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Kentucky committee advances bill requiring fewer signatures to recall school board tax hikes
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Kentucky bill that would drastically reduce the number of voter signatures needed to force a vote on taxes levied by school boards cleared its first legislative hurdle Tuesday, passing through a House committee.
Kentucky House Bill 133, sponsored by Louisville Rep. Kevin Bratcher, would require as few as 5,000 signatures of registered voters to spur a voter referendum to recall tax increases from school boards.
Current state law requires the number of signatures on such a recall petition to be at least 10% of the total number of votes cast in the local municipality or county during the last presidential election.
The committee substitute for HB 133 passed Tuesday requires either 5,000 signatures or the current 10% figure, whichever is less.
The original version of HB 133 before the committee substitute was an even greater reduction in the number of signatures needed to spur a tax recall, as it required only 100.
The legislation passed the House elections committee, which Bratcher chairs, with a 11-2 vote.
House Bill 133 comes as Kentucky's largest district is tied up in a legal battle after a petition to recall a tax increase was initially certified before being tossed after a judge determined it did not receive enough signatures to force a vote.
A recall petition against the increase from Jefferson County Public Schools needed to get 35,517 signatures under the current law. A judge ruled it fell roughly 1,500 short of that.
Under the proposed legislation, the petition would have easily been certified and JCPS' increase would have headed to the voters.
Two of bill's sponsors — Bratcher and Rep. Jerry Miller, R-Eastwood — signed the now-challenged petition to force a vote on JCPS' tax increase.
Another sponsor — Rep. Jason Nemes, R-Louisville — got into hot water after one of the anti-tax increase leaders, Theresa Camoriano, testified that he gave her access to a voter database so she could verify signatures on the petition.
Bratcher and Miller, along with a fourth co-sponsor, Rep. Russell Webber, R-Shepherdsville, voted for the bill in committee. Nemes was on the committee and left before the vote to attend a meeting of the House impeachment committee, which he chairs.
Under state law, school boards are able to raise property taxes enough to generate a 4% increase in revenue without facing a potential for a recall. Increases over that 4% limit are subject to recall, to which the proposed legislation would apply.
HB 133 has been criticized for targeting public school districts, which pull a portion of their funding from local property taxes. The existing 10% threshold would continue for other government agencies seeking higher taxes.
Under Kentucky's school funding system, districts receive a combination of funds from state and local tax dollars. The more property-rich a district is, the more of its budget comes from local taxes.
As the state allocated less funding to schools, districts needed to make up the difference with local dollars. Critics of the bill say it will make it more difficult for districts to raise the money they need, since larger increases could be easily challenged.
Bratcher previously told The Courier Journal he initially wanted HB 133 to automatically send any school tax increases above 4% to voters, but it "really got kind of complicated."
A mandate note attached to the bill said shorter petitions would mean county clerks would spend less time verifying each one, but it could also mean more petitions for the clerk to verify.
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Now that this movie has hit a discount price at Sam's, it has joined our movie collection. In many ways it is your typical Coen brothers film. That means it's really not typical at all, doesn't it.
There are some familiar faces from other Coen films, like Frances McDormand. There is a wonderful cast, in fact: John Malkovich, Brad Pitt, George Clooney and Tilda Swinton (she plays the Ice Queen in the Narnia Movies). They are thrown together in very unexpected ways (yes I know, that's not so unexpected for a Coen film) and you pretty much just have to watch these characters not transition well. That is the movie, essentially and without giving anything away. All of these characters are in transition, and they are not doing well with it. There are moments you will just find yourself a little surprised, wondering, "did that really just happen?" Of course there are a few moments that youngsters should not watch. Adults with that quirky sense of humor will enjoy the heck out of this movie. Probably watch it more than once, even, if only to see what it was that you missed the first time. Enjoy.

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Darrell Wallace Jr. Makes History With Martinsville Truck Race Win
Darrell Wallace Jr. made history on Saturday by winning the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Martinsville Speedway. Wallace is the second African-American driver to win a national NASCAR series race, and the first to do so in the Truck Series.
The 20-year-old development driver was thrilled with his win and shed tears in Victory Lane as he celebrated the event with his team. Wallace is a graduate of the sport’s Drive for Diversity, an initiative that was started by the sanctioning body in 2004 to encourage minorities and women who want to succeed in NASCAR.
By the way Wallace took the checkered flag, they succeeded. Yahoo! Sports reports that Wallace already won six races in NASCAR’s K&N East Series, a minor league circuit for the sport’s national series. He is known as an up-and-coming star in NASCAR and proved it already with three top 10s in four Nationwide Series starts last season.
Wallace also has four earlier top fives in the Truck Series this season. Saturday’s win only cemented his place in NASCAR’s future, and the 20-year-old knows it. USA Today notes that Darrell Wallace Jr. commented of his first win on the NASCAR national circuit:
“I had so much confidence coming into this race. I told everybody that asked if I was going to win, ‘H*ll yeah’ every time. So before, it was ‘No, maybe we’re going to try,’ this one was, ‘For sure,’ and we capitalized. This means a lot. It’s indescribable. I’m bawling my eyes out.”
After spending time in Victory Lane, Wallace took to Twitter to celebrate, writing, “We Came. We Saw. We Conquered.” He also received congratulations from NASCAR veteran driver Mark Martin, who wrote on Twitter that Wallace “drove like a hero.” The Truck Series rookie teared up when told about Martin’s words in a post-race interview.
Darrell Wallace Jr.’s performance on Saturday was impressive, aside from his win. He started the race in third place and led a race-high 96 laps. He held his own against Denny Hamlin and Kevin Harvick and took the lead from Ty Dillon on a lap 151 restart. He withstood three more restarts without relinquishing his number one spot.
Wallace is under contract with Joe Gibbs racing and has his sights set on the Nationwide and Sprint Cup circuits.
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When you check your FICO score, you hope for that magic 850 score, but when it comes to local governments, they hope to hold their own with the three major bond rating agencies.
On Tuesday, March 1, Guilford County announced that it had met those criteria and that the three national bond rating agencies – Fitch Ratings, S&P Global Ratings and Moody’s Investor’s Service – had determined that Guilford County’s credit was as good as it gets.
All three rate county bonds as AAA.
Granted, these are the same agencies that handed out AAA ratings in 2007 like candy on a parade to companies that were about to fold financially like a house of cards. However, more than a decade later, it’s understandable that county officials are happy with the perfect score and don’t actually mention the financial crisis as part of it.
According to the county’s press release, recently bond rating experts met with Guilford County officials to review “the health and stability of the county and its economy, the county’s operational and fiscal management practices and recent announcements of economic development”.
There are 3,006 counties in the United States, and Guilford County is one of 48 to earn a AAA rating from the three agencies. Also, only five of North Carolina’s 100 counties have this honor.
The memo is very important to Guilford County at this time, as this year school advocates and county leaders are hoping voters will approve a $1.7 billion school bond referendum and, if is passed, a lower rating could have cost the county millions due to a need to pay a higher interest rate than it will pay with a triple-A rating across the board. The county is also in the process of issuing $300 million in voter-approved school bonds in 2020 and $41 million in other bonds that voters weren’t asked to weigh in on.
Guilford County Executive Mike Halford previously served as Guilford County’s Budget Director. He therefore has an intimate knowledge of the rating process and its considerable importance.
In the March 1 press release, Halford said, “The reaffirmation of our AAA rating reflects a strong vote of confidence in Guilford County, stewardship of public resources and recent economic development announcements in our region. Our residents can be assured that we are working to ensure a bright future in Guilford County and that we are good stewards of their money. »
S&P Global Ratings gave a few reasons why the county scored so high. The company cited growth, significant economic development expected over the next decade and very capable budget management.
“Strong management has been proactive in managing the budget during the pandemic, generating strong surpluses in fiscal years 2020 and 2021 contributing to fund balance growth, and is strategic in its management of the fund balance” , says the agency report.
Moody’s assessment comments included this comment: “The stable outlook reflects continued growth in the county’s tax base and employment. The outlook also incorporates the county’s healthy financial position and adherence to formal finance and debt policies, which will continue to support stable financial operations in the future.
Fitch Ratings noted that Guilford County “shows exceptionally strong resilience to credit pressure associated with a moderate economic downturn due to expected stability in earnings and the strength of its available reserves and other tools. budget”.


