Captain James Cook, FRS, RN (7 November 1728 – 14 February 1779) was a British explorer, navigator and cartographer who ultimately rose to the rank of captain in the Royal Navy. Cook made detailed maps of Newfoundland prior to making three voyages to the Pacific Ocean, during which he achieved the first European contact with the eastern coastline of Australia and the Hawaiian Islands, as well as the first recorded circumnavigation of New Zealand.
Cook joined the British merchant navy as a teenager and joined the Royal Navy in 1755. He saw action in the Seven Years' War, and subsequently surveyed and mapped much of the entrance to the Saint Lawrence River during the siege of Quebec. This helped bring Cook to the attention of the Admiralty and Royal Society. This notice came at a crucial moment in both Cook's career and the direction of British overseas exploration, and led to his commission in 1766 as commander of HM Bark Endeavour for the first of three Pacific voyages.
In three voyages Cook sailed thousands of miles across largely uncharted areas of the globe. He mapped lands from New Zealand to Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean in greater detail and on a scale not previously achieved. As he progressed on his voyages of discovery he surveyed and named features, and recorded islands and coastlines on European maps for the first time. He displayed a combination of seamanship, superior surveying and cartographic skills, physical courage and an ability to lead men in adverse conditions.
Plot
James Cook is a corporate attorney with a dilemma. While reviewing a video taped deposition of the woman who's suing his company for the death of her husband, he noticed the camera was left on and continued to record. He observed the opposing attorneys and their client discussing the drug use of the victim. James struggles with ethics as he flirts with the idea of using this newfound information to discredit the victim and excuse his company from liability. What James didn't realize is that the opposing attorneys also noticed the camera was still recording, and fully expect James to take advantage.
Keywords: car-accident, ethical-dilemma, lawyer-client-relationship, liability, widow
Atticus Finch, he's not.
A film about the legendary outlaw whose story outgrew his life
You can kill a man but not a legend.
When the law tried to silence him a legend was born.
The British Empire branded them as outlaws. The oppressed called them heroes.
[from the trailer]::Ned Kelly: I've never shot a man, but if I do, so help me God, you'll be the first!
Aaron Sherritt: Can you keep your voices down ? I've got a visitor.::Joe Byrne: Who?::Aaron Sherritt: Mary Hegarty.::Joe Byrne: Mary Hegarty? Jesus, she may only be thirteen!::Aaron Sherritt: Ah, I'm not superstitious.
Ned Kelly: I give fair warning to all those who has reason to fear me to sell out and and do not attempt to reside in Victoria but as short a time as possible after reading this notice, neglect this and abide by the consequences, which shall be worse than the rust in the wheat in Victoria. I do not wish to give the order full force without giving timely warning. but I am a widows son outlawed and my orders must be obeyed
Ned Kelly: So if I can beg your patience, this is my statement to the Premier of Victoria, Graham Berry, and you here are my witnesses. Joe, take out a pen and paper. We'll write ourselves a letter.::Ned Kelly: Dear sir. Dear sir.::Premier Berry: Dear sir. I wish to acquaint you with some of the occurrences of the present, past and the future. It will pay government to give those people who are suffering...::Ned Kelly: justice and liberty.::Premier Berry: justice and liberty. I seek revenge for the evil name given me and my relations. By the light that shines, this is my warning.::Ned Kelly: My brother and sisters and mother have to put up with the brutal and cowardly conduct of a parcel of...::Premier Berry: - big, ugly...::Ned Kelly: - big, ugly, fat-necked...::Premier Berry: - fat-necked...::Dan Kelly: Wombat headed.::Ned Kelly: Wombat headed.::Premier Berry: - wombat headed, big-bellied...::Woman: Magpie legged.::Ned Kelly: Magpie legged. Thank you very much, ma'am. Joe, write that down. Magpie legged.::Premier Berry: - narrow-hipped, splaw-footed, sons of Irish bailiffs...::Ned Kelly: Or English landlords, better known as what? The Victorian police.::Premier Berry: [to the Superintendent Hare] This section here you might find less amusing, Superintendent.::Ned Kelly: I give fair warning to all those who have reason to fear me, not to attempt to reside in Victoria. Neglect this and abide by the consequences which shall be worse than the rust in the wheat. I do not wish to give this order full force without timely warning but I am an widows son outlawed and my orders must be obeyed!
Joe Byrne: Ah! The monkey's been shot! Poor little bugger!
Joe Byrne: Surely there's no harm in being friendly
Ned Kelly: I wore it seriously, my hero's sash of green and gold - proof that i'd saved a life as well.
Ned Kelly: Such is life.
Ned Kelly: They said i'd lost what it meant to be human, maybe never had it in the first place, but wasn't this about protecting the ones I loved? The ones who gave me food, and shelter, even the clothes on me back? And therefore wasn't it now a war?
Ned Kelly: Wasn't this the challenge of you whole life, Superintendent Hare? A feather in your cap? You can't catch me, you don't have a hope of catching me, so you take my friends instead. Over one hundred men arrested, stuck in stinking cells without trial while their crops perish the fields. And guess what? Not one of 'em caves in and tries to claim the reward. Not one of 'em, They loved me the same and hated you all the more, didn't they? Did you really think I was gonna let 'em all rot?