Which actor's last appearance before his death in 1985 was as 'Daniel Reece' in 'Dynasty'?

Dynasty Dynasty Series Description Dynasty was a 60 minute drama series on ABC and a prime-time soap. A wealthy family (The Carringtons) living in Denver, Colorado, fight over their fortune earned from an oil company or they fight about just about anything else you can think of for the first season. Then, beginning in the second season, Alexis, the owner of a rival oil company joins the cast and the fighting continues between her and the Carringtons. Of course, there's also a lot of lusty lovin' that goes on! Dynasty Cast Linda Evans ............ Krystle Grant Jennings Carrington / Rita Lesley Joan Collins ........... Alexis Morell Carrington Colby Dexter Rowan John James ............. Jeffrey Broderick "Jeff" Colby Heather Locklear ....... Samantha Josephine "Sammy Jo" Dean Reece Carrington Fallmont Pamela Sue Martin ...... Fallon Carrington Colby #1 Emma Samms ............. Fallon Carrington Colby #2 Pamela Bellwood ........ Claudia Johnson Blaisdel Carrington Gordon Thomson ......... Adam Alexander Carrington Al Corley .............. Steven Daniel Carrington #1 Jack Coleman ........... Steven Daniel Carrington #2 Michael Nader .......... Farnsworth "Dex" Dexter Catherine Oxenberg ..... Amanda Bedford Carrington #1 Karen Cellini .......... Amanda Bedford Carrington #2 Leann Hunley ........... Dana Bethany Waring Carrington Dynasty Trivia      Angie Dickinson ( Police Woman ) was originally offered the role of Krystle Carrington. Al Corley played the openly gay Steven Carrington on Dynasty for the first time on prime-time television. Al quit the show when the network demanded that his character be made "less gay". Al did reprise the role in the 1991 TV reunion specials. He was replaced by Jack Coleman in the role. They explained Steven' new face by saying that he had been in an oil-rig explosion and had multiple plastic surgerys. Jack adamantly declared himself to be straight on numerous occasions and stated that it baffled him why viewers would assume he was gay, simply because he played a gay character on TV. After the not so successful attempt to introduce an "all-male" gay character, it's ironic that Rock Hudson ( McMillan and Wife ) would bring so much attention to the subject. Rock appeared in the role of Daniel Reese on Dynasty from December of 1984 to April of 1985. It was Rock's last role before his death from AIDS on October 2, 1985. Rock's "coming-out" was probably the first time that most heterosexuals saw a very likeable man who appeared perfectly normal in every way, who also happened to be gay. Joan Collins wasn't a "shoe-in" for the role of Alexis, however. She had some pretty tough competition as Raquel Welch, Sophia Loren, and Elizabeth Taylor were also considered for the role! John Forsythe also had competition for the role of "Blake Carrington" from actor George Peppard. George was offered the role and turned it down. Even if you never saw Dynasty, you still may be familiar with some of John Forsythe's other series including starring roles on other TV shows including, " Bachelor Father (1957)", " The John Forsythe Show " (1965), " To Rome With Love (1969)" and " Charlie's Angels (1976)" (As the voice of Charlie). The Alexis character actually appeared in the final episode of the first season even though no actress had been selected for the role at that time! They used a "stand-in" with a huge hat and sunglasses during the brief shot of Alexis. Luckily, Joan Collins was chosen to be the evil Alexis in time for the first episode of the second season! Alexis was originally conceived as being much less evil and unscrupulous then she ended out becoming. It was Joan Collins herself who suggested that Alexis be made more like J.R. Ewing on the series, " Dallas ". The Dynasty TV show inspired the " spin-off " of the TV series, " The Colbys ", yet another show about rich people with demeanted personalities. Episodes List With Original Air Dates Dynasty - The First Season The Chauffeur Tells a Secret (2/16/1981) The Bordello (2/23/1981) Blake Goes To Jail (4/13/1981) The Testimony (4/20/1981) Sammy Jo And Stev


Which actor has won a 'Golden Raspberry' award as Worst Actor on the most occasions?

Best Actors Who Won Razzies | List of Golden Raspberry Award Winners For more Razzie goodness, check out this list of the best actresses who won Razzies . When it comes to repeat Razzie Award winners, several Hollywood actors have been honored more than once. Kevin Costner, for example, has won Worst Actor Razzies for his performances in 'The Postman,' 'Wyatt Earp' and 'Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.' Did he deserve a big fat raspberry for those roles? Some might argue that he did. And poor Sylvester Stallone: He might've garnered an Oscar nomination for 'Rocky,' but he sure has raked in the Golden Raspberry Awards. He's won Worst Supporting Actor for 'Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over,' Worst Actor Razzies for 'Rambo III,' 'Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot,' 'Rhinestone,' 'Rambo: First Blood Part II' and 'Rocky IV.' In fact, Stallone's won the Razzie for Worst Actor of the Decade (1990) and Worst Actor of the Century (2000). And despite the fact that Arnold Schwarzenegger *never* won a Worst Actor Razzie, he did receive the "Worst Razzie Loser of Our First 25 Years" award in 2005. It counts. While Sly Stallone might not be a huge surprise in terms of actors who've won Razzies, some names might shock you: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Leonardo DiCaprio, Dennis Hopper and the great Laurence Olivier are all great film actors who won Razzies. Did they deserve them? Probably, and this again supports the idea that you can't always give perfect performances in perfect movies. Sometimes you're going to take a crap role, and wind up starring in some of the worst movies of all time . Collection Photo: user uploaded image 10 ReRanks 2 See list ranked by Z G Options B Comments & Embed 2rerank list 1


What was the first name of American President Grover Cleveland?

Grover Cleveland - U.S. Presidents - HISTORY.com Grover Cleveland A+E Networks Introduction Grover Cleveland (1837-1908), who served as the 22nd and 24th U.S. president, was known as a political reformer. He is the only president to date who served two nonconsecutive terms, and also the only Democratic president to win election during the period of Republican domination of the White House that stretched from Abraham Lincoln’s (1809-65) election in 1860 to the end of William Howard Taft’s (1857-1930) term in 1913. Cleveland worked as a lawyer and then served as mayor of Buffalo, New York, and governor of New York state before assuming the presidency in 1885. His record in the Oval Office was mixed. Not regarded as an original thinker, Cleveland considered himself a watchdog over Congress rather than an initiator. In his second term, he angered many of his original supporters and seemed overwhelmed by the Panic of 1893 and the depression that followed. He declined to run for a third term. Google Early Career Stephen Grover Cleveland was born in Caldwell, New Jersey , on March 18, 1837. He was the fifth of nine children of Richard Falley Cleveland (1804-53), a Presbyterian minister, and Anne Neal Cleveland (1806-82). In 1841, the family moved to upstate New York , where Cleveland’s father served several congregations before his death in 1853. Did You Know? Grover Cleveland vetoed twice as many congressional bills as all 21 of the presidents who preceded him combined--414 vetoes in his first term. Cleveland left school following his father’s death and started working in order to help support his family. Unable to afford a college education, he worked as a teacher in a school for the blind in New York City and then as a clerk in a law firm in Buffalo, New York. After clerking for several years, Cleveland passed the state bar examination in 1859. He started his own law firm in 1862. Cleveland did not fight in the American Civil War (1861-65); when the Conscription Act was passed in 1863, he paid a Polish immigrant to serve in his place. Sheriff, Mayor and Governor Cleveland’s first political office was sheriff of Erie County, New York, a position he assumed in 1871. During his two-year term, he carried out the death sentence (by hanging) of three convicted murderers. In 1873, he returned to his law practice. He was persuaded to run for mayor of Buffalo in 1881 as a reformer of a corrupt city government. He won the election and took office in 1882. His reputation as an opponent of machine politics grew so rapidly that he was asked to run as the Democratic candidate for governor of New York. Cleveland became governor in January 1883. He was so opposed to unnecessary government spending that he vetoed eight bills sent up by the legislature in his first two months in office. But while Cleveland was popular with the voters, he made enemies within his own party, particularly the powerful Tammany Hall political machine in New York City. However, he won the respect of New York state assemblyman and future U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) and other reform-minded Republicans. Cleveland was soon regarded as presidential material. First Term in the White House: 1885-89 Cleveland won the Democratic presidential nomination in 1884 in spite of the opposition of Tammany Hall. The 1884 presidential campaign was ugly: Cleveland’s Republican opponent, U.S. Senator James G. Blaine (1830-93) of Maine , was implicated in several financial scandals, while Cleveland was involved in a paternity case in which admitted that he had paid child support in 1874 to a woman who claimed he was the father of her child. In spite of the scandal, Cleveland won the election with the support of the Mugwumps, Republicans who considered Blaine corrupt. Once in office, Cleveland continued the policy of his predecessor, Chester Arthur (1830-86), in basing political appointments on merit rather than party affiliation. He tried to reduce government spending, using the veto more often than any other president up to that point. Cleveland was a noninterventionis


In which year was the English Football Association founded?

