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Weekend Must List: Sept. 12-18
| September 11, 2013
Photo By Photo Credit: Txuca/PhotographerChicha Libre.
Photo By HBPR photoJonathan Tyler & the Northern Lights.
Photo By Rob Griffith/STFIn this Sunday, July 21, 2013 photo, The Wiggles perform on stage in Canberra, Australia. Emma Watkins, in yellow, is joined in the new version of the group by original Blue Wiggle Anthony Field and two fellow newbies: Red Wiggle Simon Pryce and Purple Wiggle Lachlan Gillespie. Watkins, the first woman to join The Wiggles, a sort of Australian fab four of the preschool set, is making her U.S. debut, kicking off a nationwide tour in Philadelphia on Saturday and debuting new episodes of âReady, Steady, Wiggle!â on Sprout on August 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)
Photo By Rob Griffith/STFIn this Sunday, July 21, 2013 photo, The Wiggles' Emma dances and sings during a performance in Canberra, Australia. The Wiggles are touring the world introducing the new members following the retirement of Jeff, Murray, and Greg in 2012. Emma Watkins, the first woman to join The Wiggles, a sort of Australian fab four of the preschool set, is making her U.S. debut, kicking off a nationwide tour in Philadelphia on Saturday and debuting new episodes of âReady, Steady, Wiggle!â on Sprout on August 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)
Photo By courtesy photoDJ Paul Oakenfold.
Photo By courtesy photoDJ Paul Oakenfold.
Photo By courtesy photoDJ Paul Oakenfold.
Photo By courtesy photoDJ Paul Oakenfold.
Photo By Courtesy of the Miro QuartetThe Miró Quartet will perform for Chamber Music Houston at Rice University.
Photo By Gary Fountain/Freelance(For the Chronicle/Gary Fountain, August 29, 2013) Cole Ryden as Sid Sorokin, and Beth Lazarou as Babe, in this scene from Bayou City's concert staging of the musical "Pajama Game."
Photo By Gary Fountain/FreelanceCole Ryden stars as Sid Sorokin and Beth Lazarou as Babe in "The Pajama Game."
Photo By Private Collection"Composition aux bacteries (Composition with Germs)" by Wols is among works on view in "Wols: Retrospective" at the Menil Collection. Wols Composition aux bactÂries 1944-1945 Â 2013 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
Photo By Menil CollectionOn view in "Wols: Retrospective" at the Menil Collection. Wols Manhattan c. 1947 Â 2013 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
Photo By Tyler McCaySinger-songwriter Tim Easton
Photo By Tyler McCaySinger-songwriter Tim Easton
Kid music
Wiggle room
Kids TV got a big shake-up earlier this year when the Wiggles replaced longtime members with new faces, including - gasp - a girl. The rejiggered lineup includes Emma Watkins, Lachlan Gillespie, Simon Pryce and lone original Anthony Field. (We liked him best, anyway.) A new TV series recently debuted on U.S. airwaves to good reviews (at least from my 2-year-old). The Wiggles formed in 1991 in Sydney, Australia, and have sold more than 17 million DVDs and 4 million CDs. 6:30 p.m. Friday; Bayou Music Center, 520 Texas; $17.50-$77.50; 713-230-1600 or bayoumusiccenter.com.
Tropical music
Peruvian rarity
A trio of bands - Austin's Money Chicha, Tucson's Chicha Dust and Brooklyn's Chicha Libre - joins forces for this tribute to a Peruvian style of underground music. Chicha emerged in the late '60s, blending Afro-Caribbean rhythms with modern electric instruments, including a Moog synth. All three acts put their own spin on classic tunes and originals. 10 p.m. Friday; Continental Club, 3700 Main; $12; 713-529-9899 or continentalclub.com. See Play List, Page 3.
They should be famous
There's no good reason why Jonathan Tyler and the Northern Lights isn't a household name. The Dallas act infuses its rock sound with hearty blues licks, as evidenced on 2010 album "Pardon Me." (And, yes, it's been much too long since we've heard new music.) Tyler and crew toured with Grace Potter and the Nocturnals and have played the Austin City Limits Music Festival and Bonnaroo. The band's live set bristles with soul and electricity. 8 p.m. Saturday; Fitzgerald's, 2706 White Oak; $10; 713-862-3838 or fitzlivemusic.com.
Dance music
Superstar DJ
Few names in DJ culture are bigger than Paul Oakenfold, who has taken his trance and house sounds around the world multiple times. Oakenfold has remixed tracks for a variety of A-list pop stars, most notably Madonna, who recruited him as a tour opener and enlisted his touch for a variety of songs. Oakenfold has a new studio album, "Pop Killer," due this year. He also contributed a pair of songs to Cher's upcoming album. 9 p.m. Saturday; Stereo Live, 6400 Richmond; $30-$40; 832-251-9600 or stereolivehouston.com.
Clan of Wu
Most would agree the Wu-Tang Clan was better than the sum of its parts. But with Dirty long gone, we're left with a lesser Wu, and the individual parts have become more prominent. Raekwon cooked up "Only Built 4 Cuban Links" nearly 20 years ago, and it may still be the best solo release by any Wu member. 8 p.m. Thursday; Fitzgerald's, 2706 White Oak; $20; 713-862-3838 or fitzlivemusic.com.
Imagine this
Rhett Miller turns out sweat-soaked but finely tuned roots rock with the Old 97's. Miller's solo songs also are vividly imagined and frequently funny, but he sometimes goes for a broader sound, touches more on pop and singer-songwriter fare with occasional covers that span from Paul Simon to David Bowie to the Pixies to Elliott Smith. 7 p.m. Thursday; McGonigel's Mucky Duck, 2425 Norfolk; $28; 713-528-5999.
Alternative music
The Yes, Indeed! Music Festival returns this year in different confines and with more bands. Austin's spirited alterna-rock band Quiet Company is on a bill that also includes several of Houston's best bands, including Wheel Workers, Electric Attitude, the Beans, Alkari, Knights of the Fire Kingdom, PersephOne and others, performing on three stages. 3 p.m. Saturday; Last Concert Cafe, 1403 Nance and side stages at Houston House of Creeps and The Doctor's Office. Tickets: $10-$15; stubwire.com.
Restless energy
Ohio native Tim Easton is a singer-songwriter with a nomadic streak that feeds his songs, which are often populated by characters with a restless streak. Fifteen years have passed since he showed up with the assured "Special 20," his scruffy voice and easy way with melody coursing through songs equally at home in folk and rock. He has a new set of songs in "Not Cool." 5:30 p.m. Friday; Cactus Music, 2110 Portsmouth; free.
Factory fun, Broadway favorite
Point for point, 1954 Tony winner "The Pajama Game" remains one of the most entertaining, deftly crafted of all golden-age Broadway classics. George Abbott and Richard Bissell's brisk, funny libretto benefits from its working-class sympathies and unique setting - a Midwest pajama factory, where an impending strike throws a monkey wrench into the romance between the new superintendent and the head of the union's grievance committee. Richard Adler and Jerry Ross' rollicking score offers one gem after another. Houston gets its long-overdue revival of "Pajama Game," courtesy of Bayou City Concert Musicals, which has a good track record with such classics as "Finian's Rainbow" and "Pal Joey." 7:30 p.m. Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Sunday; Bayou City Concert Musicals, at Heinen Theatre, 3517 Austin; $25-$50; 713-791-9447.
