question: when does wonder woman come out on blue ray

answers: September 19, 2017

title: Purple Ray

text: prolonged exposure to the ray. The Amazons are shown to reside on the planet Venus in the 853rd century. There they use the Purple Ray to revive their warriors from temporary death brought about by brutal gladiatoral battles the Amazons engage in among one another. Purple Ray The Purple Ray, created by William Moulton Marston and featured in Wonder Woman comics, is a fictional healing device that brought a person back from the dead. Prior to the comic book storyline "Crisis on Infinite Earths", Diana invented the Purple Ray in order to heal Steve Trevor from injuries he sustained when

title: Wonder Woman

text: mall, she discovers super speed, great durability, and the power of flight while fighting off a terrorist attack. DC Comics ended the Rebirth branding in December 2017, opting to include everything under a larger "DC Universe" banner and naming. The continuity established by Rebirth continues across DC's comic book titles, including volume five of "Wonder Woman". Prior to the comic book storyline "Crisis on Infinite Earths", Diana invented the Purple Ray in order to heal Steve Trevor from injuries he sustained when his plane was shot down and he was left adrift in the sea for days. Diana is an

title: Purple Ray

text: Amazons into handing over the plans on how to create their own Purple Ray technology, the latter of which included the illegal prison detainment and physical torture of Wonder Woman. In the Secret Six comic an Amazon was introduced who oversaw the maintenance of the Purple Ray. She began wounding herself to see how thorough the Purple Ray could heal, each time wounding herself more seriously. Eventually she was able to grow whole limbs back once severed. After many years she discovered she no longer needed to use the Purple Ray as her wounds began to heal themselves due to

title: Purple Ray

text: Purple Ray The Purple Ray, created by William Moulton Marston and featured in Wonder Woman comics, is a fictional healing device that brought a person back from the dead. Prior to the comic book storyline "Crisis on Infinite Earths", Diana invented the Purple Ray in order to heal Steve Trevor from injuries he sustained when his plane was shot down and he was left adrift in the sea for days. The Purple Ray was an all-around healing device. Variations on the concept survived into Earth-1, post-Crisis, post-Zero Hour and post Infinite Crisis continuities. Once it was used to revive the

title: Purple Ray

text: JSA members, who had been killed by an insane wax museum guard who had disguised himself as historical villains. The Purple Ray is noteworthy for restoring Steve Trevor to health, as well as being modified to transfer power from many of the Paradise Island Amazons to Donna Troy, so that she would have powers of her own similar to those of her sisters. Much later, the ray started having technical problems, which caused moments of weakness for Troy, forcing her to explain her past to the Teen Titans. However, the Amazons later contacted her to explain the problem and the

title: Publication history of Wonder Woman

text: elimination of the Amazons. A full-scale invasion of Themyscira is set into motion utilizing every remaining OMAC. Diana and her countrywomen, now isolated and alienated from the outside world, must fight for their lives. In "Infinite Crisis" #3, the Amazons prepare to destroy the OMACs with a powerful new weapon, the Purple Death Ray, a corruption of the healing Purple Ray. Realizing that the battle is being broadcast to TV stations around the world, and edited to make the Amazons look like cold-blooded killers, Wonder Woman convinces the Amazons to shut the weapon down. She then assembles the Amazons on

title: Countdown to Final Crisis

text: option of a fifth, promoting storylines in Countdown. The first four pins say: "WWMMD?" ("What Would Mary Marvel Do?"), "I Found Ray Palmer", "Look to the Skies!" and "Jimmy Olsen Must Die!". The final pin says, "Darkseid Rules!" A teaser poster was released, which shows Wonder Woman comforting Superman, Batman in a different costume (with a sword and what appears to be chain mail armor) and Donna Troy wearing her Wonder Girl costume again. Kyle Rayner is wearing a yellow ring, and Mary Marvel is shown partially in shadow. Mister Miracle stands next to Big Barda. Also notable among the

title: Amazons Attack!

text: attack Washington, D.C. in retaliation for the American government's illegal detention of Wonder Woman. The Amazons teleport to Washington, D.C., where Diana is being held captive and tortured by the Department of Metahuman Affairs. The DMA wants the schematic plans for an Amazonian Purple Ray, wishing to deploy the device for their own uses. Diana refuses their demand. Led by the newly resurrected Hippolyta and her adviser Circe, the Amazons are joined by mythical creatures such as chimeras, winged horses, hydras and several cyclopes. The Amazon forces waste no time in murdering every male in sight, both adult and child,

title: Purple Ray

text: fact that they solved it. On another occasion it was used to revive Changeling of the New Titans, somehow increasing his powers in the process. The Purple Ray was shown to have destructive power if allowed to overload. In "Wonder Woman" (vol. I) #322, an insane love-god Eros went on a rampage and set out to kill Steve Trevor. In the ensuing battle, the Purple Ray was damaged and overloaded, bursting into a destructive heat beam that caused a fire on Paradise Island. It was then repaired temporarily to heal Trevor of injuries he sustained at Eros's hands; when the

title: Amazons (DC Comics)

text: in the most dire of circumstances. The Purple Ray is a quasi-mystical healing device used by the Amazons. In the Pre-Crisis continuity, it was invented by Diana herself. It has also been used for other purposes, such as empowering Wonder Girl, and as a weapon. In the "Flashpoint" reality, the Amazons are shown to be at war with the Atlanteans led by Emperor Aquaman. Besides Queen Hippolyta and Princess Diana, the known Amazons are Artemis, Penthesileia, and Philippus. Following the death of Queen Hippolyta, Princess Diana and her Amazons have caused havoc in Western Europe during their war with the

title: Titans Tomorrow

text: mental vision causes Miss Martian to lash out, and she beheads her future self. Miss Martian finds Robin and takes him to a location that she says will remind him that what happens in the future is up to them and not the future team. Blue Beetle discovers that he is the only non-Starro-controlled hero left standing after the main battle. Supergirl witnesses the Sinestro Corps amassing for their assault on Earth high above the planet. Blue Beetle frees Bart, who eventually retrieves one of Captain Cold's guns from the Flash Museum, with which he destroys Starro, freeing the Titans.

title: Purple Ray

text: possible to expose the wounded to smaller doses of the Ray during a longer period. The Purple Ray is also unable to cure wounds inflicted by gods, or their agents, like the Gorgon. It is revealed in Supergirl that the ray is also useless to cure cancer. A "Purple Death Ray" was later introduced. After a rogue U.S. government agency attacked the island, the Amazons altered the Purple Ray to emit from a massive cannon. The Purple Ray was altered to destroy matter as opposed to heal it. On two separate occasions the U.S. government has tried to coerce the

title: Manhunter (Kate Spencer)

text: as Phantom Lady pointed out in the issue. Kate was hired to be Wonder Woman's defense lawyer for the murder of Maxwell Lord. The case has taken an unexpected turn however, upon the recent arrival of a supposedly alive Blue Beetle, who claims he has no memory of the last 18 months. Wonder Woman has called in Batman to run an investigation on Blue Beetle, to see if it is really him. Meanwhile, Kate received aid from Checkmate, which proved that Diana's actions were justifiable. The "Blue Beetle" turned out to be the shapeshifting cannibal Everyman from Lex Luthor's Infinity,

title: Wonder Woman in other media

text: Star Sapphire in the same episode. She subsequently appears in "Triumvirate of Terror!", where she teams up with Batman and Superman to fight the combined threat of Cheetah, Lex Luthor and the Joker. Wonder Woman appears in the "" motion comic, voiced by Wendee Lee. Wonder Woman appears in the animated series "Young Justice", voiced by Maggie Q. At New York Comic Con 2010, it was confirmed that there are no longer any restrictions involving DC characters appearing in animation, thus making it possible for Wonder Woman to be used. Wonder Woman appears in the pilot episode, "Independence Day", where

title: Wonder Woman (2017 film)

text: was in development, along with films based on DC Comics superheroes the Flash and Aquaman. Both Wonder Woman and Aquaman were still under consideration for solo film subjects as of June 2013. DC Entertainment president Diane Nelson said Wonder Woman "has been, since I started, one of the top three priorities for DC and for Warner Bros. We are still trying right now, but she's tricky." On October 5, 2013, WB chairman and CEO Kevin Tsujihara said he wanted to get Wonder Woman in a film or on TV. Shortly afterward, Paul Feig said he had pitched the studio an

title: Blue Snowman

text: over the Selma Diamond, which resulted in the two women encasing each other in ice and allowed Superman and Aquaman to take them into custody. Blue Snowman appeared in the "" comic book series (which is based on the ). She was seen with the other Wonder Woman villains (consisting of Amoeba Man, Angle Man, Cheetah, Crimson Centipede, Fireworks Man, Giganta, Mouse Man, and Paper-Man) as they, along with an assortment of Batman's villains, crashed the wedding between Batman and Wonder Woman. They were swiftly defeated by the joint efforts of the Justice League and the Amazons of Themyscira. Blue

title: Wonder Woman: The Blue Amazon

text: Flash and the Martian Manhunter (based on Leni Riefenstahl's "Das Blaue Licht" (U.S. title: "The Blue Light" (1932)) and Arnold Fanck's "Der Weiße Rausch - Der Neue Wunder des Schneeschuhs" (U.S. title: "The White Ecstasy" (1931)) (which also starred Leni Riefenstahl)), and a female version of Aquaman (based on Georg Wilhelm Pabst's "Die Herrin von Atlantis" (U.S. title: "The Mistress of Atlantis" (1932)). The book would have dealt with the rediscovery of Earth, but it was never published and remains so to this day. Wonder Woman: The Blue Amazon Wonder Woman: The Blue Amazon is a DC Comics comic book

title: Wonder Woman in other media

text: Wonder Woman in other media Since her debut in "All Star Comics" #8 (December 1941), Diana Prince/Wonder Woman has appeared in a number of formats besides comic books. Genres include animated television shows, direct-to-DVD animated films, video games, the 1970s live action television series, "Wonder Woman", the 2014 CGI theatrical release, "The Lego Movie", and the live-action DCEU films, "" (2016), "Wonder Woman" (2017), and "Justice League" (2017). She will appear in "Wonder Woman 1984", which will be released in 2020. "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" is a 2016 American superhero film and the second installment of the DC

title: Wonder Woman in other media

text: appear in the "Batman Beyond" episode "The Call", which featured a future Justice League. However, rights issues precluded the possibility and her cameo was instead taken by Big Barda. She returns in the "Justice League Beyond 2.0" comic, which is set some years after the conclusion of the "Batman Beyond" series. Her powers are almost the same as her comics counterpart, including flight and super strength, lending Wonder Woman the ability to hold out against Superman in a fight, while both were hallucinating. She has a weakness to pierce wounds as shown by Devil Ray's poisonous dart harming her. In

title: Wonder Woman (2017 film)

text: Wonder Woman was released on Digital HD on August 29, 2017 and on Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D, 4K Ultra-HD Blu-ray and DVD on September 19, 2017.  The film debuted at the top spot of both the NPD VideoScan overall disc sales chart and the Blu-ray Disc sales chart.