History of FIFA - Foundation - FIFA.com Share History of FIFA - Foundation The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) was founded in the rear of the headquarters of the Union Française de Sports Athlétiques at the Rue Saint Honoré 229 in Paris on 21 May 1904. The foundation act was signed by the authorised representatives of the following associations: Present at that historic meeting were: Robert Guérin and André Espir (France); Louis Muhlinghaus and Max Kahn (Belgium); Ludvig Sylow (Denmark); Carl Anton Wilhelm Hirschman (Netherlands); Victor E Schneider (Switzerland). Sylow also represented the SBF while Spir performed the same function for the Madrid Football Club. France - Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports   Athlétiques (USFSA) Belgium - Union Belge des Sociétés de Sports   (UBSSA) Denmark - Dansk Boldspil Union (DBU) Netherlands - Nederlandsche Voetbal Bond   (NVB) Spain - Madrid Football Club Sweden - Svenska Bollspells Förbundet (SBF) Switzerland - Association Suisse de Football   (ASF) When the idea of founding an international football federation began taking shape in Europe, the intention of those involved was to recognise the role of the English who had founded their Football Association back in 1863. Hirschman, secretary of the Netherlands Football Association, turned to the Football Association. Its secretary, FJ Wall, did accept the proposal but progress stalled while waiting for the Executive Committee of the Football Association, the International FA Board and the associations of Scotland, Wales and Ireland to give their opinion about the matter. Guérin, secretary of the football department of the Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques and a journalist with Le Matin newspaper, did not want to wait any longer. He contacted the national associations on the continent in writing and asked them to consider the possibility of founding an umbrella organisation. When Belgium and France met in the first official international match in Brussels on 1 May 1904, Guérin discussed the subject with his Belgian counterpart Louis Muhlinghaus. It was now definite that the English FA, under its president Lord Kinnaird, would not be participating in the foundation of an international federation. So Guérin took the opportunity and sent out invitations to the founding assembly. The process of organising the international game had begun. The first FIFA Statutes were laid down and the following points determined: the reciprocal and exclusive recognition of the national associations represented and attending; clubs and players were forbidden to play simultaneously for different national associations; recognition by the other associations of a player's suspension announced by an association; and the playing of matches according to the Laws of the Game of the Football Association Ltd. Each national association had to pay an annual fee of FF50. Already then there were thoughts of staging an international competition and Article 9 stipulated that FIFA alone was entitled to take over the organisation of such an event. It was decided that these regulations would only come into force as of 1 September 1904. Moreover, the first Statutes of FIFA were only of a provisional nature, in order to simplify the acceptance of additional members. On the day of foundation, the Deutscher Fussball-Bund (German FA) sent a telegram confirming that it would adhere to these Statutes in principle. History of FIFA


In which Australian state is the town of Albany?

Major Cities and Towns in Western Australia - Postcodes Australia Perth Situated in the south-east coast of Australia on the Indian Ocean lies Perth, the capital city of Western Australia. Founded as a colony on the Swan River in 1829 by Captain James Stirling, Perth is now a rapidly-growing city housing over 75% of all WA's population. Prior to European settlement, the area had been inhabited by the local Aboriginal Noongar people for over 40,000 years.


Which of the Mitford sisters wrote the semi- autobiography 'Pursuit Of Love'?

Masterpiece Theatre | Love in a Cold Climate | Essays + Interviews | The Mitford Sisters The Mitford Sisters Raised in isolation on several Cotswold estates, the seven children of Lord and Lady Redesdale -- six daughters and a son -- were forced to depend on each other for ideas, companionship, and fun. They invented elaborate family jokes and games that included an elaborate network of nicknames and private languages. By the time Tom was at Eton and the girls ready for their London debuts, they had each developed their own highly individual, eccentric personalities. Coming of age in the era of Evelyn Waugh's fabled "Bright Young Things," the Mitford children burned bright only to flame out in a series of unwise alliances, outspoken books, and poorly chosen political bedfellows. Nancy, The Author The eldest of the seven children of David Mitford and Sydney Bowles, Nancy was born in London in 1904. Because her father did not believe in formal education for girls, Nancy and her sisters were instructed at home by governesses. (One reason he gave was that by playing field hockey, a common school sport, they would develop thick calves.) Both Nancy and Jessica longed to go to school, and at age 16 Nancy got her wish, spending less than a year at nearby Hatherop Castle. By and large, school did not play a large part in her childhood. Books, however, did. By age six, Nancy was already reading Ivanhoe, and she went on to read voraciously throughout her teenage years. The strict house rules about books -- children were not allowed to read in bed or to read novels in the morning, and library books had to stay in the library -- made reading, especially the reading of novels, all the more attractive. Nancy's own first novel, Highland Fling, was published in 1931, followed by Christmas Pudding the next year. But critics and the public took little notice of these frothy romps. She found success with her fifth novel, The Pursuit of Love (1945), and its sequel, Love in a Cold Climate (1949). Based like much of her fiction on her own experiences, their sentimental but satiric tone was irresistible to a nation fatigued by years of war, and the books became best-sellers. Known for her style and elegance, Nancy was a great social success, as were her sisters in their turn. As a young woman in London, she worked away at her fiction and penned articles for Vogue, The Lady, and Harper's. Released at last from the family fold, she took up residence with the author Evelyn Waugh and his wife and enjoyed a lively social life. Her first love was Hamish St. Clair Erskine, an aesthete who had been friends with her brother at Eton. When he threw her over, she quickly married Peter Rodd, son of an eminent diplomat, chiefly because he happened to be available. Undone by his philandering and profligate spending habits, the match was never happy; they would divorce in 1958. With her husband posted overseas during the war, Nancy found work as an assistant at Heywood Hill bookshop in the Mayfair district of London, where she soon became a partner in the firm. Drawing on her work with Rodd in refugee camps during the Spanish Civil War, Nancy did her part in the war effort as an Air Raid Precautions (ARP) driver in London. By this time, Nancy had fallen in love with Gaston Palewski, a follower of General de Gaulle, who she included as Fabrice in The Pursuit of Love. Settling in Paris after the war, she moved from fiction to history, writing highly acclaimed biographies: Madame de Pompadour (1953), Voltaire in Love (1957), The Sun King (1966), and Frederick the Great (1970). She is remembered, however, as Britain's most piercing observer of social manners. While her sheltered upbringing was the object of her scalding satire, she nonetheless continued to defend it until her death in Paris, of cancer, at the age of 69. Pamela, The "Woman" Sister number two, Pamela (1907-1994), was the least rebellious of the older girls. Of all the sisters, Pamela developed a particular love of the country and went on to become a poultry expert. According to Mitford biographer Ma


What Is Astraphobia? - Astraphobia Guide Astraphobia Guide Why You Fear Thunder And Lightening What Is Astraphobia? Astraphobia is the irrational fear of thunder and lightening. This is a specific phobia that tops the list of the most common phobias that people have. You may also hear it referred to as Astrapophobia, Brontophobia, Keraunophobia, and Tonitrophobia. It’s estimated that about ten percent of the American population suffers from this specific weather phobia. Animals, like dogs and cats, typically experience this phobia also. Symptoms A person suffering from Astraphobia will experience a high level of anxiety when it is storming outside. Some may even experience a full blown panic attacks. These symptoms include: Trembling Difficulty Breathing Impeding Sense of Doom or Death For most sufferers this condition is worse when they are left alone. Typically in the presence of other people sufferers are able to find reassurance in the stormy situation. But when left alone sufferers tend to panic. Staying inside of your house or under a roof is not enough cover form most people with this condition. They tend to seek extra security hiding under a bed, in a closet, the basement, or any other space where they feel safer. As an extra measure many sufferers will turn up the radio, put on headphones, or blare the television to drown out the noise created by thunder and lightening. Sufferers tend to pay very close attention to the weather forecast. They constantly look at the weather channel and updates. Some severe sufferers will actually avoid going outside until they check the forecast to ensure there is no possibility of a storm coming so they don’t get stuck outside in it. Causes There are a couple of different reasons you may have developed this fear of stormy weather. Let’s take a closer look at each. Traumatic Situation Many people that suffer from this fear of thunder and lightening have experienced a traumatic event in the past that involved the rain, lightening, or thunder. Each person’s experience varies greatly. It could be that lightening struck something that was important to the person. A car accident in the storm that killed a family member. Or anything alike. Informational Experience For some sufferers their fear of stormy weather may be due to what they have been told, and not anything specific they experienced with the weather. Reading informative books about traumatic events that happened due to thunder and lightening, watching films that depict this type of weather as scary or bad, and even parental cues of parents having Astraphobia and passing on the fear to their children. All of these informational stimuli can cause a person to develop this fear of thunder and lightening, even though the fear has not personally affected them. Treatment There are a few common means to dealing with phobias . Let’s take a look at your different options. In Vivo Therapy This is one of the most effective forms of treatment performed by a therapist. In dealing with Astraphobia your licensed therapist will expose you to images and videos of thunder and lightening. This method uses repeat exposure to desensitize your anxiety towards your fear. They typically do exposure in steps. For example, your therapist may show you images of lightening. Next they may play the noise of thunder and lightening. Last, they may bring in a video or expose you to a storm going on outside. With every different level of exposure you become more familiar with your fear as your therapists shows you that there is nothing to fear. This helps to reprogram the way your brain reacts to this fear. Systematic Desensitization Therapy In this type of desensitization your therapist will teach you relaxation techniques to deal with your phobia. This session typically starts out with your therapists having you imagine the situation of lightening and thunder. They will ask you questions and take notes as what where your phobia developed from. When your anxiety level starts to get high, they will coach you through relaxing and deep breathing. This is repeated


Which politician wrote the autobiography 'An American Life'?