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PUBG Mobile’s version 1.9 is right around the corner. On March 9, Tencent confirmed the release date for the next major update in the game.
PUBG Mobile’s version 1.9 will be released on March 18. The upcoming content with the update will be revealed in the coming days, but Tencent has confirmed that “more new game modes” are coming to the battle royale title.
In the previous version 1.8, Tencent unveiled a major collaboration with the Action film, Spiderman: No Way Home with the superhero making his way into the game. On March 9, the game announced a collaboration with the action role-playing third-person shooter, Warframe. The game has been developed by Digital Extremes and was first released in 2013. Based on past collaborations, players can expect a new mode themed on the game to arrive in PUBG Mobile’s version 1.9.
Version 1.9 will also be celebrating PUBG Mobile’s fourth anniversary. The game, which has been developed by Tencent’s LightSpeed and Quantum Studio, was released on March 19, 2018. The game has become a global hit since then and will be marking four years of release next week. Players can expect a lot of new events and rewards to celebrate the occasion.

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We are excited to announce a new partnership that allows us to continue to show indoor sculptures in person! Located in the exclusive town of Ross in Marin County, California, the brand new Jackson Grant Gallery now has 18 works by Sculpturesite Gallery artists on display. Jackson Grant founders Tom Jackson and Kathy Grant have been avid sculpture collectors for many years, and they opened their beautiful new gallery space in the heart of downtown Ross in May, 2018. Once a ballet studio, they have retained the dance studio's mirror wall and ballet barre to honor the history of the site and enhance the 3D experience of sculpture.
In addition to Sculpturesite's selection of works, Jackson's own life-cast figurative works are also on exhibition, along with several impressive pieces from the Jackson/Grant personal collection.
Jackson Grant Gallery is now open Tuesdays and Wednesdays 2pm-5pm, Fridays 2pm-6pm, and by appointment.
Address: 23 Ross Common, Ross, CA 94957.
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Don’t forget tonight we will watch the season finale of Star Wars Rebels Season 2 with a live party on Twitter. Starting at 8 PM ET/7 PM CT/5 PM PT use the hashtag #Rebels2Live to join the fun.
- Seeing The World Through Kamala Khan’s Eyes (Podcast) - July 12, 2022
- Obi-Wan Kenobi: Master of Two Worlds - July 5, 2022
- Night Light: A Ms. Marvel Podcast - June 29, 2022


The long-delayed coronavirus contact tracing app faced confusion today after No10 suggested it would not automatically detect people's contacts.
Downing Street listed features the app would have when it launches this Thursday - and did not include Bluetooth contact detection, its key feature.
Questioned about the discrepancy, the PM's official spokesman twice declined to say the function would be there on time. Instead, he twice said he had set out the list of functions and added nothing more.
However, after this story was published, Department of Health sources later said the function will exist when the app launches after all.
It is thought there was a miscommunication between government departments.
- This story has been updated from its original version after Department of Health sources said the Bluetooth contact-tracing will work after all.
A Department of Health and Social Care spokesman later said: "Contact tracing will be at the heart of the NHS Covid-19 app.
"The app is designed to work alongside traditional contact tracing services and testing, to help people to understand if they are at risk of infection so they can take action to protect themselves and their communities.
"It will log the time and distance a user has spent near to anyone, even if they don’t know them, so it can alert them if necessary if that person later tests positive for COVID-19, and help them self-isolate, book a free test if they develop symptoms and get their results."
When the app was first announced in May, it was intended that it would use Bluetooth connections to map who a user had been close to.
When a user tested positive, the system was supposed to inform others they had been close to that they should self-isolate.
After testing on the Isle of Wight, ministers admitted the core functionality did not work as well as was needed.
So Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced the app would move to a model developed by Apple and Google.
Last month, the government said the new app would include a pulsing green tick to show automatic contact tracing was active.
It would alert people when they came into contact with a positive case, and could be turned off when phones are in a locker or people were behind a screen.
In a briefing with journalists, No10 today suggested that function would not be ready for the app when it launches this week.
Instead it would include basic functions allowing people to book tests, check the "risk level" in their area, and check into a pub or restaurant using a QR code.
The Prime Minister's official spokesman said: "It will be there to check and report symptoms, book a test, find out if you tested positive or not and if you need to self isolate.
“You’ll be able to check the risk level of your local area and it will provide for the QR code check-in on entry to various premises with your phone instead of having to fill out a check-in book or anything else to provide your contact details.”
He added: “It will work on both Apple and Android phones."
Asked if the app would be made mandatory, the spokesman said: "It is not the intention to make it mandatory, but I think what you will see is it will be backed by a social media campaign pointing out the role that it can play in helping you to check and report symptoms, and to help keep yourself, your loved ones and your friends safe.”
And asked to confirm whether the automatic testing function would be ready at launch, the spokesman said: “I’ve set out for you the functions which it will have when it’s launched.”
Government sources later clarified the contact-tracing function would work after all.


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I am so happy to share my new website with you! Be sure to click around and get lots of information about my books in print, upcoming speaking engagements and news! I would also love to hear from you, so be sure to contact me and send an email.
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On May 1 and 2 I will be attending the Meet the Masters Art Show at the Art Center of Burlington in Iowa. All of the 5th grade students in Burlington have studied various masters of art. This year they focussed on Roy Lichtenstein and invited me to give a presentation. I'll also speak about other artists I have written about: Degas, Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, and Georgia O'Keeffe.
Kirkus has just reviewed my book The Quilts of Gee's Bend and gave it a starred review!
Brown v. Board of Education is an ALA Notable book for 2016!
I was so happy to read to my grandson Ethan Rubin's school in Marin County last week. Some pictures are below.
Deborah Kalb interviewed me about Brown v. Board of Education and the interview is now available on her blog.
A podcast I did with Aaron Barnhart on his "Q Review" is now available to stream! The interview was about Brown v. Board of Education, and the interviewer was calling from Topeka, KS! (home of Linda and Cheryl Brown and site of their elementary school, Monroe, which is now a museum.)
Great review just in from CoolMomPicks for my book Roy's House!
I am thrilled to announce that Brown v. Board of Education: A Fight for Simple Justice has been given a starred review from School Library Journal in the October, 2016 issue. This is the third so far for this book!
Brown v. Board of Education: A Fight for Simple Justice has been awarded the designation, "A Junior Library Guild Selection" for fall 2016.
Here is the cover for my new book "Brown v. Board of Education: A Fight for Simple Justice" due out in October!
Cheryl Rattner Price's documentary film "NOT The Last Butterfly" will have a special screening at the Museum of Photographic Arts in Balboa Park, San Diego, on Tuesday, September 20 at 7:00 pm. I was privileged to be included in the film to talk about Friedl Dicker-Brandeis and the art she guided children into creating at Terezin Concentration Camp.
My stepson and his family found Delicious:The Life & Art of Wayne Thiebaud, a painter of gum ball machines and lollipops, displayed in this Portland, Oregon candy store.
On May 1 and 2 I will be attending the Meet the Masters Art Show at the Art Center of Burlington in Iowa
Each month I'll post a video I love!

