On a computer keyboard which letter on the same line is between C and B?

How to Use Keyboard Shortcuts to Make Your Life Easier | Senior Planet How to Use Keyboard Shortcuts to Make Your Life Easier 09/30/2013 13 comments Looking for computer help? Every week, our Tekspert answers one question about digital technology. Computers, tablets, phones, cameras… What do you do when you want to print something on your computer or close out of an application? How about when you need to copy and paste? If you use your cursor and the drop-down menu at the top of your screen, then I’ve got good news for you: There’s an easier way. Whether you are using a PC or a Mac, your computer has built-in keyboard shortcuts for a number of actions. You can even use a keyboard shortcut to undo a mistake you just made, or to scroll up or down a webpage. Using keyboard shortcuts is much faster, because your hands aren’t going back and forth between your mouse or trackpad and your keyboard, and they make your life easier. If you’re having any pain in your hands, using the keyboard instead of the mouse when possible can save exacerbating it. While you’re learning these shortcuts, you might have to reference this list. Use the black “Print” button at the top of the page to bring up a printable version so you can keep it handy.   General Shortcuts   Wherever you see the “+” sign below, depress both keys at once. In other words, in where you see “Control + F” depress the “Control” key and the “F” key at the same time. Log In or say “Okay”  You don’t always have to use your cursor to click the “log in” or “sign in” button after you’ve entered your password. Instead you can just hit the “Enter” key on your PC or your or “Return” key on your Mac. The same thing goes for the “okay” button; just hit “Enter” or “Return.” Find a word or phrase  When you want to quickly locate a particular word or phrase in a large amount of text, whether in a document, in an email or on a webpage, just hit these keys: PC Control + F Mac ⌘Command + F A small search bar will appear near the top right or bottom left of your screen, where you can type the word or phrase you’re looking for. Then hit the “Enter” or “Return” key to have your computer conduct the search. Scroll up, down or sideways Instead of using your cursor on the scroll bar, you can use the arrow keys on your keyboard. The “up” arrow scrolls up, the “down” arrow scrolls down, and the left and right arrow will scroll horizontally if you happen to be a web page that’s wider than your computer screen. Print This shortcut works both in word processing applications like Microsoft Word and in web browsers like Safari or Internet Explorer. You can also use this shortcut if you need to print an email confirmation (like a receipt or a ticket for an event.) While this shortcut is handy, if you’re printing something from the web, first look for a little printer icon on the webpage you want to print. This will provide you a printer-friendly version that’s easier to read on paper. PC Control + P Mac ⌘Command + P Undo your mistake Made a mistake? Did you accidentally delete something or did a document you were working on suddenly go blank? Don’t panic! That’s what the undo shortcut is for. Hit these keys and see the magic. PC Control + Z Mac ⌘Command + Z Redo what you undid This is the opposite of undo; you can also easily redo your last action. PC Control + Y Mac shift + ⌘Command + Z Quit When you’re finished browsing the web or working in an application, you can quickly close the program with this shortcut. Just make sure you are actually in the application you want to close. Look at the top left of your computer screen to see which application you are in at the moment. PC Control + F4 Mac ⌘Command + Q Reveal your desktop Sometimes, when you have one or more windows open, you need to look at your desktop; to do that without closing or minimizing your windows, use this shortcut. PC Window + D or Window + M. Then use Window + Shift + M to bring back the windows that were open. Mac F11. Then press F11 again to bring back all the windows.   Copying and Pasting   Once you’re a pro at copying and pasti


Lunar 10's Lunar Excursion Module was named after which famous character?

chapter 4 View of the moon from Apollo 8.   [ 97] NASA's first four manned spaceflight projects were Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, and Skylab. As the first U.S. manned spaceflight project, Project Mercury-which included two manned suborbital flights and four orbital flights-"fostered Project Apollo and fathered Project Gemini." 1 The second manned spaceflight project initiated was the Apollo manned lunar exploration program. The national goal of a manned lunar landing in the 1960s was set forth by President John F. Kennedy 25 May 1961:   . . . I believe that this nation should  commit itself to achieving the goals, before this decade is out,  of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to earth. No  single space project in this period will be more impressive to  mankind, or more important for the long-range exploration of  space; and none will be so difficult or expensive to  accomplish.... But in a very real sense, it will not be one man  going to the moon-if we make this judgment affirmatively, it will  be an entire nation. 2   The interim Project Gemini, completed in 1966, was conducted to provide spaceflight experience, techniques, and training in preparation for the complexities of Apollo lunar-landing missions. Project Skylab was originality conceived as a program to use hardware developed for Project Apollo in related manned spaceflight missions; it evolved into the Orbital Workshop program with three record-breaking missions in 1973-1974 to man the laboratory in earth orbit, producing new data on the sun, earth resources, materials technology, and effects of space on man. The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project was an icebreaking effort in international cooperation. The United States and the U.S.S.R. were to fly a joint mission in 1975 to test new systems that permitted their spacecraft to dock with each other in orbit, for space rescue or joint research. As technology and experience broadened man's ability to explore and use space, post-Apollo planning called for ways to make access to space more practical, more economical, nearer to routine. Early advanced studies grew into the Space Shuttle program. Development of the reusable space transportation system, to be used for most of the Nation's manned and unmanned missions in the 1980s, became the major focus of NASA's program for the 1970s. European nations cooperated by undertaking development of Spacelab, a pressurized, reusable laboratory to be flown in the Shuttle.   [ 98] Apollo 11 command and service     module being readied for transport to the Vehicle Assembly     Building at Kennedy Space Center, in left photo. Apollo 11     Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., below, setting up an     experiment on the moon next to the lunar module. Opposite:     the Greek god Apollo (courtesy of George Washington     University). .   [ 99] APOLLO. In July 1960 NASA was preparing to implement its long-range plan beyond Project Mercury and to introduce a manned circumlunar mission project-then unnamed-at the NASA/Industry Program Plans Conference in Washington. Abe Silverstein, Director of Space Flight Development, proposed the name "Apollo" because it was the name of a god in ancient Greek mythology with attractive connotations and the precedent for naming manned spaceflight projects for mythological gods and heroes had been set with Mercury. 1 Apollo was god of archery, prophecy, poetry, and music, and most significantly he was god of the sun. In his horse-drawn golden chariot, Apollo pulled the sun in its course across the sky each day. 2 NASA approved the name and publicly announced "Project Apollo" at the July 28-29 conference. 3 Project Apollo took new form when the goal of a manned lunar landing was proposed to the Congress by President John F. Kennedy 25 May 1961 and was subsequently approved by the Congress. It was a program of three-man flights, leading to the landing of men on the moon. Rendezvous and docking in lunar orbit of Apollo spacecraft components were vital techniques for the intricate flight to and return from the


In which decade did golfer Gary Player last win the British Open?

Gary Player is still perfect fit for golf - LA Times Gary Player is still perfect fit for golf Gary Player Chris Carlson / Associated Press Gary Player is still limber enough to enjoy himself after making a birdie during the par-three tournament at the Masters last spring. Gary Player is still limber enough to enjoy himself after making a birdie during the par-three tournament at the Masters last spring. (Chris Carlson / Associated Press) Bill Dwyre At 79, the nine-time major champion usually shoots better than his age It was well beyond just a good day at Riviera on Thursday, and not just because the weather for the first round of the Northern Trust Open was Southern California perfect. Gary Player was in the house. There is nobody quite like him. Lunch with him is a four-course offering of golf, philosophy, passion and common sense. When they create the next one like him, they will need DNA from Tiger Woods , Billy Graham and Socrates. South Africa remains his home, but Player still travels the world like he did when he was winning nine major titles. Also like he did when he added four more majors on the senior tour, making him the only one to complete Grand Slams on both tours. Player is a jet-setting conglomerate. He makes appearances, advises businessmen, represents major golf companies such as Callaway and designs golf courses all over the world. And he still plays. A lot. Chris Dufresne Retief Goosen and Vijay Singh, two carbon-based products from the PGA Tour 's Paleozoic era, were exhibited as a museum-piece pair for Thursday's first round of the Northern Trust Open. They went out early off the fabled first tee at Riviera Country Club, in the 7:11 a.m. time slot. Their ages added... Retief Goosen and Vijay Singh, two carbon-based products from the PGA Tour 's Paleozoic era, were exhibited as a museum-piece pair for Thursday's first round of the Northern Trust Open. They went out early off the fabled first tee at Riviera Country Club, in the 7:11 a.m. time slot. Their ages added... (Chris Dufresne) "Seventy-five is a bad score for me," he says. "I shoot my age almost every time out." He has earned the right to brag. He will be 80 in November. The opinions intersect and intermingle with the wonderful stories and memories. The recent U.S. failures in the Ryder Cup converge easily with his first swing at St. Andrews in 1956. "You know how the U.S. can win the Ryder Cup?" Player says. "Play better. Don't make excuses. Just play better. A golfer finishes his round at Riviera Country Club and a reporter asks: "How did you play No. 10?" It is hard to imagine a more talked-about hole on the PGA Tour . It helps that Jack Nicklaus, long ago, called No. 10 one of the... It's one of the annual post-round rituals at the Northern Trust Open . A golfer finishes his round at Riviera Country Club and a reporter asks: "How did you play No. 10?" It is hard to imagine a more talked-about hole on the PGA Tour . It helps that Jack Nicklaus, long ago, called No. 10 one of the... (Chris Dufresne) "They were going to form a committee to study what was wrong and try to fix it. A committee? Are you kidding? Just figure it out. They're better, so you have to get better." He also says he heard a TV analyst talking about how difficult it is for U.S. players to play in Europe, that home advantage was worth two shots a player. Player debunks that with a snort, and it's not hard to remember that, in the early 1970s, as a star athlete from apartheid South Africa, he was hardly made to feel at home on the road because of his country's horrible racial policies. People assumed that because Player was white he was a supporter of apartheid. They kicked his ball into the rough, threw ice in his face and yelled in his backswing, once on a 14-inch putt in the 1969 PGA championship that he missed by four inches in a tournament he lost by a stroke to Raymond Floyd. "I've played in tournaments, like the Masters against Arnie," he says, "where the only people rooting for me were my wife and my dog." His wife and dog were certainly pulling for him when Player


Where was the peace treaty signed that brought World War I to an end?

