Known as "The Singing Cowboy" who had his biggest hit record with the original recording of "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer"?

Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer by Gene Autry Songfacts Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer by Gene Autry Songfacts Songfacts The story of Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer was written in 1939 by Robert L. May, a copywriter for the Chicago-based Montgomery Ward department stores, as a promotional gift for the store's customers. The stores had bought and distributed coloring books every Christmas and saw writing their own story as a way to save money. Montgomery Ward distributed 2.4 million copies of the Rudolph booklet in 1939. A total of 6 million copies had been given out by the end of 1946, even though wartime paper shortages restricted printing. The story reflects May's own childhood difficulties as the smallest boy in his class. He was taunted for being a frail, scrawny misfit. The reindeer was almost named Rollo or Reginald. May considered both these named before settling on Rudolph. Rudolph's story was made into a song when May's brother-in-law, songwriter Johnny Marks, developed the lyrics and melody for it. Marks' musical version was first recorded by Gene Autry in 1949, selling 2 million copies that year. Autry didn't want anything to do with this song. It was his wife who talked him into recording it, and it went on to become the second biggest-selling Christmas song of all time, next to Bing Crosby's " White Christmas ." Crosby also recorded "Rudolph" and landed at #14 on the pop chart in 1950. >> Suggestion credit: Jeff - Boston, MA Autry was known as "The Singing Cowboy." He teamed up with Roy Rogers in the 1930s and '40s to make movies in a new genre called "Musical Westerns." Autry had his own TV show in the 1950s and was the owner of the California Angels baseball team, which later became the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Autry, who died in 1998, is the only person with five stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, which he earned for motion pictures, radio, music recording, television, and live theater. This song was the basis for a children's TV Special made in 1964. It was narrated by Burl Ives, and became a Christmas classic. The Chipmunks did a version that was a hit in Christmastime, 1960, reaching #21 US. The same year, a version by The Melodeers went to #71 and Paul Anka's rendition made #104. Johnny Marks had the idea for the song jotted down in his songbook for 10 years before developing it. He spoke about the tune's legacy with interviewer Ian Whitcomb: "I thought it was going to be a hit, but a regular hit. I didn't think it was just going to go on forever." Marks also penned the Christmas classics " Holly Jolly Christmas " and " Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree ." Because Autry's reputation was that of a Western star, he didn't feel suited to sing a Christmas song. Marks, however, was determined to change Autry's mind (even though he'd never met him). He enlisted an unknown singer named Al Cernik to record a demo in the style of Autry and shipped it to the star in California. After a long wait - and some prodding from his wife - Autry agreed to record the tune. As for Al Cernik, he became Guy Mitchell, who had a #1 hit in 1956 with "Singing the Blues." The song earned Marks millions in royalties but by 1980, he was tired of being chained to Santa's sleigh. "This is not exactly what I hoped to be remembered for," he told People magazine of the enduring classic. "No matter what I write, they always say the same thing: 'It's just not 'Rudolph.'" The Temptations included this on their 1970 holiday album, The Temptations Christmas Card. The R&B-flavored cover landed on Billboard's Christmas Singles chart twice, at #16 in 1970 and #3 in 1971.


In James Fenimore Cooper's classic story, how is the character Uncas referred to in the novel's title?

J. F. Cooper: The Last of the Mohicans - YouTube J. F. Cooper: The Last of the Mohicans Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. The interactive transcript could not be loaded. Loading... Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Jun 12, 2012 James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 -- September 14, 1851) was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century. He is best remembered as a novelist who wrote numerous sea-stories and the historical novels known as the Leatherstocking Tales, featuring frontiersman Natty Bumppo. Among his most famous works is the Romantic novel The Last of the Mohicans, often regarded as his masterpiece. The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757 is a historical novel by James Fenimore Cooper, first published in February 1826. It is the second book of the Leatherstocking Tales pentalogy and the best known. The Pathfinder, published 14 years later in 1840, is its sequel. The story takes place in 1757, during the French and Indian War (the Seven Years' War), when France and Great Britain battled for control of the North American colonies. The story takes place "Just West of the Cuyahoga", in the Cleveland, Ohio, Metropark regions in Lorain and Cuyahoga counties. During this war, the French called on allied Native American tribes to fight against the more numerous British colonists in this region. While the book does take liberty in the exact location of the battles depicted, it is believed that the ending battle took place in the French Creek Reserve in Avon, Ohio and Sheffield, Ohio. Cooper named a principal character Uncas after a well-known Mohegan sachem (a head chief) who had been an ally of the English in 17th-century Connecticut. Cooper seemed to confuse or merge the names of the two tribes—Mohegan and Mahican. Cooper's well-known book helped confuse popular understanding of the tribes to the present day. After the death of John Uncas in 1842, the last surviving male descendant of Uncas, the Newark Daily Advertiser wrote, "Last of the Mohegans Gone," lamenting the extinction of the tribe. The writer did not realize the Mohegan people still existed. They continue to survive today and are a federally recognized tribe based in Connecticut. The Mahican were based in the Hudson River Valley and continue to survive today as a federally recognized Indian tribe as the Stockbridge-Munsee Community in Wisconsin. The novel was one of the most popular in English in its time, although critics identified narrative flaws. Its length and formal prose style have limited its appeal to later readers, yet The Last of the Mohicans remains widely read in American literature courses. The character Chingachgook speaks a line that holds the title, saying, "[W]hen Uncas follows in my footsteps, there will no longer be any of the blood of the sagamores, for my boy is the last of the Mohicans." The title is also referred to near the end of the book, when Tamenund says, "I have lived to see the last warrior of the wise race of the Mohicans." This audio collection contains a treasury of 100 classic books and includes info on the life and times of the author, the theme of the book, the characters, the story outline, a concise yet detailed abridgement of the story and a discussion of the values that make each book one of the great classical works of literature. © ''IntelliQuest World's 100 Greatest Books'' 1995 Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. Category


Who succeeded General Joseph Johnston as the Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia?

Joseph E. Johnston Joseph E. Johnston Tweet General Joseph E. Johnston (Library of Congress) Joseph Eggleston Johnston was born in Farmville, Virginia in 1807. He attended and graduated from West Point in 1829 ranked 13th of 46 cadets, and was then appointed to second lieutenant in the 4th U.S. Artillery.  After several years he resigned from the Army to study civil engineering and was a topographer for a war ship in the Second Seminole War, where action there convinced him to rejoin the army.  He served with honors in the Mexican-American War, the Seminole Wars, and as a quartermaster general in California in 1860. When Virginia seceded, Johnston was the highest-ranking U.S. Army officer to resign his commission.  He was appointed brigadier general, and relieved Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson of his post at Harpers Ferry in May of 1861, and then organized the Army of the Shenandoah in July of that same year. Johnston contributed to the successes at First Manassas, but it is documented that the more junior PGT Beauregard was more responsible for the actions there. In August, Johnston was promoted to full general—what is called a four-star general in the modern U.S. Army—but was not pleased that three other men he had outranked in the "old army" now outranked him. Only Beauregard was placed behind Johnston on the list of five new generals, thus creating a tension between Johnston and Davis that would last throughout the war.  Johnston was the original commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, then known as Army of the Potomac.  From this position he would defend Richmond from invading Union general George B. McClellan in the Peninsula Campaign.  Cornered, Johnston finally attacked in the Battle of Seven Pines on May 31, 1862.  The battle was a draw, but prevented McClellan from advancing on Richmond.  Johnston was wounded at the battle, providing Davis with the opportunity to appoint Robert E. Lee to command in Johnston’s stead; Lee held this position for the remainder of the war.  After recovering from his wounds, Johnston went on to command in the western theater, and was involved but not fully in control of the conflicts at Vicksburg and Chattanooga.  Johnston employed his withdrawal strategies to defend against Union general Sherman ’s advance from Chattanooga to Atlanta, and defeated Sherman at the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain.  Johnston’s weak offensive strategy and caution caused Davis to remove him from command in July of 1864.  After much public clamor, Davis reinstated him as commander of a loosely collected department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida.  They were undermanned and under-supplied, but still had some short lived success at Bentonville.  After many retreats and withdrawals, Johnston finally surrendered the Army of Tennessee and all remaining forces still active in his department to Sherman in April of 1865.  It was the largest single surrender of war at 89,270 soldiers.   Post war, Johnston served in many business ventures, and later as a U.S. Congressman before dying of pneumonia in 1891, which was contracted at Sherman’s funeral for which he was a pallbearer. He is buried in Baltimore, Maryland.   Want the Latest? Follow us on Twitter and Facebook:


The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral took place in which city?

