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    Cathay Pacific

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    [pic] People‚ They make an airline. Cathay Pacific is an international flag carrier of Hong Kong. The airline was founded in 1946 and it’s located at Hong Kong International Airport. Its major shareholders are Swire Pacific and Air China. The airline’s operations include scheduled passenger and cargo services to 168 destinations in 42 countries worldwide. Cathay Pacific currently holds the title of the world’s fourth airline awards‚ measured in terms of satisfaction levels of business and

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    Cathay Pacific

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    Part 1HistoryIn 1946 two ex air force pilots Roy Farrell and Sydney de Kantzow founded Cathay Pacific in Hong Kong. Both of them contributed HK$1 so that their new found airline could be registered. Even though at first it was based in Shanghai‚ both founders shifted to Hong Kong where they established Cathay Pacific. According to Gavin (1988) 1960 was a good and prosperous year for the airline as they bought their rivals Hong Kong Airways. By 1964 it had more then a million customers. The and by

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    FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING PAPER by JOHN HARTUNG The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring is a movie that few can possibly hate. Not only is it an entertaining film‚ but it is also a compelling story. For Catholics‚ however‚ it is very compelling. The use of the characters‚ symbols‚ story-line‚ and more embody similarities between the movie and our Catholic faith. The ring taken upon by Frodo represents the cross. Just as the cross represents self-sacrifice for all the sin and suffering

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    Token Ring

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    Token ring is a local area network protocol which resides at the data link layer (DLL) of the OSI model. It uses a special three-byte frame called a token that travels unidirectionally around a star-wired logical ring. Token ring frames travel completely around the loop. The name ’Token Ring’ is misleading since the physical topology is a loop. Each station passes or repeats the special token frame around the ring to its nearest downstream neighbor. This token-passing process is used to arbitrate

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    The Culper Ring

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    forces. These groups such as the Culper Ring would go on to dub George Washington the Spy Master (George Washington‚ Spymaster‚ 2017). History shows us that Washington had several close-knit

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    Victory in the Pacific

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    Afghanistan war. In my honest opinion‚ his time as a Marine‚ serves as his best credential as a military historical writer and allows him to familiarize himself with the experiences of the past and present wars’ veterans. War Stories II: Victory in the Pacific really caught my attention because of it being over the history of War World II and because it was written by a Vietnam war veteran and not a writer that only has history classes that serves as knowledge of war time events. The sequel to the

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    The Ring of Gyges

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    Ring of Gyges Response Throughout the back-and-forth debate between Socrates and his comrades on the definition of justice‚ many questions are raised about the integrity and justice of mankind. Does man practice justice because he truly believes in it? Or perhaps because humans fear the consequences of committing injustice? In Book II‚ Glaucon attempts to tackle the question and points out 3 kinds of justice: the kind that is good in itself‚ the kind that is good in itself and its results‚ and

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    Pacific Theater

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    PACIFIC THEATER 1 Japan was overcrowded and low on raw materials 1 Japan seeked to become an empire and that led to war 2 Japan attacked China and caused a strain on their resources.This caused them to look towards Southeast Asia. 3 In August 1940‚ American discovered Japan’s plan to attack southeast Asia and feared for their control over the Philippines and Guam 4 Roosevelt stopped oil shipments to Japan‚ so they decided to attack the U.S. by surprise. The US fleet in Hawaii was the main

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    Children in the Ring

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    Children in the Ring World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) is the world’s largest wrestling promotion and contains a substantial amount of professional wrestling history. The WWE has been apparent from the 1950’s to present day and the Chairman and CEO is Vince McMahon. The WWE relies on audience entertainment to continue as a business and make money. McMahon’s organization has been targeting kids for years with toys‚ board games‚ video games‚ magazines‚ and even the internet. The marketing to

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    Cathay Pacific

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    1. Cathay Pacific implemented outsourcing of nonstrategic functions to contractors with their own individual vertical specialization so that Cathay can focus on its core aviation competencies. Outsourcing was bridging gap between the IM department and business side. “Systems development and Support” was changed to “System Delivery” as it started to focus on delivering IT systems to business units rather than writing code and developing applications so that systems can be delivered faster with less

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