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Arty goes punk for Big Red
Arty is so excited for Nebraska football that he just has to show it.
been a busy week, but will have time for a post and review tomorrow.
just wanted to take a minute though to wish my lovely wife happy anniversary, it has been a wonderful 10 years.
and AEIOU all over again.
yes i know this is shameless personal use of the blog, but it is mine after all.
things going on at the Pub:
In the last week we have been doing some improvements here at the pub. We had installed a new 96 inch, four bottom sink (no more drips). Installing (literally right now, quite noisy) new liqour/bookshelving across the entire far end of the Pub. We really need to stop buying new scotch and bourbon, we all know that won't happen though. And, most important to the craft/import beer drinkers, we have added eight more taps bringing us to a total of 48 delicious beers on tap, well 47 delicious beers and bud light. BZ and i have been discussing the possibility of getting a Crowler (canning machine for beer to go), does anyone of input, good or bad.
Housekeeping; don't forget about the fantasy (beer) brackets tomorrow night. Bryan put this together and it's a great idea, sounds like it will be a ton of fun. there will be prizes and give aways. have not heard from anybody on the 4th of July picnic and ribs, let me know your feelings.
Just got in the Exclusive Malts for the year.
Camorenbridge '84, 30 year
Highland Park '92, 35 year
Clynelish '95, 21 year
Glen Elgin '95, 25 year
Invergordon '72, 43 year
Benrinnes '95, 20 year
Balmenach '03, 13 year
The only on of these that i have had a chance to taste so for is the Glen Elgin '95. i will do a coplete review at another time, suffice it to say at this point the it was very very good, fruit and spice, cask strength, so once watered a bit the baked apple pie was wonderful.
one last thing for this post, you see the strangest things in a pub parking lot ….
It's Friday … and?
As it is the weekend, thought i would talk about a couple wiskeys (this is america, whiskey has an e) one new one and one a faithful standby. But First a shout out to Jason Gomez, happy birthday Gomezzzzz, many more, the parties are great.
Scotch — Just got in a bottle of Glenmorange Grand Vintage Malt 1990. Glenmo has ceased bottling the 25 year, and are replacing it with the Grand Vintage Malt Series. these Grand Vintage Malt bottlings will, will be released once a year at a 25year age and each will be slightly Different. the 1990 Vintage has been aged in ex-Bourbon Oak and ex- Sherry casks. As you would assume from Glenmo, this expression is unpeated, with just a slight hint of smoke. anyway, as a review;
Nose: pear, apple, orange blossom.
Palate: Orange, raw honey, fruit blossom
Finish: Apple pie, brown sugar, a bit of clove
Conclusion: Great, incredibly balanced, enjoyed it immensely. but it should be as it is pretty pricey, worth a glass but the bottle purchase would be for collectors only. Only three bottles came into nebraska.
Bourbon — Four roses small batch. a true value bourbon, a must in a liquor cabinet. I keep coming back to this juice because it is always a solid choice at a bargain price.
Nose — oak (obviously) toffee cinnamon, slight fruit
Palate — vanilla, cinnamon, berries and honey
Finish — long, with perfect amount of bourbon bight, with the palate flavers lingering throughout.
Conclusion — I think i have made it clear my feelings on this bourbon, if you do not have a bottle at home, get one, or better yet, come in and have some.
A little lonely at the pub today, handsome burly boy dog (aka Mr. arthur buttons) not here today. his toys are staring at me accusingly.
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Bryan has threatened to beat me severely if I did not start posting to this blog. So…. here we go. we are thinking of doing BBQ ribs by my friend Bob. some of you have had bob's BBQ before so you know the quality. Ribs will come in around 20 a rack let me know if interested.
Bourbon — Rhetoric 23 just came in, this is the new Orphan Barrel and the fourth of the Rhetoric series. I have not had an opportunity to try it yet, stay tuned for a review.
Scotch — The New Glenmorangie wooded series will be in the next couple weeks. I am very much looking forward to this release. It has been dubbed Bacalta and is fished in a Malmsey Mederia which should give it a very sweet fruit finish.
Artie is rocking a blue mohawk this week (i am sure you needed to know that).
wed. first post
i have been coaxed, cajoled, and have finally been convinced that i should do a Pub blog. i am not sure what this will turn into in the long run, but we shall all find out. I thought, at least for now, that 3 or 4 times a week i would do a whiskey post, either on new whiskey at the pub or talking about some old favorites. so for those of you that know me some things you will have heard before. I will also do some posting on whats on tap and my feelings on it (keep in mind that because i like, or dislike, something does not make it good or bad, its just my tastes). Also if you have any question or would like me to talk about any whiskey in particular, we will be adding a tab at the top of the home page for questions or comments.
i will be doing my first real post this evening. and yes you guessed it …. it will be on a scotch (i even know which one, but i'm not telling yet.


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It all started when Harold E. Blanton, was talked into (by "Uncle George") moving to Packwood in the late fifties. Harold E. Blanton, the father of now retired Harold Blanton, who is the father of Hal who is running the business. The Blantons now expands a long tradition of business within the community.
Harold E. Blanton ended up owning and operating the then Packwood Cafe.
After a few years, he sold the cafe and built Harold's Recreation, a soda fountain and billiard parlor where the Peters Inn Restaurant now sits.
Harold E. Blanton and Harold Blanton Senior opened the Blanton's Mini-Mart on April 1, 1977.
The mini-mart with Hal's dad was Harold E. Blanton's last venture before retirement. Harold E. Blanton passed, just a few days short of his 90th birthday.
Hal Blanton joined the business with his dad and granddad in 1981. He worked for Kentucky Fried Chicken, and later was an agent with the national Federation of Independent Businesses.
By 1981, the mini-mart had a meat counter, and that was Hal's introduction to the grocery business.
But at the beginning, upon the young Hal's arrival in Packwood, Bob's Trading Post burned down.
When it became apparent that Bob's Trading Post would not be rebuilt (Diversified Realty then occupied the site), the Blantons began thinking about a major expansion. "If we didn't do something, somebody else in town, or somebody else might come in and build a larger grocery store to service the needs of Packwood," said Blanton.
"We started making plans about the middle of 1985".
The plans culminated on that April Fools's Day of 1988, with Packwood's first modern full-service grocery store.
Blanton's dad, Harold Senior, continued to be active in the business until his retirement.
Blanton Senior states that "Packwood is such a wonderful place to come to, particularly in the summertime". Blanton says he can't imagine a better place to live and or retire. Blanton also says that it is important for him and his family to contribute to the community. "We feel a real obligation, a real responsibility to the Packwood community and all of the East Lewis County community", says Blanton. "We strive very hard to put back into the community"
When the mini-mart first opened, the Blantons saw potential in the fact that the nearest large supermarket was 65 miles away in Chehalis. Despite the distance, a survey done for them by SUPERVALU showed that 50 per cent of the groceries being purchased by residents in the Packwood area were being purchased in Chehalis/Centralia stores.
The Blantons wanted that business for their store. They also feared that a chain from outside the area might see the same potential and put in its own store. The fact that senior citizens have discovered the area as a place to retire increased the likelihood of future competition from outside sources if they didn't act.
Around 1985, when Harold and his son began seriously considering expansion. It was a difficult decision to make. The old store was fully paid for and the business was turning a profit. The potential for adding to the existing building was small due to engineering problems and what limited parking space was left. They realized that the nearest large supermarket was 65 miles away in Chehalis and wanted to serve their customers in Packwood better.
There was one final consideration important for the Blantons. "We like it here and want to continue to contribute to the community," states Hal Blanton. Hal relates the words of one local woman who told him when he broached the subject of expansion, "You owe it to us." So off to the bank they went. A year later they had the financing. If we moved as slow as some of those guys (lending institutions) we'd be out of business", Blanton says. Construction began in November, 1987 and the Blantons began preparing for the move to the new store.
By expanding business hours to around the clock at the old store, they were able to expand their staff from 7 to 14 people and have them all trained by the time the new store opened in April. Staying open 24 hours had the added benefit of increasing sales 15 per cent before the move to the new store was even made.
Now that they were in the new facility, the Blantons were now focusing on maintaining the same friendly service that brought people into their old store in spite of inconveniences like cramped aisles and limited selection. "This is a people business" states Blanton. "In a small town, it's especially important to treat people like they're part of your family instead of just taking their money".
To make sure that the "friendly old fashioned service", theme that Blanton's Market uses in its advertising still rings true, cashiers have been encouraged to do something that goes somewhat counter to the way its done in the megamarkets. Despite the potential the scanner provides for increasing speed at the checkout line, the cashiers have been advised to take it easy and talk to the customers if things aren't too busy. "We don't need to be an assembly line here", states Blanton.
To the Blantons, the addition of scanners was a way to maintain a high degree of customer service. "We want our labor dollars concentrating on customer service, not on marking prices", Blanton also states.
The convenience store began with less than 2,000 square feet of space on a site now occupied by the packwood Liquor Store.
Within a couple of years, the Blantons had expanded the store to about 3,300 square feet.
The next milestone was April Fool's Day of 1988, when the current Blanton's Market opened as a full-service grocery store with roughly 8000 square feet of space.
To step back in time, the Blantons personifies the finest tradition of the grocery industry, the Blantons have stuck their necks out to give their customers what they were asking for. April 1, 1988, the Blantons announced the grand opening of their new store in Packwood, WA., and celebrated with festivities including a free drawing of a trip to Reno, free samples, and bicycle giveaways. They even went as far as serenading their customers all weekend with a piano player on a baby grand.
In the new store, they doubled the size of their fresh meat department, and more than doubled their fresh produce. There is twice the room in the frozen foods, beverage and dairy displays. The aisles are wide enough for two-way traffic! A Washington Wine display, popcorn machine, hot coffee, deli and complete movie rentals are more conveniences and services you'll find at the all new Blanton's Market. Hal once stated, "We don't need to be an assembly line here," as he encourages his employees to take it easy and talk to customers if things aren't too busy.
The new store offered Packwood and surrounding area residents quality merchandise, greater selection, value and better customer service. The new scanning system made the check out quicker and more accurate. At the same time time as all this expanding and updating, Blanton's Market still hasn't lost that one-on-one personal touch with its customers. When you shop at the all new Blanton's Market you'll be greeted with that same friendly, old-fashioned service Blanton's Market is known for!