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral | World History Project Oct 26 1881 3:00PM Gunfight at the O.K. Corral The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral was a gunfight that occurred at about 3 P.M. on Wednesday, October 26, 1881, in Tombstone, Arizona Territory, United States. The famous gunfight did not actually occur at the O.K. Corral. It occurred in a fifteen- to twenty-foot space between Fly's Lodging House and photographic studio, and the MacDonald assay house west of it. The end of the gunfight took place in Fremont Street. Some of the fighting was in Fremont Street in front of the vacant lot. About thirty shots were fired in thirty seconds. Although only three men were killed during the gunfight, it is generally regarded as the most famous gunfight in the history of the Old West, even though many other gunfights of the period resulted in more people killed (e.g., the Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight, the Going Snake Massacre, the Hot Springs Gunfight, and the Gunfight at Hide Park). The gunfight at the O.K. Corral has been portrayed in numerous Western films. It has come to symbolize the struggle between law-and-order and open-banditry and rustling in frontier towns of the Old West, where law enforcement was often weak or simply nonexistent. In other views, the fight was a more complex embodiment of some of the tensions of the American Civil War of a generation before. One group of fighters represented rural Democrats from Texas who were involved in the cattle-trade in a remote area of Arizona territory which had been desert just a few years before. The other faction (the Earps) had come from the East with the frontier, and represented the very different city interests of Yankee Republican capitalists and businessmen who were attempting to manage a silver-mining boom-town with Eastern expectations of behavior. The gunfight occurred on the physical border of these two cultures. The proximate cause of the conflict that led up to the fight was the arrest by Virgil Earp, acting in his capacity as deputy federal marshal, of two rural “cowboys” for a stagecoach robbery. Drunken threats made by another cowboy against the Earps set them on guard, and when family and friends of the drunken man arrived in town on horseback the next day fully-armed, there was a misunderstanding about how and where they should disarm according to city law. Within hours, both new arrivals were dead, as also was a Cowboy standing with them, who had illegally failed to surrender his pistol the previous day. Law enforcement (the three Earp brothers and "Doc" Holliday) were eventually exonerated of the killings, but later assassinations and assassination attempts against the Earps over the next six months led to a series of killings and retributions, often with federal and county lawmen supporting different sides of the conflict. The series of battles, known as the Earp Vendetta Ride, finally ended with Virgil Earp permanently crippled by gunfire and his brother Morgan killed. The Earps and Holliday were also forced to flee the territory to Colorado and California, never to return to Arizona. Source: Wikipedia Added by: Brian Hand WARFARE OF THE EARPS AND CLANTONS Undoubtedly the most notorious episode of Tombstone's early history occurred October 26, 1881. The Clanton gang of cowboys had refused to recognize the local supremacy of the Earps, and there was bad blood between the factions. On the night of October 25, Ike Clanton, a prominent, though decidedly not plucky, member of the cowboy faction, had been arrested by City Marshal Virgil Earp and had been fined $50 for disorderly conduct, which appears to have been merely in objecting to the marshal's abuse. On the morning of the 26th of the Clanton gang in Tombstone were Tom McLaury, Frank McLaury, Billy Clanton and Ike Clanton. They had appreciated the intimation that Tombstone was unhealthy for them and had saddled their horses to leave for their home ranch in the Babocomari Mountains. The horses were in the O. K. Corral, which fronted on two streets. Fearing trouble, they planned to leave by the rear gate, on F


Which country is situated on the west coast of Africa between Ghana and Liberia?

Africa Africa Burkina Faso Burkina Faso is a landlocked West African state. With a total border length of 3,192 kilometers (1,984 miles), Burkina Faso is bordered by Mali to the north and west; Niger to the east; and Benin, Togo, Ghana, and Cote d'Ivoire to the south. Cameroon Located on the west coast of Central Africa, Cameroon covers an area of 475,400 square kilometers (183,695 square miles), slightly more than California. Land boundaries extend for a total of 4,591 kilometers (2,853 miles) between Nigeria to the northwest, Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic (C.A.R.) to the east, and the Republic of the Congo, Gabon, and Equatorial Guinea to the south. Cape Verde Cape Verde is an archipelago of 10 islands and 5 islets situated 483 kilometers (300 miles) due west of Dakar, Senegal, in the North Atlantic Ocean. Cape Verde's total land area is 4,033 square kilometers (1,557 square miles), which makes it slightly larger than the U.S. Central African Republic The former French colony of Ubangi-Shari, now the Central African Republic (CAR), is well named; it is a landlocked country in the center of the African continent. Land boundaries extend for 5,203 kilometers (3,233 miles) connecting Cameroon to the west, Chad and Sudan to the north, and the Republic of Congo and the Democratic Republic of Congo to the south. Chad The former French colony of Chad, a landlocked country located in northern Central Africa, is more than 3 times the size of California. The country has an area of 1,284,000 square kilometers (495,755 square miles), with a land boundary length of 5,968 kilometers (3,708 miles). Congo, Republic of The; The Republic of the Congo (ROC) is located in Western Africa and has an area of 342,000 square kilometers (132,000 square miles). It has a modest coastline of 169 kilometers (105 miles) along the Atlantic Ocean in the southwest and shares land borders with Gabon, Cameroon, and the Central African Republic on the west and north. Côte D'ivoire Côte d'Ivoire (which means "Ivory Coast") is a West African country bordering the North Atlantic Ocean between Ghana and Liberia. It has an area of 322,460 square kilometers (124,502 square miles) of which 318,000 square kilometers (122,780 square miles) are occupied by land while water occupies the remaining 4,460 square kilometers (1,722 square miles). Djibouti Djibouti is situated in the Horn of Africa, at the southern entrance to the Red Sea, bordering the Gulf of Aden. To the north lies Eritrea with a shared border of 113 kilometers (70 miles); to the north, west, and southwest lies Ethiopia, with a border length of 337 kilometers (209 miles); and to the southeast lies Somalia, with a border length of 58 kilometers (36 miles). Egypt The Arab Republic of Egypt is located in North Africa, bordering on the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Libya to the west, the Gaza Strip to the east, and Sudan to the south. With an area of 1,001,450 square kilometers (386,659 square miles) and a coastline of 2,450 kilometers (1,522 miles), Egypt is slightly more than 3 times the size of New Mexico. Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea is a small West African nation of 28,051 square kilometers (10,830 square miles), roughly the same size as Maryland. It consists of a mainland enclave called Río Muni, on the west coast of Africa bordering Cameroon and Gabon, and 5 small islands off the coast of Cameroon in the Bight of Biafra: Bioko, Annobón, Corisco, and the 2 small islands known together as Islas Elobey. Eritrea Eritrea is an eastern African country occupying an area of 121,320 square kilometers (46,841 square miles), which makes it slightly larger than the state of Pennsylvania. It borders Sudan to the north and west, Ethiopia and Djibouti to the south, and the Red Sea to the east. Ethiopia Located in the Horn of Africa— the pointy peninsula-like landmass that emanates out of the eastern part of the continent—Ethiopia has a total area of 1,127,127 square kilometers (935,183 square miles), rendering it slightly less than twice the size of Texas. A landlocked country complet


What was the title of the Janis Joplin album released in 1971, four months after her death?

Pearl - Janis Joplin — Listen and discover music at Last.fm Pearl 60s Pearl is an album by Janis Joplin, released on February 1, 1971 - four months after her death from a heroin overdose. It is her fourth album and the only album she recorded with Full Tilt Boogie. The album has a more polished feel than the albums she recorded with Big Brother and the Holding Company and the Kozmic Blues Band due to the expertise of producer Paul A. Rothchild and her new backing musicians. Rothchild was best known as the… read more Don't want to see ads? Subscribe now Tracklist


What is the most populated country in the world?

Most Populated Countries in the World - Top Ten Countries With Lowest Murder Rates Most Populated Countries in the World Top Ten Most Populated Countries is an interactive map showing countries with highest population. Top countries include China, India and USA. Interactive Map Disclaimer: All efforts have been made to make this image accurate. However Compare Infobase Limited,its directors and employees do not own any responsibility for the correctness or authenticity of the same. Static Map Disclaimer Close Disclaimer : All efforts have been made to make this image accurate. However Compare Infobase Limited,its directors and employees do not own any responsibility for the correctness or authenticity of the same. Population of the world is increasing day by day and as per the latest estimates the world population in standing close to 7 billion. Most populated countries map is a representation of the top 10 countries contributing the most towards this population explosion. Map of most populated countries indicates that China with a total population of 1,35,56,92,576 China contributes 20% towards the world population. In the list of most populated countries, china takes the first spot. As per the stats on the map, India with a total population of 1,23,63,44,631, United States with a total population of 31,88,92,103, Indonesia with a total population of 25,36,09,643 and Brazil with a total population of 20,26,56,788 have taken the spot of second to fifth respectively. Map of most populated countries also indicates that Russia has the lowest population density and Bangladesh has the highest population density in this list of top 10 most populated countries of the world.


What song has provided hit singles for the Rolling Stones, Melanie and Rod Stewart?

