Which Australian cricket ground is known as ‘The Gabba’?

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What does the Latin phrase ‘Errare humane est’ translate to in English?

errare - English translation - bab.la French-English dictionary Did you mean: erreur , errer ?   Context sentences Context sentences for "errare" in English These sentences come from external sources and may not be accurate. bab.la is not responsible for their content. Read more here . Madame la Présidente, errare humanum est, perseverere diabolicum disaient déjà les Romains. Madam Speaker, errare humanum est, persevere diabolicum, said the Romans. Monsieur le Président, est-ce que je peux ajouter: Errare humanum est perseverare diabolicum. Mr President, can I just add that to err is human; to persist is of the devil. Monsieur le Président, errare humanum est, perseverare diabolicum. (FR) Mr President, 'to err is human, to persist is diabolical'. Mais nul n'ignore le proverbe latin « errare humanum est ». But members are familiar with the Latin proverb, “errare humanum est”. Errare humanum est, perseverare diabolicum. Errare humanum est, perseverare diabolicum. M. Mastorakis a fait une citation en grec, j'en ferai une en latin : errare humanum est, perseverare autem diabolicum. Mr Mastorakis has already quoted some Greek to you and I am going to quote some Latin: errare humanum est, perseverare autem diabolicum. M. Mastorakis a fait une citation en grec, j'en ferai une en latin: errare humanum est, perseverare autem diabolicum. Mr Mastorakis has already quoted some Greek to you and I am going to quote some Latin: errare humanum est, perseverare autem diabolicum. Cela me rappelle la locution latine disant que errare humanum est, autrement dit qu'il est de la nature de l'homme de se tromper... mais qu'il est diabolique de persévérer. What comes to mind is the old Latin saying, errare humanum est, but it is a shame to see the same mistake being made again and again. Cela me rappelle la locution latine disant que errare humanum est , autrement dit qu'il est de la nature de l'homme de se tromper... mais qu'il est diabolique de persévérer. What comes to mind is the old Latin saying, errare humanum est , but it is a shame to see the same mistake being made again and again.


Which US singer married Debbie Reynolds, Elizabeth Taylor and Connie Stevens?

US singer Eddie Fisher dies at 82 - BBC News BBC News US singer Eddie Fisher dies at 82 24 September 2010 Close share panel Image caption Eddie Fisher on the day of his wedding to Elizabeth Taylor in 1959 US singer Eddie Fisher, who sold millions of records in the 50s and was married to Elizabeth Taylor and Debbie Reynolds, has died at the age of 82. Fisher was a teen idol in the 1950s with dozens of Top 40 hits and his own TV show. His marriage to Debbie Reynolds produced two children, including Carrie Fisher, who starred as Princess Leia in the original Star Wars trilogy. Fisher was married five times in all, including also to Connie Stevens. One of the greatest voices of the century passed away - he was an extraordinary talent Fisher family statement Fisher's top songs included Thinking of You, Any Time and Oh, My Pa-pa. His divorce from Debbie Reynolds to marry Elizabeth Taylor caused sensational headlines. 'American icon' His daughter, Tricia Leigh Fisher, told Associated Press that Fisher had died on Wednesday night of complications from hip surgery at a hospital in Berkeley, California. Image caption Eddie Fisher had two children with Connie Stevens, his third wife "Late last evening the world lost a true America icon," Fisher's family said in a statement. "One of the greatest voices of the century passed away. He was an extraordinary talent." Edwin Jack Fisher was born in August 1928 in Philadelphia. He married Debbie Reynolds in 1955 and the pair were dubbed "America's favourite couple". But he sensationally divorced her after Elizabeth Taylor's husband, and Fisher's best friend, Mike Todd, was killed in a 1958 plane crash. Fisher and Taylor married in 1959 but it lasted only five years. She then married Richard Burton. Fisher then had two daughters with Connie Stevens and he married twice more.


BBC - Culture - Ranking the James Bond authors after Ian Fleming Britain Ranking the James Bond authors after Ian Fleming Since Ian Fleming’s death, six authors have inherited the James Bond literary franchise and continued to write novels about the spy. Which is the best? Jane Ciabattari finds out. By Jane Ciabattari 8 August 2014 In 1953, Ian Fleming’s novel Casino Royale introduced one of the most popular literary characters ever: the secret agent with the blue eyes, black hair and “cruel mouth”, the persistent appetites (for women, food and that special “shaken, not stirred” martini) and the immortal line “Bond, James Bond”. By the time Fleming, a former journalist and naval intelligence officer, died on 12 August 1964 at the age of 56, he had written 14 James Bond books and established the basis for his estate to manage the franchise. Fleming’s 007 prototype has proven, indestructible, surviving through 23 films and also 24 additional novels written by six successive authors (not including the movie novelisations). The James Bond books have had their ups and downs. Fleming was a shrewd and perceptive chronicler of a Cold War world much more dangerous than ordinary citizens understood it to be. He created Bond as a blunt instrument wielded by his superiors to preserve and protect. Fleming fleshed out his 007 with a flair for clothes and cars, a powerful athleticism and a fondness for women paired with a tragic inability to maintain love.  When Fleming’s Bond was caught, as he always was, the villain made him suffer. Readers knew that at some point, however, Bond would always prevail.  Fleming’s work was noir with a safe landing at the end. He wrote with a rare combination of clarity, action, sensuous detail, wit and fantasy. Kingsley Amis, author of the first post-Ian Fleming 007 novel and the first critical appraisal, The James Bond Dossier, coined the still useful term “The Fleming effect”, which he describes as “the imaginative use of information, whereby the pervading fantastic nature of Bond’s world, as well as the temporary, local, fantastic elements in the story, are bolted down in some sort of reality”.  Some of Fleming’s successors come up short when it comes to the crucial balance between imagination, authenticity and believability.  Many are influenced as much by the film versions as by Fleming himself. Some have replaced Fleming’s Cold War plots with alternative wartime scenarios, to varying degrees of success. A few have lost the daring and witty Fleming flavour altogether.  The most successful maintain his taut action style while adding psychological depth and a contemporary sense of humour. Here’s my ranking of the six authors to carry on Fleming’s literary legacy: 6. Raymond Benson Benson, author of the reference book The James Bond Bedside Companion (1984), wrote six Bond books between 1996 and 2002. He had two directives, he notes in the introduction to Choice of Weapons, a compendium of three of his 007 novels: “Make the character of M a woman (to stay in synchronization with the Pierce Brosnan/Judi Dench films), and to somehow blend more contemporary elements (more action, gadgetry, humor).” Zero Minus Ten, Benson’s first novel, was set just before the British handover of Hong Kong to the People’s Republic of China in 1997.  Bond ends up allied with the head of a Hong Kong triad in a race to keep the handover from becoming an explosive international disaster. Benson’s settings are effective, but he replaces Fleming’s pithy two-sentence backstories with pages of exposition that slow down the action. (Compare Benson’s 20-page scene covering the rules of Bond’s Macau mahjong game to Fleming’s four-page explanation of the game of baccarat in Casino Royale during a dinner followed by champagne, strawberries and avocado pear.) His Bond seems a hollow man, devoid of the animating sense of Bond’s actions that play such an important role in Fleming’s books. View image of (Coronet) (Credit: Coronet) 5. Jeffrey Deaver In Carte Blanche (2011), bestselling author Deaver, author of the bestselling series of thr


Which branch of the British military did fictional character James Bond serve in?

James Bond (Character) - Biography biography from Dr. No (1962) The content of this page was created by users. It has not been screened or verified by IMDb staff. Warning! This character biography may contain plot spoilers. Visit our Character Biography Help to learn more. Character Biography History Discuss COMMANDER JAMES BOND, CMG, RNVR (Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan, Daniel Craig), a/k/a AGENT 007 OF HM SECRET SERVICE, and once miscalled SIR JAMES BOND KCMG (David Niven), was and is the most valuable member of that elite force within Her Majesty's Secret Service known as the Double O section, the members of which are literally licensed to kill. (In fact, Admiral Sir Miles Messervy, the first " M " or head of the Secret Service when Bond got his Double O number, once offered to recommend Commander Bond for knighthood. Out of the sheer stubbornness of the Scottish peasant he was and is, Bond definitely refused. See Fleming I, The Man With the Golden Gun, for details.) Background In Fleming's stories James Bond is an ageless character in his mid-to-late thirties. In Moonraker, he admits to being eight years shy of mandatory retirement. James Bond's birth year is unknown because Fleming changed the dates and times of events. Most researchers and biographers conclude that he was born either in 1917, 1920, 1921, or 1924 (see more). Fleming never said where James Bond was born, although people have speculated based on derivative works. You Only Live Twice reveals Bond is the son of a Scottish father, Andrew Bond, of Glencoe, and a Swiss mother, Monique Delacroix, of the Canton de Vaud. The boy James Bond spends much of his early life abroad, becoming multilingual in German and French because of his father's work as a Vickers armaments company representative. When his parents are killed in a mountain climbing accident in the Aiguilles Rouges near Chamonix, eleven-year-old James is orphaned. In On Her Majesty's Secret Service, the Bond family motto might be Orbis non sufficit (Latin for "The world is not enough"). The coat of arms and motto belonged to the historical Sir Thomas Bond; his relation to James Bond is unclear and neglected by the latter. In fact, he is indifferent to his potential genealogical relationship to Sir Thomas Bond, demonstrated by his abrupt response to Griffin Or on being told of the motto: Griffin Or broke in excitedly, 'And this charming motto of the line, "The World Is Not Enough". You do not wish to have the right to it?' 'It is an excellent motto which I shall certainly adopt,' said Bond curtly. He looked pointedly at his watch. 'Now I'm afraid we really must get down to business. I have to report back to my Ministry.' (However, in The World Is Not Enough, Bond cites this motto by way of throwing Electra King's temptation, "I could have given you the world," back into her face.) After the death of his parents, he goes to live with his aunt, Miss Charmian Bond, in Pett Bottom village, where he completes his early education. Later, he briefly attends Eton College at "12 or thereabouts" (13 in Young Bond), but is removed after four halves because of girl trouble with a maid. He reminisces about losing his virginity at sixteen, on a first visit to Paris, in the short story "From a View to a Kill". Bond is removed from Eton and sent to Fettes College in Edinburgh, Scotland, his father's school. Per Pearson's James Bond: The Authorised Biography and an allusion in From Russia, with Love, Bond briefly attended the University of Geneva. Some of Bond's education is based on Fleming's own, both having attended Eton, and the University of Geneva. World War II service with the Royal Navy In 1941, Bond lies about his age in order to enter the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve during World War II, from which he emerges a Commander. He retains that rank while in the British Secret Service of Fleming's novels, John Gardner's continuation novels, and the films. Continuation novelist John Gardner promoted Bond to Captain in Win, Lose or Die. Since Raymond Benson's novels are


In which James Bond film does Felix Leiter lose a leg in a shark attack?