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This lovely couple is up for an unique photo shooting. They chose a magical place so today they are going to be photographed underwater. Can you believe it? A full photo session there! It is going to be perfect because both of them are in love with the water. Help them get ready and choose the perfect outfits for the lovebirds. Enjoy!
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Liguria is quite famous for some of its amazing Mediterranean gardens. Renowned names include Giardini Hanbury in Ventimiglia, dating back to 1867 thanks to the vision of English explorer Thomas Hanbury; Giardino Pallanca with more than 3.200 different types of exotic plants in Bordighera; and Villa Nobel, where Swedish scientist Alfred Nobel lived for 6 years. The latter is located in Sanremo, known as the City of Flowers (la Città dei Fiori) for its local cultivations and for the international flower market of Sanremo. There are some lesser known, yet beautiful gardens in the Gulf of Poets too. The best time to visit them is from spring to early fall, with spring offering the most impactful scenery and scents. So, if you love nature and plants, and are looking for a spring break off the beaten path in Liguria, make sure not to miss the following gardens in the Bay of La Spezia!
Environmental Art at Parco La Marrana
Located in Montemarcello, the "Parco d'Arte Ambientale La Marrana" is the result of the collectors' passion of Grazia and Gianni Bolongaro back in 1997. Their objective was to promote Contemporary Art in the territory, both as a factor of cultural development and to add value to the Regional Nature Park of Montemarcello Magra, within which the artistic gardens are located.
A lush imperial pinewood surrounds the works of art by a variety of artists, most of whom have conceived and created something specifically for La Marrana. In fact, every artist is invited to visit and stay in the Gulf of Poets to better understand the spirit, environment and history of the territory. The result are site-specific works of art that express the sensations that the artist experienced in these lands between Liguria and Tuscany.
The Art Gardens of La Marrana feature 35 permanent works of art by 21 artists, including Joseph Kosuth, Jan Fabre, Kengiro Azuma, Hamish Fulton, Claudia Losi, and Vedovamazzei. There are also occasional temporary sculptures and audio-visual installations.
The gardens are open upon request/reservation, with a guided tour, from April to October for groups of at least 10 people.
To book your tour and learn about the costs, email or call + 39 0187 600 158.
Botanical Garden of Montemarcello
The "Orto Botanico di Montemarcello" is located on the Caprione Promontory at 365 meters of altitude. From up here you can enjoy a beautiful view of the Apuan Alps and the mouth of the Magra River. The garden extends throughout 6.000m² inside the Montemarcello Magra Regional Nature Park and was instituted in 1999.
The Montemarcello Botanical Garden is divided in five sections:
- "Gariga" is composed by small bush, herbs and aromatic species;
- "Macchia Mediterranea" has shrub and evergreen lianas;
- "Pinete a Pino d'Aleppo" features Aleppo Pines that have been able to colonize the steepest slopes of cliffs over the sea, alternating with holm oaks, strawberry trees and other evergreen Sclerophyll;
- "Querceto" with mostly Turkey oaks in the cool areas and downy oaks in the hotter areas;
- "Piante della Tradizione Popolare" or plants of the popular tradition like the "fico binello", a local fig plant that has been used since antiquity.
This Botanical Garden in the Gulf of Poets is only open to visitors upon request/reservation. If you are traveling with children, there is a special sensorial itinerary called "Il cammino dei sensi" conceived just for them.
You can book or ask any questions contacting +39 0187 626 172 or +39 327 127 3871.
History and Nature at Villa Marigola
This period property is only available for special occasions and not for normal tourist visits. However, if you are planning a corporate conference or a wedding between Liguria and Tuscany, then you have to know about the beautiful gardens of Villa Marigola.
The original building dates back to the 1700s, when it was a holiday home to the Ollandini Marquis. Among the famous people that stayed at Villa Marigola was poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, who praised its lush gardens in some of his verses. After the second half of the 1800s, the architectural history of the white villa and its garden adapts to the European romantic and decadent culture. Finally, in the 1900s the garden is revisited as a "giardino all'italiana" based on symmetry, axial geometry and topiary.
Villa Marigola is located halfway between the hamlets of Lerici and San Terenzo, offering beautiful views of the Gulf of Poets.
Spring Break in the Gulf of Poets between Liguria and Tuscany
If you are fantasizing about your next spring break, or even a vacation later in the year in summer and fall, the Gulf of Poets might be just what you are looking for. This is a magical destination that is still little known, yet conveniently located between the famous Cinque Terre and Tuscany. Pristine nature, ancient history, genuine gastronomy and surprising art are only some of the values that you will find here!


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A familiar political face in Nigeria is gubernatocrat Chris Ngige. He is now a minister in government of President Muhammadu Buhari. Ngige is the man credited with bringing ghoulish acts to the mainstream by taking an oath naked before a juju shrine promising total compliance in order to satisfy his kingmakers / patrons that he will do their bidding when he gets into power with their backing. This is the genesis of the infamous "Okija Shrine" saga.
However, when Chris Ngige became governor of Anambra State, he did quickly defy the wishes of Chris Uba, his political patron and election backer, who wanted him to hand over the full contents of the State's treasury. Ngige's refusal did not make the juju kill him; he is alive and prospering politically today. Investigators from the New Scotland Yard even found conclusive scientific evidence that the dead "victims" of the Okija juju were all poisoned with an identical substance and not killed by some ghoulish angel of death.
If juju worked why did Chris Uba have Ngige kidnapped by the police and do everything within the constitution to get him thrown out of office? The juju as an "enforcer of compliance" turned out to be an abysmal failure. As the psychic sceptics James Randi and the late Basava Premanand have tried emphatically to tell mankind, superstition has been fooling people in vast numbers and at a huge cost for centuries and millennia. All claims of psychic powers claimed by marabouts, pastors, gurus, mentalists or jujuists are false.
Chris Ngige should be a great example of how baseless and useless the awe-inspiring myths of juju and similar phenomena are in politics and all others spheres of human life.
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West Coast Swing Monday – EastonSwing Enfield, starts a new beginner course on 4 occasions throughout the year. January/March/June/September.
The new beginner course is a 6 week block booking of classes. During these 6 weeks you will focus on learning the 5 basic patterns of WCS plus the 'tuck pass' and 'Starter step'.
The beginner class is the second class of the evening and you 're welcome to come along early and watch the Progressive class to get an idea of what you'll be able to do with a little practice.
West Coast Swing Mondays and EastonSwing as a whole has a long established reputation for being among the best instructors in the country and there is no better way for you to learn west coast swing in the UK.