title: Blue Snowman

text: Snowman was set to appear in the second volume to "The Legend of Wonder Woman", a retelling of Wonder Woman's origins by Renae de Liz and Ray Dillon. However, DC cancelled the project under unknown circumstances. De Liz later posted preliminary artwork featuring Blue Snowman on Twitter. Blue Snowman Blue Snowman (also known as The Snowman, real name Byrna Brilyant) is a supervillain in the who appears primarily as an enemy of Wonder Woman. Blue Snowman is a woman disguised as a man who uses the invention of "blue snow," a special form of precipitation that freezes everything it touches.

title: Martian Manhunter

text: on Mars after the White Martians took over and took J'onzz's daughter. Wonder Woman attacks him, but he gets the drop on her and reveals he is aware of her recent grisly actions. When he attempts to stop Wonder Woman by shapeshifting to attack her inside her body, Superman uses his heat vision to burn J'onzz out of Wonder Woman as his burning body falls into the ocean. Batman assumes that he is dead. There have been few pastiches and parodies of and homages to the character due to the concentration on more well-known heroes like Superman and Batman. IGN

title: Wonder Woman in other media

text: or that references Wonder Woman: Wonder Woman in other media Since her debut in "All Star Comics" #8 (December 1941), Diana Prince/Wonder Woman has appeared in a number of formats besides comic books. Genres include animated television shows, direct-to-DVD animated films, video games, the 1970s live action television series, "Wonder Woman", the 2014 CGI theatrical release, "The Lego Movie", and the live-action DCEU films, "" (2016), "Wonder Woman" (2017), and "Justice League" (2017). She will appear in "Wonder Woman 1984", which will be released in 2020. "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" is a 2016 American superhero film and the

title: Who Is Wonder Woman?

text: his new partner: Agent Diana Prince (Diana in her new secret identity). The next morning, Diana Prince goes to the museum for any clues. There, she meets Robin (Tim Drake) and her protégé Cassie Sandsmark of the Teen Titans. Cassie is angry at Diana for leaving her, even after she was in depression after Connor Kent's death. Having no answer as to why she had left her, Cassie takes off to fight the villains who have appeared again. With her friends and the Department in need of help, Diana goes into an alley and decides to become Wonder Woman for

title: Blue Snowman

text: Wonder Woman's enemies, Brilyant is sentenced to prison on the Amazon penal colony Transformation Island, but in 1948 she and seven other female super-villains escape and pool their talents as Villainy Inc.. Led by the Saturnian slaver Eviless, the evil eight are again defeated by Wonder Woman. In this appearance, she calls herself the Blue Snow Man. Byrna retained her male appearance and name in this second appearance, but what if anything is to be made of her choice of criminal identities is unknown. After all of the Golden Age Wonder Woman stories were erased from history by the "Crisis

title: JLA: Act of God

text: regain his ability to shrink, despite the fact that his powers came from a belt. The scientists manage to grant Ray the ability to shrink, but he becomes stuck at six inches and the scientists place him in a dollhouse. While there, he learns the scientists are employed by Lex Luthor and that with this research they can sell superpowers to anyone who can pay. Ray tries to call J'onn, but J'onn cannot hear him because he is still small. He then leaves a message in a table in the dollhouse before he starts shrinking down into the table's subatomic

title: Wonder Woman: Earth One

text: then runs off while the others chase after her. Diana travels to the shore, where she finds a man who falls to the ground. In the present time, Hippolyta calls Althea forward to testify. Althea explains that she went to identify a noise in her laboratory, but when she returned, the Purple Ray had disappeared, suggesting Diana took it. Diana reveals she took the ray to heal the man, Steve Trevor. She later challenged the champion Mala to a battle. Diana wins, and claims Mala's swan plane. Later, Hippolyta scolds Diana for her actions. She smells a familiar fragrance on

title: Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox

text: timeline: Barry traveled back in time to save his mother, fracturing the fabric of reality. Wonder Woman uses her lasso to force Captain Thunder back into Batson and kills him; Superman returns but cannot save Cyborg from Aquaman. Wonder Woman faces Aquaman, with both declaring an intention to fix things their way. Aquaman remotely detonates Captain Atom with a ray. As the explosion tears across the landscape, Thawne declares his intention to keep Barry in this reality to kill him, but he is then killed by Batman. The dying Batman urges Barry to run, and gives him a letter addressed

title: Queen Clea

text: do this, Clea stole the fabled Trident of Poseidon to make herself virtually unstoppable. In the Pre-Crisis story(JlA #135) she allied with King Kull's agents against the Justice League and Justice Society when he plans to wipe out life on Earth-One, Earth-Two, and Earth-S so his subjugated Beast-men can rule once again. On Earth-Two, with Penguin, Blockbuster and Ibac she attempts to take over the recently risen Atlantis. The Earth-One Superman, Earth-One Green Arrow, Spy Smasher, and Earth-Two Wonder Woman defeat the villains without much trouble, Wonder Woman beating Clea. A cloud is nearly used to make all land on

title: Wonder Woman 1984

text: Steel" and "", the first and second films in the DC Extended Universe. "Wonder Woman 1984" is scheduled to be released by Warner Bros. Pictures in the United States in RealD 3D, Dolby Cinema and IMAX 3D on June 5, 2020. It was previously set for December 13, 2019, and then moved to November 1, 2019, before settling on its mid-2020 release date. On June 22, 2018, it was reported that Gal Gadot would be attending Warner Bros' DC presentation at San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC) 2018, and some footage from the film will be shown to promote it. Director Patty

title: Wonder Woman (2017 film)


question: who heads the executive department of west virginia government

answers: the Governor of West Virginia

answers: the governor of West Virginia

answers: Jim Justice

title: Gayle Conelly Manchin

text: office. The Secretary for Education and the Arts oversees a collection of six state agencies, including West Virginia Public Broadcasting, the West Virginia Library Commission, the Division of Culture and History, Volunteer West Virginia, the state Center for Professional Development, and the Division of Rehabilitation Services. After the passage of HB 4006, a bill that would dissolve the West Virginia Department of Education and the Arts, in the West Virginia Legislature, Manchin called on Justice to veto the legislation. Manchin also offered to resign and "remove any political cloud," though days later, she was removed from office by Justice, leaving

title: Secretary of State of West Virginia

text: Secretary of State of West Virginia The Secretary of State of West Virginia is an elected office within the U.S. state of West Virginia state government. The secretary of state is responsible for overseeing the state's election process, including voter registration and election results reporting. The current Secretary of State is Republican Mac Warner. The Office of Secretary of State is a publicly elected statewide position with elections held every four years. Elections are held in November and officers assume their duties the following January. There are no term limits for the office. If the office of secretary of state

title: Secretary of State of West Virginia

text: Below is a list of West Virginia's Secretaries of State since 1863: Secretary of State of West Virginia The Secretary of State of West Virginia is an elected office within the U.S. state of West Virginia state government. The secretary of state is responsible for overseeing the state's election process, including voter registration and election results reporting. The current Secretary of State is Republican Mac Warner. The Office of Secretary of State is a publicly elected statewide position with elections held every four years. Elections are held in November and officers assume their duties the following January. There are no

title: West Virginia Public Service Commission

text: West Virginia Public Service Commission The Public Service Commission of West Virginia is the Public Utilities Commission of the State of West Virginia. Chairman Michael A. Albert, Commissioner Brooks F. McCabe, and Commissioner Renee A. Larrick run the Commission. These positions are six year terms and political appointments. Commissioners are appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate. The Commission supervises, regulates, and, where appropriate, investigates the rates, service, operations, affiliated transactions, and other activities of West Virginia public utilities and many common and contract motor carriers of passengers and property within West Virginia. Some of the industries the

title: Helen F. Holt

text: serve as Secretary of State of West Virginia in 1957 following the death of Democrat Daniel Pitt O'Brien. Her appointment made her the first woman to hold a statewide-office in West Virginia. She was one of only 37 women to hold the office nationwide and just two other women from the Appalachian region (in Kentucky and Alabama) had female Secretaries of State during that time. She served until January 1959 when she was defeated in the November 1958 general election by Democrat Joe D. Burdett. After her defeat, Holt was appointed in 1959 to be Assistant Commissioner of Public Institutions,

title: Gayle Conelly Manchin

text: the office of Department Secretary vacant. Gayle Conelly Manchin Gayle Conelly Manchin (born June 20, 1947) is an American educator, politician, former First Lady of West Virginia from 2005 to 2010, and a former member of the West Virginia Board of Education from 2007-2015, having served for 2 years as the board's President. Manchin most recently served as the West Virginia Secretary of Education and the Arts from 2017 until her termination in March 2018. She is the wife of former Governor and current U.S. Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia. Gayle Manchin was raised in Beckley, West Virginia and

title: Mac Warner

text: Governor of West Virginia. Mac Warner Mac Warner (born 1954/55) is the West Virginia Secretary of State. He took office January 16, 2017, having won the general election in November 2016 against incumbent Democrat Natalie Tennant. Warner is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point; and holds a law degree from West Virginia University and LL.M. degrees from the Judge Advocate General's School in Military Law; and from the University of Virginia in International Law. Before entering politics, Warner served in the United States Army in the Judge Advocate General Corps until retirement, and a United

