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New health-care push reflects high stakes for GOP if they can't replace Obamacare
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Sean Sullivan and Kelsey Snell, The Washington Post Sep. 18, 2017
A final GOP effort to dismantle the Affordable Care Act burst into view this week in the Senate, where leaders began pressuring rank-and-file Republicans with the hope of voting on the package by the end of the month.
The renewed push comes nearly two months after the last effort to overhaul the law known as Obamacare failed in a dramatic, early-morning vote, dealing a substantial defeat to President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and prompting many to assume the effort was dead.
The latest proposal would give states control over billions in federal health-care spending, repeal its key mandates and enact deep cuts to Medicaid, the federally funded insurance program for the poor, elderly and disabled. It would slash health-care spending more deeply and likely cover fewer people than the July bill that failed because of concerns over those details.
The appearance of a new measure reflected just how damaging Republicans viewed their inability to make good on a key campaign promise of the past seven years - to "repeal and replace" former President Barack Obama's signature domestic policy achievement.
But trying again brings its own perils. It remains far from certain that McConnell can marshal the 50 votes he needs to pass the measure. Already under fire from Trump for falling short in the earlier effort, McConnell's standing with the president and other Republicans could suffer even more if he fails again.
Even Republicans who support the bill, including chief sponsors Bill Cassidy, R-La., Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., Dean Heller, R-Nev., and Ron Johnson, R-Wis., acknowledged the uncertainty of the moment. And McConnell has not committed to bringing the bill to the floor.
"I just told Bill Cassidy he's a grave robber," said Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., one of McConnell's top lieutenants. "This thing was six feet under, and I think he's revived it to the point where there's a lot of positive buzz and forward momentum. But it still comes down to, in the Senate, getting 50 votes."
Still, the fresh flurry of activity marked the most serious attempt since the failed July vote to revive the seven-year Republican pledge to undo a law that has been vilified on the right. Among those joining the effort is Vice President Mike Pence, who has been making calls to Republican senators and governors in support of the bill, according to a senior administration official granted anonymity to describe the vice president's private talks.
Part of the hurry results from the need to act before Sept. 30, when procedural rules expire that allow the Senate to pass legislation related to taxes and spending with a simple majority - and without any Democratic votes.
For McConnell, the path forward is a politically perilous. His relationship with Trump has grown toxic since the July vote - prompting the president to approach leading Democrats to discuss a tax-code overhaul as well as a potential deal protecting undocumented immigrants brought to this country as children.
Another failure for McConnell could embolden Trump - and Democrats - to continue working with each other.
But if the embattled Senate leader can shepherd a health-care bill to passage, sending the effort to fulfill a core Republican promise over to the House of Representatives, he could set himself on a path to restoring his footing in other talks. Such an outcome could also help Republican senators facing reelection in 2018 who are coming under increasing attacks from insurgent conservative challengers over the failure to repeal Obamacare.
In addition to the political turmoil, the unexpected return to health-care legislation has put the nation's insurance industry in a state of uncertainty. After concluding that the effort was all but dead in July, some Republicans senators reached out Democrats to shore up the insurance marketplaces created under the ACA.
Now, industry officials must once again prepare for the possibility of a fresh and dramatic overhaul.
Cassidy has stopped short of predicting that his bill will pass, telling reporters that it was his goal to write a bill that sets a marker for conservative health-care policy.
"We're trying to set up good policy," Cassidy said Sunday on NBC's Meet The Press. "Whether it's done now or later, the good policy will still be there."
With Democrats united firmly against it, Senate GOP leaders can afford to lose only two of 52 Republican votes, enabling to pass the bill with a tiebreaking vote from Pence. They lost three in the July vote: Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Susan Collins, R-Maine.
None of those three committed to voting for the bill Monday, expressing reservations if not outright opposition.
"We need more information. I need to talk to the governor again," said McCain, whose home-state governor, Republican Doug Ducey, endorsed the bill Monday. Ducey had also endorsed the previous bill, so his current stance is not necessarily a clue as to what McCain will do.
McCain warned against rushing ahead. "We just need to have a regular process rather than, 'Hey I've got an idea, let's run this through the Senate and give them an up-or-down vote,'" he said.
Murkowski said she was trying to learn more about the proposal's impact on Alaska and consulting with her governor. On her way to McConnell's office Monday afternoon, she wouldn't say whether she was leaning for or against it.
Collins, who is seen by many Republicans to be the strongest opponent of replacing the ACA, said Monday that she worries that millions could lose coverage under the plan.
Adding to the challenge for Republican leaders: Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said Monday that he is a firm no at this point.
"I think this is a game," Paul said. "I think this is a game of Republicans taking money from Democratic states. What happens if Democrats take power back?"
The proposal slashes health-care spending more deeply and would likely cover fewer people than the July bill that failed precisely because of such concerns. Starting in 2021, the federal government would lump together all the money it spends on subsidies distributed through the ACA marketplaces and expanded Medicaid programs covering poor, childless adults living at up to 133 percent of the federal poverty level.
This approach would generally result in less money for states that expanded Medicaid under the ACA and more money for states that didn't. That's because the bill would redistribute the money allotted to the 30 states that opted to expand Medicaid under the ACA and spread it out among all 50 states.
Congress' nonpartisan budget analyst said Monday it is working to provide a "preliminary assessment" of the bill by early next week but will not estimate how the measure would affect health insurance premiums or the number of people with medical coverage until later.
The notice from the Congressional Budget Office angered Democrats, who have warned that any attempt to vote on the GOP legislation poses a serious threat to ongoing negotiations on a plan to stabilize the current health care markets and strengthen subsidies for out of pocket expenses.
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., dismissed the GOP plan as a way to hide a massive cut to Medicare and criticized GOP leaders for moving forward without a complete assessment of who would be covered and how much it would cost.
"It would be outrageous for our Republican colleagues to vote for this bill without knowing its effect on people," Schumer said. "That, whatever your ideology, would be nothing short of a disgrace."
Democrats have virtually no way to stop the legislation from being approved if at least 50 Republicans unite. But Schumer vowed to use every procedural tool available to create roadblocks.
Schumer also warned Monday that the renewed GOP repeal push could upset talks between Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., and the committee's top Democrat, Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., to offer a different approach that could pass the Senate with votes from both parties.
Even if the bill passes the Senate, it faces an uncertain outlook in the House.
"It's too early to tell whether all the Freedom Caucus guys will be supportive or not because we don't know what amendments will get added to the Senate bill," said Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., the chairman of the House Freedom Caucus. The bill could also meet resistance from Republican members from states that expanded Medicaid, given the sweeping changes it proposes.
Republicans are on a tight deadline to vote before Sept. 30 if they hope to avoid being blocked by Senate Democrats. Senate budget rules allow some tax and spending measures to pass with 51 votes, instead of the 60 needed for most legislation - meaning the 52 Senate Republicans could pass a bill on their own. But those rules, which were written specifically to enable the health-care law, expire at the end of the fiscal year, and GOP leaders hope to write next year's rules to focus on hoped-for changes to the tax code.
McConnell did not mention the health-care push when he opened Senate business Monday afternoon.
"We're having a serious discussion, but it's still preliminary," said Sen. Sen John Cornyn, R-Texas, McConnell's top deputy.
Asked how the process of securing votes was going, he replied: "That's one of the things I'm not talking about."
The Washington Post's Paige Winfield Cunningham, David Weigel, Abby Philip, Mike DeBonis and Elise Viebeck contributed to this report.
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Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Ultimate Salt Lake City Tour
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Hear the Mormon Tabernacle Choir perform or rehearse the "Music and the Spoken Word" concert, the world's longest continually running network broadcast! Then explore the best attractions of Salt Lake City with a professional tour guide who will entertain you with stories and trivia you wouldn't get on your own! See dozens of historic buildings, monuments, and statutes and hear the stories behind them.
Mormon Tabernacle Choir performance/rehearsal:
Sunday morning tour begins with a live concert of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Thursday evening tour ends with a rehearsal of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Begin your VIP experience at the entrance of your downtown SLC hotel, or a suggested free downtown parking lot, then embark on your sightseeing adventure!
TEMPLE SQUARE: Hear the story of Salt Lake City and how Brigham Young and the Mormon pioneers built a "Kingdom in the Desert." Discover the details behind the iconic buildings of Temple Square as your tour guide takes you in around the largest Mormon temple in the world. Stroll the beautiful gardens of Temple Square.
ATTRACTIONS INCLUDE:
Mormon Tabernacle, Salt Lake Temple, Assembly Hall, LDS Conference Center, Beehive House, Lion House, Eagle Gate, Joseph Smith Memorial Building, Brigham Young Monument and Meridian Marker, Mormon Handcart Monument and Seagull Miracle Monument, Family History Library
CAPITOL HILL: See Utah's first million-dollar mansion. Explore the monuments of Capitol Hill, including, the Mormon Battalion Monument - built to the only religious unit in the United States military. Tour the inside of the 2nd most beautiful state capitol in America. Take in the view at a scenic overlook of the valley and mountains.