Felix Leiter (David Hedison) | James Bond Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Felix Leiter (David Hedison) James Bond: "I owe it to Leiter. He's put his life on the line for me many times before." M: "Oh, spare me this sentimental rubbish! He knew the risks." ―James Bond and M [src] Felix Leiter is a fictional character invented by Ian Fleming in the James Bond books, who also appears in the Bond movies. In the films, Leiter works for the CIA , and assists Bond in his various adventures. He was portrayed by David Hedison in the 1973 film Live and Let Die and the 1989 film Licence to Kill . Contents Live and Let Die Felix is in New York investigating Mr. Big , James Bond's new target. The pair travel to one of Big's fronts, the Fillet of Soul restaurant in Harlem, where Felix steps out for a moment, leaving Bond on his own. Meanwhile Bond was captured by Mr. Big leaving Leiter to return wondering where he was. A barkeep at the club said that he had left without him, leaving Leiter puzzled. Leiter, later returns to assist Bond after a crisis in Louisiana, dealing with Sheriff J.W. Pepper clearing up Bond's encounter with the local police. Later, he, Bond and Quarrel Jr.  set off to destroy Big's crops and rescue Solitaire . He later bid Bond and Solitaire farewell on the train home as they were getting on. Licence to Kill Felix, now working for the DEA , and James Bond arrest a drug runner before parachuting into Leiter's wedding. On his honeymoon, fellow DEA agent Ed Killifer assisted in breaking Franz Sanchez out after accepting $2,000,000 from the drug dealer, Felix is kidnapped and maimed by Sanchez by being lowered into a shark tank while Della was raped and murdered. After being maimed, they threw his body back into his house and left a note saying "He disagreed with something that ate him". Felix being fed to the shark. James, who was heading home had heard Sanchez' escape from an airport employee and went over and found Della dead, Leiter's office ransacked of his files and a bloodied Leiter. 007 soon answered a call inteded for Felix but soon informed him to call an ambulance. Bond, in the process was fired from MI6 and went rogue to take his revenge on Sanchez in this film for these actions. Near the end of the film after 007 killed Sanchez with Leiter's best man present, Leiter had almost recovered and while talking to James, he said he'll be out of the hospital and James recommend some fishing and Felix said M tried to get to Bond and said he is rehiring him into MI6 . Leiter mentions that he knew James was once married 'but it was a long time ago', despite never having met Tracy Bond . Production To play the part of Leiter in 1973 David Hedison was chosen for the part. He was actually hired for the part before Roger Moore was cast. The two were already friends and Pfeiffer and Worrall consider that this friendship comes though, with "genuine chemistry" between the two on screen. Hedison played the role with an understated charm, although the script did not give Leiter much to do. Raymond Benson thought him miscast, but acknowledged that "he's the best Leiter next to Rik Van Nutter ." Hedison returned to play Leiter sixteen years later and after another actor, John Terry , had played the role. Hedison did not expect to return to the role, saying "I was sure that Live and Let Die would be my first – and last" and Glen was reluctant to cast the 61-year old actor, since the role even had a scene parachuting. He was dropped on the set of the shark tank by a crane operator, but was not seriously injured. After the film he offered to return in future stating "It would be nice to play Felix [again] with one leg." Hedison was the only actor to play Leiter twice, until Jeffrey Wright appeared in both Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace . He remains the only Leiter actor to star alongside two Bonds (Roger Moore and Timothy Dalton ).


Gobinda is the henchman in which James Bond film?

Gobinda | James Bond Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Last Octopussy Gobinda is Kamal Khan 's primary and most loyal henchman and the secondary villain of the 1983 film Octopussy . He was played by Kabir Bedi . Film biography Bond  first spies the tall, imposing man when Gobinda is acting as chauffeur for Kahn and  Magda  in Bond Street after the Sotheby's auction. Later in India, it is clear Gobinda means business when he destroys the rigged dice at the hotel casino and peruses 007 and his Indian ally, Vijay, through the Udaipur markets. Ultimately the goon captures Bond, after Magda seduces the spy, and he is swiftly transported to stay as Kahn's 'guest' at the Monsoon Palace. Shortly afterward Gobinda chases Bond and Vijay through the streets of Delhi in Tuk-Tuks. Gobinda appears in a number of scenes, generally accompanying Kamal Khan wherever he goes, and performing various other duties, mainly security based. He confronts Bond on a number of occasions, the highlights being their fight aboard Octopussy’s train, and the climatic high altitude finale, where Gobinda falls to his death. Gobinda is the personal henchman to Kamal Khan. He takes the role of assassin, bodyguard and also some of the roles of a servant. Like so many Villains around this time, Gobinda is tall, well built, speaks little, but has a large on-screen presence. Addressing Kamal Khan as ‘Your Excellency’, Gobinda follows the orders of his master, even when Kamal instructs him to fight Bond atop their airborne plane, albeit understandably with some reluctance. His reluctance was with good concern, as that was a very risky venture that ultimately led to Gobinda's doom. Bond figured he was outmatched and wing-walking makes a poor choice for a battleground. While Gobinda is attempting to grab Bond, 007 pulls back the plane's antenna and snaps it at Gobinda's head. Gobinda screams in pain due to the blistering sting of the antenna's snap, and it also causes him to loosen his arm's grip on the fuselage, causing him to fall to his death. Trivia After Bond wins Kamal’s fixed game of backgammon, Gobinda crushes the loaded dice with his bare hands – similar of Oddjob crushing Goldfinger’s golf ball 19 years earlier. Gobinda was similar to Necros : they were large men fiercely loyal to their boss, both seemed to overpower Bond in an even fight and both men died from being defenestrated from an airplane in flight.


Who sang the title songs for the James Bond films ‘Goldfinger’ and ‘Diamonds are Forever’?

Shirley Bassey - Diamonds Are Forever / GOLDFINGER (2002 Live) - YouTube Shirley Bassey - Diamonds Are Forever / GOLDFINGER (2002 Live) Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Sep 24, 2011 2002 (Shirley's appearance on a BAFTA James Bond Tribute Show - Performing these two theme songs decades after her original recordings....The Dame's still got it!) ABOUT the song, Goldfinger: "Goldfinger" was the title song from the 1964 James Bond film Goldfinger. Composed by John Barry and with lyrics by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley, the song was performed by Shirley Bassey for the film's opening and closing title sequences, as well as the soundtrack album release. The single release of the song gave Bassey her only Billboard Hot 100 top ten hit, peaking at number eight; in the United Kingdom, the single reached #21. In 2008, the single was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. Upon being asked to create a theme song for the film-in-progress, Bricusse and Newley looked at each other instantly and sang out, "Goldfinger . . . wider than a mile," reprising "Moon River," the successful theme song from Breakfast at Tiffany's. Originally, Newley recorded the song, but it was re-recorded by Bassey with George Martin and Jimmy Page as a session guitarist. Newley's version was later released in 1992 to mark the 30th Anniversary of James Bond on film, in a compilation collector's edition: The Best of Bond...James Bond. The release on vinyl of Bassey's version sold more than a million copies in the United States (Guinness Book of Records)[citation needed], and it also reached number one on the Japanese charts and the top ten of many European countries. The song has become Bassey's theme song and she has performed it in most of her concerts since the 1960s, often as an opening number. ABOUT the song, Diamonds Are Forever: Diamonds Are Forever is the soundtrack for the 7th James Bond film of the same name. "Diamonds Are Forever", the title song, was the second Bond theme to be performed by Shirley Bassey, after Goldfinger in 1964. The song was also recorded in Italian by Shirley Bassey as "Una Cascata di Diamanti (Vivo Di Diamanti)", this version was only issued on 7-inch single in Italy and has not had a CD release. Producer Harry Saltzman hated the song and it only made the film due to co-producer Albert Broccoli. One of Saltzman's major objections was to the innuendo in the lyrics. The original soundtrack was once again composed by John Barry, his sixth time composing for a James Bond film. Music written by John Barry (Jonathan Barry Prendergrast) and lyrics by Don Black. Diamonds Are Forever STATS:


What is the title of Ian Fleming’s first James Bond novel?

James Bond books by Ian Fleming Read more about Casino Royale . Live And Let Die (1954) Although Casino Royale was not published until later that year, Fleming wrote his second novel during his annual winter holiday in Jamaica in early 1953. 007 is sent to New York to investigate Mr Big. There he teams up with CIA agent Felix Leiter, under whose guidance he gets to see the jazz clubs and dance halls of 1950s Harlem. From New York they travel to Florida and then, after Felix is almost killed after being fed to the sharks, Bond heads to Jamaica. This is the first of several stories that take place in Flemingâs favourite place and provides the opportunity for Bond to don a wetsuit and scuba gear and explore the submarine world in which Ian Fleming was so interested. Read more about Live And Let Die . Moonraker (1955) After the exotic locations of the first two books, Moonraker was far more modestly set in London and Kent. Ian Fleming knew this area of England well, owning a weekend cottage at St Margaretâs Bay, outside Dover. The plot concerns a wealthy industrialist, Sir Hugo Drax, who is financing the Moonraker missile. The project is intended to provide Britain with an independent strategic nuclear capability. When a Ministry of Supply officer working on the project is murdered Bond is sent to investigate. He soon learns that Draxâs motives are not as philanthropic as they first appear. While the locations are not as exciting as the previous books, Fleming does provide a gripping bridge game. However, readers used to overseas adventures wrote to complain they felt short-changed by the locations. Fleming took the criticism to heart and with the exception of one short story, The Property of a Lady, all subsequent Bond adventures took place overseas. Read more about Moonraker . Diamonds Are Forever (1956) Ian Fleming sent Bond is back to the United States in his fourth book. Working undercover as a diamond smuggler, Bond again teams up with Felix Leiter, now working for Pinkertonâs. They travel in Leiterâs âStudillacâ from New York to Saratoga, where Bond has been told to bet on a rigged horse race for his payment for the smuggled diamonds. When that fails he is directed to Las Vegas where he bets on a rigged blackjack game instead. But when he continues to gamble, against explicit instructions from the Spangled Mob, Bond is taken prisoner in a Western ghost town with its own private railway. Interestingly, in Diamonds Are Forever Fleming names the ghost town Spectreville. The book isnât Fleming at his best, but the reader gets another good look at 1950s America. Read more about Diamonds Are Forever . From Russia, With Love (1957) With his fifth book, Ian Fleming really wanted to step up his game. A pure Cold War spy thriller, From Russia, With Love features Bondâs attempts at getting his hands on Russiaâs Spektor cipher machine. Note the use again of a variation on the word âspectreâ. Bond doesnât even appear until a third of the way through the book and the start of the novel, focusing on the Russian plot, sometimes drags. But once Bond is introduced Istanbul and then the Orient Express provide colourful backdrops to the story. From Russia, With Love was the book that helped James Bond become established in the United States. When Life published an article about JFKâs reading habits , it appeared on his list of ten favourite books. Fleming couldnât have asked for better publicity and US sales of all his books surged. Read more about From Russia, With Love . Dr No (1958) After his attempt at a straight espionage thriller, Dr No turned out to be rather more fantastic. Fleming based the book on an unused screenplay he had written for a proposed TV show. The book was famously attacked by Paul Johnson in the New Statesman in a review titled “Sex, Snobbery and Sadism”. Once again Bond is sent to Jamaica where he looks into the disappearance of local station chief John Strangways and his assistant. Bond links the disappearance with their investigation into the activities of Dr Julius No and sets sai


Agents 002, 003 and 004 appear in which James Bond film?

