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"I think the last time we were in New York City we played Madison Square Garden. A lot has happened since then."
There's no way Scott Stapp didn't know that Nickelback was playing at Madison Square Garden when he said this last week, onstage with the recently-resuscitated Creed at New York City's Beacon Theatre. It was an irony worthy of Oscar Wilde, or Douglas Adams, or at least a pretty good episode of M*A*S*H—Nickelback and Creed, in New York, 40 blocks from each other, on the same night. The evening was Nickelback's first at Madison Square Garden, perhaps Creed's first at the Beacon. In a feat of strength, determination, and a merciful two-hour set on Creed's part, I attended both performances.
With all respect due to nü-metal, Nickelback and Creed (Nickelcreed? Creedelback?) represented perhaps the ultimate perversion of the "modern rock" template established by the Grunge Explosion of '91, which started with a bang—here was totally unpretentious music meant to kill Poison once and for all!— only to enjoy watering-down after watering-down, Nirvana and Pearl Jam giving way to Stone Temple Pilots and Everclear, which in turn gave way to Nickelback and Creed. While they might have sounded like something vaguely reminiscent of how Kurt and Eddie and Chris did things, the sound had been turned on its ear into a mere copy of a copy of a copy of a... well, you get it. The scene was no longer full of rebellious, strung-out dudes, instead dominated by ridiculously-coiffed bozos who chased hits with the same single-minded yet unknowing determination of Jay Leno clinging onto The Tonight Show for dear life. The values changed, and that was what was so vital about the first wave of alternative rock to so many people. But you already know this. You hate Nickelback and Creed.
On September 11th, 2001, the Twin Towers fell and changed the course of American history. On that same day, Jay-Z released The Blueprint and changed the course of our thought patterns regarding Kanye West. Also, Nickelback released Silver Side Up, its juggernaut album that catapulted them from run-of-the-mill Canadian dolt-rockers to incredibly successful Canadian dolt-rockers. It was alt-rock, yes, but as filtered through pop-metal bands like Def Leppard, with a tacked-on set of values more fitting of pop-country. Lead singer Chad Kroeger might have been a meathead, but he had a heart of gold. If Silver Side Up had a thesis, it was this: Chad Kroeger wanted to beat the shit out of you, but only because he heard that you had been hitting the girl he was in love with.
I was 12 when the album was released. Its singles "How You Remind Me" and "Too Bad" are seared in my synapses thanks to their constant rotation on 93.3 (The Planet!), my Southern hometown's number-one "new rock" radio station, and my mom's willingness to sit through them when she drove me to and from soccer practice in said Southern hometown. "Too Bad," much to my latter-day chagrin, is still a song I enjoy, its tried-and-true "quiet-loud-NOW WE ARE SINGING IN ALL CAPS" structure hitting that sweet spot between prime Mötley Crüe and a super-shameless version of the Pixies. The best one can say about "How You Remind Me," meanwhile, is that its bridge sounded somewhat similar to parts of Weezer's "Say It Ain't So." There was nowhere to run from circa-2001 Nickelback. Except, of course, to Creed, who were waiting with—excuse the pun—arms wide open.
If Nickelback were the new kids on the era's Radio Rock block, Creed were the heavyweight champions, their 1997 debut My Own Prison going sextuple-platinum and 1999's Human Clay topping out at (WHOA) 11 million copies sold. While Chad Kroeger played the gruff but righteous older brother, Creed's singer Scott Stapp just seemed righteous. The stepson of a Pentecostal dentist, Stapp wrote songs that, given a close reading, grappled with the push-and-pull of Christian faith and the temptations of modern society, but were generally bland enough not to be too pushy about it. Guitarist Mark Tremonti, meanwhile, seemed to be a well from which hooky, totally competent guitar lines could be drawn at the drop of a fedora, and drummer Scott Phillips slapped the skins hard enough to anesthetize you into not thinking too much. If for some reason you don't remember, Creed's music videos tended to have Stapp striking what, for lack of a better term, could be called "Jesus poses." Their 2001 album Weathered, released a scant two months after Silver Side Up, featured the three band members' faces Photoshopped onto a tree. That one only sold six million copies, probably because of the tree.
The pitfall of Creed, ultimately, was Scott Stapp. Like leaves falling off the Creedtree on the cover of Weathered, story after story hit the music press corroborating that Stapp, Jesus-Poser, was just that. Groupies. Drugs. Ego stuff. Alcohol. Domestic abuse. The real Stapp seemed to be less a saint and more akin to Bon Scott, the very substance-addled and very dead AC/DC singer. Stapp slowly became the Rick Ross of post-grunge in an era where the phrase "the Rick Ross of post-grunge" made absolutely no sense—that's the reason people still absolutely loathe Creed, more than they hate Puddle of Mudd or Staind or any of their other unfortunately spelled contemporaries. They didn't suck some special amount. They were just disingenuous.
With that bit of sobering perspective in mind, let's talk about the actual concerts I attended. Nickelback were sharing a bill with Seether (the band that made that song "Remedy"), Bush (the band fronted by Gavin Rossdale, aka the guy married to Gwen Stefani) and My Darkest Days (your guess is as good as mine, although it's worth noting that they sold T-shirts that said CASUAL SEX on them in large block letters), playing their highest-profile NYC show to date, proof that there is such a thing as the Silent Music-Listening Majority. The 'Back might be the most hated band in America, but there was no telling the people there—I tried keeping track of the number of Nickelback shirts I saw walking around trying to find some edible concert-fare (I settled on a nine-dollar hot dog that had liquid cheese in the middle of it), but gave up as soon as it seemed the shirts were multiplying exponentially. The crowd seemed less like people who had come to a rock show, and more like the people filling the stands at a NASCAR race. I could almost smell the hair gel. I felt out of place without a goatee. An uncomfortable percentage of the people I encountered looked like retired porn stars. These people hadn't seen a hipster, like, ever.
By the time I sat down, Seether and My Darkest Days had wrapped up, and Bush was probably a third of the way through their set. They were determined not to be upstaged by Nickelback, a band some years their junior and several tiers below them in critical acclaim. I entered the arena proper to Rossdale and co. covering "Come Together," Gavin offering a vocal take seemingly inspired less by John Lennon's lithe yelp and more indebted to the full-throated honk of singers like Scott Weiland. Bush whipped the audience up into more of a frenzy than I've seen an opener manage in a good while, culminating in a seven-minute version of "Comedown" that had the folks on the floor moshing, or at least swaying aggressively.


