...t was Thursday morning, December 23, and I rolled over and tried to focus a bleary eye on my alarm clock. I was 30 minutes late starting my Christmas vacation. Vacations are suppose to be fun, restful periods, so I had a strong inclination to do that and go back to sleep. But no, that’s not the American way. We have to go, go, go in order to get the most out of our vacations. We set schedules, make reservations and become slaves to them. I started wishing I were Samoan. Many folks stay home and celebrate Christmas with family and friends, but not me. I am a bachelor who likes to take every opportunity to go places and see new things. I have no family except two sisters – one 500 miles away and the other 3000 miles away. I had a month off from work, and I certainly wasn’t going to waste it hanging around the house and watching myself grow old. I had packed the previous day and partied the previous night, so my things were ready but I was not. It is difficult to overcome the urge to stay in bed and say the heck with plans. I’m not sure why I didn’t. I made my unsteady way into the bathroom where a hot shower put me in a better frame of mind. An hour later my dog Nina and I were in my truck and headed for the stable to get my horse and trailer. Nina and my horse are my immediate family, so I like to take them with me on vacation whenever possible. At the stable a colleague of mine, Pam, was visiting my horse BJ. She watched as I quickly hooked up my trailer and loaded BJ...
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...Marvelous Christmas Vacation Marvelous Christmas Vacation “There is no place like home.” The above passage made me eager to go home. My Christmas vacation started on December 19, 2010, so I left MSU together with my sister on that day also after attending Misa de Gallo. When I arrived home, my youngest brother surprised me. He made some Christmas decors in our home and prepared our dinner. He even washed our dishes because he knew we were very tired from a long trip. “Wow! Is this my brother?”,I said to myself. Because of the long time we didn’t see other we gave and received hugs and kisses in our family. Early in the morning in the next day, we attended the Misa de Gallo in our place since it has become a tradition in our family to attend the nine-day period of prayer or in short Misa de Gallo from December 16 through December 24 at dawn everyday to prepare ourselves in commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ. Also, in our church it is our attitude that in every after Misa de Gallo there is always painit to be serve to the people who attended the mass. I was impressed that the practice that we have was not diminished as time goes by, but it was developed. In myself, visiting my lolas, antes, uncles, cousins and my other relatives has been my attitude every time I got home. When I met my cousins we still played our childhood game, dakop-dakopan. I enjoyed very much. Going in the church, I am glad that the Catholic Youth Organization...
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...Marvelous Christmas Vacation “There is no place like home.” The above passage made me eager to go home. My Christmas vacation started on December 19, 2010, so I left MSU together with my sister on that day also after attending Misa de Gallo. When I arrived home, my youngest brother surprised me. He made some Christmas decors in our home and prepared our dinner. He even washed our dishes because he knew we were very tired from a long trip. “Wow! Is this my brother?”,I said to myself. Because of the long time we didn’t see other we gave and received hugs and kisses in our family. Early in the morning in the next day, we attended the Misa de Gallo in our place since it has become a tradition in our family to attend the nine-day period of prayer or in short Misa de Gallo from December 16 through December 24 at dawn everyday to prepare ourselves in commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ. Also, in our church it is our attitude that in every after Misa de Gallo there is always painit to be serve to the people who attended the mass. I was impressed that the practice that we have was not diminished as time goes by, but it was developed. In myself, visiting my lolas, antes, uncles, cousins and my other relatives has been my attitude every time I got home. When I met my cousins we still played our childhood game, dakop-dakopan. I enjoyed very much. Going in the church, I am glad that the Catholic Youth Organization is still alive. Since I am a member...
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...PREFIXES A prefix is placed at the beginning of a word to modify or change its meaning. This is a list of the most common prefixes in English, together with their basic meaning and some examples. You can find more detail or precision for each prefix in any good dictionary. The origins of words are extremely complicated. You should use this list as a guide only, to help you understand possible meanings. But be very careful, because often what appears to be a prefix is not a prefix at all. Note also that this list does not include elements like "auto-" or " bio-", because these are "combining forms", not prefixes. Prefix | Meaning | Example Words | a/an | not, lacking in | amoral, anarchy, asymmetrical | ab | apart from | abdicate, abnormal, abduct | ante | before | antechamber, antedate, antecedent | anti | against | anticlimax, antimatter, antipathy | arch | supreme | archbishop, archenemy, archetype | auto | self | autobiography, autocrat, autoimmune | be | beset with | becalm, beguile, bewildered | bi | two | bicycle, binary, bipartisan | co | accompanying | cooperation, coordinator, coworker | contra | opposite | contraception, contradict, contravene | counter | in opposition | counteract, counterbalance, counterpoint | de | reverse | debrief, decompress, deface | demi | half | demigod, demitasse, demimonde | dis | opposite of | disagree, disenfranchise, disinherit, | en (em) | put into effect | empower, empurple, enforce, enlighten | epi | on, over | epicenter...