McCune Mansion, Utah State Capitol, Council Hall, Mormon Battalion Monument, Scenic overlook of Salt Lake Valley and Rocky Mountains
UNION PACIFIC STATION: Discover this beautiful and historic train station and listen to tales of the Transcontinental Railroad. See Vivint Arena and hear stories of the 2002 Winter Olympics that took place inside. Marvel at the Devereaux mansion, home to Utah's first millionaire.
Union Pacific Depot train station, Vivint Arena, Olympic Countdown Clock, Devereaux Mansion, The Gateway
HISTORIC BRIGHAM STREET: Travel the historic district of the city, named "One of the 10 Great Streets of America," to see Utah's oldest and most spectacular mansions and cathedrals.
Governor's Mansion, Cathedral of the Madeleine, and dozens more beautiful mansions and structures

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Collaboration in Conservation Enhanced at Tusk Conservation Symposium 2019
Last week, representatives from 45 Tusk-supported projects across 16 African countries assembled at the Mt Kenya Safari Club in Kenya for the Tusk Conservation Symposium. Generously sponsored by ISPS Handa, the 4-day gathering provided a rare opportunity for them to share their impressive expertise and collaborate.
Tusk Conservation Awards 2018
The annual Tusk Conservation Awards are a celebration of successful conservation that is being undertaken across the African continent by individuals who are dedicated to their work and cause. Developed by Tusk Trust in partnership with Investec Asset Management the Awards are an accolade in the truest sense. They recognise the unsung heroes of conservation, who are nominated by their peers without their prior knowledge, in recognition of their outstanding and inspirational efforts to conserve Africa's natural heritage. If you would like to nominate your conservation hero visit www.tuskawards.com
Save the Waterberg Rhino
The Waterberg area of Limpopo province holds over 2,000 rhinos - the third largest population in South Africa.
Okapi Conservation Project
The endangered okapi is the only other living member of the giraffe family, and survives only in the forests of war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
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An annual survey of consumers has shown that demand for ivory in China has dropped to less than half the level it was before the country introduced a domestic ban on trade. Tusk has welcomed the news while cautioning that there is "no room for complacency".
The Tusk Rhinos go to auction
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New Jersey advocate handles matters relating to controlled substance charges
Many changes have affected the enforcement of laws against drug possession, sale and manufacture but these charges still carry heavy fines and stiff prison terms. At the Law Offices of Joshua A. Benjamin, LLC in Cherry Hill, Mr. Benjamin is an experienced criminal defense litigator who skillfully counters allegations involving controlled dangerous substances. Regardless of whether the specific charge is associated with an opiate, cocaine, marijuana or a "designer drug," he works one-on-one with New Jersey clients to develop the strategy that best suits their needs.
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In most cases, possession of a controlled dangerous substance is a third-degree indictable crime, which carries a fine and a prison sentence of up to five years. However, someone caught holding 50 grams of marijuana can be charged with a disorderly persons offense. Aggravating factors include possession in a school zone and a previous drug-related conviction. If you're caught with a certain amount of a particular substance or instruments that might be used in processing or selling drugs, you could be accused of possession with intent to distribute.
Drug trafficking may trigger state and federal prosecution
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Phillip Crawley: "Advertising isn't going to be your life-saver"
The Globe publisher admits that times are complicated – but there are ways to future-proof beyond advertising.
The Industry Wish List is back. MiC is looking at the issues and trends of 2019 with some of the brightest minds in the business, discussing how the industry has changed in the last 365 days, what challenges lie ahead and how brands, media companies and agencies are adjusting.
Phillip Crawley does not pretend it's been an easy year.
He also doesn't pretend it's going to get any easier.
The longtime CEO and publisher of The Globe and Mail has watched before him as the journalism industry in Canada and beyond seemingly crumbles before his eyes. In some offices, newsrooms are shadows of what they used to be. This year, MiC has covered roughly one round of layoffs in print, TV or digital per month – including the Globe, which announced in May a voluntary buyout program in an effort to save $10 million.
Crawley admits it isn't easy, but the ever-pragmatic publisher isn't rolling over and giving up without a fight. As he chats with MiC for this year's Industry Wish List, Crawley says he wants to balance the desire to build a great editorial product that fulfills its societal need – keeping the public informed – and depends less and less on advertising, which he says won't always be there the way it has been. At the same time, he expresses a desire for Canadian advertisers to step up and support quality, and for the government to move forward on key decisions.
This interview has been condensed for clarity and length.
This year was another turbulent year for newsrooms. Do you see the pendulum swinging back at all in 2020?
I don't think it's going to get easier, because it hasn't for a long time, and I think everyone is just accustomed to the fact that disruption is the way of life. You deal with disruption. Some do better than others, but I don't think anyone assumes that things are going to settle down certainly. There is no sign, in the last 10 years, that there has been any period where that has happened. Not just newspapers – it's TV, it's magazines, it's digital. But there are certain underlying trends that you believe are going to continue, and you build your business around those assumptions.
So how are you building The Globe around those assumptions?
The last five years has been a transformative period for the Globe because we've moved pretty rapidly through those years. We've always done good journalism, but we haven't always had good technology. We haven't always had brilliant data scientists. What we now have is much better technology platforms, and we have some of the best data science capabilities in the world. It lets us know what our customers, users and readers like, how much time they spend, what they come back for. The newsroom has just undergone its second round of change, the second in five years. As a credit to the newsroom, they've believed in [our tech platform], they've utilized it, and that's what's driven the growth in our digital subscription each year.
The government finally came through with its $600 million journalism fund this year, and there are a few things still in the air, like the digital sales tax for foreign companies. Do you think this is enough to make a difference?
The government is limited in what it can do to provide great journalism. If you're not doing that, you don't have a subscription model that's going to pay for it. You can't depend on advertising to be your future. If [other outlets] are not able to monetize that through subscriptions, then they're in trouble, because advertising isn't going to be your life-saver. With regards to the platforms, that's something that the industry at large has been saying for quite some time, that it was right and fair to level the playing field, that platforms shouldn't be getting away with no sales tax, when clearly Canadian players were subject to a sales tax. So that seemed to be just a matter of fairness.
You say advertising isn't going to be your life-saver, but is there a responsibility on the part of Canadian agencies and advertisers to maintain a healthy media ecosystem in Canada?
Obviously, it's a big issue for everybody who plays in this advertising world. The agencies are going through a huge amount of change and consolidation themselves. We would like them to value quality content as an environment. You can sell ads on all kinds of platforms, but if you care about the quality of the content, but if you care about it being Canadian content from a Canadian perspective… quality journalism costs money to produce. Those bureaus are expensive. I'd like advertisers and agencies to understand that that's an environment they should be supporting. Are they simply taking instructions from New York or London or wherever HQ is, or is there a Canadian point-of-view?
If you could get the entire media industry to make a collective resolution for 2020, what would it be?
I would like them to understand that democracy works best when there is information clearly explained [and] clearly presented, and when there democratic debate. That's what Canadian media does, and Canadians value that. If media in Canada declines to the point where there is an absence of journalism in particular areas, then the whole country is worse off.
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Billionaire Baby Dhvani Bhanushali's first of it's kind Live Concert in tandem with PVR Cinema's, opens to a packed audience and rave reviews!
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All roads led to PVR Juhu, as pop sensation Dhvani Bhanushali's first of it's kind Live Concert in tandem with PVR Cinema's, opened to a packed audience. The ticketed concert witnessed one of its kind that was live streamed in 17 PVR theatre screens across 10 cities. This concert was unique because it marked the very first time that such an activity has taken place since the imposition of the lockdown in March 2020. Dhvani performed a variety of her tunes, right from the hit Psycho Saiyaan to the soulful and the peppy Baby Girl. However, it was the concluding song Vaaste, which also crossed 1 billion views on YouTube this year, which got goosebumps to one and all in the auditorium, and reminded us to never take a simple outing to the movies for granted! All in all, Dhvani Bhanushali proves to be a crusader of change as she embraces the new norm with yet another exciting way to entertain her audience and opening doors to new era of entertainment.
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The Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam discloses the monetary policy in 2021
The Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam affirmed that the SBV will continue to operate the monetary policy in a flexible and prudent manner, in effective coordination with the macro policies; strengthening the management, inspection and supervision …
Sharing with representatives of international financial institutions, i.e. International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank (WB), Asian Development Bank (ADB), Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), etc. State Bank Governor Nguyen Thi Hong said that the year 2021 is coming with many new missions and new challenges. The Government of Vietnam is steadfast in its dual goal of actively focusing on disease prevention to ensure safety for the lives and health of the people, while implementing programs and plans to recover the economy from the pandemic.
These goals are carried out in parallel with national development programs, promoting reforms of key areas as well as reforming growth models in order to fulfill the socio-economic development targets set out.
The Governor affirmed that the State Bank of Vietnam will continue to operate the monetary policy in a flexible and prudent manner, in effective coordination with the macro policies; strengthening the management, inspection and supervision to maintain the financial and monetary stability, as well as to improve the business environment. In addition, the SBV will continue to coordinate with the relevant stakeholders to implement measures to promote non-cash payments, creating favorable conditions for Fintech operations in order to take advantage of the opportunities to develop a digital economy in Vietnam in general and in the banking industry in particular.