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'Ugly Betty' Actor Allegedly Stabs Mother
Brooklyn actor Michael Brea, who has appeared in "Ugly Betty" and "Step Up 3D" is alleged to have fatally stabbed his mother with a sword after a bizarre religious diatribe, cops said. Video courtesy of NY Post.
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MMAPA Calls On Congress To Approve Long-Term Funding Solution For Puerto Rico’s Medicaid Program
Congress Must Act To End Puerto Rico’s Ongoing “Medicaid Cliff” Crisis
November 22, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, the Medicaid and Medicare Advantage Products Association of Puerto Rico (MMAPA), a non-profit organization composed of the leading Medicaid and Medicare Advantage organizations in Puerto Rico, sent a letter calling on Congressional leaders to enact a long-term funding solution for Puerto Rico’s Medicaid program.
“Medicaid is a particularly important program in Puerto Rico, where the population suffers from some of the highest rates of chronic disease, including diabetes and cardiovascular illness, in the country,” MMAPA’s Board wrote to Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR), and House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone (D-NJ) and Ranking Member Greg Walden (R-OR).
“The possibility of significant reductions in overall funding will create enormous uncertainty for our members, providers and others in the health care community, not to mention disruptions in access to care for the beneficiaries we are privileged to serve,” they continued.
For years, Congress has funded Puerto Rico’s Medicaid program on a short-term basis, forcing coverage uncertainty onto Puerto Rico’s beneficiaries each time the “Medicaid Cliff” approaches. While Congress has come to an agreement to avert the November 21st deadline and fund the program through December 20th of this year, the people of Puerto Rico deserve far better peace of mind when it comes to their health care coverage. MMAPA stands ready to work with members of Congress on both sides of the aisle to enact long-term, bipartisan legislation that would put Puerto Rico’s Medicaid program on steady footing.
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Dear Chairmen Pallone and Grassley and Ranking Members Walden and Wyden: The Medicaid and Medicare Advantage Products Association of Puerto Rico (“MMAPA”) salutes your efforts to address Puerto Rico’s health care crisis, particularly the impending Medicaid cliff. In particular, we applaud Congress’s decision to continue a 100% Federal Matching Assistance Percentage (“FMAP”) for Puerto Rico’s Medicaid program in its recent short-term continuing resolution. We urge you to continue these bipartisan efforts in drafting longer-term proposals. Our views on such legislation are set forth below. MMAPA is a non-profit association composed of the leading Medicaid and Medicare Advantage organizations in Puerto Rico. Our mission is to develop policy proposals that sustain and improve funding for Medicare Advantage and Medicaid beneficiaries and the Puerto Rican health care system at large. Almost 95% of Puerto Rico’s Medicaid program is run and managed by MMAPA members, who will be responsible for implementing many of the requirements contained in the legislation you are now considering. Medicaid is a particularly important program in Puerto Rico, where the population suffers from some of the highest rates of chronic disease, including diabetes and cardiovascular illness, in the country. Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (“CHIP”) cover 1.5 million Americans in Puerto Rico—approximately 45 percent of the island’s population, including approximately 350,000 also eligible for Medicare. The devastation caused by Hurricanes Irma and Maria further strained the health care situation in Puerto Rico. With many medical facilities suffering damage, access to care became even more difficult. As a result of this and other factors, thousands of physicians have fled the Island, creating a crisis of access. Despite this need, the American citizens of Puerto Rico receive the lowest per-capita federal Medicaid funding in the country because the program is subject to statutory caps on both its FMAP and total funding. Experts estimate that, were it treated as a state, Puerto Rico’s FMAP would be in the range of 83%. Further, the needs of Puerto Rico’s program far exceed the roughly $370 million ceiling imposed by current law. MMAPA believes that the “Territories Health Care Improvement Act,” as passed by the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, represents a solid, bipartisan solution to address Puerto Rico’s Medicaid program for the next several years. We also believe, however, that any funding extension should address meaningfully all the major deficiencies in the program. Specifically, we support the requests by the Government of Puerto Rico which tie the funding extension to implementation of some of the key standard Medicaid benefits not covered by the current program. Puerto Rico is interested in including, among other things, the payment of Part B member premiums for the most fragile dual-eligible population, a critical support that Medicaid provides in the states and other territories, but not Puerto Rico. Current federal law dictates that seniors in Puerto Rico are not automatically enrolled into Medicare Part B when they enter the Social Security Program, like their fellow citizens in the states and the other territories. As a result, Puerto Rico has the lowest Medicare Part B participation rate in our nation. We also strongly support funding to improve access to costly Hepatitis C medications and other life-saving drugs, while increasing reimbursement for providers. For your reference, attached is a copy of H.R. 3371, the “Puerto Rico Health Care Fairness, Accountability, and Beneficiary Access Act of 2019”, which addresses these and other issues. MMAPA is mindful of the bipartisan desire to include program integrity provisions in a Medicaid assistance package. We support appropriate measures with reasonable deadlines that provide well-defined missions for the Government of Puerto Rico and others that are critical to the management of the health care system on the island. We caution, however, that any penalties (such as a reduction in federal funding) for non-compliance with any integrity requirements be appropriately calibrated, considering that while the Puerto Rico Government only recently implemented the Medicaid Management Information System and Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, all MMAPA members that run the Medicaid program have been addressing fraudulent claims for years through their own payment integrity programs. For example, rather than an all-or-nothing standard for the release of funds conditioned upon meeting program integrity metrics, we urge that progress should be acknowledged proportionally. The possibility of significant reductions in overall funding will create enormous uncertainty for our members, providers and others in the health care community, not to mention disruptions in access to care for the beneficiaries we are privileged to serve. If money needs to be withheld, we strongly prefer a structure similar to the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, as opposed to proposals that claw back allocated funding. Further, as Congress begins to work on longer term reforms, it should also level the playing field in Medicare Advantage (“MA”). Puerto Rico may depend on Medicaid to cover a large low-income population, but we also depend on MA to provide the majority of the funding to the Puerto Rico healthcare system. MA accounts for nearly 50% of all health care funding to patients and providers in Puerto Rico. Further, 97% of the Part A & B dual eligible population currently depends on a fully integrated MA-SNP + Medicaid program that we call Medicare Platino. This program is a successful case study of Medicare + Medicaid integration, but its stability and progress are greatly hindered by the disparity of MA base rates in Puerto Rico compared to anywhere else in the United States. Puerto Rico depends on MA to cover its large senior population. If it were a state, Puerto Rico would have the 8th largest MA-covered population in the nation. But the disparity in funding is enormous and getting worse: back in 2011, PR MA rates were 24% lower than the US average. Now, nine years later, they are 43% lower. Legislation introduced by Resident Commissioner Jenniffer Gonzalez, Rep. Nydia Velazquez, Rep. Darren Soto, and a group of bipartisan colleagues, the Puerto Rico Integrity in Medicare Advantage Act (“PRIMA”), H.R. 813, would dramatically improve Medicare funding by setting a three-year floor to federal payments. Puerto Rico would still have the lowest levels of MA rates in the nation, but we could begin to reverse the disparities, fully recover from the hurricanes, and fund the health care system these Americans residing in Puerto Rico want and deserve. We urge the Committee to give full consideration to this vitally needed legislation for hundreds of thousands of Puerto Rico’s seniors. We look forward to continuing our work with you in addressing Puerto Rico’s urgent Medicaid and Medicare Advantage problems, and we thank you for your bipartisan efforts to include a more lasting solution to Puerto Rico’s Medicaid challenges.
The Medicaid and Medicare Advantage Products Association of Puerto Rico (MMAPA) is a non-profit organization composed of the leading Medicaid and Medicare Advantage organizations in Puerto Rico. Founded in 2009, MMAPA is dedicated to promoting policy solutions to solve Puerto Rico’s health care challenges. Follow MMAPA on Twitter at @mmapapr or visit our website, mmapapr.org.
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Valle Weighs Options for Undisputed While Approaching WBO Deadline
Two-division unified champion Yokasta Valle (27-0, 9KO), after scoring a disputed victory over former unified junior flyweight champion Evelin “La Princesita” Bermudez (17-1-1, 6KO), does not have long to celebrate.
On November 26, Valle added one more checkmark in the legacy column by becoming a two-divisional unified champion. In a spirited battle that saw both champions give it their all, the fight came down to a photo finish.
YOKASTA VALLE IS ON THE CLOCK
Despite two of the judge’s absurd scorecards, a case can be made the fight should have been a draw, if not a narrow margin for either fighter. Nevertheless, Valle got the nod and is officially on notice by the WBO to declare which division she wants to remain champion in.
Valle is the procurer of both, the IBF and WBO minimumweight titles. Prior to the bout with Bermudez, the governing sanctioning body approved their showdown. In addition, the WBO committee explained that, if victorious, Valle has 10 days to inform them as to which division she will campaign at.
TWO PATHS, ONE DESTINATION UNDISPUTED
When looking at the landscape over two divisions, Valle has some good financial options. By staying at junior flyweight, Valle can attempt to solidify her legacy by fighting for undisputed against the winner of the unification between WBC champion Kim Clavel and WBA champion Jessica Nery Plata.
Another option is going back to minimumweight to pursue a fan-favorite showdown with two-divisional champion Seniesa “Super Bad” Estrada. There is a huge backstory to their rivalry as both women used to fight under the Golden Boy Banner.
Estrada wants to unify with WBC champion Tina Rupprecht, meaning a showdown with Valle would also be for undisputed. Honestly, there is no wrong decision as either path potentially leads to undisputed.
3Kings Boxing will continue to monitor this situation and provide any further development.
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MUMBAI—Actor-director-writer and musician Farhan Akhtar is on a multi-city India tour of his concert shows. Along with his band, Farhan Akhtar Live, he had started a slew of concerts from the first week in January that will continue until mid-March
Started from Jan. 6 in Indore, the multi-talented star has already completed shows in Mangalore, Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Indore, Ranthambore, Chennai, Delhi, Guwahati, Mumbai, Calicut, Bengaluru and Hyderabad. He will soon be visiting Cuttack and Pune.
Apart from performing in locations where most artists would not even consider doing shows, the musician is known to perform across the globe for his initiative MARD. Akhtar’s concerts get a great response, and they are not just about entertainment but also about a social message. MARD stands for Man Against Rape and Discrimination and how the actor has a strong take on it and performs to spread awareness.

