...It was a bright beautiful day and today we were packing for our trip to Bahamas and Mexico. We are gonna take a cruise ship there and That day we did a lot of packing and a lot of printing and also filling papers out to. When we were done packing we started to just clean up the house a little bit so we wouldn't have to clean up when we get home and also have to unpack to. My sister leah and me are so excited to go on a cruise. My mom and dad told us that we can eat whatever we want and you don’t have to pay because you pay a price before you go on the cruise. You can get ice cream 24-7 or you can get pizza or burgers and fries. You can get really whatever you want. On a cruise you get to stay on the boat a full day, then you go get off for 6 hours, then on boat all day,then off for 6 hours, then full day that is a whole cruise. So after we were done packing my sister and me went outside to play for a little bit while are mom cleaned the house a little bit more and my dad was making dinner. We played on our trampoline and alo played with friends. When my dad called us in for dinner we came in and we ate dinner. After dinner we had to stay in the rest of the night because we had to get up at 4:30 in the morning and get in comfy clothes and drive to texas....
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...Fundamentals of Speech Professor Tomeic 14 January 2013 Purpose: My Cultural Heritage Bahamas I. Introduction A. Attention Material: What is the Bahamas to you? B. Tie To Audience: To you, it may be a vacation spot, a business trip or a sweet escape? C. Credibility Statement: Too me, the Bahamas is who I am, it’s my home. D. Thesis: What may be just a getaway to some people, is the place that made me who I am today, a great athlete, a beauty queen and most of all a humble and very sincere person. 1. School life for me was very different in the Bahamas from America. We wore red and white uniforms with black shoes and frilly socks. 2. Gjffrvfvvvc q vbffd gfearth science. 3. The same teacher, taught all subjects in one class and we were allowed two recesses. Transition: As a child I played catch n freeze, which I think helped me become a great athlete. 1. In my country I was known as the fastest sprinter of my age category. 2. Every year there would be an array of athletic competitions; of course this was my favorite time because I would always shine by coming in 1st place at each sprinting event. 3. Besides being the fastest sprinter I ran marathons and played softball. I was an all around athlete. Transition: I lived in a neighborhood called Beverly Hills. 1. In order to get to my house, there was this huge hill you had to go over which is part of the reason we called it Beverly Hills, but it was mostly because of...
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...Isabella Thomas Fundamentals of Writing Professor Suzie Toliao November 19, 2014 Descriptive Essay Towards the end of my senior, I began to question my parents every day in regards to my graduation gift. I came up with so many things that could have been my gift but it was still always a no. Finally, after so many weeks had gone by my mother sits me aside and says &Because you are graduating and so is your sister soon, your father and I are going to give you a vacation to go anywhere you want, but there is a price limit; I was in complete shock. The first place that ran through my mind was Greece, but it went way over the limit. As soon as I told my sister, we were looking like crazy for places to go to. Places like Mexico, St. Thomas, Puerto Rico, Hawaii; the list can go on and on. Then we finally decided to go to the Bahamas and I do not regret it at all. The culture and land was completely different, it was indeed an experience I would never forget. My First trip to the Bahamas made me feel grateful, sympathetic and inquisitive. It was raining when we landed but it did not stop my enthusiasm of simply being on an island of the Bahamas. We already had our own transportation to get to the hotel paid for and I was anxiously waiting for our driver to arrive. Standing there I can just smell the rain and Caribbean all in one, I smelled the lovely blend of oils secreted by the plants. As the driver arrived we got in the car and started heading to our hotel. Already...
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...My Favorite Memory ENG 101/102 January 30, 2013 My Favorite Memory 1 I have to say that my favorite memory has to be going on our family vacation to the Bahamas. We went on a five day cruise. There were eighteen of us in our group. Including my Daughters’ dad, co-mom & her little brother and sister. We drove down to Port Jax in Jacksonville, Florida to catch the boat. My mom, son Chance, my daughter Kayla and I went down early, so we could enjoy our drive. The trip down was great. Spending time with my family is always nice. We did some sight-seeing on the way down, we sang songs together like we were a quartet and tons of other things. After we arrived in Jacksonville, we checked into our hotel. We were there a few hours before everyone else arrived. When they all got settled in, all eighteen of us met up for dinner. This was a great time to celebrate our big family vacation. The group included nine adults and nine children. Ranging in age from almost two to sixteen. The next day we loaded all of our things up and headed to Port Jax. There we so many people and long lines. Customs was a little stressful, but we all made it through save and sound. After taking pictures, we finally got to board the ship. It was amazing! It was like a floating city. With all of the shops, restaurants, bars & nightclubs. Our luggage was delivered...
