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Stigwood, Robert Colin was born on April 16, 1934 in Adelaide, Australia. Came to England, 1956. Son of Gordon and Gwendolyn (Burrows) Stigwood.
(In Survival Driving, Deatherage takes the antiterrorist d...)
In Survival Driving, Deatherage takes the antiterrorist driving lessons he learned from today's war zones and shows you how to adapt them to your situation, whether you are in Baghdad, Beirut, Bogota or Brooklyn. Using straightforward rules, security checklists, photographs and drawings, he teaches you how to prepare a route analysis, including marking maps and identifying choke points and safe havens; recognize likely attack sites for IEDs, rammings, drive-by shootings and overrun attacks; reinforce and maintain your vehicles to withstand attack by selecting the proper armoring, engine, tires, alarms, windows, locks and more; spot surveillance whether it's fixed or mobile; master the driving basics of steering, braking and accelerating, as well as advanced evasive maneuvers such as forward and reverse 180-degree turns and barricade breaching; and scrutinize military or police personnel at roadblocks or accident scenes to tell whether they are real or fake. Whether you are an enlisted man or reservist about to be deployed, a security contractor or businessman stationed overseas or just a daily commuter who travels on some dangerous roads, you owe it to yourself to take this crash course in survival driving.
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( For more than 60 years, Times Square has reigned as one...)
For more than 60 years, Times Square has reigned as one of New York's premiere tourist attractions. In recent years, an average of 20 million people visit New York City, and Times Square is a sight most do not miss. The reason for this is that Times Square holds something for everyone: theaters, restaurants, entertainment, and a transportation center that brings almost 400,000 people into the city every day. For a sociologist interested in studying crime and the ways in which deviant networks and communities emerge, Times Square offers numerous opportunities. Because large segments of these groups pride themselves on anonymity, many researchers employ ethnographic research methods. The articles in this manuscript focus on the various aspects of Time Square using the ethnographic approach. The topics include the sex trade, drugs and drug dealing, recent redevelopment efforts, the social ecology of Times Square, and a discussion of police operations in this marketplace.
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( For more than 60 years, Times Square has reigned as one...)
For more than 60 years, Times Square has reigned as one of New York's premiere tourist attractions. In recent years, an average of 20 million people visit New York City, and Times Square is a sight most do not miss. The reason for this is that Times Square holds something for everyone: theaters, restaurants, entertainment, and a transportation center that brings almost 400,000 people into the city every day. For a sociologist interested in studying crime and the ways in which deviant networks and communities emerge, Times Square offers numerous opportunities. Because large segments of these groups pride themselves on anonymity, many researchers employ ethnographic research methods. The articles in this manuscript focus on the various aspects of Time Square using the ethnographic approach. The topics include the sex trade, drugs and drug dealing, recent redevelopment efforts, the social ecology of Times Square, and a discussion of police operations in this marketplace.
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("DEAR SON, STAY SAFE" concentrates in detail on the Galli...)
"DEAR SON, STAY SAFE" concentrates in detail on the Gallipoli Campaign of 1915 (briefly explored in "Franklin & A Trench Raid (- part 1 of the trilogy "Darling be Home soon"). In 1914, Ridley Judde is on the run after a vicious gangland fight in Bradford, Yorkshire. He joins up in the frenzy of jingoistic recruiting at the start of World War One & finds himself in the same platoon as his cousin Lt. Frank Franklin. Ridley's arch-enemy, Billy-Boy Lumsden is also in the platoon & they soon lock horns. The 8th (Service) Battalion of the West Riding (Duke of Wellington's) Regiment are destined for Gallipoli to fight the Ottoman Turks who are initially seen as poor troops propped up by German instructors. The Campaign is seen as a disaster of poor planning, hopeless logistics, confusing orders & a lack of energetic determination by the Generals. Poor food, hygiene & lack of drinking water hinders the campaign throughout & medical services are swamped by dysentery, infection & safe room & shelter in which to work. Ridley Judde's mother Cora, writes to her son, regularly signing off her letters with a heartfelt "Dear Son, Stay Safe" but Ridley rarely replies & Cora worries as her son has always been unruly & belligerent. We witness the heavy losses at Cape Helles, when 29th Division attacks at "V" Beach & Corporal Dan Regan & men of the Munster & Dublin Fusiliers attack from inside a converted collier "S.S. River Clyde". In April, Paul Hannigan & New Zealanders of the Canterbury Mounted Rifles land on crowded ANZAC Cove. They later take part in a cease fire to bury the dead of both sides. A Scots soldier Stewart Coulter is wounded & found by a young Turkish villager & his capture at the hands of German Hauptmann Schwarzbaum is thwarted by quick thinking on the part of the villagers. Schwarzbaum's local woman Misha is abandoned & mistreated by his men & wanders off rejected. In August, Franklin & Judde take part in landings at Suvla Bay where again, lost opportunities become the signature of Allied Generals inaction. At home, Franklin's sister Eleanor is robbed in Bradford whilst visiting Cora Judde. Ned North, Cora's admirer, sorts out the thieves using gangland contacts. Later, in August, the last big joint Allied offensive takes place resulting in huge losses in the Helles, ANZAC & Suvla theatres. The campaign settles down into one of sporadic trench raids & sniping whilst flies, disease, poor food & oppressive heat continues to take its toll. Ridley is hurt & found helpless by Misha who shoots a Turkish deserter & gets gets Ridley back to safety & becomes an auxiliary hospital orderly whilst forming an attachment with him. Two soldiers are bitten by deadly spiders but suffer different symptoms. Ridley is hurt again & this time is invalided home where he finds Ned North has taken up with his mother Cora. Ned turns out to be on official government service with MI5 & pursues villains intent on blackmail & harm to British interests. From the earlier title "Franklin & A Trench Raid", we meet old friends & see Lt Franklin prior to being torpedoed on the hospital ship "Zakynthos Dawn". Stretcher-bearer Arthur Goodkind continues to pop up dispensing strange cures when he isn't getting a bear drunk or effecting a rescue of P.O.W.s using goats & native Kangal dogs! Doctor Mort Mandrake continues his romance with self-doubting nurse Ruth Starling who is helped through difficulties by redoubtable Matron Mary McHale. Mandrake & Starling get embroiled in a Turkish officer's escape & find danger. The book ends where various surviving characters find themselves in France prior to the great Somme battles. A rattling pace of a book set amongst the real background of an historical debacle fought with savagery & occasional chivalry, resulting in an humiliating retreat by British, Dominion & French forces. This book can be read as a stand-alone story but as many characters are shared, it can be read with either of the two trilogies.