'Going Rogue: An American Life' by Sarah Palin - LA Times 'Going Rogue: An American Life' by Sarah Palin Tim Rutten A particularly shrewd political analyst once remarked that Ronald Reagan 's great strength as a candidate was that he was "a sincere phony." In the world of electoral realpolitik, that's a compliment. What the analyst meant was that Reagan had the ability to convince himself that he actually held expedient views he'd never previously entertained and that belief, in turn, allowed him to speak of them with utter conviction. Thus, the governor who'd signed the nation's most permissive abortion-rights statute became the resolutely pro-life president. Sarah Palin 's autobiography -- "Going Rogue: An American Life" -- suggests that while she may be overreaching when she aspires to the Great Communicator's mantle as leader of the conservative movement, she may well be able to claim his facility for convenient sincerity. Take, for example, the matter of this book's authorship. It's customary for politicians and celebrities to collaborate with a professional writer on books like this, particularly when they're produced on a tight deadline, as "Going Rogue" was, and the publisher has a multimillion-dollar advance on the table, as Rupert Murdoch 's HarperCollins reportedly does with this volume. However, the name of Palin's collaborator -- the evangelical Christian writer and pro-life activist Lynn Vincent -- doesn't appear on the cover of "Going Rogue." Collaborators sometimes trade such credits for higher fees, but their names usually appear prominently in the acknowledgments. Palin's first acknowledgment goes to . . . herself: "I'm very glad this writing exercise is over. I love to write, but not about myself. I'm thankful now to have kept journals about Alaska and my friends and family ever since I was a little girl. That practice allowed an orderly compilation over the past weeks and let me summarily wrap up at least some of my life so far . . . " Three paragraphs later, after she's thanked her lawyer Robert Barnett and five HarperCollins executives and editors, Vincent's name is mentioned with several others. (At least she made it before the thanks to flight attendants, "Big Dipper Construction" and "everyone who values good customer service.") It's an interesting reticence because Vincent's previous books include a biography of Gen. William Boykin, who created a firestorm for injecting too much Christianity into the war on terror, and an account of the Democratic Party designed to show that its "true history" is "a tale of dishonesty, crime and corruption." Vincent reportedly was selected for this job in large part for her ability to connect with evangelical Christians, and they won't be disappointed to find that Palin discerns "God's hand" and a divine purpose in nearly every turn of her life, including her tenure in Wasilla, Alaska's city hall. Actually, the hand most obviously working throughout "Going Rogue" is Vincent's. The narrative is sprinkled with literary and philosophical references that one somehow doubts sprang from the copious pages of Palin's diaries, including the role of Blaise Pascal 's philosophy in her girlhood conversion from Catholicism to Evangelical Protestantism. Similarly, the opening sequence includes a visit to the Right to Life booth at the Alaska State Fair, where one of the items on sale is a poster featuring Palin's daughter Piper dressed as an angel. (It's hard to recall any politicians in recent memory who have used their children as props quite as frequently as Palin.) More than half the book deals with Palin's life before the last presidential campaign, so there's a lot of winter, guns, fish guts, long hours at the nets under the midnight sun and a great deal about Palin's fondness for meat, particularly caribou and moose. There's even a photo of her father teaching her to skin a harbor seal, an activity the caption informs is now forbidden for all but native peoples under the Marine Mammal Protection Act. Ah, for the good old days. When he ran a London restaurant, the late


Which river rises in the Massif Centrale, flows north and east to enter the Bay of Biscay at St. Nazaire?

Drive of the Day Riding The Rain Forests Of Puerto Rico Tropical rain forests, as their names suggests, are located in the world's equatorial zones between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn.  Countries with great swathes of rain forests include Australia, Brazil, Borneo, Congo, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea and The Philippines. These tropical havens are home to half of the world's animal and plant species by way of thousands of eco systems, many of which are highly protected by their country's governments or other conservation bodies. However there are also just as many rain forests around the world which are not protected at all leading to these areas being pillaged by logging, oil and mining companies. The unscrupulous work ethics of these companies have led to mass deforestation, soil erosion, the exploitation of local communities and the loss of hundreds of animal and plant habitats. Due to this there is much debate from conservationists as to whether tourists should be encouraged to visit rain forests, especially as most of the world’s rain forest access roads were originally constructed by these large multi - national companies.     Therefore there is really only one rainforest road which I feel happy to advocate on this blog and that is Puerto Rico's PR191 which travels through the United State's only tropical rain forest, the 28, 434 acre El Yunque National Forest, also listed as the Bosque Nacional El Yunque or the Caribbean National Forest.  This tropical moist broadleaf forest eco region has been officially protected by law since 1876 and for a thousand years before that was a revered sacred and holy place of the island’s indigenous people the Taino Indians, making the forest, which was named after the 1,080 meter high El Yunque Mountain located in the rugged Liquilla Mountain Range, one of the world’s true virgin rain forests which actively encourages responsible visitors.      Showing the location of El Yunque National Forest   The PR191 begins in the township of Palmer just outside the city of Rio Grande, which is located 39 kilometers east of the island’s capital city San Juan along interstate highway PR3. The road terminates in the small town of Naguabo, where it links with rural highway PR31.  The road travels for only 13 kilometers through the rain forest but passes several designated observation points and picnic areas, links with six designated walking trails, spans the forest’s Mameyes River and offers visitors access to the El Portal Tropical Rain Forest Centre and the Palo Colorado Information Centre. The road also gives access to the 937 meter high Mount Britten and provides some fine views, when it’s not raining or covered in low cloud, of the surrounding five mountain peaks of Cerro Punto, La Mina de Pantolones, El Pico Del Oeste, El Cacique and the island’s highest mountain the 1,232 meter high El Toro Negro.   The forest is open daily between 07.30hrs and 18.00hrs For more information about the forest visit - www.fs.usda.gov/elyunque      Showing Puerto Rico's PR1, PR2 & PR3 Highways    El Toro Negro is home to Puerto Rico's highest cloud forest, the Toro Negro State Forest, located in the country's Cordillera Central mountain range. The cloud forest has ten small hiking trails which cover around 18 kilometers and offers visitors daily guided walks. The forest is also home to a designated camp site.   The cloud forest can be accessed by way of Puerto Rico's famous Ruta Panoramico, a 167 mile / 269 km scenic route which crosses the island from west to east across it's interior. The road lies between the towns of Mayaguez, which can be accessed from the island's PR2 highway and Maunabo, which can be accessed from the island's PR3 highway. The road is made up of forty rural highways which also pass through the island's Maricao State Forest and the Carite (Guauate) State Forest.    A detailed map of Puerto Rico Found below is a list of all Puerto Rico's twenty one protected forests -  Aguirre State Forest - 2,390 acres. Boqueron State Forest - 4,630 acres.  Cambalache State Forest - 1,


Which river rises in the Drakensburg Mountains, flows west entering the South Atlantic Ocean in Alexander Bay?

Orange River | Namibia | South Africa Rivers of Namibia The Orange River (Afrikaans/Dutch:   Oranjerivier), Gariep River, Groote River or Senqu River is the longest   river in South Africa, bordering Namibia. It rises in the Drakensberg mountains in Lesotho,   flowing westwards through South Africa to the Atlantic Ocean. The river   forms part of the international borders between South Africa and Namibia and   between South Africa and Lesotho , as well as   several provincial borders within South Africa. Although the river does not   pass through any major cities, it plays an important role in the South   African economy by providing water for irrigation in southern Namibia, as well as   source of hydroelectric   power stations. The Orange River was named by Robert Jacob Gordon after the Dutch Royal   House. Several tour operators offer canoe trips along the Orange River. Course of Orange River The Orange River rises in the Drakensberg Mountains along the border between South   Africa and Lesotho, about 190 km (120 miles) west of the Indian Ocean and at an   altitude of over 3,000 m. While in Lesotho, the river is known as the Senqu   and parts of it freeze in winter, because of the altitude there. The river then runs westwards through South Africa, forming the   south-western boundary of the Free State province. In this section the river   flows into first the Gariep Dam (the largest in the country), and on to the   Vanderkloof Dam. From the border of Lesotho to below the Van der Kloof Dam   the river bed is deeply incised. Further downstream the land is flatter, and   the river is used extensively for irrigation. At the western point of the Free State, southwest of Kimberley, the Orange   meets with its main tributary, the Vaal River, which itself forms much of   the northern border of the province. From here the river flows further   westwards through the arid wilderness of the southern Kalahari region and   Namaqualand in the Northern Cape Province to meet with Namibia at the 20th   degree of east longitude. From here it flows westwards for 550 km, forming   the international border between the province and Namibia's Karas Region .   On the border, the river passes the town of Vioolsdrif, the Customs and   Excise post between South Africa and Namibia. In the last 800 km (500 mi) of its course the Orange receives many   intermittent streams and several large wadis lead into it. In this section,   the Namib Desert terminates on the north bank of the river, so under normal   circumstances the volume of water added by these tributaries is negligible.   Here the bed of the river is once again deeply incised. The Hundred Falls or   Augrabies Falls are located on this section of the Orange, where the river   descends 122 m (400 ft) in a course of 26 km (16 mi). This image shows only the last c. 100 kilometers of the Orange River. In   this last stretch the gravel deposits in the river bed and along the banks   are rich with diamonds, and several diamond mines operate along the stretch   pictured here. The Orange empties into the Atlantic Ocean at Alexander Bay, which lies   about equidistant between Cape Town and Walvis Bay .   Some 33 km (21 mi) from its mouth it is completely obstructed by rapids and   sand bars and is generally not navigable for long stretches. The river has a total length of 2,200 km (1,400 mi). Tributaries of the Orange   River The river starts at the border between KwaZulu-Natal and Lesotho, high in   the Drakensberg Mountains as the Senqu River. Tributaries in Lesotho   include: the Koakoatsi River, Tlhanyaku River, Moremoholo River, Mokhotlon   River, Sehonghong River, Khubelu River, Makhoaba River, Bobatsi River,   Mphelebeko River, Semena River, Nashai River, Litsoeyse River, Matebeng   River, Liboleng River, Tsoelike River, Linakeng River, Qabane River,   Kolo-La-Tsoene River, Senqunyane River, Qhoali River, Meletsunyane River,   Qhuasing River, Outing River


Which American state capital is on the Cumberland River?

Cumberland River | river, United States | Britannica.com Cumberland River Clarksville Cumberland River, river formed on the Cumberland Plateau by the confluence of Poor and Clover forks in Harlan county, southern Kentucky , U.S. Looping through northern Tennessee , it joins the Ohio River after a course of 687 miles (1,106 km) at Smithland, Ky., 12 miles (19 km) upstream from the mouth of the Tennessee River . From its headwaters to the Cumberland (or Great) Falls, in Whitley county, Ky. (site of a state park), the river is a mountain stream that is of little volume during late summer but is subject to heavy floods during winter and spring. From Williamsburg, Ky., above the falls, to the Kentucky–Tennessee state line, the Cumberland crosses a highland bench in the Cumberland Plateau and flows in a gorge between cliffs 300–400 feet (90–120 m) high. Thence the river enters the central limestone basin of Tennessee and, turning north, crosses the plain of western Kentucky to the Ohio River. At one point it is less than 2 miles (3 km) from the lower Tennessee River. The Cumberland’s drainage area is 18,080 square miles (46,830 square km). The Cumberland’s chief tributaries, all entering downstream from the falls, are the Laurel, Rockcastle, and South Fork in Kentucky; the Obey, Caney Fork, Stones, Harpeth, and Red in Tennessee; and the Little River in western Kentucky. Nashville , Tenn., is the largest city along the river. Other centres include Pineville, Barbourville , and Williamsburg in eastern Kentucky; Carthage, Clarksville , and Dover in Tennessee; and Eddyville in western Kentucky. The development of a series of lakes on the Cumberland took place as part of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) system. Wolf Creek Dam (1952) for flood control and power, in Russell county, Ky., created Lake Cumberland, which extends to the base of Cumberland Falls. Large power dams are in operation on two tributaries: Dale Hollow Dam (1953) on the Obey River near Celina, Tenn.; and Center Hill Dam (1951) on Caney Fork, southeast of Carthage. Old Hickory Dam, upstream from Nashville, ponds the water to Carthage, the head of navigation on the river. Cheatham Dam is upstream from Clarksville. Barkley Dam (in operation since 1966) controls the lower river. Fort Donelson National Military Park, in northern Tennessee on the Cumberland, commemorates the American Civil War battle that opened the Tennessee River to Union troops. Learn More in these related articles:


From which Disney animated picture does the song 'A Whole New World' come?

