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Has the US entered a new era of government bailouts for business?
First, Uncle Sam intervened to rescue investment bank Bear Stearns. Then last week the government took over failing mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
Now Lehman Brothers is tottering – raising the prospect of another US salvage operation. And the Big Three automakers are in Washington this week with hats in hand, asking for loans to finance development of more fuel-efficient vehicles.
To some economists, actions taken so far have redefined the criteria for the type of firm the government considers "too big to fail." That's particularly true, they say, because the bailouts have occurred under a supposedly pro-free-market Republican administration.
But others say the bailouts are isolated actions. After all, Washington's 1979 provision of loan guarantees to Chrysler wasn't followed by a spike of US intervention in the marketplace.
"This is not the age of bailouts," says Peter Morici, a professor of business at the University of Maryland and former chief economist at the US International Trade Commission. "We get into these situations and then we sober up."
Size not the only factor
In the case of Bear Stearns, Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac, company size was just one factor in the government's calculations about whether to throw them a taxpayer-funded lifeline. The nature of their connections with the rest of the economy was far more important.
If Bear Stearns went under, it could have dragged down a web of firms with which it did financial business. Fannie and Freddie together own or guarantee half the nation's mortgages. Their failure could have caused the flow of mortgage money in the US to freeze up.
But if these firms qualify for help, so might Lehman, as well as other financial institutions battered by the housing crisis, such as Washington Mutual, the nation's largest savings and loan.
Lehman is currently bigger than Bear Stearns was before its government-arranged takeover by JP Morgan Chase, after all. Lehman chief Richard Fuld has announced plans to spin off the bank's prized investment management division and split the remainder into two banking entities, one with good loans and one saddled with bad housing-backed assets. If he has time to accomplish this paring, he might reduce the institution's size enough so that US officials might decide it's OK to let it fail, if the situation comes to that.
Lehman does have one advantage that Bear Stearns lacked – access to overnight loans from the Federal Reserve. The Fed initiated this program after the Bear Stearns debacle, so that hard-pressed institutions might be able to stay afloat while they look for cash from other sources.
But Lehman got itself into trouble by making bad bets in the market, say critics of government intervention. And Washington shouldn't be helping it out.
"I don't buy the 'too big to fail' argument," says Chris Edwards, director of tax policy at the Cato Institute. "Failure is a normal happening in the marketplace. About 10 percent of all US businesses fail every year."
Detroit comes knocking
Meanwhile, the situation of the auto firms is somewhat different from that of financial institutions battered by bad housing loans.
Their argument is that they need millions of dollars to develop products that meet new fuel-economy standards imposed by Congress, and that normal debt markets aren't operating normally as the credit crisis continues to rage.
Up to $25 billion in government-supported loans for automakers were a part of the 2007 energy bill, which passed Congress and was signed into law by President Bush. But auto firms want to raise government help to $50 billion. Top Detroit officials will push for the increase in funding on Sept. 12 at an energy summit in Washington, D.C.
They have the support of many congressional Democrats. "It's very important to our country," said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
But backing from the Bush administration is far from assured, despite its recent moves to rescue financial institutions.
US officials know that their interventions in the market could well have negative consequences. One is pressure for help from more firms and other industries. If the airlines industry got aid following Sept. 11, why not the automakers now? And if Detroit gets help, what about other struggling old-line industries?
Lines will have to be drawn, according to officials. Otherwise, firms might actually start to engage in riskier behavior, knowing that Washington will come to the rescue.
"Mitigating that problem is one of the design challenges that we face as we consider the future evolution of our [financial aid ] system," said Fed Chairman Benjamin Bernanke in an Aug. 22 speech.
To some critics, such mitigation might be too little, too late. The financial bailouts have already expanded the notion of what firms might qualify for US help – not so much because of the firms themselves, but because it was a Republican administration that bailed them out.
"The supposedly more free-market party here has intervened to an enormous extent," says Chris Edwards of the Cato Institute.
But the overall extent of administration intervention might seem smaller if one counts Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as only partly private-sector firms. Investors have long considered that any US administration would rescue the pair if they got into trouble – and it turns out those investors were right.
"They've been quasi-government entities all along," says Mr. Morici of the University of Maryland.


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In my Sunday Business section story about computer retailers blending high-tech and high-touch to make customers feel comfortable with cutting-edge wares, I talked with a manager at Best Buy's Katy Freeway store. Marcus Buie runs the mobile department, and he told me something very interesting.
This didn't make it into the story, but Buie said that Best Buy would soon outfit its store personnel with Square credit-card readers for use on handheld devices such as smartphones and tablets. Employees could then complete purchase transactions anywhere in the store, similar to the way Apple Stores have decentralized their checkouts.
The use of Square would be part of the new Connected Store format. The Katy Freeway store will be converted this summer.
It could also save Best Buy – which posted a big loss in its most recent quarter – a lot of money. Square charges just 2.75 percent for each transaction, which is about half of what traditional credit card-processing services charge. That would cut a big expense item for Best Buy, if it's true.
I asked a spokesperson for Best Buy about this, and got the following non-committal response:
"We offer several options to buy technology when and where customers want and are always exploring ways to bring the latest innovations to that experience – including new mobile point of sale technologies, though do not have any updates at this time about commitments to specific platforms for mobile payments that might be incorporated into future store plans."
Next, I asked a Square spokesperson if that company could shed any light, and got this:
Our Square Card Reader is sold in over a thousand Best Buy stores, but we do not have any further plans for partnerships or integrations at this time.
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Mr. Colby wrote:Numbers recap: you started needing 6 MLB and 3 prospect (after the Sale/Phillips trade). You have made 7 picks - 4 MLB and 3 Prospect. That would leave you needing only 2 more MLB picks. But since you traded Freese, you need one extra MLB pick.
Since that trade was during the draft, not pre-draft, that pick is 18.2 (as opposed to 10.1)
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We mentioned that the Academy of Machinima Arts and Sciences was looking for a few good flicks back in August; they announced their finalists earlier this month, with the awards ceremony to be held in New York City in November. There's a pretty wide variety of quality entries that run the gamut from artsy to funny to pretty wacky and from short to pretty damn long. It's certainly an interesting collection worth nosing through if you've got some time to spare.