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- Property Type: Single Family Residence, Residential
- Total Bedrooms: 7
- Bathrooms: 8
- Full Baths: 5
- 3/4 Baths: 3
- Year Built: 2019
- Lot Size: 871,200 SqFt
- Acreage: 20.00
- Parking Type: Driveway, Circular Driveway, Garage, Guest, On Site, Detached Carport, Covered
- Rooms: Library, Wine Cellar, Walk-In Pantry, Bonus Room, Master Bedroom, Art Studio, Den, Dressing Area, Loft, Dance Studio, Recreation, Basement, Great Room, Home Theatre, Family Room, Media Room, Entry, Guest/Maid's Quarters, Walk-In Closet, Utility Room, Formal Entry, Retrea
- Other Appliances: Disposal, Refrigerator, Freezer, Dishwasher
- Fireplace: 1, Gas
- Flooring: Wood, See Remarks
- Pool Description: Lap, Infinity, In Ground, Solar Heat
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- Cooling System: Zoned
- Heating: Solar, Central
- County: Ventura
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The information that Facebook collects can include things like how much money you make, the stores you shop in, and even the number of credit cards you own, according to the investigation by ProPublica.
At the heart of the issue is that the tech giant gives users little indication that it buys far more sensitive data about them than what the social media platform declares it knows.
Facebook uses algorithms to categorise its users in tens of thousands of micro-targetable groups for advertisers.
"Facebook's site says it gets information about its users 'from a few different sources'," ProPublica said in its report on Tuesday.
"What the page doesn't say is that those sources include detailed dossiers obtained from commercial data brokers about users' offline lives. Nor does Facebook show users any of the often remarkably detailed information it gets from those brokers," it added.
"They are not being honest," Jeffrey Chester, Executive Director of the Center for Digital Democracy, was quoted as saying.
"Facebook is bundling a dozen different data companies to target an individual customer, and an individual should have access to that bundle as well," Chester noted.


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Astronomer, physicist win MacArthur Foundation grants
Posted: Wed, Sep 25, 2002, 1:45 PM ET (1745 GMT)
A Caltech astronomer and a Cornell University physicist have each received a "genius" grant from the MacArthur Foundation, the organization announced Wednesday. Charles Steidel, a Caltech astronomer, won a grant for his studies of distant, and therefore young, galaxies, providing new data on the early history of the universe. Paul Ginsparg, a theoretical physicist at Cornell, won a grant for his work establishing arXiv.org, a web site that allows the free distribution of research papers in physics, astronomy, and related fields, often bypassing the conventional review and publication system. The foundation annually awards two dozen such grants to people working in the arts and sciences, providing $500,000 over five years with no strings attached.
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My good friend Jan sent me a poem the other day. One for my pleasure collection, she said. How is it that poets can cut through the nonsense, with such precision, to crack the heart and mind open?
In The Word by Tony Hoagland he offers:
…. among your duties
pleasure is also a thing
to be accomplished.
How do you measure pleasure's value?
Duties, pleasure and accomplishment seem like three incongruent words. But in this poem the Hoagland tries to get our attention by using the words duty and accomplishment to speak our language. These are words we love – in fact, it seems we're devoted to them. Let me be dutiful and accomplished. Those qualities let me know I'm a worthy person! Pleasure – what's that good for you ask? What's it worth? How do you measure its value?
Pleasure is a radical act
As I go about teaching and dialoguing with people about pleasure, increasingly I see how keeping pleasure on one's radar is a radical act. To make creating pleasure as significant a focus as all the other 'to do' items on the never ending daily list, is to dare to step off the treadmill of pursuit, for a moment.
Pleasure requires a pause, a breath, a slowing down, a tuning in, and often a looking up and away, perhaps from the all mighty screen. It asks you to stretch your vision outward to the world, that each moment offers something lovely, curious or new. This newness sparks aliveness, imagination and creativity.
Making the Effort
Have you ever noticed the great effort it can take to make that shift – from "things that must be done" to a single care-free moment; to that sense of timelessness those pleasure pauses can bring? The benefits are hard to measure as it's not particularly concrete or with immediate results. But over time those daring moments add up a growing ability to step off the treadmill and gain the flexibility and resiliency that grows with practice.
Below is the poem in its full array. May it inspire you!
The Word
Down near the bottom of the crossed-out list of things you have to do today,
between "green thread" and "broccoli" you find that you have penciled "sunlight."
Resting on the page, the word
is as beautiful, it touches you
as if you had a friend
and sunlight were a present he had sent you from some place distant as this morning — to cheer you up,
and to remind you that, among your duties, pleasure is a thing,
that also needs accomplishing
Do you remember? that time and light are kinds
of love, and love is no less practical than a coffee grinder
or a safe spare tire?
Tomorrow you may be utterly without a clue
but today you get a telegram, from the heart in exile proclaiming that the kingdom
still exists, the king and queen alive, still speaking to their children,
–to any one among them who can find the time, to sit out in the sun and listen.
Tony Hoagland, from Sweet Ruin (1992)
Next entry: Negative Bias and Pleasure
Previous entry: It's in YOU
"I will begin a new relationship with my body" Unlocking Pleasure was an amazing concept, idea to work and play with explore"


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Computer Arts posted 50 motion graphics tips, which is a collection of pithy reminders by 4 broadcast designers.
Video Copilot had a few other AE Quick Tips last week.
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Update: Trish has posted two installments of After Effects Tips on CMG Keyframes: [1] [2].