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TUPE is complex - in essence it applies when the ownership of a business transfers or a service provider changes. TUPE ensures that everything remains the same for the employees other than the change in ownership and possibly name.
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After the Fifth World War of Aiers and the loss of contact with the Aiers Cradleworld, some very hard initial decades were lived by the aierian survivors, before they could settle and begin building their own, new home worlds.
As the situation settled down, elves living in the new ostarian human nations, looked to space and thought they could colonize some new worlds, to give the elven races a new world, only for them, and a new destiny.
From the initiative of Viccen Aen and the Aen Fundation, he contracted Kasparov CIA for the terraformation of a world for elfkind, while GENTEK cloned from either DNA samples -or reconstructed from the DNA of humans with elven ancestors- elves.
These elves will be known then as Aenian, for the Aen Fundation, and this first, neo-elven nation in the nebulosa of Ots, will be called Aenor.
Aenor will be later become a member state of the LCP, Paternic Free Colonies, an alliance of colonial worlds to avoid being annexed by the large empires -but which where eventually dragged to the wars of Ots.- Since then, aenian began to migrate to other nations, and fund new colonies, existing important Aenian minorities in the RFB and the Galactic Union of Nations.
The Aenian became a general term to any aierian-elf (of any of the elven races), even to other artificial elves that weren't from the Aen Fundation. Neither was done a distinction between cloned elves, or sons and daughters of these cloned elves, being all called Aenian.
As well, the term was used to differentiate Aierian-elves -the Aenian- and the Otsarian-elves -the Lorran-
The Aenian of the LCP
Aside of Aenor, due the succesful results of the clonation of Aenian, the government of Paternostria -the acting "capitol world" of the confederation of planets and national governments of the LCP decided to change the stock of their cloned population from artificial humans to artificial elves:
Because of this, the Aenian will become the mayority of population in Paternostria (117.13): out of the 470,000,000 inhabitants, 400,000,000 where aenian elves, and other 600,000,000 will be cloned among the LCP: 1,000,000,000 of LCP elves, number that they never had before.
However, some aierian elves, and several elven organizations and companies began to question the culture and the Paternostrian Aenian Elves: As they where cloned by and for a human government, while they weren't to be servants or second class citizens -as some oppositors of the LCP claimed-, with many "parents" making elven clones with their genetical material and elven one to have an "eternal descendence", other elves critized the Paternostrian aenian culture of being basically just pointy eared humans.
The Paternostrian aenians resented this, and began to develop their own culture. But a culture their elven ancestors and other aenian seemed as inferior.
Specially their "elfpop" music. The other elves feeled insulted it even was called "elf"pop music, being "paternostrian crap".
The clothes are inspired in ones of many animes, but none specific. :3 Much of Martian Successor Nadesico pilot suits, but as well other animes which names I have forget.
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I remember Martian Successor Nadesico! Nice to see some reference to those pilots. I loved the cyber-nanotech in that show.
It is surprising that so many elves were cloned? And not used as lesser people, or at least no worse than human clones. Although I do like the idea of human parents wanting elven children who will be seemingly near immortal in lifespan. That makes some sense, as does having the ability to manipulate mana being bioengineered into them? So that "mana-tech" devices and mechs might become possible? Great for making machines that can't be used by non-elves? The idea also reminds me a little of the "Crest of Stars" anime with bio-engineered Abh race with their bioengineered special sense, and devices that allowed them to interface that extra sense in their spaceships. Also, the rulers of the Abh had pointy elf ears!
So the Aenians of Paternostria might be derived from humans, but bioengineered to be elves? I wonder if they were pretty much just like elves, tending to be smaller, or at least thinner than humans, or were much like "humans with pointy ears", scaled to human size and bulk?
Although in a space age environment, small, graceful bodies might be very efficient aboard space craft of all types!
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Yes, tis is very much like the Abh in the "Crest of the Stars" universe. In this anime, a bioengineered race of humans called the Abh ran a massive interstellar empire. Regular humans could serve in their military forces, and could sometimes rise to gain the legal status of being Abh themselves.
But any children that they would have as part of the legal lineage would be genetically altered to be Abh. Usually Abh children were created entirely through artificial means in the first place. They could and sometimes did just do so by natural sexual means. But the child would subjected to rigorous analysis to ensure that it was acceptable to Abh criteria; and generally, sexually reproduction was generally denigrated by the Abh as being a silly gamble to make in having a child.


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The JCC offers flexible membership levels, some of which allow the use of both the Uptown and Metairie facilities, to allow members with different needs to enjoy both our facility and programming. You may join as an individual, a couple, or a family.
Universal Gold Join at our premium level and receive full privileges to all JCC facilities, which includes the Uptown Goldring Fitness Center with 100 stations of state-of-the-art fitness equipment, free group exercise classes, Kohlmann Health Spas and the Goldring-Woldenberg JCC - Metairie fitness center, walking track and gymnasium. The Universal Gold membership also includes use of the pools and basketball gymnasiums at both locations.
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One of the challenges of being a parent is arming your kids with the skills to handle the obstacles life presents. Teaching them how to use 911 in an emergency could be one of the simplest — and most important — lessons you'll ever share.
Not that long ago, there was a separate telephone number for each type of emergency agency. For a fire, you called the fire department; for a crime, you called the police; for a medical situation, you called an ambulance or doctor.
But now 911 is a central number for all types of emergencies. An emergency dispatch operator quickly takes information from the caller and puts the caller in direct contact with whatever emergency personnel are needed, thus making response time quicker.
According to the National Emergency Number Association, 911 covers nearly all of the population of the United States, but check your phone book or go online to be sure that 911 is the emergency number to use in your area.
Everyone needs to know about calling 911 in an emergency. But kids also need to know the specifics about what an emergency is. Asking them questions like, "What would you do if we had a fire in our house?" or "What would you do if you saw someone trying to break in?" gives you a chance to discuss what constitutes an emergency and what to do if one occurs. Role playing is an especially good way to address various emergency scenarios and give your kids the confidence they'll need to handle them.
For younger children, it might also help to talk about who the emergency workers are in your community — police officers, firefighters, paramedics, doctors, nurses, and so on — and what kinds of things they do to help people who are in trouble. This will clarify not only what types of emergencies can occur, but also who can help.
