of these controversies is the possibility that Nyad either got onto or held onto the boat. Holding onto the boat could have increased her speed. “Diana Nyad defends record Cuba-Florida swim as ‘squeaky clean‚’” by Jennifer Kay‚ discusses the Gulf Stream currents which helped increase her speed. Another controversial statement is that Nyad did not eat or drink for almost seven hours at one time. Later‚ Nyad and her team admitted these statements as untrue. Nyad’s team said that she never went more
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Customer Segments: In the App Market‚ customers could be very diverse as the market aim to a “massification” of the service. To overcome this difficulty‚ the business management needs to find a definition of who are the customers‚ so the company can identify and address them more accurately (Graves and Campbell‚ 1968). In practice‚ a customer is an individual or group of individuals to whom the company supplies with a product and/or service. In return‚ the company gets compensated by a payment
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In the stories “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” by Katherine Anne Porter and “Miss Brill” by Katherine Mansfield‚ both of the ladies let the reader delve into the depths of their characters’ minds by the use of stream of consciousness. A simple way to explain stream of consciousness is when a character’s thoughts and dialogue become one and it can be hard to distinguish what is real or not. This method in literature can be useful when portraying a character who is mentally unstable of some sort
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benjamin franklin has many accomplishment some of his greatest are the following five‚ Bifocals‚ Electricity‚ Lightning Rod‚ Franklin Stove‚ Mapping the Gulf Stream. Bifocals are eyeglasses with an upper and lower half‚ the upper for distance‚ and the lower for reading. Bifocals are commonly prescribed to people with presbyopia‚ a condition that Franklin suffered. Franklin wrote‚ in August 1784 to his friend George Whatley‚ that he was "happy in the invention of double spectacles‚ which serving
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INPUT/OUTPUT The C++ standard libraries provide an extensive set of input/output capabilities which we will see in subsequent chapters. This chapter will discuss very basic and most common I/O operations required for C++ programming. C++ I/O occurs in streams‚ which are sequences of bytes. If bytes flows from a device like a keyboard‚ a disk drive‚ or a network connection etc. to main memory‚ this is called input operation and if bytes flows from main memory to a device like a display screen‚ a printer
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The Coriolis effect‚ combines with the heat imbalance founded on Earth to create distinct global wind systems that transport colder air to warmer areas and warmer air to colder areas. The end result is the balancing of heat energy on Earth. Jet Streams: Earth’s weather is strongly influenced by atmospheric conditioned and events that occur at the boundaries between wind zones. On either side of these imaginary boundaries‚ both surface and upper-level air differs greatly in temperature and pressure
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The topography and shape of ocean basins and nearby landmasses also influence ocean currents. These forces and physical characteristics affect the size‚ shape‚ speed‚ and direction of ocean currents. For example as we can see above‚ the Gulf Stream is a warm ocean current in the North Atlantic flowing from the Gulf of Mexico‚ northeast along the U.S coast‚ and from there to the British Isles. The Gulf of Mexico has higher air temperatures than Britain as it is closer to the equator. This means
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objects by way of his first impression. Through this quote‚ the narrator’s unique voice emerges and contributes to the narrative’s overall image. It is written using a stream of consciousness style‚ meaning that Sammy’s true feelings and opinions are written without self-censorship. In the beginning of “A&P”‚ the stream of consciousness narration technique is used to reveal his male chauvinist attitude‚ which may have otherwise been concealed if the narration were told in another way. Additionally
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life the 3 currents that affect us are the Gulf Stream‚ Labrador Current and North Atlantic Drift. The Gulf Stream Affecting the Labrador Current. Fogy Condition appear when the Gulf Stream affects the Labrador Current because‚ since there both different types of currents‚ it results in fogy conditions. How do ocean currents affect climate? Warm Currents: warmer climate Cold Currents: cooler climate The Jet Stream What Happens to the Jet stream in the summer months‚ it has a more north pattern
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access the Disney company website at http://disney.go.com/home/today/index.html and spend at least fifteen minutes navigating the site. Answer the following questions based on the information available online. 1) Identify three different revenue streams generated by the Disney Company. 2) What types of ancillary products can be purchased on the company website? 3) Does the website give some indication of Disney marketing strategies? 4) Do you think the Disney website is a
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