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Adaptive Biotechnologies Corporation (ADPT) today announced a multi-year, global collaboration agreement with AbbVie (ABBV) to utilize Adaptive's next-generation sequencing (NGS)-based clonoSEQ® Assay to assess minimal residual disease (MRD) status in response to venetoclax across multiple myeloma (MM) clinical trials. "Adaptive is thrilled to partner with AbbVie to support the clinical development and potential regulatory approval of venetoclax in multiple myeloma," said Chad Robins, CEO and co-founder of Adaptive Biotechnologies. MRD is a measure of the amount of cancer in the body, specifically the very small number of cancer cells that remain during or after treatment.
AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV), a research-based global biopharmaceutical company and Scripps Research, an international leader in non-profit biomedical research and drug discovery, today announced a collaboration to develop new therapies for a range of diseases, including in the therapeutic areas of oncology, immunology, neurology and fibrosis.
AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV), a research-based global biopharmaceutical company, today presented long-term data from a post-hoc analysis, further supporting the sustained clinical benefit of fixed duration treatment with VENCLEXTA®/VENCLYXTO® (venetoclax) in combination with rituximab (VenR) in patients with relapsed or refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia (R/R CLL). The updated data from the Phase 3 MURANO trial four-year analysis (median follow-up of 48 months with all patients off VENCLEXTA/VENCLYXTO treatment for a median of 22 months) showed that patients with R/R CLL who completed the chemotherapy-free, two-year fixed duration course of VENCLEXTA/VENCLYXTO treatment combination maintained progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS). Patients who completed treatment with the VENCLEXTA/VENCLYXTO combination also achieved higher rates of minimal residual disease (MRD)-negativity and complete remissions compared to those treated with a standard of care, bendamustine plus rituximab (BR).1 The full results were presented today at the 61st American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting & Exposition (abstract 355).
AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV), a research-based global biopharmaceutical company, today announced results of a 7.5-year pooled analysis showing earlier treatment with IMBRUVICA® (ibrutinib) monotherapy compared to later lines of therapy (LOT) extended progression-free survival (PFS) and increased the likelihood of a complete response (CR) in patients with relapsed/refractory (R/R) mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) – demonstrating that some patients achieved a disappearance of any signs of disease.
AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV), a research-based global biopharmaceutical company, today announced results from an extended follow-up analysis of the Phase 3 E1912 clinical study – designed and conducted by the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group (ECOG-ACRIN) and sponsored by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), which is part of the National Institutes of Health. Study results showed superior progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) new to treatment.
AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV), a research-based global biopharmaceutical company, today announced new data from the Phase 2 CAPTIVATE (PCYC-1142) clinical trial,1 evaluating IMBRUVICA® (ibrutinib) in combination with VENCLEXTA®/VENCLYXTO® (venetoclax) in previously untreated patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) or small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL). Results showed that patients who received up to 12 cycles of the combination regimen achieved high rates of undetectable minimal residual disease (uMRD) in both peripheral blood (PB; 75 percent of patients) and in bone marrow (BM; 72 percent of patients). Safety data were consistent with the known safety profiles of IMBRUVICA and VENCLEXTA/VENCLYXTO used as individual therapies.
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(Bloomberg) -- Sign up to our Brexit Bulletin, follow us @Brexit and subscribe to our podcast.Jeremy Corbyn accused Boris Johnson's Tories of risking the National Health Service in secret talks with the U.S. as he sought to shift the election campaign away from allegations of antisemitism. Johnson denied the U.K.'s free-to-use health care system is up for sale after the Labour leader unveiled previously redacted documents about negotiations.Time is running out for Corbyn to claw back Johnson's lead ahead of the Dec. 12 general election; a closely watched YouGov poll tonight will provide an indicator of how realistic that is. Dominic Cummings, the premier's senior adviser, published a blog warning of the "very real possibility" of a hung Parliament as he sought to keep Brexit supporters focused on backing the Tories.Read More: Corbyn Accuses U.K. Tories of Secret NHS Talks With the U.S.The Context: Never Mind Brexit, U.K. Vote Hinges on Future of the NHSELEC for more on the U.K. electionKey Developments:Corbyn's reveals documents showing six rounds of talks over U.S. trade deal, which he says shows the NHS is "up for sale"YouGov releases MRP poll at 10 p.m. In 2017, it correctly predicted the Conservatives losing their majorityJohnson is campaigning in Cornwall as the Tories pledge to improve mobile phone coverageLiberal Democrats call for gig economy workers on zero-hours contracts to get a 20% higher minimum wageScottish National Party unveils manifesto to "protect Scotland from Boris Johnson"Johnson's Conservatives have about a 69% chance of a majority in Parliament, according to odds from bookmaker Paddy PowerJohnson's Top Aide Says Hung Parliament Possible (5:20 p.m.)Boris Johnson's senior Downing Street adviser appealed to Brexit-supporting voters to help deliver a Conservative majority on Dec. 12 and warned that, despite polls showing big a Tory lead, "things are MUCH tighter than they seem and there is a very real possibility of a hung parliament."Writing on his blog, Cummings sought to win the backing of Vote Leave supporters who aren't natural Tories by saying he too had never been part of a political party when he started working in Johnson's office in July.He urged voters to talk face-to-face to friends and family and tell them a vote for any party except the Tories would lead to a Labour-SNP alliance in government. The referendum that would be offered as a result would be "effectively Remain or Remain," he wrote."Without a majority, the nightmare continues," he said in his intervention, published as voters start casting postal ballots. "ALL other MPs will gang together to stop Brexit and give EU citizens the vote. It's that simple."Remainers Urged to Vote Tactically (3 p.m.)Boris Johnson's Tory Party is on course to win 366 seats on Dec. 12, giving him a majority of 41, according to new data released by anti-Brexit group Best for Britain.The group used MRP data to assess the outlook since Nigel Farage announced his Brexit Party won't stand in seats won by the Conservatives in 2017.What Is the 'MRP Poll' and Can It Predict the U.K. Election?Best for Britain said there are 165 districts where the margin of victory is fewer than 5,000 votes, and urged pro-EU voters in these seats to vote tactically to prevent a pro-Brexit party winning."Even with the Brexit Party collapse, there are still lots of seats in play for Remainers," said Naomi Smith, the group's chief executive. "This is crucial as it means they could be won by pro-EU parties if voters hold their nose and vote for the party with the best shot of beating the Tories."Separately, favorability ratings for Jo Swinson, leader of the anti-Brexit Liberal Democrats, have "fallen sharply in the past week," an Ipsos Mori poll showed.Archbishop Raps Tories Over Twitter Deception (2 p.m.)Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby criticized Boris Johnson's Conservative Party for masquerading as a fact-checking organization on Twitter during his debate with Jeremy Corbyn last week."Where something like that is done, where there is a misleading use of facts, deliberately, that is wrong," he told the BBC. "We have to have an enormously high value on truth."He also repeated his support for Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, who on Tuesday attacked Corbyn over antisemitism in the Labour Party. Welby said he knows Mirvis well, and it was "one of the most painful decisions he's ever had to take, and I know that's true. His instincts, like mine and others, are that during an election, you keep schtum, you say nothing," Welby said. "He felt there was no choice."Johnson Vows Zero-Tolerance on Prejudice (1 p.m.)Boris Johnson vowed to take a zero-tolerance approach to racism in his Conservative Party and apologized for any offense caused by incidents involving its members."Whenever we have an incident of antisemitism or Islamophobia or whatever in the Conservative Party, we take a zero-tolerance approach," the premier told broadcasters. "We have a one bounce and we deal with it approach to this."He said there will be "an independent inquiry into Islamophobia, antisemitism, every manner of prejudice and discrimination and it will start before Christmas."With the Labour party facing accusation about antisemitism , the Tories have been charged with Islamophobia. Johnson himself once described Muslim women who wear burkas as looking like "letterboxes" and "bank robbers."Asked if he apologized for the Islamophobia that has taken place in his party, he replied "look, of course. And for all the hurt and offense that has been caused, of course we do. All that is intolerable." He wasn't asked specifically about his own remarks.Johnson Denies NHS Sell-Off Plan (12:20 p.m.)Boris Johnson responded to Jeremy Corbyn's publication of documents about trade talks with the U.S. (see 10:15 a.m.) with a denial that the NHS will be part of any agreement."We are absolutely resolved there will be no sale of the NHS, no privatization," he said in a pooled TV interview while campaigning in Cornwall. "The NHS is not on the table in any way. The NHS is in no way on the table, in no aspect whatever."The prime minister accused Corbyn of trying to change the focus of the campaign. "It's continually brought up by the Labour Party as a diversionary tactic from the difficulties they are encountering, particularly over the problem about leadership on antisemitism and then the great vacuity about their policy on Brexit," Johnson said.Sturgeon: SNP Can 'Pressure' Corbyn (12 p.m.)Nicola Sturgeon likened the choice her Scottish National Party may face between Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn in the event of a hung Parliament to picking the "devil or the deep blue sea," but said despite her misgivings about the Labour leader, his party had far more in common with her social and economic agenda. She ruled out supporting the Conservatives.Following her speech in Glasgow, Sturgeon was asked if she would back Corbyn despite the warning from the U.K.'s chief rabbi this week that the Labour leader is unfit for high office. She criticized Corbyn's failure to eradicate antisemitism from Labour's ranks, but pointed out that there are other issues the SNP would also have to consider -- including the path to a second referendum on Scottish independence and stopping Brexit."We would be very clear with our expectations to any party leader who wanted the support of the SNP to make clear its zero tolerance approach to antisemitism, to Islamophobia, to any form of prejudice or racism," Sturgeon said. "I think, to those worried about Jeremy Corbyn, it should give a degree of reassurance that SNP MPs, with the right values and approach on these issues, can apply that pressure."Corbyn's Key Claims on U.S.