...MEDUSA There are many contradicting stories about the birth of Medusa. Some say that she was the only mortal of the three gorgon sisters that were born to Echidne. In Greek mythology terrible female monsters were referred to as Gorgon. She was at time referred to as the “Serpent Goddess” (Martha Leonard, 2008). Another of the stories refer Medusa to have been born to humans Phorcys and Ceto. But all the stories agree to a fact that Medusa was a gorgon-a female monster. Medusa was not always ugly she was so once so beautiful that even gods got attracted towards her. The stories reveal that Medusa was one of the prettiest girl and was later made ugly and her hairs were turned into snakes. There are different stories depicting how she was made and her hairs turning into serpents. One of the stories goes like this, Medusa was considered the most beautiful girl in the whole of Athens and this fact made Medusa proud. She became proud of her beauty and spoke less just because of her pride and arrogance. Whenever she used to talk to someone it was just about her beauty. She talked about her beauty compared to the natural beauties around the earth and considered them even superior to these natural beauties. Another habit she acquired because of her pride in her sheer beauty was of seeing and admiring her own beauty in the walls, darkened window and in the mirror. Her praises of her own beauty went on and on. One day she the largest to the Goddess Athena there, everyone visiting the...
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...Pegasus Sports International is a start-up aftermarket inline skat- ing accessory manufacturer. In addition to the aftermarket products, Pegasus is developing SkateTours, a service that takes clients out, in conjunction with a local skate shop, and provides them with an afternoon of skating using inline skates and some of Pegasus’ other accessories such as SkateSails. The aftermarket skate accessory market has been largely ignored. Although there are several major manufacturers of the skates themselves, the accessory market has not been addressed. This provides Pegasus with an extraordinary opportunity for market growth. Skating is a booming sport. Currently, most of the skating is recre- ational. There are, however, a growing number of skating competitions, including team-oriented competitions such as skate hockey as well as individual competitions such as speed skate racing. Pegasus will work to grow these markets and develop the skate transportation market, a more utilitarian use of skating. Several of Pegasus’ currently developed products have patents pending, and local market research indicates that there is great demand for these products. Pegasus will achieve fast, sig- nificant market penetration through a solid business model, long-range planning, and a strong management team that is able to execute this exciting opportunity. The three principals on the management team have over 30 years of combined personal and industry experience. This extensive experience provides...
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...Pegasus Inc. is a company who prides itself for being a model ethical leader who upholds its core values and principles. Now it faces a dilemma and it has two options: to expand their business in China or forego the opportunity to earn a hundred million dollars because of the "payoffs". If Pegasus were to enter China, they would earn a whooping $100 million and would eventually attract potential Japanese investors that would contribute to their capital investment. Aside from that, the market for wireless in China is huge and this is in addition to the company's market in the US, Europe and Japan. If this project would push through, Pegasus would be widely acknowledge in Asia. It might also generate market from other Asian countries that demands the use of wireless technology. If we would consider Pegasus Values, entering China would Create a Value for Customers because their problems regarding stolen copper wires and high cost for burying communication cables would be addressed. Furthermore, Pegasus commitment to become the leader of technology in the new millenium would be realized since they were able to penetrate China - that has the largest population, hence the largest market, in Asia. But what is the downside? Before getting a license to operate, they are required for a "payoff" per city and district where they would be conducting their business. An agent would represent them and whatever this agent would do to secure the license would be his own business. Upon...
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...My constellation is Pegasus. Pegasus is a very well- known constellation. People often call Pegasus “The Winged Horse”. A pegasus is a mythical creature. It looks like a horse but has wings. This constellation was first introduced in Greek mythology. Perseus went on a journey to rescue Princess Andromeda from a nasty sea creature, Cetus. So, he went to kill Medusa, a snake- haired monster, who was once a beautiful women, but after a terrible spell she turned into a beast. One look in her eyes and you would turn into stone. Perseus killed and beheaded her. Her stare was still just as deadly, he went off to kill the sea monster and save the Princess. Once he turned the gnarly beast to stone, he saved Andromeda. But, a few drops of Medusa’s blood...
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...Read the following case study and answer the questions Pegasus Airlines Until 1982, Turkish Airlines was the only airline company in Turkey, and it had no domestic competitors. Over the past 20 years, Turkey experienced a number of financial crises, as well as political turmoil. Pegasus was created in 1989 as a charter airline partnered with the Irish airline Aer Lingus to create all-inclusive holidays. In 2005, the airline changed from charter airline to a low-cost airlines. The Airline became the best private airline better than any other local airline. What is the secret to the airline’s success? Quite simply, it involves making sure Pegasus is continually developing to meet passenger expectations and priorities. Pegasus has put in place a yield management strategy for ticket pricing, using the strategy of Southwest Airlines of North America as an example. Supply and Demand as well as time are taken into account in the ticket pricing strategy; for example, if a customer book early (60+ days) they receive further savings while those who book later pay the maximum current fare offered by competitors. The system is complemented by an electronic ticket policy whereby passengers receive their information via email and SMS. Pegasus has also developed a credit/loyalty card, which offers customers a range of benefits including insurance rate reductions. Although airlines can’t often control flight delays, Pegasus has developed a specific customer satisfaction guarantee policy...