The Rolling Stones (Jagger & Richards) The Rolling Stones (Jagger & Richards) Musician/Band London, UK Biography The creative partnership at the heart of The Rolling Stones, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, have written some of the best-loved songs of the past five decades, and have been mainstays of the charts for just as long, not only as performers but also as composers. Mick Jagger and Keith Richards are currently garnering superlative reviews on their group's 50th Tour, demonstrating with every show the lasting appeal of their peerless, self-penned repertoire. Their zeitgeist-defining, chart-topping singles of the sixties 'The Last Time', '(I Can't Get No) read more ... The creative partnership at the heart of The Rolling Stones, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, have written some of the best-loved songs of the past five decades, and have been mainstays of the charts for just as long, not only as performers but also as composers. Mick Jagger and Keith Richards are currently garnering superlative reviews on their group's 50th Tour, demonstrating with every show the lasting appeal of their peerless, self-penned repertoire. Their zeitgeist-defining, chart-topping singles of the sixties 'The Last Time', '(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction', 'Let's Spend The Night Together', 'Jumpin' 'Jack Flash' and 'Honky Tonk Women' have been covered by the likes of The Who, Otis Redding, Devo, Britney Spears, David Bowie and Aretha Franklin as well as Ike & Tina Turner. Seventies cuts such as 'Wild Horses', ‘Tumbling Dice’ and ‘Beast Of Burden’ have become just as timeless and been successfully revived by Susan Boyle, Linda Ronstadt and Bette Midler respectively. Eighties biggie ‘Start Me Up ‘has proved a winner several times over, featuring in memorable marketing campaigns for Microsoft in 1995, Ford in 2003 and Omega in 2012, and demonstrating the cross-generational potential of the Jagger and Richards songbook. Another of their recent compositions, the soulful ballad ‘Streets Of Love*’, was used by Vodafone Italy in 2005 and featured in several episodes of the NBC soap ‘Days Of’ ‘Our Lives’. Indeed, film-makers as diverse as Martin Scorsese, Stanley Kubrick, Ron Howard, Terry Gilliam, Spike Jonze and Wes Anderson have included Mick Jagger and Keith Richards compositions in their movie soundtracks, while vibrant, current rocker ‘Doom And Gloom*’, the latest addition to their considerable catalogue, is featured in ‘A Good Day To Die Hard’, the recent blockbuster starring Bruce Willis. Childhood friends and classmates in their native Dartford, Kent in the 1950s, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards lost touch after attending different schools in their teens but reconnected when they met at their local train station in 1960. Having bonded over their mutual love of American rhythm and blues, they formed the Rolling Stones primarily as a vehicle to popularize that type of music in the UK. However, their songwriting ability was apparent as early as 1964 when they included their own composition, the pop ballad ‘Tell’ ‘Me’,’ ‘on their eponymous debut album. “It's very different from doing those R&B covers or Marvin Gaye covers and all that. There's a definite feel about it. It's a very pop song, as opposed to all the blues songs and the Motown covers, which everyone did at the time,” Mick Jagger told ‘Rolling Stone ‘magazine's Jann Wenner in 1995. Andrew Loog Oldham, the group's manager through most of the 1960s, wanted Mick Jagger and Keith Richards to compose more original material for the Rolling Stones to record so he simply locked them up in a kitchen until they came up with the goods. The result, the epochal ‘As Tears’ ‘Go By’, became a UK Top Ten hit for Marianne Faithfull in 1964. “We had two lines and an interesting chord sequence, and then something else took over somewhere in this process. I don't want to say mystical but you can't put your finger on it. Once you've got that idea, the rest of it will come. It's like you planted a seed,” Keith Richards recalls in’ Life’, his autobiography. “With ‘As Tears Go By’, we weren't trying to write a c


Which alloy is created using copper and tin?

Copper-Tin Alloys: The Bronzes Copper-Tin Alloys: The Bronzes Abstract: The important alloys of copper and tin from an industrial point of view are the bronzes comprised within certain limits of tin content. As in the case of the brasses, the addition of tin to copper results in the formation of a series of solid solutions. The addition of tin to copper results in the formation of a series of solid solutions which, in accordance with usual practice, are referred to in order of diminishing copper content as the á, â, a, etc., constituents. The important alloys of copper and tin from an industrial point of view are the bronzes comprised within certain limits of tin content. As in the case of the brasses, the addition of tin to copper results in the formation of a series of solid solutions. The constitutional diagram of copper-tin alloys is very complex, but that part of it which deals with alloys of industrial importance is reproduced in Fig. 1. Figure 1. Constitutional Diagram of the Copper-Tin Alloys The addition of tin to copper results in the formation of a series of solid solutions which, in accordance with usual practice, are referred to in order of diminishing copper content as the á, â, a, etc., constituents. The diagram may be summarized as follows: Percentage composition Constituent just below the freezing point Constituent after slow cooling to 400°C Copper â–>(á + â) á + ä Further changes on cooling from 400°C to room temperature are so sluggish that they only occur in conditions very far removed from actual practice. The á solution is the softest of the constituents; it may be rolled or stamped cold, but it hardens under this treatment much more rapidly decreases than á-brass. The â and a constituents do not exist in the alloy slowly cooled to room temperature: this is due to successive changes occurring at 586°C and 520°C whereby â is resolved into á +a and a into á + ä. The ä constituent has the crystal structure of a-brass. It has a narrow range of composition corresponding approximately to the formula Cu3lSn8 and, like all intermetallic compounds, is extremely hard and brittle. The ä -> (á + l) change at 350°C does not occur in commercial practice, though alloys richer in tin may contain the a constituent, which corresponds to Cu3Sn, and the ç solid solution, which approximates to the composition CuSn. 95:5 Copper-Tin Alloy On cooling from the liquid condition, the solid solution which first forms contains only about 2 percent of tin. Thus the cast metal has a cored structure and the coring is very marked because of the long range between liquidus and solidus; but it may be eliminated by diffusion on cooling more slowly or by annealing. Any absorption of oxygen occurring during manufacture results in the presence of SnO2 in the alloy, tending to make it brittle. A deoxidizer such as zinc is therefore frequently added. The addition of zinc, as in coinage bronze, causes no change in the microscopical appearance of the homogeneous á constituent. The zinc, however, exerts its deoxidizing effect in the liquid, and slight hardening effect on the solid solution. The structure of a bronze coin shows marked deformation of the crystals. On annealing, recrystallization takes place with subsequent crystal growth. Twinning is a characteristic feature of the cold-worked and annealed alloy. 90:10 Copper-Tin Alloy This is typical gun-metal, most varieties of which, however, contain a deoxidizer, frequently zinc (e.g. Admiralty gun-metal, copper 88%, tin 10%, zinc 2%). The structure of the cast material depends on the rate of cooling, both through the range of solidification and below. On account of the wide solidification range of the alloy and the slow rate of tin diffusion, the apparent solubility limit of the á solution is well below that shown in the diagram. The cast structure is always definitely dendritic and if coring is pronounced, some â solution may be formed at 798°C This interdendritic â, on cooling, gives rise to the hard ä constituent. On the other hand,


Which 1989 film starred Julia Roberts and was mainly set in a beauty salon run by a character played by Dolly Parton?

Steel Magnolias (1989) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error A young beautician, newly arrived in a small Louisiana town, finds work at the local salon, where a small group of women share a close bond of friendship and welcome her into the fold. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 28 titles created 24 Mar 2012 a list of 39 titles created 03 Mar 2013 a list of 21 titles created 30 Mar 2014 a list of 39 titles created 15 Jun 2014 a list of 21 titles created 13 Aug 2014 Search for " Steel Magnolias " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Nominated for     1     Oscar. Another    2 wins & 6 nominations. See more awards  » Videos A housewife who is unhappy with her life befriends an old lady in a nursing home and is enthralled by the tales she tells of people she used to know. Director: Jon Avnet A young woman fakes her own death in an attempt to escape her nightmarish marriage, but discovers it is impossible to elude her controlling husband. Director: Joseph Ruben A terminally ill woman has to settle on her former husband's new lover, who will be their children's stepmother. Director: Chris Columbus Three teenage girls come of age while working at a pizza parlor in the Connecticut town of Mystic. Director: Donald Petrie A privileged rich debutante and a cynical struggling entertainer share a turbulent, but strong childhood friendship over the years. Director: Garry Marshall After she discovers that her boyfriend has betrayed her, Hilary O'Neil is looking for a new start and a new job. She begins to work as a private nurse for a young man suffering from blood ... See full summary  » Director: Joel Schumacher An unemployed single mother becomes a legal assistant and almost single-handedly brings down a California power company accused of polluting a city's water supply. Director: Steven Soderbergh A woman's world is rocked when she discovers her husband is cheating on her. Director: Lasse Hallström When a woman's long-time friend reveals he's engaged, she realizes she loves him herself and sets out to get him, with only days before the wedding. Director: P.J. Hogan A man in a legal but hurtful business needs an escort for some social events, and hires a beautiful prostitute he meets... only to fall in love. Director: Garry Marshall A reporter is assigned to write a story about a woman who has left a string of fiances at the altar. Director: Garry Marshall Edit Storyline Revolving around Truvy's Beauty Parlor in a small parish in modern-day Louisiana, STEEL MAGNOLIAS is the story of a close-knit circle of friends whose lives come together there. As the picture opens, we find Drum Eatenton shooting birds in the trees of his back yard in preparation for his daughter's wedding reception that afternoon. Shortly thereafter, M'Lynn and Shelby (Drum's wife and daughter) depart for Truvy's to get their hair done for the wedding. "Just the sweetest thing," Annelle Depuy Desoto (who may or may not be married because her marriage may not be legal) is introduced to Truvy's customers as her new "glamour technician." While in the chairs, the sour-tempered Ouiser Boudreaux shows up and entertains the assemblage with her barbs. It seems that the only one of the group who truly understands Ouiser is Clairee who is recently widowed and looking for a diversion. As she says, later in the picture, "If you can't find anything good to say about anybody, come sit by me." ... Written by Mark Fleetwood <mfleetwo@mail.coin.missouri.edu> Sometimes laughter is a matter of life and death. See more  » Genres: 22 November 1989 (USA) See more  » Also Known As: Magnolias de acero See more  » Filming Locations: Did You Know? Trivia Upon arriving in Natchitoches, the production designer, the art director, the director


