...A vacation to remember In the start of the story, the main character described how he acted while he was in Bora Bora. He said he wasn’t shy to ask anyone for favors. He showed this through examples like how he asked the farmer if he could help and the bus drive tour with Teróo. When he asked Teróo if he could help out, at first she thought he was joking but in the end she agreed in exchange for a story about him. While the tour was going on, he said that he was from the Philippines which surprised Teróo because there he was the first Filipino she met. While talking and seeing the great sights of Bora Bora, they got to know each other better and eventually, Teróo invited him to sleep with her family and he gladly accepted. While on the boat to Huahine, Teróo’s hometown, he felt nervous because the boat ride was delayed due to the low tide. When he met Teróo’s daughter, Simone, he was immediately attracted to her. She told him that she was just finished high school and was going to college in U.C. Santa Barbara which was why she spoke English really well. When they got on the motorcycle, he that Simone made him wrap his arms around her waist. Usually, he felt awkward around girls. This was the time when he fell for Simone. When they got to Simone and Teróo’s house, he was surprised that it was different from the other islands. It didn’t have mountains and most of the houses were made with concrete. When Simone introduced him to her family, they immediately accepted him....
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...Student Book Tapescript Unit 1: The Weekend 2. Let’s Listen (Page 2) 1. A: So, how was your weekend, Don? B: Well, I wanted to go dancing with my girlfriend but she was too tired to go out. A: So what did you do? B: We just stayed home and watched TV. 2. A: I had a great weekend. B: What happened? A: I met this really terrific girl and I think she likes me. B: Really? A: Yeah, we’re going out next weekend. B: All right! 3. A: What did you do last weekend? B: Umm, I spent most of the time at the gym. A: How come? B: Well, I plan to enter a bodybuilding competition next month. A: Gee, I didn’t know you were a bodybuilder. B: Yeah. Want to see my muscles? 4. A: So, what was your weekend like? B: Not very good. My brother came over. A: Yeah? B: Well, he’s got three young boys. I spent all weekend playing computer games with my nephews. Now I’m exhausted. A: I’ll bet! 5. A: Did you have a nice weekend? B: Mmm. Not too bad. A: Did you do anything special? B: Well, I saw a really good movie. A: Who with? B: Oh, I don’t think you know him. It’s this really good-looking guy I just met. 6. A: Did you have a nice weekend, Teresa? B: It was okay. A: So what did you do? B: Well, I met some friends on Saturday and we rented a video. A: How about Sunday? Did you see the World Series on TV? B: The what? A: The baseball game. B: Oh. No, I was too tired. I slept most of the day. A: You’re kidding! You missed a really great game. 3. Let’s Listen (Page...
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...TAPESCRIPT Unit 1: The Weekend 2. Let’s Listen 1. A: So how was your weekend, Don? B: Well, I wanted to go dancing with my girlfriend but she was too tired to go out. A: So what did you do? B: We just stayed home and watched TV. 2. A: I had a great weekend. B: What happened? A: I met this really terrific girl and I think she likes me. B: Really? A: Yeah, we’re going out next weekend. B: All right! 3. A: What did you do last weekend? B: Umm, I spent most of the time at the gym. A: How come? B: Well, I plan to enter a bodybuilding competition next month. A: Gee, I didn’t know you were a bodybuilder. B: Yeah. Want to see my muscles? 4. A: So, what was your weekend like? B: Not very good. My brother came over. A: Yeah? » B: Well, he’s got three young boys. I spent all weekend playing computer games with my nephews. Now I’m exhausted. A: I’ll bet! 5. A: Did you have a nice weekend? B: Mmm . Not too bad. A: Did you do anything special? B: Well, I saw a really good movie. A: Who with? B: Oh, I don’t think you know him. It’s this really good-looking guy I just met. 6. A: Did you have a nice weekend, Teresa? B: It was okay. A: So what did you do? B: Well, I met some friends on Saturday and we rented a video. A: How about Sunday? Did you see the World Series on TV? B: The what? A: The baseball game. B: Oh. No, I was too tired. I slept most of the day. A: You’re kidding! You missed a really great game. 3. Let’s Listen 1. A: So...
