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Gunpowder is an explosive material that burns rapidly to form a high pressure gas. Expansion of this gas inside the barrel of a gun can accelerate a projectile to great speed. Gunpowder is therefore used a propellant in a variety of thinks like ammunition. It is also used in explosives for blasting operations, fireworks and fuses in slightly Gunpowder has had a unique history since its discovery in the early 1100's. Gunpowder comes in many forms from a dirty burning black powder to a smokeless variety of powders. Gunpowder has been used for a number of things ...
In adult education, The concept of central learning theory is self-directed learning. He (1985) said that because the concept is so central to what adult education is all about, self-directed learning has been one of the field's high-interest topics for more than a decade (Mezirow, 1988). Many people like researchers theorists and so on have all a...
Two hundred and fifty miles north of the busy streets of Los Angeles, in Inyo County, lay the serene Owens Valley. The Owens Valley is a vast terrain that is bounded by the towering Sierra Nevada mountain range at one end and the barren Death Valley desert at its other end. As the snowfall from the peaks of the Sierra Nevadas annually transforms...
John Leo is a columnist and contributing editor that has been writing for U.S. News & World Report since 1988. Prior to that he worked for Time magazine and The New York Times covering topics such as social sciences and popular culture. The thesis of John Leo's latest U.S. News & World Report article, 'Fu Manchu on Naboo,' does not leav...
In my opinion, the beliefs and views of our country are somewhat hypocritical and unjust. As we grow from a young child to a mature adult, we are taught many things such as killing another human being is wrong, it is against the law and goes against most people's religious beliefs. Yet, there are some instances when this rule does not seem to apply...
Psychology of Television Today many people think that television is the cause of violence in today?s youth. Many have pondered that television disturbs traditions as well as interferes with the minds of adolecened children who can not yet comprehend the truth of fiction and reality. Thus television has become a widely talked about controve...