World War I Ended With the Treaty of Versailles Great War & Jazz Age (1914-1928)   This song was meant to express the voice of children during World War I: "We want our Daddy dear, back home (Hello Central, give me France)" World War I Ended With the Treaty of Versailles June 28, 1919 World War I (1914-1918) was finally over. This first global conflict had claimed from 9 million to 13 million lives and caused unprecedented damage. Germany had formally surrendered on November 11, 1918, and all nations had agreed to stop fighting while the terms of peace were negotiated. On June 28, 1919, Germany and the Allied Nations (including Britain, France, Italy and Russia) signed the Treaty of Versailles, formally ending the war. (Versailles is a city in France, 10 miles outside of Paris.) Do you know what triggered the conflict, sometimes called the "Great War"? page 1 of 3


Which Welsh singer was invited to sing at the White House on Millennium Eve?

Singers.com - Welsh choral groups - celtic, choral and folk music from Wales | Ralph Vaughn Williams London Welsh Chorale : A Century of Welsh Music Review: The London Welsh Chorale's second CD: Cennin Aur - A Century of Welsh Music charts the progress of choral music in Wales over the last hundred years. The most recent work being In My Craft by Geraint Lewis, a commission to celebrate the life of Dylan Thomas whose daughter Aeronwy was one of the Chorale's vice presidents for many years. Songlist: Efe A Ddaw, Gweddi Y Pechadur, Yr Arglwydd Yw Fy Mugail, Dyn A Aned O Wraig, Gwel Uwchlaw Cymylau Amser, Dyrchafaf Fy Llygaid, Laudamus, Molwch Yr Arglwydd, Y Mae Afon, Cennin Aur, Cadwyn, Magnificat & Numc Dimittis, In My Craft Or Sullen Art 6207c | 1 CD | $12.95 | Men Aloud : Live From Wales Review: Fresh off their Platinum album debut, and on the heels of their stunning victory on BBC's television smash hit show, Last Choir Standing , Britain's favorite choir MEN ALOUD is set to bring their unique music making to North America. The choir, led by Tim Rhys-Evans, features 20 tremendous vocal talents from across Wales. In addition, Men Aloud is also a recent winner of the Classical Brit Album of the Year award for their second album, Band of Brothers. The program was produced in association with the BBC and was filmed in the Wales Millennium Center with featured performances by opera star Bryn Terfel, John Owen Jones (leading man of Broadway and London's West End's Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera & Showboat) and pop icon, Bonnie Tyler. Men Aloud was formed in 2000 by Tim Rhys-Evans. Tim s primary aim was to encourage young men to get involved with one of Wales oldest and best loved traditions, male voice singing. The group are unafraid to tackle music not normally associated with male voice choirs, and their repertoire ranges from the 17th Century to the present day. Songlist: O Verona, It Ain't Necessarily So, Don't Rain on My Parade, Macarthur Park, Bridge Over Troubled Water, All by Myself, Bui-Doi, Sit Down You'Re Rocking the Boat, Rhythm of Life, Cwm Rhondda, Gwahoddiad, Mae Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau 20801c | 1 CD | $15.95 | Rhos Orpheus Male Choir : Carols at Christmas Review: The Village of RHOSLLANNERCHRUGOG ("Rhos") is situated some 4 miles south west of Wrexham in North Wales, which itself is 12 miles south of the historic Roman city of Chester. lt is a former mining village, but the last remaining pit closed in 1987. Once known as the largest village in Wales, it has a long history of producing talented performers in all areas of the arts. Over the years, it has been home to two male voice choirs, a ladies' choir, a girls' choir, a mixed choir and a championship quality Silver Band. Rhos has been the birthplace of many top class musicians, actors and singers who have made significant contributions to Welsh culture not only as performers, but also as writers and composers. Here the male choir sings some holiday favorites. Songlist: The First Nowell, While Shepards Watched, Deck The Halls, Away In A Manger, The Coventry Carol, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, The Holly And The Ivy, Hark The Herald Angels Sing, O Come All Ye Faithful, In The Bleak Midwinter, Ding-Dong Merrily On High, We Three Kings, O, Little Town Of Bethlehem, Once In Royal David's City, It Came Upon The Midnight Clear, Silent Night 8357c | 1 CD | $15.98 | Serendipity : Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam Review: Serendipity is one of the best of the new breed of Welsh choirs; young, vibrant, have great panache with an identifiable sound as well as exhibiting impeccable intonation, phrasing and musicianship under their musical director Tim Rhys-Evans. I first heard them at the finals of the 2003 Cï¿½r Cymru competition and the performance was hugely impressive; so much so that I invited them to perform at my 60th birthday celebrations at the Royal Festival Hall the following year as well as singing, under Tim's direction, the choral parts of my Requiem released on EMI Classics. It's been a privilege to have this association with the choir that I hope will c


Which company was responsible for the oil spill in Alaska in 1989?

Exxon Valdez Oil Spill (1989) - The New York Times The New York Times Exxon Valdez Oil Spill (1989) | Search Supported by Exxon Valdez Oil Spill (1989) News about Exxon Valdez Oil Spill (1989), including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times. More Updated: Aug. 3, 2010 In March 1989, the Exxon Valdez supertanker ran aground on Bligh Reef, ruptured and spilled 11 million gallons of crude oil into Alaska's Prince William Sound. The spill was the worst that had occured up to that point in American history, damaging more than 1,300 miles of shoreline, disrupting the lives and livelihoods of people in the region and killing hundreds of thousands of birds and marine animals. It occurred after the ship's captain, Joseph J. Hazelwood, left the bridge at a crucial moment. Mr. Hazelwood, an alcoholic, had downed five double vodkas on the night of the disaster, according to witnesses. The spill stopped after just a few days but the recovery may not have an end date. The damage to the fishing industry and to native subsistence hunting has lasted for years. Exxon originally was ordered by a federal court to pay $5 billion in punitive damages in 1994. A federal appeal in 2006 reduced it to $2.5 billion. In 2008 the United States Supreme Court further reduced the damages to just over $500 million. More than $2 billion has been spent on cleanup and recovery. Exxon has paid at least $1 billion in damages. The accident helped to create a new industry around environmental groups, scientific organizations, experts in the psychological trauma of oil spills. A network of fishermen is now trained and paid by the oil industry to respond to future disasters.


When is Father's Day? 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2015, 2016? Home > Holiday     and Occasions > Fathers Day > When is Father's Day? Father's      Day 2017 Need to know the exact date of Fathers Day this year? Here's a chart that shows  what day Father's Day is celebrated from 2015 - 2025. In the USA, UK and Canada - Fathers' Day is celebrated on the 3rd Sunday in June since being made a national holiday in 1966. In Australia and New Zealand, fathers are honored the first Sunday in September. Other countries celebrate fathers throughout the year. Year Fathers' Day        in U.S.A., Canada and U.K. Fathers' Day        in Australia


In which decade of the 20th century was the FBI set up?

History Timeline of the 20th Century History Timeline of the 20th Century History Timeline of the 20th Century A Decade-by-Decade Timeline By Jennifer Rosenberg Browse through this history timeline of the 20th century to examine each decade within this amazing century. Picture courtesy of The Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin. The 1900s This decade opened the century with some amazing feats like the first flight by the Wright brothers, Henry Ford's first Model-T, and Einstein's Theory of Relativity. It also had hardships like the Boxer Rebellion and the San Francisco Earthquake. The 1900s also saw the introduction of the first silent movie and teddy bear. Plus, don't miss out in discovering more about the mysterious explosion in Siberia. Learn more about the this "humdinger" decade through the 1900-1909 timeline . More » continue reading below our video What are the Seven Wonders of the World Picture courtesy the Photos of the Great War Archive. The 1910s This decade was unfortunately dominated by the first "total war" -- World War I. It also saw other huge changes during the Russian Revolution and the beginning of Prohibition. Tragedy struck when a fire rampaged through Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, the "unsinkable" Titanic hit an iceberg, and the Spanish flu killed millions around the world. On a more positive note, people in the 1910s got their first taste of an Oreo cookie and could fill out their first crossword. Take a "gander" at this decade through the 1910-1919 timeline . More » Picture courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division [LC-USZ62-30776 DLC] The 1920s The Roaring '20s were a time of speakeasies, short skirts, the Charleston dance, and jazz music. The 1920s also showed great strides in Women's Suffrage and archaeology hit the mainstream with the discovery of King Tut's Tomb. There were an amazing number of cultural firsts in the 1920s, including the first talking film, Babe Ruth hitting his home-run record, and the first Mickey Mouse cartoon. Learn more about this "nifty" decade through the 1920-1929 timeline . More » Picture part of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library Collection, courtesy of the National Archives. The 1930s The Great Depression hit the world hard in the 1930s. The Nazis took advantage of this situation and were able to come to power in Germany, establish their first concentration camp, and begin a systematic persecution of Jews in Europe. Other news in the 1930s included the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, a wild and murderous crime spree by Bonnie and Clyde, and the imprisonment of Al Capone for income tax evasion. Learn more about this "snazzy" decade through the 1930-1939 timeline . More » Picture part of the Estelle Bechoefer Collection, courtesy of USHMM Photo Archives. The 1940s World War II was already underway by the time the 1940s began and it was definitely the big event of the first half of the decade. Plus, the Nazis established death camps in their effort to murder millions of Jews during the Holocaust. When World War II ended, the Cold War began. The 1940s also witnessed the assassination of Gandhi and the beginning of Apartheid. So you should, "you know," learn more about this decade through the 1940-1949 timeline . More » Picture courtesy of the National Archives. The 1950s The 1950s are sometimes referred to as the Golden Age. Color TV was invented; the polio vaccine was discovered; Disneyland opened; and Elvis gyrated his hips on The Ed Sullivan Show. The Cold War continued as the Space Race between the United States and the Soviet Union began. The 1950s also saw segregation ruled illegal in the U.S. and the beginning of the Civil Rights movement. Learn more about this "cool" decade through the 1950-1959 timeline . More » Picture courtesy of the National Archives. The 1960s To many, the 1960s can be summed up as the Vietnam War, hippies, drugs, protests, and rock and roll. (A common joke goes "If you remember the sixties, you weren't there.") Although those were important aspects of this decade, other events occurred as w


Which American wrote The Game of Chess in 1959?

