entire war. His life is one of the brightest glories of our Air Service. He went on a rampage and shot down fourteen enemy aircraft‚ including ten balloons‚ in eight days. No other ace‚ even the dreaded Richthofen‚ had ever come close to that." ~ Eddie Rickenbacker Frank Luke Jr. was born May 19‚ 1897 in Phoenix‚ Arizona and would live not only to become an Arizonan Hero but a true American Hero. As the last of five children in his family Frank grew and developed while excelling athletically‚ through
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What’s a successful person’s greatest resource in difficult times? Good thinking! Good thinkers are always in demand. A person who knows how may always have a job‚ but the person who knows why will always be his boss. Good thinkers solve problems‚ they never lack ideas for building an organization‚ and they always have hope for a better future. Good thinkers rarely find themselves at the mercy of ruthless people who would take advantage of them or try to deceive them‚ people like Nazi dictator
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Beatles – The early influences and their guitars 1. Foreword It’s been almost four decades from the decomposition of the Fab Four‚ also known as The Beatles‚ but the universal love towards the band shows no sign of fading. The nostalgia is still substantial and it’s obvious when thinking about the influence they have given to the popular culture in their active years. The essay you’re currently reading focuses on the Fab Four’s musical equipment‚ mainly guitars and the stories behind them
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These were very primitive‚ ineffective‚ and inaccurate. In 1915‚ Roland Garros‚ a French allied pilot‚ attached a machine gun to the front of his plane. This was unheard of because he needed to fire through the propeller. Many thought this was suicidal but Garros had put steel plates on the rear of the propeller blades to deflect any bullets. The unsuspecting Germans failed to evade the oncoming Garros and consequently within sixteen days he had taken down five German planes and became the first
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The History of the Electric Guitar The desire to increase the sound of the guitar existed long before the development of electrical amplifiers and speakers. Musical performances in the 19th century were characterized by ever-larger concert settings and ensembles. Musicians needed louder and more powerful instruments‚ which became possible by using new materials and designs. The introduction of steel strings in the 19th century meant not only greater volume‚ but greater tension on instruments
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Bibliography Axelrod‚ Alan‚ Ph.D. and Charles Phillips. What Every American Should Know About American History: 200 Events That Shaped the Nation‚ Second Edition. Massachusetts: Adams Media‚ 2004. Bosco‚ Peter I. America at War: World War I. New York: Facts on File‚ Inc.‚ 1991. Dowsell‚ Paul. Weapons and Technology of World War I. Illinois: Heinemann Library‚ 2002. Lopez‚ Donald S. in Association with the National Air and Space Museum‚ Washington‚ D.C. Smithsonian Guides: Aviation
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History of the Guitar In this essay I will research: - The history of the Guitar‚ from the origins of the instrument‚ up until the present day - The technological advances of the instrument - The main practitioners of the instrument and how they changed the way the guitar was used or thought of. The guitar is possibly the most well known and widely played instrument in modern times. There have been instruments similar to the guitar for at least 5‚000 years. The oldest known
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IRS REPORT THE BEST SINGLE-COIL PICKUP ELECTRIC GUITAR FOR BEGINNERS STUDENT’S NAME: IBRAHIM SHOEB BURHANUDDIN [29] CLASS: 2E7 TEACHER’S NAME: Mr KENNETH Abstract This report investigates the popular single-coil pickup electric guitars and examines suitability of an electric guitar of type mentioned for a beginner guitarist. A brief history and introduction to the electric guitar is also included in the report. The report then goes on to talk about advantages and disadvantages of a single-coil
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The Gospel of the Blues By: Nikita Gabrielle Taggart Nikita Taggart MUS 426 Dr. Lewis 5/1/14 Have you ever gone out on a Saturday night to hear someone sing the blues? In the same respect‚ gone to a church the next morning and heard a gospel soloist? If not‚ one might think that these two musical expressions have nothing in common with one another. However‚ by listening to the motivic development‚ form‚ and studying their histories‚ one will come to learn how similar
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1. Who invented the telephone? (a) Thomas Alva Edison (b) Galileo (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) G. Marconi Answer: (c) 2. Who invented the railway engine? (a) Charles Babbage (b) Isaac Newton (c) James Watt (d) George Stephenson Answer: (d) 3. Who invented Radar? (a) Henrey Becquerel (b) Max Planck (c) Robert Watson Watt (d) Humphrey Davy Answer: (c) 4. Who invented polio vaccine (oral)? (a) Albert Sabin (b) Burkholder (c) Luise Pasture (d) Jonas Salk Answer:
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