Aladdin | Disney Movies Characters Climb aboard for a magical carpet ride with nonstop laughs, action-packed adventure and Academy Award®–winning music that will make your heart soar (1992: Best Music, Original Song, “A Whole New World,” Original Score). Now for the first time ever, a whole new world of Disney’s Aladdin is revealed in a whole new way on Blu-ray and Digital HD—with a never-before-seen Bonus! Disney Princess Give your tastebuds a lift with East-meets-West flavors in a savory and healthful pizza inspired by Aladdin.,


What was the first name of American President Ulysses Grant?

Ulysses S. Grant - U.S. Presidents - HISTORY.com Ulysses S. Grant A+E Networks Introduction Ulysses Grant (1822-1885) commanded the victorious Union army during the American Civil War (1861-1865) and served as the 18th U.S. president from 1869 to 1877. An Ohio native, Grant graduated from West Point and fought in the Mexican-American War (1846-1848). During the Civil War, Grant, an aggressive and determined leader, was given command of all the U.S. armies. After the war he became a national hero, and the Republicans nominated him for president in 1868. A primary focus of Grant’s administration was Reconstruction, and he worked to reconcile the North and South while also attempting to protect the civil rights of newly freed black slaves. While Grant was personally honest, some of his associates were corrupt and his administration was tarnished by various scandals. After retiring, Grant invested in a brokerage firm that went bankrupt, costing him his life savings. He spent his final days penning his memoirs, which were published the year he died and proved a critical and financial success. Google Ulysses Grant’s Early Years Hiram Ulysses Grant was born on April 27, 1822, in Point Pleasant, Ohio . The following year, he moved with his parents, Jesse Grant (1794-1873) and Hannah Simpson Grant (1798-1883), to Georgetown, Ohio, where his father ran a tannery. Did You Know? Thousands of people worldwide donated at total of $600,000 for the construction of Grant's tomb in New York City. Known officially as the General Grant National Memorial, it is America's largest mausoleum and was dedicated on April 27, 1897, the 75th anniversary of Grant's birth. In 1839, Jesse Grant arranged for his son’s admission to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. The congressman who appointed Grant mistakenly believed his first name was Ulysses and his middle name was Simpson (his mother’s maiden name). Grant never amended the error and went on to accept Ulysses S. Grant as his real name, although he maintained that the “S” did not stand for anything. In 1843, Grant graduated from West Point, where he was known as a skilled horseman but an otherwise undistinguished student. He was commissioned a brevet second lieutenant in the 4th U.S. Infantry, which was stationed at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri , near St. Louis. The following year, he met Julia Dent (1826-1902), the sister of one of his West Point classmates and the daughter of a merchant and planter. After seeing action in the Mexican-American War , Grant returned to Missouri and married Julia in August 1848. The couple eventually had four children. In the early years of his marriage, Grant was assigned to a series of remote army posts, some of them on the West Coast, which kept him separated from his family. In 1854, he resigned from the military. Ulysses Grant and the Civil War Now a civilian, Ulysses Grant was reunited with his family at White Haven, the Missouri plantation where Julia had grown up. There he made an unsuccessful attempt at farming, followed by a failed stint in a St. Louis real estate office. In 1860, the Grants moved to Galena, Illinois , where Ulysses worked in his father’s leather goods business. After the Civil War began in April 1861, Grant became a colonel of the 21st Illinois Volunteers. Later that summer, President Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) made Grant a brigadier general. Grant’s first major victory came in February 1862, when his troops captured Fort Donelson in Tennessee . When the Confederate general in charge of the fort asked about terms of surrender, Grant famously replied, “No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted.” In July 1863, Grant’s forces captured Vicksburg, Mississippi , a Confederate stronghold. Grant, who was earning a reputation as a tenacious and determined leader, was appointed lieutenant general by Lincoln in March 1864 and given command of all U.S. armies. He led a series of campaigns that ultimately wore down the Confederate army and helped bring the deadliest conflict in U.S. history to a close. On April 9, 1


Who, together with Vince Clarke, formed the pop duo 'Erasure'?

Erasure | New Music And Songs | Erasure About Erasure Following the disbandment of the short-lived synth pop group Yazoo, former Depeche Mode member Vince Clarke formed Erasure in 1985 with singer Andy Bell. Like Yaz and Depeche Mode, Erasure were a synth-based group, but they had stronger dance inclinations, as well as a sharper, more accessible sense of pop songcraft, than either of Clarke's previous bands. Furthermore, Erasure had the flamboyantly eccentric Andy Bell -- one of the first openly gay performers in pop music -- as their focal point. Bell's keening, high voice and exaggerated sense of theatrically became the band's defining image. In their native Britain, Erasure were successful from their inception. After a few years, the duo achieved commercial success in America with 1988's "Chains of Love," but they remained, in essence, a cult band on both sides of the Atlantic, cultivating a dedicated fan base over the course of their career. Before forming Erasure, Clarke was one of the founding members of the groundbreaking synth pop outfit Depeche Mode. He left after recording only one album with the group, choosing to form Yaz with Alison Moyet instead. After Yaz released two albums, Moyet left to pursue a solo career. Clarke participated in a short-lived alliance with vocalist Feargal Sharkey and producer Eric Radcliffe called the Assembly in 1984. Following a single with vocalist Paul Quinn, he decided to form Erasure. Clarke placed an advertisement for vocalists within a British music newspaper and received over 40 demo tapes, from which Bell was selected as his partner. Released in 1986, Erasure's first album, Wonderland, received poor reviews and weak sales upon its release. The duo quickly followed the album with "Sometimes," a preview from their forthcoming second album. "Sometimes" reached number two on the U.K. charts, beginning a string of successful singles that would run into the '90s. The Circus, the group's second album, was released in the spring of 1987 and peaked at number six on the U.K. charts. The Innocents, Erasure's third album, became their first number one album in Britain upon its release in 1988. The album featured the group's first American hit, "Chains of Love," which reached number 12 in the U.S.; its follow-up, "A Little Respect," peaked at number 14 in America. At the end of 1988, Erasure released the Crackers International EP, which reached number two in Britain. Erasure's fourth album, Wild!, appeared in 1989, and like its predecessor, it reached number one in the U.K., as did its successor, 1991's Chorus. Erasure released the Abba-esque EP, a tribute to the Swedish pop group ABBA, in 1992; it became their first number one single in the U.K. Later that year, Erasure released a compilation of their British singles, Pop! The First 20 Hits. Two years later, the duo released its fifth album, I Say I Say I Say, which featured the hit single "Always," their first American hit since 1988. Erasure's eponymous sixth album was released in the fall of 1995. It was followed in the spring of 1997 by Cowboy. Loveboat surfaced three years later. The all-covers Other People's Songs appeared in 2003, the same year as the oddly chosen compilation Hits! Before the release of 2005's "return to form" album Nightbird, Bell revealed he was HIV positive and had been since June of 1998. The 2006 album Union Street found the duo unplugging and re-recording old album tracks and B-sides with acoustic instruments. A tour with a full band supported the album and was documented on the 2007 live release On the Road to Nashville. Later in the year the return-to-form album Light at the End of the World arrived. Tomorrow's World followed in 2011 with the duo handing production over to Frankmusik, whose previous work included Lady Gaga and the Pet Shop Boys. In 2013 they released Snow Globe, a holiday album featuring new songs from the duo along with some classic Christmas carols. A return to their club-oriented work of their earlier years, the dancefloor-ready album The Violet Flame followed in 2014 with production


On a map, what name is given to a line linking places in the sea that are of equal depth?

Glossary of Cartography and Map Terminology Glossary of Cartography and Map Terminology Glossary of Cartography and Map Terminology GLOSSARY OF CARTOGRAPHY AND MAP TERMINOLOGY Definitions Provided By: Maps for America - Third Edition accuracy Degree of conformity with a standard. Accuracy relates to the quality of a result and is distinguished from precision which relates to the quality of the operation by which the result is obtained. adjustment Process designed to remove inconsistencies in measured or computed quantities by applying derived corrections to compensate for random or accidental errors. adjustment, land- line Positioning land lines on a map to indicate their true, theoretical, or approximate location relative to the adjacent terrain and culture, by reconciling the information shown on Bureau of Land Management plats and field records with the ground evidence of the location of the lines. adjustment, standard accuracy Adjustment of a survey resulting in values for positions and (or) elevations that comply with the National Map Accuracy Standards. aerotriangulation The process of developing a network of horizontal and or vertical positions from a group of known positions using direct or indirect measurements from aerial photographs and mathematical computations. alidade Instrument, or part of an instrument , for determining direction , either horizontal or vertical . In its simplest form, a peepsight or telescope mounted on a straightedge and used for plotting directions graphically. In such instruments as transits and theodolites, the alidade is the part containing the telescope and its attachments. altimeter Instrument for measuring altitudes or elevations with respect to a reference level, usually mean sea level. The most common type is an aneroid barometer. A radar altimeter determines the height of an aircraft above the terrain by measuring the time required for an electromagnetic pulse to travel from aircraft to the ground and back. azimuth Horizontal direction reckoned clockwise from the meridian plane. backshore Part of a beach that is usually dry and is reached only by the highest tides; by extension, a narrow strip of relatively flat coast bordering the sea. base map Science of measuring water depths (usually in the ocean) to determine bottom topography. beach (seabeach) Zone of unconsolidated material that extends landward from the low water line to the place where there is marked change in material or physiographic form, or to the line of permanent vegetation (usually the effective lint of storm waves). bench mark Relatively permanent material object, natural or artificial, bearing a marked point whose elevation above or below an adopted datum is known. boundary monument Material object placed on or near a boundary line to preserve and identify the location of the boundary line on the ground boundary survey Survey made to establish or to reestablish a boundary line on the ground, or to obtain data for constructing a map or plat showing a boundary line. cadastral map See: map, cadastral. cadastral survey Survey relating to land boundaries, made to create units suitable for title transfer or to define the limitations of title. Derived from "cadastre" meaning a register of land quantities, values, and ownership used levying taxes, the term may properly be applied to surveys of a similar nature outside the public lands, such surveys are more commonly called "land surveys" or "property surveys." cartography Science and art of making maps and charts. The term may be taken broadly as comprising all the steps needed to produce a map: planning, aerial photography, field surveys, photogrammetry, editing, color separation, and multicolor printing. Mapmakers, however, tend to limit use of the term to the map-finishing operations, in which the master manuscript is edited and color separation plates are prepared for lithographic printing. chain Unit of length equal to 66 feet, used especially in the U.S. public land surveys. The original measuring instrument (Gunter's chain) was literally a chain consisting of


By what title was the British Prime Minister William Lamb better known?