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RCMP bans Christmas lights on trucks
Many local residents deemed the Comox Valley RCMP “The Grinch” this December after the detachment disallowed brightly decorated trucks from making their annual trips through the community.
Several commercial truck owners adorn their rides with brightly coloured Christmas lights for the annual Cumberland Light Truck Parade. Some keep the decorations on their trucks after the parade in the hopes of “spreading Christmas cheer” by driving to the homes of sick kids and care facilities for seniors during the Holidays.
But this year, the local RCMP deemed the bright lights a safety hazard and a violation of the Motor Vehicle Act. The police issued warnings to two truck drivers and told them they had to turn off their lights.
Following some initial backlash from residents, RCMP inspector Tim Walton told Comox council on Dec. 13 that the detachment would stand by its decision.
The controversy gained media attention throughout Vancouver Island as well as traction on social media. A petition to allow the truck drivers to continue with their annual tradition garnered nearly 1,800 signatures.
CVRD signs amended Union Bay agreement
In terms of local politics, plans for long-awaited development projects in Union Bay took a major step forward in December after the Comox Valley Regional District board approved several amendments to a Master Development Agreement with Kensington Island Properties (KIP) on Dec. 12.
The updated agreement, which was originally signed in 2010, gives KIP the green light to begin its multiple projects in Union Bay.
“Kensington Island Properties is going to breathe new life into the Union Bay community and region,” said the company’s vice-president, Brian McMahon.
“The new amenities, infrastructure and affordable housing units are going to make Union Bay great place to live.”
KIP bought over 1,000 acres of land in Union Bay in the late 1990s with the long-term goal of developing a golf course, 2,000+ housing units, a marina walkway, a water filtration plant, a fire hall, and a network of parks and trails.
The developer has faced countless political and regulatory hurdles over the years (as well as some legal battles) that have prevented the projects from being completed. Or, in many cases, even started.
UBID erases footage of board meeting
Also regarding Union Bay, many residents were upset with their local governing authority — the Union Bay Improvement District — after 17 minutes of footage from a Nov. 16 board meeting were deleted. Because of a bylaw that UBID passed earlier this year, the footage was the only legally allowed recording of that meeting.
UBID claimed the erasure was an accident, but some landowners expressed skepticism considering the portion of the video that was deleted. The erased footage was from a discussion regarding a contentious motion from UBID trustee Susanna Kaljur. Her motion was to send a letter to the CVRD requesting the information on the pros and cons of having UBID join the CVRD as a service area.
The motion ultimately passed 3-2, though UBID still has not sent the letter to the CVRD as of Dec. 19. UBID board chair Peter Jacques said the motion should be further discussed at the January board meeting.