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...Professor Edward Desmarais BUS 470 Business Policy and Strategy Spring 2004 SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CASE ANALYSIS Presented by: The Stategizers Lawrence Bluemmel, Irene Johnson, Dennis Mackey, Dorothea Morgan, Elaine Pereira, Jeff Piecuch, Heather Pontifex, Nicole Soucy TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Executive Summary 3 A. Mission 3 B. Vision 3 C. Objectives 3 D. SWOT Summary 6 E. Recommendations 7 II. Current Situation 8 A. Current Performance 8 B. Strategic Posture 9 III. Corporate Governance 25 A. Board of Directors 25 B. Top Management 25 IV. External Factors 27 V. Internal Factors 118 VI. Action Plan 178 Appendix A. Stakeholders Worksheet 206 Appendix B. Answers to Panel’s Questions 212 I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY A. Mission To provide a low-cost/low-price/no-frills, reliable, friendly service with “more value for less money” mode of transportation for consumers traveling short distances for business and/or leisure. B. Vision ...
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...more than 10 years, memorable Subway ads featured Jared Fogle, a college student who was overweight but lost 245 pounds by only eating Subway’s low-fat sandwiches like the “Veggie Delite.” Jared says it was a fluke that he ended up in Subway’s ads. After all, he was recruited to do the ads because of good publicity that Subway got after national media picked up a story that Jared’s friend wrote about him in a college newspaper. Subway’s strategy at that time focused on its line of seven different sandwiches with under 6 grams of fat. The objective was to set Subway fare apart from other fast food, position it to appeal to health-conscious eaters, and spark new sales growth. Jared already knew he liked Subway sandwiches, but the “7 under 6” promotion inspired him to incorporate them into his diet. As soon as Jared’s ads began to run, word of his inspiring story spread and consumer awareness of Subway and its healthy fare increased. It’s always hard to isolate the exact impact of ads on sales, but sales grew more than 18 percent that year. The ads also attracted attention from potential franchisees. Many of them followed up by requesting the franchise brochure, which explains how Subway’s strategy works and why Subway is a profitable small business opportunity. For instance, it describes how franchisees elect a group to help advertising...
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...Season 1 Episode 1 Sex and the city aired "Once upon a time an English journalist came to New York. Elizabeth was attractive and bright, and right away she hooked up with one of the city's eligible bachelors. The question remains, is this a company we want to own? Tim was 42. A well-liked and respected banker, who made about two million a year. They met one evening, in typical New York fashion, at a gallery opening. Like it? Yes, actually I think it's quite interesting. What? I feel like I know you. Oh, doubtful. I just moved here from London. Really? That's my favorite city. It is? Absolutely. It was love at first sight. You know, I think perhaps I have met you somewhere before. For two weeks they snuggled... went to romantic restaurants... had wonderful sex... and shared the most intimate secrets. One day, he took her to a house he saw in the New York Times. How about if we start at the top? There are four bedrooms upstairs. Do you have any children? Not yet. That day Tim popped the question. Would you like to meet my folks Tues-day night? I'd love to. On Tuesday he called with some bad news. My mother's not feeling very well. Oh, gosh, I'm sorry. Can we take a rain check? Of course. Tell your mum I hope she feels better. When she hadn't heard from him for two weeks, she called. Tim, it's Elizabeth. That's an awfully long rain check. He said he was up to his ears and that he'd call the next day. He never did call... Bastard. She told me one day over coffee. I don't understand...