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...2012 TABLE OF CONTENTS: Wyndham Corp. Introduction ………………………………………………………….. 3 Hierarchy ……………………………………………………………………………….. 5 About TRAVELODGE………………………………………………………………… 5 History……………………………………………………………………………………6 Organizational Survey……………………………………………………………………7 Observation………………………………………………………………………………9 Reference………………………………………………………………………………..10 Wyndham Worldwide is one of the world's leading diversified providers of travel-related products and services for businesses and individual consumers, with leading brands in lodging franchising, vacation ownership, vacation rentals and vacation exchange. Wyndham has more than 160 vacation ownerships resorts. Over 95,000 vacation rental properties. There are more than 7,200 hotels in six continents under operations with the brand. Mission: We will be the global leader in travel accommodations welcoming our guests to iconic brands and vacation destinations through our signature Count On Me! Service. Count On Me! 1. To be RESPONSIVE to your needs. 2. To be RESPECTFUL in every way. 3. To deliver a GREAT Experience. Our Culture: Wyndham Worldwide strives to become the widely-recognized service leader in the hospitality industry. We have a service-oriented culture in which each associate strives to be responsive, be respectful and deliver great experiences to our customers, guests, partners and communities as well as to each other. Wyndham Worldwide Core Values: Act with integrity in all that we do:...
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...difference between Nicaragua and the United States of America. Nicaragua has been through many tragedies in the past several years. There is a difference in culture between Nicaragua and the United States that can easily be seen in their holidays, such as Christmas where everybody celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ with songs, holiday vacation, and food. First, the holidays in Nicaragua and United States have many differences. For example, In Nicaragua the Christmas celebration starts one week before Christmas day. Christmas also begins with the “Posadas” that are typical Nicaraguan customs. Posadas are special celebrations that people attend, which consist of singing different songs in the name of Jesus Christ in front of each house in the neighborhood. On the other hand here in the United State they celebrate singing carols to Jesus Christ .In both countries we put a Christmas tree and we sending greeting cards. In both countries we decorate our houses and yards with lights and different ornaments. In addition, both of them give vacation to the employees on December 25. The difference is that in Nicaragua people usually don’t work the whole week prior to Christmas day. Contrasting in United State they only give one day of vacation. This day usually, people enjoy by having lunch with the family. It is a tradition in both countries to give a gift to the kids and adults. The difference is that in Nicaragua they open the gift at midnight on December 24 and in the United State they...
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...PA # 4 pg 120 I had difficulty with solving this problem therefore I am going to try my best.. To solve the total system reliability of an individual component reliability I used the following equation.. Rs= (.70)(.88)(.72)(.96)= .426 or 42.6% Rp= 1- (1-.70)(1-.88)(1-.72)(1-.96) =.999 or 99.9% /100% After solving both equations I have determined that the reliabilities of the parallel components are different. Pa3 pg 143 Vacation planning flow chart Start Start To book the best price & save money plan ahead at least 6 months in advance before you reserve any hotels rooms and/or traveling method( i.e. car rentals and airfare)Evaluate your budget and begin to save money towards your trip. To book the best price & save money plan ahead at least 6 months in advance before you reserve any hotels rooms and/or traveling method( i.e. car rentals and airfare)Evaluate your budget and begin to save money towards your trip. Research and choose a destination of your choice via the internet (Hotwire.com, hotels .com, priceline.com, Travelocity.com etc.) and compare the best prices of your selection. Check your credit/debit card balance to ensure the cost of the entire trip is covered. Research and choose a destination of your choice via the internet (Hotwire.com, hotels .com, priceline.com, Travelocity.com etc.) and compare the best prices of your selection. Check your credit/debit card balance to ensure the cost of the entire trip...