51 What other "00" agents are mentioned? (James Bond) 51 What other "00" agents are mentioned? (James Bond) Description This article is from the James Bond FAQ , by Michael Reed reed55@core.com with numerous contributions by   others. 51 What other "00" agents are mentioned? (James Bond) In the James Bond films, a number of 00 agents have been depicted over the years: 002 - Bill Fairbanks, assassinated in Beirut by Francisco Scaramanga in 1969 ("The Man With The Golden Gun"); replaced by another agent who is quickly captured during a training mission at Gibraltar ("The Living Daylights") 003 - Found dead in the Siberian ice ("A View To A Kill") 004 - Assassinated during a training mission at Gibraltar ("The Living Daylights") 006 - Alec Trevelyan, listed dead by MI6 at the hands of Soviet Colonel Ourumov during a mission with 007 to blow-up a Soviet nerve gas factory...at least for a while ("GoldenEye") 008 - Bond's replacement, should he be unable to complete his mission ("Goldfinger" and "The Living Daylights") 009 - Assassinated in West Berlin by a circus knife-thrower after stealing a Faberge egg ("Octopussy"); a new 009 was named as the man who put the bullet in Renard's head ("The World Is Not Enough") 0012 - Technically unnamed in the film, the novelization of "The World Is Not Enough" has Bond avenging his death in the opening scene. On screen he is simply referred to as an MI6 agent In addition, the movie "Thunderball" has Moneypenny state the "every Double-O man in Europe" is in the conference room, and Bond arrives as the ninth agent to be briefed. Whether this means that the agents are 001 through 009 or not is never stated, as it COULD be 002 through 0010, for instance. And perhaps we should consider that some Double-0's were not in Europe and missed the meeting. Sharp eyes also could not miss the moment in "The World Is Not Enough" when Moneypenny distributes assignment folders to other agents, one of which is a woman. While Miranda Frost in "Die Another Day" is an MI6 agent, it is never stated she is a "Double-O", and we only learn that her experience was three years in cryptography before the Graves' assignment. For the novels according to Ian Fleming, James Bond was originally the senior member of only three agents in the Section. At the time of the "Moonraker" mission, 008 (known only as 'Bill') had just escaped from East Berlin, while 0011 had vanished in Singapore just two months before. Although 008 surfaced again in "Goldfinger" (listed as Bond's replacement, should he have failed), 0011 was never heard from again. 009 was briefly mentioned in "Thunderball". In "On Her Majesty's Secret Service", Bond was even odds to "get" Mary Goodnight first with an ex-Royal Marine Commando who was 006, making Fleming's total of 00 agents -- including 007 -- five. Kingsley Amis' "Colonel Sun" noted that the head of station G in Athens had served as "005" before "an eye defect had begun to impair his ability with firearms." (Submitted by Donal Rogers <donalrogers@iolfree.ie>) In "Zero Minus Ten" Raymond Benson includes a scene with the "Single-O's" who are working toward a "00" classification.


James Bond married Teresa de Vincenzo in which Bond film?

Tracy Bond (Diana Rigg) | James Bond Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Tracy Bond (Diana Rigg) Deceased, shot by Irma Bunt Behind the scenes 007 Legends Tracy Bond (née Teresa Draco) was a fictional character in the 1969 James Bond film On Her Majesty's Secret Service , portrayed by English actress Diana Rigg . The character first appeared in Ian Fleming 's 1963 novel of the same name and is notable for being the only cinematic Bond girl to officially marry the series' titular character . Contents Film biography On Her Majesty's Secret Service Born Teresa Draco in 1943, she is the only child of Marc-Ange Draco , the head of the Union Corse , a powerful Corsican crime syndicate – not quite as large as SPECTRE , but with substantially larger "legal" operations, including Draco Construction . Teresa goes by "Tracy" because she feels "Teresa" does not suit her (as she introduced herself to Bond, "Teresa is a saint; I'm known as Tracy"). Tracy's mother died in 1955; her father then sent her to a boarding school in Switzerland . Deprived of a stable home life, Tracy joined the "international fast set", committing "one scandal after another"; when Draco cut off her allowance, Tracy committed "a greater folly" out of spite. She later married Italian Count Giulio di Vicenzo who, during their marriage, got hold of a large portion of her money before eventually leaving her; he subsequently died while driving a Maserati. During this marriage, Tracy had a child, who later died. Desperate with grief for her child, Tracy attempted suicide by walking into the sea in Portugal , only to be dragged back out by James Bond . When her father meets Bond, he pleads with Bond to continue to see her, claiming that their relationship had changed her for the better. Draco wanted a husband for her that would "dominate" her and quell her rebellious attitude. Bond initially refuses, but he changes his mind when Draco offers his resources for anything Bond desires. Using Draco's resources, Bond is able to track SPECTRE leader Ernst Stavro Blofeld to the Swiss Alps. In return, Bond continues to see Tracy and eventually falls in love with her. While hiding from Blofeld's men at the village of Lauterbrunnen, Bond finds Tracy and they escape from Irma Bunt and her men. A blizzard forces them to a remote barn, where Bond professes his love to Tracy and proposes marriage to her, which she accepts. The next morning, Blofeld attempts to kill Bond by causing an avalanche and captures Tracy. Refused aid from M , Bond then enlists Draco and his forces to attack Blofeld's headquarters, while also rescuing Tracy from Blofeld's captivity. Tragedy later strikes on their wedding day, however, when Blofeld drives past and Bunt shoots at Bond and Tracy in a drive-by shooting. Tracy is shot through the head and killed. A police officer finds Bond's car, prompting a tearful Bond to mutter that there is no need to rush calling for help by saying, "We have all the time in the world", as he cradles Tracy's lifeless body. Tracy is killed in the drive-by shooting. Film mentions The follow up film, Diamonds Are Forever , shows James Bond tracking down Blofeld in the pre-title credits, but it is only assumed that Bond is doing so out of revenge for Tracy's death. However, she is never mentioned by name in the film. Subsequent films also rarely mention Tracy or make reference to the fact that Bond was previously married. In The Spy Who Loved Me , when Bond meets Anya Amasova in the Mujava bar, she recites facts of his life, including his many relationships. She comments that he had been "...married only once. Wife was..." at which point Bond's eyes glaze over for a moment, and he sharply tells her that she's made her point; Anya comments upon Bond's unexpected sensitivity, and he confirms he is sensitive "about certain things." In For Your Eyes Only , Bond stands at her grave before boarding a helicopter which Blofeld has booby-trapped. It's actually in this sequence where Bond ultimately gets revenge for her murder, by impaling an uncredited Blofeld's wheelchair on one of the helic


Who directed the 2012 James Bond film ‘Skyfall’?

SKYFALL Trailer 2012 - James Bond 007 Movie - Official [HD] - YouTube SKYFALL Trailer 2012 - James Bond 007 Movie - Official [HD] Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on May 21, 2012 Skyfall trailer 2012 - Official James Bond 007 movie teaser trailer - Skyfall is the new James Bond 23 Ian Fleming film starring Daniel Craig, Helen McCrory, Javier Bardem, Berenice Marlohe - directed by Sam Mendes. Skyfall James Bond 23 movie hits theaters on November 9, 2012. Daniel Craig is back as Ian Fleming's James Bond 007 in Skyfall, the 23rd adventure in the longest-running film franchise of all time. In Skyfall, Bond's loyalty to M is tested as her past comes back to haunt her. As MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost. Berenice Marlohe is the new James Bond girl playing the glamorous and enigmatic Severine. Skyfall trailer official 2012 is presented in full HD 1080p high resolution. SKYFALL 2012 James Bond 007 Movie Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller Writers: Ian Fleming (characters), John Logan (screenplay) Cast: Daniel Craig, Helen McCrory, Javier Bardem, Berenice Marlohe, Jidi Dench, Naomie Harris Skyfall official movie trailer courtesy Sony Pictures. Cieon Movies is your daily dose of everything movies with an extended selection of official licensed movie trailers and movie clips. Category


In the James Bond series of films, what is the name of ‘M’s’ personal secretary?