Chess History - Best Of Chess Best of chess Chess History Many History writers mentioned that the chess was invented in India, before the 6th century AD then the game spread to Persia. When the Arabs conquered Persia, chess was taken up by the Muslim world and subsequently spread to Southern Europe. In Europe, chess evolved into roughly its current form in the 15th century. In the second half of the 19th century, modern chess tournament play began, and the first World Chess Championship was held in 1886. The 20th century saw great leaps forward in chess theory and the establishment of the World Chess Federation (FIDE). Developments in the 21st century include use of computers for analysis, which originated in the 1970s with the first programmed chess games on the market. Online gaming appeared in the mid-1990s. Those are the most famous facts happened in the history of chess: 6th century – The game chaturanga probably evolved into its current form around this time in India. 569 – A Chinese emperor wrote a book of xiangqi, Xiang Jing, in AD 569. c. 600 – The Karnamuk-i-Artakhshatr-i-Papakan contains references to the Persian game of shatranj, the direct ancestor of modern Chess. shatranj was initially called “Chatrang” in Persian (named after the Indian version), which was later renamed to shatranj. c. 720 – Chess spreads across the Islamic world from Persia. c. 840 – Earliest surviving chess problems by Caliph Billah of Baghdad. c. 900 – Entry on Chess in the Chinese work Huan Kwai Lu (‘Book of Marvels’). 997 – Versus de scachis is the earliest known work mentioning chess in Christian Western Europe. 1008 – Mention of chess in the will of Count Uregel, another early reference. 10th century – As-Suli writes Kitab Ash-Shatranj, the earliest known work to take a scientific approach to chess strategy. late 10th century – Dark and light squares are introduced on a chessboard. 1173 – Earliest recorded use of algebraic chess notation. 1283 – Alfonso X compiles the Libro de los juegos, with an extensive collection of chess problems. late 13th century – Pawns can now move two ranks on first move. late 14th century – The en passant rule is introduced. 1422 – A manuscript from Kraków sets the rule that stalemate is a draw. 1471 – The Göttingen manuscript is the first book to deal solely with chess. 1474 – William Caxton publishes The Game and Playe of Chesse, the first chess book in English. 1475–1525 – The modern moves for the queen, bishop, and castling are slowly adopted. 1475 – Scachs d’amor the first published game of modern chess, written as a poem. 1497 – Luis Ramirez Lucena publishes the first European work on chess openings. 1510 – Marco Girolamo Vida wrote Scacchia ludus(The Game of Chess) with the first reference to a goddess of chess. 1512 – Pedro Damiano publishes one of the first chess treatises, Questo libro e da imparare giocare a scachi et de li partiti 1561 – Ruy López coins the word gambit to describe opening sacrifices. 1690 – Openings are now systematically classified by the Traite de Lausanne. 18th century 1744 – François-André Danican Philidor plays two opponents blindfolded in Paris. 1747 – François-André Danican Philidor (France) defeats Philipp Stamma (Syria) in a London match. 1763 – Sir William Jones invents Caissa, the chess muse. 1769 – Baron Wolfgang von Kempelen builds the Mechanical Turk. 1783 – Philidor plays as many as three games simultaneously without seeing the board. 19th century 1802 – Earliest known American chess book, Chess Made Easy, by J. Humphreys. 1813 – The Liverpool Mercury prints the world’s earliest chess column. 1824 – Earliest known British correspondence chess match, London–Edinburgh. 1830 – Earliest recorded instance of a modern female chess player. 1834 – Earliest recorded international challenge match: Alexander McDonnell (Ireland) versus Louis de la Bourdonnais (France) at the Westminster Chess Club, London. 1843 – Howard Staunton (England) wins a match against Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant (France) in Paris. 1845 – Telegraph is used to transmit moves in a match bet


Which leader did Hitler meet in the Brenner Pass in WWII?

18th March 1940: Hitler meets Mussolini at the Brenner Pass Hitler meets Mussolini at the Brenner Pass Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini meet at the Brenner Pass On March 18th 1940 Hitler met the Italian leader Mussolini in his railway carriage in the Brenner Pass, high in the Alps, close to the border between the two countries. The haste with which the meeting was arranged had led Mussolini to suppose that Hitler ‘would soon set off the powder keg’. In the journey to the meeting Mussolini tells his Foreign Minister, Count Ciano, that the Italians will not join the war until the moment that is ‘convenient’ to them, that they will form the ‘left wing’ of the offensive, tying up troops without actually fighting. After the meeting, however, it seems less certain that Hitler will go to war. Ciano records the meeting in his diary: The Hitler meeting is very cordial on both sides. The conference … is more a monologue than anything else. Hitler talks all the time, but is less agitated than usual. He makes few gestures and speaks in a quiet tone. He looks physically fit. Mussolini listens to him with interest and with deference. He speaks little and confirms his intention to move with Germany. He reserves to himself only the choice of the right moment . .. The conference ends with a short meal. Later Mussolini gives me his impressions. He did not find in Hitler that uncompromising attitude which von Ribbentrop had led him to suspect. Yesterday, as well, von Ribbentrop only opened his mouth to harp on Hitler’s intransigency. Mussolini believes that Hitler will think twice before he begins an offensive on land. The meeting has not substantially changed our position.


Which company first manufactured the electric toothbrush?

Who invented the toothbrush and when was it? (Everyday Mysteries: Fun Science Facts from the Library of Congress)     Who        invented the toothbrush and when was it invented?          Various        Peoples. 1938 (modern). The toothbrush as we know it today was not invented until 1938.        However, early forms of the toothbrush have been in existence        since        3000 BC. Ancient civilizations used a "chew stick," which was        a thin twig with a frayed end. These 'chew sticks' were rubbed        against               the teeth. The bristle toothbrush, similar to the type used today, was not        invented until 1498 in China. The bristles were actually the stiff,        coarse hairs taken from the back of a hog's neck and attached to        handles made of bone or bamboo. Boar bristles were used until 1938, when nylon bristles were introduced        by Dupont de Nemours. The first nylon toothbrush was called Doctor        West's Miracle Toothbrush. Later, Americans were influenced by        the disciplined hygiene habits of soldiers from World War II. They        became increasingly concerned        with the practice of good oral hygiene and quickly adopted the       nylon toothbrush. Some other interesting toothbrush facts: The          first mass-produced toothbrush was made by William Addis of    Clerkenwald, England, around 1780. The          first American to patent a toothbrush was H. N. Wadsworth,   (patent number 18,653,) on Nov. 7, 1857. Mass production          of toothbrushes began in America around 1885. One of the first electric        toothbrushes to hit the American market was in 1960. It was marketed        by the Squibb company under the name Broxodent. Related          Web Sites About.com        - Inventors - Dental Innovations - History of Dentistry - This        site discusses the history of the toothbrush and toothpaste, including        the first electric toothbrush invented in 1939. Floss.com - This site provides dental trivia and tips as well as              information on the origins of toothpaste and floss. Evolution              and Analysis of the Toothbrush - Kylie W. Sembera's              article, which appeared in the American Society of              Mechanical Engineers Mechanical       Advantage (v. 10, March 2001), discusses the history of the toothbrush               with diagrams comparing classic style toothbrush              designs with today's       styles. History             of Dentistry from the American Dental Association (ADA) -             ADA provides a time line of important dentistry events           and innovations. How             Products are Made: Toothbrush -            Explains and details the manufacturing process of the toothbrush.            Content within the website, except those explicitly noted            otherwise, are Copyright by Thomson Gale. Further          Reading Asimov,             Isaac, and Carrie Dierks. Why do we need to brush             our teeth? Milwaukee, G. Stevens Pub., 1993. 24             p. (Juvenile). Elvin-Lewis,             Memory and Walter H. Lewis. The use of Nature's toothbrush:             the chewing stick. Research Reports - National Geographic           Society, v.16, 1975: 211-231. Giscard            d'Estaing, Valerie-Anne. The second world almanac book            of inventions. New York, World Almanac, 1986. 352 p. Golden,            Irwin B. Teeth for your lifetime: a complete, easy-to-read,            and understandable guide to a lifetime of dental health.            Up


Who lived under the pseudonym of Harriet Brown in New York form the 40s to the 90s?