William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne | prime minister of Great Britain | Britannica.com William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne prime minister of Great Britain Written By: Alternative Title: William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne of Kilmore, Lord Melbourne, Baron of Kilmore, Baron Melbourne of Melbourne William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne Prime minister of Great Britain Also known as William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne of Kilmore, Lord Melbourne, Baron of Kilmore, Baron Melbourne of Melbourne born Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, (born March 15, 1779, London , Eng.—died Nov. 24, 1848, Brocket, near Hatfield , Hertfordshire ), British prime minister from July 16 to Nov. 14, 1834, and from April 18, 1835, to Aug. 30, 1841. He was also Queen Victoria’s close friend and chief political adviser during the early years of her reign (from June 20, 1837). Although a Whig and an advocate of political rights for Roman Catholics, he was essentially conservative . Not believing that the world could be bettered through politics, he was always more interested in literature and theology. Melbourne, detail of an oil painting by J. Partridge, 1844; in the National Portrait Gallery, London Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, London Lamb’s mother, Elizabeth (née Milbanke), was a confidante of the poet Lord Byron and an aunt of Byron’s future wife Anne Isabella (“Annabella”) Milbanke. It was widely believed that the 1st Viscount Melbourne was not Lamb’s real father. In June 1805 Lamb married Lady Caroline Ponsonby, the eccentric daughter of Frederic Ponsonby, 3rd earl of Bessborough. The marriage had failed even before Lady Caroline’s affair with Byron in 1812–13, and, after several estrangements and reconciliations, it ended in separation in 1825, three years before her death. Subsequently, Lamb was named as corespondent in two unsuccessful divorce suits, the second, in 1836, involving the poet Caroline Norton . Victoria (queen of United Kingdom): Accession to the throne Called to the bar in 1804, Lamb entered the House of Commons in 1806. From 1822 he was an avowed supporter of the conservatism of George Canning . From April 1827 to May 1828, in the governments of Canning and Arthur Wellesley, 1st duke of Wellington, he served as chief secretary for Ireland. In 1829 he succeeded to the viscountcy. As home secretary in the 2nd Earl Grey’s ministry (Nov. 16, 1830–July 8, 1834), he reluctantly supported the parliamentary Reform Act of 1832 but forcibly repressed agrarian and industrial radicals, notably the Tolpuddle Martyrs in 1834. Consistent with this, he opposed, while prime minister, the reduction of duties on imported grain. Melbourne’s brief first administration ended with his dismissal by King William IV , who was offended by Whig plans for church reform. But Sir Robert Peel’s Conservatives failed to win a parliamentary majority, and Melbourne took office as prime minister once more. After Victoria’s accession he also became her private secretary for a time. Their mutual affection led to Victoria’s Whig partisanship. On May 7, 1839, during the crisis over the “bedchamber question” (the queen insisted her attendants be Whig ladies), Melbourne resigned but soon resumed office when Peel could not form a government. Britannica Stories


"Which work of literature starts with the lines: ""It was a bright cold day in April and the clocks were striking thirteen""?"

Colin Brush: ‘It was a bright cold day in April…’ – The Orwell Prize George Orwell: Nineteen Eighty-Four ‘It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.’ Not yet they aren’t. But one of the most famous opening lines in modern English literature seems to me a good place to start writing about where to begin when reissuing an old book. A friend of mine over at HarperCollins – in fact the wise chap that employed me here at Penguin a few years ago – had to hire a new copywriter a while back. He was looking for a good way to separate the wheat from the chaff and came up with the rather neat idea of inviting all applicants to supply the current blurb of a book they were fond of together with an entirely new blurb of their own devising. They then had to explain why theirs was better. Improving on what has gone before in publishing is usually not so difficult since jackets tend to stay on books for many years and by the time publishers get around to reissuing them they look rather tired if not plain antediluvian. Here’s an example, appropriately enough, from the Eighties: The blurb on 1989’s Nineteen Eighty-Four doesn’t sound much like a novel at all: Newspeak, Doublethink, Big Brother, the Thought Police – George Orwell’s world-famous novel coined new and potent words of warning for us all. Alive with Swiftian wit and passion, it is one of the most brilliant satires on totalitarianism and the power-hungry ever written. Maybe. But it sounds like a bit of a slog. When it came to doing the reissue (out in July) it didn’t take a lot of head scratching for me to decide that a) it was time I re-read one of my favourite books and b) the starting point for writing this blurb had to be the excellent opening line, which manages to be perfectly ordinary until its very last word – which rips the rug out from under your feet. Nice work, George. By listing some of the words that Nineteen Eighty-Four had added to the English language, the old blurb was trying to get across the book’s weight, its sheer importance. Unfortunately, as with a lot of attempts to make things sound worthy, Nineteen Eighty-Four just comes across as dull. Something to be admired rather than liked. I think we can do better than that. ‘It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.’ Winston Smith works for the Ministry of Truth in London, chief city of Airstrip One. Big Brother stares out from every poster, the Thought Police uncover every act of betrayal. When Winston finds love with Julia, he discovers that life does not have to be dull and deadening, and awakens to new possibilities. Despite the police helicopters that hover and circle overhead, Winston and Julia begin to question the Party; they are drawn towards conspiracy. Yet Big Brother will not tolerate dissent – even in the mind. For those with original thoughts they invented Room 101 … This edition is not the Penguin Modern Classics edition. This edition is the one we want to get into the hands of school kids, to grab their short attention spans. So yes, putting the key words – Big Brother, Thought Police, Room 101, Ministry of Truth – in there is important, but that is no reason to leave the story or the characters out. The great thing about Nineteen Eighty-Four is that it is so unsettling, it is so terrifying and bleak (and not much fun as satire, either). To get that across we need to know what’s at stake – what Big Brother is opposed to. We need Winston and Julia, their hopes and love, their humanity. Without Winston and Julia there is no tension, no story. A book might be a classic, big names may rate it, teachers might tell you it is an essential read. But that’s no reason not to sell it as if it’s brand new – to some people it will be – or not to try to seduce the sceptical reader into turning to the first page despite themselves. At the same time as Nineteen Eighty-Four we’re reissuing Animal Farm: Both books feature stunning covers by Shepard Fairey – if you’re going to grab people, get them by the short and curlies. But don’t let either cover art


Which US actress and star of 'Dallas' died in August 2005?

Celebrity Deaths 2005 - People who died in 2005| FiftiesWeb Celebrity Deaths 2005 Gone But Not Forgotten – 2005 January 15 – Ruth Warrick, actress, (Phoebe Wallingford on “All My Children”) age 89 January 17 – Virginia Mayo, actress (“The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”) age 84 January 22 – Rose Mary Woods, secretary to Richard Nixon who took blame for 18 ½ minute gap in tapes, age 86 January 23 – Johnny Carson, comedian (“The Tonight Show”) age 79 January 25 – Ray Peterson, singer (“Tell Laura I Love Her”) age 69 February 1 – John Vernon, actor (Dean Wormer in “Animal House”) age 72 February 4 – Ossie Davis, actor (Ponder Blue in “Evening Shade”) husband of Ruby Dee, age 87 February 8 – Keith Knudsen, musician (drummer for the Doobie Brothers) age 57 February 10 – Arthur Miller, playright (“Death of a Salesman”) once married to Marilyn Monroe, age 89 February 12 – Jewel “Sammi” Smith,country singer (” Help Me Make It Through The Night”) age 62 February 14 – Brian Kelly, actor (Porter Ricks on “Flipper”) age 73 February 20 – Sandra Dee, actress (“A Summer Place” and “Gidget”) wife of Bobby Darin, age 62 February 20 – Hunter S. Thompson, writer (“Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas”) age 67 February 20 – John Raitt, Broadway actor (“Pajama Game” and “Carousel” ) father of singer Bonnie Raitt, age 88 March 6 – Teresa Wright, actress (“Mrs. Miniver”, “Shadow of a Doubt”, “The Best Years of Our Lives”), age 86 March 19 – John DeLorean,auto magnate, made time-traveling vehicle for “Back to the Future” films, age 80 March 21 – Bobby Short, pianist, for 35 years at the Carlyle Hotel in New York City, age 80 March 29 – Johnnie Cochran, star attorney, age 67 March 30 – Mitch Hedberg, comedian, age 37 March 31 – Terri Schiavo, age 41 April 1 – Frank Perdue, the chicken guy, age 84 April 2 – Pope John Paul II, age 84 April 5 – Dale Messick, cartoonist (“Brenda Starr, Reporter”) age 98 April 5 – Saul Bellow, author (“The Adventures of Augie March”) age 89 April 6 – Prince Rainier III, of Monaco, was married to Grace Kelly, age 81 April 19 – Ruth Hussey, actress (“The Philadelphia Story”) age 93 April 19 – Rick Lewis, pop singer (The Silhouettes) age 71 April 22 – Norman Bird, actor (British) age 80 April 23 – Sir John Mills, actor (“Ryan’s Daughter”) age 93 * Note: Unconfirmed sources report his age as 97 April 26 – Mason Adams, actor (Charlie Hume on “Lou Grant”) age 86 April 29 – William J. Bell, soap opera writer & creator (“The Young and the Restless”) age 78 April 30 – Sherman Loudermilk, host of “Cowboy Slim” TV Show, age 92 May 7 – Peter Rodino, House Judiciary Committee chairman who directed the impeachment investigation of Richard Nixon; age 95 May 17 – Frank Gorshin, actor (Riddler on TV’s “ Batman “) age 72 May 20 – J.D. Cannon, actor (NYPD Chief Peter Clifford on “McCloud”) age 83 May 21 – Howard Morris, actor/director (Ernest T. Bass on the “ Andy Griffith Show “) age 85 May 22 – Thurl Ravenscroft, actor (voice of Tony the Tiger) age 91 May 25 – Ismail Merchant, producer (“Howards End”, “The Remains of the Day”) age 68 May 26 – Eddie Albert, actor (Oliver Douglas in “Green Acres”) age 97 June 1 – George Mikan, Minneapolis Lakers basketball player; age 80 June 3 – Leon Askin, actor (General Burkhalter on Hogan’s Heroes) age 97 June 6 – Anne Bancroft, actor (Mrs. Robinson in “The Graduate”) age 73; survived by husband Mel Brooks June 6 – Dana Elcar, actor (Pete Thornton on “MacGyver”) age 77 June 11 – Lon McCallister, actor (“Winged Victory”) age 82 June 13 – Lane Smith, actor (Perry White in “Lois & Clark:The New Adventures of Superman”) age 69 June 18 – Georgie Woods legendary Philadelphia radio broadcaster (“The Guy With the Goods” on WDAS and WHAT) age 78 June 23 – Shana Alexander, pioneering journalist (“Point-Counterpoint” segments on “60 Minutes”) age 79 June 24 – Paul Winchell, ventriloquist (voice of Tigger in Walt Disney’s “Winnie-the-Pooh”; “The Paul Winchell and Jerry Mahoney Show”) age 82 June 25 – John Fieldler, actor (voice of Piglet in Walt Disney’s “Winnie-the-Pooh”; Mr. Peterson on “The Bob Newhart Show”) age 80


