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Galloway (Scottish Gaelic: Gall-Ghaidhealaibh, pronounced [əŋ ɡaulˠ̪ɣəlˠ̪əv] or Gallobha, Lowland Scots Gallowa, meaning "Land of the Foreign Gaels") is an area in southwestern Scotland. It usually refers to the former counties of Wigtownshire (or historically West Galloway) and Kirkcudbrightshire (or historically East Galloway). It is part of the Dumfries and Galloway council area of Scotland.
Galloway is contained by sea to the west and south, the Galloway Hills to the north, and the River Nith to the east; the border between Kirkcudbrightshire and Wigtownshire is marked by the River Cree.
The definition has, however, fluctuated greatly in size over history. The name is also given to a hardy breed of black, hornless beef cattle native to the region (and also to the more distinctive 'Belted Galloway' or 'Beltie'). Galloway has always been slightly isolated due to having 150 miles (240 km) of rugged coastline and a vast range of largely uninhabited hills to the north.
Galloway comprises that part of Scotland southwards from the Southern Upland watershed and westward from the River Nith. Traditionally it has been described as stretching from "the braes of Glenapp to the Nith". The valleys of three rivers, the Urr Water, the Water of Ken and River Dee, and the Cree, all running north-south, provide much of the good arable land, although there is also some arable land on the coast. Generally however the landscape is rugged and much of the soil is shallow. The generally south slope and southern coast make for mild and wet climate, and there is a great deal of good pasture.
Jacqueline Jill "Jacqui" Smith (born 3 November 1962) is a member of the British Labour Party. She was the Member of Parliament for Redditch from 1997 until 2010, the first female Home Secretary and the third woman to hold one of the Great Offices of State — after Margaret Thatcher (Prime Minister) and Margaret Beckett (Foreign Secretary).
Smith was one of the MPs investigated by the parliamentary commissioner for standards over a variety of inappropriate expense claims Smith, whose case was arguably among the most significant of the MPs' expenses cases but who was never prosecuted, was found to have "clearly" broken the rules on expenses and ordered to apologise. On 5 June 2009, she ceased to be Home Secretary in the Cabinet reshuffle, and then lost her seat as Member of Parliament for Redditch in the 2010 General Election.
Born in Malvern, Worcestershire, Smith attended Dyson Perrins High School in Malvern. Her parents were teachers, and both Labour councillors; although her mother briefly joined the SDP. Her local MP, Conservative backbencher Sir Michael Spicer, recalled in Parliament in 2003 how he had first met her when he was addressing the sixth form at The Chase School, where Smith's mother was a teacher. "So great was my eloquence that she immediately rushed off and joined the Labour Party." Smith read PPE at Hertford College, Oxford and gained a PGCE from Worcester College of Higher Education.
The Syrian uprising is an ongoing, violent internal conflict in Syria. It is part of the wider Arab Spring, a wave of upheaval throughout the Arab world. Public demonstrations across Syria began on 26 January 2011 and developed into a nationwide uprising. Protesters demanded the resignation of President Bashar al-Assad, the overthrow of his government, and an end to nearly five decades of Ba’ath Party rule.
Since spring 2011, the Syrian government has deployed the Syrian Army to quell the uprising. Several cities have been besieged, but nevertheless the unrest continues. According to witnesses, soldiers who refused to open fire on civilians were summarily executed by the Syrian Army. The Syrian government denied reports of defections, and blamed "armed gangs" for causing trouble. Since early autumn 2011, civilians and army defectors began forming fighting units, which began an insurgency campaign against the Syrian Army. The insurgents unified under the banner of the Free Syrian Army and fought in an increasingly organized fashion; however, the civilian component of the armed opposition lacks an organized leadership.
Actors: Shia LaBeouf (actor), Tom Kenny (actor), Josh Duhamel (actor), Jess Harnell (actor), Peter Cullen (actor), Tom Kenny (actor), Kevin Dunn (actor), David Bowe (actor), Tyrese Gibson (actor), Robin Atkin Downes (actor), Robert Bizik (actor), Charles Adler (actor), Spencer Garrett (actor), Glenn Morshower (actor), Aaron Lustig (actor),
Plot: A youth chooses manhood. The week Sam Witwicky starts college, the Decepticons make trouble in Shanghai. A presidential envoy believes it's because the Autobots are around; he wants them gone. He's wrong: the Decepticons need access to Sam's mind to see some glyphs imprinted there that will lead them to a fragile object that, when inserted in an alien machine hidden in Egypt for centuries, will give them the power to blow out the sun. Sam, his girlfriend Mikaela Banes, and Sam's parents are in danger. Optimus Prime and Bumblebee are Sam's principal protectors. If one of them goes down, what becomes of Sam?