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I've been reading James Knowlson's big biography of Samuel Beckett, Damned to Fame—an experience that not only transports me back over forty years to the days when I was writing my undergraduate Honors Thesis in English on Beckett, but also sets me to contemplating again the relationship between "high" cultural creation, and "low," or popular, culture. While Beckett's incorporation of such popular cultural materials as vaudeville-style slapstick and Charlie Chaplin's tramp into Waiting for Godot undoubtedly helped to erode the traditional barriers between high and low culture, his own lifelong devotion to the highest of the elite arts (classical music and literature, philosophy, and fine art) also comes through very powerfully in the story of his life. Though in rapid decline even within his lifetime, the "cultural capital" of high art still stood for something in Beckett's formative years in a way that is almost unimaginable in an era when the Oscar, Emmy, Grammy, and VMA awards (etc.) are effectively our society's supreme expressions of esthetic taste. And this, paradoxically, is why the semiotic analysis of popular culture is itself an activity of high cultural importance; for if we are to come to an understanding of who and what we are as a society—which is one of the more profound aims of esthetic creation—we have to look at what really matters to us. And for some time now, what really matters has been pop culture.
In saying this, I am going against the grain of such cultural theorists as Lucien Goldmann, who believed that social knowledge comes through the study of "high" cultural creation. Perhaps that was once so; it certainly isn't the case today, however, when traditional high culture is on life support. While there has never been a mass audience for the elite arts, what has changed has been the economic basis of esthetic creation: the centuries-long shift from a system of aristocratic patronage to one of commodity capitalism in a market economy.
Chaucer, that is to say, paid the bills by living in the palace of John of Gaunt, and Michelangelo sought commissions from the Church. Today, "high" art poets must seek out teaching positions to survive because poems have little commodity value, and painters hope for the kind of awards and critical reviews that will attract wealthy speculators to their work in a kind of fine art stock market.
An apprehension that the economics of artistic production was changing everything was behind the rise not only of Modernism, but of Romanticism as well, as artists began to feel alienated from their audiences—no longer coteries of patrons and friends, but a mass market of anonymous consumers—and so, in defiance, they turned away from seeking popularity to create generations of avant-garde art that only helped to reduce what audience for high art ever existed in the first place. The result has the been the creation of what I have called a "museum culture," as high art has retreated to ever more beleaguered bastions of cultural preservation, while popular culture, with its seemingly limitless market potential, has flourished. (I know, you may have attended the opera recently, or a symphonic performance, and that you may spend your free time rereading War and Peace, rather than The Arkham Asylum, but even so, you cannot have missed the signs that those are unusual choices today.)
Cultural semiotics doesn't complain about this shift in cultural tastes (history, after all is history); and it doesn't attempt to apply the critical standards of high art to works of mass culture. Rather, taking as its basis the recognition that cultural production in a market environment will produce what the market desires, cultural semiotics analyzes that desire itself, seeking its significance. For therein lies the consciousness of our society, the revelation, finally, of who and what we are.
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Antique Dealers in Memphis, TN
Comprehensive list of Memphis, Tennessee based collectible & antique dealers, shops and stores.
La Maison Antiques opened it's doors in October 1999. It speedily became the premier establishment for antiques and items for the home not only in Memphis, but adjacent states. It's 40+ dealers allow La Maison to provide merchandise to meet a huge range of personal styles.
Toad Hall Antiques, voted one of the Best Antique Shops in Memphis, is situated in the Memphis Antique and Design District and the core of Midtown. When you enter Toad Hall you will experience an atmosphere of warmth and charm filled with fine English, French and Continental furnishings.
- My friend and I stumbled across this shop while spending the day exploring antique shops
M. Ford Creech Antiques specializes in 17th, eighteenth, and early nineteenth century furniture and accessories. Each piece is carefully selected in regard to quality, condition and uniqueness. All furniture offered has a long history of occupancy in the US.
Biggs Powell has enjoyed fast success since opening Biggs Powell Interior Design & Antiques in December 2002 in a restored Victorian clapboard in midtown Memphis. His designs and shop have appeared in such publications as Veranda, Southern Accents and Memphis Magazine, and House Beautiful recently selected Powell as one of America's Top Young Designers September 2003.
- Biggs is one of the most talented young designers in the country today. His ability to
Q uality and beauty are ideals worth striving for. Many antiques were created by masters who practiced these values and these pieces continue to enhance the lives of their current owners, standing the dual tests of time and changing fashion. Items used and cherished in daily life have developed a character of their own that transcend time; they will be cherished by later generations and contribute
From the moment you enter the Graham's spacious showrooms, you'll know you're in for a treat. Exotic imports, personally selected by Graham's buyers in Europe's best factories. Handcrafted chandeliers and lanterns from Graham's own Fourteenth Colony fabrication shop in Memphis. Rare antique chandeliers from all over the world. Graham's has served the Mid-South for over 40 years.
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I Spy Conversation-Starter Game
Keep your littlest guests occupied with this photographic scavenger hunt. Who knows? One of them might even snap your favorite shot of the night.
Place a card, a disposable camera, and a pencil at each child's setting, and see which kid can photograph all the items on the list first. You won't need an incentive to get the kids playing, but a small prize for the winner is a good idea.
Download the PDF and print onto card stock. With a paper trimmer or a craft knife and metal straightedge, cut the paper in half to make two cards. Use a rounded corner punch to trim the corners of each card.
- Jonathan Bennett and Jaymes Vaughan Are Engaged!
- What Kind of Tasks Should the Bride Really Plan to Tackle on the Morning of the Wedding?
- This Couple Invited Absolutely No One—Not Even an Officiant—to Their Aspen Elopement
- These Are the Three Best Ways for the Maid of Honor to Communicate with the Other Bridesmaids

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The declining number of people taking the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) every year is a good indication that something probably needs to change in the law school market. In a few years a lot more college graduates are going to conclude it just isn’t worth it.
Maybe law schools need to change how they operate, argues David Fontana, associate professor of law at George Washington University Law School, in a book review he wrote for The New Republic:
Law schools are… simply “failing.” They offer only a one-size-fits-all law school education that does not teach many law students what they should learn and is also incredibly expensive.
The problems affect almost all law schools because law schools are required to be more similar to one another than different. There are at least two major reasons for this. First, the American Bar Association (ABA) decides which law schools can be accredited, and it requires that law schools primarily employ tenured or tenure-track professors. Sixty-five percent of professors in American universities are employed in positions not eligible for tenure, but any law school that tried to match that proportion could lose its accreditation. As a result, law schools shoulder the cost of a permanent crop of highly compensated professors. Law schools also lose the flexibility to shuffle professors in and out as pedagogical and scholarly needs change.
The more serious existential crisis, however, is that law school just costs too much money to justify, because the job market is so bad. “Since 2010, applications to law schools are down nearly 25 percent. Only about two-thirds of law school graduates are employed in jobs requiring passage of the bar examination, and 12 percent of graduates are unemployed.”
This is a problem that requires “thoughtful examination” of the American law school, says Fontana. Thoughtful examination? How about just some healthy destruction?
It might be time not just to rely on law schools to change themselves, but to encourage or even require them to change. Universities can signal the importance of reform by creating financial incentives for reform and by indirectly overseeing it. Tenure standards might be raised to permit law schools to help ensure that new salary obligations are made to scholars who will remain productive even after tenure. And it might be time for even the most basic of support for legal research to come from a law school equivalent of the National Science Foundation or the National Institutes of Health—or even from the central university administration funding legal research—in order to impose a little healthy competition. These are ideas worth exploring, if not necessarily adopting at all schools in all situations.
But I suspect “a little healthy competition” would only result in “a little improvement.” None of these changes Fortana proposes are terribly controversial,though they’d surely be opposed by the law schools themselves.
Here’s a better thought: just kill off all of those low tier law schools, which don’t really help much in terms of advancing legal thought or helping graduates secure good jobs.
We can do this relatively easily by simply not requiring a law degree in order to practice law. Just let any college graduate take the bar exam offered his state. If he can pass he should be good to go. This appears to already be the situation in several states, and there’s no indication that lawyers who don’t go to law school are any worse than those who do.
Ultimately America’s top law schools would continue to exist under such reforms (which would be state-level, not federal) because surely America’s top firms and best clerkships could continue to require law school degrees. But most legal jobs aren’t prestigious positions for which it’s appropriate to assume five or six figures worth of debt. The bachelor’s degree and a passing bar score should be good enough for entry into the profession.
Fontana writes, “the American law school has a proud tradition, one that law schools around the world have imitated. This tradition is worth saving.”
Sure it is, but let’s keep this “proud tradition” in perspective. America’s law schools can continue to uphold that tradition if they’re so inclined, but most law schools aren’t upholding much but a debt-based institution that’s required only because of excessively burdensome barriers to entry into the legal profession. Make it easier, and fairer, to enter the law; that’s the real way to introduce meaningful competition. [Image via]