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...The Case Study of Eva Airways Core Competencies in Airline Industry | December 252012 | The idea of "core competences" is one of the most important business ideas currently shaping our world. This is one of the key ideas that lies behind the current wave of outsourcing, as businesses concentrate their efforts on things they do well and outsource as much as they can of everything else. Eva Airways core competencies covers excellent flight safety record, advanced flight equipment to enhance flight safety, fleet complete, network-intensive services, caring and meticulous service that includes their current and future customer service programs, human capital investment for providing excellent customer service, and professional management. With these excellent customer-oriented services, Eva Air proves that they are already world-class air carrier and robustly have an edge to compete in international market with the low-cost airline carrier, prestige airline carrier, and even the government-controlled carrier. We also believed that Eva Air’s customer-oriented services (core competencies) could sustain the growing or future demands in airline industry and can survive the toughness of the competition. The Case Study of Eva Airways Core Competencies in Airline Industry I. INTRODUCTION The airline industry exists in an intensely competitive market. Over the years, air travel has become so commonplace that it would be hard to imagine life without it. The airline industry, therefore...
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...Can You Keep A Secret? Sophie Kinsella Contents Acknowledgements One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight Nine Ten Eleven Twelve Thirteen Fourteen Fifteen Sixteen Seventeen Eighteen Nineteen Twenty Twenty-one Twenty-two Twenty-three Twenty-four Ttwenty-five Twenty-six Twenty-seven Acknowledgements A big thank you to Mark Hedley, Jenny Bond, Rosie Andrews and Olivia Heywood for all their generous advice. And hugest gratitude as always to Linda Evans, Patrick Plonkington-Smythe, Araminta Whitley and Celia Hayley, my boys and the board. ONE Of course I have secrets. Of course I do. Everyone has a secret. It's completely normal. I'm sure I don't have any more than anybody else. I'm not talking about big, earth-shattering secrets. Not the-president- is-planning-to-bomb-Japan-and-only-Will-Smith-can-save-the-world type secrets. Just normal, everyday little secrets. Like for example, here are a few random secrets of mine, off the top of my head: 1. My Kate Spade bag is a fake. 2. I love sweet sherry, the least cool drink in the universe. 3. I have no idea what NATO stands for. Or even what it is. 4. I weigh 9 stone 3. Not 8 stone 3, like my boyfriend Connor thinks. (Although in my defence, I was planning to go on a diet when I told him that. And to be fair, it is only one number different.) 5. I've always thought Connor looks a bit like Ken. As in Barbie and Ken. 6. Sometimes, when we're right in the middle of passionate sex, I suddenly want to...
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...Praise for 8 Secrets of the Truly Rich “In this his latest book, Bo Sanchez preaches on wealth. He shows that as in all good things, the true value of wealth lies not in possessing it but in giving it away.” + Gaudencio B. Cardinal Rosales Archbishop of Manila “Bo Sanchez has done it again! This book is an excellent combination of personal experiences, well-researched investment information and sound spiritual guidance for all of us.” — Jose Concepcion, Jr. Chairman of the Board RFM Corporation “Bo says, ‘Money isn’t the most important thing in the world. But money affects every important thing in the world.’ Statements like these make Bo’s book — every chapter of it — very tempting to read. Catchy.” + Angel N. Lagdameo Archbishop of Jaro, Iloilo President, Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines “Bo Sanchez demolishes the myths that equate wealth with materialism, and having money with being rich.” — Gerry Ablaza CEO, Globe Telecoms “Bo Sanchez’s 8 Secrets of the Truly Rich balances our views concerning material wealth. It helps us appreciate God’s gifts as a means to multiply goodness in the world.” + Ricardo J. Cardinal Vidal Archbishop of Cebu “Bo’s book inspires us to work hard and aim high to be wealthy in the true sense of the word. Bo shows the way! A good read!” — Socorro C. Ramos Founder and General Manager, National Bookstore For Bo’s Truly Rich Newsletters, log onto www.iamtrulyrich.com ISBN 978-971-93671-2-3 What the Rich Know that the Poor Don’t Know ...