Part of understanding what is an emergency is knowing what is not. A fire, an intruder in the home, an unconscious family member — these are all things that would require a call to 911. A skinned knee, a stolen bicycle, or a lost pet wouldn't. Still, teach your child that if ever in doubt and there's no adult around to ask, make the call. It's much better to be safe than sorry.
Make sure your kids understand that calling 911 as a joke is a crime in many places. In some cities, officials estimate that as much as 75% of the calls made to 911 are non-emergency calls. These are not all pranks. Some people accidentally push the emergency button on their cell phones. Others don't realize that 911 is for true emergencies only (not for such things as a flat tire or even about a theft that occurred the week before).
Stress that whenever an unnecessary call is made to 911, it can delay a response to someone who actually needs it. Most areas now have what is called enhanced 911, which enables a call to be traced to the location from which it was made. So if someone dials 911 as a prank, emergency personnel could be dispatched directly to that location. Not only could this mean life or death for someone having a real emergency on the other side of town, it also means that it's very likely the prank caller will be caught and punished.
Although most 911 calls are now traced, it's still important for your kids to have your street address and phone number memorized. They'll need to give that information to the operator as a confirmation so time isn't lost sending emergency workers to the wrong address.
Make sure your kids know that even though they shouldn't give personal information to strangers, it's OK to trust the 911 operator. Walk them through some of the questions the operator will ask, including:
Explain that it's OK to be frightened in an emergency, but it's important to stay calm, speak slowly and clearly, and give as much detail to the 911 operator as possible. If they're old enough to understand, also explain that the emergency dispatcher may give first-aid instructions before emergency workers arrive at the scene.
Make it clear that your child should not hang up until the person on the other end says it's OK, otherwise important instructions or information could be missed.
Here are some additional safety tips to keep in mind:
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The Expert View: SIG, Ashtead, Brammer, Keller and Intertek
Our daily roundup of the best analyst commentary on shares, also including Keller and Brammer.
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SIG sell-off signal for Numis upgrade
SIG (SHI) has had a good year so far despite the sell-off in the construction materials sector, prompting Howard Seymour, analyst at Numis, to upgrade the insulation supplier from 'hold' to 'buy'.
Seymour has not changed his target price of 230p for the shares, but said recent share price weakness – SIG has dropped nearly 19% over the last six weeks – had prompted the upgrade.
'The shares look too cheap, notably on 2015 estimates which will be underpinned by strategic initiatives where management point to making "good progress",' he said.
'Like many in the sector, like-for-like sales are significantly ahead of last year due to bad weather in 2013 and good weather in 2014 to date,' he added.
'We expect comparators to get more difficult through the second quarter and the second half of the year, but in the UK the merchanting sector should progressively benefit from genuine market recovery on the back of rising levels of macro activity which means we will remain in positive like-for like territory.'
However, Seymour added that SIG was not his top pick in the sector. 'We continue to favour more UK-exposed stocks with similar self-help profiles which have also been hit, notably Grafton and Howden.
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Ashtead backed to make it big in US
Liberum analyst David Brockton is standing by his recommendation to 'buy' Ashtead (AHT) after a torrid time for the equipment rental company's shares.
Ashtead shares are down around 18% from their April peak due, Brockton says, to 'rotation out of outperformers and caution over the impact of sterling strength'.
However, Brockton believes those concerns have been overstated. 'Sterling has only strengthened by 1% since we last updated our estimates in March,' he said.
'Industry peer updates have become increasingly positive suggesting US construction recovery is gathering pace. Should trading momentum persist upgrades are still possible.'
He said Ashtead could potentially make solid inroads in the US in what is a fragmented sector. 'Ashtead has a 6% market share but is the number two market provider in the US (behind United Rentals with 12%). There are over 5,000 suppliers who control 70% of the market. Ashtead is taking share as it acquires and opens new depots (around 50 per year from a base of 400 with a target of 700). Ashtead's purchasing power provides a significant cost advantage,' he said.
Brockton retained his 'buy' recommendation and a target price of £10.30.
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Brammer urged to 'splash the cash'
Peel Hunt analyst Dominic Convey has upgraded Brammer (BRAM) from 'hold' to 'buy' saying it is time for the industrial parts supplier to 'splash the cash' after a recent share placing.
Brammer last month launched a £54 million cash call, leaving the company with a weighty war chest for acquisitions.
'There is a strong pipeline of acquisition targets which will accelerate the geographical expansion and/or its product range extension strategies, while realising substantial synergies,' he said.
'In anticipation of mergers and acquisition activity over the next 12 months, we increase our target price to 560p from 500p and move our recommendation to "buy" from "hold".'
However, a number of other analysts have downgraded the stock in recent weeks, and Citywire AA-rated fund manager Nigel Thomas recently trimmed his stake in the firm.
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No 'bumps in the road' for Keller
Ground engineering company has seen its shares floored after issuing its 2013 results, but after releasing a trading statement on Friday, Jefferies analyst Anthony Codling claimed investors' fears had failed to materialise.
Keller (KLR) shares have fallen 20% since March, but Codling said the future looked bright for the company. 'Nothing in the statement suggests to us that there are significant bumps in the road ahead for Keller,' he said.
'With a global reach and active in many, many discrete markets, overriding macro trends do not always apply to Keller at this point in the cycle, in our view.
'Some say that the US housing market is slowing, but not in the markets served by Suncoast [Keller's US building materials company]. Outside of residential, we estimate that the group's non-residential private work grew by 10% during the first quarter.'
Codling has retained his 'buy' recommendation for the shares and a target price of £14.00.
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Business supplier Intertek's disappointing trading statement last week has prompted Cantor Fitzgerald analyst Caroline de La Soujeole to express caution over the shares, and maintain her 'hold' recommendation.
Intertek (ITRK) last week announced organic growth of just 0.3% for the first four months of the year, compared to 7% this time last year.
'On an organic basis, the last time trading was this weak was four years ago,' said de La Soujeole. 'We believe that a cautious stance on the stock is warranted given the still subdued trading conditions.'
De La Soujeole has cut her earnings forecasts and organic growth assumptions for the company, but kept a £30.65 target price.