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Competitive and integrative policy actions are simultaneously being promoted in Swedish primary care; citizens' choice of care is launched while primary care is expected to integrate its activities with other providers for the creation of ‘local health care’. Competition tends, however, to fragment the provision of services. The aim of this study is, accordingly, to explore whether or not these policies are compatible in practice. For this purpose, strategically designed group interviews were conducted with citizens. When citizens make active choices, they are under the influence of self-perceived conditions: that is, the accessibility of the care, its continuity and the treatment offered by the care provider, conditions which, in turn, have a lot in common with the guiding principles of local health care. On the other hand, citizens who choose passively, because of not being in contact with primary care, have no difficulties in being disloyal to the chosen unit when becoming patients. In doing so, they also contribute to the fragmentation of local health care. Making entirely free choices when it comes to primary care seems to be incompatible with local health care. However, choice of care only partly equals the conditions of free choice. Choice of care and local health care would thus seem to be compatible, in practice, for the majority of patients.
|International Journal of Health Planning and Management
|Publicerad - 2012
- Hälso- och sjukvårdsorganisation, hälsopolitik och hälsoekonomi (30301)

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Some random images taken around and near my home in the High Country of Victoria. I love the changing natural light from sunrise to sunset. The changes in the seasons and the abundance of trees and other plants is also a joy to watch. The Delatite River is a delightful place to cool off or cross by bicycle. It is summer now and the lush greenness of spring has disappeared as the baking sun dries off the grass. It also brings outs the snakes including tigers and browns. We just chased one off now while having our coffee on the verandah. Snakes are a protected native species in Victoria but sometimes people will kill them if they get too near their house or sheds. We also have friends who have sadly lost dogs and even horses to snake bite so it does pay to be wary when out and about. Just like COVID we are learning to live with it!
As school returns for another term and the holiday makers disappear, the car spaces return outside the local supermarket and a sense of normality is resumed. Some may have gone home earlier due to the extreme heat wave conditions and fire activity close to popular camping areas. Last week our weather station was recording outside temperatures in the high 30s with some days hitting almost 44 degrees Celsius which is unusual for this part of the world. But to be honest, what is normal these days? Regardless of your thoughts on climate change, there is no doubt our weather patterns are changing.
Any sign of green grass has been replaced with an extremely dry landscape which adds to the risk of fire with the long, brittle grasses scorched by the blazing sun.
February 7, 2019 marks the 10th anniversary of Black Saturday which was one of the darkest days in Victoria’s history and changed how as a community we dealt with the dangers of bush fire. ABC TV aired a documentary this week “The Aftermath: Beyond Black Saturday” stories of survivors and their struggles. Despite the horrors and heartbreak, that will always stay with individuals, there are the stories of hope and love; and lives rebuilt which pay testament to the ability of the human spirit to overcome. https://iview.abc.net.au/show/aftermath-beyond-black-saturday
Although I was not directly involved in the 2009 bushfires which during January and February destroyed many parts of Victoria, it was heart-breaking to hear of the 173 deaths, thousands of homes and other buildings lost, and the 400,000 hectares that were burnt (cfa.vic.gov website).
The scale of the tragedy saw more than 78 Victorian communities directly affected. The anniversary on February 7, marks the devastation of several towns including Marysville, Kinglake, Kinglake West, Narbethong, Flowerdale and Strathewen. The Country Fire Authority (CFA) ultised more than 19,000 members in frontline firefighting, incident management and support behind the scenes (cfa.vic.gov website). For a more detailed account of the fires it is worth visiting the CFA website to understand fully what these firefighters were up against on the day. Hopefully many lessons have been learnt from that event to prepare us much better 10 years on. https://www.cfa.vic.gov.au/about/black-saturday
Our move to the country has made us think more about being fire-prepared and to realise the real possibilities of a fire. The recent hot weather makes one nervous, especially when surrounded by dry, grass. But we are fortunate to have good neighbours who help out and keep others in the loop if there is a problem. We also have three CFA brigades reasonably close by. The former owners of our property were smart in setting up a sprinkler system around the house which pumps water up from our dam.
This past week has seen us concerned about friends who live at Grantville, near Western Port Bay, in Victoria due to a fire that got out of control in a nature reserve. For a week now, they have been observing a watch and act advice. While they have been relatively safe, it has been unnerving for them. Transport yourself to far-north Queensland and I have another friend who has been struggling with the impact of flooding with a record 1000mls over one week. Talk about extremes. Yesterday, we received 25mls in one hour and yet the nearby township only 20 minutes away got zilch.
Apart from being immersed in the weather conditions, my husband and I are always amazed at the wildlife and birds that live here. His discovery of a metre-long snake skin makes me not keen to meet the former occupant! I am finding the odd dead frog indoors who has sadly succumbed to being dried out because of the hot weather. Before it rains, I often find large, sugar ants busily running around on my front porch.
The extreme heatwave is hard on native birds, especially the magpies. The young ones take a while to work out that the silver tray is full of water just for them. We have also been watching a family of Willy Wagtails in their tiny, mud-built nest in the oak tree. Every time, I walked past the tree I would get dive-bombed by mummy bird to warn me off going near her three little babies. Today, we noticed that there is only one left in the nest.
From small palm-sized birds to majestic giants, we happened to come across a pair of wedge tail eagles in a nearby paddock last week. As we were driving past, I thought they were perched on a fallen log. We turned the car to go back for a closer look and found it was a dead sheep they were standing on (I imagine the sheep had died of natural causes). I was too slow to get a decent photo but they were magnificent to see. Several days later, while we at home enjoying a coffee outside, we spotted what we think is the same pair soaring across our paddock and perching in the dead gum tree. It was incredible to watch the smaller birds trying to scare them off. I also warned Friskie my cat to keep well away or he would end up as a tasty snack!
So life in the country is anything but dull; and we wouldn’t have it any other way.
December 1 heralds the official start of summer in Australia but this month also saw the arrival of a summer’s worth of rain in 24 hours. Following our cold, frosty winter we have been enjoying some rather warm 30 degrees Celsius plus days in the run up to December. With the big downpour I started to wonder whether we should start work on an ark! Our builder says his shed wasn’t big enough for such a project but he would watch out for a dove with an olive branch. My husband’s response was, “The olive tree had floated away!”. It was a deluge.
Our driveway suffered a bit of damage so we are waiting for a professional to come in and remake the road for us. We have placed a couple of “witches’ hats” in the two holes to warn visitors.
My city slicker cat is adapting to country life and has a new activity chasing little bunnies who are game enough to come out into the open. However, the day after the big rain and being cooped up for a couple of days, Rambo spent his time watching the rabbit burrow near our rockery. He came back to the house and was scratching like crazy. I thought he had sat on one of the many sugar ant hills around our house and got himself bitten. But no, looking at his dirty chest, he had stuck his head down the burrow and was infested with fleas. We usually use the slow release flea treatment that is absorbed into the cat’s bloodstream but this called for urgent action. We were fortunate to have some flea powder handy and the fleas were jumping in large numbers! A friend told me it happens a lot with rabbits and cats – and owners have to flea bomb their houses afterwards. I’m not scratching so haven’t resorted to that action – just a really good vacuum.
With the warmer weather, the snake sightings increase which makes me nervous if the cats are wandering around outside. My husband just called me outside to near the rockery where a rather large black/brown snake was slithering away. So I bring the cats in and they are not happy being locked up on such a nice afternoon. My camera is sitting next to me but when it comes to snakes I don’t feel so inclined to get that close to the subject matter.
Earlier this year we attended the Alternative Farming Expo at Seymour where we watched a snake handler do a display with various snakes found throughout Australia. It is part of a snake awareness education program, explaining the different types and how dangerous the different species are. We bought a snake bite first aid kit for our car. Tourniquets are no longer used and a wide crepe bandage is used to immobilise the affected limb or other body parts. I did feel braver when watching someone who was experienced with snakes and did pat one of them when he walked around with one for the audience to touch. I took several photos but it was still unnerving watching these reptiles slithering on the ground. But there are very strict regulations for transporting snakes and some heavy-duty storage lockers in use.
Snakes are a protected species, so it is best to give them a wide berth when encountered. We have a dam near our house which we are told attracts snakes. Just like other parts of the world we learn to respect the wild things that we share this land with and use common sense when around them.


