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- 211: The Age Of The Earth
- ... exist within them. One of the most commonly used elements is Carbon 14. Carbon 14 is known to have a half life of 5,370 years. By measuring the amount of Carbon 14 in a rock, the age of the rock can be estimated. In the case of inorganic and older rocks, Carbon 14 would not be a good choice because of its short half life. Uranium, which is known to have a much longer half ... been constant." (Howter, P.2). Not knowing whether there was anything added or taken away gives rise to another concern. If through evolution, there was some Uranium added to the amount already existing in the rock, then the decay process is prolonged and the true age of the rock is never known! Faith plays a big role in our beliefs and opens up a whole new door to our view ...
- 212: Death of the Superstars
- ... you go into the stores you probably will find no less than 10 different albums from him. Today's kids and people supposedly in the know, like to put music into different categories. Rap, Alternative, Rock, Jazz, Classical. Hendrix crossed all those. I not being black wouldn't know for sure but, would his living have spawned more black rock musicians. Say that happened. Would it be possible that in today's music. There might be more black people listening to rock music and less whites. I say this cause if he did live on and became a role model for young black musicians. There might be more interest in rock than there is currently. A ...
- 213: The Bogus Logic Of The Beak Of
- ... book actually about the Gouldian Finches of the Galapagos Islands are fascinating. The book records in detail some of the trials the Dr. Peter Grant family endured in studying these birds on a hot volcanic rock. However, the writers and editors of the book avoid simple logic and put a spin on history that is misleading. The facts and logic presented in The Beak of the Finch really make the book ... on how the Shetlands and other islands conserve species. (Halle. 1970, 155ff.) Where species have changed their habits, it is most often due to adaptation to humanity. He compares the wild starlings, house sparrows, and rock doves found on the Shetlands with the more domesticated versions of these birds found on the continents--and to some degree even in the main village of the Shetlands. The island birds are more like ... it is good for the goose Interestingly, the book documents one really long-term change among Gouldian Finches on page 240 and thereabouts. The Galapagos Islands are now densely populated in some places. Like the rock doves, house sparrows, and starlings of Eurasia and North America, they have adjusted to human habitation. They are learning to eat scraps and seeds from people. The various types of finches which before were ...
- 214: How Do We Know If God Exists
- ... Also if something exist and the complete maximum of essentially everything, it can not be perfect because it can not go beyond what is considered maximum. This coincides with the question "Can God make a rock he/she can not lift?" Either way you look at it God will not win this situation. By making a rock heavier than God's strength he would not be all powerful, second by not making the rock prove that he is not all powerful by way of God's inability to create such a rock. Imagine however if these argument actually proved true. Other, perhaps more dangerous, questions would naturally arise. ...
- 215: John Coltrane
- ... in an astonishing number of forms blues, ballads, spirituals, rhapsodies, elegies, suites, and free-form and cross-cultural works. The closest contemporary analogy to Coltrane's relentless search for possibilities was the Beatles' redefinition of rock from one album to the next. Yet the distance they traveled from conventional hard rock through sitars and Baroque obligatos to Sergeant Pepper psychedelia and the musical shards of Abbey Road seems short by comparison with Coltrane's journey from hard-bop saxist to daring harmonic and modal improviser to ... as is clear in Coltrane's revolutionary use of a single mode throughout "Africa," the piece that takes up all of side one of the album. Just as his prolonged modal solos were emulated by rock guitarists (the Grateful Dead, the Byrds of "Eight Miles High," the unlamented Iron Butterfly, and others), so the astonishing variety Coltrane superimposed on that single F was, according to the composer Steve Reich, a ...
- 216: Jimi Hendrix Report
- ... saves. Purple Haze was described as the bands break-through single in America This song was the one that had really sparked Hendrix's album sales. After Purple Haze, Hendrix was known as a rock star, and people demanded to hear more. Jimi's second album entitled Axis: Bold as Love was an immediate success. This album expressed the way Jimi felt about being an Indian African American. Jimi had ... two albums due to his lack of effort, but it still sold enormous amounts of copies. The biggest hit of this album and his life wasn't even written by Jimi--it was written by rock star, Bob Dylan . This song was called All Along the Watch Tower, and it combined heavy vocals, with extraordinary guitar playing. All Along The Watchtower was a protest song that was pure and simple. During ... bands. In the year of 1969 the famous concert Woodstock occurred in Woodstock, NY. Woodstock was a music fest that featured music from The Who, Janis Joplin, The Grateful Dead, Jimi Hendrix, and many other rock bands. Most people that went to Woodstock 69' remember Jimi Hendrix's performance of the Star Spangled Banner the most. Jimi had transformed our country's Star Spangled Banner into a heavy rock song. ...
- 217: Jack Kerouac
- ... an inherently Buddhist view of the world through his own eyes. I stand on my head on Desolation Peak And see that the world is hanging Into an ocean of endless space The mountains dripping rock by rock Like bubbles in the void Here Kerouac offers imagery of a world contrived and almost surreal in its nature. It is as though he is recognizing the true nature of the mountain and the ... work, dont have to marry, Dont have to carry burdens, dont have to gnaw and kneel, the taste of rain Why kneel? Dont even have to sit, Hozomeen, Like an endless rock camp go ahead & blow, Explode & go, I wont say nothin, neither this rock, And my outhouse doesnt care, And I got no body Here Kerouac relies on intuition to execute a Zen rambling, confusing ...
- 218: Lord Of The Flies - Chapter Summaries
- ... them and that shelters were being slept in by all but only two people were making them. He was also displeased with the younger children, expelling bodily waste wherever they pleased, instead of in the rock, near the bathing pool, as they agreed. This brought a chorus of laughter. The conversation soon switched to the beast. Some, even most of the group had doubts on whether it was just a figment ... was horrified at the way Simon died. Jack had set up a fort near the cliffs. They stole fire from Ralph and Piggy, and broke Piggy's glasses. Ralph, Eric and Piggy moved towards Castle Rock, along the beach. Ralph held a spear in one hand, and Piggy's broken spectacles in the other. Chapter Eleven: Castle Rock. They set out to confront Jack with the conch and sort things out. Roger told them to halt when they reached the fort. Ralph told them he was calling an assembly, but the savages ...
- 219: Stephen King, Bio
- ... yet produced (Beaham 22). In many of Lovecraft s writings he always used his present surroundings as the back drop of his stories. King has followed in his footsteps with the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine. Castle Rock is a combination of several towns that King moved to and from with his family in his childhood. The main town that it resembles is that of Durham, Maine. It was after the exposure to ... itself is written with Gordie narrating in the present time looking back at the journey. At the time of his flashback, Gordie is a best selling author who has returned to his hometown of Castle Rock to revisit his past. This is ironic because at the time Stephen wrote the story he himself had just moved from Bolder, Colorado, back home to the town of Bangor. King s childhood home ...
- 220: Stephen King
- ... yet produced (Beaham 22). In many of Lovecraft s writings he always used his present surroundings as the back drop of his stories. King has followed in his footsteps with the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine. Castle Rock is a combination of several towns that King moved to and from with his family in his childhood. The main town that it resembles is that of Durham, Maine. It was after the exposure to ... is written with Gordie narrating in the present time look back at the journey. At the time of his flashback, Gordie is a best selling author who has returned to his home town of Castle Rock to revisit his past. This is ironic because at the time Stephen wrote the story he himself had just moved from Bolder, Colorado, back home to the town of Bangor. King s childhood home ...
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