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If a paired exchange cannot be found, living donors in certain areas of the country may be eligible for living kidney donor list exchange. In this type of exchange, a kidney donor who is not compatible with their intended recipient offers to donate to a stranger on the waiting list. In return, the intended recipient advances on the waiting list for a deceased donor kidney. This type of living donation is also referred to as list-paired exchange and living donor/deceased exchange.
This type of donation allows candidates to receive a kidney from a living donor who has an incompatible blood type. To prevent immediate rejection of the kidney, recipients undergo plasmapheresis and IVIG treatments before and after the transplant to remove harmful antibodies from the blood, as well as the possible removal of the spleen at the time of transplant.
Positive crossmatch donation involves a living donor and a transplant candidate who are incompatible because antibodies (a protein substance) in the candidate will immediately react against the donor's cells, causing loss of the transplant. Specialized medical treatment is provided to the candidate to prevent rejection. In a process similar to the process used for blood type incompatible living-donor kidney transplants, treating patients with plasmapheresis also greatly reduces the chance of organ rejection in patients with elevated antibody levels. Previously, these elevated antibody levels made tissue rejection almost certain. Positive crossmatch live donor kidney transplants are usually only performed if no other live donors (with a negative crossmatch) exist.
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Sob Story: Big Girls Do Cry
Tears can be healthy or a sign that you're letting things get to you. How to know when you need more than a tissue.
By Pamela M. Peeke, M.D.
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Everybody cries sometimes. Many of us choke up at weddings--and even at wedding scenes in cheesy movies. We get weepy when our five-year-old starts kindergarten and when our 18-year-old leaves for college. And, of course, we cry when life hands us a blow--the illness of a friend, say, or the loss of a job. Some of us burst into tears when we experience any strong emotion. We cry when we're angry at our husband or when we're moved by a kind gesture or even if we're just surprised. Tears, say psychologists, may serve as a substitute for words, erupting when we can't find the language to express what we are feeling.
In joy and sorrow
At the simplest level, tears serve to keep our eyes moist and to facilitate their movement. Tears are composed primarily of water and sodium chloride--they're drops of salty fluid. But add emotions to the formula, and the composition, as well as your body responses, changes dramatically.
The tears you shed when you're happy have a small amount of stress hormones. These set off a distinct nervous system response: Your blood pressure, heart rate, and energy level go up, while feelings of anger or hostility decrease. The changes are temporary--as soon as you stop crying, your body returns to normal.
Because "sad" tears contain much higher amounts of stress hormones, you often feel more agitated while you're crying. But once the upset passes, hormone levels go down, and you experience a sense of release as normal physiological and emotional states are restored (hence the expression "a good cry").
If you can't resolve the problem, you may remain vulnerable to more weeping episodes. Over time, prolonged crying can interfere with memory and concentration and even lower your immunity. Excessive weepiness should be seen as a signal that you need help to address your worries.
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In one survey, more than 80 percent of women reported that they cry at least occasionally--and nearly 20 percent said that they do so frequently. Men? Some 26 percent admitted to occasional crying, with nearly 65 percent insisting that they almost never do it. Although we may want to view these results with a touch of skepticism--guys being less inclined to admit to crying--women are clearly the weepier sex.
It isn't always this way: Nurses report that, as babies, males and females cry the same amount (a lot!) and for the same reasons--they're hungry, tired, in pain, wet, bored. But by adolescence, boys have mostly turned off the waterworks, responding to the message that "big boys don't cry." Girls, while they might be encouraged to "cheer up," are generally not belittled for tearing up.
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"Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel." Isaiah 7:14
In reference to this, "Arnie" had this to say,
"in the tanach is 14;7 the word is not virgin. the word almah is used which means young girl who may or may not be a virgin. if the word betulah had been used it absolutely means virgin. seeing that the christian translation in matthew is virgin that is 100% wrong.one would think thatis such an important verse the word betulah would have been used."
While "Goldenberg" commented,
"Nowhere in the Tanakh it's sad that a virgin will give birth to a child. If you translate properly from Hebrew you'll note that it's about a young girl but not necessarily a virgin. How do you deal with this major issue?"
Both of them are articulating a very common Jewish objection to Jesus, so it seems right to ask: is there any truth to what Arnie and Goldenberg claim? Is Isaiah 7:14 really a messianic prophecy regarding the virgin birth of Jesus, or is it merely a mistranslation? Let's take a look at the meanings of the Hebrew words in question: almah and betulah.
The word almah is not a common one in the Hebrew Scriptures. In fact, it appears only 10 times. In six of these instances, the plural alamot is used, and the singular almah appears in the remaining four. In the ten places in which almah appears it is usually translated as "maiden," and describes a young woman who is of age to marry, yet is not married. All of this would seem to support Jewish objections that Christian translators have botched it, but closer examination will reveal that this is not the case.
It is true that almah does not explicitly refer to virginity. Yet in none of the 10 passages from the Hebrew Scriptures which contain almah does it refer to a young woman who is married at that time. Consider that in the Biblical period, a young Jewish woman of age to marry would have been presumed to be virginal. Let's examine some of the other verses of Scripture in which almah appears.
• "Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink;" Genesis 24:43
In reference to Rebekah, the Hebrew almah is translated as "virgin."
• "Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Go ahead." So the girl went and called the child's mother." Exodus 2:8
"The girl" in this passage is Miriam, the sister of Moses. She is referred to with the Hebrew almah, and both Jewish commentators and the historian Josephus speak of her as being only 10 or 12 years of age. Although women did marry early in the Biblical period, it doesn't seem logical to believe she was anything but a virgin at this point in the narrative.
• "Because of the fragrance of your good ointments, your name is ointment poured forth; therefore the virgins love you." Song of Solomon 1:3
This passage uses the plural alamot, which Jewish commentators often translate as "virgins." Consistency of usage argues that the use of almah in Isaiah 7:14 means "virgin." Some Jewish objectors – such as Arnie and Goldenberg – like to claim that this is a Christian mistranslation, while the correct (and Jewish) translation is "young woman." The ancient rabbis who translated the Septuagint (a translation of the Hebrew Scriptures into Greek) certainly did not seem to think this, since when they translated Isaiah 7:14 they rendered almah as parthenos, a Greek word which unequivocally means "virgin" -- NOT "young woman." Dr. Cyrus Gordon, a scholar of semitics, argues that the Christian translation rests on this Jewish translation.
