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- 321: Drugs
- ... Weiland was busted for possession of cocaine and heroin. Scott Weiland was different than Kurt Cobain. Weiland was not a misunderstood poet who rose from obscurity with the addiction, he was a clean cut pop-rock star when the drug found him. However, Weiland like Cobain was a major role model to the children of America. And as Karen Schoemer wrote in Newseek, "Since kids emulate rock stars, they're liable to emulate their drug use". Likewise, actor Robert Downey Jr. was arrested twice over the summer for possession of cocaine and heroin. Like Weiland, Downey Jr. was also a clean cut ... recently there have been a number of studies showing that almost every illegal drug's use among teenagers has risen dramatically since the early 90's. In conclusion, the use of heroin has grown because rock stars and actors have been caught with the drug, because the media glamorizes the use of heroin, and because some parents have a carefree view of drug usage. Almost everybody knows at least one ...
- 322: Diamonds
- ... erupt at anywhere between 10 and 30 km/hour and increase their velocity to several hundred km/hour within the last few kilometers. (Pough, 44) At the surface, this lava cools and turns into Kimberlite rock. That is why diamonds are often found in kimberlite, a volcanic rock, which is often much younger than the diamonds themselves. All diamonds that are around today are at least 990,000,000 years old. If the same element carbon found its way to the surface, before ... Despite this abundance in places where mining takes place, high quality diamonds are not abundant at all. On the average, a diamond mine yields less than one carat of diamond for every five tons of rock. Of this, on average, less than 20% is usable for gems and half of this is lost in cutting. (Arem, p.37) In order to be used in jewelry, after diamonds are mined, they ...
- 323: The Ice Storm Book Vs. Movie C
- ... She (Elena) was pulling down her panties with one hand and settling herself across his lap (176). There is obviously sex here and the motif behind it is curiosity. She (Elena) hadn t known about rock and roll, she hadn t known about racial strife, and she hadn t known about heavy petting in cars (176). The scene of being in the car was something that Elana never tried and she was curious ...
- 324: Muddy Waters
- ... an expression of sadness only.” -Richard Wright, definition of blues Muddy Waters is a legend. Not only is he a legendary Blues vocalist /guitarist, but he is a musical legend. Inspiring artists from blues to rock &roll. He transformed a single genre of music into what we can hear today. He brought his Delta roots style to Chicago and intertwined his with the blues sound of Chicago. The sounds he produced, influenced ...
- 325: Lord Of The Flies Story
- ... up and collapse on the beach, a small trickle of blood flowing from his body. I also saw Piggy shouting at Roger about his 'specs'. I saw Roger lean forward on the lever under the rock, and heard, with frightening realism, the creaking of the rock as it lurched towards Piggy and myself. The rock fell and hit Piggy square, throwing him upwards into the sky, and as he hit the hard rocks by the ocean, I heard his bones crack, before he slid slowly into the ocean without ...
- 326: Suicide in Las Vega
- ... don't know. I have two boys, one girl. We moved here for a fresh start, me and the kids. No man at all. Everything's cool. We got a nice condo we rent at Rock Springs Vista. I tried for the Grand but it was already filled up, so I work here. We like Lake Mead. And snow in the mountains. But the kids want to move on. So do ... and me in dressy clothes. I was in a white dress. We were going to renew our vows in a wedding chapel on the Strip in February 1994. . . . He killed himself at sunset, facing Red Rock Canyon. He loved Red Rock." Jackie remembers running from the apartment those two blocks, seeing the police helicopter with its searchlights, seeing the body bag being put into the coroner's wagon, and thinking, "This has got to be ...
- 327: Concentration Camps
- ... end of 1943, Rudolf Hess was head commander of Auschwitz. Under his leadership, Auschwitz quickly became known as the harshest prison camp in the Nazi regime. Polish prisoners were forced to stand at attention for roll call for hours on end naked in the cold, snowy tundra of Polish winter. Following its first year of existence, Heinrich Himmler visited Auschwitz and told Hess that its labor resource was to be expanded ... with the arrival of 999 Slovakian women. Since the crematoriums had not yet been built, women were housed in a newly established women's section in Auschwitz I, placed to work, and beaten daily at roll call. By the end of March there were 6,000 women prisoners in Auschwitz I. A third section of the camp, called Auschwitz III or Buna-Monowitz, was established to provide forced labor for the ... hair shaven, and they were given striped prisoner garb. Most people only survived a few weeks in the quarantine and a few months in the labor camp itself. Every morning these prisoners had to endure roll call whereby they would stand for hours at attention outdoors in the cold, wind, and rain or snow. Anyone who fell was gassed. By the time the Auschwitz was destroyed and liberated in the ...
- 328: Flying Dreams
- ... that I have skydived. I prefer to jump alone, "It's like being on top of the world." As you exit the aircraft falling toward the earth, you're able to spin, twist, flip, turn, roll, surf, and perform an aerobatic display without the force of gravity restricting you. Glancing at your altimeter ether on your wrist or chest strap to see what altitude you're at. Your altimeter tells you ... spraying from smoke cans. At about a 1,000 feet you begin your final approach to the drop zone. Most drop zones have a target about 20 feet in diameter of sand or small gravel rock to aim for. Around 10 feet above the ground you apply the brakes that flare the parachute causing you to land. Landing properly is like stepping off a ladder, nice and soft. Skydiving is not ...
- 329: Earthquakes
- ... in terms of what is called plate tectonics. The basic idea is that the Earth's outermost part also called the lithosphere consists of several large and fairly stable slabs of solid and relatively rigid rock called plates" (Branely 154). These plates continuously move pushing and rubbing against each other. Since the earliest of time people have been looking for an explanation for earthquakes. The people of Maori in New Zealand ... a submarine landslide, such as occurred in Sagami Bay in Japan in the devastating earthquake of 1923 these under water landslides may be triggered by nearby earthquakes. Sometimes a landslide or avalanche of soil and rock on a mountain into a bay, lake or even reservoir can produce a deadly wave. A famous landslide-induced sea wave occurred in Alaska after a large earthquake in 1958. Water waves rushed to the ... covered in ash and dust. It was pitch black at 5pm, streetlights were out and 3 feet of ash sat in the streets. April 18, 1906, at 5:12am in San Francisco, a section of rock snapped along the San Andreas Fault at the speed of 1.9mi/sec. "The break spread quickly along the fault southward and northward. As this rupture in the rocks grew, seismic wave radiated out ...
- 330: Influence of Music: Emotions and Effects
- ... I will be giving you precentages. I will also be giving you quotes of students around my age group. Music can influence the way a person can dress. If some one that is listens to rock&roll will dress outraged and may wear nose rings. Students that listen to country may dress with a cow boy hat. A person that listens to oldies may dress with clothes from the past. Music can ...
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