title: Jonathan Miller (West Virginia politician)

text: Resources, Banking and Insurance, Government Organization, and Political Subdivisions Committees. He was re-elected in 2008 without opposition. Miller is the West Virginia state co-chair of the conservative American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). He is also a member of The Heartland Institute, the Cato Institute, and the Club for Growth. In June 2008, Miller was replaced on the Eastern Panhandle Regional Planning and Development Council (Region 9) because he had failed to attend a number of meetings. In May 2011, Miller announced that he would vacate his seat in the House of Delegates and enter the race for the Republican nomination

title: Betty Ireland

text: Betty Ireland Betty Ireland (born 1946) was the 28th Secretary of State of West Virginia from 2005-2009, serving as the first woman elected to the executive branch of West Virginia state government. She was also the first Republican elected to that position since 1972. Ireland did not seek a second term in 2008 due to her parents' health. On December 30, 2010, Ireland announced she would run for Governor during the 2011 special election. However she was unsuccessful in this pursuit. Early in her career, Ireland spent several years teaching in the West Virginia public school system. Eventually, she entered

title: Joe Manchin

text: Joe Manchin Joseph Manchin III (born August 24, 1947) is an American politician serving as the senior United States Senator from West Virginia, a seat he has held since 2010. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 34th governor of West Virginia from 2005 to 2010 and the 27th secretary of state of West Virginia from 2001 to 2005. Manchin has been known throughout his career to be a moderate—or even conservative—Democrat, a fact which has allowed him to win elections in West Virginia even as the state shifted from one of the most heavily Democratic

title: Richard G. Shaw

text: Richard G. Shaw Richard G. Shaw (born July 25, 1943), generally known as Rick Shaw, served as insurance commissioner for the State of West Virginia from 1977 to 1985, under incumbent Governor Jay Rockefeller. Shaw was the first African American to serve as West Virginia insurance commissioner, and one of the first African Americans to head a West Virginia state agency overall. (Dr. Mildred Mitchell-Bateman was likely the first, becoming director of the West Virginia Department of Mental Health in 1962.) During his tenure as insurance commissioner, Shaw was primarily noted for his ability to speak to the common man,

title: Gayle Conelly Manchin

text: university's inaugural Community Service Learning Program. She has also served as Director of the AmeriCorps Promise Fellow Program in West Virginia Additionally, Machin worked for the Office of Secretary of Education and the Arts, where she established the West Virginia Partnerships to Assure Student Success initiative (WV PASS). Gayle Manchin held the position of First Lady of West Virginia from 2005 until 2010 during her husband's term as the state's governor. During her tenure as First Lady, Manchin simultaneously served as the chairperson of the West Virginia Citizen’s Council on Children and Families and Governor’s Healthy Lifestyles Coalition, co-chair of

title: Keith Burdette

text: and commissions. Keith Burdette Keith Burdette was the Secretary of Commerce for the state of West Virginia under the administration of Governor Earl Ray Tomblin. Burdette holds many state and national awards and records as he served at such young ages in various roles such as a former Democratic President of the West Virginia Senate from Wood County serving from 1989 to 1995. After serving as chief of staff for Governor Wise, Burdette ran The Burdette Group, a West Virginia-based government relations and lobbying company, until his appointment as secretary. Keith Burdette's political education began early. He was a volunteer

title: Keith Burdette

text: Keith Burdette Keith Burdette was the Secretary of Commerce for the state of West Virginia under the administration of Governor Earl Ray Tomblin. Burdette holds many state and national awards and records as he served at such young ages in various roles such as a former Democratic President of the West Virginia Senate from Wood County serving from 1989 to 1995. After serving as chief of staff for Governor Wise, Burdette ran The Burdette Group, a West Virginia-based government relations and lobbying company, until his appointment as secretary. Keith Burdette's political education began early. He was a volunteer for Jay

title: Secretary of State of West Virginia

text: election officer. The "work horse" of the office is the business and licensing division, which registers, licenses, and keeps a database of all businesses, corporations, charities, notary publics, private investigators, and sports agents operating within West Virginia. The secretary also files public notices of all state agency meetings, sends official documents on behalf of the governor, and certifies gubernatorial proclamations by affixing the state seal and their signature to official documents. The Secretary of State's Office is organized as follows: The Secretary of State also serves as registered agents for service of process for certain types of defendants in lawsuits.

title: Gayle Conelly Manchin

text: the Governor’s 21st Century Jobs Cabinet and the Intellectual Infrastructure of Vision Shared, and a member of the West Virginia Commission for National and Community Service. In 2007, Manchin was appointed to the West Virginia Board of Education from 2007 to 2015. She served two terms as the Board of Education's vice president. On July 10, 2013, Manchin was elected President of the West Virginia Board of Education for a two-year term. In 2016, Manchin was the subject of some controversy when "USA Today", a national newspaper, published an article noting that Manchin, upon becoming Board of Education president in

title: Stephen T. Williams

text: Stephen T. Williams Stephen T. "Steve" Williams is the current mayor of Huntington, West Virginia. His campaign against his predecessor, Kim Wolfe, in the 2012 mayoral election marked the first time a sitting city official challenged an incumbent mayor since Huntington switched to a strong mayor form of government in 1985. Williams previously served as Huntington's city manager, a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates, and a member of the Huntington City Council. Williams attended Huntington High School, graduating in 1974. He received a Bachelor of Arts in political science from Marshall University in 1978 and a Master

title: Stephen T. Williams

text: of Public Administration degree from West Virginia University in 1980. Williams served as Director of Economic Development for Huntington in 1984 and worked as city manager from 1984 to 1985. From 1987 to 1994, he was a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates for Cabell County and Wayne County. He previously ran for mayor in 1993, defeating incumbent Mayor Bobby Nelson in the Democratic primary, but lost to Republican opponent, Councilwoman Jean Dean. Williams returned to politics in 2008 when he won election as an at-large member of Huntington City Council, where he served until his election as

title: Howard Wellman

text: Howard Wellman Howard Wellman (born July 23, 1944, in Bluefield, West Virginia) is a political leader who has held multiple state offices in West Virginia and currently serves as 49th Sergeant at Arms of the West Virginia Senate. Wellman is a 1962 graduate of Montcalm High School in Montcalm, West Virginia and completed a Bachelor of Science degree at Bluefield State College. Wellman is the son of David and Betty Wellman. He is married to Beverly (Crane) Wellman and has two children Wendy and Jennifer. Wellman served the State of West Virginia as Assistant to the Commissioner of the Department

title: Government of West Virginia

text: The chief executive of West Virginia is the governor of West Virginia, who is elected to a four-year term at the same time as presidential elections. The governor is sworn in the January following the November election. A governor may only serve two consecutive terms. A governor may run for a third term, but an interceding election must occur. Democrat Jim Justice was elected governor in 2016, defeating Bill Cole in the general election.

title: History of West Virginia

text: for a reorganization of the state government, taking the line that all who adhered to the Ordinance of Secession had effectively vacated their offices. The convention passed an act for the reorganization of the government on June 19, 1861. On the following day, the convention chose Francis H. Pierpont as governor of the "Restored Government of Virginia", elected other officers, and adjourned. The legislature of the Restored Government was composed of members from the western counties who had been elected on May 23, 1861, and some senators who had been elected in 1859. It met at Wheeling on July 1,

title: Secretary of State of West Virginia

text: becomes vacant, it is the duty of the governor to fill the position by appointment. The appointee serves until a new commissioner is elected. Qualifications for being elected to the office are that one is a citizen entitled to vote, who has been a resident of West Virginia for at least the preceding 5 years. The West Virginia Secretary of State is the smallest constitutional office in the state - physically, fiscally, and in terms of the number of staff. The duties of the office, though, are extensive. The primary responsibility of the secretary is to serve as the chief

title: Cecil H. Underwood

text: the Software Valley Corporation in Morgantown, West Virginia. He continued his academic career by serving as President of Bethany College and instructor of political science at Marshall University. He also served as president of the National Association of State Councils on Vocational Education. Underwood was elected again to the office of Governor of West Virginia in 1996 under the banner "Better Government, not Bigger Government", carrying 38 of the state's 55 counties and defeating Astronaut Jon McBride and David McKinley. During his governorship, he enabled the "Governor's Commission of Fair Taxation", which was a thorough review of the state's tax

title: Vic Sprouse

text: Vic Sprouse Vic Sprouse is the former Republican Senate Minority Leader in the West Virginia State Senate. Sprouse was first elected to the West Virginia House of Delegates 30th district in 1994 and was subsequently elected to the West Virginia Senate from Kanawha County in 1996 and re-elected in 2000 and 2004. During his period in the State Senate he was minority leader from 1998 to 2007. He graduated as a chemical engineer from Penn State University. He owned several Curves fitness centers in the Charleston area as well as a political and marketing firm. Sprouse is CEO and majority

title: Richard G. Shaw

text: three grandchildren. Richard G. Shaw Richard G. Shaw (born July 25, 1943), generally known as Rick Shaw, served as insurance commissioner for the State of West Virginia from 1977 to 1985, under incumbent Governor Jay Rockefeller. Shaw was the first African American to serve as West Virginia insurance commissioner, and one of the first African Americans to head a West Virginia state agency overall. (Dr. Mildred Mitchell-Bateman was likely the first, becoming director of the West Virginia Department of Mental Health in 1962.) During his tenure as insurance commissioner, Shaw was primarily noted for his ability to speak to the

title: West Virginia Senate

text: governor. Bills are drafted by the Office of Legislative Services or legislative staff counsel, reviewed by the sponsor of the bill and submitted for introduction. Bills are assigned to committees that make recommendations about a bill in the form of a committee report. Bills approved in both the West Virginia Senate and West Virginia House of Delegates are then submitted to the governor, who has the power to sign them into law or veto them. The state legislature can override the veto, unless they have already adjourned. The state's districting system is unique in the United States. Prior to the