"The commonly held view that "virgin" is Christian, whereas "young woman" is Jewish is not quite true. The fact is that the Septuagint, which is the Jewish translation made in pre-Christian Alexandria, takes almah to mean "virgin" here. Accordingly, the New Testament follows Jewish interpretation in Isaiah 7:14. Therefore, the New Testament rendering of almah as "virgin" for Isaiah 7:14 rests on the older Jewish interpretation, which in turn is now borne out for precisely this annunciation formula by a text that is not only pre-Isaianic but is pre-Mosaic in the form that we now have it on a clay tablet."
Gordon, Cyrus H., Almah in Isaiah 7:14, The Journal of Bible & Religion, Vol. 21(April 1953), p. 106.
When objectors argue against Isaiah 7:14 as a Messianic prophecy that refers to the virgin birth of Jesus, they often do so by claiming that if Isaiah had meant "virgin" instead of "young woman," then the prophet would have used a different Hebrew word meaning virgin: betulah.
How well does this argument hold up? Let's examine some of the usage of betulah to find out. The Hebrew scriptures speak of two types of betulot (virgins). One is the sense of the true virgin. The other is what is called the betulah m'orashah, or the "betrothed virgin." We see an example of this in Deuteronomy 22, where the virgin in a state of betrothal is referred to as the man's isha, or wife. This would seem to argue against betulah having the singular meaning of "virgin."
Let's take a look at some other passages of Scripture which use the term betulah, and see if they uphold the argument that Arnie and Goldenberg present.
• "And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder. And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up." Genesis 24:15-16
In this passage, Rebekah is referred to with the term betulah, but note carefully that this is immediately qualified with the phrase, "neither had any man known her." If betulah unquestionably was understood to mean "virgin," why would it have been necessary to add, "neither had any man known her?"
• "Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth." Joel 1:8
In this verse, the prophet uses betulah in a highly unusual context, which one would not expect to associate with virginity. It's been suggested by some commentators that this refers to a virgin who was betrothed to be married, but that her betrothed died before the union could be consummated. However, the verse uses the Hebrew ba'al in reference to the husband, and in the Hebrew Scriptures ba'al never refers to a betrothed man, only a married man. Context therefore argues that betulah was referring to a married woman.
It would seem that there are problems defending the accusation that the rendering of almah as "virgin" is a Christian mistranslation. It would also seem that the argument that the prophet Isaiah would have used betulah if he was referring to a virgin does not hold up well to scrutiny. In fact, one could argue that had Isaiah done so, critics might have had much more ammunition to argue that he is not referring to a miraculous, virgin birth.
I would imagine that the translators of the Septuagint had good reason to translate almah as parthenos, sending the clear message that Isaiah meant a virgin would give birth. Those translators didn't have a theological stance they were trying to defend, they were just trying to be faithful to the text and to translate it as accurately as they were able.
The objection that critics such as Arnie and Goldenberg raise, on the other hand, is based on a pre-determined stance: that Christian scholars have purposefully mistranslated the words of Isaiah, and that the miraculous virgin birth of Jesus was never even foretold. In my opinion, it's a shame that it's not an objection based on an honest examination of the Scriptures.


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PUBLISHED: 07 May 2013 14:30:00 | UPDATED: 08 May 2013 04:45:14PUBLISHED: 08 May 2013 PRINT EDITION: 07 May 2013RBA governor Glenn Stevens. "[The RBA board] judged that a further decline in the cash rate was appropriate to encourage sustainable growth in the economy, consistent with achieving the inflation target." Photo: Bloomberg
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The Reserve Bank of Australia has joined the intensifying global currency war by cutting official interest rates to a record low, a move designed to alleviate some of the damage to the economy from the high dollar.
For the first time since the Reserve Bank's creation in 1960, the central bank's board lowered the benchmark interest rate to 2.75 per cent from 3 per cent.
The central bank hinted at more cuts in coming months if needed to lessen the effects of the dollar on businesses struggling to compete in the global market. A prominent economist, Ross Garnaut, described the Australian dollar as the developed world's most overvalued currency.
In a statement after the Reserve Bank board met in Sydney, governor Glenn Stevens highlighted the "unusual" fact that the dollar had remained high over the past 18 months despite falling export prices and lower interest rates.
The surprise cut triggered a drop in the dollar to just under $US1.02 from $US 1.0238 and underscores the challenge of managing the economy amid a global wave of monetary policy loosening. Central banks in Japan, Europe and the United States have recently ramped up quantitative easing measures, a form of printing money designed to rekindle their battered economies.
These potentially inflationary policies have sparked accusations that central banks are deliberately driving down the value of their exchange rates and triggering a "currency war" between nations.
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The Reserve Bank is being forced to compete with other central banks by using official interest rate cuts to put downward pressure on the dollar even though some experts warn investment bubbles may be building in shares, bonds and property.
The Reserve Bank has repeatedly ruled out taking alternative steps such as imposing a Swiss-style currency cap. Treasurer Wayne Swan has telegraphed the government's opposition to such moves and described the Swiss measures last week as ineffective, dangerous and "folly in the extreme".
The dollar has remained above parity with the US dollar for 10 months, which has helped offset imported inflation and squeezed industries such as manufacturing, tourism and education. The Reserve Bank estimates the dollar's real value rose in the first three months of 2013 to the highest since 1974.
Professor Garnaut, who advised then prime minister Bob Hawke on economic matters, told The Australian Financial Review Australia's real exchange rate was "overvalued to an extent that has never been known before in a developed country".
"It has to come down a long way [and] bringing interest rates closer to those in developed countries is a preferred way of bringing it down," he said.
But Professor Garnaut warned that as official interest rates fell, the point might be reached where "housing prices enter risky territory".
Rising house prices should be offset by forcing banks to hold more capital against their outstanding home loans, one option among a range of what have become known as macro-prudential policy tools, he said. New Zealand has adopted similar measures as it drives down official interest rates to ease its currency and house prices have risen.
Swan welcomes RBA move
Mr Swan welcomed the rate cut and praised National Australia Bank and Bank of Queensland for passing the reduction on in full, which he said was "thoroughly deserved" by households.
He said the cut was made possible by the government's "responsible fiscal policy" of the past 5½ to six years, and said it would be "utterly irresponsible" to link the fact the cash rate was now below the level reached during the global financial crisis to suggest the economy was in trouble.