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...For the exclusive use of B. Varghese, 2015. 9-511-004 REV: APRIL 14, 2011 SUNIL GUPTA KERRY HERMAN Tri ipAdvisor It w early Mo was onday mornin in the first week of Au ng t ugust 2010, an just back i his office fr nd in rom a two-w week family vacation, Step v phen Kaufer, founder and CEO of Trip d pAdvisor (TA was happy and A), y relaxe Kaufer ha rented two houses for his family’s vacation in M ed. ad o Martha’s Vin neyard—one h house from TA’s newest service, Vaca ation Rentals, and the other from a competitor site. K Kaufer was pl leased that th house he found throug TA’s listing was far sup he f gh g perior to the o off his competitor’s sit He one te. was v very optimisti about the fu ic uture potentia of TA’s ent into this se al try egment. As Kaufer settl in his off s led fice, he saw a note from Bryan Saltzb burg, General Manager of New l Initiat tives and head of TA’s f flight service requesting an urgent m e, meeting. In F February 2009 TA 9, hed launch a flight metasearch se m ervice similar to Kayak, w r where consum mers could com mpare prices from s severa airlines and online trave agencies (O al d el OTAs). The hi ighly competi itive online flight search m market becam even more competitive in July 2010 when Goog announce that it was acquiring ITA, a me e e 0 gle ed s leadin flight-info ng ormation soft tware compa any, for $700 million.1 Ka 0 aufer was su that Saltz ...
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...Maria Ina L. Elnar January 3, 2013 Rel 12- My Christmas Vacation My Christmas break turned out to be better than expected. Well I didn’t really accomplish anything but it was relatively fun compared to my previous Christmases. Every day (except for probably 2 days) I woke up at around 11 AM to 1PM, have lunch, go online, sleep again, go online some more, watch the same movies over again and sleep at around 2 AM to 4AM. I guess I’m just making up for the sleepless nights. I know, still very unproductive and very unhealthy of me but going out isn’t always fun for me. So that’s what I did most of the break. On Christmas Eve, my family went to church for the mass (we always do this because my father is very religious) and then after that we headed back home and feasted on the Noche Buena that my mother didn’t exactly make but worked hard in ordering. We ate and ate and ate. There are only five people in our household plus my parents aren’t exactly the fun type of people so it wasn’t exactly a fun Christmas (as usual) but there was food so that saves everything. Oh and the priest went to our house to have dinner and it was awkward (hehehe). After eating, the second or third round I think, we exchanged gifts! Not really exchanged because my sister and I were the only ones who actually bought gifts since my parents gave us our presents 2 months ago. That was how we always celebrate Christmas. On New Year’s Eve, we went to my cousin’s sister-in-law’s apartment...
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...According to the text it states that, he is grumpy and very hard to handle. Also, the text states that he doesn't really care about a plethora of things like Christmas because he does not get the point of Christmas. On page one, the author describes how he was exceedingly rude to a boy who shows up asking for any donations for the poor, but Scrooge tells him to leave, and argues that anyone who is poor can either go to jail, or go to the workhouse. All because he doesn’t believe in the poor. Marley, Scrooge’s dead partner, comes in and reveals a couple things, “‘Ghosts of terrible people have to endlessly work to make the world a better place.’” When Marley...
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...New Year's Day reservations -- Café Paris? (Too much $$?) Tim O'Connell paused, pen hovering above his Driscoll Software notepad, to watch the snow swirling outside his window. Then, decisively, the ballpoint descended: More stamps. The phone rang, and he reached for it, his mind still on his to-do list. What am I forgetting? "This is Tim O'Connell," he said. The conversation that followed drove all holiday thoughts from his mind. Twenty minutes later he put the handset back in its cradle. The Client That Stole Christmas Chewing a large bite of turkey sandwich, Kristen Hammersmith pressed her palms together behind her back, relishing the series of cracks and pops between her shoulders. It had been a long year, and she'd spent too much of it hunched over this desk. She believed that Driscoll did important work -- building reliable, if expensive, software for businesses whose systems couldn't afford to fail -- but it could be stressful. Sometimes she had nightmares about a bug in the Driscoll system that operated airplane landing gear. The past few months had seen more turmoil than usual. Kristen's boss, Alessandra Sandoval, had decamped to set up her own business as a technical consultant. The move had come as a relief, because Alessandra and Tim, the unit head, didn't exactly mesh. Tim was a classic software geek -- methodical, khaki-clad, and, unless you were cracking jokes about binary code, fairly reserved. He had been visibly uncomfortable with Alessandra's...