According to the Governor, 2020 is a year in world history with unprecedented challenges. The Covid-19 pandemic that has been spreading in many countries around the world is a great shock, disrupting global socio-economic activities, causing many difficulties and consequences for businesses and other countries. The pandemic is and will continue to change traditional ways of interaction in culture, society and the economy.
According to the latest World Economic Outlook Report, the IMF has forecast a 4.4% decline of the world economy, the majority of countries and regions will have negative growth in 2020 due to the negative impact of prolonged pandemic. Despite the difficulties of the world and domestic economy and trade, Vietnam's economy in 2020 will still maintain positive growth thanks to good disease control and timely policies to support people and businesses. Recently, Vietnam's economy is projected to grow by about 2.4% in 2020, at the highest level in the world, with inflation under control below 4% as set target.
"The aforementioned achievements would not have been made without the support from all of the foreign partners, international organizations, embassies and diplomatic missions. The Government of Vietnam and the SBV are very grateful for the timely and strong assistance and support of the international organizations and foreign governments to Vietnam in general and to the banking sector in particular", the SBV Governor emphasized.
Mr. Francois Painchaud, Resident Representative of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Vietnam, shared that "Covid-19 has created a global health, economic and social crisis. But with challenges come opportunities, and Vietnam has offered a great example of a country winning the war against COVID-19 while still maintaining the economic stability."
The IMF Resident Representative also stressed that the SBV has successfully managed to balance the support for the economy with its targeted policies of maintaining the exchange rate stability and controlling the inflation. The SBV has also managed to balance between supporting the economic recovery and enhancing the banking system resilience.
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Three ways the 'big bang' strategy behind a British Bill of Rights could backfire on the Government
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A 'British Bill of Rights' is a proposal from the David Cameron era. It does not appear in the Conservatives' 2019 manifesto, which promises only to "update the Human Rights Act and administrative law" as part of the (now shelved) Constitution, Democracy, and Rights Commission.
In some ways, it makes sense that Dominic Raab has revived it. Talk of replacing the Human Rights Act has a relatively long pedigree in Tory circles. And as I noted last week, this Government's own reform agenda is a shambles.
But like other Cameron-era innovations, such as the abortive quest for a 'Sovereignty Bill' to buy off the Eurosceptics, there is a danger that a 'British Bill of Rights' ends up owing more to an effort to seem tough than to actually addressing the structural problems that most concern centre-right constitutionalists. The former Prime Minister too often seemed keener on the appearance of change than change itself.
Here are three potential dangers from the Justice Secretary's current approach.
1) It won't deliver
The single biggest problem with proposals to 'reform the Human Rights Act' (HRA) is that the Act merely incorporates the European Convention on Human Rights into British law. So unless the Government either withdraws from the ECHR or delivers substantial reform to it at the international level, there are hard limits to what tweaking that domestic instrument can really achieve.
Moreover, even the current arrangements still enshrine the supremacy of British law inasmuch as Parliament is quite at liberty to legislate in contravention of the HRA. Ministers simply need to be prepared to have the Supreme Court deliver a declaration of incompatibility and say "Yes, that's fine." Failure to do that is a political problem, not a legal one.
(There are definitely issues around the way the HRA deals with old legislation and secondary instruments, but the broad point remains.)
Given all that, where does the additional leeway supposedly granted by a British Bill of Rights come from? It isn't immediately obvious. In fact, it seems on the face of it to give more opportunities to the other side…
2) It will backfire judicially
Historically, there have been two broad tendencies when it comes to how the Supreme Court interprets human rights law. The first, which has been dubbed the 'mirror principle' and was advocated by judges such as Lord Bingham, advocated cleaving closely to Strasbourg's judgments in the main whilst allowing leeway for divergence, usually in the direction the present Government would favour.
Another, advanced under the presidency of Baroness Hale, held that due to the HRA the convention rights were also and separately British legal rights, and it was therefore within the power of the Supreme Court to discover that they extended beyond what the court in Strasbourg would determine. This is the infamous 'gold-plating'.
Lord Reed, as part of a broader and widely-noted shift towards a more restrained posture on the part of the Supreme Court under his presidency, seems to have put a stop to this. In his judgment in the case of R (on the application of AB (Appellant) v Secretary of State for Justice (Respondent), he wrote:
"…the intended aim of the Human Rights Act – to enable the rights and remedies available in Strasbourg also to be asserted and enforced by domestic courts – is particularly at risk of being undermined if domestic courts take the protection of Convention rights further than they can be fully confident that the European court would go."
This creates a situation where, in the absence of certainty about Strasbourg's intentions, the benefit of the doubt lies with the Government.
Again, if the 'Strasbourg' bit is still a problem that isn't something a British Bill of Rights inside the Convention is going to solve. In fact, by explicitly moving in the direction of free-standing British rights (without a significant change in the origin or substance of those rights) it risks actually empowering the Hale view. Judges would be free both to exnihilate new rights off their own back and to take inspiration from other jurisdictions with more expansive approaches, such as Canada.
There are proposals to try and enshrine Lord Reed's approach in statute, which might help. But it might not, or it might fail; judges interpreting their way around statute is one of those problems we're supposed to be trying to solve, after all. Which creates the third danger…
3) It will backfire politically
The danger of creating the impression (and probably only the impression) of a blank-slate system of 'British' rights is not just that it will give judges the cover under which to resume freelancing. It is that it will make the political case for real reform harder to make.
Assuming it didn't deliver real reform, it would place ministers in a difficult position. The origins of the problem – the New Labour constitutional settlement and the ECHR – would be the same, but they couldn't admit this without admitting also that the much-touted British Bill of Rights was so much set dressing. The judges would be basing their decisions on legislation passed by a Conservative Government; it would suddenly be this party's problem, and fault.
Overall, perhaps what's most concerning about this is that it might end up taking the place of the sort of substantial, granular reform that the Government has previously been considering, such as reforms to the Supreme Court's title and composition. It is also the opposite approach to the one underpinning the mooted plans for regular Interpretation Bills, which are (or at least should be) a much more carefully-targeted intervention.
Ultimately, if the bits of constitutional terrain the lawyers have captured over the past few decades were electorally sexy, politicians would never have allowed it to happen. Retaking them will involve a lot of small operations and detailed work, rather than 'big bang' interventions that will wow the electorate.
Conservative thinking on these questions has come a long way since Cameron's day; we should be wary of dusting off his solutions.
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Andrew Gimson's PMQs sketch: A grievous blow to Johnson, struck by a member of his own side
Johnson and Dorries are not quite so hostile to the BBC as they pretend
Maududi doesn't fit into Burke's clothes
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Congratulations to Alfie C from Blackman and Issie M from Rowling who were both prize winners in Bewdley InterAct's 'View From My Window' competition. Alfie won 1st prize in the photo category and Alfie and Issie came joint third in the poetry competition.
Alfie's also entered the 'Kids' Poetry Club' competition and has been invited to record his poem for their podcast!
Thank you to Bewdley Rotary for donating the prizes and to Bewdley InterAct for organising the competition. For a full list of winners take a look at the Bewdley InterAct Instagram account https://www.instagram.com/bewdleyinteract/.


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TRIGGER WARNING: Beauty was seen as a dangerous trait for young men and women alike; most of these myths end in abduction / rape. It is important to note the objectification of these men in this passage; the author makes clear that unwanted sexual attention is an unfortunate consequence of beauty in Greco-Roman mythology.
Qui ephebi formosissimi fuerunt:
Adonis Cinyrae et Smyrnae filius quam Venus amavit.
Endymion Aethlii filius quem Luna amavit.
Ganymedes Erichthonii filius, quem Iovis amavit.
Hyacinthus Oebali filius quem Apollo amavit.
Narcissus Cephisi fluminis filius qui se ipsum amavit.
Atlantius Mercurii et Veneris filius qui hermaphroditus dictus est.
Hylas Thiodamantis filius, quem Hercules amavit.
Chrysippus Pelopis filius, quem Theseus ludis rapuit.
--Hyginus, Fabulae CCLXXI
A list of exceedingly beautiful youths:
Adonis (the son of Cinyras and Smyrna), whom Venus loved.
Endymion (the son of Aethlius), whom the Moon loved.
Ganymede (the son of Erichthonius), whom Jupiter loved.
Hyacinthus (the son of Oebalus), whom Apollo loved.
Narcissus (the son of the Cephissus River), who fell in love with himself.
Atlantius (the son of Mercury and Venus), who is called a "hermaphrodite."
Hylas (the son of Thiodamas), whom Hercules loved.
Chrysippus (the son of Pelops), whom Theseus abducted from the games.
