...WANTED: A CHAPERON Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero To the Memory of Amalia B. Reyes First Performance: The Filipino Players, under the author’s direction, at St. Cecilia’s Hall, November 21, 1940 CHARACTERS: -DON FRANCISCO (the father) -DOÑA PETRA (the mother) -NENA (their daughter) -ROBERTING (their son) -DOÑA DOLORES -FRED (her son) -FRANCISCO (the servant) -PABLO (the mayordomo) ------------------------------------------------- TIME : One Sunday morning, at about eleven. SCENE: The living-room. Simply furnished. A window on the right. At the rear, a corridor. A door on the left Sofa, chairs, etc. at the discretion of the director. When the curtain rises, DON FRANCISCO, about sixty, is seen sitting on the sofa, smoking a cigar He wears a nice-looking lounging robe. Presently ROBERTING, his twenty-year old son, good-looking, well-dressed, enters. He wants to ask some. thing from his father, but before he gathers enough courage, he maneuvers about the stage and clears his throat several times before he finally approaches him. ROBERTING (Clearing his throat). Ehem-ehem-ehem! FRANCISCO (Looking up briefly). Ehem ROBERTING. -Father- FRANCISCO (Without looking at him). What? ROBERTING. Father- FRANCISCO. Well? ROBERTING. Father- FRANCISCO. Again? ROBERTING. Well, you see it's like this- FRANCISCO. Like what? ROBERTING. It's not easy to explain, Father FRANCISCO. If it isn't then come back when I'm through with the paper ROBERTING. Better now, Father...
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...Petra "a rose-red city": Often described as the eighth wonder of the ancient world, is without a doubt Jordan’s most valuable treasure and greatest tourist attraction. It is a vast, unique city, carved into the sheer rock face by the Nabataeans, an industrious Arab people who settled here more than 2000 years ago, turning it into an important junction for the silk, spice and other trade routes that linked China, India and southern Arabia with Egypt, Syria, Greece and Rome. History: Petra was first established sometime around the 6th century BC, by the Nabataean Arabs, a nomadic tribe who settled in the area and laid the foundations of a commercial empire that extended into Syria. Petra was the impressive capital of the Nabataean kingdom from around the 6th century BC. The kingdom was absorbed into the Roman Empire in AD 106 and the Romans continued to expand the city. An important center for trade and commerce, Petra continued to flourish until a catastrophic earthquake destroyed buildings and crippled vital water around AD 663. Petra is sometimes called the ‘Lost City’. In spite of its being such an important city in antiquity, after the 14th century AD, Petra was completely lost to the western world. It was rediscovered in 1812 by the Swiss traveller, Johann Ludwig Burckhardt. Description: Entrance to the city is through the Siq, a narrow gorge, over 1km in length, which is flanked on either side by soaring, 80m high cliffs. Just walking through the Siq is an experience...
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...WWANTED: A CHAPERON Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero To the memory of Amalia B. Reyes First Performance: The Filipino Players, under the author’s direction, at St. Cecilia’s Hall, November 21, 1940 CHARACTERS: DON FRANCISCO (the father) DOÑA PETRA (the mother) NENA (their daughter) ROBERTING (their son) DOÑA DOLORES FRED (her son) FRANCISCO (the servant) PABLO (the mayordomo) TIME : One Sunday morning, at about eleven. SCENE: The living-room. Simply furnished. A window on the right. At the rear, a corridor. A door on the left Sofa, chairs, etc. at the discretion of the director. When the curtain rises, DON FRANCISCO, about sixty, is seen sitting on the sofa, smoking a cigar He wears a nice-looking lounging robe. Presently ROBERTING, his twenty-year old son, good-looking, well-dressed, enters. He wants to ask some. thing from his father, but before he gathers enough courage, he maneuvers about the stage and clears his throat several times before he finally approaches him. ROBERTING (Clearing his throat). Ehem-ehem-ehem! FRANCISCO (Looking up briefly). Ehem ROBERTING. -Father- FRANCISCO (Without looking at him). What? ROBERTING. Father- FRANCISCO. Well? ROBERTING. Father- FRANCISCO. Again? ROBERTING. Well, you see it's like this- FRANCISCO. Like what? ROBERTING. It's not easy to explain, Father FRANCISCO. If it isn't then come back when I'm through with the paper ROBERTING. Better now, Father. It's about-money. FRANCISCO. Money! What...