title: Mac Warner

text: Mac Warner Mac Warner (born 1954/55) is the West Virginia Secretary of State. He took office January 16, 2017, having won the general election in November 2016 against incumbent Democrat Natalie Tennant. Warner is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point; and holds a law degree from West Virginia University and LL.M. degrees from the Judge Advocate General's School in Military Law; and from the University of Virginia in International Law. Before entering politics, Warner served in the United States Army in the Judge Advocate General Corps until retirement, and a United States Department of State

title: Patrick Morrisey

text: Patrick Morrisey Patrick James Morrisey (born December 21, 1967) is an American politician and lawyer serving as the 34th and current Attorney General of West Virginia since 2013. He is a member of the Republican Party. Morrisey was elected Attorney General of West Virginia in 2012, becoming the first Republican to serve in the role since 1933. Running for the United States Senate in 2018, Morrisey won the Republican Party nomination and was defeated by incumbent Democratic Senator Joe Manchin in the November general election. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Morrisey grew up in Edison, New Jersey. His father was

title: Steve Harrison (politician)

text: Steve Harrison (politician) Steve Harrison is an American politician from the state of West Virginia. A member of the Republican Party, Harrison served in both the West Virginia House of Delegates and West Virginia Senate. He is currently the Clerk of the West Virginia House of Delegates. Harrison served in the West Virginia House of Delegates and West Virginia Senate for a total of 14 years. He opted not to run for reelection to the state Senate in 2006. Since retiring from the state Senate, Harrison has worked for Poca Valley Bank, and played as a placekicker for a semi-professional

title: Saira Blair

text: and within our budget." Saira Blair Saira Blair (born July 11, 1996) is an American student and politician from Martinsburg, West Virginia, notable as the youngest person elected to state or federal office in the United States upon her election in 2014. In November 2014, aged 18, she was elected to the West Virginia House of Delegates, representing the 59th district, which is based in the Eastern Panhandle and encompasses portions of Berkeley County and Morgan County. She is a member of the Republican Party. Blair, who studied economics and Spanish at West Virginia University, deferred her spring semesters to

title: Government of West Virginia

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question: how long is the bridge between new brunswick and prince edward island

answers: 12.9-kilometre

title: Prince Edward Island Route 1

text: the Confederation Bridge, which crosses the Northumberland Strait to New Brunswick, where the highway becomes New Brunswick Route 16. Travelling eastward, a spur route, Route 1A, branches north towards Summerside. The highway continues meandering east through the communities of Crapaud, Bonshaw, Clyde River and Cornwall before crossing the waterway dividing the North / Yorke River and Graham Rogers Lake into Charlottetown. Within Charlottetown, Route 1 jogs north along Upton Road then east onto the Charlottetown Perimeter Highway and wraps around the city centre before turning and crossing the Hillsborough River on the Hillsborough River Bridge into Stratford. From there the

title: Confederation Bridge

text: structure. Most of the curved bridge is above water with a navigation span for ship traffic. The bridge rests on 62 piers, of which the 44 main piers are apart. The bridge is wide. The speed limit on the bridge is but can vary with wind and weather conditions. When travelling at the speed limit, it takes about 12 minutes to cross the bridge. Tolls only apply when leaving Prince Edward Island (when traveling westbound). The toll rates are $47.00 for a two-axle automobile and $8.00 for each additional axle. Motorcycles are charged $18.50. While pedestrians and cyclists are not

title: Prince Edward Island

text: favour of an agreement with the federal government to improve major highways. Until 1997, the province was linked by two passenger-vehicle ferry services to the mainland: one, provided by Marine Atlantic, operated year-round between Borden and Cape Tormentine, New Brunswick; the other, provided by Northumberland Ferries Limited, operates seasonally between Wood Islands and Caribou, Nova Scotia. A third ferry service provided by CTMA operates all year round with seasonal times between Souris and Cap-aux-Meules, Quebec, in the Magdalen Islands. On June 1, 1997, the Confederation Bridge opened, connecting Borden-Carleton to Cape Jourimain, New Brunswick. The world's longest bridge over ice-covered

title: Confederation Bridge

text: from 1997 to 2006 that featured a likeness of the Confederation Bridge between the serial number. With valid registration, these plates remain visible on the road today. Confederation Bridge The Confederation Bridge () spans the Abegweit Passage of Northumberland Strait. It links Prince Edward Island with mainland New Brunswick, Canada. Before its official naming, Prince Edward Islanders often referred to the bridge as the "Fixed Link". Construction took place from October 1993 to May 1997 and cost C$1.3 billion. The bridge opened on May 31, 1997. The bridge is a two-lane toll bridge that carries the Trans-Canada Highway between Borden-Carleton,

title: Prince Edward Island Route 1

text: Prince Edward Island Route 1 Route 1 is a long provincial highway that serves as the Prince Edward Island section of the Trans-Canada Highway. Route 1 traverses the southern shores of Prince Edward Island, from the Confederation Bridge in Borden-Carleton to the Wood Islands ferry dock. It is an uncontrolled access 2-lane highway with a maximum speed limit of , except within some towns and the city of Charlottetown. Route 1 serves several towns and communities along the southern shore of Prince Edward Island, as well as bypassing the provincial capital, Charlottetown. The route begins at the northern end of

title: New Brunswick Route 16

text: New Brunswick Route 16 Route 16 is a 2-lane highway in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. The route begins at a T intersection with Aulac Road at Aulac and ends at the western abutment of the Confederation Bridge at Cape Jourimain. It functions as a secondary leg of the Trans-Canada Highway to connect Prince Edward Island with the mainline Trans-Canada Highway Route 2 in Aulac. Route 16 is the last section of the Trans-Canada in New Brunswick that is not 4-lanes with no plans in the near future to be 4 lanes. The highway number "16" is also the

title: Confederation Bridge

text: Confederation Bridge The Confederation Bridge () spans the Abegweit Passage of Northumberland Strait. It links Prince Edward Island with mainland New Brunswick, Canada. Before its official naming, Prince Edward Islanders often referred to the bridge as the "Fixed Link". Construction took place from October 1993 to May 1997 and cost C$1.3 billion. The bridge opened on May 31, 1997. The bridge is a two-lane toll bridge that carries the Trans-Canada Highway between Borden-Carleton, Prince Edward Island (at Route 1) and Cape Jourimain, New Brunswick (at Route 16). It is a multi-span balanced cantilever bridge with a post-tensioned concrete box girder

title: Northumberland Ferries Limited

text: only when exiting Prince Edward Island; the round-trip fares (Effective 1 May 2014) will be C$69.00 for automobiles, $40.00 for motorcycles, $20.00 for bicycles, $18.00 for adult passengers (13–59 years of age) and $16 for seniors (60+). Children under 12 years of age receive free passage. The other major Northumberland Strait crossing, the Confederation Bridge from Prince Edward Island to New Brunswick, charges its toll only when exiting Prince Edward Island as well. Therefore, travellers entering the island on the ferry and exiting on the bridge or "vice versa" only need pay for one of the links. As an interprovincial

title: New Brunswick Route 16

text: Confederation Bridge. Traffic leaves Route 16 when entering the Confederation Bridge to cross the Northumberland Strait to Prince Edward Island before continuing on Trans-Canada Highway Route 1. Port Elgin is the only major community along the route. This highway has been part of the New Brunswick highway network since the Canadian National Railways ferry service from Cape Tormentine NB to Borden PEI began accepting automobiles in the 1920s. The original section from Aulac to Baie Verte was known as the Baie Verte Road, the section through Baie Verte and Port Elgin was known as Main Street, the section from Port

title: Hillsborough River Bridge

text: provincial government was outraged and Premier J. Walter Jones staged a publicity stunt at the Charlottetown abutment of the bridge, boarding a bulldozer and demanding in front of local media, that the bridge be reopened. CNR relented and reopened the bridge, making temporary repairs, however the long-term viability of the bridge, then approaching 85 years of age (when its 30-year service in New Brunswick was taken into account), was in doubt. By the mid-1950s, the federal government had begun to develop the Trans-Canada Highway network across the country. The Prince Edward Island component was planned between the ferry terminals in

title: Confederation Bridge

text: permitted to cross the bridge, a shuttle service is available. Before 2006, the shuttle was free and since January 1, 2015, the service has charged $4.25 per pedestrian or $8.75 per cyclist when leaving Prince Edward Island. The other major Northumberland Strait crossing, Wood Islands Ferry from Wood Islands, Prince Edward Island to Caribou, Nova Scotia, charges when leaving Prince Edward Island. Other ferry fares include $20.00 per adult pedestrian, $40.00 per motorcycle, and $20.00 per bicycle. Travellers, whether entering the island by bridge and leaving by ferry or "vice versa" only pay for leaving the island. Various proposals for

title: New Brunswick Route 133

text: designated "Acadie Road" throughout most of the way to Route 15. New Brunswick Route 133 Route 133 is a mostly east/west provincial highway in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. The road is a continuation of Route 134 in Gilberts Corner. The road has a length of approximately 28 kilometers, and services small, otherwise isolated rural communities. In these areas, the highway is often unofficially referred to as "Main Street." The road runs mostly between the Northumberland Strait and Route 15 and a small portion of Route 11 in Greater Shediac. The road starts out as "Hannington Road" in Gilberts

title: New Brunswick Route 107

text: Napadogan and Juniper opened. The section between Nashwaak Bridge and Stanley was known as Route 25A until 1965, when the current number was applied. Prior to the opening of the Marysville Bypass in 2014, the route used to end at now Route 148 <br> New Brunswick Route 107 Route 107 is a highway in New Brunswick, Canada; running from an intersection with Route 8 at Nashwaak Bridge to an intersection with Route 105 at Bristol; a distance of 100.1 kilometres. Route 107 starts east of Nashwaak Bridge travelling south-west crossing Route 148 and into Nashwaak Bridge. From here, the route

title: New Brunswick Route 955

text: From here, it crosses Route 16 near Confederation Bridge and Cape Jourimain. From here, it continues past through Bayfield then ending in Cape Tormentine at Route 960. The route ends at the end at the former Route 16 Prince Edward Island ferry crossing before the realignment for the Confederation Bridge. <br> New Brunswick Route 955 Route 955 is a Canadian highway in Westmorland County, New Brunswick. The route's eastern terminus is in Mates Corner at Route 15. It travels east crossing Fox Creek Shemogue Harbour through a mostly treed area near Johnston Point then passes through Chapman Corner. As the