HYGINUS
Name: Gaius Julius Hyginus
Date: 64 BCE – 17 CE
Works: Fabulae*
De Astronomica
REGION 1 / 4*
Hyginus was a freedman of the Roman emperor Augustus who was in charge of the Imperial library on the Palatine Hill in Rome. His work, the Fabulae, are a sourcebook for Greek and Roman myths. Although there is quite a bit of overlap between his writings and his contemporary and friend Ovid's Metamorphoses, Hyginus' works are much more succinct.
* There is evidence that Hyginus was originally from Alexandria, Egypt (Suetonius, de Gramm. 20)
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The Atlantic Politics Daily: Not All Rhodes Lead to Washington
Cory Booker drops out; Eric Garcetti endorses Biden. Plus: The coming impeachment trial may turn out to be routine and predictable, but one figure might introduce some surprise.
It's Monday, January 13. In today's newsletter: Cory Booker drops out. Plus: The coming impeachment trial may turn out to be routine and predictable, but one figure might yet introduce some surprise.
(Jeff Chiu / AP)
He has mayoral credentials. He's a former Rhodes Scholar with political ambitions that transcended City Hall.
I'm talking about Pete Buttigieg. No, wait, Cory Booker. Actually, Eric Garcetti.
Of millions of American students, 32 land a Rhodes Scholarship each year. Yet Rhodes scholars are certainly … healthily represented in politics: Other names you might've heard of include Bill Clinton, Bobby Jindal, Susan Rice.
Despite their similarities on paper (Booker and Garcetti even overlapped at Oxford), Booker, Buttigieg, and Garcetti have now gone very different directions in 2020:
1. Cory Booker drops out.
The public support—and fundraising—never materialized, leading the New Jersey senator to end his campaign, a few weeks before the Iowa caucuses, and a few weeks before the Senate impeachment trial.
Booker seemed to check all the boxes of a potential Democratic star. Young-ish? Check. Not too lefty; not too centrist? Check. Not a white guy? Check.
But, as my colleague Edward-Isaac Dovere wrote:
Booker's campaign is perhaps the oddest phenomenon in the 2020 primary race … Why, when Booker consistently gives the best, most uplifting, most audience-electrifying speeches, does that energy not translate into higher poll numbers?
Still, his name might resurface. Booker is almost surely going to end up on someone's VP shortlist.
2. Eric Garcetti stays out.
Even into early 2019, the 48-year-old Los Angeles mayor was still toying with the idea of a presidential bid. But while seemingly every other Democrat in America had entered the race, Garcetti decided not to. His day job running the second-biggest city in the country was seen as a major impediment.
Around that time, Pete Buttigieg, who was running a city a fraction of the size of L.A., was just announcing his exploratory committee.
Does Garcetti have regrets about his decision? In an interview with Isaac, he denied any regrets, even as he flashed pangs of wistfulness.
3. Pete Buttigieg stays near the top.
Chances are you know how to pronounce Buttigieg without thinking twice. That alone is a testament to the meteoric rise of "Mayor Pete," who until this month, had been mayor of a city with far fewer people than Los Angeles or Newark.
When Buttigieg officially launched his presidential campaign last April, he'd understood that "this is a long shot, or maybe a loooong shot." Here's what Isaac wrote then:
Three months ago, Buttigieg and I sat for two hours at a restaurant in New York, and no one knew who he was.
A month ago, he was still being laughed off as the guy with the weird last name. He was running less of a campaign than an amazingly aggressive press operation.
These days, he's the sensation with the weird last name: "In the Era of the Impossible, this could be happening. But can anyone pronounce his last name?" Matt Drudge tweeted.
Now Buttigieg is in an entirely different phase of his campaign, one in which it's no longer so fantastical to imagine 'President Pete.'
(LOREN ELLIOTT / REUTERS)
1. "The difference might seem like mere semantics, but it helps underscore how different Sanders's approach to foreign policy is from that of his competitors."
After the Iran crisis dominated headlines last week, Senator Bernie Sanders took a victory lap by talking up his anti-war record and untraditional foreign policy. The moment gave him a boost with Americans who know little of him beyond his reputation as the candidate who rails against billionaires and supports universal health care, Elaine Godfrey reports.
2. "And this is the real reason the Trump impeachment trial will be boring: the president himself."
Don't expect any fireworks in the Senate's impeachment trial: It will be mostly pageantry and a matter of form, and even if the GOP allows for witnesses to testify, they will be few and controlled, Quinta Jurecic and Benjamin Wittes write. Still, there's one figure who might introduce some surprise.
(NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION; FREDERICK HILL MESERVE COLLECTION)
The Origins of the Celebrity Political Spouse
The year: 1856. The candidate: John Charles Frémont, of the brand-new Republican Party.
Thousands of men elbowed for space as they shouted for their candidate to emerge onto his iron balcony. The nominee stepped out and gave a short speech, but after he withdrew, the crowd wanted more. "Mrs. Frémont!" someone cried, then others took up the refrain. "Madam Frémont! Jessie! Jessie! Give us Jessie!"
Nothing quite like this had happened before. "For a lady to make her appearance before a political crowd like this is an innovation," observed a young man in the crowd. Disapproving, another man beside him tried to hush the calls for Jessie, but his was a lonely voice as many shouted louder. A man appeared on the balcony and tried to explain why Jessie should not come out: "Such occasions as this are apt to disconcert ladies," he called down, but the crowd refused to leave. At last, to "a universal shout," Jessie appeared on the balcony.
Steve Inskeep on the remarkable Jessie Benton Frémont, political spouse.


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IDEA is 46!
What was it like when the law that guides services for students with disabilities passed?
It was 29 November 1975. President Gerald Ford signed Public Law 94-142, making it the law of the land. Today is the 46th anniversery of federal support for special education for children and youths with disabilities.
I apologize. I clicked the wrong button and sent a preliminary copy of this message as an e-mail message to subscribers. This is the more appropriate version!
This is just cause for a celebration. Services for students, including very young children, were spurred ahead by the passage of P.L. 94-142 and its successors. I'll return to catalogue some of those changes in a coupla-few paragraphs, but first I want to describe the broader context.
Although this post will not feature much about me, let me just say that I was a student in 1975. I was studying special education at the University of Oregon, and my advisor was Barbara D. Bateman, Ph.D., who was a third-year student (is that a "3L?") in the school of law at the time. Professor Bateman, who already had a giant reputation in special education, had decided to study law so that she could use the law as a tool to "do things for kids and women." I was fortunate in that I got front-row explanations about "the law," as I often called it at that time, as if it was the only law worthy of discussion.
But there were lots of other things happening then. There were lots of signal events in 1975. Here is a brief, incomplete, month-by-month list of just a few1:
In January of 1975, the militant group, Weather Underground, detonated bombs at the Washington, D.C., offices of the U. S. Department of State! Wheel of Fortune debuted on TV. Former members of President Richard Nixon's government, including the U. S. Attorney General, were found guilty of crimes related to the Watergate scandal.
The United Nations declared 8 March as "International Women's Day" It was the first! Also, in March 1975, in both the United Kingdom and the U. S., a movie based on the musical group The Who's Tommy was released. Among the featured songs was "Pinball Wizard." Although the song was originally released in 1969, the lyric turned out to make a great connection with P. L. 94-142: "That deaf, dumb, and blind kid sure played a mean pinball!" Here's a video of Elton John and The Who performing Pinball Wizard.
Also, in March of 1975, John Wooden, the legendary coach of the UCLA men's basketball teams, won the 10th of his 10 career NCAA championships. Wooden had announced earlier that he would retire after the season, so he went out a winner.
During the first few months of 1975, the divided Viet Nam continued to war on each other, north and south. At the end of April, 1975, the capital city of the south, Saigon, was overrun by forces of the north. If you've seen images of people being evacuated from the rooftop of the U.S. Embassy in Saigon (and they have been widely broadcast in the late summer of 2021), this was the time that it happened.
In June of 1975, the United Kingdom voted to continue its membership in the European Union. With Brexit, it appears that things have changed since then! Also in June, the movie Jaws was released and many-many people bought tickets!
In July, with people aboard, U. S. and Soviet Union space crafts meet in space and docked, allowing 'nauts to enter each others' spacecrafts while in orbit. Also, in July, labor leader Jimmy Hoffa was reported missing; his remains still have not been located.
In September 1975, Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme attempted to assassinate President Gerald Ford. Only a little later in the month, Sara Jane Moore also attempted to assassinate Ford. That same month, fugitive Patty Hearst was captured; she had been kidnapped in 1974, but had joined her kidnappers in criminal activity (e.g., bank robbery). The TV series, Fawlty Towers, was first aired; although I've watched every episode repeatedly, it still makes me laugh.
In October 1975, a reported 1 billion people watched as Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier fought a boxing match in Manilla, Philippines. Saturday Night Live debuted. Francisco Franco, who had ruled Spain since the late 1930s, resigned.
In November, six industrialized countries (France, Italy, Japan, the U. K., the U. S., and West Germany) met for the first time; the "G6" was the forerunner of what we not know as the "G7," which includes Canada, and many other groups (e.g., G20).
And, on 29 November, U. S. President Ford signed P. L. 94-142 into law.