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...Apple Inc. in 2012: Can it Sustand its Growth and Defend against New Competitive Threats? Introduction Apple Inc is a multinational corporation that sells the iPhone, iPad, iPod, and personal computers. Steve Jobs was its CEO until 2011 and under his control, Apple’s performances was really good and successfully be the world’s most valuable company as measured by market capitalization. The record growth in revenues and profits came primarily from volume increases in the sale of iPhones and iPads. iPhone sales accounted for $47.2 billion, while iPad got $20.4 billion from Apple’s 2011 revenues of $108.1 billion. Apple’s competitive position in the personal computer industry, the company’s product line consists desktop lines of Mac Pro, the iMac, Mac Mini while for the notebook line it has MacBook Pro and MacBook Air. Apple started to create new demand of a product by launching the iPad. In 2012, Apple held 68 percent share of tablet computers market. At that time, no Android-based tablet computer was considered to be a worthy rival to the iPad. Apple was also the leader of digital music player market with 78 percent market shares in 2011. The iPod Touch was the best-selling media player in 2012 with more than 300 million units sold. Another factor that contributed the popularity of the iPod was combination of Apple’s iPod and iTunes. iTunes got 65 percent share of the US digital music market in 2011. The first iPhone launched in 2007, and it was named Invention of the Year...
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...On the topic of locating the royal house of the Bible’s King David, a somewhat controversial issue in the world of archeology has been whether Eilat Mazar actually found the remains of his palace and thus, its location. On the one hand, critics of Mazar, including Avraham Faust, argue that Mazar did not discover the palace that King David actually built. From this perspective, the findings from Mazar’s excavation indicate a construction date before King David’s time. Alternatively, however, Mazar claims that it was indeed the palace that King David built that she found. In her words, she could “be silent about the palace theory … [and] let the stones speak for themselves” [Mazar, 2]. According to her view, not only do the stones, and other evidence from her excavation, date to the time of King David, but they also fit well into the Biblical narrative of the purpose the structure had. Altogether, the main issue both parties are arguing is whether or not the findings of archeologist Eilat Mazar were adequate evidence to confidently pinpoint King David’s palace. This issue is important because it addresses the role of archeology and its relationship with the Bible. At the base of Mazar’s argument is the notion that the findings of her excavation connect closely with what is found in the Hebrew Bible – specifically in 2 Samuel 5:17. This verse explains how the Philistines went up to look for King David to attack him after he had been anointed king; but he went down to safety to...
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...Introduction Petra Diamonds Limited is an independent diamond mining and exploration company that supplies rough diamonds to the international market. Although its management claims that it has a diversified portfolio, most of its production arises in South Africa, with a very small proportion of production coming from Tanzania. It currently owns prospecting rights in a mineral rich region of Botswana and would be well placed to benefit from any discovery. Petra Diamonds Limited listed on London’s AIM market in 1997, it has since enjoyed very good growth and acquired many large assets, focusing on economies of scale and large kimberlite rich mines. Petra aims to become a large player in the mining industry with an ambitious plan to increase output to 5 million carats per annum (Mcpa) by 2019. It has recently listed on the main London market (LSE) and is confidently aiming to join the FTSE 250 by March 2012. Petra has attracted significant institutional investment since it listed in London. Additionally it has a good working relationship with the Saudi Arabian financial group Al-Rajhi, who own the largest minority interest in the group. Aggressive acquisitions strategy Petra has embarked on an aggressive acquisitions strategy over the past few years acquiring five mines from De Beers, most notably the Cullinan mine and the Finsch mine. It aims to produce 5 million carats by 2019, its current target is 2 million carats by FY 2012. At present production has increased to...
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...Petra Corporation In reviewing the financial reports and ratios for Petra Company over a three year period we can see that the company is relatively healthy financially. It seems that by looking deeper into some of Petra Corporation ratios that they could make some good improvements to increase their overall financial health. Petra Corporation is in a health position when looking at several key components of their ratios. Both Petra’s current ratio and quick ratio is right in line with the levels that banks are looking at for idea numbers in order to secure loans. The only number that didn’t quite meet expectations was the quick ratio in 2011 coming in at .95/1 and it was only off standards by.05. The biggest area that highlights Petra’s Corporate strength is the debt to total assets ratio. If the ratio is higher than the industry average of approximately 55-63% then the chance is they could go solvent with a down turn in the market. They may have a large interest payment that could dig into their profits and cash very quickly. Petra Corporation has a debt to total asset ratio that has averaged around 43% over the last three year. This is well below the industry average and shows that the company does not have a huge debt compared to their assets. The other area of interest is that their debt to total asset ratio did not have but a 1-2% change from year to year. Petra Corporation seems to have spent some time correcting their issue in days of receivables. In 2010 it...
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...A choreographer, by definition, is someone who composes a sequence of movements for a performance of dance. Petra Inglis believes that a choreographer is much more, they are artists, architects, painters and motivators. They have a gift to personally touch viewers through movement at any caliber and transfer numerous types of emotion. Choreographers have a gift of sharing; they tell stories or even entertain any magnitude of audiences globally. Dance is something that everyone can connect to on some level, it is an outlet that brings so many together. Petra Inglis is a professional choreographer for studios in the Stanislaus region of California. Mrs. Inglis holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Dance from California State University Long Beach graduating back in 2000. While she lived in Los Angeles she spent a period of her time training in tap under one of her greatest influences, Benji Shwimmer. Today...