Arsenic and Old Lace
Joseph Kesselring's classic macabre comedy centers on the hapless nephew trying to decide what to do about his two "sweet little old lady" aunts when he discovers that the darlings have been poisoning elderly men to ease them out of their loneliness and have a total of 12 bodies (so far) buried in their cellar. 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays-Thursdays, 8 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays, 2:30 p.m. Sundays, through Oct. 6; Wednesday shows through Sept. 18 only; 2:30 p.m. Saturdays, beginning Sept. 14; A.D. Players, 2710 W. Alabama; $32-$41; 713-526-2721.
Dance lecture
You and Mr. Jones
Don't expect a performance, but any appearance by Bill T. Jones promises to inspire. The legendary choreographer plans to talk about innovation and the creative process when he delivers the first Mitchell Artist Lecture at 7 p.m. Thursday. He'll be looking for lively feedback. Seating is first-come, first-served. Presented by Mitchell Center for the Arts at Moores Opera Center, University of Houston; 713-743-1978, mitchellcenterforarts.org. FREE
A brush with Stainism
Wols, a German who lived in France during World War II and died young a few years later, made his marks during a seminal point in art history. As Abstract Expressionism emerged in America, artists in postwar Europe set their ideas loose with more pessimistic Art Informel. Wols participated in the movement known as Tachisme, or Stainism. The Menil Collection fills several galleries with his brilliant paintings, stunningly fine drawings and watercolors and surreal photographs in "Wols: Retrospective," the first American museum show devoted to his work.
All four experts who wrote essays for the exquisite catalog, including curators Toby Kamps and leading authority Ewald Rathe, speak at 6 p.m. Thursday. The exhibit opens Friday. Through Jan. 12 at 1533 Sul Ross, 713-525-9400, menil.org. FREE
Skeletal remains
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston celebrates José Guadalupe Posada (1852-1913), the father of Mexican print making, with about 50 works on paper that show his popular Day of the Dead images as just one aspect of his legacy. The exhibit also explores his influence on Diego Rivera, Luis Jimenez and other artists whose works are included. "Calaveras Mexicanas" opens Friday at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 5601 Main. Through Dec. 15; Tickets: $6-$13; Info: 713-639-7300, mfah.org.
Classical music
Beethoven and Russia
When Beethoven was a confident young man, he wrote three string quartets for the Russian ambassador in Vienna - even working in a few Russian themes in Count Razumovsky's honor. Houston Friends of Chamber Music will present all three of the "Razumovsky" Quartets, as they're now known, this season. Austin's Miró Quartet will play the melodious first work of the set in the Friends' first concert of the season. Quartets by Franz Schubert and Philip Glass are also on the bill. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Alice Pratt Brown Hall, Rice University, Entrance 8 or Entrance 18. $25-$75; 713-348-5400, houstonfriendsofchambermusic.org.


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NOT all sperm are created equal. The first genetic comparison of individual sperm cells has revealed just how diverse they can be. The technology used to study these tiny cells might also be used to study cancer and screen eggs for use in IVF.
To investigate how much variety there is in one man's sperm, Stephen Quake, Jianbin Wang and their colleagues at Stanford University in California compared sperm cells from a single semen sample.
To aid the genetic sequencing, Quake's team shrank their experiment onto a microfluidic chip - a device roughly 3 centimetres square and covered in tiny channels and valves. The size of the chip meant that only a small volume of amplification compounds was needed to create enough copies of the genes to analyse. By-products of these compounds can interfere with sequencing.
The group injected a liquid sample containing sperm cells from a single ejaculate into the channels of their chip. Valves separated 91 sperm cells into individual chambers.
Our genomes contain 23 pairs of chromosomes. When a sperm cell is produced, parts of the chromosomes get shuffled around - a process called recombination. It means that the genetic sequence of each sperm cell varies slightly.
Quake's team scanned 1.2 million positions in the DNA of each of the sperm cells to find out where recombination had taken place. There are certain "hotspots" where recombination often occurs, they say. Their analysis revealed that chromosomes in some of the sperm cells had recombined in unexpected regions. The findings suggest that the process of genetic reshuffling is unique to each sperm cell. This probably adds to the genetic diversity between siblings (Cell, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2012.06.030).
The microfluidic technique could be used to diagnose recombination problems, which are thought to be one of the causes of male infertility, says Wang. He hopes that it could also help improve the selection of eggs for IVF as well as aid the study of individual cancer cells.
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If you are one of those few poor things that haven't played WoW, well here is short explanation to my topic.
In WoW Paladin and Druid are true hybrid classes, they can tank, they can heal and they can DPS even in raid. Other classes can do 2 things. And this brings me back to TOR.
Bioware has announced that Bounty Hunter will be able to tank, DPS and heal in flashpoints. For me this should automaticly mean that all classes can fill all roles, but it seems that it won't be like that. Now for me this is huge injustice and makes certain classes more valuable than others. I would hope that all classes can fill all roles, simply for flexibility of grouping. Anyone else see this as possible problem/annoyance?
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First, I see no reason for you to attack people who do not or have not played WoW. I wouldn't be playing the game if a friend didn't let me piggyback on his account. In my opinion the game is ok, but not worth a subscription price.
Second, as far as this thread goes, sorry but from me you get the big Meh. The idea of this kind of system is used to encourage people to play different character types and since this really doesn't affect the game overall, I have no problem with it. Especialy since all the classes will be able to spec into two distinct advanced classes and then further specialize from there. In the end it's all good to me.
"If half of what you tell me is a lie, how can I believe any of it?"
Bounty Hunters can spec a healing role? Haven't read / heard about that but might have missed it. Link please :)
As far as I know they are either tank or dps specced. Just like all classes can pick between two role flavors with their advanced class choice.
The general utility skills of some of the non healer builds might contain a self heal or targetted heal, but you can expect those to be much less powerful compared to the abilities of "dedicated" healer builds.
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James Ohlen interview.
We wanted to make sure that you get that healer as soon as you want to. We're looking at making the Trooper and Bounty Hunter to be able to spec into a healer. It will probably stay that way until ship, but you never know. We're doing lots of balance changes and modifications as we continue to balance the game and get feedback, which will probably continue until after we launch the game. We probably won't make any big changes like taking a class from being a healer to not being a healer. But yeah, we're always tweaking things.
Not sure I am crazy about the idea of those 2 classes as healers. Bounty hunter standing back spamming heals just does sit to well with me. Same for the trooper. I can see the trooper as dps/tank and the bounty hunter as dpa/aoe/crowd control. I just can't see them as healers.
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when you say a druid can tank, dps and heal do you mean they can do all at the same time if soecced correctly?(never played WoW so i have no idea) I ask because with the ways Advanced classes are set up, tanking and healing won't be together in the same AC. the healing tree will be in the mercenary AC and tanking in the power tech. as for dps, i dont know how good the power tech AC will be but that will be the other tree in the mercenary AC
edit: http://pc.ign.com/articles/115/1153371p1.html
IGN: How does the Bounty Hunter compare to the classes available to Republic players? Is there a direct parallel class or does the Bounty Hunter have a style of its own and is there a gimmick for the Bounty Hunter the way there is with the Smuggler's cover system?