The 2008 Nominees [machinima.org via GameSetWatch]


text: In the great history of the internet, 2013 will be known as the Year of the Doge. The cute Shiba Inu that misspelled his internal monologue in Comic Sans captured everyone's heart for at least a few seconds these last few months (hey, that's all the time it takes on the internet). And that is why Doge – "dog" in his own special lexicon – is also the best meme of 2013. He beat out some stiff competition, topping internet crack like Harlem Shake, [Intensifies], You Had One Job, Twerking (seriously, he beat twerking!), Attack on Titan Opening Parodies, Raise Your Dongers, Moon Moon, "The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)," and Actual Advice Mallard for the top honors, according to the results of a poll released today by the web wizards at Know Your Meme. Well, that's not entirely true. Technically Brent Rambo, a child from a 1990s Apple commercial won Know Your Meme's Favorite Memes of 2013 poll, but he didn't win fairly. Thanks to scripts enlisted by 4chan's image board /b/ the results were rigged in Rambo's favor, so Know Your Meme had to do a recount. After tabulating the real votes, Doge was top dog. He was also No. 1 according to Know Your Meme's editorial staff. "It has been an exciting year defined by not one but many motifs, some familiar and some new," said Know Your Meme editor Brad Kim. "And the big surprise of the year? A new king has been crowned in the animal meme-dom ... and it's not a cat!" Click through our gallery above to find out what made 2013's best memes so darn cool. Above: Doge, The Dog That Changed the Way We LoL'd In 2013, this was the little doggie that could. Although the little Shiba Inus ("shibes" in the oft-misspelled vernacular of the meme) with Comic Sans captions had been popping up in subreddits and on Tumblr for a while, this year they exploded. And for good reason. "Doge" had everything that makes the internet tick: a weird new language for writing interior monologue captions, an easily adaptable format that meant you could make a Doge for pretty much anything, and – of course – a cute animal. Doge images are simple enough to make: just add super-short grammatically-questionable bits of text to a picture of a Shiba Inu illustrating what the dog/doge is thinking. Basically, Doge was this year's LOLcat, becoming so popular online that it started to seep into how we actually talked to each other (at least in some social circles.) It even got cited by Gawker as "funny as shit." Good boy, Doge. Image via Know Your MemeThings Get Real Thanks to [Intensifies] [Intensifies] is one of those memes that is 1,000 times better thanks to the power of the GIF. The idea is to show an image – usually a close-up on a face or small group – and then caption it with some action that is, yes, intensifying in the image. Thanks to GIFs, those images can also move and shake, making the action more, you know, intense. The meme started in late 2012 after someone put [Rustling Intensifies] behind an image of a gorilla – a take on the "That Really Rustled My Jimmies" meme. From there it got a Paul Rudd version, a My Little Pony Friendship is Magic version, and even a Doge interpretation – firmly establishing that [Intensifies] had been intensified to the fullest. Image via Know Your MemeEverybody Did the Harlem Shake Earlier this year the Harlem Shake freaking took over the web. The video meme was simple enough: Film people dancing rather simply (usually doing a kind of hip-thrust) while Baauer's track "Harlem Shake" plays. Then, when the beat of the song drops, cut to a shot of everyone – often with a lot more friends added – dancing like they're on speed. Everyone made a their own version of the "Harlem Shake": indie band Matt & Kim, sports teams, BuzzFeed, random kids in dorms. Although many, including Harlem denizens who know the real dance, noted "that ain't the Harlem Shake it caught on anyway, creating a meme that diverged from the Shake's hip-hop dance origins. The trend has since died down, but at one point in February YouTube estimated some 4,000 new Harlem Shakes were going up each day. The internet's dance card was never fuller.The Best New FAIL: You Had One Job Taken from Basher's line "You tossers! You had one job to do." (below) in Ocean's Eleven, this was the go-to FAIL meme this year. Find an image where something that should've been easily accomplished gets messed up royally, add "You Had One Job" to it and voila! Instant laughs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QXkTFKrW5U Image via Know Your MemeNo One Could Shirk the Twerk Twerking probably doesn't need explanation here (it's a butt-shaking dance that's been around since the 1990s, somehow this year it became an internet thing) because this was the year it got so popular that it crossed over from dance move to web phenomenon to international craze. Miley Cyrus' MTV VMAs performance might have been peak twerk, but that was just the crescendo; throughout the year twerking became one of those things that was talked about as much as it was done. Maybe that's why it got included in the online Oxford Dictionaries lexicon.Remixing Attack on Titan Unless you spend a lot of time on Japanese video site Nico Nico Douga, you might have missed this one. (We did.) Basically, the meme pairs the super-intense theme music from the anime Attack on Titan with scenes and sequences from other TV shows and anime. Easy, but when paired with NND's scrolling-comment function (see above), also crazy fun.Raise Your Dongers This catchphrase became a meme thanks to League of Legends player Michael Santana, who nicknamed a character in the online arena game "donger." It's hard to explain exactly (check the Know Your Meme page for more detail) but basically after Santana coined the phrase – and its emoticon ヽ༼ຈل͜ຈ༽ノ – it became a very very funny thing to put on images, even if you didn't know its history. Image via Know Your MemeDoge Gets a Friend: Moon Moon Moon Moon is another interior monologue image meme like Doge, except he's a wolf -- and a slightly slow, derpy member of his pack. He's cute. He says dumb things. He's funny. He's like Jacob in Twilight. (Zing!) That's pretty much all you need to know. Image via Know Your MemeEveryone Learned What "The Fox" Says The video for Ylvis' "The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)" wasn't so much a meme as it was a force of nature. After premiering in September it was inescapable. It got parodied on Saturday Night Live. The Norwegian comedy duo behind it found themselves discussing it on talk shows. It got adapted by the Ohio University Marching 110. The clip got 280 million views on YouTube, where it became 2013's top trending video – ahead of a military version of "Harlem Shake." Like we said, it everywhere.This Helpful Duck That Gave Everyone Advice Animals giving advice in image macros have been around for more than a minute, but this year one in particular – Actual Advice Mallard – catapulted in popularity. Unlike other advice animals like Art Student Owl or Hipster Kitty, which serve up cold snarky witticisms, this lovely little duckling (OK, full-grown duck, but that doesn't sound as cute) is actually here to help. Actual Advice Mallard, which emerged from the Advice Animals subreddit in 2011, is known for it legitimately useful life-hacks like hanging your shirt in the bathroom while you shower to remove wrinkles or fixing paper cuts with ChapStick. (Service-y!) A welcome reprieve in an internet full of attitude – and maybe that's why he's so popular. Image via Know Your Meme


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Beautiful Women Must Try Harder
I rarely post two letters from readers back to back, but I received an email today that is both time-sensitive and potentially instructive to readers.
I'll begin with a confession. The real name of the writer is very unusual, and after reading her letter I had a hunch I wanted to confirm. Sure enough, she is indexed in Google images thanks to social media profiles. It is as I suspected. She is a hard 9, at least, if your taste runs to Kate Upton on a good day. I don't mean to objectify her, but I think she falls victim to a mentality that is common among beautiful women. It may sound counterintuitive, but beautiful women often have to make a special effort to land a good man, initiating intimacy, providing encouragement and offering reassurance along the way.
My advice would be the same in any case, but her looks are undoubtedly a factor in the dynamic between them.
Dear Susan,
Hi, your blog always gives such insightful advice on relationship issues, and I would love some right now because I'm in a difficult position with the first man I've liked in a long time. I'm 22, he's 25.