-U.K. Negotiations (11 a.m.)Jeremy Corbyn accused the Conservative government of concealing secret negotiations between U.K. and U.S. officials on the future of the NHS in any trade deal. These are the key allegations:U.S. pharmaceutical companies want to force up the price the NHS pays for drugs as part of a U.S.-U.K. Trade deal, he said, noting that Donald Trump regularly complains about the "unreasonably low prices" other countries pay for medicinesThe documents show both sides have finished initial discussions on lengthening patents for medicines in the U.K., Corbyn saidHe said this would mean the U.K. paying U.S. levels for many drugs. He gave the example of AbbVie Inc.'s Humira -- a drug for the treatment of Crohn's disease and rheumatoid arthritis -- which he said costs the NHS 1,409 pounds ($1,815) a packet, compared to 8,115 pounds ($10,450) in the U.S.He said U.K. officials conceded "NHS access to generic drugs will be a key consideration" in talks, and they are entering a "very advanced stage"Corbyn: Party Has Apologized For Antisemitism (10:40 a.m.)Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn did not directly say sorry when pressed again on his handling of cases of antisemitism, after he missed several opportunities to apologize in a BBC interview on Tuesday night."I made it very clear antisemitism is completely wrong in our society," he said. "Our party did make it clear when I was elected leader, and after, that antisemitism is unacceptable in any form in our party or society and did indeed offer its sympathies and apologies to those that had suffered."He also said "a very large numbers of other people in the Jewish community do support Labour, do recognize my absolute commitment that every community in our country will be safe under a Labour government."Corbyn Plays on Trump Fears (10:20 a.m.)Jeremy Corbyn's speech was heavily infused with the name of the Donald Trump, as he sought to capitalize on Britons' suspicions of the U.S. president.The document Corbyn referred to (see 10:15 a.m.) includes accounts of trade meetings between U.S. and U.K. officials. He said the account of one meeting showed U.S. officials refusing to include reference to climate change in the trade discussions."This is not only a plot against our NHS, it's a plot against our country," Corbyn said. "What's at stake in a deal with Trump could not be more important for the country.""These documents confirm the U.S. Is demanding the NHS is on the table in the trade talks," Corbyn said. "Big pharma has ripped off and imperiled the health of the American people for years. Now these secret reports show they're looking to do the same to us if the conservatives are elected on Dec. 12"Corbyn: Secret U.S. Talks Put NHS in Danger (10:15 a.m.)Jeremy Corbyn sought to turn attention to the fate of the National Health Service after his party was hammered over its record on antisemitism.At an event in London, he held up a 451-page unredacted document, which he said showed information Boris Johnson's government wouldn't reveal about the status of health care in U.S. trade talks. He said the secret document -- previously only available in a heavily redacted form -- showed that under Johnson, "the NHS is up for sale" in trade talks with the U.S.. The premier's denials that it isn't are "in tatters," he said.The presentation was preceded by a video clip that included U.S. President Donald Trump saying that everything was on the table in trade talks."This election is now a fight for the survival of our National Health Service," Corbyn said. "Labour will never ever treat the NHS as a bargaining chip in trade talks with anybody. We will never let Donald Trump get his hands on our NHS.""Labour will not rest, because unlike the Conservatives we're not on the side of the billionaires and the bankers. We're on the side of the nurse, the doctor, the patient and the people, and we will never sell out our national health service."SNP Manifesto to 'Protect Scotland' From Johnson (10 a.m.)The Scottish National Party will unveil its manifesto at an event in Glasgow -- the last major party to do so -- with a pledge to "protect Scotland from Boris Johnson" and a warning there is "much worse to come" if Brexit goes ahead."A vote for the SNP is a vote to escape Brexit and put Scotland's future in Scotland's hands -- not Boris Johnson's," SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon will say, according to speech excerpts released by the party. "The future of our country is on the line."With the SNP holding a significant poll lead in Scotland, a key question is what the party will do in the event of a hung Parliament on Dec. 12. The SNP's signature policy is a second referendum on Scottish independence, but more funding for the National Health Service is also a priority.Burgon: Labour 'Sorry' for Hurt Over Antisemitism (Earlier)Labour's justice spokesman Richard Burgon said his party is "sorry for the hurt caused" over its handling of cases of antisemitism, after leader Jeremy Corbyn struggled to explain his strategy and missed several opportunities to apologize in a BBC interview on Tuesday night."Jeremy has apologized on a number of occasions and said that he's sorry for the very real hurt felt by people in the Jewish community," Burgon told the BBC. "On a number of occasions last summer for example, he has made those statements and it's right that he did."The latest row over antisemitism in the Labour Party was triggered by the U.K.'s Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, who suggested this week Corbyn is unfit for high office and said Labour can "no longer claim to be the party of equality and anti-racism."Jenrick: Tory Islamophobia Probe Will Be 'Thorough' (Earlier)Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick insisted the Conservatives will conduct a "thorough" investigation into discrimination and prejudice in the party, after the Muslim Council of Britain criticized Boris Johnson's Tories over their handling of Islamophobia in their ranks."I want to see by the end of this year, as the Prime Minister's promised, a thorough review of prejudice and racism and discrimination within the party," Jenrick told the BBC. "We want to be a party that has no tolerance whatsoever of racism, prejudice or discrimination of any kind."Just as Labour has failed to shake off accusations of antisemitism in the party, the Tories are struggling to overcome charges of Islamophobia, exacerbated by Johnson in a 2018 newspaper column in which he said Muslim women who wear burqas look like "letter boxes."Earlier:Corbyn Can't Find Antidote to Anti-Semitic 'Poison' in LabourU.K. Car-makers Warn Against Flimsy EU Trade Deal After BrexitWhat Is the 'MRP Poll' and Can It Predict the U.K. Election?Corbyn Struggles With Anti-Semitism Claims: U.K. Campaign Trail\--With assistance from Robert Hutton and Jessica Shankleman.To contact the reporters on this story: Alex Morales in London at email@example.com;Greg Ritchie in London at email@example.com contact the editors responsible for this story: Tim Ross at email@example.com, Stuart Biggs, Thomas PennyFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com©2019 Bloomberg L.P.
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The Bird Ringing and Monitoring Station has now been extended and is open three days each week (Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays), so as to better monitor migratory patterns and allow more visitors to get involved in the process. During these three days each week, visitors can observe the trapping, ringing, and releasing process and can engage in hands-on experience with local bird species. Through increasing exposure and providing more opportunities for community members to come into direct contact with critical local species, the EEC hopes to foster a greater appreciation amongst visitors for the diversity of Palestinian wildlife and the importance of nature conservation.
We have now opened an additional field of research for monitoring mammals, with the assistance of Dr. Mazan Qumsiyeh. Dr. Qumsiyeh is a specialist in the field of mammal research, and has worked as a professor of biology at several of the top academic institutions in the U.S.A. and elsewhere.
Latest News from the Ringing Station:
EEC was able to release an eagle owl that was locked in a cage in a local resident's house. The owl was documented with a metal ring with a serial number and the name of Palestine, then it was measured; its length is 73 cm and the wings are 170 cm long.
Owls in this region are integral actors in maintaining the ecological balance. They eat mice and rats that are harmful to farms, and keep other rodent populations in check. Unfortunately, these owls are often killed or captured because of old traditions and superstitions that associate owls with bad luck. By spreading awareness about these beautiful creatures, we hope to change some of these public attitudes and encourage communities to treat owls with respect and admiration.
Publications:Birds of Palestine (pdf) by Simon Awad
Survey of Wild Herbs and FlowersTo be updated
Natural and Cultural Heritage SitesTo be updated
Tour of Bird-Watching Areas and Natural Landscapes in PalestineTo be updated