Why horror…? | sleeping with the light on sleeping with the light on Things that go bump in the night Menu / sleepingwiththelighton “The great fish moved silently through the night water, propelled by short sweeps of its crescent tail. The mouth was open just enough to permit a rush of water over the gills. There was little other motion: an occasional correction of the apparently aimless course by the slight raising or lowering of a pectoral fin – as a bird changes direction by dipping one wing and lifting the other. The eyes were sightless in the black, and the other senses transmitted nothing extraordinary to the small, primitive brain.” Jaws, Peter Benchley. I was eight years old and lying in my parents’ bed; my dad on his night shift at Fords’ Car Factory, and my mum asleep. My sisters and I took turns to sleep with her when dad was away. My turn meant that I could sneak a peak at the book she was reading. That week it was Jaws.  “A hundred yards offshore, the fish sensed a change in the sea’s rhythm. It did not see the woman, nor yet did it smell her.” My recollection is vivid, just enough lamplight to read by in that dark room, me turning the pages carefully, so as not to disturb my mum, and that creeping sense of horror that made me want to stop whilst not letting me go. I was unable to stop myself, my heart beat faster than usual. I practiced pronouncing the longer words under my breath – uncertain of their meaning – but they felt delicious on my tongue. Something awful was about to happen. “The fish turned towards shore.” I had cut my teeth on Enid Blyton: Mr Pink Whistle, The Magic Far Away Tree, and The Wishing Chair; and a little later, The Secret Seven and The Famous Five. I had been moved up a year in school on account of my advanced reading age. No super genius, super prodigy child here, just an innate love of words and stories and imagined, far away worlds. That, and the insistence that my dad bought me books, books that I could walk into and live in, that tingled my skin and made my eyes pop with possibilities. And here, already, with the tatty paperback of Jaws clutched in my hands, I was experiencing a tiny drop in the ocean of books; the wonderful possibilities of what there would be to read as a big person.   “She knew that the warm, pulsing flow over her fingers in the chill water was her own blood.”  It took me a little while to read those first seven or eight pages, but that seed was well and truly planted. I can’t claim to have read the entire book. I think it probably seemed too overwhelming, too huge, not to mention the limited opportunities I would have to read what would be a forbidden text for an eight year old, but it captured my imagination. It was my earliest influence, my first introduction to the dark side. “The fish, with the woman’s body in its mouth, smashed down on the water with a thunderous splash, spewing foam and blood and phosphorescence in a gaudy shower.”  In the same bedroom, in the same flat, around about the age of eight, I discovered the Stephen King novel, Carrie, under my parents’ bed. I did the same, flicking through the pages, and delighting in the words in front of me. And then came my first horror film. My parents were out, we had a babysitter, I was up late, I watched the film. That’s all I remember. It was a vampire film, no doubt one that would attract a “U” rating by today’s standards. At the end, the vampire fell down a hole, unceremoniously and accidentally staked by a wooden post protruding from the ground. He turned into a skeleton. I was horrified. I wanted to hide my face from the awful image of that skull, staring from empty eye sockets up at the man who had pushed him. But the film that both scared and scarred me well into my adulthood, (the film that I honestly cannot recall how I even came to watch) was that old, 1975, shocking and controversial movie, David Cronenberg’s, Shivers.   It’s the story of parasitic slugs that infect people via any available orifice and take over their body, turning their hosts into insatiable sex maniacs. There’s a scene, I


"Marley was dead: to begin with." The enduring charm of A Christmas Carol - The Hub The Hub “Marley was dead: to begin with.” The enduring charm of A Christmas Carol Published December 19, 2014 I personally love the book A Christmas Carol and I read it every December. It’s not a long book, which is probably why it’s a favorite classic of the overwhelmed high school student as well as this librarian with a “to read” list a mile long. I’m also a big fan of Christmas, and Christmas specials, and books about Christmas. I’ll admit that I’ve never been a huge fan of Dickens’ longer works. In high school we read Great Expectations, and I remember very little of it except that it was particularly hard to follow, which kind of turned me off of anything else he’d written for a while. But a few years ago I decided I’d give A Christmas Carol a chance, and it became one of my favorite books. The language that Dickens used is unlike anything we use in everyday communication in 2014. Not once does Tiny Tim ever LOL, and none of the Ghosts ever *smh* at Scrooge and his cluelessness. Honestly, I can see how it could be hard for some to sit down and read page after page of the lengthy descriptions Dickens used- after all, we want to get to the meat of the story with the ghosts and the grumpy old man learning to appreciate kindness and friendship over money- but when we take the time to read what Dickens wrote he paints some amazing images in our heads. Take the opening line: “Marley was dead: to begin with.”* As far as first lines in a book go, that one is pretty darn good. His description of Ebenezer Scrooge leaves no doubt we are dealing with a very unpleasant character: “Oh! But he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge! A squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner!” Dickens is not without humor, as evidenced by this part of Scrooge’s conversation with Marley, whom we must remember was dead to begin with, that always makes me chuckle:      “You will be haunted,” resumed the Ghost, “by Three Spirits.”      Scrooge’s countenance fell almost as low as the Ghost’s had done.      “Is that the chance and hope you mentioned, Jacob?” he demanded, in a faltering voice.      “It is.”      “I — I think I’d rather not,” said Scrooge.      “Without their visits,” said the Ghost, “you cannot hope to shun the path I tread. Expect the first to-morrow, when the bell tolls One.”      “Couldn’t I take ’em all at once, and have it over, Jacob?” hinted Scrooge. The Ghost of Christmas Present makes a great impression upon Scrooge when they first meet by completely transforming Scrooge’s barren rooms into something he had never seen before, and Dickens describes it to every detail: “It was his own room. There was no doubt about that. But it had undergone a surprising transformation. The walls and ceiling were so hung with living green, that it looked a perfect grove; from every part of which, bright gleaming berries glistened. The crisp leaves of holly, mistletoe, and ivy reflected back the light, as if so many little mirrors had been scattered there; and such a mighty blaze went roaring up the chimney, as that dull petrification of a hearth had never known in Scrooge’s time, or Marley’s, or for many and many a winter season gone … In easy state upon this couch, there sat a jolly Giant, glorious to see; who bore a glowing torch, in shape not unlike Plenty’s horn, and held it up, high up, to shed its light on Scrooge, as he came peeping round the door.”   And let’s not forget the chills we get when we first meet the Ghost of Christmas Future: “The Phantom slowly, gravely, silently approached. When it came, Scrooge bent down upon his knee; for in the very air through which this Spirit moved it seemed to scatter gloom and mystery.” Redemption, second chances, and hope are all themes in the book, along with the misappropriation of love for money, and greed, and the fleeting happiness that comes those things. And these are powerful themes, which make for powerful storytelling, and this is a story that has been told over a


Last night I dreamed I went to Mandalay again.

Last night I dreamed I went to Mandalay again | I visited Me… | Flickr Keith Mason By: Keith Mason Last night I dreamed I went to Mandalay again I visited Menabilly which was the inspiration for Mandalay - the setting for "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier . In the story a yacht is scuttled in the bay near the house. This is the beach. I visited on the day of gale storm winds, high spring tides and stormy weather. It was somehow suited to the gothic setting of the story.   This picture has recently been published in a Cornish magazine about Menabilly. Done


It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.

Quote Details: Charles Dickens: It was the best... - The Quotations Page Quotation #29595 from Classic Quotes : It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to heaven, we were all going direct the other way - in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only. Charles Dickens , A Tale of Two Cities English novelist (1812 - 1870)


If you want to find Cherry Tree Lane, all you have to do is ask the policeman at the cross roads

Mary Poppins: A Woman of Many Personalities | Academic About mary, poppins, review, character, analysis, reading, book, movie, film, musical, stage and play Report Abuse Home > Nonfiction > Academic > Mary Poppins: A Woman of Many Personalities Mary Poppins: A Woman of Many Personalities By shelbytakespix , ghjkl;, FL Image Credit:   Elaina V., Canton, OH The author's comments: This is a character analysis and a comparison of Mary Poppins' relationships with the Banks children, Bert, and Mr. Banks and how these relationships change within the book, film, and stage adaptations. “If you want to find Cherry-Tree Lane all you have to do is ask the Policeman at the cross-roads. He will push his helmet slightly to one side, scratch his head thoughtfully, and then he will point his huge white-gloved finger and say: ‘First to your right, second to your left, sharp right again, and you’re there. Good-morning.’” (Travers 2). These are the directions any regular nanny would follow. However, in the case of a certain Mary Poppins, air is the most suitable path to 17 Cherry-Tree Lane. She knocks on the door only to be greeted by a gruff Mr. Banks. Four children run hectically behind him. A charismatic screever, Bert, draws life-like illustrations on the pavement if the weather is fine or sells matches if the weather is bad. How Mary Poppins interacts with each of these characters varies depending on the adaptation of the story. Her actions and interactions also help to set the mood and tone of the adaptation. In P.L Travers’s novel Mary Poppins, the titular character is portrayed as a grim, ugly old woman. However, in the film and stage adaptations of the story, Mary Poppins is portrayed in a different light. Like her personality and appearance, Mary Poppins’ relationship with the children, Bert, and Mr. Banks varies in the three works which results in significant differences between the adaptations. Mary Poppins’ most notable relationship is that which she has with the children. In the original book, Mary Poppins is portrayed as an ugly, older woman who denies she is magical but does not try to hide it at all. She is known by other magical creatures as “The Great Exception” because she maintained the magical abilities all children have. For example, she is capable of communicating with animals. When the children mention her magical powers, Mary Poppins denies them sternly and punishes the children when they acknowledge them. In the book, there are four children: Jane, Michael, John and Barbara. Mary Poppins only takes Jane and Michael on her adventures because the twins, John and Barbara, are too young. She later brings the twins with her, Jane, and Michael on their adventures in the second book, Mary Poppins Comes Back, which was published a year after Mary Poppins in 1935. However, in the film and stage adaptations, there are only two Banks children: Jane and Michael. Unlike her stern personality in the book, Mary Poppins is stern but still maintains a gentle and admirable disposition. Jane and Michael, prior to Mary Poppins’ arrival, sing a tune outlining the perfect nanny. They sing: Have a cheery disposition. Rosy cheeks. No warts. Play games, all sorts. You must be kind you must be pretty, very sweet and fairly pretty. Take us on outings, give us treats. Sing songs bring sweets. Never be cross or cruel. Never feed us Custer oil or gruel. Bleh! Love us as a song and daughter and never smell of Farley water… Hurry nanny. Many thanks. Sincerely, Jane and Michael Banks. (Sherman) Mary Poppins is firm when the children misbehave and try to take advantage of her. However, when they are not feeling their best or just need a little magic in their life, Mary Poppins’ lively personality comes to life in musical numbers such as “A Spoonful of Sugar”, when the children refuse to take their icky medicine, and in “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious”, when the children jump into a dreamland through one of Bert’s street illustrations. Mary Poppins’ personality becomes a mix of both that of her book and film character in Mary Poppins: The Mus