I've been dating him for around two months now. I ended things with a guy this summer and was deeply depressed for a while, which is why I didn't want to get emotionally attached too soon. There was a bit of imbalance – he took me out to nice dinners, walked me home, didn't even make a move. When we started sleeping together, things were great but I was still not completely accommodating – I didn't offer him coffee/breakfast in the morning, which I kind of regret now. I'm an introverted person and I don't express emotions very well. Raised that way I guess. Nevertheless, we continued dating and he'd text and call very often.
I haven't seen him in person for around 3 weeks. It's sometimes been difficult matching our schedules (he's working, I'm a student), and I have been travelling the past week. He said he wanted to take me to a lovely dinner the night I came back from an overseas trip. I was jetlagged when back and had a heavy lunch so I suggested a drink instead, and he accepted. I dozed off, got back to him a couple of hours later and said we could meet 45 mins later at which point it would be 10.45. He said it would be "a little too late" because he had to get up early for work, but we could meet the next day. I was pissed – that drink would probably lead to him coming back with me, he hasn't seen me in 3 weeks, what guy says no to that because he'd get six hours rather than eight? I was so annoyed I said I was busy the next few days. He told me to "let him know when I could see him".
So when I was out Thursday night I texted him (very late, early hours) asking if he was out too. For a weekday, I figured he might have been in bed. I got a reply the next morning. Friendly, as usual, but he hasn't initiated anything since.
Worst part – Saturday night was a party hosted by a friend of his – an all night dinner and drinks. He asked me about a month ago and even convinced me to stay in town a far more days to attend. Come Saturday, I heard nothing. I'm just assuming he went to the party without me. I suppose most girls would text and go "what's going on with that party??". But I always assume a defensive position towards men – I think until the point of exclusive, the initiatives should be theirs. Plus, I did make an "initiative" Thursday night by texting first.
I was angry and in my irrational rage, I figured this was "finished from my side", deleted him off facebook and deleted our text message history. That was yesterday, I assume he's seen it by now, but he hasn't said anything. I am twisting in agony trying to figure what the reason for his silence might have been… Whether someone said something about me. I can't figure why, I'm not known as promiscuous, and I don't think there is anything awful that may surface.
So as you can see I'm going out of my mind. I like the guy, and I know I acted irrationally when deleting him. But his behaviour was really schizo – he was all over me and seemed so genuinely interested, and then shut down on Saturday. I feel like it would be stupid to contact him now, it will seem as if deleting him was a provocation and now I'm "giving in"? I feel like it would give me an instant lower hand. Should I just wait it out?
Am I being completely crazy? Will this end right now if I don't make a move? Or will I look pathetic? Or is it the case that if he likes me enough, I will hear from him?
An ex boyfriend accused me of always causing unnecessary drama. If that seems the case, please let me know.
Dear Anne,
It sounds like you're a regular reader, in which case you've seen my posts about avoiding players, and also my posts about the need for a woman to escalate emotionally when a man does get through her filter and she wants to be in a committed relationship with him.
I'm going to cut straight to the chase here.
You have been employing the Principle of Least Interest with such success that you convinced Stephen you are not interested in him. To be fair, you describe yourself as having been hurt fairly recently and feeling somewhat self-protective. It's hard to escalate emotionally while deliberately delaying intimacy. Being introverted and not emotionally expressive makes this more challenging as well.
It sounds like Stephen was happy to go all out in pursuing you, putting in most of the effort. You already have a sense that you did not give him the reinforcement that would have helped to seal the deal early on, as you mention having regrets about remaining aloof, even after sex. However, I see some poor judgment calls here on your part within the last week or so that I don't believe you fully recognize. At the risk of being very hard on you, I'm going to highlight them in hopes that you can learn from this experience, whether things work out with Stephen or not.
You did not act eager to reunite with him when you returned from Miami.
I understand that you were jet lagged, and I'm sure he did too. You might have rescheduled, explaining that you were dying to see him but wanted to be at your best. You could also have mentioned that you simply could not function without a couple of hours sleep, would he be amenable to a late drink?
Instead it sounds like you dismissed his plan because you were not particularly hungry (bad call) and then left him waiting and wondering until 10 p.m. That was not very considerate of his time, and it may have played a role in his declining at that point. Or he may have calculated that you would both have a much better time with less pressure by doing it the next day instead. Maybe he wanted to enjoy your company for an evening instead of racing home from the bar to have sex before an early alarm.
You felt rejected, so you punished him.
If a man is rejecting you, punishing him for doing so is not a good strategy for exciting his interest. Had you agreed to the next night, you would likely have had a passionate reunion. Instead, you told him you did not want to see him. His response that you should let him know indicates hurt feelings and hurt pride.
You sought to increase your control over him.
After turning him down, and without letting him know when you were available to see him, and how much you wanted to see him, you texted him while out late on a work night. This served to remind him that you are a carefree student who can be out and about getting attention from other men while he is required to get his sleep before another grueling day at the office. I imagine he woke in the morning, felt peeved, and his resentment grew throughout the day.
Note that you have still not texted to "let him know when you could see him." You have only texted to convey your fabulousness and desirability on a night when he was unlikely to go out.
You stubbornly waited for him to break.
You entered into a pissing match over who would blink first. It should have been you! Why do you always assume a defensive posture with men? Why are they required to do all the work? You're bound to intimidate the hell out of most men as it is – they're going to need some positive reinforcement to keep going! And they're very likely to assume that they're unlikely to hold your interest.
Deleting him from facebook probably signalled to him that you have zero interest in him whatsoever, and want all reminders of your association gone.
In short, I don't think his behavior has been schizo or the least bit unreasonable. I think you've been acting like a bit of a spoiled brat. (I say this with a maternal affection.) I don't know whether this is salvageable, but if you really look at Stephen and see a potential father for your children, here is what I suggest you do:
Go crawling to him on your hands and knees.
I regret the way things have been between us for the last week. I accept responsibility for doing a very poor job of letting you know how much I wanted to see you upon my return. I have enjoyed our time together very much and I'd like to set things right. Are you free tomorrow night? Would you like to come over for a drink and we can talk about it?
Missing you,
If he is kind but says no, you'll have time for soul searching. If he is a jerk and really was playing you in some way, he'll be rude and unresponsive, in which case you just got rid of a bad guy. If he says yes, you're back in the game. Respond graciously no matter what.
No more silent treatment, it's time to make a little drama here (the good kind – as in, a dramatic gesture to surprise and delight him).


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Former CNBC anchor-reporter Maria Bartiromo is joining Fox Business Network as its Global Markets Editor.
She will anchor a daily program for that network, plus a weekly business-oriented show for Fox News Channel.
She begins at the network Feb. 1, with both programs set to launch by April, the network announced Wednesday.
Bartiromo left CNBC in November after 20 years. While there, she pioneered daily live reporting from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. She has won two News and Documentary Emmys.