Now, I certainly have to admit that this catalogue is western centric (let alone, John centric!), but I hope it gives readers an idea about the context into which P. L 94-142 was born. There was a heckuva lot happening!
P. L. 94-142
The law was passed by the U. S. Congress and signed by President Ford. It created what is essentially the right to education for students with disabilities. Previous court cases (PARC, Mills, etc.) had demonstrated how students with disabilities had been denied educational services because of their disabilities. The law remedied that problem.
SET pal, Ed Martin (see Friday Photos 5) was an eyewitness to the events leading up to and following the passage of the law; his book, Breakthrough: Federal Special Education Legislation 1963-1981, is well worth a read. The efforts of Ed Martin, Fred Weintraub, and Joe Ballard guided much of what we know as the foundation of special education. We all owe them a lot of gratitude.
P. L. 94-142 was known at the time as the "Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975." It required that all students with disabilities were entitled to a free and appropriate public education ("FAPE").
The Education for All Handicapped Children Act required that state and local education agencies take steps to ensure that they were identifying kids with disabilities within their catchment areas (i.e., "child find"). ensure that each individual student receives FAPE, predicated on nondiscriminatory evaluation for identification, on creating an Individualized Education Program that meets the student's unique educational needs, that engages parents of students with disabilities as well as their teachrs as legitimate partners in children's education, and performs these duties with documented safeguards indicating that the procedures have been executed consistently and fairly.
The Education for All Handicapped Children Act was the predecssor to what we now call the "Individuals with Disabilities Education Act" (IDEA), in the U. S. It was the basis for solid footing for special education.
It's worth celebrating.
I drew much of this list from the Wikipedia entry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975.
Amy Stevens
Dec 1, 2021Liked by John Wills Lloyd
I was in 2nd grade when PL 94-142 was passed. In 5th grade- 1978, my school district made an effort to include students with disabilities in general education. Glenn was welcomed into my 5th grade class by our teacher Mrs. Szczepanski. He had severe cerebral palsy and used a communication board strapped to his wheelchair for communicate. He had a wicked sense of humor and I remember much laughter with him during class. Glenn proceeded through the grades and graduated from high school with us. That 5th grade year Mrs. Szczepanski was awarded Michigan Teacher of the Year. She was a wonderful teacher and a great role model for all of us, and in retrospect, I understand this year to be a defining point in time setting the foundation for my future career.
Nancy Mamlin
I was a junior in high school when PL 94-142 passed. What I remember mostly about that is that there were commercials on TV asking if you had a child at home or knew of one in the neighborhood, who was not attending school. They were literally Finding the Child(ren). However, my mother was already a special education teacher – she had begun when we were living in Pittsylvania County VA, where she provided homebound instruction for students who could not get to the schools – mostly because of accessibility. They were in wheelchairs, and had disabilities like CP. I was in elementary school, so I just enjoyed going to the students' homes with my mom, meeting the kids who were about my age, and especially picking strawberries in the field at one of the houses. 😊 My mother was also a CEC member starting in the 60s when she started that job. I kept looking at her EC journals looking for stories about those kids on the cover! Fast forward to the 70s when we had moved to Indianapolis, and my mother taught at a separate school (in Indianapolis Public Schools) for students with moderate – severe- profound mental retardation (as we said at the time). I student taught there in fall 1980 (Cold Spring School) and helped my mother with the Girl Scout troop. She coached the boys basketball team and won the state championship (no small deal in Indiana, regardless of the abilities of the students). Toward the end of that school year – starting fall 1981 – some of the students were moved out to other IPS schools. Today we would label those students who moved to the other schools as having mild ID. Since I was student teaching just a couple of years after the regulations for 94-142 came out, I remember my cooperating teachers and I trying to figure out this "IEP thing" together. The school system was already providing FAPE, such as we understood it at that time, for students.
The year after the law was passed, the ARC conference was held in Indy – I was a senior in high school, and my mother wanted me to go with her. It was my first professional conference (she called in sick for me every day so I would have excused absences). I was blown away by the whole experience, and started to realize that there were actual jobs in special education out there, there were resources to help teachers, and so much more. Took me a few years to finally decide to become a special ed teacher, but not too many!


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The Great Book of Ice Hockey: Interesting Facts and Sports Stories
Sports Trivia, Book 1
By: Bill O'Neill, Ryan Black
Narrated by: Scott Miller
Categories: Sports & Outdoors, Hockey
By: Bill O'Neill,Ryan Black
The "Down Goes Brown" History of the NHL
The World's Most Beautiful Sport, the World's Most Ridiculous League
By: Sean McIndoe
Narrated by: Sean McIndoe
Sean McIndoe of Down Goes Brown, one of hockey's favorite and funniest writers, takes aim at the game's most memorable moments - especially if they're memorable for the wrong reasons - in this warts-and-all history of the NHL.
Great and funny book on the NHL
By LSmith on 01-11-19
A Life in Hockey
By: Brian Burke, Stephen Brunt - contributor
Narrated by: Brian Burke
Brian Burke is one of the biggest hockey personalities - no, personalities full-stop - in the hockey media landscape. His brashness makes him a magnet for attention, and he does nothing to shy away from it. Most famous for advocating "pugnacity, truculence, testosterone, and belligerence" during his tenure at the helm of the Maple Leafs, Burke has lived and breathed hockey his whole life.
By VyTri on 11-11-20
By: Brian Burke, and others
Take Your Eye Off the Puck
How to Watch Hockey by Knowing Where to Look
By: Greg Wyshynski, Jeremy Roenick - foreword
Narrated by: Barry Abrams
More and more fans are watching the NHL each week, but many of them don't know exactly what they should be watching. How does an offense create shooting lanes for its best sniper? When a center breaks through and splits between two defensemen, which defender is to blame? This guide for sports fans on how to watch and appreciate the game of hockey takes you inside a coach's mind as he builds a roster or constructs a game plan, to the chaos of the goalie's crease, and deep into the perpetual chess match between offense and defense.
By IcePro717 on 01-27-19
By: Greg Wyshynski, and others
By: Wayne Gretzky
From minor-hockey phenomenon to Hall of Fame sensation, Wayne Gretzky rewrote the record books, his accomplishments becoming the stuff of legend. Dubbed "The Great One", he is considered by many to be the greatest hockey player who ever lived. No one has seen more of the game than he has - but he has never discussed in depth just what it was he saw.
A great book
Behind the Bench
Inside the Minds of Hockey's Greatest Coaches
By: Craig Custance, Sidney Crosby - foreword
They are motivators, key strategists, tough bosses, and choreographers. They can be branded as heroes, ousted as scapegoats, quietly valued as friends, and everything in between. It's all in the job description for an NHL head coach. In Behind the Bench, Craig Custance sits down for film sessions and candid conversations with some of the game's most notable modern luminaries - names like Mike Babcock, Joel Quenneville, Dan Bylsma, Ken Hitchcock, and Claude Julien - all of whom share their singular views on topics ranging from leadership secrets to on-ice game plans.
Great story but the narrator- oof.
By Chris on 03-27-19
By: Craig Custance, and others
Mr. Hockey
By: Gordie Howe
Narrated by: Don Hagen
Big, skilled, tough on the ice, and nearly indestructible, Howe dominated both the sport and the record books like no one has before or since. Over an incredible six decades, the Hall of Famer had so many accomplishments that he set the record for the most records by any athlete ever in any sport. He also achieved the remarkable feat of playing for six years with his own two sons, Mark and Marty.
Will always be the greatest on and off ice
By Jessie Tompkins on 01-04-21
By: Ken Dryden
Narrated by: Ken Dryden
Widely acknowledged as the best hockey book ever written and lauded by Sports Illustrated as one of the Top 10 Sports Books of All Time, The Game is a reflective and thought-provoking look at a life in hockey. Intelligent and insightful, former Montreal Canadiens goalie and former President of the Toronto Maple Leafs, Ken Dryden captures the essence of the sport and what it means to all hockey fans.
Outstanding book for all hockey fans
By steve on 03-11-14
The Russian Five
A Story of Espionage, Defection, Bribery and Courage
By: Keith Gave
Narrated by: Bob Brill
When the Detroit Red Wings were rebooting their franchise after more than two decades of relative futility, they knew the best place to find world-class players who could turn things around more quickly were conscripted servants behind the Iron Curtain. All they had to do to get them was make history by drafting them and then figure out how to get them out of the Soviet Union.
A Hockey Life Like No Other
In Scotty, Dryden has given his coach a new test: Tell us about all these players and teams you've seen, but imagine yourself as their coach. Tell us about their weaknesses, not just their strengths. Tell us how you would coach them and coach against them. And then choose the top eight teams of all time, match them up against one another in a playoff series, and, separating the near-great from the great, tell us who would win. And why.
