Vic Flick, Guitarist on the James Bond Theme Song, Dies at 87
Hollywood Reporter | 11/19/24 | Mike BarnesVic Flick, the famed British session guitarist who picked out the twangy riff for the James Bond theme song introduced to moviegoers on Dr. No, has died. He was 87.
His death on Thursday after a battle with Alzheimer’s disease was announced by his family on Facebook.
Flick also played on No. 1 hits for Peter and Gordon (“A World Without Love”) and Petula Clark (“Downtown”); performed on Tom Jones’ “It’s Not Unusual” and “Ringo’s Theme” (This Boy) for A Hard Day’s Night (1964); and collaborated with the likes of Jimmy Page, George Martin, Herman’s Hermits, Cliff Richard, Eric Clapton, Dusty Springfield and Engelbert Humperdinck.
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Be Careful Out There, the Rest of You
(This is filed under “One Shots,” but that’s a misnomer.)
Driver Charged After Allegedly Ramming Into Stranger’s Car and Shooting at Him on Road
ABC13 | Monday, November 25, 2024 | Alex BozarjianA man in Montgomery County [TX] is facing charges for allegedly ramming into a stranger’s car and then shooting at him, according to investigators.
The incident happened just before noon on Sunday at the intersection of Hardin Store Road and Trailwood Estates Drive.
According to the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, they first got reports that 53-year-old John Dyer was shooting at cars in the area.
It wasn’t until after deputies started speaking to witnesses that they realized Dyer had nearly shot a person.
The victim said he was on the phone with his brother when Dyer rear-ended him, not once, but three times.
“The next thing I knew, he started shooting at me, and my back window exploded. I am still on the phone with my brother, and I am saying, ‘He is shooting at me. He’s shooting at me,” said the victim, who asked us to conceal his identity.
The victim said Dyer then attempted to drive beside him, but he swerved, causing Dyer to lose control.
He said that’s when the shooting stopped. The victim was able to pull over into an Exxon, where he checked his body for bullet wounds.
“One of them went through the windshield where my head would have been if I hadn’t ducked down. One of them went into my back seat where my right shoulder would be, and my tailgate is full of bullet holes,” the victim said.
The sheriff’s office indicated the motivation was road rage, but the victim said it was completely random and unprovoked.
“This dude tried to execute me on the road. This wasn’t road rage,” the victim said.
Walrus, Be Careful Out There
Florida golfer, 65, beaten to death with own clubs in ‘random act of violence,’ authorities say
Fox News | November 27, 2024 | Greg NormanA 65-year-old golfer died at a course in Florida after being attacked with his own clubs in what appears to be a “random act of violence,” police say.
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“At this time, it does not appear that Boucher had any legitimate purpose for being at the golf course. This appears to be a random act of violence where Boucher used the victim’s golf clubs as weapons and viciously attacked the victim, ultimately killing him,” Palm Beach Gardens Police Chief Dominick Pape said at a news conference Tuesday.
“Clubs” . . . plural?
“After the attack, Boucher stripped off his clothes and fled into the woods”
Oh.
What Day Is It Today, Joe?
Straight Line of the Day: So, What Does the World’s Oldest Writing Say?
World’s oldest ALPHABET is discovered: Ancient 4,400-year-old text is found on clay cylinders from a tomb in Syria – and it upends everything we thought we knew about the origin of writing
Daily Mail | 21 November 2024 | Jonathan ChadwickFor decades, it’s been a common belief that the Ancient Egyptians were responsible for the very first alphabet.
Now, a shocking finding challenges this assumption, pushing back the age of the first known alphabetic writing by about 500 years.
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The finger-length cylinders were found at Tell Umm-el Marra, a former city located in today’s northwestern Syria, once a bustling crossroads for two trade routes.
Carbon dating techniques reveal that the objects date back 4,400 years to 2400 BC – preceding any other known alphabetic scripts by roughly 500 years.
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However, the academic admits he ‘can only speculate’ exactly what the writing says.
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Before the alphabet, humans relied on hieroglyphics, according to Professor Schwartz, who found the cylinders in 2004.
‘Alphabetic writing changed the way people lived, how they thought, how they communicated,’ he said.
‘This new discovery shows people were experimenting with new communication technologies much earlier and in a different location than we had imagined.’
With colleagues from the University of Amsterdam, the professor co-directed a 16-year-long archaeological dig at Tell Umm-el Marra, one of the ancient Near East’s oldest cities, located on a crossroads of two trade routes.
At Umm-el Marra, the archaeologists uncovered tombs dating back to the Early Bronze Age – a period stretching from about 3500 to 2000 BC.
One of the best-preserved tombs contained six skeletons, gold and silver jewelry, cookware, a spearhead and intact pottery vessels.
Next to the pottery was four of the ‘lightly baked’ clay cylinders or tubes with what seemed to be alphabetic writing on top.
Now, the researchers have used carbon-14 dating, a scientific method that can accurately determine the age of organic materials as old as 60,000 years.
So, they found clay cylinders, which are very old, with images that can’t be deciphered. Got it.
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Italian village offers 1-euro homes to Americans wanting to relocate after election
The Hill | 11/19/2024 | Ashleigh Fields
Forever
A small rural village in Italy is offering homes for as little as $1.06 after the 2024 presidential election.