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...was the summer of 2002, and my best friend Candace and I wanted to go on vacation. We thought long and hard about where we wanted to go, and finally decided to fly to Florida. Candace and I started our planning by searching for hotel rooms in the West Palm area, and getting tickets for our flight from the internet. We boarded a plane for Florida in Lexington, Kentucky. We had a layover in Detroit, Michigan, which I thought was very interesting. We were heading North to go South! I enjoyed flying, so I didn't mind. I sat in the window seat so I could watch the beautiful clouds go speeding by, as if they were flying saucers. I also enjoyed the many sites you could see on the ground, entire fields looked like little puzzles from way up in the airplane. Once we arrived in West Palm, we rented a car and started the great search for our hotel. It took us about an hour to find the hotel, which was only ten minutes from the airport. We saw some beautiful neighborhoods including the Kennedy Mansion. What a gorgeous, huge home. I can still picture it today. It was a three-story brick home with white post in the front, surrounded The hotel was right around the corner from the circle we had been driving around the whole time. We laughed so hard when we finally realized just how close we were to our destination. Upon checking into our hotel, we were served champagne. We began to wonder if if they thought we were famous. This was my first taste...
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...The MountainLodge, a mid-price, good quality “destination” resort hotel, is open only during the skiing season. The operating performance of this hotel in the skiing season is very well, but that in off-season is poor. Mrs. Krachit, CEO of this hotel, think about various methods to improve the situation. Among many things, operating and repair, maintenance of west wing are important issues. We assume that X rooms must be rented each night in season for the hotel to breakeven. If 50 rooms in the east wing are fully rented. So, [50*0.2*15+50*0.8*20+(X-50)*0.2*20+(X-50)*0.8*25]*120= 138,410 X=58 If 30 rooms in the west wing are fully rented.Then, [30*0.2*20+30*0.8*25+(X-30)*0.2*15+(X-30)*0.8*20]*120=138,410 X=53 In conclusion, when 50 rooms in the east wing are fully rented, 58 rooms must be rented each night in season for the hotel to breakeven. When 30 rooms in the west wing are fully rented. 53 rooms must be rented each night in season for the hotel to breakeven. If all room rates were raised $5 on weekend nights, but occupancy fell to 72 rooms instead of 80, If 50 rooms in the east wing are fully rented. [50*0.2*20+50*0.8*25+22*0.2*25+22*0.8*30]*120=220560 220560-138,410=82150 If 30 rooms in the west wing are fully rented. [30*0.2*20+30*0.8*25+42*0.2*15+42*0.8*20]*120=182160 182160-138,410=43750 So, the revised profit before taxes for the year is 82150 or 43750. For off-season, the hotel management should make west wing of the hotel operating year-round, which could...
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...Samantha Cavin Jim Irons English 101 12 February 2014 Dust and Dirt – Memories I Hold Dear It was August 24, 2010 – hot, hot, hot, and my first day on the job for Gary Stark. I parked my beat up, brown and cream, 1980, Bronco, in the trailer lot near two, very large, fancy stock trailers, and walked up to the front of the barn where it met with the arena, as I saw Stark riding a small, sorrel, gelding around, working on his stopping, backing, and his general ability to move off of his hind end, my life began to be put into perspective, and I knew nothing, but I so badly wanted to learn! I climbed upon one of the hitching posts and rested my feet upon the seven foot panel, watching as this man very effortlessly, loped this young colt, and made it look so wonderfully beautiful, no trouble at all. When he was finished he walked that now sweating, and heaving, gelding to where I sat along the rail, and stepped off of his horse, opened the gate and walked up to me. I quickly slid off of the hitching rail, and rushed to meet him at the gate. He extended his large, muscular hand in my direction, and I snatched it up like a hungry pup snapping at a steak, I eagerly shook his hand, with a sheepish grin. He never smiled, only asked if I was willing to work - hard and cheap. I nodded enthusiastically, six dollars an hour, and all the knowledge my little brain could hold. I looked like a too eager idiot, but I didn’t care, I got a job, and my dream job at that, I never realized what...
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...November 16, 2012 Friday This is the day 1 of my On-The-Job Training. I just don’t have any idea at all; I don’t know what I’m going to be or which department I should assign so thank god we start at orientation. We talked about the company, policies and some other important details then our HM supervisor take me to my department, which is Dispatch Service Department, I don’t have any idea if what is going on in this department until my supervisor orient me about my task and this I meet and started to meet the Call Reports which is assigned to me for the rest of my training. My day have been so well and just exceeded my working hours. November 19-23, 2012 (Monday-Friday) This week I’m sorting Call Reports specifically the CM or the Corrective Maintenance, from the month of October sorting from 1st of October from the end of the month. I arranged it from banks to banks for it to be organized. I just had light duties by this time, I observed the call reports and notice that diebold has a lot of client, offering good services, offering products such as ATM, software and many more. Diebold Philippines Incorporation is a very huge company it has many branches in different part of the world. This ECE Company which is vision is to fulfill and exceed the customer expectations. The facilities and policies is just suit for the employee and to the firm. This office environment is just good for the working people. By the end of this week, I’m still adjusting myself for a new environment;...
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