It was a critical time for Alaska Airlines‚ and they never encountered such a challenge and crisis in the company’s existence. Flight 261 had crashed killing 88 people on board; while the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) was reporting that the potential cause of the crash was due to a lack of regular airplane maintenance. Most detrimental to the airline was the media published a letter from 64 Alaska Airlines mechanics. The letter disclosed insider information regarding a base maintenance
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Looking for Alaska Themes Friendship The novel opens with Miles’s going away party where only two acquaintances of Miles attend. With no true friends from his old school‚ Miles moves to Culver Creek. At first Miles is hesitant with his friendships - awkwardly unable to engage and unsure of whom to follow – but he slowly learns to be himself around his new friends. We learn that Miles values his new friendships by the way that he strictly adheres to the Colonel’s “no ratting” policy and shares both
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name “Alaska” is of Native American origin‚ meaning “Great Land.” Alaska Young is without a doubt the most complex character in the book. The name Alaska fits her because there is so much about her and to figure out‚ like a great land. "Little kids can dial 911. They do it all the time. Give me the wine‚" she said‚ deadpan and emotionless.” (Green 150). This shows that she is a very complicated person. Alaska is submersed in Guilt‚ and blame because of her mother’s death. Because of this‚ Alaska becomes
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Looking For Alaska Summary: Miles Halter is tired of his boring‚ foreseen life in Florida. He leaves his home to attend his junior year at Culver Creek Boarding School in Alabama. His father went to this school so he’s heard quite a bit about how things work. When he gets there the first thing he noticed was that the rooms did not have air condition. His roommate Chip Martin‚ who goes by “the Colonel”‚ introduces him to his friends‚ including Alaska. He noticed how beautiful and intelligent she
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Fishing on Lake Conroe Fishing has become my favorite hobby in the last decade of my life. I have been fishing‚ specifically Lake Conroe‚ since the age of 9 and I have found myself on the Lake more and more these past years. I believe fishing to a social sport. We all know that fishing is relaxing being out in nature during the quiet hours of the morning. And we know that fishing can be exciting when you get to hook in to said fish. But what you may have not thought of is‚ fishing is a time when
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Drilling for oil in Alaska‚ specifically its North Slope region continues to be a controversial topic amongst environmentalists‚ politicians and the oil industry. The North Slope is home to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge‚ as well as the Prudhoe Bay Oil Field and the Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 4‚ the first oil-drilling site in the state. The government established the 12-million acre Reserve No. 4 in 1923 as a way to supply oil for ensuring national security. There are many arguments for and
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Fishing is a something that takes a lot of patience‚ practice‚ and knowledge to be good at it. These factors make it a very challenging sport or recreation. Bass fishing in particular is one that takes the most of of patience‚ practice‚ and knowledge. In the world of bass fishing it can be very complex because there are things that have to be done like choosing the right kind of bait‚ locating where the bass are‚ and understanding the competitive sport of bass fishing. In the world of bass fishing
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The painting‚ Fishing for Oysters at Cancale‚ was done by and American Artist in 1877 while in Paris. Sargent was twenty-one at the time when he was at Brittany sketching the fishermen on the shores. After he completed this painting he sent it to New York where it would be displayed at the Society of American Artists where it would be viewed for a month. John Singer painted another version of Fishing for Oysters at Cancale which was larger and more complete then the original. In 1878 the larger
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Oil Drilling in Alaska There is believed to be between 5.7 and 16 billion barrels of recoverable crude oil in Alaska. The only thing holding us back from drilling there because it would damage a protected national wildlife refuge in the act killing many animals. The controversy of whether to drill there or not has been going on since around 1977. The last two presidents we had were on different sides of how they felt about the drilling. There are many positives to drilling in Alaska but for every
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Fishing Fishing can be fun and challenging. There are many different streams‚ rivers‚ and lakes in Iowa. I am going to be focusing mainly on fish in streams and in rivers‚ as these are the areas in which most fish in Iowa are located. What rivers are in Iowa? There are many different rivers in Iowa but the main ones include the Mississippi‚ Missouri‚ Iowa‚ And the Des Moines River. All of which have many streams that runoff from them. With these bodies comes some of the best freshwater fishing
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