Keywords: 17,000-b.c., 170th-century-b.c., 2000s, 21st-century, abandoned-factory, air-strike, aircraft-carrier, airplane, airplane-museum, alienActors: Michael Bevins (costume designer), Andrew Bellware (director), Andrew Bellware (writer), Jason Greenberg (composer), Laura Schlachtmeyer (producer), Laura Schlachtmeyer (writer), Anthony Litton (actor), Maduka Steady (actor), Jason Howard (actor), Benjamin Thomas (actor), Alana Jackler (actress), Maria Emiko Macuaga (editor), Don Arrup (actor), James Edward Becton (actor), Greg Oliver Bodine (actor),
Genres: Sci-Fi,Actors: Griff Rhys Jones (actor), Chris Langham (writer), Ben Miller (writer), Chris Langham (miscellaneous crew), Ben Miller (actor), Alexander Armstrong (actor), Perry Benson (actor), Peter-Hugo Daly (actor), Peter Fincham (producer), Jack Docherty (actor), Charlie Hanson (director), Charlie Hanson (producer), Anthony Smee (actor), Ian Bartholomew (actor), John Mendoza (producer),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Ewen Bremner (actor), Jason Flemyng (actor), Cathy Doubleday (miscellaneous crew), James Purefoy (actor), Robin Sales (editor), Ben Chaplin (actor), Jack Rosenthal (writer), Anthony Calf (actor), Joe Tucker (actor), Tushka Bergen (actress), Robert Portal (actor), Nigel Lindsay (actor), Edward Bennett (director), Colin Tierney (actor), Christopher Neame (producer),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Fergus McDonell (editor), Robert Hardy (actor), Esmond Knight (actor), Jiro Tamiya (actor), Nadim Sawalha (actor), John Welsh (actor), Shinobu Hashimoto (writer), Ron Grainer (composer), Carolyn Seymour (actress), Joseph O'Conor (actor), Jerome Willis (actor), Madge Ryan (actress), Evangeline Harrison (costume designer), Harold Innocent (actor), Angela Thorne (actress),
Genres: Action, Drama,Actors: Roy Barcroft (actor), Trevor Bardette (actor), Robert Bice (actor), Lane Bradford (actor), Roy Bucko (actor), Edward Clark (actor), Wade Crosby (actor), Art Dillard (actor), Byron Foulger (actor), Harry Harvey (actor), Gerald Geraghty (writer), Stanley Wilson (composer), Adele Palmer (costume designer), Harry Keller (director), Tony Martinelli (editor),
Plot: Marshal Rocky Lane learns of a plan to obstruct the promotion of natural gas in his town. Bud Galloway, ranch boss for Jeff Chadwick who has just gained his release from prison, is the ringleader of the gang fighting the gas company, headed by Joanne Collier. Galloway tampers the gas line and kills an old man, and Chadwick is blamed. Galloway, knowing that Lane suspects him, hires Dutch Clyburn to kill both Lane and Chadwick. Lane learns that Galloway framed Chadwick for the murder of Joanne's father. Galloway gets his in an explosion, Joanne and Steve Edrington look like they are going to team up, and Rocky and "Black Jack" ride out of town. Evidently heading for El Paso for "El Paso Stampede", as this was the next-to-last film in the series for Allan 'Rocky" Lane and His Stallion "Black Jack." Lane would go on to become the voice of TV's "Mr. Ed", while "Black Jack" retired to a pasture.
Keywords: avenger, b-movie, b-western, brawl, cattle, community, courtroom, engagement, engineer, evil-manActors: Irving Bacon (actor), Frank Austin (actor), Richard Barthelmess (actor), Ray Bennett (actor), Robert Barron (actor), Roy Bucko (actor), Harry Carey (actor), George Cleveland (actor), Chester Clute (actor), Harry Cording (actor), Richard Cramer (actor), Ed Brady (actor), John Elliott (actor), William Farnum (actor), Willie Fung (actor),
Genres: Drama, Western,Actors: Harry C. Bradley (actor), Robert Emmett Keane (actor), Jean De Briac (actor), Charles Arnt (actor), Walter Catlett (actor), Kernan Cripps (actor), Tom Herbert (actor), Jean Del Val (actor), Lester Dorr (actor), Tom Brown (actor), Pat Gleason (actor), Robert Greig (actor), Eddie Hall (actor), Hugh Herbert (actor), Frank Mitchell (actor),
Genres: Action, Comedy,Actors: Maclean Rogers (director), Vincent Holman (actor), Eliot Makeham (actor), H.F. Maltby (actor), Gordon McLeod (actor), Norman Pierce (actor), Michael Ripper (actor), Bill Shine (actor), H.F. Maltby (writer), Bryan Herbert (actor), A. George Smith (producer), Kathleen Butler (writer), Max Adrian (actor), John Garrick (actor), Bryan Powley (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: H.B. Parkinson (producer), Lionelle Howard (actor), Charles Vane (actor), Edwin J. Collins (director), William J. Elliott (writer), Mrs. Henry Wood (writer), Dick Webb (actor), Frank Arlton (actor), Dorothy Moody (actress), Cowley Wright (actor),
Genres: Crime, Drama,