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"Kids, try imagining how far the universe extends! Keep thinking about it until you go insane."
I think the major problem here is that perhaps you think they can do all this at the same time?
For example, the consular, smuggler and now trooper all can do a healing role, they can also do a DPS role, and the smuggler and consular seem to have pretty good support and stealth roles too. You can spec your character down each of these roads, but you can't spec them down ALL of these roads. For example, the main DPS role for the smuggler would require you to use dual blasters (for the most part AFAIK) whilst you can go a stealth DPS type with support abilities like stun darts, etc. Or, if you wanted to you could spec a stealth healer with support, or a healer with some DPS abilities, but in the end, you won't be able to do everything, or even remotely close to everything for a single character.
As BioWare has said, you could have two of the very same characters with VERY different abilities, alignments, and story choices.. basically one class with two completely different experienes.
I think each healer has its own set of ways they heal, while the consular looks to be more direct/crit heals, the smuggler is HoT, and as I stated I think we'll see the tank classes being more PBAOE types that have a lot less range. I don't have a problem with this as long as its done well.
I like the idea of being able to have different choices and hybridize if I want to. Thats how I plan to play my smuggler and consular.
Originally posted by kegtap
Thanks for the link. Yeah, I see your points. For the trooper it's pretty ok I think, the "ranged tank" role doesn't sit so well with me (since you'll be standing toe to toe against many foes anyway). They should give all classes three advanced classes perhaps?
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i can see his point.. and bounty hunters as healers does seem a little.. odd... but given how few professions are in the game, i think its probably inevitable.. unless some of the other classes can heal, then there would be an inevitable requirement for any Jedi in a group to be specc'd for healing.. and as not everyone wants to be a Jedi.. then. it would mean that unless you were a Jedi specc'd in healing you wouldnt be any use in a group.. which imo is why healing will be spread out through the classes, its a 'balancing' issue only.. and.. the solution is logical imo, so Bounty Hunters can heal.. worse things can happen i guess....
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Jedi Knight - Melee DPS or Tank
There will be 4 out of 8 classes that can be a tank. There will be 6 out of 8 classes that can be a healer. And all classes can be a DPS class. Now this looks like a bunch of hybrid classes, but it is not that simple. At level 10 you have to make an Advanced class choice. This will limit what your class will be able to do after the choice. And you will not be able to re-spec your Advanced Class choice. The choice will be permanent. You can re-spec your 3 skill trees within your AC, but not your AC.
So this is more of a break down with how your Advanced Class choice will decrease the hybrid chance. Again, no changing your AC.
Jedi Knight
Guardian: Tank/DPS
Sentinel: Melee DPS
Jedi Consular:
Shadow: Stealth/Melee DPS
Sage: Healing/CC/Ranged DPS
Gunslinger: Ranged DPS
Scoundrel: Stealth/Healing/Ranged DPS
Trooper: (Which AC has Healing is unknow, but they are working on it)
Commando: Ranged DPS/(Healing?)
Vanguard: Tank//DPS/(Healing?)
Stih Warrior:
Juggernaut: Tank/DPS
Marauder: Melee DPS
Sith Inquisitor:
Sorcerer: Ranged DPS/Healer
Assassin: Stealth/Melee DPS
Bounty Hunter:
Powertech: Tank/DPS
Mercenary: Ranged DPS/Healing
Imperial Agent:
Operative: Ranged DPS/Healer
Sniper: Ranged DPS
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Originally posted by artemisentr4
Thanks for clarifying it a little. I wonder how much overpowered Sith Warrior and Jedi Knight will be in pvp to not get any healing. Nah, probably they just want to compensate for their potential popularity due to them being such iconic classes.
It's quite a balancing act :)
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Originally posted by DarkPony
pvp isnt 1 v 1 so it shouldnt be a problem, as its group dynamics that will determine who wins or loses, which is probably.. imo at least.. why those 2 particular ones can't heal themselves..
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Originally posted by Sasami
The only poor thing here is yourself; No annoyance because everyone has a choice and there is more utility to the classes than you have outlined here as well as companion support.
So for the poor soul who obviously has not read up on SWTOR before posting I suggest you do. Bioware are developing something with a little more depth than the paint by numbers game yoiu use as an example.
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I believe they said all classes can res other players and heal themselves out of combat. And there are always stem packs for healing during combat for the two warrior classes. So they are not out of luck in PvP.
"How many people long for that "past, simpler, and better world," I wonder, without ever recognizing the truth that perhaps it was they who were simpler and better, and not the world about them?"
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Originally posted by artemisentr4
yep this is correct
Originally posted by Isane
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Anyway I have done my research, TOR is top spot of MMO I will play next. Many people have said that ACs are gonna narrow route to 2, which is good decision. However been able to reset AC is gonna be biggest cry point on release and I think Bioware will allow it pretty fast (lets face it casual players are getting more and more crybabies nowdays). I know that alts are gonna be big point of game also, but I usually fell love with the first character that I max and so does many people. Now since I been always either healer or tank and I love both roles. So I'm not thinking I can do all on same time but if I choose Trooper I can fill all roles without rolling yet another character. Giving that change to all classes would make game better, it's the way that MMOs are slowly moving.
Thanks for artemisentr4 by making great table of classes, I'm gonna few modifications to match more common raid role system, basicly you have 4 roles: tank, dps, cc and healer. Most games DPS and CC are same since pure CC or DPS is bit too boring(It's pretty fair to assume Bioware is following this route after seeing PAX demos, especially on developer demo they used CC nicely). I'm also removing ranged vs melee thing since it's poor design if you need to choose which you need for boss(pointing Blizzard):
Jedi Knight
Guardian: Tank
Sentinel: DPS
Jedi Consular:
Shadow: DPS
Sage: Healing/DPS
Gunslinger: DPS
Scoundrel: Healing/DPS
Trooper: (Which AC has Healing is unknow, but they are working on it)
Commando: DPS/(Healing?)
Vanguard: Tank/(Healing?)
Stih Warrior:
Juggernaut: Tank
Marauder: DPS
Sith Inquisitor:
Sorcerer: Healer
Assassin: DPS
Bounty Hunter: (Healing AC unknown, working on it)
Powertech: Tank/(Healing?)
Mercenary: DPS/(Healing?)
Imperial Agent:
Operative: DPS/Healer
Sniper: DPS
Personally I will go to Trooper since it offers all the stuff for HC raiding(and I'm sucker for heavy armor) and if(or should I say when) Bioware allows AC respecc it will be the prettiest cake. I'm still having small hope that classes like Smuggler could be used as tank using cover system. How awesome would it be if you could tank behind cover and you would need to move ones it starts to crumble or ask other tank to take over while you go next spot. Possibilities, possibilities.
Originally posted by artemisentr4
Actually this was one of the greatest small points I found in PAX demo, having res on all classes: FINALLY! Aren't stem packs more like healing pots, all can use them? I think all classes have some heal for themself in combat also, but it has high timer. Out of combat healing is also nice, hope people learn to use them also(again pointing WoW where no-one bothers healing themself when healer is drinking mana, seriously people #%&#.)