Old Time Movie Queens - Their Last Photos Old Time Movie Queens - Their Last Photos No longer glamorous.  Old and about to die. Hedy Lamarr. Lucy.  One month before death. by Anonymous Maybe no the last, but in the last few months. by Anonymous Marlene Dietrich. Dead 4 months later. by Anonymous reply 5 05/15/2016 That isn't Marlene...even though it appeared as such in magazines. This is her last photo, she still looks pretty good and like herself ( as remarked upon by Max Schell in his bio of her in which she refused to appear on camera and via audio only ). by Anonymous Garbo, still stylish at 84. by Anonymous That look on Garbo's face... she was still sexy even then. by Anonymous reply 8 05/15/2016 R8 I feel like I can truly appreciate how rare her beauty was by how she is still beautiful and fascinating to look at, at 84. Great bone structure and clear eyes. by Anonymous reply 10 05/15/2016 Bette Davis last appeared before cameras at the San Sebastian Film Festival in Spain in 1989. by Anonymous reply 11 05/15/2016 Dietrich is still recognizably Dietrich, one of a kind. If the photo of Hedy Lamarr was taken in 1991, as the wording makes it appear, she would have been 77 and looks pretty damn good, even doing her best to disguise herself. Garbo was still strikingly beautiful, though probably more so if her hair had not been worn long like that. by Anonymous reply 13 05/15/2016 Joan looks pretty good in that photo at R1. I think it was probably taken in the 60s and not so close to her death in 1977. by Anonymous Wow, sad pic of Elizabeth. by Anonymous reply 17 05/15/2016 R14, that pic of Joan is labeled as being in 1976. Same with his one. Both look very retouched nonetheless. by Anonymous reply 18 05/15/2016 Bette Davis aged probably the worst out of all her contempoaries. Poor soul. I recall seeing her on interviews in the late 80s as a kid, and thinking that she bore no resemblance to the woman I watched on TV in afternoon movie double bills. She becaome almost a weird spectacle in her final days. Joan crawford I think, was a virtual recluse the few years before her death, I think the last footage of her is a grainy video of her at some function in 1974. It's on the net. by Anonymous reply 19 05/15/2016 Wow, didn't think Joan still looked so "Joan " at that late date. Or even consented to being photographed. by Anonymous reply 20 05/15/2016 I think Joan Crawford realised in the mid 70s that she was looking old and haggad, and she shunned public functions. I read that friends had to coax her out at this period, because she was too exhausted to put all the effort into glamming up anymore. Which is understandable really, she's been doing it all her life, there has to come a time when you just be yourself, for yourself! by Anonymous I think Myrna Loy looks like herself in [r31] - she's just little old lady Myrna Loy! by Anonymous 05/15/2016 [QUOTE]Davis and Taylor definitely looked the worst. Probably agree. It's not that Taylor looks so horrible, it's just that it's so shocking from how most remember seeing her. by Anonymous reply 46 05/15/2016 I didn't know it was the same function, R43. I didn't know there was video footage from the event either, since all that has been written about it seems to focus on how upset she was about the photos. by Anonymous reply 47 05/15/2016 I remember buying SPY magazine and passing my old issues along to my mother who thought it was "delicious fun" until she saw the "separated at birth" with that shot of Bette Davis and "tree from the Wizard of Oz" "Now that is too mean!" She said. by Anonymous Gloria Swanson, R58. In 1982. She died in 1983. by Anonymous reply 62 05/15/2016 R27: Many actresses from that era got their eyebrows shaved off and repainted by the make up department, and some women's didn't grow back. Here's one, R58/Travis, late 70s (she made it to '81, I believe) she still looks fab. She was, as you probably know, an early proponent of vegetarianism and "healthy eating". Apparently it worked for her. by Anonymous reply 63 05/15/2016 But what was great about Bett


Which actor bought the island of Tetiaroa?

Eco-Resort to Open on Marlon Brando's Tahitian Island | Pret-a-Reporter Eco-Resort to Open on Marlon Brando's Tahitian Island 10:00 AM PDT 7/26/2012 by Degen Pener COMMENTS Marlon Brando's Island The actor bought the island three years after shooting 1962's "Mutiny on the Bounty" in the South Pacific country but never returned after a family tragedy. This story first appeared in the August 3 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. Beginning in late 2013, visitors to Tahiti can loll about on Marlon Brando's former private island when a luxury eco-resort called The Brando opens there. The late actor fell in love with the South Pacific country -- and his third wife, French Polynesian actress Tarita Teriipia -- after shooting 1962's Mutiny on the Bounty there. STORY: Who in Hollywood Owns a Private Island Three years later, he purchased a 12-island atoll called Tetiaroa 20 miles north of the main island of Tahiti that would prove to be a sanctuary for him for three decades. He and Teriipia even opened a hotel on one of the islands. But after tragedy struck in 1990 when his son Christian killed Dag Drollet, the boyfriend of Brando's daughter Cheyenne (who five years later committed suicide in Tahiti), Brando never returned to his beloved spot. And when Brando died in 2004, his executors, who included producer Mike Medavoy, gave permission to build a hotel to a Tahitian developer, Richard Bailey, who had discussed creating an eco-sensitive resort on Tetiaroa with Brando. It's not been without controversy. When it was first announced in the mid-2000s, some friends of Brando's decried the project as something he would never have wanted. STORY: Marlon Brando Estate Settles Lawsuit With Harley-Davidson Over 'Brando' Boots Nonetheless, it was approved by his heirs, who sold an initial interest in the atoll to Bailey for $2 million and will profit from yearly rent and a cut of proceeds. The goal of the resort is that its energy needs be 100 percent renewable (via solar, deep ocean-water cooling and coconut oil biofuel) and that the 35 villas be set back from the beach -- not situated over the water -- in accordance with the star's wishes.


Between 1952 and 1954 did the number of TV stations in the USA double, triple or quadruple?

Lionel Toy Train Below are pictures of the freight cars that I have. No. 6357 and No. 6457 Cabooses The picture above shows two cabooses I had from long ago. The one on the left is a #6357 (1948-1961). The one on the right is a #6457 (1949-1952) for which I have the original box. The 6357 caboose is fairly common and due to its long 14-year production run, it has undergone numerous variations. The #6457 caboose was Lionel's premium SP-style caboose and is fairly easy to obtain. This caboose was included with Lionel's better train sets and included with my #2191W Outfit. You could purchase the #6457 caboose separately in 1952 for $5 as shown on page 29 of the 1952 catalog. See below: No. 6457 Caboose on Page 29 of 1952 Lionel Consumer Catalog I have a Lionel No. 6427-1 Lionel Lines N5c porthole caboose (manufactured from 1954-1960. This caboose is Tuscan painted with white heat-stamped lettering including the number "64273." As you can see, the caboose is illuminated and has bar-end trucks and one coupler. Note that I have the original box for this caboose. No. 6427-1 Caboose Lionel No. 3444 Erie Hobo and Cop Car The picture above shows a Lionel No. 3444 Erie Hobo and Cop car (manufactured from 1957-1959). The car has a vibrator mechanism inside that drives a belt with a hobo and cop figure attached.  When the control level is moved to the on position and power is applied to the track, the vibrator mechanism activates and the cop appears to be chasing the hobo around the crates in the center of the car. The car has bar-end trucks with tab couplers. No. 3461 Automatic Lumber Car & No. 3469 Automatic Dumping Ore Car The picture above shows 2 automatic dumping cars I have. As shown, I have the original boxes for both of these cars. The car on the left is a #3461 automatic lumber car (manufactured between 1949-55) and the one on the right is a #3469 automatic dumping ore car (manufactured between 1949-55). I have 3 logs for the log car and a Lionel #207 bag of artificial coal for the ore car. I have one Model #160 plastic bin that sits by the track to catch the contents of the cars. The cars can dump their contents only when they are on the #UCS remote-controlled (by wire) decoupling and unloading track section. These cars were listed on page 28 of the 1952 catalog as shown below. Shown on the top left is the #UCS remote control track section. Also shown on this catalog page is the #3520 Operating Searchlight Car I have. Nos. 3461, 3469, and 3520 Cars, and UCS Track Section on Page 28 of 1952 Lionel Consumer Catalog No. 6462 Gondola Car & No. 6456 Hopper Car The picture above shows a #6462 New York Central gondola car and a #6456 hopper car with the original boxes. I have wood barrels that go in the gondola car which was included with my 2191W Outfit. The #6456 Lehigh Valley hopper car was also included with my 2191W Outfit. The #6462 NYC Gondola Car as listed on page 29 of the 1952 catalog along with the #6656 Stock Car I have as shown below. No. 6462 Gondola Car & No. 6656 Stock Car on Page 29 of 1952 Lionel Consumer Catalog The #6456 Lehigh Valley Hopper Car was also listed on page 29 of the 1952 catalog as shown below. No. 6456 Hopper Car on Page 29 of 1952 Lionel Consumer Catalog No. 6462-25 Gondola Car I also have a green gondola car (shown above). It is a Lionel No. 6462-25 (manufacturered 1954-1957) although the -25 number shows nowhere on the car. The "N" of the NYC logo is stamped in the second panel from the left on my car indicating the car was manufactured early in the production run. I have the original box for this car, although the box is quite worn. The car is is reasonably good shape with only one or two wheels a bit rusty. No. 6462 Red Gondola Car with Canisters I also have a red gondola car (shown above). It is a Lionel No. 6462 (manufactured 1954-1957). The car is painted red and the "N" of the NYC logo is stamped in the third panel from the left on my car. The car is also stamped "NWE 2-49". These things indicate that this car was one of the later ones produced. I received this car with the load o