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...Traffic expansion faster than speed of expansion in the sector. During recent years, where the Turkish civil aviation sector entered into a serious growth trend, Pegasus has proven to be satisfying a significant demand in aviation sector with the number of its guests increasing much more than average growth in the sector. In 2012, Pegasus Airlines, the second largest airline in Turkey, has signed for up to 100 A320neo Family aircraft (57 A320neo and 18 A321neo models), of which 75 are firm orders. Pegasus becomes a new Airbus customer and the first Turkish airline to order the A320neo. This is the largest single commercial aircraft order ever placed by an airline in Turkey, and was announced on December 18, 2012. In 2012, Pegasus Airlines carried 13.6 passengers in total. Between 2008 and 2012, the number of passengers has grown by a cagr of 32.5...
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...Pegasus Travel.com: Fasten Your Seatbelts!* A Business Plan Analysis and Simulation I. Introduction Pegasus Travel.com 1975 Beacon Street Brookline, MA 02446 P.O. Box 1234, U.S.A. (617) Pegasus Co-owners: Kimberly Peters J. H. Welch Christa Bentley Yoriko Nomo Sandrine Bouchet Description of Business: This Company will cater to the need of people age 55 and over who want the flexibility in traveling by groups or individually. Services will include a web site where customers can create their own customized vacation package or choose from the pre-set travel packages of the week and chat with people who are also interested in traveling with them. Customers will also be able to locate travel buddies if they have an idea of a destination, but do not have a large enough group for traveling. Financing: Initial financing required is $2,105,185, and will be received from venture capitalists and bank loans that will be paid off over 12 years. The invested money from venture capitalists and bank loans will allow Pegasus Travel, Inc. (“Pegasus”) to cover office space, office equipment and supplies, advertising, technology development, salaries and wages and utilities. This report is confidential and is the property of the co-owners listed above. It is intended only for use by the person to whom it is transmitted and any reproduction or divulgence of any of its contents without the prior written consent of the Company is prohibited. II. Executive Summary...
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...Ethics Case Study - Student Gets a Better Job Offer Step 1: Recognize: Define the ethical problem from all perspectives. • The student did not tell company B after accepting to work there that he already accepted to work company A. • The student did not notify career services office about any of this. Step 2: Clarify the Facts • The student agreed to work for company A at the beginning, because he did not hear from company B (yet). • The student later was accepted to work for company B; since this was his first choice he accepted that offer as well. • The student went back on his words and declined company A after already accepting it. • Career services office only found out about this after the student had reneged upon the job offer. Step 3: Create Alternatives • The student will not be permitted to work in company A or B. • The student will go work for company A, as he approved that offer first. • The student will work for company B, but will never be allowed to use career services again. • The student will be kicked out of school. Step 4: Evaluate Alternatives (short/long term effects) • Short term: student will not have a job Long term: the student might not be able to find another job that year but will learn an important lesson for life. • Short term: student will work for company A and be disappointed since he is not fulfilling his true ability. Long term: student will realize that what he did was the ethically correct choice. • Short term:...
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...Executive Summary Pegasus Sports International is a start-up aftermarket inline skat- ing accessory manufacturer. In addition to the aftermarket products, Pegasus is developing SkateTours, a service that takes clients out, in conjunction with a local skate shop, and provides them with an afternoon of skating using inline skates and some of Pegasus’ other accessories such as SkateSails. The aftermarket skate accessory market has been largely ignored. Although there are several major manufacturers of the skates themselves, the accessory market has not been addressed. This provides Pegasus with an extraordinary opportunity for market growth. Skating is a booming sport. Currently, most of the skating is recre- ational. There are, however, a growing number of skating competitions, including team-oriented competitions such as skate hockey as well as individual competitions such as speed skate racing. Pegasus will work to grow these markets and develop the skate transportation market, a more utilitarian use of skating. Several of Pegasus’ currently developed products have patents pending, and local market research indicates that there is great demand for these products. Pegasus will achieve fast, sig- nificant market penetration through a solid business model, long-range planning, and a strong management team that is able to execute this exciting opportunity. The three principals on the management team have over 30 years of combined personal and industry experience. This extensive experience...
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...PEGASUS TECHNOLOGIES In June 2002, Linda Wang, procurement specialist for Pegasus Technologies, Phoenix, Arizona, and three teammates were responsible for recommending which of four potential suppliers should receive a purchase order for the next year’s requirement of 8-inch touch-screen color LCD panels. The panels were expected to be of exceptional quality, with extra high resolution. Pegasus was recognized as a leading manufacturer of several lines of handheld pallet style computers. The touch-screen capability enables a user to work with the computer without a mouse or keyboard. The latest in this line of products was the PT 9000, a high-quality computer with a 3-gigahertz processor, 200 megabyte hard-drive and an optional removable DVD writer. The PT 9000 was designed for industry use in harsh climates. In its nearly three years of operation, Pegasus had grown from a single product manufacturer with annual sales of around $250,000 to a multi-product $5-billion firm. The company has always had a reputation for high quality Funds have never been compromised where research and development is concerned. Pegasus intended to buy the touch-screen from one of the four potential suppliers. It was estimated that the demand for the next year would be in the region of 1 million monitors. Forecasts indicated that this demand was expected to grow at an annual rate of 20 percent over the next three years. In order to maintain a uniform quality, the company policy was to use a single...