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There are many jobs that you can get paid to do online. If you are not quite ready to create your own online business, why not try your hand at some of the other types of work available.
Beware that there are also a lot of online scams, so be very careful to research fully before signing up. There are also lots of small jobs that pay, are jobs, that you get paid to do. You are, in reality, trading your time and effort for payment. You are not going to "get rich" doing them.
Here is a list of potential types of work that you could do from home:
All of these types of work involve one thing: content creation. Original content is what is important. Content is what people consume whether through social media, like Facebook and Twitter, or popular blogs, videos and websites.
What is you produce the content?
If it is your voice, speaking about what interests you, and there is an audience interested enough in what you have to say, you might have a business. The truth is, if you can create original content that people find interesting you might just have a winner!
Find out how you can find your voice.


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Most people do not instinctively associate the name "Versace" with sunglasses. Like many other high-end fashion designers however, the "House" of Versace creates fashionable sunglasses as well as high-end couture, handbags and other accessories.
The History Of Versace Sunglasses And Fashion
Versace is a living legend, or at least the former designer's name is one people will never forget. The story of the Versace fashion family is one filled with interest and intrigue to say the least. Gianni Versace began his career in fashion during the late 1970s.
From scratch, Versace created an empire within Italy. Among the popular items offered by the famous designer included jeans, fragrances, high-end clothing, couture and now Versace sunglasses. Gianni Versace died from a fatal gunshot during the height of his career. Fortunately, the Versace legacy still lives on through Gianni Versace's sister Donatella and other family members.
Today more than 200 boutiques around the world offer Versace sunglasses and related accessories. You can buy a fashionable handbag to match your eyewear or complement a luxurious or casual yet elegant outfit. Most big name department stores offer Versace products including their shades.
What Versace Shade is Right for You?
Versace offers many styles of sunglasses, so you are bound to find one that fits your personality and style preferences. Most people associate Versace sunglasses with high-end wear, which is the case. All Versace sunglasses are trendy and made of the highest quality material.
Most of Versace's sunglasses look like they are tailored for divas, people that want big name fashion and loud, remarkable accessories. The frames come in multiple styles, and many bright colors including lipstick red. If big and bold is what you like, you will find it in Versace sunglasses. Naturally, along with style, Versace sunglasses provide you with excellent protection from the UV rays of the sun.
It is important after all, to protect not just your style, but also your health. A good pair of glasses will provide you with coverage above and below your eyes, as well as at the corners of your eyes. Prevent those crows' feet and invest in a quality pair of designer sunglasses by Versace. You will be the envy of all your friends and neighbors.
While at it, you can tell friends or family about what many refer to as the "millennium" of Versace, a time where Versace's legacy has all but dominated the fashion industry. From sunglasses to fashionable, cutting-edge clothing, Versace offers you the best of the best.Related Articles


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The best fajita marinade! It's the only one you'll ever need to make chicken, beef, or shrimp fajitas full of flavor. Fajitas are one of those things that became trendy in the 80s. Before restaurants started offering them, I remember my mom being able to ... [ Read More ]
Tex Mex Salad
Easy Tex Mex Salad makes one super versatile dinner. The filling can be used in salad, like I've done here, nachos, tacos, quesadillas or burritos! When friends have babies, you do what you can to help them out. Even when you're several hundred miles away. ... [ Read More ]
Stubb's Bar-B-Q Steak and a Giveaway
I'm sure every community has restaurants that are revered for their local cuisine. South Texas is no different. Whispered in hushed tones of reverence, there are certain barbecue joints that have earned the right to simply be known as the place. Stubb's ... [ Read More ]
A Surprise for Megan: Chile and Sausage Oven Frittata
One of the hardest things about living in New Jersey is the homesickness for Texas. I miss wide open spaces, and tacos whenever I want (not made by me!) and bluebonnets, obviously. But even more so, I miss my people. My tribe. My family, of course. But ... [ Read More ]
Tex-Mex Tostadas and Food Fanatic
Today I'm sharing these lovely tostadas on my new favorite site: Food Fanatic! I'm in the company of so many of my favorite people, and I know you're just going to love everything the site has to offer. Keep checking back over there for new recipes, reviews ... [ Read More ]
Golden Plum, Port, and Mushroom Pork Chops & Giveaway
You know Bonne Maman, don't you? Those gorgeous preserves, jams, and jellies with that signature red gingham lid - known for their excellent quality and superior taste. I first tasted Bonne Maman in their home country - that's right - on a trip to Paris. ... [ Read More ]
Pulled Pork Frito Pie
It's been way too long since we did a Fritos Friday, don't you think? I can't imagine a better way to celebrate things slowly getting back to normal around here than a mound of Barbecue Fritos covered with pulled pork, chili beans, cheddar cheese, and a ... [ Read More ]
Fresh Vegetable Pasta
I'm guest posting over at Food for my Family today! This versatile vegetable pasta is quick and easy for any night of the week, and you can simply leave the pulled chicken out if you're keen to have it for Meatless Monday. Go give Shaina some love and check ... [ Read More ]
Pulled Pork Nachos
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Sour Cream Chicken Enchiladas
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La Roche-Posay Effaclar Duo Review
There is no absolute cure for acne unless you can completely commit to never stress out ever again.
It isn't that stress causes acne, but stress can really trigger acne breakouts. With stress so prevalent in our crazy society, you are better off using a corrective cream to help treat acne.
Will La Roche-Posay Effaclar Duo help to treat acne, even when it is stress-induced? We need to look at the ingredient list to find out.
About La Roche-Posay Effaclar Duo
La Roche-Posay Effaclar Duo is a dual action acne treatment that helps treat mild to moderate acne. The brand La Roche-Posay sounds fancy and also happens to be a global brand; which means the cream retails for around $35 because it is a top-notch treatment or because it is a brand with a reputation. Let's figure it out.
The main power line behind this cream is the inclusion of 5.5% benzoyl peroxide, which could be impressive. However, before you praise the product for a heavy dose of acne medication you should know that studies prove that anything higher than 2.5% benzoyl peroxide isn't any stronger.
So when you use 5.5% benzoyl peroxide, you are killing the same amount of bacteria just as you would with a lower dose.Other ingredients include linoleic acid help exfoliate the skin and a useless addition like piroctone olamine. Piroctone olamine is often used in dandruff shampoos, which means it has hardly any value in this treatment.
If you want a treatment and acne cream that erases existing acne and helps protect the skin, any benzoyl peroxide-based medication will do. A natural alternative would be a green tea based treatment, which can help reduce the potential of further skin irritation. The point being, Effaclar Duo is good, but it is only as good as other benzoyl-peroxide products that are probably cheaper.


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Talking With an Adult
Friends can help but sometimes what you are going through is too big to
handle by yourself and you need an adult to get involved.
But who do you ask for help?
- choose an adult you trust - maybe it is a family member or a neighbor, a favorite teacher, the school nurse
- It might be your doctor, your pastor, or the school counselor
- Or call a hotline – 1 800 273-TALK
What do I say to start the conversation? Aren't they going to think I am crazy and need to be in a hospital?
- Try asking them first if they have time to talk
- Tell them that you want them to listen and not be quick to give advice or judge
- Tell them that you are having a hard time, that you can't see any way out of your problems, and that you have thought about ending your life


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Hurricanes rally past Capitals 5-2, force Game 7
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Jordan Staal scored the go-ahead goal and added an assist in the third period, and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Washington Capitals 5-2 on Monday night to force Game 7 in their first-round playoff series.
Justin Williams scored an insurance goal seconds after the Capitals had the tying goal disallowed, Warren Foegele and Teuvo Teravainen also scored, Dougie Hamilton added an empty-netter and Petr Mrazek made 23 saves.
The Hurricanes scored three third-period goals in bouncing back from a 6-0 beatdown in Game 5 and prolonging their first playoff appearance in a decade by one game at least.
Game 7 is Wednesday night in Washington. The winner will play the New York Islanders in the second round.
Alex Ovechkin scored for the third straight game, Brett Connolly also scored and Braden Holtby stopped 31 shots.
Washington — which won 10 road games a year ago on its run to the first Stanley Cup title in club history — went 0-3 on the road in this series after winning both regular-season meetings in Raleigh.
Staal gave the Hurricanes their first lead of the game at 3:51 of the third period, following a scramble in front of Holtby. Justin Faulk uncorked a shot from the point and Brock McGinn and Staal both poked at it, with Staal ultimately slipping it past the Capitals goalie to make it 3-2.
Then came the key momentum swing of this one — the waved-off goal that Washington thought should have counted.
As Evgeny Kuznetsov tried to tuck the puck under Mrazek's pads with 9:26 remaining, Ovechkin crashed into the goalie. The officials waved it off, ruling that the Capitals' captain interfered with Mrazek by pushing his pad.
Williams then put Carolina up by two goals 84 seconds later by tipping Brett Pesce's shot past Holtby and Hamilton extended the lead with his empty-netter with 3:06 left.
By that point, the Capitals' frustrations hit their breaking point, with Ovechkin receiving a slashing penalty and a game misconduct with 1:08 remaining.