Like No Other
By Steven Rochon on 11-20-20
The Pursuit of Perfection
By: Niklas Lidstrom, Gunnar Nordstrom - with, Bob Duff - with
The life and career of Nicklas Lidstrom almost reads like a real-life hockey fairy tale. Drafted by the Detroit Red Wings as a 19-year-old defenseman out of his native Sweden, Lidstrom spent the next two decades manning the Motor City blueline. During those years he became a Hockeytown legend, amassing a mind-boggling collection of accomplishments and accolades: four Stanley Cups, seven Norris Trophies as the NHL's best defenseman, a Conn Smythe Trophy, 12 All-Star selections, and gold medals in both the Olympics and World Championships.
By Paul Levendoski on 12-29-20
By: Niklas Lidstrom, and others
The Boys of Winter
The Untold Story of a Coach, a Dream, and the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team
By: Wayne Coffey
Once upon a time, they taught us to believe. They were the 1980 US Olympic hockey team, a blue-collar bunch led by an unconventional coach, and they engineered perhaps the greatest sports moment of the 20th century. Their "Miracle on Ice" has become a national fairy tale, but the real Cinderella story is even more remarkable. It is a legacy of hope, hard work, and homegrown triumph. It is a chronicle of everyday heroes who just wanted to play hockey happily ever after.
Great, but...
By S. B. Guilfoyle on 02-13-18
The Hockey Rink Hunt
The Zach and Zoe Mysteries, Book 5
By: Mike Lupica
Narrated by: Keith Nobbs
When eight-year-old twins Zach and Zoe find out they'll be joining their dad at the Boston Bruins hockey practice, they can't believe their luck. But upon arrival, the Bruins' star player tells the twins he lost his lucky necklace right before the Stanley Cup final, and just like that, the mystery is on. The twins' search takes them all over the arena and even onto the ice. Will Zach and Zoe find the missing necklace in time for the big game?
By Donna Cook on 07-16-19
Ice Capades
A Memoir of Fast Living and Tough Hockey
By: Sean Avery, Michael McKinley
Narrated by: Sean Avery
As one of the NHL's most polarizing players, Sean Avery turned the rules of professional hockey on its head. For 13 seasons Avery played for some of the toughest, most storied franchises in the league, including the Detroit Red Wings, the Los Angeles Kings, and the New York Rangers, making his mark in each city as a player that was sometimes loved, often despised, but always controversial.
A Must for any true hockey fan
By Matthew T Kilcullen on 11-15-19
By: Sean Avery, and others
Who Is Wayne Gretzky?
By: Gail Herman, Nancy Harrison
Narrated by: Erin Bennett
After breaking or tying more than 60 records in hockey, it's no wonder that Wayne Gretzky is known as "The Great One". Born in Brantford, Ontario, on January 26, 1961, in a nation obsessed with the sport, he threw himself into the game practically from the time he first laced up a pair of skates. When he retired from the NHL in 1999, he had led several teams to Stanley Cup victories, competed in the Olympics, and changed the way hockey was played forever.
Our favorite in the series
By Brynn H. on 07-17-18
By: Gail Herman, and others
A Guy Like Me
By: John Scott, Brian Cazeneuve
The John Scott story is the ultimate underdog narrative in sports during 2016 when Scott - in the twilight of his career - went from a joke All-Star fan-voted nominee to scoring two goals and winning the All-Star Game's MVP title. This is his heartwarming story about an average Joe who became a sports superhero overnight. Known as a willing-and-able fighter and bruiser in the league, John Scott was a surprising and tongue-and-cheek nominee for the 2016 NHL All-Star Game.
would have been better if John Scott narrated
By cody richardson on 02-23-19
By: John Scott, and others
The Making of Slap Shot
Behind the Scenes of the Greatest Hockey Movie Ever Made
By: Jonathon Jackson
Narrated by: Fleet Cooper
Even 30-odd years after Slap Shot's release, diehard hockey fans can still recite scenes of dialogue by heart, making lines like "putting on the foil" just common argot for the devoted. Yet many may be surprised to learn that the true story behind the making of the film is as captivating as the film itself. In The Making of Slap Shot, veteran sports writer Jonathon Jackson lets fans not only relive just how the film was made, but brings to light surprising facts (i.e., Al Pacino was the first choice for the role of Reggie Dunlop.
Three Thumbs Up!!!
The Life and Career of a Reluctant Warrior
By: Stu Grimson
Narrated by: Stu Grimson
NHL tough guys all tell the same story. They all grew up dreaming of skating in the big league as stars. Then one day, a coach tells them the only way to make it is to drop the gloves. And every guy says the same thing: I'll do whatever it takes to play in the NHL. Not Stu Grimson, though. When he was offered a contract to patrol the ice for the Calgary Flames, he said no thanks, and went to university instead. And that's the way Grimson has approached his career and his life: on his own terms.
By Hans Joppa on 12-21-20
The Making of a Miracle
The Untold Story of the Captain of the 1980 Gold Medal-Winning U.S. Olympic Hockey Team
By: Mike Eruzione, Neal Boudette
Narrated by: George Newbern
It is the greatest American underdog sports story ever told: how a team of college kids and unsigned amateurs, under the tutelage of legendary coach - and legendary taskmaster - Herb Brooks, beat the elite Soviet hockey team on their way to winning the gold medal at the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics. No one believed the scrappy Americans had a real shot at winning. Despite being undefeated, the US - the youngest team in the competition - were facing off against the four-time defending gold medalist Russians.
By: Mike Eruzione, and others
The Great Book of Ice Hockey is a must for anyone who loves sports trivia. It is a compendium of interesting facts and sport stories about the great game of ice hockey, with information about the early days before the National Hockey League (NHL) all the way to the stars of today. There are random facts about leagues, rules, coaches, players, and inside stories about the early days of the game.
The answers to hundreds of trivia questions lie in this audiobook. Learn about foreign leagues, junior hockey, and superstars like Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins and Alexander Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals, and, of course, "The Great One", Wayne Gretzky. You can find interesting facts about the builders of the game, including Maurice "Rocket" Richard and Coach Jack Adams, both of whom have NHL trophies named in their honor. You will meet scoring leaders, winning coaches, amazing goalies, and ice hockey royalty.
Whether you're a long-time fan of ice hockey, or if you're just looking for answers to troublesome trivia questions in your latest game of Trivial Pursuit, The Great Book of Ice Hockey is the audiobook for you. Presented in a clear and engaging manner, this collection of sports trivia will give fans of ice hockey a new and entertaining set of random facts to liven up a boring day or fill the time during intermission.
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I recommend this to anyone – even non-hockey fans!
Even though I'm not a hockey fan, I enjoyed and recommend this audiobook by Bill O'Neil and Ryan Black. Scott Miller's narration also contributed to making my experience so pleasant. I am very grateful that I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request ; I have voluntarily left this review.
Some really cool facts in a fun way
I am a huge hockey fan, but not super knowledgeable about hockey outside of the team I follow, so this seemed like it would be a lot of fun. It did not disappoint. There are some great stories in here and the facts are interesting ones. The lists get a little long in audio format. In a book, you could just skim the list of names if you don't really care to read them all, but in audio, they have to go through them. The 15-second skip feature worked wonders on that though and it certainly wasn't anything that kept me from enjoying the book. If you like hockey, this one is full of great info in a fun format.


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Solar stocks recover in January with expectations for solid 2019 solar growth; Solar's electricity cost falls 12% and becomes even more competitive vs fossil fuels and nuclear; IEA forecasts that solar will become second largest electricity source by late-2030's
Read full report in PDF with graphs: MAC-Solar-Sector-Update-Jan-2019
Solar Index Performance
The MAC Solar Energy Stock Index, the tracking index for the Invesco Solar ETF (NYSE ARCA: TAN), rebounded sharply higher in January from the 1-3/4 year low posted in October 2018. The index is currently up +18% on the year, reversing part of the -27% decline seen in 2018. The index in 2017 showed a strong gain of +52%.
Bullish factors for solar stocks include (1) the improved global solar demand picture that has resulted from the sharp drop in solar module prices in 2018 and the fact that solar has now reached grid parity in many places, (2) the stabilization of solar cell and module prices in late 2018 that helped the profitability of solar manufacturers, (3) expectations for strong solar growth in Europe in 2019 as unsubsidized solar grows due to lower solar pricing and the end of Europe's minimum import price (MIP) scheme, (4) broadening solar growth from India, Turkey, Latin America, Middle East, and Southeast Asia (see page 5 for the world solar growth outlook), (5) strong demand for renewable energy in general as countries seek to meet their carbon-reduction targets under the Paris COP21 global climate agreement, and (6) the low valuation level of the solar sector.
Bearish factors for solar stocks include (1) the tail-end impact of China's reduced subsidy support for solar that was announced in May 2018, which caused a big solar module inventory overhang and sharply lower solar module pricing during mid-2018, (2) the continued negative effect on U.S. solar from the Section 201 tariff of 30% on imported cells and modules that took effect in February 2018, and (3) the obstacle to India's solar growth from the government's safeguard tariff on solar modules.