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( The author became interested in male prostitution while...)
The author became interested in male prostitution while researching populations susceptible to AIDS. He found such a population in male prostitutes in Times Square which had developed a community to deal with common problems. Among these changing the community were AIDS, crack cocaine, and urban redevelopment. This work is directed to sociologists, social workers, and those interested in popular culture.
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( The fighting Anzacs have metamorphosed from flesh and b...)
The fighting Anzacs have metamorphosed from flesh and blood into mythic icons; the war they fought in is distant and the resistance to it within Australia has been forgotten. This book corrects such historical amnesia by looking at what occured on the Australian home front during WWI, showing that the war was a disaster and many Australians knew it. It not only considers the wartime strike wave resulting from the discontent and dissent, such as the Great Strike of 1917, but also the impact of international political events, including the Easter Rising in Ireland and the Russian Revolution. Demonstrating that the first year of peace was tumultuous, as strikes and riots involving returned Anzacs shook Australia throughout 1919, this book uncovers the history that has been obscured by the shadow of Anzac.
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(An account of the Dardanelles campaign drawing on officia...)
An account of the Dardanelles campaign drawing on official papers and reminiscences. It re-examines the most infuriating and heartbreaking of all allied actions of 1914-18. The author received the John Llewelyn Rhys Memorial Prize in 1962 and the Award of the Royal Society of Literature in 1964.
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Stigwood, Robert Colin was born on April 16, 1934 in Adelaide, Australia. Came to England, 1956. Son of Gordon and Gwendolyn (Burrows) Stigwood.
Student, Sacred Heart College, Adelaide.
Jesus Christ Superstar, Bugsy Malone, Gallipoli, Tommy, Saturday Night Fever, Grease, Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Moment by Moment, Times Square. The Fan, Grease 2, Staying Alive; Producer of stage musicals: Hair, Oh! Calcutta, The Dirtiest Show in Town, Pippin, Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita; TV Producer in England and United States of America of The Entertainer and The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie; Chair, of Board Stigwood group of companies; Key to cities of Los Angeles and Adelaide; Tony Worked as copywriter for advertising agency, Adelaide. Opened talent agency London, 1962. Liquidated firm, 1965.
Became business manager for group Graham Bond Organization. Became co-managing director NEMS Enterprises, 1967. Principal Robert Stigwood Organization, 1967.
Formed RSO Records, 1973. Director Polygram, 1976. Co-founder (with Rupert Murdoch) R&R Films, 1979.
Founder Music for United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund.
(In Survival Driving, Deatherage takes the antiterrorist d...)
("DEAR SON, STAY SAFE" concentrates in detail on the Galli...)
( The fighting Anzacs have metamorphosed from flesh and b...)
( The author became interested in male prostitution while...)
( For more than 60 years, Times Square has reigned as one...)
( For more than 60 years, Times Square has reigned as one...)
(An account of the Dardanelles campaign drawing on officia...)
1st independent record producer in England with release of single Johnny Remember Me. Producer: films, including Jesus Christ Superstar, 1973, Tommy, 1975, Survive, 1976, Saturday Night Fever, 1977, Grease I, 1978, Grease II, 1982, Moment By Moment, 1978, Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Fan, 1981, Times Square, 1980, Gallipoli, 1980, Staying Alive, 1983, Evita, 1996. Stage musicals in England and United States, including, Hair, Oh! Calcutta, The Dirtiest Show in Town, Sweeney Todd, Pippin, Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, Grease, Saturday Night Fever.Television producer in England and United States. Co-prodns. Include The Entertainer (dramatic special).All in the Family (series), The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (dramatic series).
Member Royal Bermuda Yacht Club. Clubs: Royal Bermuda Yacht.
Tennis, swimming, sailing, reading.