Mr and Mrs Dursley of number four, privet Drive, were proud to say they were perfectly normal, thank you very much.

Quote by J.K. Rowling: “Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four Privet Dri...” We’d love your help.     Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling.


When shall we three meet again, in thunder, lightning or in rain

Macbeth Glossary - Thunder, lightning or in rain Macbeth Glossary First Witch. When shall we three meet again In thunder, lightning, or in rain? (1-2) Here the Witches are not asking about the type of weather in which they should next meet, but when they should next meet. Interestingly, these lines follow the punctuation set by an early editor of the play. In Shakespeare's First Folio (1623) , we have instead: When shall we three meet again? In Thunder, Lightning, or in Rain? Allan Park Paton, in The tragedy of Macbeth: according to the first folio explains: These lines are thus printed in the Folio of 1623, with a mark of interrogation after each, and, having the author's blotless manuscript before them, we cannot think it possible that Heminge and Condell could have allowed a mistake to occur in the printing of the very first line of the work, and must, therefore, believe that it is the Poet's mark of interrogation, religiously retained through the three succeeding Folios, which stands there. Yet Sir Thomas Hanmer removed it, as if it were a slip on the part of the printer, and in all the modern editions that we are acquainted with, the lines run: When shall we three meet again In thunder, lightning, or in rain? which is a different thing. It seems to us that Shakespeare could not manage without the two marks of interrogation, odd as they look: that he found it necessary so to arrange the lines, to tell his meaning, which was: "All our meetings are in thunder, lightning, or in rain, when shall our next be?" not, "We meet sometimes under other elemental circumstances, but when shall we meet again in thunder, lightning, or in rain?" and this opportunity may be taken to note the importance of remembering, as we study the 1623 Folio, that, though occasionally confused through obvious misprinting, we have before us there, Shakespeare's pointing, as well as his words.


What is the name of the snake killing mongoose in the stories by Rudyard Kipling?

What is a Mongoose? (with pictures) What is a Mongoose? Last Modified Date: 10 November 2016 Copyright Protected: Top 10 unbelievable historical concurrencies A mongoose is a carnivorous mammal in the family Herpestidae, which also includes meerkats. The small mammals are perhaps most famous for their snake killing skills in India, where they are sometimes kept as pets. The family was immortalized in Rikki Tikki Tavi, a story about a mongoose written by Rudyard Kipling. In many parts of the world, the animal is considered lucky, probably because of its formidable skills as a predator. The name comes from the Marathi language of India, in which the animal is known as a mangus. Since the mongoose is not in any way shape or form related to geese, there is some debate about the appropriate pluralization of the animal. Some people prefer “mongeese,” standardizing the animal with the plural of “goose,” while others use “mongooses.” Both are technically correct, although many people find the second to be an awkward construction. Around 40 species of animal are considered to be mongeese. All of them have elongated bodies, long tails, and short legs, with pointed snouts and small, curved ears. The claws are well suited for digging, as is the construction of the animal's body. Many species can fold their ears so that dirt does not penetrate them while digging, and none is able to retract its sharp claws. Ad Asia, Africa, and parts of Europe all host these mammals. They feed on small mammals, snakes, insects, and sometimes fruits and seeds as well. Despite their small size, they are excellent hunters, making them popular animals to have around in areas that are beset by mice and other small pests. In fact, the animals are such efficient hunters that they have been banned from the United States out of concern that they might threaten native animal species. Some biologists consider the mongoose to be among the most destructive introduced species, since it can devastate native animal populations. The slender, agile animals are kept as pets in many regions, since they are relatively easy to domesticate and serve a useful function. Their famous fighting abilities against snakes have made them popular with snake charmers, who may use the animals in mock fights. Contrary to popular belief, the mongoose is not impervious to snake venom — the animals have simply evolved a system for killing snakes without being bitten. They also generally do not eat the snakes they kill, and only kill them as a defensive measure. Ad lonelygod Post 9 I think if you are curious to learn more about the mongoose, it is a good idea to visit your local zoo and see if they have any on display. I have found that getting up close to animals at the zoo can be very informative, especially if there is a zookeeper around to talk with. You can also check your zoo to see if they have any close encounter programs. These kinds of mini-internships allow you to be a zookeeper for a day, and help feed the animals and learn more about them. I found that preparing food for the animals to be a fun experience, but not for those with weak stomachs, especially if you are working with carnivores. popcorn Post 8 I am actually surprised to learn that some people, beyond snake charmers, actually would keep a mongoose as a pet. I have always thought of them as similar to a badger, with sharp teeth and a bad temperament. I guess it doesn't help that I have seen a few of the videos where the mongoose has taken down a cobra in a fight without breaking a sweat. I feel that when anything comes with that kind of killing skill, and sharp teeth, that it is a lot less pettable. Has anyone ever had actual contact with a mongoose? Did you find it frightening at all, or was it good-natured? kylee07drg Post 7 @Oceana - I live in Hawaii, and mongooses were originally introduced to Hawaii and the Caribbean to control rats on the sugarcane plantations. However, mongooses do their thing during the day, and rats are mostly active at night. Therefore, the rodent control did not work quite as planned. The


How many sheets of paper are there in one ream?

Conservatree How much paper can be made from a tree? Or, alternatively, how many trees are needed to make a given amount        of paper? There is no simple answer to these questions, and all calculations        can be no better than "ballpark estimates." Many people have heard the statistic that "a ton of recycled        paper saves 17 trees." The "17 trees" number was        popularized by Conservatree when it was a paper distributor, based        on a report to Congress in the 1970s. It was calculated for newsprint,        which is made in a totally different papermaking process from office        and printing papers. But it was the best number anyone had, so it        became the number everyone used to calculate number of trees saved        by recycled paper, or number of trees cut to make virgin paper,        no matter what type of paper they were talking about. Paper is made from a mix of types of trees. Some are hardwood,        some are softwood. In addition, some are tall, some old, some wide,        some young, some thin. Many of the "trees" used to make        paper are just chips and sawdust. So how can one talk about a "typical tree"? And do numbers        calculated 30 years ago still apply to today's much more efficient        paper industry? We decided it was time to update these numbers, so Conservatree        has tracked down some ways to make ballpark estimates more reliable        than in the past. CONSIDERATIONS IN CALCULATING TREES TO PAPER What kind of paper are you talking about? Paper made in a "mechanical" or "groundwood" process (e.g. newsprint,        telephone directories, base sheet for low-cost coated magazine and        catalog papers) uses trees about twice as efficiently as paper made in the "kraft" or "freesheet" process (e.g. office and printing papers, letterhead, business cards,        copy paper, base sheet for higher-quality coated magazine and catalog        papers, advertising papers, offset papers). Is the paper "coated" or "uncoated"? The fiber in a coated paper (most often used for magazines and        catalogs, with a clay coating that may be glossy or matte, or other        finishes) may be only a little more than 50% of the entire sheet,        because the clay coating makes up so much of the weight of the paper. As a ballpark estimate, you can use .64 as the fiber estimate for        coated papers compared to the entire weight of the sheet. (Fiber        estimate calculation by Alliance for Environmental Innovation) So how many trees would make a ton of paper? Claudia Thompson, in her book Recycled Papers: The Essential Guide        (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1992), reports on an estimate calculated        by Tom Soder, then a graduate student in the Pulp and Paper Technology        Program at the University of Maine. He calculated that, based on        a mixture of softwoods and hardwoods 40 feet tall and 6-8 inches        in diameter, it would take a rough average of 24 trees to produce        a ton of printing and writing paper, using the kraft chemical (freesheet)        pulping process. If we assume that the groundwood process is about twice as efficient        in using trees, then we can estimate that it takes about 12 trees        to make a ton of groundwood and newsprint. (The number will vary        somewhat because there often is more fiber in newsprint than in        office paper, and there are several different ways of making this        type of paper.) SOME TYPICAL CALCULATIONS 1 ton of uncoated virgin (non-recycled) printing and office paper        uses 24 trees 1 ton of 100% virgin (non-recycled) newsprint uses 12 trees A "pallet" of copier paper (20-lb. sheet weight, or 20#)        contains 40 cartons and weighs 1 ton. Therefore, 1 carton (10


How many metres are there in a mile? 1609, 1659 or 1709?