Her high-profile work and photogenic looks earned her the nickname "Money Honey."
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CMINT investigators have partnered with Liquidia, Inc. to develop a new type of cancer vaccine using PRINT technology, a lithographic method used to fabricate nanomaterials. The vaccine will be designed to harness the immune system to prevent or treat malignant melanoma and will be based on two approaches: delivering cancer-associated antigens to dendritic cells and developing nucleic acid vaccines based on the design of virus-like replicon vector particles.
We employ a unique nanosensor particle to interrogate a novel biological effector in radiation therapy. The particle makes it possible to visualize the activity of the metabolic enzyme Acid Sphingomyelinase (ASMase) in vivo by magnetic resonance imaging, noninvasively and in near real time. We are exploring its potential to develop a clinical tool for immediate assessment of radiosensitivity of tumors in cancer patients.
CMINT researchers are conducting proof-of-concept experiments to demonstrate that small interfering RNAs (siRNA) can be delivered to cells using functionalized single-walled carbon nanotubes (f-CNT) as the delivery vehicle, and that this siRNA can be off-loaded to silence the expression of reporter genes in vitro and in vivo. In addition, we are evaluating the pharmacokinetic profiles for tissue biodistribution and clearance of these particles.
We use two methods to generate three-dimensional nanofiber scaffolds designed to support T cell regeneration: decellularization of human thymic tissue, and engineering of biomimetic fiber scaffolds using synthetic and natural polymers. Animal studies will show whether the implantation of these nanofiber-based tissue constructs can enhance immunity after transplantation and potentially benefit patients by decreasing the risk for opportunistic infections and cancer progression.
We are developing a nanoscale sensor platform to spatially detect the presence concentration of specific micro RNAs (miRNAs) within live cells and tissues in real time, with the goal to apply the technology as an early cancer detection or diagnostic tool. We use the changing fluorescence signal to develop these label-free sensors with high specificity and multiplexing ability of different miRNA sequences.
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Legal Problems for Kennel in Israel Could Impact Long-Term Health of Biblical Dog Breed
A woman who immigrated to Israel to help preserve the Canaan dog, an Israeli breed believed to have made multiple appearances in the Bible, is now at risk of losing her home, and her kennel, due to a lawsuit filed by the Israel Lands Authority.
Sha'ar Hagai Kennels was started by Myrna Shiboleth about 42 years ago when she moved into an isolated, abandoned building in Israel and renovated it to make it suitable for both her and the dogs.
Shiboleth told The Christian Post via email on Friday that people in Israel generally object to having kennels inside settlements, so she decided to live on the outskirts. The building she moved into was originally thought to be owned by Mekorot, the Israel water company that she paid her rent to for years, but she eventually found out the land was actually the property of the Israel Lands Authority (ILA).
About a year ago, she received notice that the ILA was suing her and trying to have her evicted off the land. She claims that she tried to contact the authority several times over the years in order to legalize her residence there, but no one ever responded to her inquiries until she received the notice that she might be evicted.
"Eviction will be a huge and disastrous blow to the breeding and preservation of the Canaan Dog, both here and in the world," wrote Shiboleth in a petition she created on Care 2's petition website. So far she has acquired over 2,100 signatures from people all over the world who support her mission.
Her family does not have enough money to buy new land and build more kennels if she is forced to leave her land, and she thinks the ILA has treated her unfairly.
"We feel that this is totally unfair and unreasonable, to not even be willing to meet with us, not to mention the fact that they ignored our presence on the land for 42 years," she said.
According to her kennel's website, the breed she loves so much is probably very similar to its ancient ancestors that lived during Bible times, and is well-equipped for life in the desert because they can survive in extreme heat with little water.
Richard Vulliet, a professor at UC Davis and co-owner of Magnum, a national champion Canaan dog in the U.S., told The Christian Post via email on Friday that "a dog much like a Canaan Dog probably led Moses down Mt. Sinai when he came down with the Stone Tablets."
The Washington Post reported Tuesday that there is archaeological evidence that points to the dog's ancient existence, including 1st-century rock carvings from Sinai and hundreds of dog skeletons found in Tel Aviv from the 5th century B.C.
Shiboleth says many purebred dogs suffer from health and genetic problems due to the limited genetic base of most breeds. The Canaan dog is an exception, however, because some of those that are still living in the wild can be added to the gene pool.
"The Canaan dog is one of the few breeds which has an existing reservoir of unrelated stock still living in natural conditions," she said. "This reservoir is disappearing fast, as the areas the dogs lived in become more and more populated [with humans]. It is very important that we bring into the gene pool ... [many] of these outside lines while we can, to insure that the breed continues as a healthy, sound dog with very few known genetic problems."
Shiboleth actively seeks out the breed in the wild, working with the camps of the Bedouin, an Arab minority group, in order to bring the dogs back to her kennel. But as more Bedouin move into the cities, The Washington Post reports, the dogs are forced to survive on their own in the desert or are mixing genes by mating with urban dogs.
Amanda Pough, president of The Canaan Dog Club of America, estimates that there are 500 or more Canaan dogs in the U.S. today, and about 3,000 in the entire world.
Pough says if Shiboleth was evicted, it probably wouldn't mean the end of the breed altogether, but the already small voice of a relatively unknown breed would shrink even more.
"Part of what Mrs. Shiboleth and the Sha'ar Hagai kennels offer to the Canaan Dog breed is an international voice. To preserve the breed, people have to know about the breed and the dogs," said Pough. "The work Mrs. Shiboleth does is unique, and her contacts in the dog world and with the Bedouin cannot be duplicated."


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When revealing HIV status turns deadly
The Cicely Bolden case exposes the dangers women face when telling partners they're HIV-positive.
By Kellee Terrell
(The Root) — Cicely Bolden, 28, was a mother, a twin sister, a daughter and a friend to many in Dallas. "She was born one minute after me, so I grew up protecting her. We had this bond. Her life was my life," her twin, Chelsea Bolden, told The Root. "My sister wasn't perfect — she liked the drama — but she was a good person and a really good mother."
Cicely Bolden also happened to be HIV-positive, diagnosed almost two years ago. But her life didn't end because of health issues related to AIDS. On Sept. 6, 2012, her married boyfriend, Larry Dunn Jr., stabbed her to death, claiming that she had sex with him and didn't disclose her HIV status until after they were finished. Her two children, ages seven and eight, discovered her body lying on her bedroom floor.
In a recorded police interview, Dunn stated that her alleged deception made him so angry that he ran into the kitchen, grabbed a knife and stabbed her. Dunn, who is currently being held on $500,000 bond, told detectives, "She killed me, so I killed her."
Sadly, no doubt many of you are thinking — thanks to some salacious headlines and the brutal debate being waged in online comment sections — either Bolden deserved it or, while you don't condone what Dunn did, you understand. But before we rush to judgment and blame the victim, let's fill in some gaps that the mainstream media's coverage hasn't addressed.