I found Industry Giant ok, but I favour building Transport Systems, and enjoying doing it.
The track-building system seems to have no options or choices at all, The programmers seem to be obsessed with bridges and tunnels if the gradient rises above 0.1% yet you cannot override the programme, it is bonkers.
This product is in desperate need of some logic and the application of commonsense.
It seems to me to be a repeat of the good old German ‘Transport Giant’ or ‘Trucks and Trains Tycoon’ (one of the two, it is identical, but without a logical track laying method, or a decent Industry system, as Brunel pointed out.
I also noticed the famous German 103 Class is bugged- she only moves at 87mph, not her stated 125mph.
I’ll stick with Railroad Tycoon 2 (not 3) anyday.
Talking of Brunel, I hope you watched the Cornwall Sleeper to London video as the train slows down to go single track over the Tamar bridge,, and at as little as £50 for the night it is now cheaper than a hotel at either end, with the added bonus that strangers are no longer allowed to share a berth (cabin/room).It’s a journey I want to do before the Tories cut the funding for it. (It has been kept going for the Cornish and Devon MP’s who have to go my town of London to sit in Parliament, and it should remain as a service to them, us and tourists, it’s a beautiful line, especially in Devon when the line and sea literally meet each other: Sleeper one way, daylight the other way.


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The two Hall of Famers spoke to ESPN.com this week for stories I'm working on featuring Brian Leetch and Steve Yzerman, both scheduled for Hall inductions Nov. 9 along with Brett Hull and Luc Robitaille (my colleague Scott Burnside is handling those two).
But I asked both Messier and Larionov how life is treating them. "The Moose" is finding his first season in the New York Rangers' front office to be quite educational, while "The Professor" revealed he is no longer running St. Petersburg in the KHL and has instead began to consult with NHL player agent Ian Pulver.
"First and foremost, it's great to be back in the game," said Messier, a special assistant to the president with the Rangers. "And it's great being in a situation where the games mean something again. I love hockey and I love watching it, but it's much different when you're working toward something. We've gotten off to a good start, which has made the start of the season a lot of fun."
So, what exactly does the special assistant to the president (Glen Sather) do?
"Glen has given me a lot of latitude to look into the organization, into a lot of different areas, to spend time in different areas, starting with Traverse City [Red Wings rookie tournament], working through training camp, evaluating, going to Hartford [AHL], watching other games, taking in some meetings downtown with internal operations ... every day is different," Messier said. "A lot of latitude to move around, see what's going on and continue to learn."
It's clear from the enthusiasm in Messier's voice that the second chapter of his hockey career is officially under way.
Larionov thought that was the case when he took on a leading voice in the fledgling KHL in his native Russia, seemingly a key voice to league president Alexander Medvedev. Larionov was the director of hockey operations for St. Petersburg, the team Medvedev also owns. But Larionov, inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame last November, revealed to ESPN.com that he left his hockey operations duties with the club at the end of last season, although he has retained his seat on the board of directors. He cited philosophical differences.
"I felt the team's direction was wrong for me, so I decided to step down," Larionov said.
So, the former hockey star joined Pulver Sports a couple of months ago. He has scouted players in the Ontario Hockey League and in Russia, among other places.
"It's been a lot of fun," Larionov said. "I've enjoyed talking to the kids and their parents. It's been a new experience."
There's still no official working arrangement between the two.
"We're in discussions and exploring different avenues," Pulver told ESPN.com on Tuesday night. "Igor is a very unique individual who has done it all, from his Red Army days to forging a Hall of Fame playing career. He's a credit to hockey worldwide and he's an outstanding individual."
One idea being bandied about between Larionov and Pulver is perhaps setting up some sort of Russian and European office where the Hall of Famer could set up shop.
A final note
Speaking of former players finding work, I've got an update on Jocelyn Thibault, one of the "in-limbo players" I featured in a story last season. I ran into Thibault recently, and he informed me he had been hired as a goaltending consultant for the Colorado Avalanche, his first NHL team. Somehow, I had missed that news release in the offseason.


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Přijat do azylu: 25.6.2023
Původ: nalezen na ulici na okraji Mladé Boleslavi
Váha: 3.5 kg
Entered shelter: 25.6.2023
Origin: found lying on the street just outside Mlada Boleslav
Weight: 3.5 kg
“It’s just a cat”
That’s what the man told the ladies who found this poor boy lying sick in the road today when they tried to find out if the cat had an owner 😭
We often wonder if it was a dog in the same situation, what people’s reaction would be 🤔 This country is renowned for it’s love of dogs and every year the situation for cats becomes more and more desperate 😞
We shouldn’t have taken him, we don’t really have space. But we found a quiet quarantine corner for him, once again my bathroom is out of bounds and will smell of Eau de Uncastrated Tom 🤢 But, how can we say no?
He’s a hot mess as you can see by this video. He looks to have scabies or another skin condition. He’s half starved and eating like he never ate before. The kind ladies who rescued him couldn’t leave him just lying there. They thought he’d been hit by a car 😞 They want to call him Jack and even offered to take him back to the vet tomorrow for follow up treatment. Ladies, you are truly angels 😇
Do you remember Jack? ‘It’s just a cat’
Can you see his improvement?
Jack will soon be looking for a foster home to complete his recovery 🙏 Do you have room in your heart and a place on your sofa? This boy will reward you with lots of love in return 💗
Jack, also known affectionately as ‘Stinky Jack’, will soon be going to his foster home to continue his transformation from an ugly duckling to a swan 😻 A very kind lady has agreed to take this beaten up street cat under her wing 😊
Jack was uncastrated when he came to us and it’s taken a while since his castration to lose his ‘perfume’. Luckily for us Jack doesn’t mind a bath, as long as you keep massaging him 🤩 And you have to admit, he does an amazing ET impression 🤣