Miles to Meters (m) - How many meters in a mile ? Miles to Meters Conversion How many meters in a mile ? From miles to meters (and from meters to miles) online converters and conversion tables. If wondering how many meters in a mile (or how many miles in a meter), then please use the converters below. The printable conversion table is also provided at the bottom of the page for quick access to the most converted units. 1 Mile = 1609.344 Meters 1 Meter = 0.000621371192 Mile Mile is an imperial and U.S. customary length unit. It equals to 5280 feet. It's also called land (statute) mile. The abbreviation is "mi". Meter is a metric system base length unit and defined as the length of the path travelled by light in vacuum during a time interval of 1/299,792,458 of a second. The abbreviation is "m". For other unit conversions, please go to Length Conversion Miles to Meters Converter


According to the Bible, who was 969 years old when he died?

Genesis 5:27 Altogether, Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died. Matthew Henry Commentary 5:25-32 Methuselah signifies, 'he dies, there is a dart,' 'a sending forth,' namely, of the deluge, which came the year that Methuselah died. He lived 969 years, the longest that any man ever lived on earth; but the longest liver must die at last. Noah signifies rest; his parents gave him that name, with a prospect of his being a great blessing to his generation. Observe his father's complaint of the calamitous state of human life, by the entrance of sin, and the curse of sin. Our whole life is spent in labour, and our time filled up with continual toil. God having cursed the ground, it is as much as some can do, with the utmost care and pains, to get a hard livelihood out comfort us. It signifies not only that desire and expectation which parents generally have about their children, that they will be comforts to them and helpers, though they often prove otherwise; but it signifies also a prospect of something more. Is Christ ours? Is heaven ours? We need better comforters under our toil and sorrow, than the dearest relations and the most promising offspring; may we seek and find comforts in Christ.


What is the largest planet in our universe?

Top 10 Biggest Things In The Universe Top 10 Biggest Things In The Universe Top 10 Biggest Things In The Universe Top 10 Biggest Things In The Universe - March 5, 2011 36 Standing next to the pyramids, one cannot help but marvel at their size. The Burj Dubai, standing over a half mile tall, is equally stunning as it rises into the clouds. Towering above them both is the monstrous, and often deadly, Mt. Everest. Yet, compared to some of the things that exist in our universe, they are absolutely microscopic. Today, we will explore the largest things in the universe based on their relative sizes. 11. Largest Asteroid Ceres is the largest asteroid we’ve discovered so far. It contains 1/3rd the mass of the entire asteroid belt and is almost 600 miles in diameter. It’s about the size of California and is massive enough that its own gravity forces it into a spherical shape. It’s so large that it also has earned the title of ‘Dwarf Planet’. It’s the only object in the asteroid belt big enough to earn the designation. 10. Largest Planet Located in the constellation Hercules, planet TRES4 is 70% larger than Jupiter in diameter, but has only 80% of Jupiter’s mass. Because of how close it orbits to its sun, it is thought that the intense heat expand the gasses that make up this planet, resulting in an almost ‘marshmallow-like’ density. It holds the title of the largest planet we’ve discovered so far. Update: Science is never finished. Since this list was compiled, observations of an exoplanet called WASP-17b suggest that it is even bigger than TRES4. Despite its radius being twice that of Jupiter’s, it only has half the mass. This makes it even “fluffier” than TRES4. 9. Largest Star VY Canis Majoris is the largest star (in diameter) that we know of. It’s in a class of star known as Red Hyper Giants. It’s  1,420 times the sun’s radius and would take the world’s fastest race car 2,600 years to circle it once. If you replaced our Sun with VY Canis Majoris, its surface would extend out beyond Saturn. (see picture to the right for comparison to our own sun). Update: In 2013, NML Cygni was verified as the largest known star. It’s a whopping 1,650 times our sun’s radius. That is so large; it would take a beam of light 6 hours and 40 minutes to circle it once. 2nd Update: Science continues to astound us! Now beating out NML Cygni, UY Scuti is the leading candidate for the largest star ever discovered. At 1,708 times our suns radius, if the earth was the size of a basketball, UY Scuti would be 125,000 feet tall! 8. Largest Black Hole Black holes are not physically large regions of space. But when you include their mass, they are among the top competitors for the largest things in the universe. And quasar OJ287 is the largest black hole we’ve spotted.< It’s estimated to be 18 billion times the mass of our sun and is a supermassive black hole located in the center of a galaxy. To put that in perspective, it’s an object larger than our entire solar system. Just how big can a black hole get? According to scientists, there is no theoretical upper limit. Update: 11/28/2012 – Science never fails to keep impressing us with its newest discoveries. Researchers at the University of Texas, using the Hobby-Eberly Telescope, have discovered what they claim to be the largest supermassive black hole yet. The black hole, a whopping 17 billion solar masses, resides at the center of galaxy NGC 1277. That is so huge, it accounts for 14% of the entire galaxy’s mass. The event horizon is 11x the diameter of Neptune’s orbit around our sun – that’s a radius of over 300 AU. 7. Largest Galaxy A super galaxy is a galaxy that has merged with many others and they sit in the middle of galaxy clusters. The largest that we’ve discovered so far is the IC1101 super galaxy. It is 6 million light years across. Compare that to the Milky Way which is a mere 100 thousand light years across. IC1101 is a staggering 60 times larger than our own. 6. Radio Lobes Radio lobes are powered by the accretion disk of supermassive black holes. These supermassive black holes can be found at t


By what name is Reginald Dwight better known?

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Which golfer is nicknamed The Great White Shark'?

How Did Greg Norman Get His Nickname "The Shark"? | Entertainment Guide How Did Greg Norman Get His Nickname "The Shark"? by Rebecca Mayglothling Greg Norman was the No. 1 golfer in the world for 331 weeks. Julian Finney/Getty Images Sport/Getty Images Related Articles How Did George Raft Bring Realism to His Movie Roles? World Golf Hall of Famer Greg Norman has earned 91 career victories -- 20 of those occurring on the PGA Tour -- in a career that has spanned more than three decades. The Australian began to caddy for his mother as a teenager. Soon, he began playing on his own, launching his professional career in the mid-1970s. During his professional play, he acquired the nickname "The Shark." what is a fallback Childhood Greg Norman was raised with one sister in Australia. He loved swimming, fishing and contact sports. On a fateful day, he asked his mother if he could caddy for her during one of her outings. He became interested in the game, asking his mother if he could practice with her clubs. She obliged, setting her son on a winning course. Career Norman worked in a golf shop during his teens while playing in amateur golf tournaments across Australia and taking any advice the pros would lend. By 1976, Norman's determination paid off. He launched his pro career that year and soon would become the top golfer in the world. Among his tournament titles are two British Open championships -- one in 1986; the other in 1993. He also became the first player on the PGA Tour to amass $10 million in career earnings. In the Media Norman showed the persistence and determination of a great white shark. When he was playing in the 1981 Master's Tournament, a reporter remarked, "Who is that shark on the green?" The remark was picked up and printed in newspapers, labeling Norman as "The Shark." The nickname stuck and Norman embraced it as a compliment. Other Accomplishments Norman eventually bought a trademark for a great white shark logo, which now serves as the logo for Great White Shark Enterprises, Norman's business entity. Among the companies under the Great White Shark Enterprises banner are Greg Norman Golf Course Design, Greg Norman Australian Grille and Greg Norman Wine Estates. References Shark.com: Greg Norman Biography and Career Capsule About the Author Rebecca Mayglothling has worked directly with toddlers and preschoolers for more than three years. She has published numerous lesson plans online as well as parenting and teaching advice. She continues to keep ahead of parenting methods and is eager to share them through her professional writing. Photo Credits Julian Finney/Getty Images Sport/Getty Images Photo Slideshows


The Sharks are a British Basketball team currently playing in the British Basketball League. In which city are they based?