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Originally posted by Sasami
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Originally posted by DarkPony
I was thinking of playing a Trooper specifically because it was a ranged tank. The Trooper reminds me a lot of the Soldier Class on AO (A ranged DPS/Tank class.), which was totally my class back in the day.
If Troopers have Reflective Shields, then awww yeeee, Gonna maul some Tusken Raiders.
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I'm a healer in every MMO (whether I want to or not in most cases) So Inquisitor 100% healing will be for me via the AC.
I'm just hoping that it doesn't get too boring, too fast. One major complaint I had in WoW was literally standing there, pressing heal and repeating (which they thankfully changed a bit with better, more "free moving" fights) Judging by the PAX gameplay vids though, it seems a bit on the "stand still and range" side of things.
We'll see anyway, I'll still be buying it regardless :)
# SW:TOR : Tylantia, Sivis, Aeonis, Aehris, Xaehrin, Vhyce, Tehren, Suvis
Originally posted by Tylantia
In PAX demos even bosses did only about 25% dmg to tank per hit compared to WoWs silly 75% dmg hits. Standard mobs even less. This would mean you have just throw HoT on tank and try do DPS or CC. I think most people who got play in PAX where overwhelmed by skills so we didn't see true nature of combat. Even in developer video healer had slack time that could have used to dmg since you don't need to worry tank to be dead in seconds, I hated that in WoW.


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Gone-with-the-wind-fabulous Housewife, Kenya Moore, has had her fair share of troubles and heartbreak this season on The Real Housewives of Atlanta, but it looks like that's all changing for the former Miss USA!
During her appearance on Watch What Happens Live, Andy Cohen let fans ask questions during the after-show, and naturally, everyone wanted to know about her love life. Surprisingly, Kenya only had good news — really good news, at that!
"My love life is so good right now, I'm afraid to talk about it. So good," she spilled with a giddy smile. "Like, I have chills going through my body right now — it's that good."
When the fan said that she is "so happy" for Kenya, the H'wife immediately replied, "I am so happy for me, too — you have no idea!"
However, even though she's happy, that doesn't mean that she can't cause a little drama, too...
When another fan asked which Househusband she would hypothetically "do it with," she responded cryptically, saying, "Have you been watching this season at all? I'll leave it at that."
Of course, Andy immediately shouted, "Ooh, Apollo!" Cat's out of the bag regarding Mr. Phaedra Parks!
What do you think of Kenya's new man? Think we'll see him in Season 6? Watch the video, and then sound off below!


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Sheryl Crow joins ROGER WATERS And the Musicians of MusicCorps
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A special Benefit Concert
to Aid the Wounded Veterans of MusiCorps
at Washington DC's DAR on Friday 16 October
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Billy Corgan, and Tom Morello
Tickets go on sale at 10am on Friday 26 June and are available at http://www.livenation.com/
Music Heals, an exceptional one night only concert, where some of the world's biggest recording artists will join forces to raise money for MusiCorps - a charity supporting injured service men and women and their families. MusiCorps Band is made up of injured service members who have learned, and in some cases relearned, how to play instruments through the charity.
Roger Waters has supported MusiCorps for a number of years and served as a mentor to members of the MusiCorps Band, playing with the veterans at the Walter Reed Hospital in Washington DC and encouraging their love of music as part of the rehabilitation process.
Roger Waters says: "The work I have done over the last few years with these men and women has been some of the most rewarding work I have ever done."
MusiCorps is a non-profit charitable organization which helps wounded veterans play music and recover their lives. Praised by the Wall Street Journal as "revolutionary," the conservatory-level program enables the wounded to learn, relearn, and perform music as a core part of their rehabilitation. MusiCorps is based at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center outside of Washington, DC, and is raising support and awareness in advance of national expansion.
Arthur Bloom, MusiCorps founder & CNN Top 10 Hero, 2014 says: "By injecting music into this space, we can inject life."
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|MicrobiologyBytes: Microbiology Notes: Trypanosomiasis
|Updated: January 28, 2007
World Health Organization
Division of Control of Tropical Diseases
The parasite that causes sleeping sickness is called the trypanosome. It is transmitted to humans through the bite of a tsetse fly of the genus Glossina :
Human trypanosomiasis is therefore a vector-borne parasitic disease. The vector is found only in Africa, between the fifteenth parallels north and south. Its favoured habitat is the vegetation along watercourses and lakes, forest edges and gallery forests, extending to vast areas of scrub savanna.
The tsetse fly feeds on the blood of animals and humans. Once inoculated by an infected fly, the trypanosomes proliferate and gradually invade all the organs of the host. Most of the parasites are effectively destroyed by the host's natural defences, but some trypanosomes manage to evade the immune system by modifying their surface membrane, a process known as antigenic variation. The trypanosome can express thousands of variants, multiplying with each new surface change.
At first, the main clinical signs of human trypanosomiasis are high fever, weakness and headache, joint pains and pruritus (itching). Gradually, the immune defence mechanisms and the patient's resistance are exhausted. As the parasite develops in the lymph and blood of the patient, the initial symptoms become more pronounced and other manifestations such as anaemia, cardiovascular and endocrine disorders, abortion, oedema and kidney disorders appear.
In advanced stages of disease, the parasite invades the central nervous system. The patient's behaviour changes; they can no longer concentrate and become indifferent to their environment. Sudden and unpredictable mood changes become increasingly frequent, giving rise to lethargy with bouts of aggressiveness. Patients are overcome by such extreme torpor that eating, speaking, walking or even opening the eyes call for an unsurmountable effort. At night they suffer insomnia and during the day are exhausted by periods of sleep-like unconsciousness. Finally, patients fall into a deep coma and die.
Sleeping sickness was first described in the fourteenth century in what is now the country of Mali. For a long time, though they did not know its origin, caravanners recognized the signs of sleeping sickness that had often been observed in travels to southern kingdoms. It was only at the beginning of this century that the extent of destruction caused by sleeping sickness was recognized, and that millions were affected by an epidemic that left half a million dead. During the same period, the parasite and its tsetse fly vector were discovered and initial treatment methods were found. At that time the disease ravaged all of east, west, and south Africa, irrespective of the colonial administration. The human reservoir of the parasite was vast and transmission rapid. As the spread of the disease had to be stopped, control campaigns were organized, health services mobilized and administrative structures formed. Prevention campaigns employing the drug pentamidine covered entire populations, each person receiving one injection. At the time it was thought (wrongly) that a low dose of this drug protected each individual from sleeping sickness for six months. Additionally, agronol prevention, consisting of methodically clearing undergrowth from villages, water sources, paths, and bridges, dispersed the tsetse fly by destroying its natural habitat.
By the start of African independence, the disease was reduced to a few sporadic cases. It had taken half a century to bring down the incidence of sleeping sickness. But in many newly independent countries the human and financial resources were not available to keep up the effort to control and monitor the disease. This explains new outbreaks which have been reported in the last 30 years in old foci and in other areas previously unaffected.