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Rogers Looks to Snatch Hockey Night in Canada Away From the CBC
According to a report by the Globe and Mail, Rogers looks to possibly bid on NHL rights away from the CBC, thus putting the Hockey Night in Canada franchise in jeopardy. The CBC/NHL contract is due to expire in 2015, and if Rogers is successful it would mean the first time Saturday night hockey would change hands in 60 years:
“Sports is a major focus,” said Keith Pelley, president of Rogers Media. “Is Hockey Night part of our plan? It’s a little premature to talk about details, but we certainly have to take a look.”
“Saturday is still a very difficult night for us,” Mr. Pelley said, adding he could partner with rival broadcaster such as Shaw Media to secure the rights. “With our distribution now, maybe we could actually bid for Hockey Night in Canada. … This is a conversation we couldn’t have last year because we didn’t have national distribution.”
Rogers and Bell are about to become part owners of Maple Leafs Sports Entertainment, part of a former $1.07 billion majority stake into Canada’s biggest sports franchise.
Even Bell Media mentioned a consideration to look at NHL rights for Saturday night, as VP of communications Scott Henderson said they would “most likely take a look at it when the time comes.”
The rationale for Rogers and Bell to bid for NHL rights is based on recent budget cuts at the CBC, hinting they would lose momentum for a renewal. However, the crown corporation said it would be aggressively pursuing renewal, and also had the backing of NHL commissioner Gary Bettman that said a CBC-NHL partnership remains strong:
“There’s probably no more iconic brands in Canada than the CBC, Hockey Night in Canada and the NHL,” he said. “That accounts for 60 years of a great relationship, which is unprecedented, because we work so well together.”
With more and more customers watching sports away from their televisions, you would think landing NHL TV rights away from the CBC would be extremely lucrative for two of Canada’s largest wireless carriers. Both companies already provide streaming live TV to customers for a small charge through apps such as Rogers Live (which already broadcasts Jays and Raptors games) and Bell Mobile TV.
What do you think? Could we see Rogers/Bell Hockey Evening in Canada sometime in the future? What would happen to Grapes and Ron Maclean?
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Dressed to impress?!
Katie Price made sure all eyes were on her as she arrived at Crawley Magistrates’ Court this morning in a rather unusual outfit.
The mum-of-five faced charges of abusive and threatening behaviour after she allegedly shouted ‘Are you enjoying f***ing my husband?’ at Michelle Pentecost in the school playground.
Michelle is currently dating Katie’s estranged husband Kieran Hayler, and her child attends the same school as Katie and Kieran’s kids, Jett and Bunny.
Katie, 40, was criticised by a judge last week after she failed to attend a hearing because she was holidaying in Thailand with boyfriend Kris Boyson.
As she made her way inside the building today alongside a female pal, Katie showed off her petite frame in a odd black trousers, a striped gilet and a black Cossack-style hat.
Katie accessorised her look with a pair of black stiletto boots and large sunglasses as she told waiting paps: ‘You guys must be bored of me!’
The former glamour model is believed to have brought a camera crew along to film some scenes for her reality TV show, My Crazy Life.
Appearing in court today, Katie gave her name, address and nationality before being asked whether she pleaded guilty or not guilty. She replied: ‘Definitely not guilty.’
Prosecutor Georgina Kent said the comments were made in the school playground and were heard by a teacher, Miss Fuller, and headteacher Miss Harvey.
However, Katie claims she used no words that were threatening or abusive or could be described as disorderly to a criminal standard.
Katie will face trial at Horsham Magistrates on June 3.
It comes after Kris, 30, was pictured arriving at at Medway Magistrates Court yesterday, where he was accused of using threatening or abusive words or behaviour against a police officer.
The alleged incident took place a day after Katie was involved in a car crash last October.
Kris entered a not guilty plea during the short hearing and will face trial at the same court on May 31.
It was a far cry from their week last week when the pair enjoyed a loved-up getaway to Thailand.
The couple were pictured canoodling with one another in their swimwear, with Katie even going topless.
According to reports, Kieran has labelled his ex-wife ’embarrassing’ and should ‘think of her family and her kids’ when she poses provocatively in public.
The Sun claimed that Kieran has ‘begged’ Katie to consider others, like ‘all the parents in the school playground who’ll see [the pics]’, as well as five-year-old Jett and Bunny, four, as they see the photos of their mum in the media.


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Rose Rice Sticks Medium (Banh Pho Kho Thang) 5mm 400g
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Rijstnoedels 400 g
Rice sticks from Rose are made from rice flour, tapioca starch, water and salt.Dried rice noodles is slightly firmer than fresh rice noodles.Despite the rice noodles being rather bland in taste, it is often prepared in Asian cuisine because of its structure and bite.For example the famous Thai pad thai and Vietnamese phô.
Rice sticks are used as stir-fry noodles or as noodle soup.Rice noodles have already been steamed / cooked during their production process, so cooking short 6-8 minutes is usually enough for further preparation.
Rijstmeel, Tapioca Zetmeel, Water en Zout.
- Per 100g
- Calories 350 kcal / 1464 kJ
- Fats 0 g
- Carbohydrates 80 g
- Sugars 0 g
- Fiber 2 g
- Protein 3.5 g

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During his final thoughts, the king said this, Here is my final conclusion: fear God and obey His commands, for this is the duty of every person. (Ecclesiastes 12:13 NLT) I began to think about what that meant for me in my situation. As caregivers, it can feel like life played us a harsh hand. But, we are still in the game.
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Today, I can take the pressure off myself and I hope you can do the same. We don't have to measure up to any religious creed. We don't have to do anything but fear Him and serve Him no matter what our circumstances. I'll turn my thoughts today to simply pleasing Him. I can dedicate this day to Him and serve my loved one in a way that glorifies Him. I'll rest in the truth that it is enough and He is pleased. Will you join me?

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Mustang of the Day: 1969 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 428 Cobra Jet
Counting down to the 50th Anniversary of the Ford Mustang
April 17th marks the long awaited and much anticipated 50th anniversary of the Ford Mustang. To celebrate the occasion, we’ll be counting down to the 17th with 10 of our favorite Mustangs from the last 50 years. I’m honored to kick off the list with the 1969 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 428 Cobra Jet, which, apart from being a truly rare and awesome example of the pony car, recently grabbed the world’s attention when a model in mint condition was pulled from a garage in a layer of dust after being virtually untouched for 40 years.
This particular Mustang is powered by a 428 Cobra Jet engine (go figure), mated to a four-speed gearbox. The original owner, Larry A. Brown, who passed away last year, hardly put more than 8,500 miles on his 1969 Shelby GT500, which has most of its original parts, save for the tires, which were replaced once.
The Black Jade 1969 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 428 Cobra Jet will go to auction on April 25, 2014.
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Timothy Moore hails from Dayton, Ohio, and tries to bring that Midwestern flavor to his writing. (But as it turns out, no one really likes the Midwestern flavor.) He has been covering the auto industry for years, with several national auto shows under his belt, but he’s been writing about lots of other things (like dragons and Mickey Mouse and cows drowning in milk) since he was just a tot. Outside of the land of cars, Timothy enjoys watching The Office and consuming excessive amounts of peanut butter and beer, and is on the board of an up-and-coming Dayton theatre company called The Playground. And when he’s not on stage (or three jars into a peanut butter binge), Timothy spends time with his mischievous dog, Greyson. See more articles by Timothy.


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Have you ever collected stamps? So beautiful – each one a work of art, a lesson in history and/or geography, science, etc.
I did, I did. You remember the triangular ones… from Bermuda or somewhere?
I have lots old albums which I look at from time to time. These stamps are a treasure trove of memories and associations.
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