First, having sex with someone HIV-positive doesn't automatically mean that you will contract HIV or die, as Dunn suggested, especially if you use condoms and if the HIV-positive person's virus is suppressed by medication. Second, how do we really know that Bolden waited to disclose?
Bolden's sister told The Root that Bolden was up-front about her status and that she wasn't ashamed of it — even her children knew. And while it may be hard for folks to wrap their heads around it, there are plenty of HIV-negative men who knowingly and willingly have sex with HIV-positive women.
But most important, instead of putting Bolden's HIV status on trial, let's recognize that for women like her, domestic violence is a serious and all-too-common issue. A recent report found that 55 percent of all women living with HIV/AIDS have experienced domestic violence, which is more than twice the rate of the general population. And violence isn't just a quick reaction to learning someone's status; it can be long term and calculating.
Recent results from the Women's Interagency HIV Study, (WIHS) the largest ongoing study about women living with HIV/AIDS in the United States, found that between 24 and 78 percent of women living with HIV/AIDS — as well as women with increased risk of HIV, such as those living in poverty or in an area with high HIV rates — report a history of domestic violence. In addition, 78 percent of the women in the study reported a lifetime experience of abuse, and 36 percent experienced abuse that had occurred in the past three months.
Violence and trauma can kill HIV-positive women, and not for obvious reasons. That same WIHS report found that HIV-positive women experiencing recent trauma were 4.3 times more likely to have their AIDS medications fail and 50 percent more likely not to be in medical care. Researchers cited a range of reasons, including depression and post-traumatic stress syndrome that became barriers to adhering to meds and seeking care, even if care was accessible and available.
Naina Khanna, policy director at the Positive Women's Network USA (PWNU), emphasizes that domestic violence can also be in the form of emotional abuse specifically aimed at HIV-positive women, such as withholding their medication, not allowing them to attend doctor's appointments or support groups and even threatening to reveal their status to others who may not know.
"A woman's HIV status can easily be used as a tool for manipulation and coercion," Khanna said. "Maybe her parents, her baby daddy or her landlord [doesn't] know about her status, and so the partner holds that over her head — threatening to get the courts to take her kids away or make her lose her housing. This creates abusive situations, which, sadly, all too often turn violent."
While the act of disclosure is extremely complicated, by no means is anyone suggesting that HIV-positive people should remain mum about their status.
But the key is for everyone, including HIV/AIDS advocates, to look at the big picture.
Many HIV/AIDS leaders boast that disclosing is empowering and can improve one's health, but Dázon Dixon Diallo, founder and president of SisterLove Inc., believes that this communal message needs nuance.
"We have to encourage disclosure in a way where we say that it has to be careful [and] prudent, and have conversations about where to tell and why to tell," she said. "Because right now we have a serious dilemma. We are fighting against prejudicial and unfair HIV nondisclosure-criminalization laws [that throw people in jail for not disclosing their HIV status to partners]. And yet the HIV-positive people we are trying to protect [would] rather go to jail and not disclose than be killed because they did."
In the end, Bolden's death is another tragic reminder of the constant fear and violence that so many people living with HIV/AIDS, especially Black women, face on a daily basis in the United States — violence that is a direct consequence of the stigma and ignorance that HIV-negative folks create and perpetuate, yet are unwilling to own up to and admit is a problem.
"Cicely Bolden's murder is, for women, what Trayvon Martin is for the Black men," says Dixon Diallo. "Another man is going to get off lightly or completely for killing a woman for disclosing her status, and in no day or any country should that be acceptable."


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The Texas Instruments MSP430 family of ultra-low power microcontrollers consists of several devices featuring different sets of peripherals targeted for various applications. The architecture, combined with five low-power modes, is optimized to achieve extended battery life in portable measurement applications. The device features a powerful 16-bit RISC CPU, 16-bit registers, and constant generators that contribute to maximum code efficiency. The calibrated digitally controlled oscillator (DCO) allows wake-up from low-power modes to active mode in less than 1 µs.
The MSP430F23x, MSP430F24x(1), and MSP430F2410 series are microcontroller configurations with two built-in 16-bit timers, a fast 12-bit A/D converter (not MSP430F24x1), a comparator, four (two in MSP430F23x) universal serial communication interface (USCI) modules, and up to 48 I/O pins. The MSP430F24x1 devices are identical to the MSP430F24x devices, with the exception that the ADC12 module is not implemented. The MSP430F23x devices are identical to the MSP430F24x devices, with the exception that a reduced Timer_B, one USCI module, and less RAM are integrated.
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Bisons sweep Campbell with 12-7 win Sunday
Lipscomb used a 17-hit offensive attack to make up for its uncharacteristic poor defensive play as the Bisons defeated Campbell 12-7 at Ken Dugan Field Sunday. The win gave the Bisons its first series sweep of the season.
Six Bisons recorded multi-hit games in the series finale Sunday, including four players with at least three hits. Lipscomb scored at least one run in all but one inning, including a four-run sixth inning that broke the game open.
For the second straight day the Bisons (18-29 overall, 9-15 A-Sun) had to battle back from a 3-0 deficit after the first inning.
The Camels (15-31, 2-22 A-Sun) took advantage of a Bison error in the first inning by scoring three runs, with two of them being unearned off Lipscomb starter Alex Ross.
Ross allowed three runs, one earned on seven hits to go with four strikeouts in three and one third innings before being replaced by Chad Fromm.
Trailing 3-0 after the top of the first, Lipscomb scored one run in the first and another in the second to cut the Camel lead to 3-2 after two innings.
The Bisons grabbed its first lead of the game in the bottom of the third when they scored two runs on three hits to take a 4-3 lead after three innings.
Lipscomb manufactured another run in the fourth when T.J. Hoelzer's sacrifice bunt scored Ricky Coleman from third. Coleman led-off the fourth inning with his fourth double of the weekend before tagging and advancing a deep fly-out to center-field by M.L. Williams.
With Lipscomb leading 5-3 after four innings, the Camels took advantage of two fielding errors by Hoelzer in the top of the fifth to the tie game up at five before the Bisons blew open the game with a four-run sixth inning.
Lipscomb pounded out five singles and took advantage of two Camel errors to plate four runs in the bottom of the sixth. Tennyson Dodd, Richie Goodenow and Ricky Coleman all had RBI-singles in the inning to give the Bisons a 9-6 lead.
Campbell then made it a two-run game after scoring one run in the top of seventh before the Bisons would add another run in the bottom of the seventh and two more in the eighth to make it a 12-7 game.
The 17 hits the Bisons recorded Sunday marked the second most hits against a conference opponent this year. Lipscomb registered 19 hits in their 11-8 win at
Jacksonville on March 27.
Gil Rehwinkel threw the final three innings to earn his third save of the season. The southpaw walked one in three hitless innings to close out the game for the Bisons.