“Are you worned out by global politics? Looking to embrace a more balanced lifestyle while securing new opportunities? It’s time to start building your European escape in the stunning paradise of Sardinia,” the promotional website says.
The village of Ollolai on the island of Sardinia is working to increase their population size after decades of decline by attracting Americans seeking a new home.
I am worned out.
Taxpayers Thrown Under the Bus Again
Liberal Texas city Austin parks its 46 new e-buses due to inadequate charging infrastructure
Just the News | 11/19/24 | Kevin KilloughThe Austin Monitor reports that 46 new electric buses – costing around $1 million each – will be in storage for at least a year due to lack of charging infrastructure to keep them running all day. The buses were manufactured by now-bankrupt Proterra, which has left city transit districts across the country with fleets of inoperable buses.
Proterra was acquired by Phoenix Motor Inc., which the Monitor reports is struggling to service warranties and repair technical issues.
The city’s transit board appropriated $255 million to buy 197 electric buses, some of which were manufactured by Minnesota-based New Flyer of America. In July, KUT News reported that Austin’s transit officials were beginning to realize that their ambitious e-bus plan was crumbling.
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Bond Girlathon : Results 11/20/2024 : New Matches 11/27/2024
Got the results and the new matches for you. Enjoy.
Results
| Diana Rigg | No Preference | Catherine Schell |
|---|---|---|
| 196 | 0 | 25 |
| 2 – 0 – 0 | 0 – 2 – 0 |
| Jane Seymour | No Preference | Angela Scoular |
|---|---|---|
| 214 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 – 0 – 0 | 0 – 2 – 0 |
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Gloria Hendry vs Britt Ekland
Gloria Hendry (Rosie Carver) vs Britt Ekland (Mary Goodnight)
| Contestant | Record | Total Score |
|---|---|---|
| Gloria Hendry | 0 – 1 – 0 | 29 – 0 – 196 |
Actress: Gloria Hendry Nationality: American Bond Movie: Live and Let Die (1973) Synopsis:
Rosie Carver was an inept and incompetent double agent, working for the CIA and for heroin baron Dr. Kananga. She checked into Bond’s hotel room as Mrs. Bond, and said she would take him to the spot where Bains, another MI6 agent, was killed. While picnicking near the area, Bond confronts Rosie, revealing that he knows she is working for Kanaga. Bond threatens to kill her, and Rosie runs away, only to be killed by a hidden gun in one of Kanaga’s scarecrows.
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| Contestant | Record | Total Score |
|---|---|---|
| Britt Ekland | 0 – 1 – 0 | 91 – 1 – 119 |
Actress: Britt Ekland Nationality: Swedish Bond Movie: The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) Synopsis:
Mary Goodnight was Bond’s assistant in Hong Kong, and previously his secretary in London. She helps Bond to locate Miss Anders, the girlfriend of hitman Scaramanga. The two almost spend the night together on multiple occasions, and at one point Goodnight is embarrassingly shoved into a cupboard when Miss Anders pays Bond a surprise visit. Goodnight is eventually kidnapped by Scaramanga, but after Bond kills him, Goodnight helps Bond escape his Island.
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Maud Adams (Octopussy / Andrea Anders) vs Madeline Smith (Miss Caruso)
| Contestant | Record | Total Score |
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| Maud Adams | 1 – 0 – 0 | 119 – 1 – 91 |
Actress: Maud Adams Nationality: Swedish Bond Movie: Octopussy (1983) Synopsis:
Octopussy ran an all-women floating island, the girls of which were acrobats for a circus that was a front for a jewellery smuggling operation. She was a partner in crime with Kamal Khan, who stole the jewellery for himself and tried to kill Octopussy. Octopussy saved Bond’s life, and Bond repaid the debt by saving hers. After killing Khan, Bond and Octopussy sail into the sunset, with the acrobat girls rowing for them.
Actress: Maud Adams Nationality: Swedish Bond Movie: The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) Synopsis:
Miss Anders was the girlfriend of Francisco Scaramanga, the $1 million a shot assassin, the man with the golden gun. She sent a golden bullet to MI6 with 007 engraved on the side, so that it would be thought that Scaramanga had Bond on his hit list. Miss Anders was hoping that Bond would respond to the threat and kill Scaramanga, freeing her from his possession. However, Scaramanga learnt of her betrayal and shot her through the heart.
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| Contestant | Record | Total Score |
|---|---|---|
| Madeline Smith | 1 – 0 – 0 | 196 – 0 – 29 |
Actress: Madeline Smith Nationality: English Bond Movie: Live and Let Die (1973) Synopsis:
Miss Caruso was an agent of the Italian Secret Service. She was asleep with Bond at his home when, just before 6am, the doorbell rang. Bond answered the door to find M, who announced an urgent mission. He also casually mentioned that the Italian’s were complaining about their missing agent, Miss Caruso. In a scene lit with humour, Bond continually distracts M to avoid him finding Caruso, with a little help from Miss Moneypenny, who had accompanied M.
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Physicists Explain How Fractional Charge in Pentalayer Graphene Could Work
Unfortunately, they do it at a cocktail party to a group of interns.