Holiday

A holiday is a day set aside by custom or by law on which normal activities, especially business or work, are suspended or reduced. Generally, holidays are intended to allow individuals to celebrate or commemorate an event or tradition of cultural or religious significance. Holidays may be designated by governments, religious institutions, or other groups or organizations. The degree to which normal activities are reduced by a holiday may depend on local laws, customs, the type of job being held or even personal choices.

The concept of holidays has most often originated in connection with religious observances. The intention of a holiday was typically to allow individuals to tend to religious duties associated with important dates on the calendar. In most modern societies, however, holidays serve as much of a recreational function as any other weekend days or activities.

In many societies there are important distinctions between holidays designated by governments and holidays designated by religious institutions. For example, in many predominantly Christian nations, government-designed holidays may center on Christian holidays, though non-Christians may instead observe religious holidays associated with their faith. In some cases, a holiday may only be nominally observed. For example, many Jews in the Americas and Europe treat the relatively minor Jewish holiday of Hanukkah as a "working holiday", changing very little of their daily routines for this day.

Vasco

The name Vasco, currently used as a Portuguese male name, derives from the medieval Iberian name Velasco, which probably has its origins in the Basque country (in Spanish: País Vasco).

Vasco may refer to:

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Bendigo and Adelaide Bank

Bendigo and Adelaide Bank is an Australian financial institution, operating primarily in retail banking. The company was formed by the merger of Bendigo Bank and Adelaide Bank in November 2007.

Before the merger, Bendigo Bank delivered its products and services through almost 900 outlets Australia-wide, including more than 160 company owned branches, 220 community owned Community Bank branches of Bendigo Bank, 100 agencies and 400 Elders outlets. The bank's branches are primarily in Victoria and Queensland. The merged bank now has over 400 branches, including 25 that came with the merger of Adelaide Bank. The bank's national headquarters remain in the city of Bendigo, with secondary headquarters in Adelaide, South Australia and regional offices in Melbourne Docklands and Ipswich, Queensland.

History and development

The company started in 1858 as a fixed-term (terminating) building society to improve conditions in the Bendigo goldfields during the Victorian gold rush.

André Silva

André Lourenço da Silva (born 9 February 1975) is a French-born Portuguese rugby union player, who plays as a prop. Born in Paris, he had his debut in French rugby for Racing Club de France, aged 17.

He already played for RC Orléans, CA Périgueux, CS Bourgoin-Jallieu, RC Toulon and RC Nîmes. He played for Stade Montois, for the season of 2007/08, and plays for RC Carqueiranne-Hyères, since 2008/09.

He choose to represent Portugal, having his debut the same year, at 10 March 2007, with Uruguay, in a 12-5, at the repechage for the Rugby World Cup qualifyings. He was present at the squad that went to 2007 Rugby World Cup finals, playing two matches, being the last one with Italy, at a 31-5 loss. He had five games without scoring for the Portuguese squad by the end of the tournament, and has been absent from the national team since.

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