Who composed both 'The Desert Song' and 'The Student Prince'?

Sigmund Romberg | American composer | Britannica.com American composer Rudolf Friml Sigmund Romberg, (born July 29, 1887, Nagykanizsa , Austria-Hungary [now in Hungary]—died November 9, 1951, New York , New York, U.S.), Hungarian-born American composer whose works include several successful operettas. Romberg was educated in Vienna as an engineer, but he also studied composition and became a skilled violinist and organist. In 1909 he went to New York City . There, as conductor of an orchestra in a fashionable restaurant, he started the practice, then rare, of playing music for dancing. Employed as staff composer by the impresario Jacob Shubert, Romberg prepared scores for about 40 musical shows. His first outstanding operetta , Maytime, was produced in 1917. Blossom Time (1921), based on the life of Franz Schubert , featured songs derived from that composer’s works. There followed in the 1920s a series of operettas popular for their romantic plots and richly melodic songs. They include the operetta The Student Prince (1924; based on the German play Alt Heidelberg by Wilhelm Meyer-Förster), with the songs “ Deep in My Heart ”; The Desert Song (1926), remembered for the title song and “ One Alone ”; and The New Moon (1928), with “ Lover, Come Back to Me ” (melody adapted in part from Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s June: Barcarolle). From 1929 Romberg wrote songs for motion pictures and in 1933 composed an operetta, Rose de France, produced in Paris. In 1942–43 he led a series of concerts, “An Evening with Sigmund Romberg.” His last successful work was a musical comedy, Up in Central Park (1945). Learn More in these related articles: in musical Much of American popular music of the first decades of the 20th century was written by European immigrants, such as Victor Herbert, Rudolf Friml, and Sigmund Romberg. They brought a form of operetta to the United States that was, in every sense, the generic source for musical comedy; it was sentimental and melodious and established a tradition of the play based on musical numbers and songs.... 1 Reference found in Britannica Articles Assorted Reference contribution to popular music  (in musical ) External Links (1887-1951). Hungarian-born U.S. composer Sigmund Romberg’s works include several popular operettas. He specialized in romantic comedy that includes songs and dancing. Article History Corrections? Updates? Help us improve this article! Contact our editors with your feedback. MEDIA FOR: You have successfully emailed this. Error when sending the email. Try again later. Edit Mode Submit Tips For Editing We welcome suggested improvements to any of our articles. You can make it easier for us to review and, hopefully, publish your contribution by keeping a few points in mind. Encyclopædia Britannica articles are written in a neutral objective tone for a general audience. You may find it helpful to search within the site to see how similar or related subjects are covered. Any text you add should be original, not copied from other sources. At the bottom of the article, feel free to list any sources that support your changes, so that we can fully understand their context. (Internet URLs are the best.) Your contribution may be further edited by our staff, and its publication is subject to our final approval. Unfortunately, our editorial approach may not be able to accommodate all contributions. Submit Thank You for Your Contribution! Our editors will review what you've submitted, and if it meets our criteria, we'll add it to the article. Please note that our editors may make some formatting changes or correct spelling or grammatical errors, and may also contact you if any clarifications are needed. Uh Oh There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later. Close Date Published: July 02, 2012 URL: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sigmund-Romberg Access Date: January 19, 2017 Share


The 'Coast Starlight Express' runs between Los Angeles and which other city?

Coast Starlight - the Train from Los Angeles (LAX) to Seattle (SEA) through San Francisco | Amtrak Coast Starlight Seattle - Portland - Los Angeles A Grand West Coast Train Adventure En route daily between Los Angeles and Seattle, the Coast Starlight train passes through Santa Barbara, the San Francisco Bay Area, Sacramento and Portland. Widely regarded as one of the most spectacular of all train routes, the Coast Starlight links the greatest cities on the West Coast. The scenery along the Coast Starlight route is unsurpassed. The dramatic snow-covered peaks of the Cascade Range and Mount Shasta, lush forests, fertile valleys and long stretches of Pacific Ocean shoreline provide a stunning backdrop for your journey. Travel in Comfort This legendary train features Superliner Sleeping and Dining Car accommodations and spectacular views from our renowned Sightseer Lounge Car. Coach passengers enjoy big, comfortable seats, plenty of legroom, along with Just-for-You Express Meal Service, where coach passengers can select from a limited daily menu featuring specially priced, freshly prepared lunch and dinner selections with the convenience of at-seat delivery. In Business Class, you'll enjoy a fully refundable ticket if canceled prior to departure, 25% point bonus for Amtrak Guest Rewards members, seating in a dedicated car, an invitation to the wine & cheese tasting in the Pacific Parlour Car*, free Wi-Fi, two bottles of water, a $6 onboard food coupon and access to the Metropolitan Lounge in Los Angeles and Portland. * From January 6, 2017 to mid-March 2017, the Pacific Parlour Car will be available only on Friday departures from Los Angeles (Train 14) and on Sunday departures only from Seattle (Train 11). Trails & Rails - Heritage Appreciation On Board An innovative partnership program between the National Park Service and Amtrak, the Trails & Rails program provides Amtrak passengers with educational opportunities to foster an appreciation of a selected region's natural and cultural heritage and renews the long tradition of associating railroads with National Parks. The Coast Starlight has two Trails & Rails programs on board. Juan Bautista De Anza National Historical Trail hosts a program between Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo, California, continuing on to Oakland, California during the summer. Klondike Goldrush National Historical Park hosts a program between Seattle, Washington and Portland, Oregon.


In which year did Mother Theresa of Calcutta win the Nobel Peace Prize?

Mother Teresa - Biographical Mother Teresa The Nobel Peace Prize 1979 Mother Teresa Questions and Answers on Mother Teresa Mother Teresa was born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu in Skopje * , Macedonia, on August 26 ** , 1910. Her family was of Albanian descent. At the age of twelve, she felt strongly the call of God. She knew she had to be a missionary to spread the love of Christ. At the age of eighteen she left her parental home in Skopje and joined the Sisters of Loreto, an Irish community of nuns with missions in India. After a few months' training in Dublin she was sent to India, where on May 24, 1931, she took her initial vows as a nun. From 1931 to 1948 Mother Teresa taught at St. Mary's High School in Calcutta, but the suffering        and poverty she glimpsed outside the convent walls made such a deep impression on her that in 1948 she received permission from her        superiors to leave the convent school and devote herself to working among the poorest of the poor in the slums of Calcutta. Although        she had no funds, she depended on Divine Providence, and started an open-air school for slum children. Soon she was joined by voluntary        helpers, and financial support was also forthcoming. This made it possible for her to extend the scope of her work. On October 7, 1950, Mother Teresa received  permission from the Holy See to start her own order, "The  Missionaries of Charity", whose primary task was to love and care  for those persons nobody was prepared to look after. In 1965 the  Society became an International Religious Family by a decree of  Pope Paul VI. Today the order comprises Active and  Contemplative branches of Sisters and Brothers in many countries.  In 1963 both the Contemplative branch of the Sisters and the  Active branch of the Brothers was founded. In 1979 the  Contemplative branch of the Brothers was added, and in 1984 the  Priest branch was established. The Society of Missionaries has spread all  over the world, including the former Soviet Union and Eastern  European countries. They provide effective help to the poorest of  the poor in a number of countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin  America, and they undertake relief work in the wake of natural  catastrophes such as floods, epidemics, and famine, and for  refugees. The order also has houses in North America, Europe and  Australia, where they take care of the shut-ins, alcoholics,  homeless, and AIDS sufferers. The Missionaries of Charity throughout the  world are aided and assisted by Co-Workers who became an official  International Association on March 29, 1969. By the 1990s there  were over one million Co-Workers in more than 40 countries. Along  with the Co-Workers, the lay Missionaries of Charity try to  follow Mother Teresa's spirit and charism in their families. Mother Teresa's work has been recognised  and acclaimed throughout the world and she has received a number  of awards and distinctions, including the Pope John XXIII Peace  Prize (1971) and the Nehru Prize for her promotion of  international peace and understanding (1972). She also received  the Balzan Prize (1979) and the Templeton and Magsaysay  awards. From Nobel Lectures , Peace 1971-1980, Editor-in-Charge Tore Frängsmyr, Editor Irwin Abrams, World Scientific Publishing Co., Singapore, 1997 This autobiography/biography was written  at the time of the award and first   published in the book series Les   Prix Nobel .   It was later edited and republished in Nobel Lectures . To cite this document, always state the source as shown above. * Former Uskup, a town   in the Ottoman Empire. ** Mother Teresa's date of birth is disputed: "So unconcerned was she about accuracy in relation to the chronicling of her own life, and so disinclined actually to read anything written about her, that for many years and in a succession of books her birthdate was erroneously recorded as 27 August 1910. It even appeared in the Indian Loreto Entrance Book as her date of birth. In fact, as she confided to her friend, c


What is the capital city of the FYR of Macedonia?

