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Percent Of The Time Ten Times
1,115 wordsThe Monty Hall problem is derived from a similar dilemma that was frequently brought up on the television game show "Let's Make A Deal, " hosted by Monty Hall. Though the game show's version usually involved some grand prize and then other smaller prizes to compare it to, the concepts of the two versions are the same. Here is the scenario: There are three doors. One of the three doors is hiding a prize, while the other two are empty or contain something undesirable, such as a goat. The contestan...
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Aldous Huxley Jim Morrison
4,069 wordsThe 1960 s were a time of major political and social change. These changes were primarily fuelled by the youth of the time. Their parents had come from life in both the great depression of the 1930 s as well as World War II, and were on a whole more conservative than their children, a fact the younger generation did not like. In the early 60 s the electronic media (Television and radio) became an important communication tool, as opposed to the largely print based media of previous decades. With ...
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Jimi Hendrix Experience Rock And Roll
2,018 wordsThe 1960 s are said to be the most prolific decade in all of music. Many bands of this decade have proven to have enormous effects on music, as we know it. Jimi Hendrix is said to be the greatest rock and roll guitarist of all time. The greats, like Eric Clapton and Carlos Santana, have all said that he truly made the guitar speak and transformed it into an art. The Doors were true innovators and turned rock into an art form, by skillfully blending rock and poetry. No one can deny that they were...
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2,010 words... ms with the authorities and the media. The first real bad thing they did was probably the worst. They were really getting hot across the country and they were invited to the Ed Sullivan Show. They were to play Light My Fire. The network executives wanted them to not use their own lyrics because they were too sexual. Little did they know that Morrison would not only say, Light My Fire but turn to the camera and yell it. They were basically finished on TV after this stunt. Other than that, the...
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Jim Morrison Lead Singer
1,104 wordsPoet William Blake once said "If The Doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite" (Gilmore 34). From this quote arose a band that even over 20 years after its disbanding still is played and remembered. The Doors started as a little garage band in California back in the early sixties. They were extremely popular due to their lead singer, Jim Morrison. Morrison himself was a real character. Morrison is considered by many critics a modern day poet. Others vi...
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Peters Basilica Christmas Eve
1,119 wordsPerhaps one of the most mysterious, yet magnificent, buildings ever, St. Peters Basilica has amazed people for hundreds of years. Its massive size can be seen for miles, and the dome is simply stunning. Inside, it contains famous work by Michelangelo, Giotto, and Bernini. St. Peters Basilica is basically a masterpiece. However, before the new St. Peters Basilica was created, there was an old one before it. In the early 4 th century, around 330, emperor Constantine decided to erect a basilica ded...
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Psychology Of Jim Morrison And 1960 Rock Music
2,523 wordsPsychology of Jim Morrison and 1960 's rock music With their mix of music, poetry, theater, and daring, the Doors emerged as America's most darkly innovative, eerily mesmerizing musical group of the 1960 s. Founded concurrently with the English invasion, the college-educated, Los Angeles-based group stood apart from the folk-rock movement of Southern California and the peace and flower power bands of San Francisco. In exploring death, doom, fear, and sex, their music reflected the hedonistic sid...
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Control Panel Break Ins
6,908 wordsIntroduction There have been a number of burglaries in the area in which the Peterson family are living; thus they have become increasingly interested in Control Technology in their home. ? They have contacted me, and my task is to prepare a report, which advises them upon various alarm systems, also considering fire detection systems. I am going to provide the Peterson? s with two reports, one outlining a basic security system for the family, and the other a more advanced top of the range syste...
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Jim Morrison External Reality
6,679 wordsMetamorphose. An object is cut off from its name, habits, associations. Detached, it becomes only the thing, in and of itself. When this disintegration into pure existence is at last achieved, the object is free to become endlessly anything. Jim Morrison, from The Lords PART I The Sex Revolts (Harvard University Press, 1995), Reynolds and Press exciting book which looks at rock rebellion from the perspective of gender revolution, characterizes THE DOORS creativity (1965 - 71) in terms of a phall...
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Library Of Congress Jim Morrison
1,715 wordsJim Morrison The Doors. Theres the known, and theres the unknown. And what separates the two is the door, and thats what I want to be. Ahh I wanna be thor... Jim Morrison Jim Morrison is often thought of as a drunken musician and, an addict and, to many, another doped up rock star. These negative opinions project a large shadow on the many positive aspects of this great poet. Jims music was influenced heavily by many famous authors. One must cast aside their ignorance, look behind the loud elect...
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Kurt Cobain Jerry Hopkins
2,223 wordsKurt Cobain and Jim Morrison were more than leads of great bands. They were heros of their generations. They had so many talents and each influenced a multitude of people. Aside from being singers and song writers Kurt was also a musician, guitarist and mass-media phenomenon, and Jim was also a poet, film maker and writer. Their groups also had about a twenty year span in between them. Even though it seems you could not compare them you actually can. Unlike fictional writers their material comes...
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Wanted To Show Roman Architecture
1,489 wordsPeople often try to imitate a finished product if it has become popular. When this is done after several years it is considered a revival. Usually the artist or patron has a purpose such as modeling after a powerful culture or religious significance. They may slightly change or mix other styles to make the best of past and present. In Florence Italy there stands a baptistery. It resides west of the Florence Cathedral, which was modeled after the baptistery. The Cathedral began in 1296 by Arnold ...
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Ed Sullivan Show Oliver Stone
573 wordsOliver Stone, Get Your Facts Straight! Some have said that Oliver Stone s The Doors was a realistic and accurate portrayal of Jim Morrison s life and The Doors musical escapades. Unfortunately, director Oliver Stone has a habit of putting his own beliefs and ideas into the mouths of his characters. This would not necessarily be bad if his characters were fictional. Jim Morrison and his fellow band members are real, and those who knew him best are still living. The first major mistake that Stone ...
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Jim Morrison Lead Singer
2,231 wordsPoet William Blake once said If The Doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite (Gilmore 34). From this quote arose a band that even over 20 years after its disbanding still is played and remembered. The Doors started as a little garage band in California back in the early sixties. They were extremely popular due to their lead singer, Jim Morrison. Morrison himself was a real character. Morrison is considered by many critics a modern day poet. Others view...
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