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...purchasing agent for Zircon Delivery Services, I am faced with many challenges in my job. One of these challenges includes choosing a potential supplier, out of ten candidates, for upgrading one of Zircon’s computing facilities. Recently, a sales rep for Computer-Whiz approached me with the opportunity to take my family on a trip to the Bahamas. The sales rep indicated that the offer would solely be a way of building a relationship. However, nothing in life is free. Although the sales rep said the trip would be a way of building a relationship, I think the sales rep would expect me to choose his company. I would not only feel guilty, but also unethical taking the vacation knowing that I would not choose Computer-Whiz, as they are not the best option for Zircon. The best solution I believe is to not accept the offer and to objectively choose the supplier that has the best technology for the lowest price. By choosing the supplier with the best technology for the lowest price, it would set up our company up for long-term success. If you choose a company that is cheaper, but does not have the best technology at this point, you are going to have to upgrade the technology sooner rather than later, thus costing the company more in the long run. While choosing the company with the best technology, you will not have to upgrade the computing facility for a longer period of time. I would also not want to risk my boss knowing that I took an offer. He could look at the offer as a reason...
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...The Haitian Diaspora in the Bahamas By Ria N.M. Treco Florida International University Department of International Relations April 17, 2002 Introduction Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere with about 80% of the Haitian population living in abject poverty [1]. Many factors contribute to the economic status of this country including: lack of proper education, overpopulation, environmental problems, and subsequent lack of jobs. All of these factors must be pointed out in order for one to fully understand the reasons for the mass migration that is taking place from Haiti into other countries of the world and more specifically into the Bahamas. Haiti has one of the lowest adult literacy rates in the world with only 48.8% of the total population above age 15 being able to read and write simple sentences. According to the Human Development Report, Haiti ranks 134 out of 162 countries for the adult literacy rate. Furthermore, Oxfam International ranks only four countries in the world lower than Haiti for the availability of basic education for its people. There is inadequate healthcare in Haiti as well. In 1999, the US Agency for International Development in Haiti implemented new programs to make Haitians aware of family planning, however, only half the population of Haiti has access to these facilities. This is closely related to the problem of overpopulation in Haiti. Haiti is one of the most densely populated countries of the Western Hemisphere with upwards of...
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...What is the Bahamas tourism product? Why does it need to be diversified? How can it be diversified and what role do we play? Honorable judges, special invited guests, ladies and gentlemen, my fellow competitors a pleasant good morning. I am Pauleisha Thompson and I am honored to present you the topic “Diversifying the Tourism Product. Diversifying comes from the root work diversify which means to make or become more diverse or varied. It means to do things differently from the ordinary. Tourism is define as the temporary, short - term movements of people to destinations outside the places where they normally live and work. Much of this movement is international and a leisure activity. However, Tourism product is define as the total bundle of functionally interdependent tangible and intangible elements that enables the tourist on the one hand to engage in specific activities at one or at several consecutive destinations and on the other hand to facilitate the transition to the destination and the social reproduction during the trip. For more than 30 years, tourism has been the leading industry in the Bahamas. For this reason the Bahamas has many items to offer such as our luxurious beaches to our dynamic Junkanoo , to fine dining and night life . It’s no wonder visitors come from all around to sink their toes into miles of pure white, and in some places pink, sand. Our beaches is one of a kind with calm, turquoise waters and soft, powdery sand. It’s no surprise when...