Wham! 80s Songs and Albums | Simplyeighties.com   WHAM! 80S SONGS AND ALBUMS Firstly, we hope you will enjoy our playlist of official videos. There are also several pages with further info about some of the songs which are linked to underneath. Wham! formed in 1981 and were initially named Wham! UK in the U.S. due to another band using the name Wham. Between 1982 and 1987, the band sold over 28 million records. They achieved success with six UK No.1's between 1983 and 1986. These were; "Wake Me Up Before You Go Go", "Careless Whisper", "Freedom", "I'm Your Man", "A Different Corner" and "The Edge Of Heaven". George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley first met at Bushey Meads School in Bushey, Hertfordshire. Their first performance together was in  a short-lived band called The Executive which they formed with three old school friends. After the band split, George and Andrew formed Wham! and signed to Innervision Records. The Singles 1984  Everything She Wants / Last Christmas  #2 1985  I'm Your Man  #1 1986  The Edge Of Heaven  #1 The First Top Of The Pops Performance The band's debut single was released in June 1982. "Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do)" initially failed to chart. However, the band received an unexpected invite to perform their second single "Young Guns (Go For It)" on BBC Top Of The Pops when another act pulled out of the show. This proved to be a significant turning point for the band, with the song reaching #3 in the UK charts.  You may well remember the performance which featured Dee C. Lee and Shirlie Holliman as backing dancers. George wore an unbuttoned suede jacket with a turned up collar with rolled-up blue denim jeans and espadrilles. After George had danced around Ridgeley for a while, the four performed a synchronised dance routine with hand claps. It all looked so very cool at the time and the band. Following on from this success, "Wham Rap!" was re-released in 1983 and this time managed to reach No.8 in the UK, No.9 in Australia and No.13 in the Irish singles chart. Dee C. Lee left the band to work with The Style Council, with Pepsi DeMacque taking her place. Wham! had two UK No.2 hits with "Bad Boys" in May 1983 and with "Last Christmas" in December 1984. Their other well-known hit was the camptastic "Club Tropicana", which reached No.4 in July 1983. Wham's farewell album "The Final" was released in 1986, and reached No.2 in the UK album charts. The final single taken from the album was "The Edge Of Heaven" which was a UK No.1. Overall, Wham! released three studio albums which were Fantastic (UK No.1, 1983), Make It Big (UK No.1, 1984) and The Final (UK No.2, 1986). Music From The Edge Of Heaven (U.S. No.10, 1985), was a severely pared-down version of The Final with alternate tracks, and was released in the U.S. If You Were There (The Best Of Wham) was released in 1997 and reached No.4 in the UK. Of course, George Michael's musical career was far from over. His 1987 debut solo album, "Faith" was a massive success and has now sold over 20 million copies worldwide. George Michael has now sold over 100 million records worldwide, and this includes 12 UK No.1 singles, 7 UK No.1 albums, 10 U.S. No.1 singles, and 1 US No.1 album.   "EVERYTHING SHE WANTS" (1984) This song was a million-seller in Britain, although it never really got quite the attention it deserved. It was released as a double-A side with "Last Christmas" on 10th Dec 1984 and, inevitably, it was the festive favourite that had the majority of the airplay. Nonetheless, it's still a widely recognised 80s tune which has attracted over 20 million views on Youtube. This is, no doubt, thanks partly to the video game Grand Theft Auto V in which it featured. George Michael once stated in an interview that it was his favourite Wham! track. "THE EDGE OF HEAVEN" The video clip features George Michael and Andrew Ridgley's final performance as Wham! on the British music show Top Of The Pops. By the time The Edge Of Heaven was released Wham had already announced they were going to split-up, and George Michael was keen to develop a more sophisticated, adult


Which musical featured the song You'll Never Walk Alone?

Gerry & The Pacemakers — You'll Never Walk Alone — Listen, watch, download and discover music for free at Last.fm liverpool fc "You'll Never Walk Alone" is a show tune from the 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, Carousel . In the musical, in the second act, Nettie Fowler, the cousin of the female protagonist Julie Jordan, sings "You'll Never Walk Alone" to comfort and encourage Julie when her husband, Billy Bigelow, the male lead, has killed himself after a failed robbery. It is reprised in the final scene to encourage a graduation class of which Louise (their daughter) is a member… read more Don't want to see ads? Subscribe now Similar Tracks


In which year was Bloody Sunday in Londonderry?

BBC - History - Bloody Sunday Bloody Sunday An overview of the events of 30 January 1972 in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, using archive footage and interviews. Bloody Sunday On 30 January 1972, a civil rights demonstration through the streets of Londonderry in north-west Northern Ireland ended with the shooting dead of thirteen civilians by the British Army. An official government inquiry began two weeks later but was widely considered a whitewash, leading to a fresh public inquiry in 1998 that took 12 years to report and absolved the victims of blame. Explore the history of Bloody Sunday with over 40 years of BBC archive clips. Photo: Demonstrators on a civil rights march through the streets of Londonderry before the shootings on Bloody Sunday Timeline of key events: details and archive clips 15 June 2010 More information about: Bloody Sunday On the morning of Sunday 30 January 1972, around ten thousand people gathered in Londonderry for a civil rights march. The British Army had sealed off the original route so the march organisers led most of the demonstrators towards 'Free Derry Corner' in the nationalist Bogside area of the city. Despite this, a number of people continued on towards an army barricade where local youths threw stones at soldiers, who responded with a water cannon, CS gas and rubber bullets. As the riot began to disperse, soldiers of the 1st Parachute Regiment were ordered to move in and arrest as many of the rioters as possible. In the minutes that followed, some of these paratroopers opened fire on the crowd, killing thirteen men and injuring 13 others, one of whom died some months later. Free Derry British troops had been sent into Derry as a peacekeeping force in August 1969 and had initially been welcomed by the predominantly Catholic nationalist community as a preferable alternative to what they saw as the discrimination of the local Northern Ireland security forces. The residents of the Bogside area of the city had declared it 'Free Derry' and refused to recognise the authority of the Northern Ireland government, led by a unionist majority that drew most of its support from the Protestant community. Opposition to policies such as detention of terrorist suspects without trial (internment) and the alleged rigging of electoral wards to favour Protestant voters (gerrymandering) had inspired a nascent civil rights movement across Northern Ireland. With support for the demands of the civil rights movement so strong among local people, Derry was an obvious choice for a mass demonstration. The events of Bloody Sunday About ten thousand people gathered in the Creggan area of Derry on the morning of Sunday 30 January 1972. After prolonged skirmishes between groups of local youths and the army at barricades set up to prevent the march reaching its intended destination (Guildhall Square in the heart of the city), paratroopers moved in to make arrests. During this operation, they opened fire on the crowd, killing thirteen and wounding 13 others. The dead were all male, aged between seventeen and forty-one. Another man, aged fifty-nine, died some months later from injuries sustained on that day. The wounded included a fifteen-year-old boy and a woman. Reaction and inquiries While the British Army maintained that its troops had responded after coming under fire, the people of the Bogside saw it as murder. The British government was sufficiently concerned for the Home Secretary to announce the following day an official inquiry into the circumstances of the shootings. Opinion was further polarised by the findings of this tribunal, led by the British Lord Chief Justice, Lord Widgery. His report exonerated the army and cast suspicion on many of the victims, suggesting they had been handling bombs and guns. Relatives of the dead and the wider nationalist community campaigned for a fresh public inquiry, which was finally granted by then Prime Minister Tony Blair in 1998. Headed by Lord Saville, the Bloody Sunday Inquiry took 12 years and finally reported in 2010 . It established the innocence of the victims and lai


The first untethered space walk took place from which space craft?

Feb. 7: First Untethered Space Walk 1984 - ABC News ABC News Feb. 7: First Untethered Space Walk 1984 February 7, 2012 1965 United States Bombs North Vietnam U.S. Secretary of Defense McNamara addressed Vietcong attacks and U.S. retaliation. 1984 First Untethered Walk in Space Two astronauts from NASA's Challenger space shuttle float in space untethered, with just jetpacks to guide their movement.  Astronaut Bruce McCandless was the first to free fly, followed by Robert Stewart. 1999 Jordan's King Hussein Dies The "architect of modern Jordan," King Hussein died at age 63.  His son, Prince Abdullah, was sworn in as his successor. Famous Birthdays


What was the main color of a Storm trooper in Star Wars?

Stormtrooper | Wookieepedia | Fandom powered by Wikia ― Luke Skywalker [src] Specialized snowtrooper armor Stormtroopers wore a distinctive set of white armor that was used to instill fear in the Empire's subjects, while also providing the soldiers with an extended range of survival equipment and temperature controls, thus allowing them to survive in almost any environment. [1] The helmet provided skull protection, filtered air , and contained enhanced vision and communication systems. Rank was determined by a color coded pauldron worn over the left shoulder, with orange or red representing the rank of commander , black indicating an enlisted trooper, and white representing a sergeant . They also had a utility belt and a grappling hook attached to it, and primarily used the E-11 blaster rifle , however could also utilize the DLT-20A laser rifle or DLT-19 heavy blaster rifle when necessary. However, the stormtrooper armor was not without its faults. The plates made running hard and offered little protection against a direct blaster shot. [6] [28] The helmet also greatly obstructed a soldier's vision, which hindered their capacity to properly aim a blaster, regardless of prior training. [28] By 28 ABY , stormtrooper helmets and armor were collected by individuals like the New Republic senator Ransolm Casterfo , who had an interest in Imperial "artifacts." Several of Casterfo's Centrist senators including Apolin and Fatil also admired and collected Imperial uniforms and armor. In addition, Imperial armor and other artefacts also sold at markets on Chrome Citadel . [29] Specialized stormtroopers Edit In addition to the "standard" troops, the Empire had created a number of specialized stormtrooper units assembled to operate on varied planets and climates within its territory. Scout troopers wore lighter armor and used speeder bikes to patrol the perimeter of the Imperial garrisons they were assigned to. [19] Sniper troopers were specialists pulled from Scout trooper ranks and wielded the deadly E-11s long-range blaster . [30] Stormtrooper snipers were also pulled from standard stormtrooper ranks, and wore a blue pauldron over their shoulder and had a visor attached to their helmet, along with a black bandolier across their chest plate. [30] There were also the Imperial combat drivers who piloted many of the Imperial Army's ground vehicles. [31] Sandtroopers wore modified armor that allowed them to survive on desert worlds such as Tatooine. [32] To deal with problems on frozen environments, the Empire utilized their cold weather assault stormtroopers , nicknamed snowtroopers, who wore a special mask and a kama that both resembled the equipment worn by the Galactic Marines on Mygeeto during the Clone Wars. [8] [1] [17] Coastal defender stormtroopers were stormtroopers trained and equipped to operate in coastal and tropical regions, such as those found on Scarif . Death trooper armor Phase II dark troopers wore heavy armor and were used to attack enemy defenses with assault cannons. [33] While Shadow Troopers were armed with T-21 light repeating blasters and cloaking technology along with intimidating black amour. Similar to the Shadow Troopers, the black armored death troopers were an elite variant of troopers focusing on Imperial Intelligence and Imperial Navy . They were usually assigned to protect high ranking personnel and equipped with SE-14r light repeating blasters . Magma troopers were equipped to operate in extremely high temperatures, and were trained to fight on volcanic worlds such as Sullust. [34] [25] Spacetroopers wore armor designed to breathe in space and were used to patrol parts of the Death Star with no air. [35] Shock Troopers were armed with heavy weaponry and wore stormtrooper armor with distinctive red markings, similar to those of Republic clone troopers who served as Coruscant Guards during the Clone Wars . [21] [36] There also existed Imperial Heavy Troopers who were equipped with heavy combat armor and electrostaffs , similar to the Imperial riot troopers . Heavy Weapons Stormtroopers wielded large,


Richard Nixon was Vice President to which US state?