British Basketball League | Basketball Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia www.BBL.org.uk The British Basketball League, often abbreviated to the BBL, is the premier men's professional basketball league in the United Kingdom. The BBL runs two knockout competitions alongside the league championship; the BBL Cup and the BBL Trophy. The BBL is not to be confused with the English Basketball League (EBL) or the Scottish Basketball League (SBL), which effectively form the second tier of British basketball. There is currently no promotion or relegation between the EBL, SBL and BBL because of the franchise system in use in the BBL, although Plymouth Raiders , Worcester Wolves and Durham Wildcats amongst others have all been elected from the EBL in recent years. The league currently consists of 12 teams with representation from both England and Scotland. The 2011 Champions were Mersey Tigers , while Guildford Heat were the league's most recent representatives in Europe, competing in the ULEB Cup during the 2007-08 season . Member franchises of the BBL jointly own the league, and a chairman is elected by the teams to oversee league operations. The current Chairman is Paul Blake , the Managing Director of Newcastle Eagles. The head offices are located in Leicester, where the country's oldest team, the Leicester Riders is also based. Contents History 1980s: Elite establishment The British Basketball League burst onto the British hoops scene in 1987 as the game's foremost clubs opted for a franchise-based competition without promotion or relegation. Seeking to improve the sport's image through greater professionalism, the BBL fast became the benchmark for quality competition in the UK. In 1988 Portsmouth emerged from the pack to clinch the inaugural BBL Championship title but the following year saw the famous Kingston Kings side of the late 80s and early 90s win the first of three back-to-back league crowns. 1990s: Television, sponsors and crowds flood in The 1990s also saw an exciting growth in popularity and commercialism of the league. Television crews and exciting sponsors such as Peugeot, Lego, Playboy and Budweiser came flooding in, as did the crowds. The Manchester Giants opened the 1995-96 season in front of a record 14,251 fans at the NYNEX Arena against the London Leopards - a record crowd that stood for a basketball game until 2006 when the NBA started staging pre-season games at the O2. London Towers , Crystal Palace and the Greater London Leopards ushered in an era of capital success in the mid-1990s and in 1999 a Conference format was introduced, which was mirrored by the NBL the following season. For three seasons the cream of the north and the south followed an American-style system with London Towers invincible in the South. 2000s: The millennium slump A single-league BBL returned in 2002 and five different franchises have won the Championship title in the five years since. However the new millennium also saw a series of downfalls for the BBL. The collapse of ITV Digital cost the league dear, with many franchises struggling to recover from the lost revenue that the £21 million contract was providing. Long established franchises such as the Giants , the Leopards , Derby Storm , Thames Valley Tigers and Birmingham Bullets have all dropped out in the years since, never to be seen again. The membership crisis brought about the addition of new franchises such as Guildford Heat (Formed by fans of the defunct Thames Valley Tigers) and elected teams from the lower-tier English Basketball League , like the Plymouth Raiders , both making a refreshing impact on the old boys, with the Heat qualifying for the post season playoffs in 2005-06 , their rookie season. During the same season Newcastle won 30 of their 40 regular season league fixtures to clinch the League Championship crown - the previous season saw the Eagles win 31 matches but lose out to Chester Jets in the final week, by just two points. That title was one of four pieces of silverware won during the dubbed "clean-sweep" season of 2005-2006 , the Eagles marching on to cla


In the 2004 CGI film Shark Tale, which actor provides the voice for the main character, Oscar?

Shark Tale Reviews & Ratings - IMDb IMDb Hide Spoilers: Page 7 of 29: from Earth 9 May 2012 I had expectations. Whoa, whoa. Don't freak out like I said something wrong. The cast was the only thing building up my expectations. The animation thing was out of my mind. It was made by Dreamwork's too, which is the only animation company that has reached heights Pixar has. And it was a film with gangster sharks. If that's not enough, the man himself Martin Scorsese plays one of the main characters. So the film had loads of potential. Potential that could either be surpassed or smashed... Smashed. I didn't like it, at all. My expectations were completely crushed from just the first ten minutes. So I'm going to tell you why exactly not to see this film, because there is no exact reason to anyways: Voice acting. It seemed liked the actors didn't even care. I mean the cast was built-up so well, this was the main thing keeping my expectations up and running, but no. It was the acting you see where you can hear the pain in the actor's voice, where they are waiting until their break-time to go out and escape this hellish film.. The animation. Really? This was 2004. Animation was just picking up, I mean tremendously. But Shark Tale completely reverses what it could've been. The CGI was lazily-done and the colors were off-beat. It was almost like watching a bunch of colors dancing. But not good dancing, I mean really bad dancing. The story. Well, I can't even say it's the worst thing here, but it doesn't really attempt to tell a story. The film was meant to be a kid's version of gangster flicks, correct? Well, it's not. It's a disgrace to them. Almost like burning all the classics in your fireplace. It almost hurt seeing the plot mushed by the confused writers who have no idea what they are exactly doing. It hurts! But the film isn't the worst one ever, and it has a few redeeming qualities, but not the kind that makes you want to see it. I love the gangster references, and I found some of the humor to be somewhat hilarious, but other than that? I was sorely disappointed with what could have been.. I don't recommend. Please don't see this, whatever you do, don't see this. 4/10. from United States 28 March 2012 This movie should be called Cartoon Movie because it's pretty much in the Date Movie, Epic Movie saga genre. If I was going to tell you about this movie relating to food, then if you could imagine a big gunk of 20 grams of Trans Fat smashed together in this block of garbagenated waste, that would be exactly what you get in this movie, a bunch of processed- gooey fat that isn't good for you and that's almost impossible to digest. I suppose Will Smith did this movie for his kids, or perhaps 'to pay the mortgage', but everyone involved in this movie is a lot better than this movie. I'm not sure which Cartoon Movie is worse, this one, or Rio(Cartoon Movie 2). I don't understand why a simple story of sea creatures can't be made, if I wanted to watch an episode of TMZ, I would do just that, but I don't want to watch it in an Animation though. A much better movie for the kids(and everyone) that's entertaining about underwater life is Finding Nemo. If you never see Shark Tale then you're already one step ahead of the game. Was the above review useful to you? It's fun enough 16 May 2011 *** This review may contain spoilers *** I honestly think that this is one of the Dreamworks Animation films that is nowhere near among their best. But it still is entertaining and fun. Will Smith stars as the voice of Oscar, a fish who seems content with just working at a whale wash. He keeps coming up with these ideas to make a quick buck that never pan out. They cause him to owe a substantial amount of money to his boss, Mr. Sykes. However, we find out that he really wants more out of life. When he has the money he owes ready to turn in, he ends up betting it instead. First, it causes a fish named Lola to be attracted to him. Then, the seahorse he bets on loses causing him to be tortured by Sykes's jellyfish assistants until some sharks come to attack h


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Steamboat Willie was a 1928 Walt Disney cartoon with Mickey Mouse, but the title was a parody of Steamboat Bill Jr, a full length silent comedy of the same year which starred which famous deadpan comedy great?

Mickey Mouse | The Disney Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Walt Disney, Ub Iwerks Voiced by Walt Disney (1928–1947) Jimmy MacDonald (1947–1977) Wayne Allwine (1977–2009)[3] Bret Iwan (2009–present) Mickey Mouse is a cartoon character who has become an icon for the Walt Disney Company . Mickey Mouse was created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks [1] . He was voiced by Walt Disney from 1928–1946 theatrically, and again from 1955–1959 for the original ABC TV The Mickey Mouse Club , Daily's Pets television series. The Walt Disney Company celebrates his birth as November 18, 1928, upon the release of Steamboat Willie , [2] although Mickey had already appeared six months earlier in an unfinished test screening of Plane Crazy [3] (Steamboat Willie being the first Mickey Mouse Cartoon to be released). The anthropomorphic mouse has evolved from being simply a character in animated cartoons and comic strips to become one of the most recognizable symbols in the world. Mickey is currently the main character in the Disney Channel 's Disney Junior series " Mickey Mouse Clubhouse ". Mickey is the leader of The Mickey Mouse Clubhouse , with help from Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, and other friendly friends of his. In late 2009, The Walt Disney Company announced that they will begin to re-brand the Mickey Mouse character by putting a little less emphasis on his pleasant, cheerful side and reintroducing the more mischievous and adventurous sides of his personality, [4] starting with the newly released Epic Mickey . Contents Edit Mickey Mouse was created as a replacement for Oswald the Lucky Rabbit , an earlier cartoon character created by the Disney studio for Charles Mintz of Universal Studios . [5] When Disney asked for a larger amount for his budget for the popular Oswald series, Mintz announced that Disney could keep doing the Oswald series, as long as he agreed to a budget cut and went on the payroll. Mintz owned Oswald and thought he had Disney over a barrel. Angrily, Disney refused the deal and returned to produce the final Oswald cartoons he contractually owed Mintz. Disney was dismayed at the betrayal by his staff, but determined to restart from scratch. The new Disney Studio initially consisted of animator Ub Iwerks and a loyal apprentice artist, Les Clark . One lesson Disney learned from the experience was to thereafter always make sure that he owned all rights to the characters produced by his company. In the spring of 1928, Disney asked Ub Iwerks to start drawing up new character ideas. Iwerks tried sketches of various animals, such as dogs and cats, but none of these appealed to Disney. A female cow and male horse were also rejected. They would later turn up as Clarabelle Cow and Horace Horsecollar . (A male frog, also rejected, would later show up in Iwerks' own Flip the Frog series.) [1] Walt Disney got the inspiration for Mickey Mouse from his old pet mouse he used to have on his farm. In 1925, Hugh Harman drew some sketches of mice around a photograph of Walt Disney. These inspired Ub Iwerks to create a new mouse character for Disney. [1] " Mortimer Mouse " had been Disney's original name for the character before his wife, Lillian, convinced him to change it, and ultimately Mickey Mouse came to be. [6] [7] Actor Mickey Rooney has claimed that, during his Mickey McGuire days, he met cartoonist Walt Disney at the Warner Brothers studio, and that Disney was inspired to name Mickey Mouse after him. [8] "We felt that the public, and especially the children, like animals that are cute and little. I think we are rather indebted to Charlie Chaplin for the idea. We wanted something appealing, and we thought of a tiny bit of a mouse that would have something of the wistfulness of Chaplin — a little fellow trying to do the best he could. When people laugh at Mickey Mouse, it's because he's so human; and that is the secret of his popularity. I only hope that we don't lose sight of one thing — that it was all started by a mouse." [9] Plane Crazy, The Gallopin Gaucho, and Steamboat Willie Edit Disney had Ub Iwerks secretly begin animatin


In the 1971 movie Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Willy Wonka is played by Gene Wilder. Who plays him in the 2005 film Charlie And The Chocolate Factory?