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...I met the gang downtown the next day at a new club called the Town Pump for a party. Scotty, Bob, Willie, CA, Ray, Sandy, Frank, Terry, Debbie, were there along with many others. We all dropped tabs of acid, so we would be up all night ready to do anything. I felt a tap on my shoulder, it was Ray, the old pilot from mama son’s bar across the street. He asked me if we had given any more thought of the deal we discussed. We had but were not ready to do anything yet after Harley’s death. Jessie, Stanley, and Lee had been busy with the California deal along with my recent brush with the law over guns had delayed interest. “We will get back to you after we have more discussion.” The next day, I got in touch with Detroit Jeff and arranged to meet at a secret...
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...you that makes big changes in your life. Aline’s father make a change in the middle of the night for him and the rest of the family and I think the author wants to tell us about changes in life in this short story. The story about Aline and her family starts in their poor and lousy house in Haiti, but then the father takes the sudden decision and they are sailing in a small sailboat to Bahamas where they are transferred over to a bigger motorboat which are sailing the rest of the way to Miami. Wherever the family are we are hearing the story about them from Alines perspective that tells us that Aline is the 1st narrator. It is told from Aline because she is the main character. Aline is a little girl maybe at the age of 10 or something, she live a poor and non-material life in Haiti with her closest family and friends and I do not think that Aline have the age to understand the things and the situation around her completely. Aline do not really see the problem of living in Haiti and therefore she does not really understand the fast decision. “For the trip, I pick out my favourite light blue dress” (p. 13, ll. 1) as we see in the text there is one special things that Aline really cares about and it is her blue dress, which is a symbol of hope. The blue dress is not the only thing Aline care about, she also cares a lot about her family and want them all to be together and feel well. “I miss Manman being well” (p. 15, ll. 34-35) Manman is Alines mother and she is...
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...A PACKAGE DEAL VACATION The taught about vacation, getting away and spending 7 night in the white sand, blue water and sunny atmosphere, will gravitate any one’s attention. The imperial Majestic offer a 4 days and 3 nights in Fort Lauderdale, Florida with the intra Coastal Waterways referred to as the Venice of America. Enjoy miles of beautiful white sands beaches. Shop palm tree lined streets of trends Las Olas Boulevard. Dine at charming sidewalk cafes and play in some of the hottest nightspots. 3 days and 2 nights in Action packed Orlando, Florida, the Theme park Capital of the world, featuring the excitement of Disney Sea World and Universal Orlando. Enjoy a 2 nights Caribbean Cruise to Nassau, Bahamas, aboard the “Regal Empress”. Relax and enjoy fine dining, exciting casino action and Las Vegas style shows. Including is $50 in Match play ship’s casino. All for just $2250.00 sound good and excited, great sales man on the other end, so persistence and determine painted a picture that no one can say no, even I say yes. I get a call from a sales agent in 2010 about a great vacation for couple it did sound good and excited, since I haven’t gone on a vacation so long I was so convinced that this is the best deal it’s like paradise. I was busy with work and college and didn’t take a vacation in two years, I think this is the best opportunity and I seize the moment. Paying by credit card, I was even giving a year to pay a small lump sum as I desire and have two years...
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...It’s 4:30 in the morning. I roll out of my warm bed, and just like that my perfect day has begun. My friends and I will meet at the airport in half an hour. When the plane takes off Ashton asks, “Where is our luggage?” We all realize we didn’t have our luggage on the plane. When we reach our destination, we notice a gigantic sign that says, “Welcome to the Bahamas.” All of us are super excited to begin our trip. Since we don’t have any belongings, we go on a four-hour shopping spree, and buy whatever we desire because on my perfect day we all have billions of dollars. After our shopping spree,Adria, Shawn, Ashton, Dillon, Matt, and I drive to the beach, and eat lunch at a five-star restaurant. We swim, find crabs, and do all sorts of fun activities....