Chad Fromm notched his second win of the season, tossing two and two-thirds innings of middle relief. Fromm (2-2) allowed four runs, one earned on two hits to go with three strikeouts in two walks.
Offensively, Kyle Henry went 3-for-4 with a home run, two RBI and three runs scored to pace the Bisons.
Williams, Goodenow, and Coleman also had three hits and drove in runs Sunday, while Josh Chism and Dodd added two hits a piece.
With just six conference games remaining, the Bisons know they have to get back to being a great defensive team if they want to take down the likes of Stetson and Florida Gulf Coast.
The Bisons struggled defensively on the weekend, committing nine errors in the three games against Campbell, including four in the series finale.
Before the start of the game Sunday, all of the mother's of the current Bisons' that were in attendance threw out the ceremonial first pitch to their son in honor of Mother's Day.
Lipscomb will travel to Cookeville, Tenn., on Tuesday for a non-conference game against Tennessee Tech. Tuesday's game will start at 6 p.m. and will be aired live for free on the Lipscomb Sports Network.
Benjamin Seamon and Travis Young will have the call from the Bush Stadium press box on the Lipscomb Sports Network on Lipscombsports.com.


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Happy New Year! With 2012 finally coming to a close today, we can't help but envision all the awesomeness 2013 is bound to bring. And since new shops and restos seem to pop up left and right, and there are always hot happenings to keep us occupied, we can already tell some schedule organizing is going to be a must these next twelve months.
True, we do have our digital iCals, which only require a tap of the finger to switch up our to-dos, but they don't do much to please our décor aesthetic. That's why we've combed through the World Wide Web to hunt down the most adorable calendars to keep us on track and visually pleased.
Whether you're looking for some celestially cool pages to flip through each month or prefer a chalkboard decal to feel old-school, this roundup will have you all the more excited to see another day. Click through for the timely wonders and imagine all the rad things you're destined to pencil in.


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Berenice Abbott
American photographer
Brief biography, in most instances from the Union List of Artist Names® Online:
Abbott worked in Paris as a darkroom assistant to American Surrealist photographer Man Ray in 1923. Although she is responsible for bringing international recognition to the work of French photographer Eugène Atget, she is best known for her black and white photographs of New York in transition in the 1930s.
Artist ID number in the Union List of Artist Names®: ULAN 500020631.
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A worldwide effort is underway to perform a census of the world's oceans, pulling information about species from around the world into one location. The project, known as the Census of Marine Life, now has 122,500 different species on its tally -- after cleaning up over 56,000 scientific names that were in actuality just aliases for other organisms.
The project aims to assess and explain the diversity, distribution, and abundance of marine life on the planet -- but that's a tall order, with scientists estimating that there may be three times as many species yet to be discovered as have already been described in the scientific literature. In this segment, we'll talk with ocean explorer Sylvia Earle, and check in on the progress of the project. Organizers of the Census of Marine Life say they are about halfway done, on track to complete the effort in 2010. Information from the project is being published in the World Register of Marine Species, an an online encyclopedia of photos and information about all known marine species.


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Beauty Is Embarrassing is a funny, irreverent, and inspiring documentary chronicling the life and work of one of America's most important artists, Wayne White.
Raised in the mountains of Tennessee, Wayne White started his career as a cartoonist in New York City. He quickly found success as one of the creators of the TV show, Pee-wee's Playhouse, which led to more work designing some of the most arresting and iconic images in pop culture. Most recently, his word paintings, which feature pithy and often sarcastic text statements crafted onto vintage landscape paintings, have made him a darling of the fine art world.
Whether he's parading a twenty foot tall puppet through the Tennessee hillside, romping around the Hollywood Hills dressed in his LBJ puppet suit, relaxing in his studio pickin' his banjo, or watching his children grow up much too soon, Wayne White always seems to have a youthful grin and a desperate drive to create art and objects. It is an infectious quality that will inspire everyone to find their pleasure in life and pursue it at all costs.
But along the way, Wayne had to learn how to balance family and creativity; making a living and making art; playing the game and being himself. All while confronting all the deeply personal questions, fears, and feelings that plague and inspire any person who wakes up every day, driven to create.
The movie features never before seen footage of the making of Pee-wee's Playhouse, along with new interviews from Matt Groening (The Simpsons), Mark Mothersbaugh (Devo), Paul Reubens, Todd Oldham, Gary Panter, Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (Little Miss Sunshine), and many more.
The Story of Beauty Is Embarrassing
Years in the making, Beauty Is Embarrassing was completed in February of 2012 and premiered at the SXSW film festival in March. In Austin the film played four screenings to packed houses and won praise from the likes of Wired, Variety, the Hollywood Reporter, Ain't It Cool News, and others. An additional screening was added on the last day for being one of the most buzzed about films at the fest. And things have only gotten better.
After SXSW, we took the movie to Hot Docs in Toronto and Full Frame in Durham. The movie won Best Documentary at the Cleveland and Crossroads Film Festivals and the Audience Favorite Award at the Nashville Film Festival (where Wayne himself was presented with...yes...the Governor's Award). In June we'll be screening at Silverdocs Film Fest and at the Los Angeles Film Festival in the beautiful Bing Theater at (where else?) LACMA.
Here are some of the stellar reviews we've received:
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Why We Are On Kickstarter?
We are very excited that Kickstarter gives us the opportunity to self-distribute Beauty Is Embarrassing theatrically. It is our belief that this is the best way to get the movie out to as many fans as possible and offer them the theater experience that so many have loved. This movie was MADE to be shown to a crowd. We've sat with hundreds - sometimes nearly thousands - of people and felt the energy that comes from a room full of folks gathered to watch Beauty Is Embarrassing. After our screenings, audience members routinely walk up to Wayne with smiles on their faces and tears in their eyes, thanking him for being who he is and doing what he does. And we're convinced that it's the electricity of the theatrical experience that brings out these emotions. Fans are contacting us on a daily basis wanting to know when they can see it in their home town - and we want to bring it to them.
So we're going to put the movie on our backs and do put it out ourselves. We've assembled an incredibly talented group of filmmakers and film marketers and they're chomping at the bit to get started. We have a plan but we need your help. It takes a lot of money to launch a movie into theaters and we feel that Kickstarter provides the perfect opportunity to garner the support we need. Fans of the movie and of Wayne himself understand the message and we know they'll come through for us.
When can you see the movie in theaters?
We are currently scheduling a Fall release beginning in September. Our Kickstarter program will end on July 4th, and that will give us 3-4 months to book theaters and do the necessary marketing to have a successful run.
Will it play in your hometown?
Possibly! Right now we are planning a limited release with a short list of major cities in the mix. The cities we are considering are all over the country so hopefully the movie will just be a short drive from where you live. If you have a theater in mind or you happen to book one, give us a shout. Audiences really do have the power.