"We have solid growth, we have low unemployment, we have a strong investment pipeline, we have strong public finances, we have contained inflation and we have low interest rates," Mr Swan said.
Opposition treasury spokesman Joe Hockey said the Reserve Bank was being forced to drive rates to emergency levels to do the economic "heavy lifting" that Labor had failed to deliver on the federal budget.
"We now have a budget in chaos, we have got a government in chaos, but we have got a Reserve Bank that is prepared to step up to the mark and try to provide some economic leadership," he said.
Among justifications for the rate cut, Mr Stevens cited low inflation and "relatively subdued" demand for credit.
He also pointed out that the central bank's board had previously signalled that the outlook for inflation gave the bank scope to lower rates if needed.
"At today's meeting the board decided to use some of that scope," he said.
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Tuesday's decision to extend the current interest rate cutting cycle – which now totals 2 percentage points since November 2011 – suggests policymakers have again become concerned that the non-mining parts of the economy need more support.
The bank has since the second half of last year expressly declared its intention to use monetary policy to spur industries such as construction to offset a likely peak and decline in the resources investment boom this year.
In particular, the Reserve Bank has been disappointed that the residential construction upswing has been weak and largely confined to apartments rather than detached houses.
Figures published last week showed building approvals fell 5.5 per cent in March, reigniting concern the economic transition from a dependence on resources investment to construction may not be a smooth as anticipated by the central bank.
"Despite the low cash rate, it's fair to say questions remained over whether quite enough had been done to ensure the rebalancing and recovery of the economy," said UBS economist Scott Haslem, who warned the cash rate was likely to remain low for longer than it had in the past. Macquarie economist Brian Redican, one of eight out of 29 economists to forecast the cut, said the bank's statement hinted at the likelihood of further reductions in coming months.
"It's very rare for the RBA to deliver one solitary rate cut or hike, so we'd expect to see another cut. The [use] of the phrase 'some of that scope' suggests they see the need for more," he said.
With official interest rates now in uncharted waters – and average mortgage rates back at post-GFC lows – the barriers to further rate reductions may have increased.
The central bank will in coming weeks and months pay particular attention to next week's federal budget outcome, as well as the Australian Bureau of Statistics' survey on resources industry investment plans, due on May 30.
Jobs figures due on Thursday are expected to show 11,000 new positions were created last month, enough to keep the jobless rate at 5.6 per cent.
Mr Stevens said that growth in the economy had slowed below its average pace, or what he called "trend" and said "this appears to have continued into 2013".
He added that inflation was lower than expected, in part because of moderating labour costs and an apparent improvement in productivity growth.
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Johnny, I totally agree! The world would be a much better place if real men were stepping up and helping to grow more real men.
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The potential side effects of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), including COX-2 inhibitors, have been well documented recently. The highly publicized Public Health Advisory from the Food and Drug Administration on celecoxib (Celebrex) and rofecoxib (Vioxx) has increased the discussion about the safety of such agents. What types of side effects should one be wary of with NSAIDs and COX-2 inhibitors, and what screening precautions can one take? Nicholas Grumbine, DPM, has seen gastrointestinal (GI) difficulties and bleeding in patients taking NSAIDs, particularly if they are taking other medications as well. Dr. Grumbine, a Diplomate of the American Board of Podiatric Surgery, treats many cases of reflex sympathetic dystrophy and says 25 to 40 percent of those patients have had adverse GI side effects on NSAIDs. Overall, Dr. Grumbine has also seen intestinal bleeding in less than 5 percent of patients who take NSAIDs and other medications. A recent study in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology echoes the concerns about GI side effects. Researchers tested 41 patients with various arthridities, 21 percent of whom were taking NSAIDs every day for more than three months. Seventy-one percent of NSAID users experienced small bowel injury compared to 10 percent of the control subjects, according to the study. The study authors noted that 10 NSAID users had mild injuries while five NSAID users experienced erosions or large ulcers. Study authors note that endoscopically evident small-intestinal mucosal injury is "very common" in chronic users of NSAIDs. They also note that none of the patients experienced any problems with the diagnostic capsule endoscopy procedure. Erwin Juda, DPM, says one may use endoscopes to screen for potential GI problems but says this is not feasible for every patient. To screen for patients who may experience GI side effects on NSAIDs, Drs. Grumbine and Juda emphasize the importance of a thorough patient history. Dr. Grumbine says one should ascertain if the patient has had any bleeding problems, dark stool, abdominal cramps and anemia. Dr. Juda says one should document if patients have any history of ulcers and GI problems, and ask them if they are already taking NSAIDs. Taking multiple NSAIDs may be particularly problematic, according to Dr. Grumbine. He recalls a moderately obese patient who had severe degenerative joint disease and had undergone a triple arthrodesis. Dr. Grumbine says he had problems controlling the patient's post-op bleeding after prescribing aspirin. Unfortunately, the woman did not tell him that she was already taking Motrin and a stronger Mexican aspirin. Her hemoglobin dropped from 14 to 8 in two days and Dr. Grumbine says he had to transfuse three units of blood. "People sometimes take herbs and don't tell you, and adverse effects can accumulate with the NSAIDs or COX-2 inhibitors," points out Dr. Grumbine. As this issue went to press, the FDA's Arthritis Advisory Committee and the Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee were scheduled to have a public meeting to discuss concerns over NSAIDs.


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BUZZ: This recording celebrates the Silver Anniversary of the Center for New Music at the University for Iowa. Founded in 1966, its ensemble has toured widely as one of the outstanding contemporary music ensembles in the U.S. The Center has supported a number of residences of well-known composer whose works have been performed and premiered on the University of Iowa campus, such as Charles Dodge, Morton Feldman, Lukas Foss, Salvatore Martirano, Roger Sessions, and Charles Wuorinen. This recording includes two works especially commissioned for the Silver Anniversary, the first by Joan La Barbara (b.1947) well-known for her experimental compositions with extended voice, the other by the Center's founder Richard Hervig. The collection reflects a wide spectrum of new music, from the advanced serialism of the late William Hibbard to the sophisticated electronic tape collage of Robert Paredes.