title: New Brunswick Route 8

text: road continues north-east crossing Route 415 before entering Derby Junction at the intersection of Route 420 and Route 108 the road then becomes a 2-lane expressway as it crosses the Northwest Miramichi River then Route 425. In Newcastle and reverts to a local road after the junction with Route 430 locally known as Beaverbrook Blvd. The Road then unmerges from Route 430 but then merges with Route 117. The Route then crosses the Miramichi Bridge then Route 126 intersection. The road then continues to travel within the City of Miramichi where the route is locally known as the King George

title: New Brunswick Route 2

text: of 110 km/h (70 mph) and a design speed of up to 120 km/h (75 mph). On August 12, 2012 Highway 2 was officially named "Highway of Heroes" by Premier David Alward. New Brunswick Route 2 Route 2 is a major provincial highway in the Canadian province of New Brunswick, carrying the main route of the Trans-Canada Highway in the province and a core route in the National Highway System. It is a 4-lane freeway in its entirety. The highway connects with Autoroute 85 at the border with Quebec and with Highway 104 at the border with Nova Scotia, as

title: Prince Edward Island Route 248

text: Trans-Canada Highway (Route 1) in the community of Cornwall. Route 248 proceeds eastward along Ferry Road through Cornwall, a two-lane residential street. Crossing over Mill Creek, the route leaves the community of Cornwall for the town of Cornwall, continuing east through the flat lands near Charlottetown. Paralleling McEwens Creek, Ferry Road reaches a junction with York Point Road, where Route 248 turns north on York Point. Crossing through a rural section of Cornwall, the route runs north along the North River, soon reaching a commercial section of the town, where it enters an at-grade interchange with Route 1. Just north

title: Prince Edward Island Route 1

text: route travels south near the shore of the Northumberland Strait to Wood Islands. Vehicles can continue via the Northumberland Ferries Limited ferry to Nova Scotia Highway 106 at Caribou, Nova Scotia. On May 17, 2010, construction began on upgrades to the Charlottetown Perimeter Highway. This work was completed later that year on October 15. Route 1 was then transferred from its old routing along University Avenue and Grafton Street onto the new highway. A proposal to realign Route 1 through Strathgartney Provincial Park west of Charlottetown was met with significant public opposition in 2011. Construction started on a revised route

title: Prince Edward Island Route 17

text: 17. It is long and runs between North Murray Harbour and Gaspereaux. The route intersects Route 324 and Route 318. Prince Edward Island Route 17 Route 17, known along some sections as Point Pleasant Road, is a , two-lane, uncontrolled-access, secondary highway in eastern Prince Edward Island. Its southern terminus is at Route 4 in Murray River and its northern terminus is at Route 4 in Montague. The route is entirely in Kings County. The route begins at its southern terminus and heads northeast to North Murray Harbour, where it takes a right turn. It then goes north through Gaspereaux

title: Confederation Bridge

text: The Confederation Bridge (French: Pont de la Confédération) spans the Abegweit Passage of Northumberland Strait. It links Prince Edward Island with mainland New Brunswick, Canada. Before its official naming, Prince Edward Islanders often referred to the bridge as the "Fixed Link". Construction took place from October 1993 to May 1997 and cost C$1.3 billion. The 12.9-kilometre (8 mi) bridge opened on May 31, 1997.

title: New Brunswick Route 430

text: New Brunswick Route 430 Route 430 is a long mostly North–South secondary highway in the northwest portion of New Brunswick, Canada. The route's Southern terminus starts at the eastern bank of the Miramichi River on the east side of the Miramichi Bridge on the intersection on Route 117 and Route 8 in the community of Newcastle. The road starts as Harvey Street and then Beaverbrook Blvd before separating from Route 8 when it continues north. The Road continues north passing the northern terminus of Route 435 through Chaplin Island Road before turning east traveling through the settlement of Trout Brook

title: New Brunswick Route 530

text: ending at Route 134 in the local service district of Shediac Bridge-Shediac River. New Brunswick Route 530 Route 530 is a long north-east looping secondary highway in the southeast portion of New Brunswick, Canada. The route's northern terminus is at Route 134 in the community of Cocagne. The road travels southeast around a portion of Cocagne Bay to the community of Saint-Marcel. The road then makes a sharp northeast turn before heading almost due north through the community of Cocagne Cove. Route 530 continues through the community of Cocagne Cape, makes a U-turn, and continues south along the Northumberland Strait.

title: New Brunswick Route 10

text: New Brunswick Route 10 Route 10 is 144 kilometres long and runs from Fredericton to Sussex. The road goes northeast from the Fredericton suburb of Barker's Point to the village of Minto, then loops around Grand Lake through Chipman to Youngs Cove. Until 2001 this was the end of the highway, but with the opening of a new 4-laned section of the Trans-Canada Highway (Route 2), it now follows the old alignment of that highway from Youngs Cove to a junction with Route 1 in Sussex. While passing through Minto, Route 10 forms Pleasant Drive, and in Chipman, it forms

title: Edmundston–Madawaska Bridge

text: Edmundston–Madawaska Bridge The Edmundston–Madawaska Bridge is an international bridge which connects the cities of Edmundston, New Brunswick, in Canada and Madawaska, Maine, in the United States, across the Saint John River. The bridge consists of four steel through truss spans, each in length, for a total length of , which carries a two lane open steel grid deck roadway. The bridge was constructed in 1920, replacing a cable ferry, and opened in 1921. Its original asphalt and timber deck was replaced with the current steel grid deck in 1961. Transport Canada estimated the bridge's traffic at 759,803 vehicles annually in

title: Hillsborough River Bridge

text: for the next three decades (1960s to 1990s). Ice and wind and wave damage by the turn of the 21st century had caused the majority of the old piers to collapse and are now mostly invisible from the bridge. In 1992 the Government of Canada signed an agreement with Strait Crossing Joint Venture (SCJV), an international construction consortium, to build the Northumberland Strait Crossing Project (today known as the Confederation Bridge) between Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick. Part of the agreement negotiated with the Government of Prince Edward Island provided for a federal-provincial cost-sharing to have Strait Crossing Joint

title: New Brunswick Route 630

text: worst road in Atlantic Canada. New Brunswick Route 630 Route 630 is a long mostly north-south secondary highway in McAdam Parish, New Brunswick, Canada. The route starts at Route 122 in Canterbury where it travels south through a sparsely populated area past Carroll Ridge and past several lakes including Amelia Lake, Moose Lake, Sixth Lake, Fifth Lake, East Brook Lake, and Spednic Lake on the Canada/US Border. The road passes First Lake before crossing Route 4 near St. Croix. The road continues through a mostly treed area to Meredith Settlement before ending in Andersonville at Route 3. in 2013, Route

title: Prince Edward Island Route 1

text: will bypass the town of Cornwall, and is expected to be complete in 2019. Prince Edward Island Route 1A is a long spur route from Route 1 in Albany, north to a roundabout at Route 2 in Travellers Rest. Prince Edward Island Route 1 Route 1 is a long provincial highway that serves as the Prince Edward Island section of the Trans-Canada Highway. Route 1 traverses the southern shores of Prince Edward Island, from the Confederation Bridge in Borden-Carleton to the Wood Islands ferry dock. It is an uncontrolled access 2-lane highway with a maximum speed limit of , except

title: New Brunswick Route 107

text: New Brunswick Route 107 Route 107 is a highway in New Brunswick, Canada; running from an intersection with Route 8 at Nashwaak Bridge to an intersection with Route 105 at Bristol; a distance of 100.1 kilometres. Route 107 starts east of Nashwaak Bridge travelling south-west crossing Route 148 and into Nashwaak Bridge. From here, the route crosses the Nashwaak River before turning north-west and passing through Sutherland Siding. From here, the route is known as "Irishtown Rd" as it enters the village of Stanley. The route then turns north-east until Cross Creek, and northwest at Route 625. Through mostly uninhabited

title: New Brunswick Route 103

text: New Brunswick Route 103 Route 103 is a highway in New Brunswick, Canada, running from Woodstock to Florenceville along the west bank of the Saint John River, a distance of 42 kilometres. Route 103 begins at the interchange between the Trans-Canada Highway and Route 555 and passes the eastern terminus of Route 95, where it connects the interchange to downtown Woodstock via the Houlton Road. The route turns north along Main Street, following the Saint John River bank. At Somerville, a feeder road off Route 103 leads to the longest covered bridge in the world, connecting to the town of

title: Princess Margaret Bridge

text: to the deck, concrete piers, and steel structure. The province of New Brunswick is investing $80 million for the repairs, which when complete will extend its life for another 50 years. Safety concerns have precipitated many construction projects on the bridge in the 1980s and 1990s, due in part to the narrow width of the roadway and to high traffic volume. The bridge deck is prone to severe icing conditions in winter, leading to motor vehicle accidents. The bridge's narrow, two-lane span poses a hazard for motorists travelling at speeds over the posted speed limit of 70 km/h (45 mph).

