had a hunger to follow in his father’s footsteps. His father had attended Culver Creek boarding school when he was growing up. Looking For Alaska was written by John Green. Miles‚ leaves behind his few friends and very little social life to begin new friendships and experiences. Miles’s main goal is to discover who he really is. Miles was a quiet young man who just completed high school. He loved reading biographies of writers and he had a curiosity about him that wanted to discover what life had to
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Price / Earnings Ratio Q1: (Introductory) What three alternative measures of the price-earnings ratio (P/E ratio) are described in this article? Answer: Following are three price-earnings ratio described in the article: 1. P/E ratio 2. “Forward” P/E ratio 3. “Trailing” P/E ration Q2: (Advanced) Which of the three measures matches the definition of the P/E ratio given in your textbook? Explain your answer. Answer: Books has only discuss the simple P/E ratio‚ PE ratio measures how much investor
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Southwest Airlines in 2010: Culture‚ Values‚ and Operating Practices Summary Southwest Airlines was founded by Herb Kelleher in 1967 to provide low-cost service between Dallas‚ Houston‚ and San Antonio. Although the U.S. airline industry had lost money in 15 of the 30 years between 1980 and 2009‚ Southwest has reported profit every year since 1973. Southwest Airlines is considered to be the most successful budget airline in the U.S. Since 2000‚ the number of passengers flying Southwest has
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Classic Airlines with a fleet of 375 airplanes and more than 2‚300 daily flights‚ has been one of the Largest airlines in the aviation market. The company had over 8.7 billion dollars in sales with nearly 10 million dollars in profit (University of Phoenix Material‚ 2010). However‚ with rising overhead costs and decrease in consumer travel‚ the company is facing a 10 % decrease in share prices. With the economic slowdown‚ Classic Airlines needs to analyze critically and
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Colonel’s group of friends‚ among them Alaska‚ vibrant‚ charismatic and dynamic‚ but also deeply depressed. Alaska is not only brilliant at devising pranks‚ but drinks and has sexual intercourse. When Miles falls for (and lusts after) Alaska‚ she becomes critical to his story. Slowly the reader builds a picture of the main characters as each reveals their story. When Alaska dies in a car crash‚ her favorite last line from Simon Bolivar‚ “How will I ever get out of this labyrinth?” takes on a poignant
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stocky‚ somewhat nerdy young man‚ he has gone to Culver Creek for a very long time. When he is not at school‚ he lives with his mom in a very small trailer. He is Pudge’s roommate‚ and he gives Miles the nickname “Pudge”. He may also have a crush on Alaska‚ just like Miles does. p. 38 "Goddamn Weekday Warriors. It was probably one of them that ratted out Paul and Marya and then blamed me to cover their tracks. Anyways‚ it’s a good night for stying in. Staying in with Pudge and ambrosia." Takumi Harihoto-
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Kelleher at Southwest Airlines “You shouldn’t get too heady about anything‚ because the greatest thing you do is not big in the universe. It’s not saying it doesn’t matter. It matters all the more. You’re fighting against nothingness. But you don’t give up. Therein lies the heroism.” -Kelleher (p.156) Although many have a great respect for Southwest Airlines and their disciplined business decisions. I have a greater respect for their “family like” environment and how they encourage their
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At the time when she was a child‚ Hong Kong was not a rich city. The majority of people were poor. In my mother’s family‚ since there are five children‚ they did not have sufficient income to maintain their lives. In this case‚ my mother needed to get a part-time job after school in order to reduce the family’s financial burden. According to my mother‚ she always worked till 11 pm every day. She added “這真的很辛苦。” [This was really very hard.] At that time‚ there were only a few ways to entertain. When
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Not Quite the Same‚ but Similar In the novel The House on Mango Street‚ Sandra Cisneros tells about Esperanza and Nenny how they are as sisters. In “Laughter” Esperanza quotes that she and Nenny do not look like sisters as much as her friends Rachel and Lucy‚ “Nenny and I don’t look like sisters…not right away. Not the way you can tell with Rachel and Lucy…” (pg.17). I can relate to Esperanza and Nenny because just like them‚ my sister and I do not appear like sisters either and have things in
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SINGAPORE AIRLINES GROUP Strategic Management and strategic Competitiveness Productivity Enhancement 1) Deployment of Technology 2) Total Involvement 3) Incentives The External Environment A) General Environment 1) Demographic • Malaysian Airlines (regional competitor)‚ which is geographically closed to Singapore‚ were imitating SIA’s strategy (threats) 2) Economic • Global financial crisis – reduced demand for travel and increasing price sensitivity
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