Miss Moneypenny - James Bond Characters Alive Summary While Miss Moneypenny isn't strictly a Bond girl , she is one of the most iconic characters within the James Bond series. Moneypenny works at MI6 as M's secretary, and throughout most of the films demonstrates an infatuation with James Bond. The Many Faces of Miss Moneypenny Moneypenny's first appearance in the James Bond universe is in the original book, Casino Royale. She has appeared throughout Ian Fleming's novels, although in a smaller role than in the movies, but the theme remains the same: Moneypenny is infatuated with Bond but never does anything to act upon her infatuation. Many people have been credited for being Ian Fleming's inspiration for the Moneypenny character. In Fleming's first draft Moneypenny was originally named Miss "Petty" Pettaval, who was a secretary to real-world MI6 Director, Stewart Menzies. The name was later changed to be less obvious. The character has also been rumored to be based upon Vera Atkins who was a secretary to "legendary spy master" Maurice Buckman who was Fleming's inspiration for M, among others. Throughout the films, upon Bond's arrival at M's office, he flirts with Miss Moneypenny. In the earlier movies these flirtatious moments included Bond kissing and caressing Moneypenny sensually, but in more recent films the flirtation is more lighthearted and marked by an exchange of witty banter and sexual innuendos. What doesn't change across most of the films is Moneypenny's devotion to Bond despite their relationship never being anything more than professional. Because of their professional, but flirty relationship, Moneypenny is often considered an anchor that adds a bit of additional realism to the Bond films. To date, Moneypenny has been portrayed by six actresses across twenty one Bond films. Fourteen times by Lois Maxwell, twice by Caroline Bliss, four times by Samantha Bond and once each by Barbara Bouchet, Pamela Salem and Naomie Harris. Lois Maxwell Lois Maxwell portrayed Miss Moneypenny more times than any actor portrayed Bond, appearing alongside Sean Connery, George Lazenby, and then Roger Moore. Maxwell appeared in fourteen Bond films between 1962 and 1985. Terence Young, who directed the first Bond film (Dr. No) originally turned her down for the role based on his opinion that she "looked like she smelled of soap." Maxwell fought to be cast for the role, as her husband was recovering from a heart attack at the time and she needed the money. Her role in the first film only paid £200 and Maxwell was required to provide her own clothes. Maxwell was nearly recast in 1967 after appearing in a spy spoof film alongside Sean Connery's brother Neil (aptly titled Operation Kid Brother) and then again in 1971 after demanding a pay raise. She managed to hold on to the role for several years afterwards, though. She remained in the role of Miss Moneypenny until Roger Moore's final appearance as Bond in 1985's A View to Kill. She continued using the name of her character for years after leaving the film series. Right up until 1994, Maxwell wrote a column about her on set experiences for a Canadian newspaper under the character's name. Caroline Bliss Appearing in two Bond films, The Living Daylights and License to Kill, Bliss portrayed the role of Miss Moneypenny alongside Timothy Dalton between 1987 and 1989. Over 30 years younger than Lois Maxwell, Bliss was only 26 when cast for the role. The role was recast to bring in a younger actress, allowing the films to maintain the realism of the flirty relationship with a younger Bond. In an attempt to distance herself from the iconic-at-the-time portrayal of Moneypenny by Lois Maxwell, Bliss opted to have her version of Moneypenny wear glasses. Shamefully enough, due to script limitations the flirty relationship was actually quite limited in these two films, with Bond typically ignoring Moneypenny's flirtations. Samantha Bond Following the trend of "One Moneypenny per Bond" that began in the Dalton era, Samantha Bond played the role alongside Pierce Brosnan throughout his four film r


Who is the henchman to villain Karl Stromberg in the 1977 James Bond film ‘The Spy Who Loved Me’?

Karl Stromberg | James Bond Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Film biography Background The webbed-fingered Karl Stromberg is a successful self-employed businessman as head of his own shipping firm . It must be noted that in Christopher Wood 's novelisation of the film, Stromberg's first name is Sigmund, and is Swedish. Stromberg's obsession and passion is the ocean where he lives in his palace, named Atlantis , that could submerge itself underwater so as not to be seen or detected. Located off the coast of Sardinia , Italy , Atlantis has everything to support life above and below water for any length of time. In fact, Atlantis is more like a city, able to support dozens if not hundreds of people. Stromberg also owns a huge tanker, named Liparus , that serves as his headquarters away from Atlantis. Aboard the tanker he has a small army of soldiers clad in orange jumpsuits. Scheme Although Stromberg has a passion and love for the ocean and its various species, he absolutely despises the human race, not unlike Jules Verne's Captain Nemo. Stromberg, however, is much more diabolical and has no interest in benefitting the world. He has a congenital condition in which his hands were webbed like those of aquatic birds or mammals. It is his personal mission to start over with a new civilization underwater. After contracting two scientists to create the technology to track nucleur submarines , Stromberg takes this technology and uses it to capture a Soviet nuclear submarine and a United Kingdom submarine. By tracking the subs, Stromberg's specially adapted tanker, the Liparus, would sneak up on the subs and capture them inside the tanker. His plan calls for the use of firing nuclear weapons from these subs at Moscow and New York City , thus framing each other's government and starting a nuclear war, which would wipe out every last human being on Earth. The Russian and British government send the agents Anya Amasova and James Bond respectively. -"Every person who even comes into contact with that microfilm, is to be eliminated". Stromberg to Jaws This scheme is actually a recycled plot from a previous film, You Only Live Twice , which was similar in that by stealing space capsules it would start a war between the Soviets and the Americans. The scheme in which the villain wishes to destroy mankind to create a new race or new civilization was also used in Moonraker , the next film after The Spy Who Loved Me. In Moonraker, the villain Hugo Drax had an obsession with starting a new human civilization in space. The film Moonraker was also written by Christopher Wood. Both featured Jaws as a henchman. Prevention While Bond and Amasova are briefed about their task, Stromberg meets with Dr. Bechmann and Professor Markovitz , the men who developed his submarine tracking system. He tells them that he has payed 10 million dollars each into their bank accounts. Before dismissing them, he tells them that he regrets to inform them that someone has been attempting to sell the plans to competing world powers and that only someone close to the project could have done so. He tells his assistant to leave the room while he discusses with the men, but as she enters the elevator, Stromberg pushes a button and the bottom of the elevator opens, dropping the girl into a water tank occupied by a swimming shark. Over a PA system, Stromberg reveals that woman was the one responsible for trying to sell the project as she had access to the information and watches with little to no emotion as the woman ends up being devoured by the shark. The two scientists then leave the room and Stromberg heaves Atlantis, his underwater palace, out of the ocean. He then calls two henchmen,  Sandor  and Jaws, and tasks them with the recovery of the tracking system, telling them to eliminate everyone who came into contact with the system. Stromberg then watches the helicopter with the two scientists leaving Atlantis and, with them having outlived their usefulness, blows them up. He then swiftly cancels the transaction and tells a secretary to inform the two mens' families that the


Who played James Bond in the 1973 film ‘Live and Let Die’?

Live and Let Die (1973) - IMDb IMDb 7 January 2017 5:00 AM, UTC NEWS 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 Live and Let Die ( 1973 ) PG | 007 is sent to stop a diabolically brilliant heroin magnate armed with a complex organization and a reliable psychic tarot card reader. Director: From $10.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC "No Small Parts" IMDb Exclusive: 'Manchester by the Sea' Star Casey Affleck Ben Affleck 's younger brother Casey Affleck has been nominated for a Golden Globe for his role in critically-acclaimed drama Manchester by the Sea . Take a look at some of his earlier roles. Don't miss our live coverage of the Golden Globes beginning at 4 p.m. PST on Jan. 8 in our Golden Globes section. a list of 23 titles created 08 Aug 2014 a list of 26 titles created 14 Mar 2015 a list of 24 titles created 08 Nov 2015 a list of 24 titles created 09 Nov 2015 a list of 24 titles created 5 months ago Title: Live and Let Die (1973) 6.8/10 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     1     Oscar. Another    2 wins & 2 nominations. See more awards  » Videos James Bond is led to believe that he is targeted by the world's most expensive assassin while he attempts to recover sensitive solar cell technology that is being sold to the highest bidder. Director: Guy Hamilton James Bond investigates the hijacking of British and Russian submarines carrying nuclear warheads with the help of a KGB agent whose lover he killed. Director: Lewis Gilbert A diamond smuggling investigation leads James Bond to Las Vegas, where he uncovers an evil plot involving a rich business tycoon. Director: Guy Hamilton Agent 007 is assigned to hunt for a lost British encryption device and prevent it from falling into enemy hands. Director: John Glen A fake Fabergé egg and a fellow agent's death lead James Bond to uncover an international jewel-smuggling operation, headed by the mysterious Octopussy, being used to disguise a nuclear attack on N.A.T.O. forces. Director: John Glen Agent 007 and the Japanese secret service ninja force must find and stop the true culprit of a series of spacejackings before nuclear war is provoked. Director: Lewis Gilbert James Bond investigates the mid-air theft of a space shuttle and discovers a plot to commit global genocide. Director: Lewis Gilbert James Bond woos a mob boss's daughter and goes undercover to uncover the true reason for Blofeld's allergy research in the Swiss Alps that involves beautiful women from around the world. Director: Peter R. Hunt James Bond heads to The Bahamas to recover two nuclear warheads stolen by SPECTRE agent Emilio Largo in an international extortion scheme. Director: Terence Young An investigation of a horse-racing scam leads 007 to a mad industrialist who plans to create a worldwide microchip monopoly by destroying California's Silicon Valley. Director: John Glen James Bond is living on the edge to stop an evil arms dealer from starting another world war. Bond crosses all seven continents in order to stop the evil Whitaker and General Koskov. Director: John Glen James Bond goes rogue and sets off to unleash vengeance on a drug lord who tortured his best friend, a C.I.A. agent, and left him for dead and murdered his bride after he helped capture him. Director: John Glen Edit Storyline Several British agents have been murdered and James Bond is sent to New Orleans, to investigate these mysterious deaths. Mr. Big comes to his knowledge, who is self-producing heroin. Along his journeys he meets Tee Hee who has a claw for a hand, Baron Samedi the voodoo master and Solitaire a tarot card reader. Bond must travel to New Orleans, and deep into the Bayou. Written by simon Roger Moo7re is James Bond See more  » Genres: 27 June 1973 (USA) See more  » Also Known As: Ian Fleming's Live and Let Die See more  » Filming


What make and model car did James Bond drive in the 1962 film ‘Dr No’?