What is the Capital of Macedonia? - Capital-of.com Dates of religious and Civil holidays around the world. www.when-is.com Capital of Macedonia The Capital City of Macedonia (officially named Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) is the city of Skopje. The population of Skopje in the year 2004 was 506,926. Macedonia is a Macedonian speaking country that does not border with any sea. Additional Information


Which country issues a 2 Euro coin showing an eagle, surrounded by the stars of Europe?

€2 €2 Emergency liquidity assistance (ELA) and monetary policy Monetary policy Read about the ECB’s monetary policy instruments and see the latest data on its open market operations. Public consultations Payments & Markets Find out how the ECB promotes safe and efficient payment and settlement systems, and helps to integrate the infrastructure for European markets. €2 Andorra Andorra signed a Monetary Agreement with the European Union on 30 June 2011. As a result, Andorra can use the euro as its official currency and issue its own euro coins. All the coins feature the 12 stars of the European flag. The €2 coin shows the coat of arms of Andorra with the motto "virtus unita fortior" (virtue united is stronger). Edge-lettering of the €2 coin: 2 **, repeated six times. Andorra Austria Austria chose to produce a series of coins illustrating flowers, architecture and famous people from its history. The designs were chosen by a national panel and public opinion poll. Austrian artist Josef Kaiser created the designs. This coin bears a portrait of the pacifist Bertha von Suttner, a symbol of Austria's efforts over many decades to support peace. Edge lettering of the €2 coin: 2 EURO ***, repeated four times, alternately upright and inverted. Austria Belgium Belgium's euro coins were designed by Jan Alfons Keustermans, Director of the Municipal Academy of Fine Arts of Turnhout. There are three series of coins in circulation. All are valid. The first series depicts King Albert II in the inner part of the coin, while the royal monogram - a capital "A" underneath a crown - among 12 stars, symbolising Europe, as well as the year of issuance appear in the outer part. In 2008, Belgium slightly modified the design in order to comply with the European Commission's guidelines. The coins of the second series also show King Albert II, but the royal monogram and the year of issuance now appear in the inner part of the coin, as do the mint marks and the country code for Belgium, "BE". In 2014, Belgium introduced the third series of euro coins, which show King Philippe, his royal monogram "FP" and the country code for Belgium, "BE". The mint marks appear on either side of the year of issuance. Edge lettering of the €2 coin: 2 **, repeated six times, alternately upright and inverted. Belgium Cyprus The €1 and €2 coins depict a cruciform idol from the Chalcolithic period (3000 BC). This characteristic example of the island's prehistoric art reflects Cyprus's place at the heart of civilisation and antiquity. Cyprus Estonia The design for the national side of Estonia’s coins is the same for all denominations. It features a geographical image of Estonia and the word "Eesti", which means "Estonia". Estonia Finland Finland chose three designs based upon motifs similar to those used before on national coins. The motif on this coin comprises cloudberries and cloudberry flowers in a design by Raimo Heino. Edge lettering of the €2 coin: SUOMI FINLAND ***, where the * represents a lion's head. Finland France Over 1,200 designs were considered for the national side of the French coins. A panel chaired by the Minister for Economic Affairs and Finance chose three designs, each for certain specific denominations. The panel consisted of experts in numismatics, artists, a former Member of the European Commission (Christine Scrivener), Members of Parliament, the French Mint Director Emmanuel Constans, the General Engraver Pierre Rodier and the actress Irène Jacob, along with members of professional bodies. They selected the following designs: €1 and €2 coins: a tree, drawn by the artist Joaquim Jimenez, appears on these coins, symbolising life, continuity and growth. It is contained in a hexagon and encircled by the motto of the Republic, "Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité" (Liberty, equality, fraternity). Edge lettering of the €2 coin: 2**, repeated six times, alternately upright and inverted. France Germany German officials and experts in numismatics chose three different designs for their euro coins. €1 and €2 coins: the traditional symbol of German sovereignty, the


Which high street company has a logo featuring a two- tailed mermaid?

Corporate Identity | Rose Wade Corporate Identity For this next brief I have been asked to design a unique corporate marque/logotype. I have been given a list of companies which operate in different sectors to choose from. These company’s are: CYMATIC: Home Entertainment company (similar to SONY or PANASONIC etc) MODE: Clothing / fashion outlet (similar to NEXT or RIVER ISLAND or FCUK etc) NORTHSTAR: An airline company (similar to BRITISH AIRWAYS,VIRGIN etc) PRODIGY: Sports company (similar to NIKE, ADIDAS, REEBOK etc) ACTIVATE: A Fitness Centre Group (similar to ESPORTA, GREENS, VIRGIN etc) NOVA: Digital computer technology manufacturer (similar to APPLE or DELL etc) STARMAN: A Guitar Manufacturer (similar to GIBSON or FENDER etc) MAXIMA: Amplification and associated music products (similar to MARSHALL, VOX etc) LINK: Telecommunications (similar to ORANGE or NOKIA etc) VIGA: Broadband provider (similar to TALKTALK or PLUSNET etc)specialising in optical broadband REBEL: Street-wear clothing (similar to QUICKSILVER etc) ZENEX: Petrochemical company (similar to BP or Q8 etc) specialising in ecological fuels DIGITEC: An Educational establishment specialising in digital technologies. MYBANK: A UK-based bank (similar to HSBC or HALIFAX etc) Once I have chosen a company and created a suitable logo I am then to apply this to a range of elements in line with the corporate identity. Before I start to look into this I am going to research into existing corporate identities and logos. I started off with a search of some of the most popular and iconic corporate logos. I went onto Google and looked on a webpage by complex.com Here is the logo history from Nike. The company of Nike was founded in 1964 but the Logo wasn’t introduced until 1971. The designer of the logo was Carolyn Davidson and was paid $35 for her work. It is said that her inspiration was that of a greek goddess of victory, and the swoosh of the tick was to represent movement and speed. Nike’s in house designers then updated the logo at different stages 1978, 1985 and then 1995. The logo became so iconic and recognisable that they dropped the name as it was no longer needed.   Here is the history of Coca-Cola. The company was founded in 1886 and has many different designers since then. Frank Mason Robinson (1887), Lippincott and Margulies (1968), Desgrippes Gobe and Associates (1998), and Turner Duckworth (2009). The first logo was in a spencerian script typeface, which was the principle style of formal handwriting at the time.  The company decided to re-design the logo and made it more complex by added the swirls and then decided to change this to the iconic red colour that is now associated with Coca-Cola.         Here are some examples of how Coca-Cola use their logo for branding. They have made good use of the bright red colour and the white stripe. This is is clear on almost every product from the company. It is an instant recognition of the brand, and it is clever how the designs all interlink with each other even though it is a simple design. This is a really strong design idea which has now become now of the most well known logo brands.     McDonald’s was founded in 1940 and the logo was also introduced. When McDonald’s first launched the company was known as a barbecue, the company then went on to focus on hamburgers. From 1960 the famous yellow arches were designed and this was the new face of McDonald’s, this logo design was created by Stanley Meston. The inspiration for this was the architecture of the McDonald’s buildings. McDonald’s have kept with the same colour scheme of yellow and red until 2003. A New campaign was launched with the slogan “I’m Lovin’ It” which was then added to all the restaurants packaging, this was translated into many different languages. In 2006 the company decided to simplify the logo and launched another campaign called “Forever Young”. This was to introduce the most simplified logo design. This was a plain golden “M” which has remained the world wide symbol tp the present day.   Starbucks along with its logo was founded in 1971


With which 19th century plot was Arthur Thistlewood associated?