Gene Wilder: 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' was 'an insult' - NY Daily News Gene Wilder slams 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' remake: 'I think it's an insult'  Gene Wilder: 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' was 'an insult' Gene Wilder wasn’t a fan of the Tim Burton remake of "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory," which starred Johnny Depp as wizardlike chocolatier Willy Wonka. (Turner Entertainment Co./ Peter ) Friday, June 14, 2013, 3:40 PM It's the war of the Wonkas. Gene Wilder , 80, who starred as eccentric chocolatier in 1971's "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory," wasn't pleased by the 2005 remake. In an interview at New York nonprofit center 92Y on Thursday, Wilder bashed Tim Burton's reimaging of the Roald Dahl-adapted tale. "I think it's an insult," Wilder said. "It's probably Warner Bros.' insult." Wilder had kind words for Johnny Depp, who played his role in the 2005 flick. But he didn't mince words when it came to Burton. Wilder hasn’t made a film since 1991. "After a while [movies] were so dirty," he explained. (John Lamparski/WireImage) "Johnny Depp, I think, is a good actor," Wilder continued. "But I don't care for the director. He's a talented man, but I don't care for him doing stuff like he did." Wilder also explained why he hasn't made a film since 1991. "After a while, [movies] were so dirty," he said. "Once in a while, there was a nice, good film, but not very many. … I didn't want to do 3-D, for instance. I didn't want to do ones that were just bombing and swearing. If someone says 'Ah, go f--k yourself,' if it came from a meaningful place, I'd understand it. But if you go to some movies, can't they just stop and talk once in a while?"


In which TV series would you find the character Groundskeeper Willy?

Groundskeeper Willie (Character) Groundskeeper Willie (Character) from "The Simpsons" (1989) The content of this page was created by users. It has not been screened or verified by IMDb staff. There may be more photos available for this character. To select more photos to be displayed in this character's gallery, click the Edit Photos link. Overview William "Willie" MacDougal, more commonly known as Groundskeeper Willie... See more  » Alternate Names: Groundskeeper WIllie / Groundskeeper Willy / Park Groundskeeper / Shelbyville Groundskeeper Filmography See more  » Update You may correct errors and omissions on this page directly. Clicking the 'Update' button will take you through a step-by-step process.   IMDb Everywhere Find showtimes, watch trailers, browse photos, track your Watchlist and rate your favorite movies and TV shows on your phone or tablet!


What sort of animal was World Cup Willie, the mascot for the 1966 World Cup?

World Cup Mascots Brazil 2014 Fuleco Fuleco is a cartoon armadillo, modelled on the three-banded armadillo, an endangered species which is indigenous to Brazil and known as the "tatu-bola". The name is derived from a combination of the Portuguese words for football (futebol) and ecology (ecologia) South Africa 2010 Zakumi Zakumi is a leopard, a common animal found in South Africa. Called Zakumi, he is a friendly green haired yellow leopard, wearing a shirt saying South Africa 2010. Zakumi's green and gold colors represent South Africa's national sports' teams colors. The name Zakumi is derived from "ZA" an acronym for south Africa and "Kumi" which  translates as "10" from some African languages. Germany 2006 Goleo VI and his sidekick Pille 2006 saw the return of the lion, this time wearing a Germany shirt with the number 06 and no pants! He also had a talking football named Pille. Goleo is a portmanteau of the words "goal" and "leo", the Latin word for lion, while "Pille" is a colloquial term for a football in Germany. Korea/Japan       2002 Ato, Kaz and Nik (The Spheriks) This was the first tournament to have more than one mascot, in fact they had three. Ato, Kaz and Nik were orange, purple and blue futuristic, computer-generated creatures. They also had their own sport - "Atmoball" (a fictional football-like sport). The three names were voted for online and at McDonald's outlets in the host countries. France       1998 Footix The 1998 mascot was a rooster, one of the national symbols of France. It has the words "FRANCE 98" on its chest, with its body mostly blue, like the host's national team shirt. The name Footix is a portmanteau of "football" and the ending "-ix" from the popular Astérix comic strip. Striker, the World Cup Pup The mascot chosen by the US public for USA '94 was a dog, which is a common US pet animal. Striker wore the red, white and blue US colors with the words "USA 94". Italy 1990 Ciao This was a different looking mascot, a stick figure player with a football head and an Italian tricolor body. The red white & green blocks of the body made it look like it was made from lego. Its name is an Italian greeting. Mexico       1986 Pique Following the fruit and vegetable theme from the previous tournament, the mascot of Mexico 1986 was a jalapeño chili pepper, which we all know is a characteristic of Mexican cuisine. The chili also had moustache and was wearing a sombrero. Its name comes from picante, Spanish for spicy peppers and sauces. Spain       1982 Naranjito The 1982 mascot was a small orange, a typical fruit in Spain, with a big grin. He was wearing the kit of the host's national team. Its name comes from naranja, the Spanish word for orange, with the diminutive suffix "-ito". Argentina 1978 Gauchito A boy wearing Argentina's playing pale blue and white playing kit. His hat, neckerchief and whip are typical of gauchos. The hat had the words ARGENTINA '78. West Germany       1974 Tip and Tap Two boys wearing the white shirts of Germany, one shirt with with the letters WM (Weltmeisterschaft, German for World Cup) and the other with the number 74 on the front. Mexico       1970 Juanito A boy wearing Mexico's colors and a Mexican sombrero (with the words "MEXICO 70"). His name is the diminutive of "Juan", a common name in Spanish.


What is the surname of the jockey with the first name Willy who won the Kentucky Derby four times?

For three jockeys, Kentucky Derby is a race for history FacebookEmail Twitter Google+ LinkedIn Pinterest For three jockeys, Kentucky Derby is a race for history Rosie Napravnik, Kevin Krigger and Gary Stevens are trying to make different kind of history in the Kentucky Derby. Post to Facebook For three jockeys, Kentucky Derby is a race for history Rosie Napravnik, Kevin Krigger and Gary Stevens are trying to make different kind of history in the Kentucky Derby. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/18cX0Eq CancelSend A link has been sent to your friend's email address. Posted! A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. 2 To find out more about Facebook commenting please read the Conversation Guidelines and FAQs For three jockeys, Kentucky Derby is a race for history Gary Mihoces, USA TODAY Sports 1:16 p.m. ET May 1, 2013 Rosie Napravnik is trying to become the first woman jockey to win the Kentucky Derby. (Photo: Bill Luster, USA TODAY Sports) Story Highlights Rosie Napravnik, Kevin Krigger and Gary Stevens add inspirational subplots to Derby Napravnik aims to become first woman jockey to win Kentucky Derby Kevin Krigger sees history all around in his attempt to take the race LOUISVILLE -- Rosie Napravnik started her week with a profile on the TV show 60 Minutes, and now awaits a two-minute race that could make her the first female jockey to win the Kentucky Derby. Kevin Krigger can become the first African American to ride a Derby winner since 1902. And after seven years of broadcasting and acting, Hall of Famer Gary Stevens is out of retirement and back in the saddle. The horses, including highly regarded Orb and Verrazano, will do the running in Saturday's 139th Derby. But the jockeys won't just be along for the ride. Their skills and savvy will be put to the test from start to finish over the 11/4-mile course at Churchill Downs. ROAD TO THE DERBY: Latest point standings The riders all have stories. But this year's mix is enriched by the trailblazing possibilities for Napravnik and Krigger, potential inspiration for others to follow. Stevens, 50, is an inspiration, too, for any aging ex-athlete who has ever wanted to scratch the itch to give it one more shot. Their back stories won't mean a thing once the gate opens. But for Napravnik, Krigger and Stevens, the opportunities will be there to add compelling next chapters. ROSIE NAPRAVNIK Anna Rose Napravnik was listed in the race program as A.R. Napravnik when she started her career as a teenager at Delaware Park in 2005. A trainer suggested that listing so as not to advertise she was female and perhaps diminish her opportunities to get mounts. "He said, 'We can't let anybody know that you're a girl,'" says Napravnik, 25. The secret is out. Napravnik has more than 1,500 career wins. Last year, she became the first female rider to win the Kentucky Oaks, on the Friday before the Derby. In her only Derby appearance in 2011, Napravnik's ninth-place finish on Pants On Fire was the best result ever by a female jockey in the race. Diane Crump made history in 1969 as the first female jockey in a parimutuel race in North America. In 1993, Julie Krone became the only woman to win a Triple Crown race, capturing the Belmont Stakes. Napravnik salutes them. "I have not gone through nearly what they had to go through. ... They were the pioneers," she says. Her chances of making history in the Derby were diminished in late March when her horse, Shanghai Bobby, suffered a hip injury that took him out of consideration for Saturday's race. Instead, Napravnik will ride Mylute, trained by Tom Amoss. Napravnik has been nothing if not resolute. Consider her history of broken bones. "I started out with my left collarbone, and then I broke my thoracic spine, and then I broke my wrist the first time," she says. "I do feel as though I've been extremely lucky. Every injury has been a broken bone, and broken bones heal."  (Photo: Bill Luster, USA TODAY Sports) KEVIN KRIGGER Kevin Krigger is on a winning team for the Kentucky Derby. The 29-year-old, born on St. Croix in the U.