Richard M. Nixon | whitehouse.gov Air Force One Richard M. Nixon Richard Nixon was elected the 37th President of the United States (1969-1974) after previously serving as a U.S. Representative and a U.S. Senator from California. After successfully ending American fighting in Vietnam and improving international relations with the U.S.S.R. and China, he became the only President to ever resign the office, as a result of the Watergate scandal. Reconciliation was the first goal set by President Richard M. Nixon. The Nation was painfully divided, with turbulence in the cities and war overseas. During his Presidency, Nixon succeeded in ending American fighting in Viet Nam and improving relations with the U.S.S.R. and China. But the Watergate scandal brought fresh divisions to the country and ultimately led to his resignation. His election in 1968 had climaxed a career unusual on two counts: his early success and his comeback after being defeated for President in 1960 and for Governor of California in 1962. Born in California in 1913, Nixon had a brilliant record at Whittier College and Duke University Law School before beginning the practice of law. In 1940, he married Patricia Ryan; they had two daughters, Patricia (Tricia) and Julie. During World War II, Nixon served as a Navy lieutenant commander in the Pacific. On leaving the service, he was elected to Congress from his California district. In 1950, he won a Senate seat. Two years later, General Eisenhower selected Nixon, age 39, to be his running mate. As Vice President, Nixon took on major duties in the Eisenhower Administration. Nominated for President by acclamation in 1960, he lost by a narrow margin to John F. Kennedy. In 1968, he again won his party's nomination, and went on to defeat Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey and third-party candidate George C. Wallace. His accomplishments while in office included revenue sharing, the end of the draft, new anticrime laws, and a broad environmental program. As he had promised, he appointed Justices of conservative philosophy to the Supreme Court. One of the most dramatic events of his first term occurred in 1969, when American astronauts made the first moon landing. Some of his most acclaimed achievements came in his quest for world stability. During visits in 1972 to Beijing and Moscow, he reduced tensions with China and the U.S.S.R. His summit meetings with Russian leader Leonid I. Brezhnev produced a treaty to limit strategic nuclear weapons. In January 1973, he announced an accord with North Viet Nam to end American involvement in Indochina. In 1974, his Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger, negotiated disengagement agreements between Israel and its opponents, Egypt and Syria. In his 1972 bid for office, Nixon defeated Democratic candidate George McGovern by one of the widest margins on record. Within a few months, his administration was embattled over the so-called "Watergate" scandal, stemming from a break-in at the offices of the Democratic National Committee during the 1972 campaign. The break-in was traced to officials of the Committee to Re-elect the President. A number of administration officials resigned; some were later convicted of offenses connected with efforts to cover up the affair. Nixon denied any personal involvement, but the courts forced him to yield tape recordings which indicated that he had, in fact, tried to divert the investigation. As a result of unrelated scandals in Maryland, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew resigned in 1973. Nixon nominated, and Congress approved, House Minority Leader Gerald R. Ford as Vice President. Faced with what seemed almost certain impeachment, Nixon announced on August 8, 1974, that he would resign the next day to begin "that process of healing which is so desperately needed in America." In his last years, Nixon gained praise as an elder statesman. By the time of his death on April 22, 1994, he had written numerous books on his experiences in public life and on foreign policy. The Presidential biographies on WhiteHouse.gov are from “The Presidents of the United States of


Luxor international airport is in which country?

Profile on Luxor International Airport | CAPA - Centre for Aviation TAP Portugal Luxor International Airport serves the city of Luxor, Egypt . Luxor is a popular tourist destination, particularly for tourists travelling to the River Nile and the Valley of the Kings. The majority of traffic at Luxor is European charter traffic, but the airport is also well served by airlines from across North Africa , the Middle East and Europe . Location of Luxor International Airport, Egypt Source: CAPA - Centre for Aviation and Google Maps Ground Handlers and Cargo Handlers servicing Luxor International Airport This content is exclusively for CAPA Membership Subscribers Fuel & Oil Suppliers servicing Luxor International Airport This content is exclusively for CAPA Membership Subscribers   This content is exclusively for CAPA Membership Subscribers CAPA Membership gives you the latest aviation news and alerts, access to CAPA articles, reports, and our leading aviation data with optional premium add-ons. This content is exclusively for CAPA Membership Subscribers CAPA Membership gives you the latest aviation news and alerts, access to CAPA articles, reports, and our leading aviation data with optional premium add-ons. This content is exclusively for CAPA Membership Subscribers CAPA Membership gives you the latest aviation news and alerts, access to CAPA articles, reports, and our leading aviation data with optional premium add-ons. This content is exclusively for CAPA Membership Subscribers CAPA Membership gives you the latest aviation news and alerts, access to CAPA articles, reports, and our leading aviation data with optional premium add-ons. This content is exclusively for CAPA Membership Subscribers CAPA Membership gives you the latest aviation news and alerts, access to CAPA articles, reports, and our leading aviation data with optional premium add-ons. This content is exclusively for CAPA Membership Subscribers CAPA Membership gives you the latest aviation news and alerts, access to CAPA articles, reports, and our leading aviation data with optional premium add-ons. This content is exclusively for CAPA Membership Subscribers CAPA Membership gives you the latest aviation news and alerts, access to CAPA articles, reports, and our leading aviation data with optional premium add-ons. This content is exclusively for CAPA Membership Subscribers CAPA Membership gives you the latest aviation news and alerts, access to CAPA articles, reports, and our leading aviation data with optional premium add-ons. This content is exclusively for CAPA Membership Subscribers CAPA Membership gives you the latest aviation news and alerts, access to CAPA articles, reports, and our leading aviation data with optional premium add-ons. This content is exclusively for CAPA Membership Subscribers CAPA Membership gives you the latest aviation news and alerts, access to CAPA articles, reports, and our leading aviation data with optional premium add-ons.


Which country did Albert Einstein move to as the Nazis rose to power?

Albert Einstein Listen to an audio version of this page. Sorry, your browser does not support the audio element, please consider updating. Albert Einstein Albert Einstein did not talk until he was three years old. Albert Einstein was born in 1879 in Ulm, Germany. He attended school where he learned math and science. He was also taught at home. At home he learned Judaism and violin. He taught himself how to do geometry. Einstein felt that he would make a good math and physics teacher. In 1900, he graduated as a teacher. He had a very hard time finding a teaching job at a university. He took a temporary job as a high school teacher. That only lasted a short time. By 1902, he was working in an office that handed out patents on new inventions. He worked in the patent office for seven years. While working in the patent office, he wrote papers about his ideas on physics topics. His ideas were new and very good. In 1909, he was able to get a job teaching at a university. He continued to write about his ideas on physics. His ideas were so good that he was given the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921. Einstein was a very good scientist. He was also a good citizen. Einstein spoke out against the country in which he was born. He did not think that Germany should be fighting in World War I. Some Germans did not like the fact that he was speaking against his homeland. There were also some Germans that did not like the fact he was a Jew. Einstein went to the United States in 1932 to work at Princeton University. While he was in the United States, Nazis took control of Germany. Einstein spoke out against the Nazis that came to power in 1932. Once the Nazis were in control, he did not go back to Germany. He became a United States citizen in 1940. He contributed money to help the United States win World War II against Germany. Einstein became ill in 1949. He cut back on his travels and his workload. Einstein was so highly thought of that Israel offered him the job of President in 1952. He did not take the job because of his bad health. Einstein died in 1955 in Princeton, New Jersey. A Question


