Yachting

WorldCom, second to AT&T, was the largest long distance telephone, Telecommunication Company, in the domestic United States in the 1900’s. 1993 WorldCom began business as Long Distance Discount Services, Inc. (LDDS) based in Jackson, Mississippi, relocating in 1985 to Clinton, Mississippi. WorldCom’s significant growth, specifically the result of aggressive strategies, acquiring additional communication companies. For example, vital to internet communications at the time, the most publicized…

attributed. This mismatch of information caused some to believe Shakespeare may not have actually written any of the works for which he is famous. The first open questioning of Shakespeare's authorship can be found within pages of The Romance of Yachting by Joseph C. Hart, where Hart argued that Shakespeare's plays contained evidence of being worked on by different authors. “The authorship of the plays is no otherwise material to us, than as a matter of curiosity, and to enable us to render…

The rainbow is a natural phenomenon, noted around the world for its beauty. The amalgam of colors has become a symbol for many things, a recent event being the adaptation of the “Gay Pride” flag. Colors play a large role in our world today, just as they did in the novel The Great Gatsby. Fitzgerald went wild with his pastel, acting as if they were washable paints. Fitzgerald painted a rainbow, but it was no ordinary rainbow. The obvious take on the color white is innocence. It seems that…

Being one the most beautiful natural heritage site on Earth, the GBRMP makes a great place for ecotourism. In fact, tourism activity is the most economically valuable activity in the GBRMP, with approximately 1.6 million visitors per year across all over the world. Since the GBRMP is a marine protected area, all human related activity in the park is strictly regulated to minimize the disturbance to the native ecosystem. As the result of the active “zoning” by the park management team and the…

Sailing in Croatia – Discovering the Adriatic at Your Own Pace One of the best experiences you can treat yourself to while vacationing in Croatia is a renting a yacht. Imagine it; the sea and the sun, and you and your partner, sailing the open sea without a care in the world. It’s quite an experience! One of the greatest things about it is the fact that you get to make your own itinerary. Group sailing tours have their charm, that is true, but sometimes you’re just not in the mood for the…

A few days later he took him to Duluth and bought him a blue coat, six pairs of duck trousers, and a yachting cap. And when the Tuolomee left for the west indies and the Barbary Coast Gatsby left too” (Fitzgerald 100). After the encounter with Dan Cody, James Gatz was no more and Jay Gatsby was just beginning. After a 5 hear voyage with Dan Cody and sketchy…

Module 8 Prose Essay Prompt #1 The passage of Sarah Orne Jewett’s The Country of the Pointed Firs characterizes the narrator through literary devices such as imagery, diction and syntax. With Jewett’s descriptive words, sentences, and word choice we are able to get an insight into the narrator without actually knowing anything about her. The passage’s characterization of the narrator makes the reader feel that the narrator is sentimental, wise, and knows all when it comes to the people around…

For many, the concept of athletics and education seem to be a flawless pairing, a coupling that has seemed to simply be the way things were for as long as anyone can remember. In today’s society, it is so relevant, that certain colleges are immediately recognized because of their outstanding achievements in either athletics or academics, much like the way Harvard is known to be a tough, academically driven law school, whereas Pennsylvania State University is vastly well known for its football…

Make a Grand (and splashy!) Entrance: Your Guide to “Boating to Dinner” in the Caribbean Ever considered actually sailing off into the sunset? It’s no secret that the Caribbean offers some of the most beautiful vacation destinations in the world. With at least 28 island nations and more than 7,000 individual islands, the problem quickly becomes deciding where to go. To complicate matters further, each of the islands offers a variety of local flavors—like a preference for cumin in Cuba, or curry…

spots Gatsby at the dock of his mansion overlooking the river separating the West Egg from the East Egg. However, Jay Gatsby is only an identity created by James Gatz; he created his identity after saving Dan Cody, a wealthy businessman, who was yachting on Lake Superior where Gatsby was fishing: “It was James Gatz who had been loafing along the beach that …but it was already Jay Gatsby who borrowed a row-boat… and informed Cody that a wind might…