However, as part of our program we're also offering the special opportunity to host a screening at your local theater. There are two chances to host the film and the second (slightly more expensive) option includes a visit from Wayne White himself. We'll send him out with the film and you'll have him for the night. Dinner and a Q&A after the movie...and believe me, this guy loves to A some Q's.
Are we offering some cool rewards for supporting the program?
Of course! We have a long list of custom rewards and most of them will come personally signed by Wayne White. Along with a DVD copy of the film the list of items also includes...
Movie Poster
Letterpress Poster featuring artwork from our Los Angeles Film Fest Premiere
Official T-Shirt
Wayne's Book, 'Maybe Now I'll Get The Respect I So Richly Deserve'
If you support the movie is there a chance to get some Wayne White art?
One of the questions we've been asked most at festivals is "how can we buy Wayne's art?" Well here's your chance. We will be printing two one of a kind items created by Wayne. Each piece is a limited edition fine art print that will be signed and numbered for authenticity. Here are links to samples of each piece...
Beauty Is Embarrassing Fine Art Print, 36x24
Fine Art Silk Screen, 30x30
Also, we are offering a small number of replica LBJ heads. The heads are designed and built by Wayne and one of his assistants. They are exact replicas of the LBJ head that Wayne wears in one of the most memorable scenes of the movie. All you need is a white oxford and some kakhi pants and you're ready for Halloween!
LBJ Replica Mask
Where does the money go?
Getting a movie into theaters and doing the work it takes to fill seats is a costly endeavor. Its one that we believe in so we're going to be doing a ton of work to make sure the movie is a success. The support you give will go to expenses such as...
Public Relations
Theater Bookings
One sheets and other marketing materials
Media Buys
Social Networking Campaign
Grass Roots Awareness
Travel (For Wayne and the Filmmakers)
Where can you get more info on the movie and Wayne White?
Beauty Is Embarrassing Web Site
Wayne's Personal Homepage
Beauty Is Embarrassing On Facebook
Beauty Is Embarrassing On Twitter
Wayne White On Twitter
Will there be shopping costs?
Shipping costs are included on pledges of over $100. Some additional costs apply for Wayne's attendance at screenings. Please contact us for more info.
Funding period
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Some questions about drones were asked over at the Muffwiggler synth forum, and my answers reflected my view of music in general enough that I thought it a good opportunity to revive this blog by posting them here:
What is a good drone?
I've been thinking about this question since last night, and can't come up with a straightforward answer. Drone is just one way to approach music, and the difficulty in answering what makes a good drone is the same that occurs when asking what makes a good song.
I think good music conveys, honestly and proficiently, the general ideas its built upon. To then describe what that means specifically, I always come up against an elusive I-know-it-when-I-hear-it quality because how those things are defined specifically depends on the circumstances that led to the result. But when creating music, ask yourself what you wish to accomplish, do what you can, and then ask yourself if you've accomplished it. There's two sides to consider when asking that last question: honesty and proficiency. Sometimes your abilities keep you from reaching your goal, and sometimes it's your sincerity. When it's the first, the answer is practice, learn to become more skilled, keep trying and understand that these things take time and effort. The second is existential, and requires reflection.
How long is a good drone?
As long as it needs to be, or as long as you wish it to be.
Does the beginning have to be different of the middle and the ending?
I don't believe there is only one way to approach it. Stasis can be a remarkably effective characteristic in music, but it can also result in boring shit. If your goal is to start from a point and move to another, then do that. Be aware of a listener's interest and disinterest (even if that listener is just you), figure out how you wish to work between the two states.
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I'm less a fan of synth drones than I am of drones made from other sources. I've loved some synth-based drone music, but I've heard a lot that is lazy, bland, ham-fisted. Synths drone easily. I'm not overly interested in music that could generally be described as "I just turned this shit on and hit record, call me a superstar, mama." Some people really dig that sort of thing, or at least some people seem to really dig making that sort of thing, but I'm not one of them. So don't think of drones in terms of modules, think of it in terms of music and sound. Your understanding of how the modules help you realize your musical intent will dictate what modules to use. Never has the quality of music depended on which LFO you use.
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Are you still of the old fashioned school where you think the best way to invest in stocks, REITs, bonds or mutual funds is to call your broker and ask him to make a buy for you? Why is that? By now, you should have realized that we have come a long way and the Internet is a way that you can take on these investments for yourself.
Many people are reluctant to take their own investing into their hands through the Internet. Their reasons vary from thinking they don't know enough about their specialty market to that they can't make the same kinds of buys as a broker to thinking that their broker knows more than they do and will make sure they get in on a good deal. Let's look at each of these for a minute.
I don't know enough about my market.
If you are one of the people who think you just don't know enough about your market to matter, that's only because you aren't trying to. If you invest in REITs, for example, there are wonderful websites that allow you to learn everything you would ever need to know, plus keep on top of what is happening right now, like REITBuyer.com.
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Despite a career-high 25 points from Rasheed Wright (Greensboro, NC), the Old Dominion men's basketball team fell to East Carolina 75-67 at the Ted Constant Convocation Center Saturday night in non-conference action. The loss moves Old Dominion's record to 1-4 and improves ECU to 5-0.
Gabriel Mikulas led the Pirates with 22 points and scored the go-ahead basket to break an early 2-2 tie to put his team up for good. ECU scored the first basket of the game and never trailed after holding the Monarchs to 38% (26-68) shooting and forcing 17 ODU turnovers.
Old Dominion kept the score close throughout the game, pulling to within three, 70-67, with 19 seconds left after Isaiah Hunter (Charlotte, NC) made one of two from the foul line. However the Pirates made six of their seven free throws from then on to stay ahead and seal the game.
ODU did win the battle of the boards by a 46-29 margin, with Ricardo Marsh (Mebane, NC) leading the way with 11. Alex Loughton (Perth, Australia) dropped in 14 points with nine rebounds, six offensive.
Derrick Wiley added 20 points and six boards for the visitors who made 15-19 from the charity stripe.
The Monarchs are home again next Saturday when they host the University of Maryland-Eastern Shore at 7:00 p.m. at the Ted Constant Convocation Center.


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High West Whiskey – Rendezvous
Review: High West Whiskey – Rendezvous (89.5/100)
A Review by Chip Dykstra (Aka Arctic Wolf)
Posted on November 2, 2009
Rendezvous from High West Whiskey is a blend of two straight Rye whiskeys. The first a 6 yr old 95% rye and the second a 16 yr old 80% rye. Each was aged in new oak prior to blending.
In the Bottle: 3.5/5.0
A nice bottle design with a sealed cork topper. Close examination of the cork reveals a large crack, indicating break down of the cork already. I wish the topper would have been wax sealed for storage, and the entire presentation should have been in some sort of sleeve to protect against UV damage or the glass frosted. The protective sleeve is just a niggle, but as a collector I wish North American distillers would learn a little from the Scots. I may own a bottle for ten or twenty years before it is opened, or resold. I want the contents unchanged.