Dr. No (1962) - FAQ The content of this page was created directly by users and has not been screened or verified by IMDb staff. Visit our FAQ Help to learn more FAQ How much sex, violence, and profanity are in this movie? For detailed information about the amounts and types of (a) sex and nudity, (b) violence and gore, (c) profanity, (d) alcohol, drugs, and smoking, and (e) frightening and intense scenes in this movie, consult the IMDb Parents Guide for this movie. The Parents Guide for Dr. No can be found here . What is 'Dr. No' about? When Jamaica-based British Intelligence agent John Strangways disappears while investigating toppling interference with the launching of U.S. Cape Canaveral rockets, the head of the British Secret Service, known only as M ( Bernard Lee ), sends MI6 agent 007 James Bond ( Sean Connery ) to investigate. Bond discovers that Strangways had recently sent for analysis a soil sample from Crab Key, an island owned by mysterious Dr. Julius No ( Joseph Wiseman ), and hires local fisherman Quarrel ( John Kitzmiller ) to take him there where they encounter seashell-collecting beauty Honey Ryder ( Ursula Andress ), a fire-breathing dragon, and a plan by SPECTRE (SPecial Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge, and Extortion) to disrupt the Project Mercury space launch from Cape Canaveral with his atomic-powered radio beam. Is "Dr. No" based on a book? All of the James Bond movies are based, in some part, upon novels by British author Ian Fleming [1908-1964]. Dr. No is based on Fleming's 1958 novel of the same name. It was adapted for the screen by American screenwriters Richard Maibaum, Johanna Harwood, and Berkeley Mather. What is the very first glimpse we have of Sean Connery as James Bond? Our very first glimpse of Sean Connery as James Bond is of the back of his head as he is sitting at a baccarat chemin de fer table at Club Cercle, a gentlemen's club. He makes a comment to one of the other players, Sylvia Trench ( Eunice Gayson ), who is losing to him. She then asks his name, and he replies in his signature way, "Bond...James Bond." Many fans and critics like the way the scene was shot, with the camera following Bond's cigarette from the ashtray up to his mouth, revealing Connery's face. Dr No says that he is with SPECTRE. What is SPECTRE? SPECTRE stands for "The SPecial Executive for Counterintelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion." SPECTRE is an international terrorist organization run by Ernst Stavro Blofeld. Its members were recruited from the Gestapo, Smersh, the Mafia, and the Union Corse among others. With the exception of Goldfinger (1964), all of the Bond villains from 1962-71 came from this organization. After 1971, SPECTRE no longer appears in the Bond movies because of a lawsuit brought by film-maker Kevin McClory . McClory had worked with Ian Fleming to create what was to be the first 007 movie. It was scrapped, however, and Fleming went on to use various ideas from the abandoned film, such as SPECTRE. The movies altered the storylines to include SPECTRE, as when Dr No says that he is with SPECTRE. McClory later sued for the rights to Blofeld and SPECTRE. Thus, they had to stop using SPECTRE in the movies. This is also what enabled McClory to make the "unofficial" Bond movie, Never Say Never Again (1983). Why is Dr. No "toppling" moon rockets? The only explanation the film offers is Dr. No's anger at the US for rejecting his services and the presence of men in "Red China" uniforms in the background of the nuclear reactor. Another possible motive, given Jamaica's proximity to Cuba, is to trigger war between the USA and that nation by framing the Cubans for sabotage. Why does Bond place a hair across the doors of the closet in his hotel room? It's an old trick to see if anyone had opened them in order to snoop around in his personal belongings. Bond's enemies know he's on Jamaica & know precisely where he's staying and, more importantly, Bond knows this himself. So as an extra precaution, he rigs the doors. If they doors were opened, the hair would likely fall off


In which film does James Bond go to Paris and climb the Eiffel Tower?

James Bond film locations | James Bond Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia James Bond film locations Share James Bond film locations refers to the many locations in which the James Bond series of films were set (which does not always correspond to the shooting locations ). Most often, James Bond visits countries in Western Europe and parts of the United States , but occasionally goes to other countries such as Japan or India. Some fictional countries, unnamed countries, or locations in unspecified areas are shown in the films. Contents [ show ] Places James Bond visits in the films Countries James Bond visited in the films (top) compared with countries the Bond films were shot in (bottom) Most of the countries James Bond is shown to going to in the films, the films were actually shot in. The only ones that were shown as places that he went to but where the films were not shot in were Cuba, Czechoslovakia , Yugoslavia , Albania , Afghanistan , Lebanon and Macau . Europe In almost all Bond films, Bond is shown in England , usually in London . However in You Only Live Twice he is only in the Far East . He also goes to other areas outside London, such as areas in the country such as a retreat in Thunderball . Bond goes to Paris in A View to a Kill , climbing the Eiffel Tower . The start of Thunderball is set in France, where James Bond uses his jetpack. He is at a French port in GoldenEye , where a Tiger helicopter is stolen. In Dr. No Bond is at a casino in Monte Carlo in Monaco where he first uses the phrase "Bond, James Bond". He ends up in a fight in an elevator in The Netherlands in Diamonds Are Forever . In Moonraker Bond is in Venice in Italy with a gondola which drives on land, he appears in Venice briefly at the end of From Russia with Love; he is also in Italy in For Your Eyes Only when he is being chased by an East German olympic skier. The climactic scenes of Casino Royale also take place in Venice. He visits the Italian island of Sardinia in The Spy Who Loved Me (after the KGB agent XXX directed them their, Bond had originally thought of going to the French island of Corsica ) Bond goes to a villa in Spain in For Your Eyes Only . He also meets a contact in Spain in On Her Majesty's Secret Service . The start of The World Is Not Enough is set in Bilbao in Spain. The start of The Living Daylights Bond is involved in an operation to test the defences of Gibraltar . Much of On Her Majesty's Secret Service is set in Switzerland . He also follows Goldfinger into Geneva and to his secret facility in Switzerland. Bond is suppose to in Bratislava in what was then Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia ) in The Living Daylights, where he helps a Soviet general to defect. however there are no elevated train in Bratislava. The train appear to be metro in Vienna. He goes to other parts of Czechoslovakia and escapes into Austria , where he visits Vienna . The start of The Spy Who Loved Me is set in Austria also. Bond also attends an Opera in Vienna in Quantum of Solace. Bond is in Hamburg in Germany in Tomorrow Never Dies chasing media mogul Elliot Carver . In Octopussy Bond is shown in West Berlin heading into East Berlin , and also at Karl-marx-stadt (now Chemnitz ) in East Germany, before going on a train into West Germany to an American Air Force base at the fictional location of Feldstadt. Bond goes to Greece in For Your Eyes Only, including the Meteora monasteries. Bond is in Istanbul in Turkey at the Hagia Sofia in From Russia with Love. He is also in Istanbul in The World is not enough. In From Russia with Love , Bond travels through Eastern Europe from Istanbul on the Orient Express . Zagreb in Yugoslavia features prominently. He heads from the train, over land and by boat into the Adriatic Sea . He also is part of a raid into Albania in For Your Eyes Only. Bond demolishes parts of St. Petersburg in GoldenEye. This is the first time he is shown in a Russian city. He appears in a Soviet dam in a flashback in GoldenEye, and is also shown in Siberia at the start of A View To A Kill. Bond travels to Kazan , Russia in Quantum of Solace.


Who played ‘M’ , the head of MI6, in the 1995 James Bond film ‘Goldeneye’?

M (Judi Dench) | James Bond Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Film biography GoldenEye (1995) Tanner: "Seems your hunch was right, 007. It's too bad the Evil Queen of Numbers wouldn't let you play it... (Bond clears his throat at Tanner to tell him that she is right behind him)" M: "You were saying?" Tanner: "No, no, I was just..." M: "Good, because if I want sarcasm, Mr. Tanner, I'll talk to my children, thank you very much." ―M scowls Tanner for calling her "The Evil Queen of Numbers". M briefs Bond in GoldenEye.  She makes her debut in GoldenEye, after  Tanner , her Chief of Staff, refered her as "the evil queen of numbers", given her reputation at that stage for relying on statistics and analysis rather than impulse and initiative. Bond, who returned from his evaluation and attempt to stop a prototype helicopter to be stolen, he warns him that M, who had just came in, was behind them which she soon responds to Tanner's "Evil Queen of Numbers" jab by telling him that when she wants to hear sarcasm she'll listen to her own children. After the first GoldenEye satellite was set off and the three MIGs that were sent to intercept an emergency call, this got M and Bond to talk in her office. She offers him a drink and rejects her predecessor's cognac and gives him bourbon and ice. During the briefing, M knows Bond doesn't trust her and that she thinks Bond is a "sexist, misogynist dinosaur, a relic of the Cold War." After the briefing, M wishes him good luck and to come back alive. Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) In the pre-credits scene, M is observing Bond's mission via TV on the Russian border in regards to him stopping a terrorist arms bazaar. He is to keep tabs on US techno-terrorist Henry Gupta . M sends Bond on a mission to Hamburg in order to "pump information" from his old squeeze, Paris Carver , now married to Elliot Carver . His other objective is to use Paris's information in order to infiltrate CEO Elliot Carver's CMGN (Carver Media Group Network) newspaper HQ in Hamburg. He is to retake the GPS encoder Henry Gupta bought previously in the Russian border. The World is Not Enough (1999) She sends Bond to recover some money for an old friend and when he came back successfully, she introduces the friend as Sir Robert King (she states that they studied law together at Oxford) and as King went to get his money, she and Bond drink to Bond's successful mission, which is soon cut short when Bond discovers the ice in his drink had dissolved into foam and a weird substance was on his hands, he soon runs out of the office and has Moneypenny to try and stop King, but it was too late and an explosion goes off in the evidence room, killing King and damaging a part of MI6. Bond tried to arrest the assassin but the woman commits suicide by blowing the hot-air balloon she commandeered and Bond soon fractured his left shoulder. After the funeral and comforting a tearful Elektra King , she puts Bond on the inactive roster due to his injury and MI6 relocates to Scotland. After Bond seduces Dr. Molly Warmflash into giving him a clean bill of health, she briefs Bond about Renard , who previously kidnapped Elektra, was still alive after an attempt on his life by 009 who was sent to try and rescue Elektra, but she already escaped after killing two of her captors. Renard was shot in the head but survived, the bullet lodged in his brain made him feel no pain, taste or smell. Elektra called M and informed her that Bond left her alone and killed her head of security, she has M sent to her location. Later, M talked with Bond about Elekta but warns her that she might have Stockholm syndrome. After Bond and Christmas Jones were thought to have been killed in Elektra's pipeline, she gives M a present, her father's pin. She soon has her men kill M's men that were present and before she took her, M managed to slap Elektra but was soon taken for revenge. (She convinced King's father to not pay her ransom.) While held captive in Maiden's Tower , Istanbul, she was visited by Renard who put a clock outside her cell and just out of reach, so she would know


English artist Ben Nicholson married which British sculptor in 1938?