In recent years the results of scientific and technical research produced new tools and improved field control strategies:
Social and economic changes coupled with political disorder occurring in many African countries are allowing a resurgence of trypanosomiasis. This happens when:
Millions of square kilometres of Africa are home to the tsetse fly, vector of trypanosomiasis:
It is estimated that today over 66 million people living in rural areas are at risk from the bite of the fly. If the entire population exposed to sleeping sickness could be under medical surveillance, the number of cases detected would undoubtedly reach the order of 250,000 to 300,000. Since this is a disease of rural areas, many sufferers go undiagnosed and untreated and die in their villages. Today, only one-tenth of the population at risk is under medical surveillance, and each year an average of 25,000 new cases are identified. Two-thirds of such cases are at the advance stage of the disease, when the nervous system is involved. Treatment with melarsoprol - still the only drug available - exposes almost 10% of them to serious risk, especially of arsenic encephalopathy, of which almost a thousand people die each year. For untreated cases of trypanosomiasis, death is certain. It is estimated that every year, some 250,000 to 300,000 women, people die for lack of diagnosis and treatment.
Of the 36 countries in which trypanosomiasis is endemic, 22 are actively involved in the WHO programme. The most effective approach for controlling sleeping sickness has three parts:
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Press for iWalk
iWalk, a Cambridge start-up that has spent the past five years working on an advanced prosthetic foot, raised an additional $15 million last month; the new funding should be announced later this week.
The Centre for the Intrepid at Brooke Army Medical Centre, US, recently announced the preliminary results indicating that a new bionic foot called the PowerFoot BiOM has clinically shown to replace lost muscle function, allowing amputees to walk with normal metabolic rate and speed.
Wounded warriors in San Antonio are the first to try out a new kind of prosthetic leg. These amputees are walking with ease thanks to new technology.
Today at Brooke Army Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston, the Center for the Intrepid announced preliminary results indicating that the PowerFoot BiOM by iWalk allows leg amputees to walk at normal metabolic cost thus allowing an amputee to walk normally.


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"He was a quiet soul in the locker room, but he always was supportive, always positive for his teammates, always happy after we won a game," Fisher said. "He never did anything other than give us his absolute best in practice every day.
"We're hopeful that he'll find a place that needs someone like him – a big, strong, guy who is athletic – and he will get on-court minutes on game day, and on-court minutes will lead to more on-court minutes. Hopefully, he get that opportunity that he wasn't quite able to get here."
Johnson's departure gives SDSU an available scholarship for next season. With Johnson not officially graduating until early August, Fisher will have several months to decide how to use it.
The most logical option is to senior-to-be Aqeel Quinn, who came to SDSU as a walk-on in 2012-13, was granted a scholarship this season and was slated to pay his own way again in 2014-15 before Johnson left. Other options are to pursue a transfer, either one who would sit out next season or a fifth-year grad student who would not.


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Outnerd all the other nerds this Halloween in the Girls Nerd Glasses. Pair these black wayfarer style glasses with pink tape detail with your nerd costume (sold separately).
Dorky black frames and white mending tape add up to - NERD! Whether you are a hopeless nerd, hottie or hunk, these Nerd glasses are fun to wear!
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There's nothing quite so hot as a sexy librarian or a hottie nerd! Transform yourself into something else with this three-piece Total Nerd set and shatter their illusions.
Show off your dorky side in the Nerd Alert Girls Costume. This mix-matched printed dress is brightly colored with a hot pink necktie detail. Add black glasses (sold separately) to take this look from nerd chic to plain old nerdy.
Move to the head of the class when you decide to wear this Classroom Nerd Girls Costume. Straight A's never looked better with this plaid skirt, complete with white top and faux green suspenders. No nerd costume is truly whole without a pair of classic nerdy glasses.
Whether you love or hate math and science, this Classic Nerd boys costume is scientifically proven to be very funny. Crack up the crowd when you show up in this jumpsuit styled to look like high-rise plaid pants, complete with an attached bow tie and belt.
Three plus three equals this little cutie! In the Nursery Nerd Infant Costume your baby will be a genius with this jumpsuit featuring adorable red suspenders, green bow-tie and over-sized black-rimmed glasses.
It's time for revenge! What's not to love about a man with a plastic pocket protector? Revel in your nerdiness when you wear this hysterical Nerd adult costume that comes complete with sturdy safety glasses and the mission-critical plastic pocket protector.
Top off all of your geekiness when you wear the Black Round Nerd Glasses. This pair of round glasses features black frames and clear lenses.
If you're a Disney nerd, you'll geek out over the Officially Licensed Minnie Adult Nerd Kit. This kit includes, classic Minnie mouse ears with red and white polka dot bow, yellow bow tie and red nerd glasses. Pair with a Minnie Mouse dress or just spice up any red and white outfit.
Turn your little one into smarty when you dress them in this very funny Nerd Baby Romper. The one-piece costume is style to look like a shirt with a pocket protector and bow tie.


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Tony Paulus
After 29 years as a Head of four schools, three in the U.S. and one in Istanbul, Turkey, my wife, Marnie, and I are retiring to spend 8 months a year in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and four months a year near our children, who live in San Francisco, California....
Page McClean '98
I'm teaching an anthropology class at Colorado Mountain College this term. Page McClean 1998
Welcome Sage Irene Benson
We are happy to announce our new addition; Sage Irene Benson. Born August 12, 2014. She is happy healthy and bringing smiles and light to our lives daily. We are enjoying every minute! Robin Postman Benson 1991
Obituary – Alfons Joseph Korzan
Alfons Joseph Korzan, age 82, resident of Aztec, NM, died October 19, 2014. Al was born in Deerfield, MA on 12/1/1931, at the family home. His parents were Joseph Anthony Korzan and Gladys Charlotte Koldys Korzan, both children of Polish emigrants. Al learned to speak English just before he...
Album Release
I am happy to announce the release of my first studio album "Departures." The CD and digital download are available for preview and purchase on cdbaby.com and other outlets for independent music. Page McClean 1998
In England This Fall
Will be a visiting fellow at Cambridge University's Lauterpacht Centre for International Law from first October. Always love to hear from the DA crowd… if passing through London do give me a sign. Jackson Kern 2005
Jenny Schaetzel weds Brandon Rose
Dear Friends, I have included a photo from my wedding to Brandon Rose, which took place on May 24th, 2014 in Lawrence, KS. I was blessed to have two Deerfield classmates present at this special occasion as well as my sister. Pictured from L to R: Virginia Hernandez '07,...
'06. '07. Reunion, Kansas Style
It's been 8 years since (Left to Right) Ximena Galvez '06, Virginia Hernandez '07, Jennifer Schaetzel '06, & Katie Schaetzel '07 have been able to all be together! Here they are on top of The Oread Hotel to view the beautiful Univ. of Kansas' campus. Katie Schaetzel 2007
Brady Coleman '55
BRADY COLEMAN continues to play guitar and fiddle with his band, The Melancholy Ramblers in Austin. As a member of Screen Actors Guild, he has recently appeared in PBS "American Experience", "Two-Step" at SXSW and is awaiting the release of his role in a Terrence Malik film this Fall....
update from '98
I'm currently in Kentucky doing a research fellowship through the Appalachian Sound Archives at Berea College. My work is primarily on multi-generational musical families and how kinship plays a role in the preservation and transmission of traditional folk music. Eventually I'll edit my field research into a short documentary...
Congratulations to Our Classmate Philip Greer
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Update from '57
I retired from clinical practice at the University of Washington in 2004 and have spent the past decade in volunteer positions with the International Society of Nephrology which I served as President (2005-07) and then as Director of the ISN Global Outreach Programs (2008-2013). In the latter position Adrienne...