In the Glass 9.5/10
Upon pouring the bottle we have a really nice nose. Full spicy Rye with a ribbon of bourbon vanilla. Swirling the glass we get some small legs indicating a little oil in the mix. Nice! Letting the glass sit the bourbon note becomes stronger but still spicy ryeness dominates. I wouldn't call this floral, but we do have a bit of alpine meadow here.
In my Mouth 54/60
I can taste three distinct flavours here. First is a spicy hard rye which reached up and grabbed my tonsils as soon as the first mouthful hit the back of my throat. Behind the first wave we have a smoother spice which coats my palate. I taste oak tannin disguising itself as cloves and cinnamon, but with a gentle oil giving this depth. The two ryes don't really compete for my attention, The first rye grabs it and the second rye holds it. Entwined within this ocean of rye is a ribbon of bourbon and vanilla. Whether this is the result of fresh oak or the result of corn in one or both of the mashes I am not certain. We have a nice ocean of rye with a bourbon influence that compliments but does not dominate. However a certain bitter punkiness (probably wayward sulpher or maybe that oak tannin I mentioned earlier) arises in the very bottom of this ocean spoiling what could have been sensational.
In the Throat 13.5/15
A very nice burn with a nice long finish. The spicy rye stays in my palate and the ribbons of bourbon leave their trails in my throat. A small foggy bitterness stays at the very back of the throat.
The Afterburn 9.0/10
I really like how the rye is front and center. The 46% alcohol gave this a really nice kick as well. My final impression though is one of tiny details left undone, maybe the two ryes in the blend needed a marriage in oak before bottling. Maybe the inferior corkage put that hint of bitter note into the mix. It hard to say. I really want to score this higher but when I go through my ratings I just can't quite justify it.
You may read some of my other Whisky Reviews (click the link) if you wish to have some comparative reviews.
As always you may interpret the scores I provide as follows.
0-25 A spirit with a rating this low would actually kill you.
26-49 Depending upon your fortitude you might actually survive this.
50 -59 You are safe to drink this…but you shouldn't.
60-69 Substandard swill which you may offer to people you do not want to see again.
70-74 Now we have a fair mixing rum or whisky. Accept this but make sure it is mixed into a cocktail.
75-79 You may begin to serve this to friends, again probably still cocktail territory.
80-84 We begin to enjoy this spirit neat or on the rocks. (I will still primarily mix cocktails)
85-89 Excellent for sipping or for mixing!
90-94 Definitely a primary sipping spirit, in fact you may want to hoard this for yourself.
95-97.5 The Cream of the Crop
98+ I haven't met this bottle yet…but I want to.
Very loosely we may put my scores into terms that you may be more familiar with on a Gold, Silver, and Bronze medal scale as follows:
70 – 79.5 Bronze Medal (Recommended only as a mixer)
80 – 89.5 Silver Medal (Recommended for sipping and or a high quality mixer)
90 – 95 Gold Medal (Highly recommended for sipping and for sublime cocktails.)
95.5+ Platinum Award (Highest Recommendation)
7 Responses to "High West Whiskey – Rendezvous"
October 28, 2011 at 11:17 am
I really enjoyed this whisky. So much, that i bought a bottle for my dad that i have a sip of everytime I visit. Your rating is right about where I would put it as well.
February 22, 2011 at 8:06 pm
I very enjoyed studying this one and it touched my soul
June 1, 2010 at 7:15 pm
what's your opinion on Jack Daniels???


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Karen Gedissman Comes to The Catalina Jazz Club Tonight
Los Angeles' premier cabaret room, The Catalina Jazz Club, hosts cabaret artist Karen Gedissman for a special performance tonight, January 27th at 7pm. Tickets: www.catalinajazzclub.com (323) 466-2210.
Ms. Gedissman returns to the cabaret scene in Los Angeles after having performed her critically acclaimed one-woman show Karen G. Passionately! as well as starring in such musicals as A Chorus Line (Maggie), Hair (Sheila), Three-Penny Opera (Polly), Evita (The Mistress), Violet (Violet) and Judy Garland in Babes, an original musical based on Garland's life.
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Karen Gedissman has worked in the theatre since she was a child, having performed in critically acclaimed productions such as A Doll's House and The Time Of Your Life at South Coast Repertory and Des McAnuff's original musical 80 Days at the La Jolla Playhouse. Karen has traveled the world as a headliner with her critically acclaimed one-woman show Karen G. Passionately! after performing it at the Cinegrill and Gardenia Cabaret Clubs in Los Angeles.
She was also seen in the independent feature film Chavez Ravine, produced by the Hispanic Coalition Media, directed by Norberto Barba. Most recently, she was seen at the Ford Amphitheatre in Hollywood as Lola in Barrio Babies, a new musical for the "Latino Play Reading Series," established by the Latino Playwrights in Los Angeles. In the last few years, Karen has had the pleasure of sharing the stage with various well-known artists throughout Los Angeles at the Mbar, Catalina Jazz Club and Chez Fraser-Cohn, as well as using her Latin talents to sing with renowned Latin jazz artist, Louie Cruz Beltran. Along with being a true triple-threat, Actor-Singer-Dancer Karen is now becoming a songwriter, with two songs that are soon to be produced. More information is available at her website, www.aboutkareng.com.


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Original: Signed, Matthias Kamann (see picture in gallery)
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Ever since I started to follow the indie T-Shirt scene with a keen eye, I've been a big fan of the Johnny Cupcakes brand. I even made it a point to visit his shop on Newbury street the last time I was in Boston. Up to this point I've always been impressed by his creativity and imagination, as well as the way that he has interacted with his community.
Having said that, the latest collaboration, one with animation pioneers, Warner Bros., just doesn't do it for me. When I think Johnny Cupcakes I think exclusivity. Everything about the brand is exclusive. They've made a ton of money by parodying pop culture. And now that they've got an actual pop culture icon on the front of the tees, it makes feel more "meh" than "woah." For some reason, seeing Bugs Bunny on a Johnny Cupcakes shirt reminds of similar Looney Tunes shirts I'd see in Sears or JC Penny, with the exception of there being a Johnny Cupcakes logo slapped on. Again, more "meh" than "woah."
Johnny, before you could ever dream of landing big licenses like that from Warner Bros., you were already making the freshest shirts around. Warner Bros might need you, but your brand certainly does not need them. You mentioned, "We did have an entire bound book given to us that was filled with rules and regulations. A what-not-to-do book. From the littlest details like whisker placements. All in all, using the tools that were + weren't given to us, I think these came out great." I disagree, I don't like these for the very fact that you played by the rules. What I would have dug would have been a unique take at these classic WB characters. Sorry Johnny, I just feel like you failed to deliver on this one.