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...ACCOMMODATION DURING HOLIDAYS 1.1 Medium & long-term residents 1.1.1 Grand President 1.1.2 Centrepoint Serviced Apartments 1.2 Short time hotels 1.2.1 Playboy Hotel (PB Hotel) 1.2.2 Penthouse Hotel 1.2.3 Asoke Place 1.2.4 Street 1 lodge (Sukhumvit Soi 1) 1.2.5 Dynasty Inn. 1.3 Major Hotels 1.3.1 JW Marriott 1.3.2 Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit 1.3.3 Landmark Hotel 1.4 Others 1.4.1 Rembrandt Hotel 1.4.2 Nana Hotel 1.4.3 Manhattan Hotel MASSAGE PARLORS 2.1 Thai Traditional Massage (TTM) 2.2 Soapy massage 2.2.1 First Class MPs 2.2.2 Option 2 2.2.3 Option 3 2.2.4 Others 2.2.5 Remarks on models and sideliners 2.2.6 Remarks on a sandwich service 2.2.7 Remarks on youth and services provided 2.2.8 MP girls saying NO to a certain customer 2.3 Eden Club vs. Darlings? 2.4 Pattaya MPs 2.5 Oil Massage 2.5.1 Barons Barber Shop 2.5.2 Euro Inn PUBS AND BEER BARS 3 Pubs and beer bars 3.1 Sukhumvit Rd. 3.2 Patpong No. 1 4 Specialty bars and karaoke JOINTS 4.1 Counter 1 and 2 4.2 Star of Lights 4.3 Lolitas 4.4 EDEN Club 5 Dance Clubs 5.1 CM2 5.2 La Lunar 5.3 Bed 5.4 Club Orbit 6 Go-go clubs 6.1 Patpong 6.2 Thaniya Plaza 6.3 Nana Plaza 6.4 Soi Cowboy 6.5 How to avoid the pushy GGgirls? MEMBER Clubs and KTVs/PR Clubs 7 MEMBER Clubs and KTVs/PR Clubs 7.1 Exotica 7.2 Piano 7.3 Club 487 7.4 Chateau Blanc 7.5 Spice Club 7.6 The Club 7.7 FAQs on member clubs 8 Freelancers 8.1 Siam Hotel 8.2 Grace Hotel 8.3 How to behave with a freelancer? 9 Transportation 9.1 The useful BTS Skytrain 9.2 Taxi from...
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...43121_Cover_Marketing_Your_Business 10/8/05 8:28 am T: 01269 590219 Publication produced by:Carmarthenshire County Council Economic Development Division Business Resource Centre Parc Amanwy, New Road Ammanford Carmarthenshire SA18 3EP T: 01269 590200 E: economic@carmarthenshire.gov.uk W: www.carmarthenshire.gov.uk Publication funded under the Celtic Enterprise & Business Support Network, an Interreg IIIA funded project, in partnership with Waterford City Enterprise Board Ltd and South East Region Enterprise Boards Managing your business > Marketing your business For all your business enquiries contact:- Page 1 Managing your business > Marketing your business 03 43121_Marketing_Your_Business 10/8/05 8:06 am Page 1 Managing your business > Marketing your business 1. INTRODUCTION – WHY YOU NEED MARKETING In order to succeed, you need cashflow. To get cashflow, you need paying customers. To get customers, you need marketing. As your own marketing director, you have to make decisions about: 3. PRICING Every product or service has a price. In order to set a price, you need to consider: Distribution ■ Advertising ■ PR ■ Selling Your pricing strategy (Cost plus, Market minus, Penetration, Skimming, etc.) Customer service levels ■ How much are your customers motivated/influenced by price? Pricing ■ ■ The product or service ■ Your cost price calculations (including ...
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...PART ONE • UNDERSTANDING SERVICES SERVICES IN THE MODERN ECONOMY As consumers, we use services every day. Turning on a light, watching TV, talking on the telephone, riding a bus, visiting the dentist, mailing a letter, getting a haircut, refueling a car, writing a check, or sending clothes to the cleaners are all examples of service consumption at the individual level. T h e institution at which you are studying is itself a c o m p l e x service organization. In addition to educational services, today's college facilities usually include libraries and cafeterias, counseling, a bookstore, placement offices, copy services, telecommunications, and even a bank. If you are enrolled at a residential university, campus services are also likely to include dormitories, health care, indoor and o u t d o o r athletic facilities, a theater, and perhaps a post office. Customers are not always happy with the quality and value of the services they receive. People complain a b o u t late deliveries, r u d e or i n c o m p e t e n t personnel, i n c o n v e n i e n t service h o u r s , p o o r p e r f o r m a n c e , and needlessly complicated p r o cedures. T h e y grumble about the difficulty of finding sales clerks to help t h e m in retail stores, express frustration about mistakes on their credit card bills or bank statements, shake their heads over the complexity of new self-service equipment, m u t ter about p o o r value, and sigh as they are forced to wait in line almost everywhere...
