ALASKA

I have just finished James Michener's book entitled "ALASKA" and feel somewhat ashamed I did not read it before I visited there with my sister Vicky and her husband George a few years ago.

I was also lucky enough to stay in Seattle with an ex-student, Jennifer Davies and her fabulous family. They showed me around the area but at the time, I did not realise how much effect this city had on ALASKA in earlier years. If you are going to visit ALASKA in the near future, I would recommend reading the book.

I was only able to visit some towns situated on the Inner Passage but I am now aware that this is only a very small part of the State. I did climb Mt. Roberts on my own and had a scary adventure on the return when I became lost.

The views as you can see are fantastic.

Marketing II

Here are the details again on marketing but a little BIGGER.

MARKETING

When I was trying to make up my mind what to do as a job, I actually did not know what a lot of the jobs were all about. e.g. I became a qualified systems analyst because I could not work out what these guys actually did. Once when I was in limbo in England, I needed a job and a car at the same time. I eventually got a job as a marketing executive in a hospital equipment company. The people there were very generous to me and very patient. Above is the diagram the sales manager drew for me in order to explain marketing. I am sure it is still useful today so Mike if you are out there... many thanks. If you can not read them, see the next posting for bigger diagrams.