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...into English as Christopher Columbus. Christopher Columbus had two brothers, which he was older than both. Christopher Columbus had little schooling just like most of the people during that age. Genoa was a busy seaport and Christopher Columbus learned much from the sailors. Christopher Columbus’s father was a poor weaver. Christopher Columbus worked with his father for a while, but his heart was set on sailing. (“Christopher Columbus.” The book of knowledge, 2000.) As soon as Christopher Columbus possibly could he went to sea. Christopher Columbus started with short fishing trips and worked his way up to longer trips with merchants that traded along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. Christopher Columbus was intrigued by map making and geography, which he studied between trips. In Christopher Columbus’s twenties he made his first trip out of the Mediterranean Sea into the Atlantic Ocean. During that trip Christopher Columbus’s boat was attacked and was set on fire. The only way out was to swim; Christopher Columbus swam six miles back to shore by clinging to wreckage. (“Christopher Columbus.” The book of knowledge, 2000.) In 1476 Christopher Columbus move to Portugal. In Portugal he met Felipa Perestrello e Moniz. Felipa Perestrello e Moniz was the daughter of a respected, but relatively poor family. Shortly after they met they were married. (“Christopher Columbus.” The book of knowledge, 2000.) In 1480 Felipa Perestrello e Moniz gave birth to Christopher’s first son whom...
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...marginal. How can we afford these investments? M would be out of business. So, it’s all about profit. Bottom line. What would all these people live on. M is the largest business in West Virginia and people depend on us for their living. Maybe if you weren’t sucking off that huge CEO salary and getting rich, you would have enough to at least put in ventilation and gates and still have enough for M to be profitable. Look, I worked my way up from a miner’s son. I know the business, I care for my people, I care for my community. I work hard and deserve what I get. People around here know that. They respect me. They know where I came from. Some do—some don’t. You put up fences, brought in dogs and intimidated those who want to start a union. I’ve got troublemakers here, just like any place. Some people aren’t happy with steady work. Obviously, you aren’t worried about safety. Were you worried that the union would bring in expensive safety standards. Naw. I just don’t want troublemakers stirring up my people. We’ve got a good community here. Our mines are the safest in the world. What do you mean,”safest”? 27...
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...exceptionally fun and memorable vacation experiences at an outstanding value. In this paper, I focus on a crisis of Carnival Cruise Lines, which happened in 2013, and I will also give an analysis about how Carnival handled the crisis. In addition, I will give my own suggestions to this crisis management. Introduction of the crisis On February 7, 2013, the Triumph, one of Carnival’s ships, left Galveston, Texas, with 3143 passengers and 1086 crew aboard for a cruise, which was supposed to last 4 days. However, on February10, a fire broke out in an engine room on the Carnival Triumph, which was sailing in the Gulf of Mexico. The blaze was extinguished quickly and no one was injured, but propulsion systems were knocked out. Although the ship had two engine rooms, shared cabling between the two was damaged by fire, leaving only emergency backup power available. Triumph floated helplessly until the ship was towed back to Mobile, Alabama on February 15, which means Passengers had spent five uncomfortable days on the Triumph. The last five days for the people on Triumph were suffering because of limited water, cold food and dirty toilets. Stakeholder Analysis As a leading cruise company with the aim to provide best cruise trip to customers, this accident led to a crisis. The main stakeholders include customers (especially victims and cruise loyalists), travel agents, media and shareholders. The passengers on the Triumph are victims, so they are an important group of stakeholders...
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...NEW ORLEANS: Terri is originally from New Orleans so we make a trip at least once a year. We discover new things every time we go, and also have favorites we like to revisit. It is a musical city that we both enjoy exploring. We at least try to hit the Jazz-fest in the spring. Finding things like tucked away clubs with well know musicians sitting in with other bands or just playing on their own. New Orleans is also a starting point for us to go fishing down the Delta. We always bring back a cooler full of Speckled Trout or Redfish. We have a couple of great captains that we found. Last time we stayed on one of the fish camps in Shell Beach. We woke up early and simply walked over to the boat minutes before needing to leave. It was summer and 90 degrees at 5am! The fish didn’t seem to notice the Louisiana heat, as we maxed out with 50 trout in 2 hours of fishing! All you have to do is clean and pack the fish in a cooler with ice packs. Check it as luggage and it flies home with you. Not a bad day’s effort. Speaking of fish...from down home cooking to up-scale French delicacies, the city of New Orleans is a diverse blend of people, cultures, and food. While the city serves up great food virtually everywhere, the French Quarter...
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