title: Confederation Bridge


question: when did the uk and us become allies

answers: Since 1940

answers: 1940

title: United Kingdom

text: States ally. After the end of the Second World War in 1945, the UK was one of the Big Four powers (along with the U.S., the Soviet Union, and China) who met to plan the post-war world; it was an original signatory to the Declaration of the United Nations. The UK became one of the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council and worked closely with the United States to establish the IMF, World Bank and NATO. However, the war left the UK severely weakened and depending financially on the Marshall Plan. In the immediate post-war years, the

title: History of the foreign relations of the United Kingdom

text: Britain and France declared war; the British Commonwealth followed London's lead. The British built up a very large worldwide British Empire, which peaked in size in 1922, after more than half a century of unchallenged global supremacy. The cumulative costs of fighting two world wars, however, placed a heavy burden upon the UK economy, and after 1945 the British Empire gradually began to disintegrate, with many territories granted independence. By the mid-to-late 1950s, the UK's status as a superpower had been largely diminished by the rise of the United States and the Soviet Union. Many former colonial territories joined the

title: Nuclear weapons and the United Kingdom

text: Britain's ability to produce thermonuclear weapons in the Operation Grapple nuclear tests in the Pacific, and led to the amendment of the McMahon Act. Since the 1958 US–UK Mutual Defence Agreement, the US and the UK have cooperated extensively on nuclear security matters. The nuclear Special Relationship between the two countries has involved the exchange of classified scientific data and fissile materials such as uranium-235 and plutonium The UK has not had a programme to develop an independent delivery system since the cancellation of the Blue Streak in 1960. Instead, it has purchased US delivery systems for UK use, fitting

title: Foreign relations of the United Kingdom

text: as an active participant in the Cold War against Communism, especially as a founding member of NATO. The British had built up a very large worldwide British Empire, which peaked in size in 1922, after more than half a century of unchallenged global supremacy. The cumulative costs of fighting two world wars, however, placed a heavy burden upon the UK economy, and after 1945 the British Empire gradually began to disintegrate, with many territories granted independence. By the mid-to-late 1950s, the UK's status as a superpower had been largely diminished by the rise of the United States and the Soviet

title: United Kingdom–United States relations

text: the invasion of Iraq in 2003. Again Britain was second only to the US in sending forces to Iraq. Both sides wound down after 2009, and withdrew their last troops in 2011. President Bush and Prime Minister Blair provided sustained mutual political and diplomatic support and won votes in Congress and parliament against their critics at home. During this period Secretary of State Donald Rumsfeld said that "America has no finer ally than the United Kingdom." The 7 July 2005 London bombings emphasised the difference in the nature of the terrorist threat to both nations. The United States concentrated primarily

title: Social history of the United Kingdom (1945–present)

text: independence to India in 1947. Most of the other major overseas colonies became independent in the late-1950s and early-1960s. The UK collaborated closely with the United States during the Cold War after 1947, and in 1949; helped to form NATO as a military alliance against the spread of Soviet Communism. After a long debate and initial scepticism, the United Kingdom joined the European Economic Community along with Ireland and Denmark on 1 January 1973, but voted to leave the European Union in a nationwide referendum held on 23 June 2016. Immigration from South Asia, the West Indies, and Eastern Europe

title: Special Relationship

text: that needs to be flushed out". Instead Arnold calls for closer relationships with Europe and Russia so as to rid "itself of the US incubus." The intense level of military co-operation between the UK and US began with the creation of the Combined Chiefs of Staff in December 1941, a military command with authority over all US and British operations. Following the end of the Second World War the joint command structure was disbanded, but close military cooperation between the nations resumed in the early 1950s with the start of the Cold War. Since the Second World War and the

text: Commonwealth of Nations, an organisation of fully independent nations now with equal status to the UK. Britain finally turned its attention to the continent, joining the European Union. After 1945 Britain systematically reduced its overseas commitments. Practically all the colonies became independent. Britain reduced its involvements in the Middle east, with the humiliating Suez Crisis of 1956 marking the end of its status as a superpower. However Britain did forge close military ties with the United States, France, and traditional foes such as Germany, in the NATO military alliance. After years of debate (and rebuffs), Britain joined the Common Market

title: 1958 US–UK Mutual Defence Agreement

text: facilities. there are also two enhanced collaborations jointly developing capabilities: The Anglo-American Special Relationship proved mutually beneficial, although it was never one of equals; the United States was far larger than Britain both militarily and economically. Lorna Arnold noted that: A 1985 report by the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research reported that the US was "profoundly involved and benefited greatly" from the treaty. The treaty was amended on 7 May 1959, 27 September 1968, 16 October 1969, 22 June 1974, 5 December 1979, 5 June 1984, 23 May 1994 and 14 June 2004. Most amendments merely extended the

title: History of the United Kingdom

text: strong stand against Communist expansion after 1945, playing a major role in the Cold War and the formation of NATO as an anti-Soviet military alliance with West Germany, France, the U.S., Canada and smaller countries. NATO remains a powerful military coalition. The UK has been a leading member of the United Nations since its founding, as well as numerous other international organizations. In the 1990s, neoliberalism led to the privatisation of nationalized industries and significant deregulation of business affairs. London's status as a world financial hub grew continuously. Since the 1990s large-scale devolution movements in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales

title: Foreign relations of the United Kingdom

text: 1973; it is now the European Union. However it did not merge financially, and kept the pound separate from the Euro, which kept it partly isolated from the EU financial crisis of 2011. As of 23 June 2016, the UK has voted to leave the EU. The UK is currently establishing air and naval facilities in the Persian Gulf, located in the UAE and Bahrain. A presence in Oman is also being considered. Foreign policy initiatives of UK governments since the 1990s have included military intervention in conflicts and for peacekeeping, humanitarian assistance programmes and increased aid spending, support for

title: Impact of Brexit on the European Union

text: the UK is (with France) one of the EU's two major military powers, and has significant intelligence capabilities, soft power and a far reaching diplomatic network. Without the UK, EU foreign policy could be less influential. The US saw the UK as a bridge between the US and Europe, and the UK helped align the EU positions to the US and provide tougher responses to Russia. However, Brexit also produced new opportunities for the European defence cooperation, as the UK has consistently vetoed moves in this direction, arguing it would undermine NATO. It attempted to do so again even after

title: 1958 US–UK Mutual Defence Agreement

text: to the UK in RAF aircraft. In 1994, with the Portsmouth plant about to close, the treaty was amended, with the US requirement to "provide" uranium enrichment services changed to one to "arrange" them. By March 2002, the UK had a stockpile of 21.86 tonnes of HEU, about 80 years' supply for the Royal Navy's nuclear-powered submarines. Most of the activity under the treaty is information exchange through Joint Working Groups (JOWOG). At least 15 of these were established in 1959. Subjects investigated included: Between 2007 and 2009, staff of the Atomic Weapons Establishment paid 2,000 visits to US nuclear

title: Special Relationship

text: surveyed held a favourable view of the US and 62% agreed with the assertion that America is Britain's most important ally. However, the survey also revealed that 85% of British citizens believe that the UK has little or no influence on American policies, and that 62% think that America does not consider British interests. Another poll by YouGov in September 2016 revealed that 57% still believed in the special relationship, whilst 37% did not. Following the 2003 invasion of Iraq, senior British figures criticized the refusal of the US Government to heed British advice regarding post-war plans for Iraq, specifically

title: Entente Cordiale

text: the countries from coming to terms, however. On the initiative of Colonial Secretary Joseph Chamberlain, there were three rounds of British-German talks between 1898 and 1901. The UK decided not to join the Triple Alliance, broke off the negotiations with Berlin, and revived the idea of a British-French alliance. When the Russo-Japanese War was about to erupt, France and the UK found themselves on the verge of being dragged into the conflict on the side of their respective allies. France was firmly allied with Russia, while the UK had recently signed the Anglo-Japanese Alliance. In order to avoid going to

title: United Kingdom–United States relations

text: on global enemies, like the al-Qaeda network and other Islamic extremists from the Middle East. The London bombings were carried out by homegrown extremist Muslims, and it emphasised the United Kingdom's threat from the radicalisation of its own people. By 2007, support amongst the British public for the Iraq war had plummeted. Despite Tony Blair's historically low approval ratings with the British people, mainly due to allegations of faulty government intelligence of Iraq possessing weapons of mass destruction, his unapologetic and unwavering stance for the British alliance with the United States can be summed up in his own words. He

title: Special Relationship

text: between the UK and the U.S. in trade and commerce, military planning, execution of military operations, nuclear weapons technology, and intelligence sharing has been described as "unparalleled" among major world powers. Some critics deny the existence of a "special relationship", calling it a myth. Former U.S. President Barack Obama considered Germany his "closest international partner" and said the U.K. would be at the "back of the queue" in any trade deal with the US if it left the European Union. Following the election of Donald Trump, the British government under Prime Minister Theresa May sought to establish "a new special

title: 1958 US–UK Mutual Defence Agreement

text: some NATO countries, this agreement is by far the most comprehensive. Harold Macmillan called it "the Great Prize". The treaty was signed on 3 July 1958, after the Soviet Union shocked the American public with the Sputnik crisis on 4 October 1957, and the British hydrogen bomb programme successfully tested a hydrogen bomb in the Operation Grapple test on 8 November 1957. The Anglo-American Special Relationship proved mutually beneficial, although it was never one of equals; the United States was far larger than Britain both militarily and economically. Britain soon became dependent on the United States for its nuclear weapons,

title: United Kingdom–United States relations

text: Through times of war and rebellion, peace and estrangement, as well as becoming friends and allies, Britain and the US cemented these deeply rooted links during World War II into what is known as the "Special Relationship." In long-term perspective, the historian Paul Johnson has called it the "cornerstone of the modern, democratic world order". In the early 20th century, the United Kingdom affirmed its relationship with the United States as its "most important bilateral partnership" in the current British foreign policy, and the American foreign policy also affirms its relationship with Britain as its most important relationship, as evidenced

title: United Kingdom–United States relations

text: British–American relations, also referred to as Anglo-American relations, encompass many complex relations ranging from two early wars to competition for world markets. Since 1940 they have been close military allies enjoying the Special Relationship built as wartime allies, and NATO partners.