Raising the Flag of Modernism: Ben Nicholson’s 1938 | NGV Raising the Flag of Modernism: Ben Nicholson’s 1938 Sophie Matthiesson The National Gallery of Victoria has recently added to its collection a painting that encapsulates one of the most complex, dynamic and contested moments in the history of modern British art. Painted by Ben Nicholson, the heroic figure of the abstract movement in England, the composition of 1938 (fig. 1) is disquietingly simple. Geometric zones of unmodulated hues, red and yellow, blacks, white and greys delineated by lightly ruled pencil lock into a perfect, seemingly static, matrix. Two expansive circles to the right relieve the work’s rectangular severity without disrupting it: a floating white disc at the top, anchored by a crimson circle offset below. Despite its ‘landscape’ format, 1938 bears no conceivable relation to natural topography. Indeed there is little in this picture to link it to the landscape genre with which English national identity remained so closely bound in the aftermath of the First World War. Named simply for the year of its making, 1938 refuses both the motifs and perspective of naturalism. It denies narrative. It withholds, even, the comfort of a descriptive title to rescue it from generic anonymity. Alien it may seem, yet 1938 is an unmistakeable tour de force, its design equally legible from up close and far away. Even if the viewer knows nothing of its origins, the composition is unusually clear, certain and resolved, and it has an impact that far exceeds its modest dimensions. It could be said, in fact, to possess many of the iconic qualities of a national flag. One question that in 1938 might well have been asked is, whose national flag? The making of a renegade In a carefully posed portrait by Paul Laib from c.1933 (fig. 2), Nicholson presents as an unsmiling figure, wearing black with a beret. Turning athletically to challenge the viewer, he does not seem English, but rather, conveys the air of a revolutionary, artist or intellectual of the Parisian Left Bank. If, then, it could be said that 1938 seems deliberately provocative in its enigmatic assertiveness, so too does its maker. Coming from an artistic background (the son of the successful Edwardian painter William Nicholson) and steeped in an appreciation of the seen object, Nicholson always struggled to resist his father’s seductive example as a supreme still-life painter. Nicholson’s discovery of Christian Science in 1918 and Cubism soon after, gave him the means to reach an alternative world beyond appearances. He quickly outgrew any association he joined, starting with the Seven and Five Society, an idiosyncratic group of artists mostly inspired by nature. Aware of theory, yet scornful of dependence on it, throughout the 1930s Nicholson both joined and formed artistic groups intending to convert them to his own intuitively defined version of abstraction, and to provoke them out of what the critic Herbert Read called the ‘slumbering provincialism’ of British art. 1 Herbert Read, Art in Britain 1930–40 Centred around Axis, Circle, Unit One, Marlborough Fine Art, London, 1965, p. 5. A key ally in this was a fellow artist (later to be his second wife), the sculptor Barbara Hepworth, who he met in 1931. Nicholson joined her at the colony of artists and art writers living in the leafy lanes of Hampstead, North London, a community that included the already prominent sculptor Henry Moore. The heart of this community was a complex of purpose-built studios at The Mall. Built in 1873 along a lane off Parkhill Road, they were unheated and barely six metres square, with tiny doors and large east windows facing onto a garden. The Frenchman Jean Hélion described the enclave as an ‘English bateau-lavoir where Ben and many other young enthusiasts were working out a new [abstract] art of restraint and subtlety’. 2 Jean Hélion, quoted in Maurice de Sausmarez, Ben Nicholson: A Studio International Special, Studio International, London, p. 13. The eminent art critic Herbert Read, who joined them in 1933, later called the co


In 2002, who was the first athlete to win FHM’s ‘Sexiest Woman in the World’ award?

FHM’s Sexiest Woman In The World | 20 Year Retrospective | MTV UK By Jennifer Lynn When FHM’s Sexiest Woman In The World poll began back in 1995, this year’s winner Jennifer Lawrence was just five years old, and The Hunger Games probably wasn’t even a twinkle in author Suzanne Collins’ eye. In the decade where supermodels reigned supreme, it’s no surprise that Claudia Schiffer was voted the first ever Sexiest Woman In The World, but would you have expected 20 years of the poll to look like this? See all 20 of FHM’s Sexiest Woman In The World winners in the gallery FHM’s Sexiest Woman In The World | 20 Year Retrospective 1995: German supermodel Claudia Schiffer was FHM’s first-ever Sexiest Woman in the World and we can totally see why. 1 of 20 1996: The X-Files star Gillian Anderson was the stuff dreams are made of as FBI agent Dana Scully and she’s still bringing sexy back 20 years later in BBC drama The Fall. 2 of 20 1997: She’s best known to our generation as Susan in Desperate Housewives, but we reckon it was Teri Hatcher’s specs appeal in Lois & Clark: The New Adventures Of Superman that bagged her the Sexiest Woman in the World title in 1997. 3 of 20 1998: Funny IS sexy, but we’re sure it helped that comedic actress Jenny McCarthy was also a former Playboy pin-up when she was voted Sexiest Woman in the World in 1998. 4 of 20 1999: Not only was she super hot as Buffy The Vampire Slayer, but Sarah Michelle Gellar also spent 1999 playing twisted sexpot Kathryn Merteuil in Cruel Intentions, which we’re sure didn’t hurt her votes one bit. 5 of 20 2000: Before she was the mother of twins, back when she had only been divorced once, Jennifer Lopez was ruling the airways with dancefloor classic Waiting For Tonight. We’ve all seen her getting wet in the video – the Sexiest Woman in the World title was 6 of 20 2001: Marrying backing dancer Cris Judd didn’t hurt J-Lo’s appeal and she was crowned Sexiest Woman in the World for the second year running in 2001. 7 of 20 2002: Her ball control might not have been up to much, but Anna Kournikova bagged the Sexiest Woman in the World title in 2002, after an appearance in long-term boyf Enrique Iglesias’ Escape video. 8 of 20 2003: Halle Berry is still the oldest lady on record to have won FHM’s Sexiest Woman in the World – believe it or not she was 37 at the time of awarding and went on to rock Catwoman’s signature latex a year later. Me-owww. 9 of 20 2004: Queen of the Midriff and Princess of Pop, Britney Spears was a deserving winner back in 2004, when she famously writhed around wearing nothing but Swarovski crystals in her Toxic video. 10 of 20 2005: Kelly Brook spent the summer of 2005 hosting Celebrity Love Island, but it seems that the male population fell more in lust with her than any of the contestants. Isabella who? 11 of 20 2006: Youngest winner on record Keira Knightley was just 21 when she took the Sexiest Woman in the World crown in 2006. Cougars clearly weren’t a ‘thing’ then, eh boys? 12 of 20 2007: Jessica Alba. No explanation necessary. 13 of 20 2008: Megan Fox has come a long way since playing Sydney in Hope & Faith and we’re sure her 2008 role as Mikaela Banes in Transformers didn’t hurt her… well, transformation. 14 of 20 2009: Everyone’s favourite X Factor judge Cheryl Cole was FHM’s Sexiest Woman in the World in 2009 and, after spending a lot of time on her Instagram, we can confirm she’s still got it. 15 of 20 2010: In fact, the former Girls Aloud star is so hot that she matched J-Lo’s two-in-a-row feat. Why aye, pet. 16 of 20 2011: She replaced Megan Fox as the female lead in Transformers in 2011, so it makes sense that Rosie Huntington-Whiteley would also get a nod from FHM, and we’re sure her work with Victoria’s Secret didn’t hurt either. 17 of 20 2012: Whether it was her stint as an X Factor judge or her bad girl reputation that got everyone voting for her we don’t know, but Tulisa Contostavlos sizzled as FHM’s Sexiest Woman in the World in 2012. 18 of 20 2013: The ultimate friend with benefits (except maybe Justin Timberlake), Mila Kunis was last year’s


Halifax is the capital of which Canadian province?

Halifax, the Capital of Nova Scotia, Canada Updated: 11/29/2014 About Halifax, Nova Scotia Halifax is the capital of the province of Nova Scotia , Canada. The largest urban area in the Atlantic provinces , Halifax looks out over one of the world's largest natural harbours and is an important seaport. Nature lovers will find sandy beaches, beautiful gardens and hiking, birding and beachcombing. Urbanites can enjoy the symphony, live theatre, art galleries and museums, and a lively nightlife. Halifax is an affordable city that provides a mix of Canadian history and modern living, with the constant influence of the sea. Location of Halifax, Nova Scotia Halifax is located in the centre of the east coast of Nova Scotia facing the North Atlantic Ocean. Area of the Halifax Regional Municipality 5,490.28 sq. km (2,119.81 sq. miles) (Statistics Canada, 2011 Census) Population of the Halifax Regional Municipality 390,096 (Statistics Canada, 2011 Census) Date Halifax Incorporated as a City Halifax was incorporated as a city in 1841. In 1996 it was amalgamated with neighbouring communities into the Halifax Regional Municipality. Government of Halifax Halifax municipal elections are held every four years on the third Saturday in October. Date of the last Halifax municpal election: Saturday, October 20, 2012 Date of the next Halifax municpal election: Saturday, October 15, 2016 The Halifax Regional Council is the main governing and legislative body for the Halifax Regional Municipality. The Halifax Regional Council is made up of 17 elected representatives: the mayor and 16 municipal councillors. Trans Canada Trail Weather in Halifax Halifax weather is influenced by the ocean. Winters are mild and summers are cool. Halifax is foggy and misty, with fog on more than 100 days of the year, especially in spring and early summer. Winters in Halifax are moderate, but wet with both rain and snow. The average high temperature in January is 2°C (29°F). Spring comes slowly, and eventually arrives in April. It too brings rain and fog. Summers in Halifax are short, but beautiful. In July the average high temperature is 23°C (74°F). By late summer or early fall, Halifax may feel the tail end of a hurricane or tropical storm.


Hamida Djandoubi was the last person in France to be executed by what method, in September 1977?

