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- 351: Creation Of The Beach
- ... differences between Northern and Southern California beaches, depending upon the directions of prevailing wind and upon local coastal geology. Along California's north coast, cove or pocket beaches are common where the granitic and basaltic rock that composes the sea cliffs has been sculpted by prevailing northwesterly winds and battered by high energy waves over millions of years. In Southern California, beaches often consist of long ribbons of sand interrupted by ... even coastline over time. Some beach types are found along both Northern and Southern California coasts. Narrow cove beaches like those at Laguna Beach in Orange County form where the coast is composed of conglomerate rock and hard sandstone; even when exposed to direct wave attack this rock type is highly resistant to erosion. The narrow beaches formed within there coves often lose all their sand during winter storms, exposing the underlying cobbles, as at Boomer Beach, south of Point La Jolla ...
- 352: Auschwitz Concentration Camp.
- ... labor camps, the average lifetime was only a few months. Some of the prisoners that couldn't react or move became what was known as Muscleman. A dreaded part of camps was the Appell, or roll call. In this, prisoners were sent out into the cold night after a hard day of work, and lined up. Anyone that fell to the ground was shot or gassed. One more of all the ... tattoo, but the regiterd number of prisoners was 405,000. The daily routine in the complex differed in each camp, but the basic routine was the same. They: woke at dawn, cleaned their areas, morning roll call was taken, they walked to the work site, worked for long hours, had to wait in lines for food, then walked back to their bunks, block inspection was done, and then evening roll call was taken. There were also people who got picked for medical experiments. The best known doctor at Auschwitz was Josef Mengele. His experiments were mostly done on twins and dwarfs. He did lots ...
- 353: New Orleans Jazz Band: Dag
- ... ceilings in the bar area were covered by sculpted silhouettes of every major Jazz/Blues artist that ever played there. Images such as Louis Armstrong, Lester Young, Dizzie Gillespie, Buddy Bolden, Horace Silvers, and Jelly Roll Morton adorned the walls and ceilings of the HOB (House of Blues). Every beer on tap was a Louisiana original and the only kind of cooking done there was absolutely Cajun. On Thursday, April 11, 1996, I and 5 friends ventured into the legendary house of Blues. Headlining was a band entitled "Dag." This up and coming Blues/Jazz/Rock band has been touted as New Orleans newest small success story. With a label on Columbia Records and an album entitled Righteous, Dag is certainly a force in the Jazz industry. The tickets cost only ...
- 354: Lord of the Flies: Simon, the Christ Figure
- ... strength, falls once. and begins to be sick at the sight of the decaying corpse: the truth of the Beast. He then takes the tangled lines of the paratrooper and sets them free from the rock which holds them. As he turns around, he sees the entire camp along the beach, with nearly all of the children there. As he starts down the mountain, he staggers and falls a second time ... hill. . . . The beast was on it's knees in the center [of the circle], it's arms over it's face. . . . The beast struggled forward, broke the ring and fell over the steep edge of rock to the sand by the water. At once the crowd surged after it, poured down the rock, leapt on to the beast, screamed, struck, bit, tore. There were no words, and no movement but the tearing of teeth and claws. (152- -153) As Christ died for the sins of the world, ...
- 355: Penguins: The Eyes Have It!
- ... found in large numbers. Three of the 16 known species were located there: the Gentoo, which live on flat areas right off the beach; the Magellan (also called Jackass), which live in burrows; and the Rock-hoppers, which live among the rocks along the cliffs. The Rock-hoppers were by far the most common, having a population of well over 100,000. The general rule is, the smaller the penguin, the meaner the temperament, and the researchers did witness the odd fight ... penguin. Hel'll stand his ground in a face-off and if you're foolish enough to get too close, those flippers can knock you flat. Dr. Sivak and his associate, however, had little trouble. Rock-hoppers always congregate in fairly tight groups, as a defense against predatory birds such as the skua (a large seagull that thinks it's a hawk), and two more upright figures in their midst ...
- 356: Paralytic - Sylvia Plath
- ... there. It is a poem about a girl who is placed into a mental institution after attempting to commit suicide. The poem "Paralytic" goes as follows: It happens. Will it go on?- My mind a rock, No fingers to grip, no tongue, My god the iron lung That loves me, pumps My two Dust bags in and out, Will not Let me relapse While the day outside glides by like ticker ... it happens"? I believe that she is talking about life. She has tried to take her own but has not accomplished that task and so it goes on. Plath says that her mind is a rock. This statement has many connotations. Rocks are of course heavy, solid, and hard but I think that she is comparing her mind to a rock more in a sense that it is inanimate and therefore numb, as well as weighted down because of the weight of all of the pressures and disappointments it contains which makes it heavy. Plath ...
- 357: Stone Temple Pilots
- ... Meatplow, Trippin on a Holein a Paper Heart), to the more subdued tracks of Creep, Pretty Penny, and Big Empty. The STP trademark sound can be best heard on Plush, and Interstate Love Song..Classic Rock and Roll for the new generation.. This band has it all- variety, talent, harmony, lyrics and a great overall concept for each album released.. It would be hard for me to say whichalbum is the "best" as ...
- 358: John Lennon
- ... 1962. She gave birth to John’s first son, John Charles Julian Lennon on April 8th 1963 at Sefton General Hospital. When John and Cynthia first got married, The Beatles were up and coming as “Rock n’ Roll” artists. They had already had many hits and released several albums that did extremely well. John was advised by Brian Epstein to keep the marriage a secret so that The Beatles could keep up their ...
- 359: Australia
- ... 000. - Parents and Children: 6,066,000 with a population growth rate of about .07% per year. + VICTORIA -- MELBOURNE - Tourism: 728,200 per year or seasonally. - Overall population: 2,676,000. + NORTHERN TERRITORY- DARWIN & AYERS ROCK - Tourism: 146,650 per year or seasonally. - Overall Population: 892,150. + SOUTH AUSTRALIA -- ADELAIDE - Tourism: 182,050 per year or seasonally. - Overall Population: 1,427,460. + WESTERN AUSTRALIA -- PERTH - Tourism: 364,100 per year or ... NOTE: Tahiti and New Caledonia are overseas territories of France. Although these are target markets, secondary data for these areas are limited. Primary data will be collected after the initial market distribution, subsequent to the roll out in this area. Direct Marketing (advertising) Australia's direct marketing industry is at the early stages of development when compared to the United States but due to economic levels of income and the infrastructure ...
- 360: Alfred Nobel
- The inventor of dynamite was a very important roll to take part in. The ultimate inventor of it was a mane named Alfred Nobel. Before dynamite, miners had to use nitrogen to blow holes in rock and other things. However it is too volatile and can explode incredibly easily. Alfred changed all this. Alfred Nobel was born on October 21st 1833 in Stockholm. He studied their until1842 when his family moved ...
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