Dolores, Colorado
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A note from Mike
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Pictures from good friend and DA roommate, Ned Post '65
Ned stepping out with wife Darcy. Ned with brother Bill, DA Class '67. Ed Flickinger 1965
At 70 all continues to go well
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East Meets West
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New job
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Mini Reunion
Dave Madden and Taylor Watts had their own mini reunion this weekend at the Denver Shootout Lacrosse Tournament back in June! Class of 1983
I am fascinated by how clearly Patsy and I act out the stereotypes of being grandparents – our four grandchildren, Annison (11), Tanner (5), Reese (5) and Chloe (4) are each uniquely gifted, brilliant, clever and charming! It is embarrassing to be acting in ways we said we never...
US Ski Team Physician
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Denver neighbors
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Update from Denver
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Taylor Watts '83 visits Deerfield
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John Rafferty '75 in CO
Am out in Denver Colorado backstopping my paralyzed son, Bryce, as he learns how to drive again with customized equipment. Loving the sun and mountains out here. John Rafferty Class of 1975
New Baby Girl
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Barry Campbell
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College tours had me back in the Valley last week, just a little further south. Such a beautiful Fall. I have three daughters ranging in ages from 10 to 17, so there are more visits to come. For about 20 years, I have been in my hometown of Denver,...
James Aiken '61 Receives Graduate Alumni Award from UVM College of Med.
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Exciting year
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In an age where birth has often been overtaken by obstetrics, Dr Dick-Read's philosophy is still as fresh as it was when he originally wrote this book. He unpicks every possible root cause of western woman's fear and anxiety in pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding and does so with overwhelming heart and empathy. Essential reading for all mothers-to-be!
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Another gorgeous Noosa Wedding on my blog. Kathryn and Alex live in Melbourne and planned a fabulous Noosa wedding celebration. Love love love the colour palette - thank you so much for choosing me - adore everything about this wedding.
Hair & Make-up: Beauty on the Move Flowers: Mondo Floral Designs Celebrant: Jacqueline Gray Planner: Events of Noosa Styling/Decorator: Splash Events Macaroon Tower: Maison De Provence Reception: Berardos Bistro on the Beach Accommodation: Maison Noosa Ceremony: Maison La Plage Grove


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With 450 million inhabitants, the European Union is the second
largest primary energy consumer in the world after the United
States, accounting for 17% of global consumption. At the same
time, EU member states are comparatively poor in primary energy
resources, and the EU is currently import dependent for 50%
of its energy. Nor is this current share sustainable – EU member
states possess only 0.6% and 2% of proven global oil and natural
gas reserves respectively. Already the largest global importer
of primary energy resources, the EU is projected to be 70%
import dependent by 2030. As primary energy resources are unequally
distributed in favor of increasingly unstable regions, the
EU faces an enormous challenge in meeting the rising demands
of its constituent populations and industries for secure, clean
and affordable energy.
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A stroke is a devastating, life changing occurrence that knocks most patients for a loop when they come to terms with the reality of the situation. Some patients experience profound disability following a stroke, and some only suffer minor deficits that are easily surmounted with physical therapy and medications.
Both groups, though, are at a higher risk for a second stroke, and repeat strokes are likely to be more life changing than the first. In fact, those who have had one stroke are 20 percent more likely to have another than the general population. For this reason, it is important to focus on stroke risk factors and mitigate or eliminate them to prevent another brain attack.
Medications are an important part of reducing the risk of a second stroke, but some patients tend to rely on them exclusively to cut their risks. Patients feel that if they take a medication to control their blood pressure, cholesterol, or diabetes, then they are not at risk for second stroke. Thinking this way may be the reason so many stroke victims suffer a second stroke.
When taking a medication, the three major risk factors for stroke – high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and diabetes – are not as well controlled as they are when lifestyle changes are included. Some medications can decrease cholesterol, but they do not reduce it enough. Likewise, a medication may lower your blood pressure, but this puts you at risk if you miss a dose. The best way to prevent a secondary stroke is to use these medications in conjunction with lifestyle changes.
Diet Exercise
Diet and exercise are the primary lifestyle changes that can impact your risk for another stroke. Eating heart healthy decreases your risk of cholesterol building up in the blood stream, and following the DASH diet can significantly lower your blood pressure. Of course, diet is extremely important in the control of diabetes, and keeping your blood sugars within normal range can definitely impact your risk for a secondary stroke.
Exercise can help these areas, as well, but many stroke victims are intimidated by the thought of physical exertion. Although physical therapy is a great way to overcome limitations after a stroke, it cannot help you reduce your weight or decrease stroke risk factors. Cardiovascular exercise is important in reducing your risk, and the disabilities following a stroke are rarely a limitation. If you cannot walk with or without the assistance of devices, hand bikes, sitting aerobics, and some weight training are all viable substitutions for traditional aerobic exercise.
Stress Reduction
Some stroke victims may find that stress reduction techniques are too esoteric. This can keep them from addressing what is sometimes a vital component of their stroke risk profile. Excess stress can make your blood pressure increase, but it also contributes to an unhealthy environment. Those who are stressed are less likely to eat well or to find time to exercise. Any of these behaviors can lead to increased risk for a secondary stroke.
The techniques for stress reduction are deceptively simple. For instance, meditation is the most commonly recommended technique for stress, and following your breaths is the only instruction that is given. You watch your breath come and go, and when your mind wanders, you return the focus to your breath. Other stress reduction therapies include yoga, acupuncture, and Reiki, and each is known to help stroke victims with their stress levels.
Smoking Cessation
Not only is smoking a cause of strokes, both thrombotic and hemorrhagic, it is a large risk factor in having another stroke. Smoking affects the small blood vessels of the body, and it can cause them to leak or form a clot. When you continue to smoke after a stroke, the small blood vessels continue to sustain damage. This can cause the secondary stroke to be much worse than the initial one, and it this outcome could easily be avoided by eliminating smoking from your lifestyle.
Quitting smoking isn't easy, and most physicians are aware of the struggles that smokers endure to quit what they know is a bad habit. Nicotine patches are very helpful for quitting and lowering stroke risk, and a prescription medication, called Chantix, has shown great promise in decreasing the compulsion to smoke. Finally, electronic cigarettes are the newest device on the market to curb smoking, but before taking the plunge, it is best to wait for scientific research supporting this method of cutting your secondary stroke risk.


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Why does Obama want to bomb Syria? Some on the Left seem confused. Recently Tariq Ali and Robert Fisk, both well-informed, articulate and brilliant intellectuals, have tried to explain potential motivations for a U.S. attack on Syria. They have addressed only a small piece of the problem, however.
Ali writes: "Backing the targeting of Syria are two old friends: Saudi Arabia and Israel. Both want the regime in Iran destroyed. The Saudis for factional reasons, the Israelis because they're desperate to exterminate Hizbullah. That's the endgame they have in sight and Washington, after resisting for a bit, is playing ball again. Bombing Syria is the first step." Thus, at attack would be a geopolitical move to stop or thwart Iran. Robert Fisk concurred, writing, "Iran is ever more deeply involved in protecting the Syrian government. Thus a victory for Bashar is a victory for Iran. And Iranian victories cannot be tolerated by the West."
