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James Bond Actors Include Names You Might Not Consider

James Bond Actors Include Names You Might Not Consider William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 12-29-15

Can you name all the actors who played James Bond in movies? Try. Betcha forget David Niven who had the role in the 1967 version of Casino Royale, which strangely enough, was made as a comedy. It also featured Wo0dy Allen who played Jimmy Bond. No Jimmy does not count as James.

Actually, a plot point involves Niven naming all the spies James Bond to confuse the enemy so one could argue that those spies played by Terence Cooper, Joanna Pettet, Daliah Lavi, Peter Sellers and Ursula Andress also played James Bond.

The Burt Bachrach song, The Look of Love, comes from the movie. It was a hit and got an Oscar nomination.

If you really want to get technical stuntman Bob Simmons played Bond in the opening credits of the first few movies.

And yes, Barry Nelson played him in a 1954 television CBS special based on Casino Royale. Peter Lorre played his adversary, Le Chiffre.

Bond, of course is named for famed Philadelphia ornithologist James Bond who must have had a heck of time ordering a pizza after the movies became popular.

For the record, the other actors who have played Bond in film are Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan, and Daniel Craig.

James Bond Actors Include Names You Might Not Consider

William Heider R.I.P.

William Heider R.I.P. — William A. Heider of Springfield, Pa., died Dec. 27. He was 77.

Mr. Heider was born in Passaic, N. J. He was the son of the late William and Ruth Heider (nee Bonnema).

He was a proud 1st Lieutenant in the New Jersey National Guard. He was employed as an engineer and product manager for AT&T, launching telephone prototypes. He had a great sense of humor, a big heart and loved spending time with his family, especially his grandchildren. He was a swimming official for his daughters’ swimming careers with PCY Dolphins.

He is survived by his beloved wife, Marilyn (nee Kole), his children Jennifer Berenyi (Norbert), Melissa Companick (John), and Alison Lavery (Billy), his grandchildren Isabella, Julianna, Liam, Alyssa and Ryan, his siblings Anna Dolack (the late David), Ellen Mitro (John), Ruth Cabral and Richard Heider (Linda), and many nieces and nephews.

Relatives and friends are invited to visit the family 10-11 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 2, at The Donohue Funeral Home, 3300 West Chester Pike, Newtown Square, PA followed by a memorial service.

In lieu of flowers, contributions in his memory may be made to the American Diabetes Association, 150 Monument Road, Suite 100, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004.

William Heider R.I.P.

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 12-28-15

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 12-28-15

Yes Miranda, there is a Good King Wenceslas. The Bohemian ruler is buried in Saint Vitus Cathedral in Prague.

James Wigo Bonus At RTM

James Wigo Bonus At RTM — The Rose Tree Media School Board just voted to give Superintendent James Wigo a $6,667 performance bonus.

Wigo’s base salary is $181,001 — at least as of 2013-14, the most recent record at OpenPaGov.org. Note that does not include benefits like health care or the obscene pension he can look forward to getting.

So why does he need a performance bonus? Is his base compensation package really not enough to ensure top performance?

In the private sector, bonuses are a way of divvying up profits hence they make sense there. They make no sense for non-profit like the Rose Tree Media School District. Wigo is more than — far more than actually — compensated with his base package. We are, in fact, quite confident RTM can find someone who would work just as hard and perform just as well if not better with half of Wigo’s compensation package.

What the RTM Board did was not just pointless — Wigo would have quit if he didn’t get the bounus? LOL — but thoughtless considering Pennsylvania’s budget turmoil. Did you know that RTM gets about 15 percent of it’s $94.76 million budget from the state?

Wigo should — no must — give this bonus back. It’s the only decent thing to do. It’s just a drop in the bucket to this very rich man and it would set an necessary example of leadership.

CH2MHill Buys Bikes For Children — Every now and then some evil faceless corporation does something nice. Here is a story from Eye On Paulsboro about how the engineering firm CH2MHill buys bikes for children. CH2M is helping build the new Paulsboro (N.J.) Marine Terminal on the Delaware River.

The interesting stuff starts at about the 19 minute mark.

CH2MHill Buys Bikes For Children

Pa Senate Passes No Tax Hike Budget

Pa Senate Passes No Tax Hike Budget — Matt Brouilette of Commonwealth Foundation tweeted about an hour ago that the Pennsylvania Senate has overwhelmingly passed a $30.3 billion no-tax hike budget that could be on Gov. Wolf’s desk tonight (Dec. 23). The bill was HB 1460 which was passed by the House on Dec. 8 and and was prime sponsored by Springfield’s Bill Adolph (R-165) . Today’s Senate vote was 33-17.

Matt notes that if Wolf vetoes it it’s $0 for schools. If he signs it it is “record high funding.”

Of course, if he did this back in June when the legislature passed its initial budget it would have saved a lot of aggravation for a lot of people.

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