Solar stocks continue to trade at low valuation levels compared with the broad market. The forecasted 2019 P/E of 14.6 for the companies in the MAC Solar Index is below the comparable figure of 15.8 for the S&P 500 index. The price-to-book ratio of 1.11 for the companies in the MAC Solar Index is well below the 3.17 ratio for the S&P 500. The price-to-sales ratio of 0.86 for the MAC Solar Index is well below the 2.03 ratio for the S&P 500.
Solar stocks recover in January with expectations for solid 2019 solar growth
Solar stocks in January recovered due to (1) the partial recovery of global stock markets in January after the downside correction seen during October-December, (2) the recovery of the global solar industry after the blow from China's subsidy cut in May 2018, and (3) expectations for solid global solar growth in 2019.
Solar stocks were hit hard in mid-2018 after the Chinese government in May 2018 announced a sharp cut in its subsidy support, which caused a big drop in Chinese solar demand and a big drop in global solar pricing. However, the drop in Chinese demand was less severe than initially expected and solar pricing stabilized in late 2018, which helped to stabilize the profitability of solar manufacturers. Meanwhile, the sharp drop in solar pricing in 2018 was a windfall for solar developers, who can now bring more projects to market since solar is now even more competitive against alternatives like wind and natural gas.
The sharp drop in solar pricing in 2018 has made large-scale solar very competitive and is drawing major purchasing interest from utilities and corporations. A big pipeline of global solar projects has built up over the past year, which supports expectations for a strong year for solar in 2019. In China, the new year has brought the return of China's solar subsidy programs as well as a pilot program for unsubsidized solar projects. In the U.S., solar is expected to be strong over the next several years as developers seek to take advantage of the investment tax credit (ITC) before it steps down to 10% in 2022. In Europe, utility-scale project pipelines are filling up now that solar has become competitive on an unsubsidized basis.
Solar's electricity cost falls 12% and becomes even more competitive vs fossil fuels and nuclear
The levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) for newly-built utility-scale solar PV plants in late 2018 fell by -13% yr/yr to a midpoint of $43 per MWh ($40-46 range) for crystalline PV on an unsubsidized basis, according to Lazard in the latest annual edition of its comprehensive "Levelized Cost of Energy Analysis-Version 12.0" released in November 2018. The LCOE for thin-film solar fell by a similar -12% yr/yr to a lower mid-point price of $40 per MWh ($36-44 range).
While the cost of residential and corporate solar PV systems remains substantially higher than the cost of utility-scale solar, it also fell from year-earlier levels. The Lazard report found that the unsubsidized mid-point LCOEs are as follows: Community Solar -4% yr/yr to $109/MWh ($73-145 range), Roof-Top Commercial and Industrial -10% yr/yr to $125.5/MWh ($81-170), and Rooftop Residential -16% yr/yr to $213.5/MWh ($160-267).
Lazard's latest LCOE report shows that solar PV now easily beats the cost of newly-built coal plants ($60-143/MWh), nuclear plants ($112-189/MWh), and gas-peaking plants (($152-206/MWh). The Lazard data shows that in most areas it is no longer economical for a utility to build any new coal or nuclear plants.
Regarding the natural gas comparison, the crystalline solar PV cost range of $40-46/MWh is now at the lower end of the range of $41-74 for gas combined cycle plants, illustrating how solar either beats or at least matches natural gas, depending on the parameters of a specific project. The $43/MWh mid-point of solar crystalline PV is actually -25% below the mid-point of $57.5/MWh for natural gas for an average project.
While solar clearly wins against coal and nuclear for newly-built plants, the fact remains that existing coal and nuclear plants are still relatively cheap to operate. Lazard estimates the average marginal cost for running a nuclear plant is only $28/MWh for nuclear and $36/MWh for coal.
That comparison shows that solar and wind are not yet cheap enough that utilities have an economic incentive to mothball all their existing nuclear and coal plants and build new solar, wind and gas plants. However, as coal and nuclear plants reach the end of their useful life, utilities will clearly decide to switch to building new gas, solar and wind plants based on economics, with gas being their preference for baseload until storage starts to play a bigger role.
The average age of power plants in the U.S. is 39 years for coal plants and 37 years for nuclear plants, illustrating that utilities are facing pressure to build new electricity plants as old coal and nuclear plants reach the end of their useful life and must be retired. In addition, increased pollution and carbon constraints mean that the marginal cost of operating coal plants will be headed higher over the long run, thus encouraging utilities to phase out their aging coal plants sooner rather than later.
NextEra Energy is going big on Florida solar
Utility-giant NextEra Energy Inc. is planning $10 billion worth of utility-scale solar PV farms in Florida. The program would be the world's largest-ever solar build-out by a regulated utility. The plan involves building about 130 solar farms through 2030 with a total of 30 million solar modules generating 10 GW of electricity.
The utility is asking regulators to approve the plan based on its estimate that the solar plants will substantially reduce electricity costs for Florida's electricity users. The utility says that each of the 130 solar farms could save electricity rate-payers some $40 million in fuel costs over its life.
Solar beats wind in head-to-head auctions in Europe
Solar has consistently beat wind on cost in recent head-to-head contests in European power auctions. In Germany, for example, solar parks took all of the 201 MW of renewable power tendered in October. The only wind proposal that was submitted in that German tender was dropped because of its high price. The average winning solar bid was an impressively low 52.7 euros ($60.1) per MWh.
In France, solar was awarded all of the 200 MW of capacity in a renewable power auction that was held in November. A total of 16 solar projects were chosen. No wind projects were chosen because of higher wind pricing. The average price of the accepted solar projects in the auction was 54.9 euros ($62.6) per MWh.
Separately, Germany in 2018 received more of its electricity from renewables than it did from coal for the first time ever. Renewables (wind, solar, hydro and biomass) generated just over 40% of Germany's electricity in 2018, beating coal's 39% share, according to the Fraunhofer Institute. Solar's electricity-generation share grew by 20% in 2018. Coal lost ground as old plants were mothballed. Germany is working on a plan to eventually phase out its nuclear plants.
U.S. National Climate Assessment sees grim future
The U.S. "Fourth National Climate Assessment" offered a grim warning for the U.S. if action is not taken on global warming. The report found that global warming is already negatively affecting the U.S. with a 1.8 degree Fahrenheit rise in temperatures in the last 100 years, a 9-inch rise in ocean levels on the coasts, and far worse heat waves than have been experienced as recently as 50 years ago. The report said that damage from climate change is "intensifying across the country."
The report warns that millions of people may have to be relocated away from the coasts. The report says, "The potential need for millions of people and billions of dollars of coastal infrastructure to be relocated in the future creates challenging legal, financial, and equity issues that have not yet been addressed."
The report estimates the dollar costs related to global warming. The report says that in the worst-case climate-change scenario, labor-related losses as a result of extreme heat could rise to $155 billion annually by 2090, deaths from temperature extremes could represent an economic toll of $141 billion, and coastal property damage could total $118 billion annually.
The report notes that other effects of climate change include reduced snow and water supplies in the western U.S. mountain ranges, bleached coral reefs, increased wildfire damage, and disruption to Alaska's ecosystems such as ice-clogged coastlines and thawing permafrost.
The report is the U.S. government's fourth comprehensive assessment of U.S. climate-change impact issued since 2000. The report is mandated by Congress and is issued every four years. The November report was compiled by 13 federal departments and agencies and by the U.S. Global Change Research program. The report was compiled independently of the White House and a NOAA spokeswoman said the report was not "altered or revised in any way because of political considerations."
IEA forecasts that solar will become second largest electricity source by late-2030's
The International Energy Agency (IEA) in its latest annual "World Energy Outlook" published in November predicted that solar by the late-2030s will become the world's second largest electricity source behind natural gas, as seen in the above graph. The IEA predicted annual growth for solar of +8% through 2040, reaching 2,500 GW in 2040 from about 400 GW in 2017.
The IEA in the past has woefully under-estimated solar's actual growth rates. Indeed, the IEA in its latest report was forced to raise its solar forecasts by 20% from the year-earlier report. Even after that hike, the IEA is still lagging far behind solar forecasts by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF). BNEF is forecasting that solar will beat even natural gas to become the largest source of electricity by 2032 and that solar will show an annual growth rate of +12% through 2040.
The IEA report also warned that "unprecedented" investment action is needed to avert a climate crisis. The IEA says that global CO2 emissions rose by +1.6% in 2017 and will continue to rise slowly through 2040.
Solar-plus-storage takes off in Hawaii
The Hawaiian utility company Hawaiian Electric in early January sent seven solar-plus-storage contracts to state regulators for approval with a record-low average price of 9 cents per kWh ($90/MWh). Two of the projects came in at 8 cents/kWh. The combined size of the seven solar-plus-storage systems is 262 MW of solar and 1.048 GWh of storage. The projects will be built on three different Hawaiian islands.
The average price of 9 cents/kWh for the Hawaiian solar-plus-storage projects is well below Hawaii's cost of about 15 cents per kWh for generating electricity by burning oil. Hawaii is heavily dependent on burning oil for its electricity since oil accounts for 74% of Hawaii's total electricity generation, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Hawaii has adopted a goal of going 100% renewable by 2045. Hawaii currently generates about 14% of its power from renewable sources with the rest being oil (74%) and coal (12%), according to the EIA.