Human rights has nothing to do with it we are told because past atrocities got a pass from the U.S. Fisk points to when Israel "killed up to 17,000 men, women and children in Lebanon in 1982." Another example, when Iraq was "our" ally against Iran it used gas on the Iranian army and this also led to no U.S. retaliation. Yet, this merely reveals U.S. hypocrisy and geopolitical considerations, not necessarily long term causes. The two are combined in what Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky have called "worthy and unworthy victims." The Lebanese and Iranians were considered unworthy victims, but today the Syrian victims of chemical weapons are considered worthy. Victims that don't benefit geopolitical interests are ignored or even condemned.
Not everyone agrees about who is responsible for the recent attacks in Syria, but most on the Left agree that the human rights is the immediate rhetorical pretext. Of course, Obama was not President during either of the episodes Fisk describes, suggesting that there are structural forces that Obama is merely a part of such that the differences contributed to by his presidency are irrelevant. Yet, both Fisk and Ali have under-theorized these forces or failed to adequately describe them in their analyses. One appreciates that they are writing short, journalistic pieces, but critical journalism must be linked to structural explanation, otherwise it doesn't say much.
A basic term used by the Left use to be ideology, where rhetoric or discourse becomes linked to material forces. What are the material forces, the interests, the power blocks that are served by human rights ideology? We have the new breed of defense intellectuals like Samantha Power whose career advanced by pointing out atrocities among worthy victims. Obama was drawn to this analysis, advancing Power to be his U.S. Ambassador. This despite Power's description of Hillary Clinton as a "monster" during Obama's first presidential campaign. Ali asks "Cui prodest? as the Romans used to inquire. Who profits?" The other groups who profit include those in the United States who benefit from having a pretext for war or the use of military weapons systems. These include: defense corporations, the Pentagon and national security agencies, politicians in military dependent districts, engineers and academics on the military's payroll, universities and others investing in defense stocks, even industrial and service sector workers involved in making bombs or feeding troops.
A comprehensive account of why we have war can't be reduced to geopolitical rivalries alone. If the country of Lichtenstein were to find Assad offensive, they would not bomb Syria. The U.S. is clearly not Lichtenstein and not merely because of its size, after all Indonesia has a population of about 240 million or more and it will not be bombing Syria either. The difference of course is that the U.S. has a history of interests in the region, tied to the control and use of oil and the location of Israel in the Middle East, with Israel being a key U.S. ally and having political influence in the U.S. Size, interests, allies, and the role of the Israeli lobby can't be sufficient or even adequate explanations, however. One big difference between the U.S. on the one hand and Indonesia and Lichtenstein on the other, is the scale of military power projection that that U.S. has. This allows the U.S. to be the global policeman, albeit one not accountable to global judiciaries.
Neglecting the Warfare State and Permanent War Economy
The U.S. spends hundreds of billions of dollars on "defense" (which is mostly offense), tied to a permanent war economy including budgets for nuclear weapons, security operations, and payments for debt and health costs associated with war. This economy favors a militarized foreign policy. The vast concentration of military economic power/capital translates into concentrated political and media capital, providing space for defense intellectuals and policy wonks favoring bombing as the security cure all. This enduring concentration of military, economic, political and media power constitutes both the warfare state and the permanent war economy. It's allied with the oil, auto, financial and associated industrial complexes of the power elite. These are the leaders in corporations, government and leading academic circles who dominate decision-making. They are tied to firms, regions, and occupations dependent on military spending.
If we look to the past, we see the U.S. government has often bombed countries to get its way, often with disastrous results as Robin Wright explained in a recent op-ed in the Los Angeles Times. Bombing of cities causes reprisals as Jacques Maritain noted back in the 1930s. If we look to the future, the U.S. will be bombing yet another country and any geopolitical explanations will seem trivial. The reason for this triviality is the larger context of this game, defined by the enabling conditions created by the warfare state and the permanent war economy. The rhetorical and geopolitical reasons may differ, but the enabling conditions will be the same. So we have the rhetorical context at the first level, the geopolitical game at the second level, and the warfare state and permanent war economy at the third, highest level, of explanation. Without the third level, the second level becomes impossible. The first level enables the second and third levels, as ideology becomes a useful discourse, a material force that sustains economic, political and military interests. Yet, most critical social scientists understand that the winning ideologies have had more powerbehind them. The power comes from money, support from political leaders and media moguls, and paradigmatic victories in the academy. The latter refers to how most universities today have no courses on disarmament, demilitarization of the defense industry, civilian industrial policy, or even the role of militarism in the cycle of violence.
This naturally leads us to ask why don't the oppositional ideologies have sufficient power? Why is the U.S. peace movement so weak? One reason is that bad design of the peace movement. Yet, there are structural issues to consider as well. In the United Kingdom, the peace movement and failure of the Iraq policy, including the huge costs of war, undoubtedly changed the equation and have encouraged Obama to seek Congressional approval for an attack on Syria. Yet, in the U.S. a Republican Party and allied interests benefit more from these very costs of war (or they become more affordable to the U.S. with its use of the dollar as international currency and Chinese purchases of U.S. debt).
In the U.S. militaristic solutions are partially tied to party competition based on rivals' attempts to exploit foreign policy crises tied to war, democracy and human rights. During the coup against Honduras, Republicans pressured the Obama Administration to advance "democracy" in Honduras by supporting the coup, i.e. an Orwellian version of democracy defined by militarist thugs. There were U.S. economic interests in Honduras which together with a militarist strain in the State Department sustained the coup as well. Nevertheless, Republicans together with a journalistic corps that is largely superficial and war hungry, usually put pressure on any politician seeking a diplomatic solution, particularly when the human rights of "worthy victims" becomes an issue. Here we see how geopolitics at the second level helps shape the human rights discourse at the first level, i.e. the media can help trigger a need to intervene for "human rights" concerns when these are consistent with geopolitical calculations. Otherwise, we would have a kind of civil war within elites, with the state going after the media. The media can go after the state by directing militaristic discourse against any political leader who seeks a more diplomatic solution when such solutions can be subsumed by "concerns" for "worthy victims." If you throw Israeli interests into the picture, you have another ally for certain media-policy decisions, but the destruction of a stable Syria is hardly in Israel's real interests, i.e. the needs of its citizens versus its own military industrial complex. The Israeli warfare state might like to get rid of Hezbollah of course, but Israeli calculations, the human rights discourse and even geopolitics are secondary. The correlation of U.S. and Israeli warfare state interests don't necessarily define causation.
The warfare state and permanent war economy necessitate and make possible enemies and warsexplained. This approach means creating green, civilian industrial and domestically anchored production triggered by moving money into new kinds of banks, firms and economic sectors. Any number of thinkers (including Gar Alperovitz, Brian D'Agostino and Jon Rynn) have supported this democratic approach in recent books, but their message is usually lost to the myopic appropriation of topicality and crises. This appropriation is carried out by those failing to advance a long-term, anti-militarist program allied with disarmament, conversion and intellectual Glasnost vis-à-vis the warfare state. The Left will either be part of the myopic, topical discursive problem or part of the Glasnost reconstructionist disarmament solution.