title: Special Relationship

text: for a time with the passing of the Cold War, despite intensive co-operation in the Gulf War. Thus, while it remained the case that "On almost all issues, Britain and the US are on the same side of the table. You cannot say that for other important allies such as France, Germany or Japan", it was also acknowledged that "The disappearance of a powerful common threat, the Soviet Union, has allowed narrower disputes to emerge and given them greater weight." Republican administrations had typically worked well with Conservative governments, and the new Democratic President Bill Clinton intended to maintain the

title: British Empire

text: begun to grow in Britain that it would no longer be able to defend the metropole and the entirety of the empire while at the same time maintaining the policy of "splendid isolation". Germany was rapidly rising as a military and industrial power and was now seen as the most likely opponent in any future war. Recognising that it was overstretched in the Pacific and threatened at home by the Imperial German Navy, Britain formed an alliance with Japan in 1902 and with its old enemies France and Russia in 1904 and 1907, respectively. Britain's fears of war with Germany

text: to be no far eastern equivalent of the combined bomber offensive of Europe. Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II The United Kingdom, along with most of its Dominions and Crown colonies declared war on Nazi Germany in September 1939, after the German invasion of Poland. War with Japan began in December 1941, after it attacked British colonies in Asia. The Axis powers were defeated by the Allies in 1945. For the domestic history see home fronts during World War II and Timeline of the United Kingdom home front during World War II. Although the UK had

title: Foreign relations of the United Kingdom

text: Union. Many former colonial territories joined the "Commonwealth of Nations," an organisation of fully independent nations now with equal status to the UK. Britain finally turned its attention to the continent, joining the European Union. Practically all the colonies became independent. Britain reduced its involvements in the Middle east, with the humiliating Suez Crisis of 1956 marking the end of its status as a superpower. However Britain did forge close military ties with the United States, France, and traditional foes such as Germany, in the NATO military alliance. After years of debate (and rebuffs), Britain joined the Common Market in

title: Foreign relations of the United Kingdom

text: global military strategy, within a modest defence budget that can only fund one. He points out that Britain's December 2014 agreement to open a permanent naval base in Bahrain underlines its gradual re-commitment east of Suez. In the 2016 Brexit referendum 52% of those who voted supported "Brexit", and the government started negotiating to leave the European Union in 2019. The UK has varied relationships with the countries that make up the Commonwealth of Nations which originated from the British Empire. Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom is Head of the Commonwealth and is Queen of 16 of its 53

title: United Kingdom–United States relations

text: admitted carrying out the 1988 bombing over Scotland until 2003. During the Soviet–Afghan War, the United States and the United Kingdom throughout the 1980s provided arms to the Mujahideen rebels in Afghanistan until the last troops from the Soviet Union left Afghanistan in February 1989. When the United States became the world's lone superpower after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, new threats emerged which confronted the United States and its NATO allies. With military build-up beginning in August 1990 and the use of force beginning in January 1991, the United States, followed at a distance by Britain, provided the

title: United Kingdom–United States relations

text: British, using their powerful navy, could capture major ports, but 90% of the Americans lived in rural areas where they had full control. After the Patriots captured a British invasion force moving down from Canada in the Saratoga campaign of 1777, France entered the war as an ally of the US, and added the Netherlands and Spain as French allies. Britain lost naval superiority and had no major allies and few friends in Europe. The British strategy was then refocused on the South, where they expected large numbers of Loyalists would fight alongside the redcoats. Far fewer Loyalists took up

title: History of the United Kingdom

text: 1942, but finally crushed Germany, Italy and Japan. Britain was no longer a military or economic superpower, as seen in the Suez Crisis of 1956. Britain no longer had the wealth to maintain an empire, so it granted independence to almost all its possessions. The new states typically joined the Commonwealth of Nations. Postwar years saw great hardships, alleviated somewhat by large-scale financial aid from the United States, and some from Canada. Prosperity returned in the 1950s. Meanwhile, in 1945–50 the Labour Party built a welfare state, nationalized many industries, and created the National Health Service. The UK took a

title: Special Relationship

text: own security for the sake of Britain. The United States and Britain were also the two countries most alike in basic values such as willingness to fight for their country and the importance of freedom. In 1986, 71% of Britons, questioned in a Mori poll the day after Ronald Reagan's bombing of Libya, disagreed with Thatcher's decision to allow the use of RAF bases, while two thirds in a Gallup survey opposed the bombing itself, the reverse of US opinion. The United Kingdom's all-time low poll rating in the United States came in 1994, during the split over Bosnia, when

title: United Kingdom–United States relations

text: 1956 a complete breakdown that represented the lowest point in the relations between the two countries since the 1920s. Through the US-UK Mutual Defence Agreement signed in 1958, the United States assisted the United Kingdom in their own development of a nuclear arsenal. The British, however, were financially unable to develop their own delivery systems for nuclear weapons. In April 1963, the Polaris Sales Agreement called for the U.S. to sell the UGM-27 Polaris ballistic missile for use in the Royal Navy's submarine fleet starting in 1968. The American containment policy called for military resistance to the expansion of communism,

title: United Kingdom–United States relations


question: who sang the theme song for the man with the golden gun

answers: Lulu

title: The Man with the Golden Gun (film)

text: three weeks to score "The Man with the Golden Gun" and the theme tune and score are generally considered by critics to be among the weakest of Barry's contributions to the series, an opinion shared by Barry himself: "It's the one I hate most ... it just never happened for me." "The Man with the Golden Gun" was also the first to drop the distinctive plucked guitar from the theme heard over the gun barrel opening. A sample from one of the songs, "Hip's Trip", was used by The Prodigy in the "Mindfields" track on the album "The Fat of

text: from the previous film reappears. The next three Bond films would wittily feature excerpts from the familiar music of other films, too (though classics rather than Bond films), while "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" had included a janitor character whistling the theme from "Goldfinger" as an in-joke. The popular song "Mindfields" by The Prodigy (released on The Fat of the Land) features a specific part of "Hip's Trip". Barry gave the band permission to do so. Composer, except as noted, is John Barry. The Man with the Golden Gun (soundtrack) The Man with the Golden Gun is the soundtrack for

title: Harry Saltzman

text: up through the ninth film in the series, 1974's "The Man with the Golden Gun". Saltzman came close to rejecting Paul McCartney's submission for the soundtrack to "Live and Let Die". McCartney asked producer George Martin to approach the producers about the title song. Saltzman surprised Martin by asking who they could get to sing it, suggesting only black female vocalists. Martin pointed out that if he did not take McCartney as the singer, he did not get the song. Saltzman compromised by having McCartney do the title version, and B. J. Arnau do a soul version in the "Fillet

title: The Man with the Golden Gun (film)

text: Dr. Julius No in the 1962 series opener "Dr. No". Lee noted that Fleming was a forgetful man and by the time he mentioned this to Broccoli and Saltzman they had cast Joseph Wiseman in the part. Due to filming on location in Bangkok, his role in the film affected Lee's work the following year, as director Ken Russell was unable to sign Lee to play The Specialist in the 1975 film "Tommy", a part eventually given to Jack Nicholson. Two Swedish models were cast as the Bond girls, Britt Ekland and Maud Adams. Ekland had been interested in playing

title: The Man with the Golden Gun (film)

text: Solex. "The Man with the Golden Gun" was the fourth and final film in the series directed by Guy Hamilton. The script was written by Richard Maibaum and Tom Mankiewicz. The film was set in the face of the 1973 energy crisis, a dominant theme in the script. Britain had still not yet fully overcome the crisis when the film was released in December 1974. The film also reflects the then popular martial arts film craze, with several kung fu scenes and a predominantly Asian location, being set and shot in Thailand, Hong Kong, and Macau. Part of the film

title: The Man with the Golden Gun (film)

text: as he had always wanted to go on location in Thailand and Hong Kong. During the reconnaissance of locations in Hong Kong, Broccoli saw the wreckage of the former and came up with the idea of using it as the base for MI6's Far East operations. Tom Mankiewicz wrote a first draft for the script in 1973, delivering a script that was a battle of wills between Bond and Scaramanga, who he saw as Bond's alter ego, "a super-villain of the stature of Bond himself." Tensions between Mankiewicz and Guy Hamilton and Mankiewicz's growing sense that he was "feeling really

title: The Man with the Golden Arm

text: the theme on their album "Desolation Boulevard", and Barry Adamson, who released a version on his 1988 album "Moss Side Story". A vocal version of the theme called "Delilah Jones", with lyrics by Sylvia Fine unrelated to the subject matter of the film, was released by the McGuire Sisters on Coral Records in 1956. A vocal version of Bernstein's composition "Molly" with lyrics by Fine, entitled "Molly-O", was also recorded by a number of artists, including The Gaylords, Dick Jacobs and his orchestra, and others. An alternate theme song, "The Man With the Golden Arm", was composed by Sammy Cahn

title: The Man with the Golden Gun (film)

text: The Man with the Golden Gun (film) The Man with the Golden Gun is a 1974 British spy film, the ninth in the "James Bond" series produced by Eon Productions, and the second to star Roger Moore as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. A loose adaptation of Ian Fleming's novel of the same name, the film has Bond sent after the Solex Agitator, a device that can harness the power of the sun, while facing the assassin Francisco Scaramanga, the "Man with the Golden Gun". The action culminates in a duel between them that settles the fate of the

title: The Man with the Golden Arm

text: come out of the '50s" and said that "on its own it still shines as an excellent example of how good film music can get. Bernstein's control over the smallest details of the music is what gives it the energy it contains; his blustery horns and deep percussion are only the front while some gorgeous orchestration happens almost unnoticed behind the music." The theme was recorded by many other musicians including Billy May & His Orchestra who had a #9 hit in the UK in May 1956; Jet Harris, who released it as a single in 1963, Sweet, who covered

title: James Bond in film

text: of the music budget, George Martin, who had little experience of film scoring, was hired. The film of "The Man with the Golden Gun" saw a change in location from the novel of the same name to put Bond in the Far East for the second time. After considering Beirut, where part of the film is set; Iran, where the location scouting was done but eventually discarded because of the Yom Kippur War; and the Hạ Long Bay in Vietnam, the production team chose Thailand as a primary location, following a suggestion of production designer Peter Murton after he saw

title: The Man with the Golden Arm

text: and Jimmy Van Heusen, and recorded by Sinatra backed by Nelson Riddle's orchestra. However, the song was ultimately not used in the film and did not appear on the soundtrack album. Although Sinatra's recording appeared on some bootleg albums, it remained officially unreleased until 2002, when it was included in the box set "Frank Sinatra in Hollywood 1940–1964". Sammy Davis Jr. also recorded a version of the Cahn/ Van Heusen theme, which was released on Decca in 1955. "All compositions by Elmer Bernstein" Orchestra conducted by Elmer Bernstein featuring: The Man with the Golden Arm The Man with the Golden

title: The Man with the Golden Gun (film)