ExecutedToday.com » 1977: Hamida Djandoubi, Madame Guillotine’s last kiss 1977: Hamida Djandoubi, Madame Guillotine’s last kiss September 10th, 2008 Headsman On this date in 1977, the guillotine claimed its last head. The famous and infamous blade dropped for the last time at Les Baumettes prison in Marseilles on Hamida Djandoubi , a Tunisian immigrant convicted of the torture-murder of the naive young girlfriend he had forced into prostitution. Oddly, he had already had another appendage — a leg — amputated as a result of a work accident; it was while recuperating that he caught the fascination of his hospital roommate’s 19-year-old daughter, Elisabeth Bousquet. Though the death penalty was grinding to a halt in 1970’s France, Djandoubi was not the last person condemned (the link is French); the guillotine was only abolished with the election of the Francois Mitterand government in 1981. Today, Executed Today discusses the case with the man who wrote the book on Djandoubi :* expat Canadian writer Jeremy Mercer . Be sure to check his photo series on the Djandoubi case — including discomfiting shots of Djandoubi re-enacting his crime with a police secretary playing the victim, and the killer in happier times. ET: Thanks for joining us. JM: Thanks for the opportunity to speak with Executed Today. I moved to Marseille in 2003 and shortly after I stumbled upon the rather arcane fact that the last man guillotined in France was executed at the local prison on September 10, 1977. I thought it was interesting angle on capital punishment and I decided to try and write a book that mixed true crime and death penalty philosophy. As a result, I’ve been immersed in the death penalty debate for the better part of five years. Let’s start with Hamida Djandoubi himself — 31 years on, he looks like a nasty but fairly run-of-the-mill criminal. Was it strictly coincidental that he became the last man executed? It was absolutely random fate. It was really odd – during the 1970s, the death penalty debate was raging in France and most capital cases became national news. But the Djandoubi case went completely under the radar, partly because his lawyer didn’t drum up any attention and partly because his victim was a presumed prostitute and the media prefers ‘sexier’ victims – the elderly, little children, a dentist of good standing walking her dog at night. Even odder, if you surveyed most French people today, they would tell you that Christian Ranucci was the last man guillotined. Ranucci was a young white man who was accused of killing a little girl. He claimed his innocence, but was nonetheless executed in June 1976 (14 months before Djandoubi). Afterward, a best-selling book and major film were released that argued Ranucci was innocent so his name really sticks in the minds of the French. Obviously, there’s plenty of tension with North African communities in France still today. Djandoubi was Tunisian, and he was convicted of murdering a white woman. How significant was racial marking in the way his case was handled, inside the courts and out? This is really curious. In the 1960s and 1970s, the French courts were tainted by racism and one of the national papers even ran an editorial saying that it is better to be named “Marius than Mohamed” when appearing before a French judge. But, in this case, it was Djandoubi’s own lawyer who was a member of a far-right party and staunchly anti-Arab so his case was undermined even before it went to court. It is one of those frustrating moments. You assume that a death penalty case is of such importance that top professionals are involved. Instead, Djandoubi chose the civil lawyer who negotiated his accident benefits after he had an accident at work and ended up with a very poor defence. As I said above, his murder victim had worked as a prostitute, which diminished some of the public outrage. As well, his three rape victims were all Algerian girls aged 14 – 16. I guarantee you the case would have been much more explosive if those three girls had been white. Your book is partly about Djandoubi himself,


The coffee shop ‘Central Perk’ features in which US television series?

BBC - Travel - Friends' Central Perk café finally a reality Food & Drink Friends' Central Perk café finally a reality Through 18 October fans of the hit TV series can sit and sip on the famous orange couch at a pop up created to celebrate the show’s 20th anniversary. By Liz Borod Wright 19 September 2014 Few fans of the Friends television show may have dared to dream that one day they would sit and sip on the famous orange couch at Central Perk, the coffeehouse where the character Rachel worked at the start of this culturally defining show. But through 18 October in New York City, devotees will have the opportunity to do just that – with free coffee, no less – at the Central Perk pop-up created by Warner Bros and Eight O’Clock Coffee to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the show's premiere. Operating in trendy Soho, about a mile east of the West Village, where Central Perk was supposedly located on the show, the coffee shop features the official couch from the Friends set (get there early to nab a seat), as well as the original neon signage and ornate espresso maker. With its bright lights and colour palette, the set has been replicated so closely that James Michael Tyler, who played the barista Gunther, said he found it surreal to be there. View image of James Michael Tyler, who played the barista Gunther (Credit: ©2014 WBEI. All Rights Reserved.) “I walked in yesterday morning and I was like, ‘Oh wow, this is really a little too close,’ and it started flooding back all of the memories,” he said. “And the smell of coffee… It brought me back, and I had my white hair for the first time in 10 years.” Tyler had bleached his medium-brown hair every week for the show's 10-year run. Tyler will be making special appearances throughout the pop up's life, but the dates have not been announced. There will also be weekly in-store performances in homage to Phoebe’s well-known “Smelly Cat” tune, in addition to frequent contests and giveaways.  View image of Iconic costumes and props on display (Credit: ©2014 WBEI. All Rights Reserved.) The space itself is a mini-museum. There’s a costume section with Phoebe’s polka-dot suede jacket, among others, that also includes Joey’s Pat the Dog statue and Phoebe’s guitar. A glass-encased display showcases detailed props such as Ross’ Freebie List, Rachel’s sonogram and Monica and Chandler’s wedding invitation and rings. View image of Detailed props on display (Credit: Liz Borod Wright) Fans who can’t make a pilgrimage to New York City can view – but not enter – the Central Perk set on the Warner Bros VIP Studio Tour in Los Angeles. Or fans can go to the other two permanent, official Central Perks in England: Liverpool opened in April 2012 and Chester in April 2013. Entrepreneur and superfan Du Xin opened a Central Perk in Beijing in 2010 on the sixth floor of an apartment building and also made a replica of Joey’s apartment. The coffee shop was such a success that Xin opened a second café in Shanghai in 2012.


What were the first names of Scottish author A J Cronin?

Cronin Surname, Family Crest & Coats of Arms Cronin Surname, Family Crest & Coats of Arms The name Cronin has undergone many variations in the time that has passed since its genesis. In Gaelic it appeared as "O Croinin," which derives from the word "cron," which meant "brown" or "dark." Cronin Early Origins     Buy PDF History » The surname Cronin was first found in County Cork (Irish: Corcaigh) the ancient Kingdom of Deis Muin (Desmond), located on the southwest coast of Ireland in the province of Munster , where they held a family seat from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D. Cronin Spelling Variations Cronin Spelling Variations One name was often recorded under several different spellings during the life of its bearer because one must realize that attempting to record a Gaelic name in English is a daunting task at the best of times. Spelling variations revealed in the search for the origin of the Cronin family name include Cronin, Cronyn, Cronine, Croynin, Cronan, Cronnin, Cronnan, Cronnyn, Cronen, O'Cronin, Croynan and many more. Cronin Early History Cronin Early History This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Cronin research. Another 264 words (19 lines of text) covering the years 1172 and 1659 are included under the topic Early Cronin History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Cronin Early Notables (pre 1700) Cronin Early Notables (pre 1700) More information is included under the topic Early Cronin Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. The Great Migration The Great Migration The 18th and 19th centuries saw many Irish families immigrate to North America in search of land and opportunities. The largest influx of Irish immigrants to the United States and British North America came during the 1840s when the Great Potato Famine laid waste to their homeland. Hundreds of thousands left the island in an attempt to escape the starvation and disease it brought. Although the arrival of such a large number of destitute Irish was not welcomed by the established population in the United States and what would become known as Canada at the time, these Irish were an essential element to the rapid development of these growing industrial nations. They filled the demand for the cheap labor needed for the work in factories and in the construction of bridges, roads, canals, and railways. An examination of passenger and immigration lists has revealed many immigrants bearing the name of Cronin or one of its variants: Cronin Settlers in United States in the 18th Century Johannes Cronin who settled in Philadelphia in 1738 Cronin Settlers in United States in the 19th Century Stephen Cronin, who arrived in America in 1811 Timothy Cronin, who arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1828 Daniel Cronin, who landed in Mobile County, Ala in 1837 Michael Cronin, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1838 John Cronin, who landed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1849 ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.) Cronin Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century Denis Cronin, who landed in Nova Scotia in 1829 John Cronin, aged 28, a labourer, arrived in Saint John, New Brunswick in 1833 aboard the barque "Pallas" from Cork, Ireland Martin Cronin, aged 28, a labourer, arrived in Saint John, New Brunswick in 1833 aboard the brig "Ann & Mary" from Cork, Ireland Dennis Cronin, aged 29, a labourer, arrived in Saint John, New Brunswick in 1834 aboard the brig "Matilda" from Cork, Ireland Johanna Cronin, aged 21, arrived in Saint John, New Brunswick in 1834 aboard the brig "Matilda" from Cork, Ireland ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.) Cronin Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century John Cronin, a tanner, arrived in Van Diemenï¿½s Land (now Tasmania) sometime between 1825 and 1832 Daniel Cronin, aged 29, a labourer, arrived in Sou


What type of weather condition was known as a ‘London Particular’?

Weather Glossary – Terms & Definitions Home   Weather   Weather Glossary – Terms & Definitions Weather Glossary – Terms & Definitions Below is a list of weather terms that are described in weather reports, forecasts and readings. This data is collected from: the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Weather Service; the Met Office in the United Kingdom; Canada’s Weather Office; and the Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology. Top Acid rain Cloud or rain droplets containing pollutants, such as oxides of sulfur and nitrogen, to make them acidic (eg. pH < 5.6). Afternoon Noon to sunset. Arctic air A mass of very cold, dry air that usually originates over the Arctic Ocean north of Canada and Alaska. Arctic high Top Ball lightning A relatively rarely seen form of lightning, generally consisting of an orange or reddish ball of the order of a few cm to 30cm in diameter and of moderate luminosity, which may move up to 1 m/s horizontally with a lifetime of a second or two. Barber pole A thunderstorm updraft with a visual appearance including cloud striations that are curved in a manner similar to the stripes of a barber pole. The structure typically is most pronounced on the leading edge of the updraft, while drier air from the rear flank downdraft often erodes the clouds on the trailing side of the updraft. Barometer An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure. Barometric pressure The actual pressure value indicated by a pressure sensor. Bitterly cold In winter, bitterly cold or very cold, refers to more than seven degrees Celsius below normal. Black ice Thin, new ice that forms on fresh water or dew covered surfaces; it is common on roadways during the fall and early winter and appears "black" because of its transparency. Blizzard Includes winter storm conditions of sustained winds or frequent gusts of 35 mph or more that cause major blowing and drifting of snow, reducing visibility to less than one-quarter mile for 3 or more hours. Extremely cold temperatures often are associated with dangerous blizzard conditions. In Canada, a blizzard described as a severe storm that lasts three or more hours, and brings low temperatures, strong winds and poor visibility due to blowing snow. In Australia, it is described as a violent and very cold wind which is loaded with snow, some of which has been raised from snow covered ground. Blocking high A high pressure area (anticyclone), often aloft, that remains nearly stationary or moves slowly compared to west-to-east motion. It blocks the movement eastward movement of low pressure areas (cyclones) at its latitude. Blowing Dust Dust that is raised by the wind to moderate heights above the ground to a degree that horizontal visibility decreases to less than seven miles.  Visibilities of 1/8 mile or less over a widespread area are criteria for a Blowing Dust Advisory. Blowing sand Sand particles picked up from the surface of the earth by the wind to moderate heights above the ground, reducing the reported horizontal visibility to less than seven statute miles. Blowing snow Wind driven snow that reduces visibility to six miles or less causing significant drifting. Blowing snow may be snow that is falling and/or loose snow on the ground picked up by the wind. In Canada, it is described as snow that is lifted by the wind from the earth's surface to a height of two meters or more. Blowing spray Water droplets torn by the wind from a body of water, generally from the crests of waves, and carried up into the air in such quantities that they reduce the reported horizontal visibility to less than seven statute miles. Blustery Descriptive term for gusty winds that accompany cold weather. Breezy Wind in the range of 15 miles per hour to 25 mile per hour with mild or warm temperatures. Brisk Wind in the range of 15 to 25 miles per hour when the temperature is cold. Broken clouds The absence of apparent motion in the air. Celsius A temperature scale in which zero is the freezing point of water and one hundred is the boiling point. Chinook A Chinook is a warm, dry, gu


Which two words are inscribed on the Victoria Cross?