Meanwhile, a solar-plus-storage project on the island of Kauai that is owned and operated by AES Corp is ready to go on line with power-purchase-agreement (PPA) pricing of 11 cents/kWh. The size of the plant is 28 MW of solar PV and 100 MWh of lithium-ion battery capacity.
The 8-11 cent/kWh pricing of these various Hawaiian solar-plus-storage projects is at or below Lazard's LCOE estimate for a solar-plus-lithium-battery system of 10.8-14.0 cents/kWh in its November "Levelized Cost of Storage Analysis V4.0" report. The low prices of the recent solar-plus-storage projects in Hawaii are particularly impressive given the relatively high construction costs on islands in Hawaii.
On the U.S. mainland, solar-plus-storage systems are coming in at significantly lower prices. A solicitation last year by Xcel Energy for a solar-plus-storage plant in Colorado saw a median bid of an extremely low 3.6 cents/kWh for delivery in 2023. That was lower than a deal signed by Tucson Electric in May 2017 of 4.5 cents/kWh.
Solar-plus-storage will become even cheaper in coming years. Lithium-battery prices have already plunged by 85% since 2010 and will fall by another 52% by 2030, according to BNEF.
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On this Day June 26
1961 – Gary U.S. Bonds kicks off two weeks on top of the pop chart with "Quarter to Three," ranked among The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll list.
1965 – The most popular single is The Byrds' interpretation of Bob Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man."
1971 – "It's Too Late," by Carole King, is in the middle of a five-week run on top of the Billboard Hot 100. The track goes on to capture a Record of the Year Grammy — one of four Grammys associated with King's "Tapestry" album.
1976 – Paul McCartney and Wings hold the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 with "Silly Love Songs."
1977 – Elvis Presley makes his last ever live stage appearance when he plays to a crowd of 18,000 at the Market Square Arena in Indianapolis. Less than two months later, the 42-year-old music legend is dead.
1982 – Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder enter their seventh and final week as chart-toppers with "Ebony and Ivory."
1993 – Janet Jackson rules the Billboard Hot 100 with "That's the Way Love Goes."
1999 – Jennifer Lopez is midway through a five-week run atop the singles chart with "If You Had My Love."
2004 – Usher holds at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for a sixth week with "Burn."
1927 – Coney Island's iconic Cyclone roller coaster begins operating. The ride quickly becomes a fan favorite, with long lines of repeat customers paying 25 cents per ride. In 1988, it is designated a New York City Landmark, and in 1991, it is added to the National Register of Historic Places.
1948 – Known as the "Berlin Airlift," U.S. and British planes begin delivering food and supplies through airdrops to (West) Berlin, Germany after Soviet forces seal off rail, road, and water access with a blockade. The crisis finally ends almost a year later when Soviet forces lift the blockade on land access to the city.
1959 – President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Queen Elizabeth II preside at a ceremony marking the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway, which creates a navigational channel from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes.
1963 – President John F. Kennedy speaks the famous words, "Ich bin ein Berliner," in a speech before cheering throngs in democratic West Berlin.
1974 – Grocery shopping is revolutionized with the introduction of the bar code. The first item scanned is a pack of Wrigley's Juicy Fruit chewing gum at a supermarket in Troy, Ohio.
1993 – President Bill Clinton punishes Iraq for a plot to assassinate former U.S. President George H. W. Bush.
2015 – Marking a major milestone for civil rights, the Supreme Court rules that same-sex marriage cannot be banned in the United States and that all same-sex marriages must be recognized nationwide, finally granting same-sex couples equal rights to heterosexual couples under the law.
1904 – Actor Peter Lorre, born László Loewenstein in Hungary (d. 1964)
1911 – Babe Didrikson Zaharias, considered the world's greatest woman athlete (d. 1956)
1956 – Rock musician-actor Chris Isaak ("Wicked Game," "Baby Did A Bad, Bad Thing," "Somebody's Crying")
1970 – Actor Chris O'Donnell ("Scent of a Woman," "Batman Forever," "Batman & Robin," "NCIS" Los Angeles")
1970 – Emmy-winning actor-comedian and producer Sean Hayes, best known for his starring role in the sitcom "Will & Grace"
1974 – Retired New York Yankees star shortstop Derek Jeter
1980 – NFL quarterback Michael Vick, who served nearly two years in prison for his role in illegal dog fighting
1992 – Actress Jennette McCurdy, best known for her role as Sam Puckett in the Nickelodeon sitcom "iCarly" and its spin-off, "Sam & Cat, which co-starred Ariana Grande
1993 – Actress-turned-Grammy-winning pop sensation Ariana Grande ("The Way," "Break Free," "Problem," "Thank U, Next")
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Barty still hungry to win Fed Cup title
Sport Tennis Barty still hungry to win Fed Cup title
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Winning big in the WTA Finals tournament hasn't satisfied Australia's world No.1 Ashleigh Barty. Photo: AAP
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World No.1 Ashleigh Barty says she is still hungry for Fed Cup success as she looks to lead Australia to their first title in 45 years when they take on France in Perth this weekend.
Barty arrived in Perth on Tuesday from Shenzhen, China, where she won the season-ending WTA Finals tournament and pocketed more than $A6m in prizemoney.
But the 23-year-old said that hadn't sated her desire to win the Fed Cup.
"This was a week I circled at the beginning of the year that I wanted to target, and to be able to finish the year playing as a team for your nation is pretty special and I've been looking forward to it for a long time," Barty said.
"All of us are extremely hungry – it's taken us probably two or three years to get into this position and now it's about coming out and enjoying it this weekend."
Despite the tough slog in China Barty said she felt in good shape.
"I'm as fresh as you can expect to be in the last week of the season – there's certainly no issues."
Barty fronted the media alongside veteran Samantha Stosur, who made the semi-finals in the doubles in Shenzhen.
Stosur said she hadn't been told whether she or debutante Ajla Tomljanovic, who was only cleared to represent Australia three weeks ago, would get the nod for the other singles rubber.
"All of us want to put our hand up for any match and we're all out preparing as if we will be playing but nobody has been given the nod just yet," the 35-year-old said.
"I've played Fed Cup for 16 years so to now be in the final, it's been a long time coming and we want to make the most of it."
The pair predicted French No.1 Kristina Mladenovic, who won the WTA Finals doubles title and eliminated Stosur en route, to have a big impact.
She is ranked world No.40 in singles and No.2 in doubles.
"We've both played Kristina enough on the singles and doubles court and her name is going to feature prominently on the weekend for the French team and she obviously had a fantastic week in Shenzhen, winning the doubles," Barty said.
"We know what to expect so it's about keeping it simple."
– AAP
Tennis No.1 Ash Barty says she needs time to reflect … and a beer on the couch


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Master of Kung Fu (1974-1983) #21
Master of Kung Fu (1974-1983)
Demmy Marston holds Shang-Chi responsible for the death of his girlfriend at the hands of Korain…and puts a price on his head! Add Marston to the list of folks who want the Master of Kung Fu dead!
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Master of Kung Fu Epic Collection: Weapon of the Soul
One of the most groundbreaking Marvel comics of all time! The seriesthat captured the kung fu craze starts here! Born to be the world's most fearsome fighter, Shang-Chi's life takes an unexpected turn when hediscovers the truth about his father, the villainous Fu Manchu. Sobegins the epic story of the Master of Kung Fu! In his quest to end thereign of his malevolent patriarch, Shang-Chi pits his d
Marvel Two-In-One (1974-1983)
Man-Thing vs. The Thing! Ben Grimm takes a side trek to Florida after discovering a swampy menace is using a name similar to his own. It's a battle for the 'Thingdom', as the muck monster and Ever Lovin' Blue Eyed Grimm go head-to-head! But when Molecule Man makes an appearance, will these two set aside their differences?
Tales to Astonish (1959-1968)
Collects Tales to Astonish (1959) #1-10. The Marvel Masterworks have brought you stories from the Marvel Age's super-hero heyday and comic books' Golden Age. Now, prepare yourself for the Atlas Era! Throughout the 1950s the comics world sat astride the shoulders of Atlas - a world full of gun-fighting outlaws, romantic heartbreak, gritty battlefields, terrifying horror and visionary science fic
Ka-Zar (1974-1977)
Collects Astonishing Tales (1970) #17-20, Ka-Zar (1974) #1-5, Shanna the She-Devil (1972) #1-5, Daredevil (1964) #110-112; material from Daredevil (1964) #109, Marvel Two-In-One (1974) #3. Ka-Zar the Lord of the Hidden Jungle meets Shanna the She-Devil for the very first time in this massive Marvel Masterworks! These two heroes were from separate realms, but after both rejected the modern worl
Tomb of Dracula (1972-1979)
Frank Drake, the descendant of Count Dracula, has inherited the Count's castle. With a plan to turn the castle into a tourist hot-spot, Frank sets out for Transylvania. But something dark lurks in the bowels of Castle Dracula!