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...CHECK YOUR ENGLISH VOCABULARY FOR TOEIC ® by Rawdon Wyatt A & C Black London www.acblack.com First published in Great Britain in 2006 A & C Black Publishers Ltd 38 Soho Square, London W1D 3HB © Rawdon Wyatt 2006 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without the permission of the publishers. A CIP entry for this book is available from the British Library ISBN-10: 0 7136 7508 5 ISBN-13: 978 0 7136 7508 X eISBN-13: 978-1-4081-0234-3 Text typeset by A & C Black Printed in Italy by Legoprint A & C Black uses paper produced with elemental chlorine-free pulp, harvested from managed sustainable forests. Introduction This book has been written for anyone who is planning to take the TOEIC®, and who wants to practice and develop their vocabulary. A greater command of vocabulary is one of the key factors that will help you raise your TOEIC® score. You should not go through the exercises in this book mechanically. It is better to choose areas that you are unfamiliar with, or areas that are of specific interest or importance to you. Each exercise is accompanied by a full answer key at the back of the book. This key also gives you other information about particular vocabulary items (for example, words with similar meanings, alternative words and expressions, etc.) that are not covered in the exercises themselves. When you are doing the tasks in this book, look at the instructions carefully to make sure you understand...
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...TIDBITS OF MY LIFE AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY by Ray Jablonski As one grows older and ponders the past one cannot help but wonder what legacy will dwell. Thus, I shall write about the things in my life, big and small that my descendants may wish to know about and perhaps keep in their memory as well. So I shall begin with the earliest history of my life with the ends and odds of the important things I can recall. These tidbits should reveal what my whole life was all about. Perhaps the luckiest and most important day of my life was 6 p.m. on 7 November 1921 (7/11/21), the day I was born. It happened to be that I was the seventh child of thirteen siblings, right smack in the middle. My mother's name was Florence Amelia. It so happened that she was the thirteenth child of her parents, the Zbrowski's. My Zbrowski grandparents were born and married in the western German occupied area of Poland. They had several children there and migrated the family to Reading, Pennsylvania in 1879. Florence, my mother, was born there on 19 March 1890. She had six brothers and six sisters. She was very fortunate to have received a good Catholic education and graduated from Common School (eighth grade), which was quite an achievement for a female during the turn of the last century. She was bilingual and could read and write both Polish and English. Her father was a successful tailor and a proprietor of a local saloon at...
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...ight Right Word Wrong Word Words and structures confused and misused by learners of English L. G. Alexander LONGMAN Addison Wesley Longman Limited Edinburgh Gate, Harlow Essex CM20 2JE, England and Associated Companies throughout the world. © Longman Group UK Limited 1994 All rights reserved; no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the Publishers. First published 1994 Fifth impression 1997 Illustrated by Chris Ryley British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Alexander, L. G. Right Word Wrong Word: Words and Structures Confused and Misused by Learners of English. - (Longman English Grammar Series) I. Title II. Ryley, Chris III. Series 428.24 ISBN 0-582-21860-8 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Alexander, L.G. Right word wrong word: words and structures confused and misused by learners of English/L.G. Alexander. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-58221860-8 1. English language-Usage. 2. English language-Errors of usage. I. Title. PE1460.A48 1993 428.2'4-dc20 93-11963 CIP We have been unable to trace the copyright holder of the text for Exercise 52 Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, Nobody and would appreciate any information that would enable us to do so. Set in Times New Roman, TrueType Produced through Longman Malaysia, ETS ISBN 0 582 21860 8 ...
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