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Olympic success: How much does a gold medal cost? - BBC News BBC News Olympic success: How much does a gold medal cost? By Richard Anderson Business reporter, BBC News 7 August 2012 Read more about sharing. Close share panel Image caption The Great British team is on course for its best performance since the first London Olympics in 1908 How much does an Olympic gold medal cost? With a minimum six grams of gold and a large chunk of silver, the pithy answer is about £450. But as Britain basks in the glory of what is shaping up to be the most triumphant Olympics for Team GB in more than 100 years, it is worth reflecting for a moment on the reasons behind the success. Talent, punishing training regimes, pride in a home games and fervent support have of course played a key part in so many record-breaking performances. But, in the end, as cynical and unpalatable as it may sound, the main reason behind the team's overall success is cold, hard cash. Medal bonanza In the Atlanta Games in 1996, the British team won a grand total of one gold medal, and 15 in all. The following year, National Lottery funding was injected directly into elite Olympic sports for the first time. The return was instant. In the Sydney Games of 2000, the British team won 11 golds - the first time Britain won more than 10 golds since the Antwerp Games in 1920 - and 28 medals in total. Athens in 2004 saw a similar return, the last games before the Olympic Committee awarded the 2012 games to London. Investment in Olympic sports in the UK immediately rocketed in preparation for the country's first games since 1948, and again the return was both immediate and spectacular - the British team won 19 golds and 47 medals in total in Beijing in 2008. This graph was correct at time of publication. The latest full Olympic medals table can be seen here. "When Great Britain went to Beijing, the team benefited from £235m investment in training programmes in the years running up to the Olympics - that's a fourfold increase on what was spent [in the run up to Athens]," says Prof David Forrest, a sports economist at the University of Salford. "We spent an extra £165m and got 17 more medals, so that's about £10m a medal." 'Big impact' This massive increase in investment in elite sports was funded in large part by the National Lottery. "Lottery funding in the 90s has a lot to do with [Great Britain's recent success]," says Stefan Szymanski, professor of sports management at the University of Michigan. "That devotion of financial resources, particularly on building up elite teams, has had a big effect on Britain." Image caption More successful sports such as cycling receive greater funding, making them even more successful In fact, the Lottery accounts for about 60% of funding for GB's Olympic teams' preparation for the London Games. Almost 40% comes directly from the UK exchequer - in other words, directly from our pockets via taxes. This equates to about 80p a year per UK taxpayer. About £7m also comes from money raised by Team 2012, mainly through corporate sponsors. Just how big an impact all this money has had becomes even clearer when you look at individual sports. In Beijing, the most successful sports were those that received the most funding. Between them, athletics, cycling, rowing, sailing and swimming accounted for half of all Olympic team funding. They also accounted for 36 of the 47 medals won. The same pattern can be seen in the current Olympics - almost half of all funding went to these five sports and, so far, together they have won 27 out the 40 medals won. Of course, there is a chicken and egg element here, as funding is rewarded on the basis of success. Once the pattern in established, however, it is hard to break, as the more successful sports get more money, allowing them to become even more successful. Closed sports In fact, there are some sports that are in effect closed to all but the most wealthy nations. That really cost us... the money is the difference between silver and gold Kevan Gosper, Australian member of the International Olympic Committee "W


Raymond Burr, Actor, 76, Dies - Played Perry Mason and Ironside - NYTimes.com Raymond Burr, Actor, 76, Dies; Played Perry Mason and Ironside By WILLIAM GRIMES Published: September 14, 1993 Raymond Burr, the burly, impassive actor who played the defense lawyer Perry Mason and the police detective Robert T. Ironside on television, died on Sunday at his ranch in Dry Creek Valley, near Healdsburg, Calif. He was 76. The cause was kidney cancer, said his doctor, Paul J. Marguglio. Mr. Burr started his career playing Hollywood heavies, most notably in Alfred Hitchcock's film "Rear Window." But he captivated television audiences with his portrayal of the Los Angeles trial lawyer Perry Mason, who won his first case in September 1957 and continued an unbroken winning streak that lasted nine seasons. Gravelly-voiced and unrelentingly stern, with a habit of exhaling resonantly through his nostrils, Mason got to the bottom of seemingly unfathomable mysteries every week, relying on the private investigator Paul Drake (played by William Hopper) and his faithful secretary, Della Street (Barbara Hale), to defeat the hapless prosecutor Hamilton Burger (William Talman). To pull off his last-minute courtroom triumphs, Mason often broke down witnesses on the stand or produced surprise witnesses that left the prosecution's case a shambles. One year after "Perry Mason" went off the air in September 1966, Mr. Burr stepped into the role of Robert Ironside, the chief of detectives for the San Francisco police department, who worked from a wheelchair after a would-be assassin's bullet left him paralyzed from the waist down. A Peripatetic Youth Mr. Burr was born in New Westminster, British Columbia, not far from Vancouver. His father was a hardware dealer, and his mother was a pianist and music teacher. Soon after he was born, the family moved to China and lived there for five years. When Raymond was 6, his parents divorced, and his mother took him to live in a hotel that her father owned in Vallejo, Calif. He attended the San Rafael Military Academy but dropped out at 13 to help support his family in the Depression. After a year working on a cattle and sheep ranch, he returned to school, but he quit before completing junior high school. After leaving school, he ran a weather station for the Forest Service and for a time worked in China, where his family owned property. He took extension courses, taught school, worked as a traveling salesman and wrote short stories. Mr. Burr made his stage debut at 12 with a Vancouver stock company, and throughout his teen-age years he picked up occasional acting work. In 1941, he made his Broadway debut in the musical "Crazy With the Heart." He also appeared in "The Duke in Darkness" on Broadway in 1944 before entering the Navy. Mr. Burr left the Navy in 1946 weighing nearly 350 pounds, and he immediately landed work in films as a villain. His first screen role, in "Without Reservations" (1946), starring John Wayne and Claudette Colbert led to steady work. In all, he appeared in 90 films. He first made an impression in "Pitfall" (1948), a suspense film starring Dick Powell, and won critical praise as the district attorney who hounds Montgomery Clift in "A Place in the Sun" (1951) and as the murderer in "Rear Window" (1954). One of his most unusual credits was an appearance in the first Godzilla film as a journalist who relays an account of Godzilla's rampage. His other films include "San Quentin" (1947), "The Adventures of Don Juan" (1948), "A Cry in the Night" (1956) and "Desire in the Dust" (1960). More recently, he appeared in "Airplane II: The Sequel"(1982) and "Delirious" (1985). Landing His Biggest Role In 1957, Mr. Burr was chosen over contenders including Fred MacMurray and Efrem Zimbalist Jr. to play the starring role in "Perry Mason," a CBS-TV series based on the mystery novels of Erle Stanley Gardner. In the 1960-61 season, the show was among the five most popular on television, and Mr. Burr twice won Emmy Awards for best actor in a series. Even after the show was canceled, Mason lived on in syndicatio


Which broadcasting company did Edward J Noble found?

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In which decade did the Jackson 5 sign to Motown?

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Franklin D. Roosevelt | whitehouse.gov Air Force One Franklin D. Roosevelt Assuming the Presidency at the depth of the Great Depression as our 32nd President (1933-1945), Franklin D. Roosevelt helped the American people regain faith in themselves. Assuming the Presidency at the depth of the Great Depression, Franklin D. Roosevelt helped the American people regain faith in themselves. He brought hope as he promised prompt, vigorous action, and asserted in his Inaugural Address, "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself." Born in 1882 at Hyde Park, New York--now a national historic site--he attended Harvard University and Columbia Law School. On St. Patrick's Day, 1905, he married Eleanor Roosevelt. Following the example of his fifth cousin, President Theodore Roosevelt, whom he greatly admired, Franklin D. Roosevelt entered public service through politics, but as a Democrat. He won election to the New York Senate in 1910. President Wilson appointed him Assistant Secretary of the Navy, and he was the Democratic nominee for Vice President in 1920. In the summer of 1921, when he was 39, disaster hit-he was stricken with poliomyelitis. Demonstrating indomitable courage, he fought to regain the use of his legs, particularly through swimming. At the 1924 Democratic Convention he dramatically appeared on crutches to nominate Alfred E. Smith as "the Happy Warrior." In 1928 Roosevelt became Governor of New York. He was elected President in November 1932, to the first of four terms. By March there were 13,000,000 unemployed, and almost every bank was closed. In his first "hundred days," he proposed, and Congress enacted, a sweeping program to bring recovery to business and agriculture, relief to the unemployed and to those in danger of losing farms and homes, and reform, especially through the establishment of the Tennessee Valley Authority. By 1935 the Nation had achieved some measure of recovery, but businessmen and bankers were turning more and more against Roosevelt's New Deal program. They feared his experiments, were appalled because he had taken the Nation off the gold standard and allowed deficits in the budget, and disliked the concessions to labor. Roosevelt responded with a new program of reform: Social Security, heavier taxes on the wealthy, new controls over banks and public utilities, and an enormous work relief program for the unemployed. In 1936 he was re-elected by a top-heavy margin. Feeling he was armed with a popular mandate, he sought legislation to enlarge the Supreme Court, which had been invalidating key New Deal measures. Roosevelt lost the Supreme Court battle, but a revolution in constitutional law took place. Thereafter the Government could legally regulate the economy. Roosevelt had pledged the United States to the "good neighbor" policy, transforming the Monroe Doctrine from a unilateral American manifesto into arrangements for mutual action against aggressors. He also sought through neutrality legislation to keep the United States out of the war in Europe, yet at the same time to strengthen nations threatened or attacked. When France fell and England came under siege in 1940, he began to send Great Britain all possible aid short of actual military involvement. When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Roosevelt directed organization of the Nation's manpower and resources for global war. Feeling that the future peace of the world would depend upon relations between the United States and Russia, he devoted much thought to the planning of a United Nations, in which, he hoped, international difficulties could be settled. As the war drew to a close, Roosevelt's health deteriorated, and on April 12, 1945, while at Warm Springs, Georgia, he died of a cerebral hemorrhage.  The Presidential biographies on WhiteHouse.gov are from “The Presidents of the United States of America,” by Frank Freidel and Hugh Sidey. Copyright 2006 by the White House Historical Association. For more information about President Roosevelt, please visit


In which state is Harrah's Auto Collection situated?