19th Century Britain A HISTORY OF BRITAIN IN THE 19th CENTURY By Tim Lambert Introduction During the 19th century Britain was transformed by the industrial revolution. In 1801, at the time of the first census, only about 20% of the population lived in towns. By 1851 the figure had risen to over 50%. By 1881 about two thirds of the population lived in towns. Furthermore in 1801 the majority of the population still worked in agriculture or related industries. Most goods were made by hand and very many craftsmen worked on their own with perhaps a laborer and an apprentice. By the late 19th century factories were common and most goods were made by machine. Unrest in the Early 19th Century The early 19th century was an era of political and social unrest in Britain. In the early 19th century a group of Evangelical Christians called the Clapham Sect were active in politics. They campaigned for an end to slavery and cruel sports. They gained their name because so many of them lived in Clapham. Then on 11 May 1812 a man named John Bellingham shot Tory prime minister Spencer Perceval. He was the only British prime minister ever to be assassinated. Bellingham was a lone madman but in 1820 there was a plot to kill the whole cabinet. Arthur Thistlewood led the Cato Street Conspiracy but the conspirators were arrested on 23 February 1820. Thistlewood and 4 of his companions were hanged. Meanwhile in 1811-1816 textile workers in the Midlands and the north of England broke machines, fearing they would cause unemployment. The wreckers were called Luddites and if caught they were likely to be hanged. In March 1817 textile workers from Manchester tried to march to London to petition the Prince Regent. They were called blanketeers because many of them carried blankets. However even though the march was peaceful the blanketeers were stopped by soldiers at Stockport . Then on 16 August 1819 a crowd of about 60,000 people gathered at St Peter's Field in Manchester to hear a man named Henry Hunt. Even though the crowd were unarmed and the peaceful the authorities sent in soldiers. As a result 11 people were killed and hundreds were wounded. Afterwards people called the event 'The Peterloo Massacre' in a grim mockery of Waterloo. In 1830 farm laborers in Kent and Sussex broke agricultural machinery fearing it would cause unemployment. The riots were called the Swing Riots because a man named Captain Swing supposedly, led them. As a result of the riots 4 men were hanged and 52 were transported to Australia. In 1834 6 farm labourers in Tolpuddle, Dorset tried to form a trade union. However they were prosecuted for making illegal oaths. (Not for forming a union, which was legal). They were sentenced to transportation to Australia. The case caused an outcry and they returned to Britain in 1838. Political Reform In 1822 a Tory government was formed which introduced some reforms. At that time you could be hanged for over 200 offences. (Although the sentence was often commuted to transportation). In 1825-1828 the death penalty was abolished for more than 180 crimes. Peel also formed the first modern police force in London in 1829. The police were called 'bobbies' or 'peelers' after him. From 1828 to 1830 the Duke of Wellington (1769-1852) was prime minister. He introduced the Catholic Emancipation Act (1829). Since the Reformation Catholics had been unable to become MPs or to hold public office. The Act restored those rights to them. However Wellington was strongly opposed to any change to the electoral system. At that time there were two types of constituency, country areas and towns or boroughs. In the countryside only the landowners could vote. In boroughs the franchise varied but was usually limited. However the constituencies had not been changed for centuries and they no longer reflected the distribution of the population. Industrial towns like Birmingham and Manchester did not have MPs of their own. On the other hand some settlements had died out but they were still represented in parliament! In 'rotten' or 'pocket' boroughs there might be only


'The Headhunters' are/were a gang of football hooligans who supported which London club?

7 Most Dangerous British Soccer 'Hooligan Firms' - PopCrunch 15 Movies That Would Make Terrible Video Games Aston Villa Hardcore The other notorious Birmingham based firm, the Aston Villa Hardcore are affiliated with the club otherwise known as The Villains. Although, like other firms, they have found themselves marginalized today, the Hardcore have a fierce reputation built on a foundation of causing major carnage. The “Battle of Rocky Lane” in 2002 witnessed some serious disorder in the Aston area after a match between Villa and Birmingham City which led to 15 arrests. Then in 2005, firm member, Steven Fowler, who had already been jailed for six months in the 2002 fight, was sent down for a further twelve for his part in organized bit of aggro between the Villa Hardcore and Chelsea’s Headhunters at London’s King’s Cross in 2004. Also in 2004, several Villa firms were involved in a running battle with QPR fans outside Villa Park in which a steward died. Dangerous to know; even more dangerous to cross. Inter City Firm A gang of hooligans mainly active from the 1970s to the 1990s, the feared Inter City Firm was tied to well known London club West Ham United. Named after the trains they traveled on for away matches, the Inter City Firm became identified by their habit of leaving a card on the prone bodies of those they attacked, reading: “Congratulations, you’ve just met the ICF.” Despite such practices, Cass Pennant, a black Londoner and former general of the Inter City Firm, maintains that, unlike many other groups of its kind, the ICF was neither racist nor neo-Nazi. Still, nice folks they most certainly were not. Numerous instances of their extreme violent behavior have been documented, often against rival London firms such as Millwall’s Bushwackers, with tear ups and attacks on pubs being the disorder of the day. Vicious thugs not to be crossed by anyone unless they happen to like hospitals. 6.57 Crew Linked with English Premier League team Portsmouth F.C., and named after the 6.57am train they would take to London’s Waterloo Station on a Saturday, the 6.57 Crew were one of the major firms during the 1980s, causing mayhem across the country. Spoiling for fights has remained high on the agenda for this squad of south coast louts. In 2001, they fought with Coventry City fans at an away game, ripping up seats and throwing missiles at their rivals. In 2004, 93 were arrested – including a 10-year-old boy who became the UK’s youngest-ever convicted football hooligan – for their part in mass riots before and after a match against rivals Southampton, where police were attacked and shops looted. Over one hundred Portsmouth hooligans were banned from traveling to the 2006 World Cup in Germany because of convictions for football-related crime. Firm but far from friendly. 10 Best Natural Hooters in Hollywood The Red Army Just as Manchester United is one of the biggest football clubs in the beautiful game, so their fanatical firm, the Red Army, is said to have had the largest numbers at the height of Britain’s hooligan problem. While the name the Red Army is also used to refer to Man U’s fans in general, in the mid-’70s the name became synonymous with some of the defining incidents in British hooliganism, notoriously in 1974-75 when United had been relegated from the top flight of English football for one season and hordes of thugs wreaked havoc at stadiums up and down the country, sometimes outnumbering the home support. Their activities led to the introduction of crowd segregation and fencing at football grounds in England. Mass tear ups with other firms are well documented, with the 1985 documentary ‘Hooligan’ showing the Red Army clashing with West Ham’s Inter City Firm around Manchester. Mob rules. Chelsea Headhunters With a name like the Headhunters you know this gang of thugs mean business. Linked to famous London club Chelsea, these mean geezers are notorious for their racism, with links to far right groups like the National Front and the paramilitary Combat 18. In 1999 the Headhunters were infiltrated by an undercover BBC


Who plays 'George Smiley' in the 2011 film adaptation of 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy'?

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) - 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 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy ( 2011 ) R | From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet agent within MI6. Director: "No Small Parts" IMDb Exclusive: 'Edge of Seventeen' Star Hailee Steinfeld Hailee Steinfeld has received critical acclaim for her role in the coming-of-age comedy The Edge of Seventeen . What other roles has she played over the years? Don't miss our live coverage of the Golden Globes beginning at 4 p.m. PST on Jan. 8 in our Golden Globes section. BFI boards Saul Dibb-Sam Claflin war-drama 'Journey End' 28 November 2016 3:25 AM, -08:00 | ScreenDaily a list of 27 titles created 08 Aug 2011 a list of 42 titles created 03 Feb 2012 a list of 34 titles created 01 Jan 2013 a list of 34 titles created 16 Feb 2013 a list of 41 titles created 03 Mar 2013 Title: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) 7.1/10 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     3     Oscars. Another    34 wins & 88 nominations. See more awards  » Videos In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced out of semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet agent within MI6's echelons. Stars: Alec Guinness, Michael Jayston, Anthony Bate Set in Depression-era Franklin County, Virginia, a trio of bootlegging brothers are threatened by a new special deputy and other authorities angling for a cut of their profits. Director: John Hillcoat Based on the true story of the Black September aftermath, about the five men chosen to eliminate the ones responsible for that fateful day. Director: Steven Spielberg     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.3/10 X   In London, a real-estate scam puts millions of pounds up for grabs, attracting some of the city's scrappiest tough guys and its more established underworld types, all of whom are looking to get rich quick. While the city's seasoned criminals vie for the cash, an unexpected player -- a drugged-out rock 'n' roller presumed to be dead but very much alive -- has a multi-million-dollar prize fall into... See full summary  » Director: Guy Ritchie Ivan Locke, a dedicated family man and successful construction manager, receives a phone call on the eve of the biggest challenge of his career that sets in motion a series of events that threaten his carefully cultivated existence. Director: Steven Knight British agent Alec Leamas refuses to come in from the Cold War during the 1960s, choosing to face another mission, which may prove to be his final one. Director: Martin Ritt A land baron tries to reconnect with his two daughters after his wife is seriously injured in a boating accident. Director: Alexander Payne A successful cocaine dealer gets two tough assignments from his boss on the eve of his planned early retirement. Director: Matthew Vaughn Bob Saginowski finds himself at the center of a robbery gone awry and entwined in an investigation that digs deep into the neighborhood's past where friends, families, and foes all work together to make a living - no matter the cost. Director: Michaël R. Roskam Edit Storyline In the early 1970s during the Cold War, the head of British Intelligence, Control, resigns after an operation in Budapest, Hungary goes badly wrong. It transpires that Control believed one of four senior figures in the service was in fact a Russian agent - a mole - and the Hungary operation was an attempt to identify which of them it was. Smiley had been forced into retirement by the departure of Control, but is asked by a senior government figure to investigate a story told to him by a rogue agent, Ricky Tarr, that there was a mole. Smiley considers that the failure of the Hungary operation and the continuing success of Oper


Who became the first Briton to win gold at the 5000 metres in the World Athletics Championships?

World Athletics Championships: Mo Farah wins gold in men's 5000m - Telegraph Advertisement World Athletics Championships: Mo Farah wins gold in men's 5000m Mo Farah became the first British athlete to win a global gold medal at 5,000  metres after delivering a devastating sprint finish to race away from his  rivals at the World Championships in Daegu.   Image 1 of 2 Top of the world: Mo Farah ran the perfect race at the World Championships to win the 5,000m gold medal Photo: GETTY IMAGES   Image 1 of 2 Gold guy: Mo Farah's gold is Britain's second in the World Championships after Dai Greene won the 400m hurdles Photo: AP By Simon Hart , in Daegu 12:09PM BST 04 Sep 2011 Follow The 27 year-old Londoner, who can now claim to be the greatest male endurance runner Britain has ever produced, was locked in a titanic struggle with Ethiopian Dejen Gebremeskel with 200 metres remaining before pulling clear as the pair entered the final straight. But, as Farah closed on the finish line, he then faced another challenge as American Bernard Lagat, the 2007 5,000m world champion, chased him with a late surge in the final 30 metres. Farah, his face racked with effort, held on to win in 13min 23.26sec, with Lagat taking the silver medal and Ethiopian Imane Merga, who passed Gebremeskel, taking the bronze. After crossing the line, Farah, who was “disappointed” not to have won the 10,000 metres crown the previous week, sank to his knees in prayer before he was taken over by tears. After embracing Alberto Salazar, the American coach who has overseen his astonishing transformation in the seven months they have been working together, he set off on a lap of honour with a Union Flag draped around his neck bearing the words “Fly Mo”. Related Articles