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The SpringHill Suites in Lancaster provides attentive service and a refreshing stay. This all-suites hotel has smartly appointed studios with separate sleeping and living areas, a pantry with microwave and mini-fridge, and HDTVs with on demand content. Hi-speed Internet access is free throughout this Lancaster, CA hotel. Revive in our onsite pool and exercise facility or take advantage of free passes to nearby Monster Fitness. Guests delight in our complimentary hot breakfast buffet with its health conscious options, while others prefer to grab a snack on-the-go from The Market. Our large lobby provides plenty of casual seating where groups can gather in the evenings. We are particularly close to the AV Hospital and within a few miles of AV College, West Coast Baptist College and Lancaster Baptist Church. Business travelers appreciate our nearness to aerospace businesses. Outdoor enthusiasts can enjoy golf, hiking, parks and picnicking, the Lancaster Soccer Center and Big 8 Softball Complex.
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Grading Hep C Stocks Exiting EASL Confab
Gilead's refusal to collaborate raises an important observation. Consider this: Bristol-Myers hasn't made public much data about BMS-986094 since closing the Inhibitex acquisition and non-specific toxicity rumors dogged the drug at EASL. Does this explain why Bristol-Myers is trying to pressure Gilead into moving the daclatasvir-GS-7977 regimen into phase III trials? Put another way, if Bristol-Myers was confident that BMS-986094 (INX-189) could easily replace GS-7977 in a combination regimen with daclatasvir, why not play the same ruthless, "winner take all" game as Gilead?
If I was a Bristol-Myers bull, I would be worrying about the future of BMS-986094 (INX-189.)
Management better hope it can either woo or shame Gilead into collaboration (unlikely, unless something goes wrong with GS-5885) or that the Inhibitex drug plays nice with daclatasvir and the toxicity rumors are false. Otherwise, Bristol-Myers will have to open up the M&A wallet again to remain relevant in the race for next-generation hepatitis C therapies.
Abbott (ABT - Get Report):
Grade: B Despite Wall Street skepticism, I think Abbott remains firmly in the hepatitis C game. The company presented data from two major studies, PILOT and CO-PILOT, in late-breaker sessions on Saturday afternoon. PILOT enrolled treatment-naive patients to receive 12 weeks of ABT-450 -- a protease inhibitor that requires blood-level "boosting" with ritonavir -- in combination with the non-nucleoside NS5B polymerase inhibitor ABT-072 and ribavirin. It must be noted that all patients had favorable "C/C" genetics, making it an easy group to treat. Nonetheless, Abbott reported an impressive 91% SVR24. One patient in PILOT suffered a late relapse after 36 weeks of follow up which dropped the SVR36 "cure" rate to 82%. These are some of the longest follow-up results yet with next-generation, all-oral regimens so the relapse was noteworthy. I'm not sure if the relapse is an isolated event, and no one I spoke with had a definitive answer. Keep the question of whether interferon-free regimens might leave patients more susceptible to late relapse in mind -- it needs to be watched closely going forward. In Abbott's second CO-PILOT study, patients received 12 weeks of ritonavir-boosted ABT-450 and the "non-nuc" ABT-333. Patients in the two treatment-naive arms achieved SVR12 rates of 93% and 95% (These patients were a mix of easy- and hard-to-treat patients more comparable to competitors' studies). I was impressed with these data, as were most physicians at EASL. A third arm in the CO-PILOT study enrolled "non-responders" but generated only a 47% SVR12; these patients need a more robust regimen. The downside to the CO-PILOT regimen is complexity: ABT-450 is administered once daily, as is ribavirin and ritonavir, whereas ABT-333 is dosed twice daily. Further, ritonavir has numerous drug-drug interactions. Physicians I spoke with at EASL were mixed about whether or not patients could be sufficiently compliant in the real-world setting. I doubt it. Abbott plans to co-formulate future combinations, which will include other drugs (the company also has a NS5A inhibitor.) I plan on taking a closer look at Abbott in a future column. The company is highly dependent on sales of the rheumatoid arthritis drug Humira, which I don't like, but investors aren't assigning much value to its hepatitis C assets. Based on what I saw at EASL, that could be a mistake. Idenix Pharmaceuticals (IDIX): Grade: B- Despite having no data at EASL this year, Idenix will likely benefit from the rising tide created by Gilead and Bristol-Myers. After successfully negotiating side effect questions and a partial clinical hold, Idenix has emerged as the only smallish biotech company with both a "nuc" (IDX-184) and an NS5A inhibitor (IDX-719.) By year-end, we will see SVR4 data for IDX-184 combined with interferon and ribavirin; and early data on IDX-719. If these results look promising, Idenix is going to be hugely attractive to large pharma companies with lackluster hepatitis C programs and an urge to catch up. Novartis (NVS) already has a first right to license IDX-719 by year-end, but other companies might be interested regardless of the Swiss pharma giant's decision. I would be a buyer of Idenix, but keep any position on the small side. Achillion Pharmaceuticals (ACHN): Grade: C- Meh. Achillion has two NS5A inhibitors, ACH-3102 and ACH-2928, which look okay in early studies, but I'm not sure what makes these drug candidates stand out. I feel similarly unexcited about ACH-1625, a protease inhibitor, which looked decent in a confusing study that combined it with interferon and ribavirin. I'm just not convinced these are valuable assets, so I'm going to wait on the sidelines. Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX - Get Report): Grade: D- Out of sight, out of mind. The big loser of the EASL conference was Vertex Pharmaceuticals. The company's first-in-class protease inhibitor Incivek pioneered treatment with direct-acting antivirals in hepatitis C, but the drug now feels woefully outdated less than one year after approval. The problem is that Incivek therapy still requires patients to receive weekly injections of interferon. Remember what I noted at the top of this column -- interferon is dead -- so any drug attached to interferon is at risk of the same fate.Check Out Our Best Services for Investors
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A1C Champion Mary Martin Shares the Importance of Blood Sugar Management
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I've had the pleasure of featuring so many wonderful A1C Champions and I'm always intrigued and impressed by their unique stories. Today is no exception as I highlight Mary Martin, an A1C Champion whose type 2 diabetes journey began in 1993 at age 57. It wasn't until a year after her diagnosis, when her daughter convinced her to start seeing a new physician, that she really began to understand the importance of blood sugar management.
"My new doctor talked to me about my A1C, but my previous doctor had never mentioned it," Mary said. "At that time my A1C was at a 10 and my new doctor was hell-bent on getting it down to a seven or below. As I started lowering my A1C and better managing my blood sugar, I started feeling better and really started to understand why it was so important."