Home : Victoria Cross for Australia  : Department of Defence Victoria Cross for Australia Home The Victoria Cross for Australia The Victoria Cross for Australia is the pre-eminent award for acts of bravery in wartime and Australia's highest honour. The Victoria Cross for Australia is awarded to a person who, in the presence of the enemy, displays the most conspicuous gallantry, or daring or pre-eminent act of valour or self-sacrifice or extreme devotion to duty. History The British or Imperial Victoria Cross was originally created by Queen Victoria in 1856 and made retrospective to include the Crimean War (1854–1856). One hundred Australians have been awarded the Victoria Cross: 96 were awarded the Victoria Cross under the Imperial honours system (before the Australian Government chose to introduce its own honours system in 1975) and four Australian Army soldiers have been awarded the Victoria Cross for Australia, which was introduced as part of the Australian honours system by Letters Patent on 15 January 1991. Australians have been awarded the Victoria Cross in the following conflicts: 6 in the Boer War (1899–1902) 64 in World War I (1914–1918) 2 in North    Russia (1919) 20 in World War II (1939–1945) 4 in Vietnam (1962–1972) 4 in Afghanistan    (2001– ) Australian soldiers were awarded nine Victoria Crosses at Gallipoli, including seven during the Battle of Lone Pine (6–9 August 1915). The first Australian to be awarded a Victoria Cross was Captain Sir Neville Howse, VC, KCMG, CB, KStJ, during the Boer War. He also served in World War I and, later, as an Australian Government minister responsible (separately) for the health, defence and repatriation portfolios. Warrant Officer Class Two Keith Payne was the last Australian to be awarded the Imperial Victoria Cross. Invested with the Victoria Cross by Queen Elizabeth II aboard Her Majesty’s Yacht Britannia in Brisbane on 13 April 1970, Warrant Officer Payne was awarded the VC for his “sustained and heroic personal efforts” while under heavy enemy fire in Kon Tum Province, Vietnam, on 24 May 1969. Recipients Corporal Cameron Stewart Baird, VC, MG The fourth recipient of the Victoria Cross for Australia and the first to be awarded posthumously. Corporal Baird’s parents, Mr Doug & Mrs Kaye Baird, were presented with the award by the Governor-General at Government House, Canberra, on 18 February 2014. Medal design The Victoria Cross is designed in the form of the Maltese Cross: in the centre of the medal is a lion guardant standing upon Saint Edward's Crown. The words "For Valour" are inscribed below. The Victoria Cross is suspended from a bar by a crimson ribbon. On the reverse of the cross the date of the act of bravery is inscribed, along with the name, rank and unit of the recipient. Hancocks Jewellers, London, has manufactured the Victoria Cross since its inception and its jewellers continue to make the Victoria Cross for Australia. The medal itself is cast (not struck like a coin or pressed using a die) and hand-finished by the Hancocks jewellers, who use metal from the bronze cascabels of two captured cannons to make the medals. Defending Australia and its National Interests


Which two cities did the Orient Express originally travel between?

A history of the Orient Express - the truth behind the legend... The truth behind the legend... The Orient Express . . . London to Central Asia & China via The Silk Route London to India overland Resident in France?  Try www.seat61.fr Comments?  Feedback?  Need help? Email the Man in Seat Sixty-One!  Sign the Thank you for visiting my site...   An LX-series sleeping-car, built in 1929 for the Wagons-Lits Company, now restored for the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express.  Is this the real Orient Express? On this page...   The Venice Simplon-Orient-Express (VSOE) from London to Venice. The end of the Orient Express:  12 Dec 2009... On 12 December 2009, EuroNight train number 469 Orient Express left Strasbourg on its final overnight run to Vienna, and on 13 December the celebrated name Orient Express disappeared forever from the official European timetables after 126 years.  True, the Orient Express may have been the ultimate example of a knife that's had its blade and its handle replaced many times, but this train was indeed the true descendant of that first 1883 Express d'Orient and it officially carried the name Orient Express.  You can trace its evolution from timetable to timetable, year to year from 1883 to 2009.  On its last run, the Orient Express had evolved into an Austrian Railways (ï¿½BB) EuroNight train, with one Austrian Railways air-conditioned sleeping-car (1 & 2 bed compartments, including two deluxe compartments with toilet and shower), two modern air-conditioned couchette cars with 4 & 6 berth compartments, and an Austrian seats car.  The Orient Express was cut back to start in Strasbourg rather than Paris in June 2007 when the Paris-Strasbourg high-speed TGV line opened, so that it could no longer be attached to a French domestic train between Paris & Strasbourg.  Although a TGV connection from Paris was provided, the writing was on the wall for this train when it stopped directly linking the French and Austrian capitals.  It had lost its Paris-Budapest Hungarian couchette car and Paris-Bucharest Romanian sleeping-car in June 2001, and it hadn't carried any through cars for Istanbul since the 1960s. You might now be a bit confused... ...because you thought that the Orient Express was a special luxury train, and that it originally stopped running in 1977, was then beautifully restored and put back into service and runs from London & Paris to Venice and costs a fortune to travel on and people like David Suchet & Terry Wogan travel on it and do TV programmes about it...  The train you're probably thinking of is the privately-run Venice Simplon-Orient-Express (VSOE), which uses vintage restored sleeping-cars & dining-cars and costs around ï¿½2,000 per person between London & Venice.  Wonderful though the VSOE is - you'll find more information about the VSOE here - it is certainly not the 'original' Orient Express (as there's no such thing) or the 'real' Orient Express (that's the train referred to above, withdrawn on 12 December 2009).  This page attempts to clear up some myths, put the Orient Express in context, and explain what the Orient Express really was.   The destination board on the final (2009) incarnation of the Orient Express.  Photo courtesy of Olivier Pierard   The Orient Express about to leave Strasbourg for Vienna in summer 2009.  It's ended its days as an Austrian Railways sleeper train. Photo courtesy of Olivier Pierard. Yes, the ( real ) Orient Express continued to run until 12 December 2009... The Orient Express referred to here and shown in these photographs was the real Orient Express, the actual true descendant of that first Express d'Orient that left Paris in October 1883.  It was a normal scheduled EuroNight express, run by the Austrian national railways (ï¿½BB), and you could travel on it with normal tickets including InterRail and Eurail passes.  Until 8 June 2007 it left Paris every evening at 17:16 and arrived in Vienna at 08:30 next morning.  From June 2007 onwards you needed to leave Paris around 17:54 by high-speed TGV train to conn


Delft pottery comes from which European country?

Triple A Resale Delft Blue Hand Painted Cow Figurine Product Description Delft Blue Hand Painted Cow Figurine in great condition. It measures 2.75″ x 3″ x 1 7/8″. Delft (Dutch pronunciation: [dɛɫft], About this sound pronunciation (help·info)) is a city and a municipality in the European country Netherlands. There it forms part of the province of South Holland (Zuid-Holland), where it is located to the north of bigger city Rotterdam and to the south of provincial capital The Hague. Delft is primarily known for its historic town centre with canals, for Delft Blue pottery (Delftware), for the Delft University of Technology, for the painter Vermeer and the scientist Antony van Leeuwenhoek, and for its association with the Dutch royal family, the House of Orange-Nassau. History The city of Delft came into being aside a canal, the ‘Delf’, which comes from the word delven, meaning digging, and led to the name Delft. It presumably started around the 11th century as a landlord court. From a rural village in the early Middle Ages Delft developed to a city, that in the 13th century (1246) received its charter. (For some more information about the early development, see the article “Gracht”, section “Delft as an example”). The town’s association with the House of Orange started when William of Orange (Willem van Oranje), nicknamed William the Silent (Willem de Zwijger), took up residence in 1572. At the time he was the leader of growing national Dutch resistance against Spanish occupation of the country, which struggle is known as the Eighty Years’ War. By then Delft was one of the leading cities of Holland and it was equipped with the necessary city walls to serve as a headquarters. After the Act of Abjuration was proclaimed in 1581 Delft became the de facto capital of the newly independent Netherlands, as the seat of the Prince of Orange. When William was shot dead in 1584, by Balthazar Gerards in the hall of the Prinsenhof, the family’s traditional burial place in Breda was still in the hands of the Spanish. Therefore, he was buried in the Delft Nieuwe Kerk (New Church), starting a tradition for the House of Orange that has continued to the present day. Delft Explosion The Delft Explosion, also known in history as the Delft Thunderclap, occurred on 12 October 1654 when a gunpowder store exploded, destroying much of the city. Over a hundred people were killed and thousands wounded. About 30 tonnes (66,138 pounds) of gunpowder were stored in barrels in a magazine in a former Clarissen convent in the Doelenkwartier district. Cornelis Soetens, the keeper of the magazine, opened the store to check a sample of the powder and a huge explosion followed. Luckily, many citizens were away, visiting a market in Schiedam or a fair in The Hague. Artist Carel Fabritius was wounded in the explosion and died of his injuries. Later on, Egbert van der Poel painted several pictures of Delft showing the devastation. Delft in 1652 (Blaeu) Egbert van der Poel: A View of Delft after the Explosion of 1654 View of Delft by Johannes Vermeer, 1660–1661 The Gemeenlandshuis and the Old Church in (1877) by Cornelis Springer, Sights The city centre retains a large number of monumental buildings, whereas in many streets there are canals of which the borders are connected by typical bridges,[5] altogether making this city a notable tourist destination.[6] Historical buildings and other sights of interest include: Oude Kerk (Old Church). Buried here: Piet Hein, Johannes Vermeer, Anthony van Leeuwenhoek. Nieuwe Kerk (New Church), constructed between 1381 and 1496. It contains the Dutch royal family’s burial vault, which between funerals is sealed with a 5,000 kg (11,023 lb) cover stone. A statue of Hugo Grotius made by Franciscus Leonardus Stracké in 1886, located on the Markt near the Nieuwe Kerk. The Prinsenhof (Princes’ Court), now a museum.[6]   City Hall on the Markt. The Oostpoort (Eastern gate), built around 1400. This is the only remaining gate of the old city walls. The Gemeenlandshuis Delfland, or Huyterhuis, built in 1505, which has housed the Delflan