back in 1997 when Paul remixed Silverchair's "Freak". Later that year he appeared onstage with the band in

neg: I'm Backing Britain higher incomes for the extra half day. Price said that Britain would become once more the wealthiest country in the world. The memo was received by five secretaries working in the company's head office in Surbiton, Valerie White, Joan Southwell, Carol Ann Fry, Christine French and Brenda Mumford. The next morning, they discussed it and Southwell said that she was willing to work an extra half day a week. The others agreed, and White took the initiative of writing a reply, which she gave reference VW/OD GEN. The reply said, "What about starting this scheme of a five-and-a-half-day week? Let

neg: Labor Day such as school and sports begin about this time. In the United States, many school districts resume classes around the Labor Day holiday weekend (see First day of school). Many begin the week before, making Labor Day weekend the first three-day weekend of the school calendar, while others return the Tuesday following Labor Day, allowing families one final getaway before the school year begins. Many districts across the Midwest are opting to begin school after Labor Day. In the U.S. state of Virginia, the amusement park industry has successfully lobbied for legislation requiring most school districts in the state to

neg: Bernhard Rust capriciously create new regulations and then repeal them just as quickly. One noted example was in 1935, when he changed the traditional six-day school week to five days, with Saturday to be "Reich's Youth Day" when children in the Hitler Youth and the League of German Girls would be out of school for study and testing. He then ordered the creation of a "rolling week", with six days for study, followed by the "youth day" and a rest day, in 8-day periods. Thus, a rolling week starting on Monday would end with rest on the following Monday; the next rolling

neg: New moon The first day of the Lunar Hindu calendar starts the day after the new moon (Amavasya), which is considered a powerful force for good or evil. The Hindu epic Mahabharatha states that the Kurukshetra War started this day, which was also a Tuesday (Mangalvaar, day of the week named after Mars). The Islamic calendar has retained an observational definition of the new moon, marking the new month when the first crescent moon is actually seen, and making it impossible to be certain in advance of when a specific month will begin (in particular, the exact date on which Ramadan will

neg: I'm Coming Home (album) the issue of the magazine dated August 25 to begin an 18-week stay that included a week at number one—Mathis's first week in the top spot on that particular chart. The song entered the Hot 100 in the September 22 issue, reaching number 75 over the course of 10 weeks, and gave him his first Soul chart entry in almost 10 years when it started a five-week run in the October 6 issue that took the song to number 92. The second single released in the US, "Life Is a Song Worth Singing", made its first appearance on the Easy