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Atlanta is, famously, the hometown of The
The bottler has been hiring more people, and dozens have been promoted. We went into the market with two UNITED associates to learn about their experiences. Meet Alonzo Vega, who is 23 and on the way up, and veteran Desean Brown, who is continuing to grow in his career.
An Experienced Manager Remembers His Roots
It's a muggy, misty afternoon in Atlanta. After eating lunch at his favorite hole-in-the-wall barbecue spot, Desean Brown pops into the convenience store next door to buy a Coke for the drive back to his job as area manager for small stores at the
He heads to the
"I've been the person that loads this product off the truck and into the stores before," said Brown, 38. "If I see a way I can help the person in that position now – and ignore it – then I'm not doing my job as a manager."
Brown's humble attitude and commitment to his job can be traced back to his upbringing in Boston.
"The housing projects I grew up in were right across the street from Northeastern University," Brown said. "Where I lived was really rough, but right across the street was a museum and a school and all of these symbols of arts and education."
It was this proximity to the university that ignited a desire to succeed in Desean, and a sense of dedication to work hard until he did.
Brown moved to Atlanta and attended a job fair. "I came dressed in a full suit," Brown said. "I walked up to the
Working as a merchandiser meant early mornings and heavy lifting, but the long hours and hard work inspired Brown even more. "When I started out in merchandising, it was eye-opening," Brown said. "Putting in that sweat equity teaches you so much about how we do business and gives you real appreciation for the company."
His dedication to the job prompted promotions to lead merchandiser, account manager and then QT district sales manager. "I've had the opportunity to work with large stores, small stores and merchandisers, and each job has taught me something new about the business," Brown said.
At the end of April 2017, the North Metro Sales Center left the umbrella of
In the change in ownership, Brown was promoted to area manager for small stores, where he now oversees four sales supervisors, eight drivers and their backup drivers.
In the transition to
"I am a product of being promoted from within, from learning and listening to others if you give yourself the opportunity to," McCawley said. "We want our managers to come from our drivers. We want them to understand what it means to put in that sweat equity and hard labor. We want them to stay with the company and ascend to manager and to train and develop future drivers, and the only way you can do that is if you understand their job.
"Desean is the perfect example of someone with a great attitude who has worked hard throughout his career," McCawley said. "He fully understands what it means to be a manager."
Coca-Cola UNITED has promoted a sizable number of people since arriving in Atlanta. "UNITED is investing in the employees who work here every day," Brown said. "Our customers see the investments we are making in our people, and they'll want to work with us more because of it. It all starts with employee relationships."
Coca-Cola UNITED's changes include switching to static delivery routing, in which the same people call on the same customers every day. UNITED is creating customized schedules, erasing delivery fees and minimum order requirements and becoming a full-service sales center that provides more than product delivery.
"We really want to bring you the whole portfolio," McCawley said. "We will have an onsite maintenance and repair sector that will service all coolers and vending machines for our customers. We also have an in-house printing department that is able to create and print all cooler stickers and signs needed for our customers to advertise our products."
Back at the rainy lunch hour in Atlanta, Brown is continuing to straighten
The store's owner, Sal Patel, dropped what he was doing to greet Brown with a friendly handshake and a warm smile. Patel thanked Brown for the shift he's seen in customer service. "The same driver has been delivering my products the past few weeks and it's been great," Patel said. "He knows exactly how I like to display everything, and I don't need to worry about him doing a good job."
As for Brown, he's excited for the future. "I've seen the business change hands before, but this transition to UNITED has been the most transparent, clear and concise," he said. "We are putting the emphasis on people, and that's something I'm passionate and excited about."
Atlanta Expansion Creates New Opportunities for Workers
A merchandising associate spotted Alonzo Vega at
"Alonzo! Man, you're all dressed up!" he said.
"Yea, I am!" Vega replied.
"Did you get the promotion?"
"I did!" Vega said. "I'm a manager now."
Vega, 23, is a newly promoted associate at the North Metro Sales Center, a central distribution point for
"I started here when we were still with
As Vega spoke, McCawley had a grin from ear to ear. McCawley was instrumental in Vega's promotion.
"UNITED likes promoting within the company," McCawley said. "I am a product of promoting from within. I look for people who are hardworking and people who have a coaching and servant's mentality. That is the only way a business will truly succeed."
Coca-Cola Bottling Company UNITED, which is based in Birmingham, Ala., took over bottling and distribution operations in the Atlanta market at the end of April 2017. The transition included hiring a number of new people, along with promotions for others, like Vega.
"Now he is helping us create connections with Atlanta's Latino community… he is doing a great job," McCawley said.
Vega was raised in a Latino household in Atlanta and is one of six children. Vega is the first to attend college. Vega is responsible for almost all the Spanish-speaking or Latino accounts in the district. "The customers I work with respect me because I am Latino," Vega said. "I speak their language and understand their culture."
Vega is helping these customers by installing new signage, creating new menus and even bringing in new equipment, tables, chairs and more.
Vega is still learning from veterans like McCawley. "In Alonzo's case, I don't speak Spanish, so my teaching him and training him to build relationships is so important because I have little interaction with those customers," McCawley said. "It's all up to him."
Vega is married, has a 3-year-old boy and is attending school full-time to pursue a degree in marketing. He also works full-time at the sales center.
"It doesn't get hard," Vega said. "The sales center has always helped me make sure I don't do too much. Before, with CCR, I made my own schedule. But now, with my UNITED promotion, I have a more structured schedule. They both work. I am just thankful to CCR for giving me a job and UNITED for promoting me."


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A federal judge has begun a week-long trial in New York to determine if the city police department is unconstitutionally carrying out its stop-and-frisk program outside private apartment buildings.
Attorney Christopher Dunn argued on behalf of the New York Civil Liberties Union and other groups Monday. He said more than 60 percent of 1,857 stops made in 2011 occurred without reasonable suspicion. The groups want a judge to order police to stop unconstitutional stops of people on suspicion of trespassing in public areas outside thousands of private apartment buildings.
City attorney Mark Zuckerman says the police department has improved its program to ensure officers understand the law about when they can and cannot stop someone. He calls it a subset of the department's broader stop-and-frisk program.