Exercise and diet were both important elements in blood sugar management for Mary, and her doctor stressed the importance of making small changes to better her health. It encouraged Mary to work toward her A1C goal that she eventually reached, and to become an A1C Champion.
While Mary stresses the importance of blood sugar control in her A1C Champion sessions, she also wants people to know that diabetes doesn't have to take over your life.
"You can develop a schedule of reminders for your medication and blood sugar checks," Mary said. "You don't have to go to the gym to exercise, but can make gardening a part of your fitness routine. You can have special treats as long as you include them in your dietary count."
Additionally, Mary says it's also important to develop a support team of family members and healthcare providers because she feels people are often scared when diagnosed with diabetes.
"You have the choice to manage your diabetes," Mary said. "You're the only person that can do it, but your family and friends can support you in it."
Mary's primary support comes from her husband, Ed, who she married in 2011 after 25 years of dating. "My husband is becoming educated on what to do in case of an emergency," Mary said. "We have to plan for the outings but we certainly don't let it control us. Before we leave home my husband always says, 'You got your medicine? You got your blood sugar machine?'"
It's so great that Ed is there to help Mary. As challenging as diabetes can be, it sounds like Mary is doing everything she can to take care of her health so it doesn't consume her life. Thanks to Mary for taking the time to share her story!
All the best,
Laura K.
Disclosures: Mary Martin is a trained volunteer through the Sanofi US A1C Champions Diabetes Education Programs. All opinions contained in this post reflect those of the interviewee, and not of Sanofi US, its employees, agencies or affiliates.
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Punch Rare Corojo Double Corona Reviews [view details]
Give us YOUR review!Showing 1 through 10 of 14 reviews
"Not as impressed as the rest of you but not bad"
This is a well constructed cigar that draws slow and burns nicely. I did not pick up any chocolate in this cigar as a few of the others have mentioned. To me it has a bready flavor and is medium bodied. A little bit one dimensional and milder than I prefer until you get into the last half of the cigar. I don't find this to be nearly as good as the Punch Gran Puro.
btg in michigan November 22, 2008
I don't know if it was this one particular cigar or my tastes getting jaded,to me it was fairly mild with some leather & a little sweetness, not a bad thing just didn;t satisfy me albeit the construction & burn were very good. no spicy, pepper twang that I really like is all
cybergar in Bondsville October 9, 2008
"Full Flavor Goodness"
A Full Flavored Cigar. The more you smoke it the spicer it gets. It has zero sweetness and the best description I can give is FULL FLAVOR. I savored this cigar down to the nub. The setting was even perfect on the porch with my husband enjoying solitude watching a rain storm blow in. My husband however, did not like this cigar I finished it off by myself. I absolutely loved it. For me it's not an everyday smoke but when the moments right! It's perfecto
JDS in Pensacola August 9, 2008
"great smoke"
great everyday smoke for the price great flavor too i highly recommend them
m szeman in southplainfield,nj May 23, 2008
"Seems like only I like them ....?"
despite the previous poor reviews I actually enjoyed these and thought they were as good as the real Cuban Punch brand. Not too powerful but a good flavour at a cheap American price.
CreekEnd in UK August 10, 2007
"Must have got a lemom"
After reading the reviews here I was excited to light this up, but ended up very dissapointed. The draw was horrible, and the amount of smoke was puny. The taste was slightly below average for me, nothing complex, just a medium tobacco flavor. I will definately smoke another one to make sure that I didn't just get a bad stick.
bthek in Albuquerque, NM April 26, 2007
"Rare, perhaps. Corojo, perhaps not."
Just stumbled across an informative article that states that the Punch Rare Corojo cigar is neither rare, nor Corojo.
For what it's worth.
Artie in Los Angeles April 21, 2007
"Just perfect!"
This is one of the cigars that I would buy a box of if I had the extra money to spend. For those who enjoy the Rocky Patel Vintage or the Sun Grown- give one of these a try. Oily wrapper, smooth, yet flavorful cigar. I smoked this one down to the fingers.
Eric D. in Maryland August 12, 2006
"Awesome; full bodied, smooth, nice smoke."
These are a favorite of mine. Very good flavor and strength. Perfect for 9 holes of golf.
Keenan P in Overland Park, Kansas November 3, 2005
"Amazing smoke!! One of my favorites!!!!"
Great smoke!!! Always in my humidor now!!!!
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The impact of investments in energy efficiency extends well beyond reducing energy costs or addressing the environmental impacts of energy extraction and use. These investments provide jobs for American workers and help them to support their families and communities.
ACEEE has just released a series of six profiles of real world experiences in energy efficiency job creation. These profiles describe programs, policies, investments, partnerships, and business models that have catalyzed regional increases in employment. While previous ACEEE work has provided an analytic framework for how jobs are created through efficiency, this paper focuses on the jobs themselves.
Energy efficiency catalyzes employment opportunities that draw upon the broad range of Americans' skills. Moreover, as companies' investments in energy efficiency improve their bottom lines, they experience increased competitiveness, which is a potential contributing factor in bringing jobs back to American soil. Each profile serves as an independent portrait of the various driving forces behind energy efficiency job creation, illustrates the diversity of energy efficiency jobs, and demonstrates the extent to which they draw upon Americans' existing skills and competencies.
Highlights in the paper distilled from conversations with program representatives and literature review include:
These profiles primarily illustrate jobs arising from the implementation of efficiency measures, from the supply chain supporting this direct implementation, and from additional dollars circulating in the broader economy that are spent by workers in these categories. What we have not emphasized here are the multitude of jobs that are supported when individuals and businesses redirect the money they save by paying lower utility bills. In other words, energy efficiency does more than drive job creation through installation and investment. The subsequent cost savings from energy efficiency can also be used, in part, to support fuller levels of employment in the broader economy.
As demonstrated through our profiles, jobs supported by energy efficiency are diverse and require a variety of skill sets, many of which are abundant in the American workforce today. In sum, energy efficiency should be viewed as a powerful strategy for sustaining enduring employment that utilizes a huge range of Americans' skills and expertise.


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The Pro Football Hall of Fame is adding a contributor category for nomination next year. The proposal to add a contributor category was first raised on Friday, a day before the 2014 seven-member class was inducted. Hall of Fame president David Baker said there was a need to add the category to address what had become a backlog of qualified candidates, including commissioners, owners and general managers.


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