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...Florence Petra Ramon Can't read my, Can't read my, No he can't read my poker face Was the first thing Florence Petra Ramon heard when she walked into S.T.A.R labs after getting lunch for her brother and Caitlin. “ what are you doing ?” Caitlin asked as Florence walked in and noticed her and Cisco hovering over the unconscious boy “ what he likes this song” Cisco Said “ how can you possibly know that ?” Caitlin asked “ I checked his Facebook page, Hey baby sis !” Cisco greeted as he noticed his baby sister walking in with big belly burgers “ hey big bro Caitlin I got you guys your usu-” Florence stopped as the unconscious boy finally woke up “ holy shit ” florence exclaimed “ oh my god! Dr. wells get down in the cortex right now!” Cisco called...
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...crisis play a part in impacting ATLAM financial position. Now, the management of ATLAM, a wholly owned organization of MICT Berhad, had been asked to upgrade its accounting system with the PETRA group-wide SAP system as to meet PETRA group service and time quality requirement. But with the current financial position and culture of ATLAM staff style of working urged the ATLAM management to think carefully and critically to ensure the best possible outcome for the organization. PROBLEMS: 1) Financial position of ATLAM was in fiscal deficit during the year 2001. Incoming cash flow of ATLAM is much lower than the outgoing cash flow. Root cause: Higher expenses on operational cost and implementation cost SAP; such as software cost, SAP license cost and customization cost for each financial report). Year 2001: SAP implementation cost: RM 5000000 -Request for each customization report (going to cost about RM 10,000 per report). -SAP software cost: RM -IT Software for licensing (SAP): 1000000 Suggested solution: To implement of SAP completely in ATLAM, ATLAM management representative should consider negotiating with SAP management representative; in order to reduce the cost of license and customization. By this way, ATLAM will be able to implement SAP completely as urged by PETRA groups, and at the same time, it able to help ATLAM to reduce their high expenses in term of (operational cost) company financial cash flow and able to increase the number of user too....
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...International Business Management Program – Petra Christian University 2012 / 2013 Executive Summary Indonesia is known as one of the developing countries in South East ASEAN. Although Indonesia is still a developing country, it has also known as the largest economy in Southeast Asia and also a member of the G-20 major economies. At World Economic Forum on East Asia, Indonesia president said Indonesia will be in the top ten countries with the strongest economy within the next decade. In fact, nowadays Indonesia proves a very good track record in its economy. Finally, it attracts many countries to build strong relationship with Indonesia. One of the countries that have a strong relationship with Indonesia is United Kingdom. In 2006 Tony Blair, the prime minister at that time, met with Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY), the president of Indonesia, and agreed upon “the establishment of a regular Indonesia-UK partnership forum”. The first Indonesia-UK forum was held in London on 31 January 2012. This forum results in stronger relationship between two countries as SBY made a state visit to the UK on October 30 to November 3, 2012. In this report, we will discuss the economic behavior of both countries. We will also examine the relationship of both countries’ economic condition. Research for this report included data of both Indonesia and England, such as the currency exchange rate between two countries, balance of payment of each country, interest rate in Indonesia and UK, inflation...
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...1. PENDAHULUAN 1.1. Latar Belakang Masalah Di era globalisasi sekarang ini, sudah terjadi transformasi dalam lingkungan bisnis yang menuntut perusahaan untuk berkompetisi secara kompetitif untuk menjadi yang terbaik dalam lingkungan bisnis tersebut. Dalam hal ini tentu saja organisasi membutuhkan tingkat kinerja yang tinggi dan konsisten dari masing-masing karyawan dalam rangka untuk meningkatkan kinerja perusahaan dan bertahan dalam lingkungan persaingan pasar yang tinggi (Newstrom and Davis, 2002). Berbagai strategi harus dilakukan oleh perusahaan untuk memberikan kinerja lebih baik daripada pesaing agar bertahan dalam dalam lingkungan bisnis. Di Indonesia sendiri, persaingan bisnis semakin ketat dan kompetitif khususnya di sector retail. Dimana menurut Asosiasi Perusahaan Ritel Indonesia (Aprindo) dalam lima tahun terakhir dari tahun 2012 peningkatan omset ritel modern cukup pesat, hal ini juga didukung oleh pertumbuhan jumlah ritel yang pesat yaitu sebesar 7.787 retail selama 5 tahun terakhir ini, pertumbuhan bisnis ritel di Indonesia antara 10-15% per tahun. Penjualan ritel pada 2006 masih sebesar Rp 49 triliun, namun melesat hingga mencapai Rp 110 triliun pada 2012 meningkat sebesar 10%- 15%, menyusul kondisi perekonomian dan daya beli masyarakat yang relatif bagus. Bisnis ritel di tahun 2013 masih mencatat tren yang positif, namun masih kurang maksimal jika dibandingkan dengan tahun 2012 (Liputan6.com). Dari data tersebut dapat dilihat bahwa persaingan bisnis terus...