text: a Bond girl since she had seen "Dr. No", and contacted the producers about the main role of Mary Goodnight. Hamilton met Adams in New York, and cast her because "she was elegant and beautiful that it seemed to me she was the perfect Bond girl". When Ekland read the news that Adams had been cast for "The Man with the Golden Gun", she became upset, thinking Adams had been selected to play Goodnight. Broccoli then called Ekland to invite her for the main role, as after seeing her in a film, Broccoli thought Ekland's "generous looks" made her a

title: Don Kirshner

text: Don Kirshner Donald Clark Kirshner (April 17, 1934 – January 17, 2011), known as The Man With the Golden Ear, was an American music publisher, rock music producer, talent manager, and songwriter. He was best known for managing songwriting talent as well as successful pop groups, such as The Monkees, Kansas, and the Archies. Don Kirshner was born to a Jewish family in The Bronx, New York, the son of Gilbert Kirshner, a tailor, and Belle Jaffe. He graduated from George Washington High School in Manhattan, and went on to study at Upsala College in East Orange, New Jersey. After

title: The Man with the Golden Gun (novel)

text: loosely based on the novel. The film starred Roger Moore as Bond and Fleming's cousin, Christopher Lee, as Scaramanga. The film moved away from Jamaica to the Far East and borrowed from the martial arts genre that was popular in the 1970s. The plot also changed and used the 1973 energy crisis as a backdrop to the film, allowing the MacGuffin of the "Solex agitator" to be introduced. The Man with the Golden Gun (novel) The Man with the Golden Gun is the twelfth novel (and thirteenth book) of Ian Fleming's James Bond series. It was first published by Jonathan

title: Eddie Calvert

text: film "John and Juliet", and "Mandy", his last major hit. Other recordings included "Stranger in Paradise" (1955), "The Man with the Golden Arm" (1956) and "Jealousy" (1960). Calvert co-wrote the song "My Son, My Son", which was a hit for Vera Lynn in 1954. In spite of being an instrumental, his theme music for the film "The Man with the Golden Arm" was banned by the BBC "due to its connection with a film about drugs". In 1960 he was invited by orchestra leader, Norrie Paramor and their mutual friends Ruby Murray and Michael Holliday to record an extended-play single

title: The Man with the Golden Gun (novel)

text: The Man with the Golden Gun (novel) The Man with the Golden Gun is the twelfth novel (and thirteenth book) of Ian Fleming's James Bond series. It was first published by Jonathan Cape in the UK on 1 April 1965, eight months after the author's death. The novel was not as detailed or polished as the others in the series, leading to poor but polite reviews. Despite that, the book was a best-seller. The story centres on the fictional British Secret Service operative James Bond, who had been posted missing, presumed dead, after his last mission in Japan. Bond returns

title: The Man with the Golden Gun (film)

text: the blaxploitation genre, "The Man with the Golden Gun" borrowed from the martial arts genre that was popular in the 1970s through films such as "Fist of Fury" (1972) and "Enter the Dragon" (1973). However, the use of the martial arts for a fight scene in the film "lapses into incredibility" when Lt Hip and his two nieces defeat an entire "dojo". Originally, the role of Scaramanga was offered to Jack Palance, but he turned the opportunity down. Christopher Lee, who was eventually chosen to portray Scaramanga, was Ian Fleming's step-cousin and Fleming had suggested Lee for the role of

title: The Gun (1974 film)

text: The Gun (1974 film) The Gun is a made-for-television film, of the suspense-thriller type, which ABC-TV aired as a "Movie of the Week" on November 13, 1974. It starred David Huffman, Ron Thompson, Richard Bright, Pepe Serna, Lee de Broux, and Stephen Elliott, and was written directly for television by Jay Benson, Richard Levinson, and William Link and directed by John Badham, then a working director of television productions. Levinson and Link were also the producers of the film. "The Gun" was inspiration for the song "Golden Ring", recorded by George Jones and Tammy Wynette in 1976. The song would

title: The Man with the Golden Gun (film)

text: were few products available, apart from the soundtrack and paperback book, although Lone Star Toys produced a "James Bond 007 pistol" in gold; this differed from the weapon used by Scaramanga in the film as it was little more than a Walther P38 with a silencer fitted. "The Man with the Golden Gun" met with mixed reviews upon its release. Derek Malcolm in "The Guardian" savaged the film, saying that "the script is the limpest of the lot and ... Roger Moore as 007 is the last man on earth to make it sound better than it is." There was

text: The theme tune was performed by Lulu, composed by John Barry, and the lyrics to the song were written by Don Black. Alice Cooper claims his song "The Man With The Golden Gun" was to be used by the film's producers until it was dropped for Lulu's song instead.  Cooper's song appears on his album Muscle of Love.

title: Francisco Scaramanga

text: cannot whistle has homosexual tendencies. As with Blofeld, the name is believed to have come from a schoolmate of Fleming's, George Ambrosios (Ambrose) Scaramanga. In the film "The Man with the Golden Gun", Francisco is a high-priced assassin, supposedly the best in the world, charging one million dollars per kill. He is best known for being "The man with the golden gun", for using only bullets made of gold in a (fictional) 4.2 mm cartridge with a disassemblable golden handgun made of a gold cigarette case, gold cigarette lighter, gold fountain pen and gold cufflink as the gun's trigger. All

title: The Man with the Golden Gun (film)

text: good contrast to Adams. Hamilton decided to put Marc Lawrence, whom he had worked with on "Diamonds Are Forever", to play a gangster shot dead by Scaramanga at the start of the film, because he found it an interesting idea to "put sort of a Chicago gangster in the middle of Thailand". Filming commenced on 6 November 1973 at the partly submerged wreck of the RMS "Queen Elizabeth", which acted as a top-secret MI6 base grounded in Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong. The crew was small, and a stunt double was used for James Bond. Other Hong Kong locations included

title: The Man with the Golden Gun (film)

text: at fourth in their Top Bond Babes list, saying that "Agent Goodnight is the clumsiest spy alive. But who cares as long as she's using her perfect bikini bottom to muck things up?" The Man with the Golden Gun (film) The Man with the Golden Gun is a 1974 British spy film, the ninth in the "James Bond" series produced by Eon Productions, and the second to star Roger Moore as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. A loose adaptation of Ian Fleming's novel of the same name, the film has Bond sent after the Solex Agitator, a device that

title: The Man with the Golden Gun (film)

text: "[A] car chase [in Bangkok occurred] near a [canal or] khlong on Krung Kasem Road". Production returned in late April to Hong Kong, and also to Macau, for that island is famous for its casinos, which Hong Kong lacks. Some scenes in Thailand had to be finished, and production had to move to studio work in Pinewood Studios; this included sets such as Scaramanga's solar energy plant and island interior. Academy Award winner Oswald Morris was hired to finish the job after cinematographer Ted Moore became ill. Morris was initially reluctant, as he did not like his previous experiences taking

title: The Man with the Golden Gun (film)

text: Ian Freer of "Empire" found the film "an entertaining 007 adventure, something that tonally, if not qualitatively, could happily sit within the Connery era." "IGN" chose "The Man with the Golden Gun" as the worst Bond film, claiming it "has a great concept ... but the execution is sloppy and silly", and "Entertainment Weekly" chose it as the fourth worst, saying that the "plot is almost as puny as the sidekick". On the other hand, Norman Wilner of MSN chose it as the tenth best, with much praise for Christopher Lee's performance. Some critics saw the film as uninspired, tired

title: The Man with the Golden Gun (film)

text: romancing each other. Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman intended to follow "You Only Live Twice" with "The Man with the Golden Gun", inviting Roger Moore to the Bond role. However, filming was planned in Cambodia, and the Samlaut Uprising made filming impractical, leading to the production being cancelled. "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" was produced instead with George Lazenby as Bond. Lazenby's next Bond film, Saltzman told a reporter, would be either "The Man with the Golden Gun" or "Diamonds Are Forever". The producers chose the latter title, with Sean Connery returning as Bond. Broccoli and Saltzman then decided

title: Geoff Love

text: selection of instrumental versions of music and songs from the James Bond film series from "Dr. No" up to "The Man with the Golden Gun" (including Burt Bacharach's "Casino Royale" from the 1967 spoof Bond film) has since become one of Love's most sought after MFP albums. One of these MFP sets was called "Glad with Love" – which featured the pianist Mrs Mills and Geoff Love on a sing-along together – with studio audience participation. One of Love's most recognised arrangements was Rodrigo's Guitar Concerto De Aranjuez (Theme From 2nd Movement) by Manuel and the Music of the Mountains.

title: The Man with the Golden Gun (film)

text: a cap and one that could be assembled and disassembled, although Christopher Lee said that the process "was extremely difficult." The gun was "one of the more memorable props in the Bond series" and consisted of an interlocking fountain pen (the barrel), cigarette lighter (the bullet chamber), cigarette case (the handle) and cufflink (the trigger) with the bullet secured in Scaramanga's belt buckle. In the film, the gun was designed to accept a single 4.2-millimetre, 23-carat gold bullet produced by Lazar, a gunsmith in Macau who specialized in custom weapons and ammunition. The Golden Gun ranked sixth in a 2008

title: The Man with the Golden Gun (film)

text: "Live and Let Die"; "The Man with the Golden Gun" saw a change in location to put Bond in the Far East for the second time. After considering Beirut, where part of the film is set, Iran, where the location scouting was done but eventually discarded because of the Yom Kippur War, and the Hạ Long Bay in Vietnam, the production team chose Thailand as a primary location, following a suggestion of production designer Peter Murton after he saw pictures of the Phuket bay in a magazine. Saltzman was happy with the choice of the Far East for the setting

title: James Bond in film

text: work, and the theme tune and score are generally considered by critics to be among the weakest of Barry's contributions to the series—an opinion shared by Barry himself: "It's the one I hate most ... it just never happened for me". Following "The Man with the Golden Gun", producer Harry Saltzman sold his 50% stake in Eon Productions' parent company, Danjaq, to United Artists to alleviate his financial problems, brought about by financial constraints following a downturn in the fortunes of Technicolor, in which he had invested heavily. The resulting legalities over the Bond property delayed production of the next