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- 441: Different Types of Explosives
- ... many commercial and military uses. Explosives let construction workers clear land away for building roads or buildings with little effort. They are used in digging mines and to loosen the flow of oil deep beneath rock in oil wells. They blow away tunnels through mountains and send rockets into space. In war, explosives are used to damage cities, destroy ships and airplanes, and kill enemy troops. As you see, explosives aren ... concealment but it has been used in bombs and by the armed forces in land mines. Blasting Agents are the safest and least expensive explosives used in industry. They are usually used to blast away rock in excavating and mining operations. Common blasting agents include dynamite and mixtures of ammonium nitrate and fuel oil. Low Explosives burn rapidly rather than detonate. The most common type of low explosive is gunpowder. It ...
- 442: Troublesome Farmhouse
- Louis felt his kneecaps almost shatter, as he landed on the rock ledge. His legs totally collapsed from fatigue, as he took the two-metre drop. Lee tumbled after him and helped him up. Louis had been running faster than ever before. It might have been because ... and had no choice but to the unexpected jumps that appeared in front of him, or the fear that the storm behind them would make their barely covered bodies freeze. Louis and Lee had been rock climbing on the Tafelberg Spout and did not judge correctly the time it would take them to get up and down this challenging monolith. They both knew there was bad weather on the way, but ...
- 443: Opinions on Esoteric Practices
- ... no one needs thousands of crystals to improve their existance...else wouldn't the Goddess have placed them in easier locales for everyone to get at? Never pay more than $25 for a piece of rock, unless its pure gold or truly the most beautiful stone you've ever seen that you want as a conversation piece in your home. The most I've paid myself was $12 for the one ... more that you have set in jewelry instead of ugly paperweights or dust collectors the better you'll be doing. Remember whenever you buy any crystal or stone that it is just a piece of rock that takes on properties that you mentally associate with it, thus a nice piece of jewelry is a good way of ensuring it has at least some value even if you drop out of the ...
- 444: Cinematography Everything You Need To Know
- ... Australia is a relatively new entrant into the contemporary world film market. Buoyed by government subsidies, Australian directors have produced a group of major films within the past decade: Peter WEIR's Picnic at Hanging Rock and The Last Wave (1977), Gillian Armstrong's My Brilliant Career (1979) and Star Struck (1982), Fred Schepisi's The Devil's Playground and The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith (1978), and Bruce Beresford's Breaker ... to the interests of specialized audiences. This trend, which began in the 1950s as an attempt to capture the "art house" audience and the youth market, is evident today in the success of martial-arts, rock-music, pornographic, documentary, and black-culture films. Simultaneously, production has moved away from the Hollywood sets and toward location filming. For many producers, New York City has become the New filmmakers' mecca, while shooting in ...
- 445: Unidentified Flying Objects: Fact or Fiction?
- ... hiding undeniable proof of alien life. The Viking mission to Mars in 1976 is another prime example of the government's policy of non cooperation and denial. The voyager had taken two pictures of a rock form of a human face on Mars' surface. Before a 1992 Observer voyage to Mars, many requested NASA to take high resolution photos of this "Face" to determine whether it is really a three dimensional rock formation. NASA responded in the negative, although the government gave NASA an extra $90 million for the exact purpose of seeking out Martian life forms. NASA gave a stupid explanation, claiming that the 1992 Observer ...
- 446: Boy Bands
- ... rap such as Ice Cube and Snoop Doggy Dog took over the music scene.. Thus ends our tale of boy bands, right? WRONG! Somewhere along the lines, while rap and R&B maintained their power, rock music lost a bit of theirs, letting pop music creep back into the scene. I suppose that the Spice Girls can carry some blame for that by being the first pop group to get out ... of whom spent time in Europe to start a cult following. The following is a run down of the Boy Bands that have left their impression in 1998. Unless you've been living under a rock, the Orlando based group, Backstreet Boys reigned supreme as the top Boy Band in 1998. With the top selling album in 1998 behind Titanic, the Backstreet Boys have just released a new album and are ...
- 447: Hard Core Logo-The Movie
- Last Shot Hard Core Logo is Bruce McDonalds film on touring with an eccentric Canadian rock group. The genius of McDonald to make this film look like a documentary was amazing. What makes this film stand out among others is its ending. The end of the film has Joe Dick ... last shot. The ending of the film is very significant to the plot as well as to the movie in general. The Hard Core Logo tour was a last ditch attempt to bring back a rock group that came so close to stardom many years ago but eventually broke up because of internal conflict. The band was now seen as an over the hill group making one last shot. The group ...
- 448: History Of The Hot Dog
- ... was begun by a St. Louis bar owner, Chris Von de Ahe, who also owned the St. Louis Browns major league baseball team. Also in doubt is who first served the dachshund sausage with a roll. One report says a German imigrant sold them, along with milk rolls and sauerkraut, from a push cart in New York City during the 1860's. In 1871, Charles Feltman, a German butcher opened up the first Coney Island hot dog stand selling 3,684 dachshund sausages in a milk roll during his first year in business. Today's hot dog on a bun was probably introduced during the St. Louis "Louisiana Purchase Exposition" in 1904 by, Anton Feuchtwanger. He loaned white gloves to his patrons ...
- 449: Riley King
- ... Beale Street Blues Boy to "B.B.'' Over the past forty years, King has been called the master of blue using his many styles of gospel, jazz, and blues, which has influenced all blues and rock guitarists. At 66, King remains playing. He does about 300 concert dates annually, and released his first studio album including two LP's. Few Artists who have become as popular as B. B., have striven ... blues. You have today blues superstars." King's music has had a tremendous impact on every electric blues guitarists including Buddy Guy, Freddie King, Albert King, and Otis Rush. Inturn these players have inspired many rock guitarists such as Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Eric Clapton. Though his 70s and 80s records are often burdened by over-production, King has not recorded an embarrasing album-and he's released more ...
- 450: How To Build A Pond
- ... a ridge or knoll. Materials that match those found naturally on the site should be used in the construction. The edge of a natural pond is much like the surrounding ground. If there is no rock in the setting, there is usually no rock at the edge of the pond. The way the land is shaped around a natural pond is also usually similar to the surrounding landscape. Sudden changes will look and feel forced. Simple shape pond shapes ...
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