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Yet, even with the measurable correlation between the people we hire and our business performance, most businesses don't have a talent management strategy – a critical finding in Brandon Hall Group's 2014 Talent Management Benchmarking Survey.
That research also revealed that more than one-third (37%) of organizations attributed the "dismal results" of their business performance to ineffective talent management practices. On the other hand, 94% of business leaders cited a talent strategy as their single most critical strategy – behind only operational strategy.
Confusing? Yes. Conflicting? Yes. Unsolvable? No.
Laci Loew, VP of Brandon Hall Group's Talent Management Practice and principal analyst puts some perspective on the "sharp contrast between urgency and readiness" in her recent report, Building the Business Case for Investing in a Talent Management Strategy. Her report not only spotlights the need for organizations to re-invent their talent practices, it also provides the statistics – and the critical proactive steps – that organizations need to incorporate to build the case for making talent management a business priority. According to Loew, talent management includes all talent processes within each employee lifecycle phase: planning, acquisition, development, management, engagement, and retention. While talent priorities vary across industries, says Loew, the common thread of non-implementation of these processes clearly is limiting business performance:
Workforce Planning: Only 4% of organizations can quantify required headcount in "what if" business planning scenarios.
Succession Management: Less than 1% of organizations have internal candidates ready to fill key positions as they become vacant.
Talent Acquisition: Only 3% of organizations rated their ability to recruit top flight talent as excellent.
Leadership Development: Almost half of all organizations (48%) do not yet have a plan for developing their leaders.
Performance Management: 64% of organizations indicated that their managers were fair or poor at providing regular, timely, and in-the-moment feedback to their employees regarding performance.
In the report, Loew says that forward-thinking organizations are stepping up to these talent concerns, beginning with increased investment: 23% plan to increase their talent management budget over the next 12 months.
It isn't that the majority of the remaining organizations are questioning that an effective talent management would improve their business performance. They know it will.
These organizations, instead, are struggling to elevate talent management as a priority over other pressing business demands.
And for them, Loew has an invaluable solution. In her report, she provides a well-defined stepped approach to:
Diagnosing the current state of both people processes and organizational elements
Identifying the action items to move current state to higher impact
Gaining commitment for executing on an action plan to implement a high-impact talent strategy
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Thanks to the folks at AllABoutWorship.com for sharing this great article with TWC today! Originally published at: http://www.allaboutworship.com/blog/6-things-to-look-for-in-a-co-writer. Republished with permission.
Co-writing appears to be the current preferred method of writing in the Christian music industry. Rarely are songs being released anymore just with a single writer's name on it. On some songs I've seen 5-7 people listed as writers! The benefits of co-writing are immense as iron sharpens iron through the process. This article, however, isn't intending to convince you to co-write, but rather teach you what to look for when you finally agree with the vast majority of folks that co-writing is the way to go.
Generally speaking you will write with many different people over the course of your co-writing career and eventually come to learn what you do and don't like in co-writers. I have done a decent amount of co-writing with a large variety of folks and learned a lot of things…most of those things the hard way. So I feel I can share with you this shortlist of things that I feel are the basic ingredients for a fruitful co-writing relationship. I tried to be concise with this but it's a little lengthy…hang with me.
1. Friendship
What the heck does friendship have to do with songwriting? To me, this is the genesis of developing a long-term, healthy co-writing relationship with someone. In my relatively short experience writing songs I have seen it time and time again that genuine friendships lead to better songs. Writing with virtual strangers can lead to good songs, but in most cases it does not. I would argue that throwing two songwriters in a room together to duke it out without knowing each other in hopes of creating inspiration is not the best method.
For me personally, I don't want to even talk about trying to song write until we are friends. Genuine songs come out of genuine relationship…genuine relationship with Christ first, and then genuine relationship with one another.
2. Honesty
This is a difficult thing to establish in a new co-writer relationship, and almost hinges on the establishment of some sort of friendship first. Being honest with one another is almost as important as the song ideas themselves. Honesty with any person, regardless of songwriting, is challenging to navigate. It must be done with grace and love, especially in the beginning.
Oftentimes in songwriting we are spilling our guts out to each other and in turn become vulnerable. How do you let someone share his or her heart with you and then turn around and say that you aren't on board with the idea? It's near impossible! Trust me…I do it all the time and it never gets easier. The difference is when you know you are writing with someone who is open to receive your honesty and give you his or hers in return. When you find that…hold on to it…because it's rare. Without honesty neither of you will come to the completion of the song in love with it. Complete honesty is a necessity…no way around it.
3. Openness
For you and your co-writing partners to write heart-felt songs, you must get down to matters of the heart. That requires that you and your co-writer be open enough to dive into issues that "hit home". Maybe that means revealing struggles with each other. Maybe that means sharing where you are in an area in your walk with God. Openness will shine through in the end. Authenticity is attractive to everyone. People will connect with the intrinsic nature of what you are writing. Co-writers have a responsibility to the song and each other to be open and authentic if they have any hopes of creating a piece of art that has those characteristics.
4. Respect
So maybe I'm from The South and this is "southern", but mutual respect goes a long way! You must absolutely respect the person you are writing with, from a talent level to a spiritual level.
If you feel like they are beneath you or above you, the power dynamic of the relationship will be off-kilter. You will feel that your opinions either weigh less or more than the other person, which is not a good recipe for a solid co-writing relationship. You must feel that the ground is level so that the "fight" can be fair.
Respect also boils down to little things like being engaged throughout the co-write, bringing fresh ideas to the table, having input and feedback, etc. Those "nuts and bolts" type things show that you respect the song you've started and that you respect your co-writer and their time involved. It's safe to say that people like to feel respected, especially in the creative arts world…when you find mutual respect, hang on to it.
Side note on respect as it pertains to approaching writers to write with: Do not reach for writers that you don't know. Relationship comes first. For example, I'm not going to walk up to Chris Tomlin (who I don't know), put him on the spot, and ask him to write with me. We aren't in relationship and he would have no idea if I could even play a G chord or not. To me, that is disrespectful…and tacky. Even if I did have a chance to write with him to begin with, in all likelihood I just ruined it out of disrespect. Make sense? Some people need to read that again. I tell you out of love! God will guide you into the right relationships…do not try to run ahead of His plan for your life.
5. Style
It is paramount to seek out people who are SIMILAR to you stylistically, but not necessarily a CLONE.
You want to push back and forth on things to sharpen the song, but you don't want to write with someone who is exactly "you". To me it's actually a red flag if someone never pushes back because they either are too similar to me, or we haven't established a truly honest and open relationship. On the flipside, you don't want to write with people who are complete opposites either because you will likely have great struggles settling in on things. I've been on both extremes and rarely do they yield good results. Finding a group of co-writers who are similar, not an opposite, nor a clone, will serve you and your songwriting career very well.
6. Results
This seems to go without saying but when you look back on the first couple of songs you've written with a new co-writer, ask yourself "are they solid"? Do you like what the relationship has brought out of your writing? Do you genuinely like the songs? Should I continue pursuing this songwriting relationship?
I talked with a buddy of mine who is getting into co-writing and he was saying he was enjoying co-writing with another person. I asked him to show me the songs he's been working on. He came back "well, they're alright, not some of my best songs." What the heck? Then the co-writing isn't good! Don't confuse enjoying the process with good results.
At the end of the day good co-writing relationships aren't a magical formula of things to do, and say (or not say), it's about connecting with people and loving people as God commands. It boils down to trusting God's timing to give you the right relationships. While you are "waiting", God is working on your behalf, and shaping things in you necessary for the next step. Keep your head down and stay focused on what's right in front of you…stop reaching for things that you aren't ready for yet. Just keep writing and loving on the people that God has placed in your life!
Thanks for hanging in there!
Sean Hill is a full-time producer and songwriter in Lawrenceville, GA. www.uphillstudiosonline.com


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Film Review: Cars 3
"You'll Never Be The Racer You Once Were. You Can't Turn Back The Clock, Kid, But You Can Wind It Up, Again…"
With the likes of Inside Out and Zootropolis being superb recent examples of when Disney get it bang on in regards to releases from their animation platform, with the latter managing to proclaim itself as one of the few top marked films on this particular film review site, a healthy title if ever there was one, the release of Cars 3 is ultimately a bit of a downer, a sequel to one of Disney's more middling franchises but too a film which undoubtedly will surpass many releases at the box office due to the nature of the prolonged six weeks summer holidays in which sweet-addicted children swarm your local cinema screening and make you cringe at their unwanted immaturity and annoying little booster seats. Bit harsh I know, but what we have with Cars 3 is ironically a solid entry into the ever-expanding Disney canon, a film which takes no time at all in laying the groundwork for the narrative ahead, with its' sweet, harmless tone offering more than enough spectacle for the young at heart. whilst an effective array of jokes prove that there is more enough chewy material to satisfy the adults, even when the plot does fall into the realm of cliche and over-sentimentality at times.
Suffering from the inevitability of old age and facing the threat of newer, faster racing vehicles including the likes of the Armie Hammer voiced, Jackson Storm, Owen Wilson's Lightning McQueen begins to question his suitability on the race track, and with the legendary racer potentially facing the unwanted exposure of falling into past history, McQueen teams up with Cristela Alonzo's wannabe-racer Cruz Ramirez and Chris Cooper's legendary racing trainer, Smokey, in order to get back on track and finally overcome the presence of the egotistic Storm. With flashy colours and an explosion of jet-waxed colours from beginning to end, Cars 3 ticks all the boxes in what you would expect from a Disney animation sequel aimed primarily at kids, and whilst the narrative is somewhat obvious and cringey at times from an adult point of view, the smart-witted dialogue and joyous concluding act proves that the film's existence does hold more than just being that film that you take your kids to see. Whilst the money will keep on rolling and the spin-off merchandise will keep on selling, the concluding edge of the narrative does suggest we have seen the last of the Cars franchise for good, but with Disney not exactly shying away from a quick buck at times, you can't take anything at face value these days.


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It's like this. It doesn't matter how much money you have, how solid your relationship is, what kind of apartment or job you have lined up. Within the first three months of moving here, the city will kick you in the guts, HARD. It will find some way to absolutely break you. Then you'll recover, and the rest will be just fine."
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A lot higher than my threshold for unemployment.
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After years of development, three "special weapons observation remote reconnaissance direct action system" (SWORDS) robots have deployed to Iraq, armed with M249 machine guns. The 'bots "haven't fired their weapons yet," Michael Zecca, the SWORDS program manager, tells DANGER ROOM. "But that'll be happening soon."
Many congressional Democrats wanted tighter restrictions on government surveillance, but yielded in the face of Bush's veto threats and the impending August recess.
"This bill would grant the attorney general the ability to wiretap anybody, any place, any time without court review, without any checks and balances," said Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., during the debate preceding the vote. "I think this unwarranted, unprecedented measure would simply eviscerate the 4th Amendment," which prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures.
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