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For thousands of years, physical silver has been used as money or currency. In more recent times with the advent of fiat currencies, such as the U.S. Dollar or the Euro, Silver has been seen as an investment that provides safety in challenging economic times, and as a hedge against inflation. There are three reasons Physical Silver has become such an in demand investment vehicle:
- Historical performance: It is a fact, that over the past 10 years alone, Physical Silver prices have shown a gross return of 648%. Other historically popular investment vehicles for example the Dow Jones and the S&P 500 have returned not even 33% as much as Silver. If you look closely at these numbers, it only makes sense that investors once exposed to these numbers immediately diversify into Physical Silver.
- Supply and Demand: Most experts agree t hat the supply of Physical Silver is less than 10 years. The US Geological Society recently released a report stating that Silver would be the first element to go extinct on the periodic table. They predicted that Silver would be extinct from the planet by the year 2020. Demand meanwhile, is at an all time high and continues to skyrocket globally each year. Silver happens to be the best conductor of electricity on the planet which has resulted in it being the top choice for use in every laptop, smart phone, medical device, automobile, basically any and every single product on the planet that needs to conduct electricity in order to function properly. So the more technologically advanced we get as a society, both here and abroad, the higher the demand for Physical Silver.
- Monetary: Physical Silver is seen as a refuge or Safe haven form currencies in times of economic turmoil. As a result, in recent times Silver prices have started to skyrocket as the global economy shows continues signs of weakness. Combines this flight to safety reaction with the record high industrial demand for Silver at a moment in time when there is less than 10 years supply left on the planet, and you have the makings of a hyperbolic move in pricing once the supply runs out.
This scenario is so real, that we have recently seen the largest Billionaire investors exiting their Dollar and Euro based assets and a move into Physical Silver at a record rate calling Silver "The Investment of the decade!" But they are not alone. The world's largest Central Banks and Economies including India, China and Russia have increased their Demand for Physical Silver by well over 400% in the past 1 year alone.
When one looks at the historical performance of Physical Silver, coupled with the Supply and Demand scenario and the Actions of the Ultra Rich in a sudden flight to safety, it only begs to question what do they all see coming that the general investing public is not yet aware of? What do they know that we do not yet know because their actions are certainly showing us that something of significant financial impact is on the horizon at may be at our door steps much sooner than we thing.
It seems only prudent for investors to take massive and immediate action now and diversify into Physical Silver before whatever financial storm the elite see coming arrives on our shores. For a Free Report on how you can diversify into Physical Silver to position yourself for what should be one of the largest price gains of your life time while protecting your assets at the same time visit:


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A boy with no family tries to recruit one in this charming light drama. A ten-year-old gypsy boy who calls himself Mondo (Ovidiu Balan) wanders into the French community of Nice. Travelling on his own with no parents or relatives, Mondo makes his way through the sunny, sea-side community, meeting friendly strangers and startling folks with the question, Would you like to adopt me? While Mondo doesn't find a new family right away, he leads a charmed life in Nice, where fate brings good things his way, and he wins a handful of new friends: a charming magician and high-wire artist (Philippe Petit) who hires Mondo as his helper; a woman from Vietnam (Pierrette Fesch) who gives the boy a place to stay; a fisherman (Maurice Maurin) who teaches Mondo the alphabet with the beach as his blackboard; and Dadi (Jerry Smith), a homeless man who knows how to get by on his own. However, Mondo knows that not every adult is his ally, as he evades policemen whose ideas about a young boy getting along without parents are different than his own. Mondo was based on a novel by noted French author J.M.G. Le Clezio, and it was the first of his works to be adapted for the screen.~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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Longtime readers will know that I periodically receive correspondence from one B. Berlinger, E.D. on topics related to this blog. Well it seems Berlinger caught wind of my decision to turn down the state's merit pay bonus and was not a little put out. His message is below. I have reproduced it here in the interests of representing "both sides" of this important issue. Continue reading
More Teachers Like You
After the very nice gentlemen from KOB 4 News interviewed me on Monday about the AP bonus, I had one half-joking request: just don't make me look too foolish.
They reassured me that it was not their intention to do so. On the contrary, it was nice to have a school story that wasn't about a teacher locking kids in a closet or duct-taping them to their desks for a change.
"Don't worry, man," one of them said. "We think what you did was great."
"Yeah," said the other. "We just wish there were more teachers like you."
To this I replied, "there are." Continue reading
AP Bonus? No Thanks.
On Wednesday, June 25th, I was informed by the Human Resources Director at the Taos Municipal Schools that I had been selected to receive a $5000 'AP Stipend.'
According to Matt Pahl the Policy Director at the NM Public Education Department, AP test score data from 2012 qualified me to receive the money. Basically, because I teach the highest performing students in their final year of high school, I qualify for nice fat bonus check that the PED does not think other teachers deserve.
This is merit pay.
I'm being offered a bonus based on the performance of my students. No matter what the governor or the legislature chooses to call it, it is the very definition of merit pay.
While $5000 is an appealing sum to add to my income, I have decided to reject the money for the following reasons:
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Spark NO!-tes
You see what I did there? Ah yeah!
To start out, think about a difficult problem in Algebra, or Trigonometry (or, in my case, addition). You sit down to work on it, but you get confused. Perhaps there are many variables, or you are unfamiliar with the equation. You glance at the next few problems, and to your dismay, you find that they are just as confusing…what to do?
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Still in its infancy, this site will serve as a repository of course handouts and syllabi as well as my personal blog. Check it out periodically for updates about what's going on in my classroom and to see my opinions about the issues facing public education. If you are interested in receiving email updates whenever I add new content to this site, please subscribe!
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Tests, Time, and Football
Teachers are fiercely protective of theirs, and with good reason: effective instruction requires a lot of time to take place. I'm not talking about the time spanning a single class period, or even a week of class periods. Learning requires months of steady, consistent instruction and study. Continue reading
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Thank you for stopping by, and please take a look around!
While this website is still in its infancy, I envision a bright future for it. Here, among other things, you'll find an ongoing series of posts about the state of education locally and nationally, as well as stories from my classroom, and notices of upcoming events. I hope, also, that it will become a forum for lively discussion of the issues that face students and the schools that serve them.
It will also become a repository of classroom handouts and documents that you and your child can use to stay abreast of what's happening in class. Continue reading
The Phonies and Bastards Resource is Up and Running!
The Teacher in the Rye Phonies and Bastards Identification Manual – created in honor of Holden Caulfield — is now ready for your contribution! Join me in creating an exhaustive document that will ultimately provide everything we need to know about how to identify and manage those pesky phonies and dastardly bastards! Read more…
Working Beyond the Contract: Correction
I made a huge mistake in my original posting. When I did the math, I assumed that the 3.2 billion was the annual number. It's actually the weekly number.
If we take Washington Post at face value and assume that the average teacher is putting in a 53 hour week, or 20.5 hours beyond his contract, the calculation should actually look like this:
3,700,000 teachers X 20.5 hrs/week extra X $42.26 per hour X 36 weeks in the school year = 115,395,156,000. $115 Billion…
I fixed the local number as well. Teachers in Taos donate $4,678,000 in unpaid hours annually if we assume there are 150 teachers in Taos and the rest of the numbers stay the same.
Sorry for the mix up.