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...his life. Most of the book took place at the battle school when Ender’s parents had no part. In the movie Ender did not even communicate with his parents anytime, lowering the overall impact Ender’s parents had on his life. However the differences between the Book and the movie are many. The first and most prevalent difference is the number of battles that take place at battle school. In the book Ender has to train and endure several battles and each battle is incredibly detailed in planning and execution. Battles in the movie were much shorter and with less preparation. A second difference between the book and movie is Ender's attitude to his friend Petra. Petra was a girl that Ender met at battle school. The book demonstrated Petra and there is no romance between them. The movie “Hollywoodized” Ender’s relationship with Petra by showing it as being closer and more intimate. This ended up doing more bad than good and only detracted from the real plot of the story. The most significant difference between the book and the movie seemed to be how both stories ended. The book ended with Ender visiting the now destroyed the Bugger home world and recovered a pupa of a queen Bugger. This did end up happening in the movie, but it was executed very differently. In the movie Ender did indeed find the pupa. Instead of finding it in the bugger home world, ender found it on Eros. Not only was the pupa there, but it was also guarded when he found where it was on Eros by a still living...
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...is to trainand prepare Malaysian for maritime industry. Pre-2000, ATLAM relied on customized single-user system bought from a vendor where the academy’s desktop computers (PCs) were solely used to enter accounting entries which is very poor state and far behind its other compatriots in Europe and Japan in term of IT infrastructure. However, improvements has been done in Information Technology since it has been privatized by MICT Berhad and ATLAM had overhauled its Information Technology (IT) in year 2000.gain The system had not been functioned to produce financial statement. After knowing the weakness, ATLAM has two alternatives which is ACCPAC and Petra’s group-wide SAP. ATLAM has been asked to upgrade its accounting system with the Petra group-wide SAP system. Zulkifli as ATLAM’s finance manager need to critically assess the risks associated with the decision on whether to or not to implement SAP in ATLAM. Zulkifli has arranged a meeting to discuss the new system upgrade. He had invited Sani (Project Manager), Gopal (User Project Manager), Lim (User Representative) and Kamal (Functional Analyst) to discuss about implementing SAP in ATLAM. As it shown in the case, the first meeting have not come to a mutual agreement on whether to implement SAP in ATLAM as Lim has pointed out that implement ACCPAC is a cheaper option compared to SAP that would be incurred a huge cost for ATLAM as it will becomes a financial constraint and burden to ATLAM. In second meeting, Lim stated...
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...1. -Tuanku Abdul Rahman ibni Almarhum Tuanku Muhammad -Tuanku Puan Besar Kurshiah binti Almarhum Tuanku Besar Burhanuddin 31 Ogos 1957 - 1 April 1960 Al-Marhum Tuanku Abdul Rahman Ibni Al-Marhum Tuanku Muhammad (24 Ogos 1895 - 1 April 1960) adalah Yang DiPertuan Besar Negeri Sembilanyang merupakan Yang di-Pertuan Agong Pertama Malaysia. Baginda memerintah dari 31 Ogos 1957 sehingga kemangkatannya pada 1 April 1960. 2. -Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah Al-Haj ibni Almarhum Sultan Alaeddin Sulaiman Shah -Tengku Ampuan Jemaah binti Raja Ahmad 14 April 1960 - 1 September 1960 Gelaran penuhnya, Almarhum Sultan Sir Hisamuddin Alam Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Sir Alaiddin Sulaiman Shah (13 Mei 1898 - 1 September1960) merupakan Yang di-Pertuan Agong kedua yang bertakhta dari 1 April sehingga 1 September 1960, dan Sultan Selangor yang kelima. 3. -Tuanku Syed Putra ibni Almarhum Syed Hassan Jamalullail -Tengku Budriah binti Almarhum Tengku Ismail 21 September 1960 - 20 September 1965 Al-Marhum Tuanku Syed Putra Ibni Al-Marhum Syed Hassan Jamalullail (25 November 1920 - 16 April 2000) merupakan Yang di-Pertuan AgongMalaysia yang ketiga. Baginda diputerakan di Arau, Perlis pada 25 November 1920. 4. -Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Zainal Abidin III -Tunku Intan Zaharah binti Almarhum Tengku Omar Setia Raja 21 September 1965 - 20 September 1970 Almarhum Tuanku Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Ibni Almarhum Sultan Sir Zainal Abidin III Muazzam Shah (24 Januari 1907 - 29 September 1979)...
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