THE LAST OF HARRAH / Enough of Reno tycoon's car collection is left to fill a museum - SFGate THE LAST OF HARRAH / Enough of Reno tycoon's car collection is left to fill a museum Michael Taylor, Chronicle Auto Editor Published 4:00 am, Sunday, February 25, 2007 Photo: By Lance Iversen Close Image 1 of 4 MOTORXXMUSIUM_1036.JPG There are four authentic street scenes, representing each quarter of the 20th century, with facades, autos, artifacts and sounds from each era. One side of each street contains building facades and the other side a timeline of events and achievements chronicling the history and progress of the automobile. A 1938 Packard is one of the 230 cars on display at Bill Harrah�s National Automobile Museum in Reno are housed in what has to be called a spectacular building just a few blocks from his famous hotel-casino Harrah�s on Virginia Street in downtown Reno. AUGUST 3, 2006. RENO.By Lance Iversen/San Francisco Chronicle MANDATORY CREDIT PHOTOG AND SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE/NO SALES MAGS OUT less MOTORXXMUSIUM_1036.JPG There are four authentic street scenes, representing each quarter of the 20th century, with facades, autos, artifacts and sounds from each era. One side of each street contains building ... more Photo: By Lance Iversen Image 2 of 4 MOTORXXMUSIUM_0992.JPG A 1914 Mercer 450 race Car powered by a 4-cylinder T-head 150hp engine is one of the 230 cars on display at Bill Harrah�s National Automobile Museum in Reno. The museum is housed in what has to be called a spectacular building just a few blocks from his famous hotel-casino Harrah�s on Virginia Street in downtown Reno. AUGUST 3, 2006.RENO. By Lance Iversen/San Francisco Chronicle MANDATORY CREDIT PHOTOG AND SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE/NO SALES MAGS OUT less MOTORXXMUSIUM_0992.JPG A 1914 Mercer 450 race Car powered by a 4-cylinder T-head 150hp engine is one of the 230 cars on display at Bill Harrah�s National Automobile Museum in Reno. The museum is housed in ... more Photo: By Lance Iversen Image 3 of 4 MOTORXXMUSIUM_1039 There are four authentic street scenes, representing each quarter of the 20th century, with facades, autos, artifacts and sounds from each era. One side of each street contains building facades and the other side a timeline of events and achievements chronicling the history and progress of the automobile. A jeep Wagoner powered by a Ferrari engine is one of the 230 cars on display at Bill Harrah�s National Automobile Museum in Reno are housed in what has to be called a spectacular building just a few blocks from his famous hotel-casino Harrah�s on Virginia Street in downtown Reno. AUGUST 3, 2006. RENO. By Lance Iversen/San Francisco Chronicle less MOTORXXMUSIUM_1039 There are four authentic street scenes, representing each quarter of the 20th century, with facades, autos, artifacts and sounds from each era. One side of each street contains building ... more Photo: Lance Iversen Image 4 of 4 MOTORXXMUSIUM_0989.JPG A visitor to the Bill Harrah�s National Automobile Museum in Reno takes a photograph of a 1908 Franklin powered by a 16HP air-cooled 4-cylinder engine. 230 cars are housed in what has to be called a spectacular building just a few blocks from his famous hotel-casino Harrah�s on Virginia Street in downtown Reno. AUGUST 3, 2006. RENO.By Lance Iversen/San Francisco Chronicle MANDATORY CREDIT PHOTOG AND SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE/NO SALES MAGS OUT less MOTORXXMUSIUM_0989.JPG A visitor to the Bill Harrah�s National Automobile Museum in Reno takes a photograph of a 1908 Franklin powered by a 16HP air-cooled 4-cylinder engine. 230 cars are housed in what has ... more Photo: By Lance Iversen THE LAST OF HARRAH / Enough of Reno tycoon's car collection is left to fill a museum 1 / 4 Back to Gallery 2007-02-25 04:00:00 PDT Reno -- The 230 cars on display are great, let's make no mistake about that, but it is the eclectic nature of Bill Harrah's car-collecting brain, his innate curiosity and the manic nature of his hands-on collecting that are really the stamp of the National Automobile Museum . And the stamp comes in ways subt


What was the name of Gene Autry's horse?

GeneAutry.com: Gene Autry: Champion, World's Wonder Horse Champion, World's Wonder Horse Champion appeared with Gene Autry as his partner and sidekick throughout their legendary career in film, radio, and television. Original Champion in Home on the Prairie, 1939 There were three "official" Champions that performed in Autry films and several specialized Champions, such as Little Champ, Lindy Champion, Touring Champion, and Champion Three. Other horses, for which we have no documentation at this time, served as doubles for movie stunts and personal appearances. The Original Champion was sorrel-colored, had a blaze down his face and white stockings on all his legs except the right front. His first onscreen credit was for 1935's Melody Trail. He died while Gene was in the service. Champion Jr., c. 1950 Gene's second screen horse was Champion Jr., a lighter sorrel with four stockings and a narrow blaze, who appeared in films until 1950. While onscreen with Republic, Champion Jr. was billed as "Wonder Horse of the West," and at Columbia, he was known as "World's Wonder Horse." The third screen horse, Television Champion, costarred in Gene's last films and also appeared on television in The Gene Autry Show and The Adventures of Champion during the fifties. Also a light sorrel with four white stockings, he resembled Champion Jr. but had a thick blaze. In the late forties, Little Champ joined Gene's stable. A well-trained trick pony, this blaze-faced sorrel with four stockings appeared in three of Gene's films and made personal appearances. Rushing from a movie set in Hollywood to his annual appearance at Madison Square Garden for the World's Championship Rodeo in 1940, Lindy Champion made aviation history as the first horse to fly from California to New York. Gene used Lindy, a sorrel with four white stockings and an oval-topped blaze, for personal appearances. Touring Champion on parade, c. 1953 Touring Champion and Champion Three were also personal appearance horses. A darker sorrel with four white stockings and a medium-wide blaze, Touring Champion appeared at rodeos and stage shows in the late forties and fifties and has his hoof prints next to Gene's handprints at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood. Champion Three appeared with Gene on the road from the late fifties until 1960, when the sorrel with four white stockings and a crooked blaze retired happily to Gene's Melody Ranch in Newhall, California, where he died in 1990. Touring Champion taking tea at London's Savoy Hotel, 1953 Collectively, the Champions performed the world's largest repertory of horse tricks, including dancing the hula and the Charleston, jumping through a ring of fire, and playing dead. Greeting crowds from Brownwood, Texas, to Dublin, Ireland, Touring Champion even enjoyed a proper high tea at the Savoy in London. Always popular, Champion received thousands of fan letters each month, proving that the World's Wonder Horse was an important element in the Singing Cowboy's success. Throughout their careers, Gene Autry and Champion were featured in dime novels, children's stories, and comic books. Champion even received equal billing with Gene above the leading ladies on movie posters and lobby cards promoting Autry films. If you'd like to know more about Champion and horses in the movies, we recommend the book Hollywood Hoofbeats: Trails Blazed Across the Silver Screen by Petrine Day Mitchum with Audrey Pavia. For details, read here . You'll also find information on Champion and Gene's movies and television shows in the book Gene Autry Westerns by Boyd Magers. For details, read here . A variety of horses were known as Champion over the years. To learn more about each horse's role in Gene's career, click on the photos below.


Which city has a sports team of Steelers and team of Pirates?

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What did Fort Dearborn, Indian Territory change its name to?

American-Indian Wars - Native American History - HISTORY.com Google American-Indian Wars Warfare between Europeans and Indians was common in the seventeenth century. In 1622, the Powhatan Confederacy nearly wiped out the struggling Jamestown colony. Frustrated at the continuing conflicts, Nathaniel Bacon and a group of vigilantes destroyed the Pamunkey Indians before leading an unsuccessful revolt against colonial authorities in 1676. Intermittent warfare also plagued early Dutch colonies in New York . In New England, Puritan forces annihilated the Pequots in 1636-1637, a campaign whose intensity seemed to foreshadow the future. Subsequent attacks inspired by Metacom (King Philip) against English settlements sparked a concerted response from the New England Confederation. Employing Indian auxiliaries and a scorched-earth policy, the colonists nearly exterminated the Narragansetts, Wampanoags, and Nipmucks in 1675-1676. A major Pueblo revolt also threatened Spanish-held New Mexico in 1680. Did You Know? On November 29, 1864, one of the most infamous events of the American-Indian wars occured when 650 Colorado volunteer forces attacked a Cheyenne and Arapho encampent along Sand Creek. Although they had already begun topeace negotiationswith the U.S. government, more than 150 Native Americans were killed and mutilated, more than 2/3 of which were women and children. Indians were also a key factor in the imperial rivalries among France, Spain, and England. In King William’s (1689-1697), Queen Anne’s (1702-1713), and King George’s (1744-1748) wars, the French sponsored Abnaki and Mohawk raids against the more numerous English. Meanwhile, the English and their trading partners, the Chickasaws and often the Cherokees, battled the French and associated tribes for control of the lower Mississippi River valley and the Spanish in western Florida . More decisive was the French and Indian War (1754-1763). The French and their Indian allies dominated the conflict’s early stages, turning back several English columns in the north. Particularly serious was the near-annihilation of Gen. Edward Braddock’s force of thirteen hundred men outside of Fort Duquesne in 1755. But with English minister William Pitt infusing new life into the war effort, British regulars and provincial militias overwhelmed the French and absorbed all of Canada. But eighteenth-century conflicts were not limited to the European wars for empire. In Virginia and the Carolinas, English-speaking colonists pushed aside the Tuscaroras, the Yamasees, and the Cherokees. The Natchez, Chick asaw, and Fox Indians resisted French domination, and the Apaches and Comanches fought against Spanish expansion into Texas . In 1763, an Ottawa chief, Pontiac, forged a powerful confederation against British expansion into the Old Northwest. Although his raids wreaked havoc upon the surrounding white settlements, the British victory in the French and Indian War combined with the Proclamation of 1763 , which forbade settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains, soon eroded Pontiac’s support. Most of the Indians east of the Mississippi River now perceived the colonial pioneers as a greater threat than the British government. Thus northern tribes, especially those influenced by Mohawk chief Thayendanegea (Joseph Brant), generally sided with the Crown during the American War for Independence. In 1777, they joined the Tories and the British in the unsuccessful offensives of John Burgoyne and Barry St. Leger in upstate New York. Western Pennsylvania and New York became savage battlegrounds as the conflict spread to the Wyoming and Cherry valleys. Strong American forces finally penetrated the heart of Iroquois territory, leaving a wide swath of destruction in their wake. In the Midwest, George Rogers Clark captured strategic Vincennes for the Americans, but British agents based at Detroit continued to sponsor Tory and Indian forays as far south as Kentucky . The Americans resumed the initiative in 1782, when Clark marched northwest into Shawnee and Delaware country, ransacking villages and inflict