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...In June 2002, Linda Wang, procurement specialist for Pegasus Technologies, Phoenix, Arizona, and three teammates were responsible for recommending which of four potential suppliers should receive a purchase order for the next year’s requirement of 8-inch touch-screen color LCD panels. The panels were expected to be of exceptional quality, with extra high resolution. Pegasus was recognized as a leading manufacturer of several lines of handheld pallet style computers. The touch-screen capability enables a user to work with the computer without a mouse or keyboard. The latest in this line of products was the PT 9000, a high-quality computer with a 3-gigahertz processor, 200 megabyte hard-drive, and an optional removable DVD writer. The PT 9000 was designed for industry use in harsh climates. In its nearly three years of operation, Pegasus had grown from a single product manufacturer with annual sales of around $250,000 to a multiproduct $5 billion firm. The company has always had a reputation for high quality. Funds have never been compromised where research and development is concerned. Pegasus intended to buy the touch-screen from one of the four potential suppliers. It was estimated that the demand for the next year would be in the region of 1 million monitors. Forecasts indicated that this demand was expected to grow at an annual rate of 20 percent over the next three years. In order to maintain a uniform quality, the company policy was to use a single source of supply...
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...broken, leading to a price war with the entry of many low-price and no-frills airlines. Every carrier could enter and prices were not regulated. The cost of customer switching was very low. Thus THY had to develop “frequent flyer programmers” to retain customers by issuing free tickets and upgrades on basis of number of miles flown, raising the level of offered services and lowering the number of ticket prices thus raising the “cost” to switch between airlines. As far as today is concerned, the airline industry in Turkey consists the government partnered THY and other privately owned Turkish companies. THY can be given as the market leader with 54% percent market share, followed by the most aggressive market challenger “Pegasus” with a share of 18%. Pegasus inspects THY...
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...Warwick International Hotels Name Institution of Affiliation Warwick International Hotels Introduction The Warwick International Hotels were founded in 1980. Since then, the brand has extended its services all over the five continents, totalling to 55 hotels worldwide. The brand provides a collection of 4 and 5-star hotels (Warwick International Hotels, 2008). The hotels provide quality services and are distinctive for their bond because their operations are common throughout the areas where they are stretched. Some of the cities where Warwick International Hotels are found include Paris, New York, San Francisco, Brussels, Geneva and Bangkok among others. The hotels are centrally located, and they can be easily located from the city centre. Due to their quality services, the hotels have established a reputation for their quality accommodation and services. The Warwick International Hotels have a collective capacity of over 6,500 accommodation rooms with varying number of rooms for the different hotels (Warwick International Hotels, 2008).). The accommodation facilities offer a range of services ranging from hosting conferences and seminars, business meetings and accommodation as well as relaxing for a holiday. The expansion of the hotels from the time the brand was founded is presented graphically below. Chart 1: % Hotel portfolio development from the initial eight hotels. Customer loyalty and Hotel brand performance The brand appreciates that its guests are the...
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...Set up the Pegasus email directory which will show C:\PMAIL\MAIL as shown in the diagram below and click OK. Installation will be completed and just click cancel for internet setup. Task 5 Install and manage websites and services to meet a given requirement On the next screen you should decide whether every user of the OS can work with the FTP client or it is allowed only for the admin account. So, choose all users for the radio button as shown below. Click on the Next button to proceed. Select the components which you want to install. In this case, tick all as below. Then click on the Next button. Set the destination folder for the FileZilla installation. Click Next button to continue. Choose the Start Menu folder of FileZilla FTP...
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...Pegasus’s significance lied in the fact that anyone who rode it would be riding to the heavens with it, as it symbolized the marvelous voyage to heaven. Pegasus was a very humble, calm and an innocent creature and it is said that it was always ready to assist others. Legends say that due to the loyalty of Pegasus, the Greek God Zeus transformed Pegasus into a constellation when it made its way into the sky. 5.) The Greek legend states that Chimera had a physical appearance of a lion, goat and a serpent and it was a complex creature. She was believed to be a ferocious blaze eating monster and was a terrifying looking beast. Legends say that not only Chimera was a frightening monster, but it was also a threatening opponent in battles. Chimera was able to use the powers of all three (the lion, goat and the serpent) and as a result it made it extremely powerful. Greek mythology narrates that Chimera was actually a female and was then known as “Chimaera”, a term which the Greeks used for a she goat. It is believed that Chimera met its destiny at the hands of Bellerophon, a young warrior, who slayed this monster with the help of Pegasus, the popular winged...
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