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As politicians and voters squared off this fall, a little bill sat in committee on Capitol Hill, awaiting action that in all likelihood won't happen. If it expires, it will probably be reintroduced at the next Congressional go-around in 2013. But even if it dies on the vine, the bill has opened debate on an issue that affects virtually every pet owner — the cost and availability of veterinary medications — and promises to keep the discussion going for years to come.
If passed, the legislation (officially known as HR 1406: Fairness to Pet Owners Act of 2011-IH) will require vets to give clients a written copy of all prescriptions. It also will require them to notify clients, in writing, of the client's option to have the prescription filled elsewhere, and to confirm (via fax or other means) any prescriptions sent to outside pharmacies. This is not a novel concept; a majority of veterinarians already do this for those who request it. The act would, however, make it mandatory for vets to provide the prescriptions without being asked.
The bill is modeled on the Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act of 2003, which required eye doctors to give their patients a copy of their prescriptions, thus breaking the medical monopoly on those lucrative little bits of polymer. This "prescription portability" was credited with changing the entire contact-lens market, giving consumers freedom to comparison shop (making prices more competitive) and also improving the quality and safety of the products themselves by streamlining the supply chain and distribution system. In the world of veterinary medicine, prescription portability would, at least in theory, reassure bargainhunting consumers that they're shopping around in a truly open (and safe) marketplace.
HR 1406 was introduced April 2011 under the sponsorship of Representatives Jim Matheson (D-UT) and Lee Terry (R-NE) and was immediately sent to the Health subcommittee of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, which must approve the bill before it can be voted upon by Congress. But because 2012 is an election year — one that most certainly hasn't been dominated by debates over pet prescriptions — few observers predict any action. The legislative monitoring service GovTrack gives the bill a 1 percent chance of passing before the end of the 2012 session; not great odds, obviously, but not particularly bad, either, given that only about 4 percent of the bills introduced in 2009–2010 were enacted.
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"Most often, bills like this take five to seven years to get passed," says Andrew Binovi, federal legislative manager of government relations for the ASPCA, which is supporting the bill. Alyson Heyrend, communications director for Rep. Jim Matheson, adds, "There is no action expected on the bill before the end of the session — it's an election year. But we'll most likely be reintroducing the bill next time. It's a good bill, good for pet owners, good for consumers. In this economy, every little bit helps, and lots of people aren't even aware that they have options when it comes to pet medications."
A Pocketbook Issue
The subject of pet medications has been getting attention in other parts of the government as well. The Federal Trade Commission held a public workshop on the topic in October, and is expected to issue a report on its findings sometime in 2013. In its official statement, the FTC calls the price of pet meds "an important pocketbook issue for many consumers," noting that the 62 percent of American households with pets spend roughly $7 billion annually for prescription and over-the-counter drugs for their companion animals.
Like everything else in Washington, the Pet Owners Act has both fans and foes. According to the Center for Responsive Politics, eight organizations are registered to lobby on HR 1406, including Walmart and the National Association of Chain Drug Stores. "This bill allows consumers a choice when it comes to prescription medications for their pets, and Walmart supports efforts that give our customers a say where they purchase medicines and enable them to save money," says Molly Philhours, a media relations rep. This support is hardly surprising, as the act would be a boon for Walmart and other big retailers, drug and grocery stores, says David Sprinkle, research director for Packaged Facts, a market research firm. "What we're seeing is a natural progression, as the pet-health market moves toward greater parallelism with human healthcare."
However, the number of pets covered by health insurance is miniscule, arguably making the out-of-pocket cost of a pet's prescription drugs an even bigger concern for consumers than their own meds. "Less than 1 percent of the cats and dogs in America are insured, so this is a huge issue for owners," says Laura Bennett, CEO of Embrace Pet Insurance. "Even if this bill doesn't go through, it's already had a big impact."
Bones of Contention
The bill's biggest opponent is the American Veterinary Medicine Association, which has registered to lobby on it and is urging its members to voice their opposition. "We're not opposed to our clients having their pets' prescriptions, or filling them at accredited pharmacies, but we're against the legislation because it's redundant," explains Ashley S. Morgan, DVM, AVMA's assistant director of governmental relations. "We don't need a federal law to mandate something that most vets have been doing on their own for some time." She notes that 26 states already have laws that require essentially the same thing as the new bill stipulates, and that most consumers are well aware of the wide availability of pet prescription fulfillment options.
The proposed legislation has another downside for vets: loss of revenue. While the impact will vary among individual practices, Morgan says, most veterinarians today make between 14 and 28 percent of their income from in-house drug sales. In addition, vets typically charge fairly high mark-ups, an average of 129 percent over wholesale, according to the American Animal Hospital Association. Many also charge a "dispensing fee," typically an average of $9 per script. Morgan adds that the proposed law would drown vets in paperwork, and require clinic staff to spend an inordinate amount of time communicating with outside pharmacies. Most veterinarians will be forced to pass those extra expenses on to their clients.
Until fairly recently, veterinarians were the sole source for prescription pet medications. But with the advent of online pet pharmacies, such as Drs. Foster and Smith (which began selling medications and other pet care products through its catalog in 1983 and online in 1998), price-conscious owners started taking their drug business elsewhere. And in 1994, with the passage of the Animal Medicinal Drug Use Clarification Act (AMDUCA), veterinarians could prescribe certain approved human drugs for animals. In many cases, this gave veterinary clients an option to choose between the animal and the human drug, and to buy those drugs from outside pharmacies.
But this just means that vets are behind the times when it comes to setting their prices, says Bennett. She notes that many veterinarians deliberately undercharge for some services to keep clients happy; like restaurateurs who exponentially mark up the wine they sell to make up for value-priced entrees, these vets count on the sale of medications to make the balance sheet work. "If you've been relying on drug sales all this time, this is a wake-up call," she says.
Competition — and Choices
According to Bruce Rosenbloom, chief financial officer of PetMed Express Inc., parent company of the online retailer 1800-PetMeds, pet owners today spend about $3.8 billion annually on prescription drugs for their companion animals, and vets make about 67 percent of those sales. (Packaged Facts' estimate of vets' share of drug sales is roughly the same.) PetMed Express's research shows that big retailers like Target, Walmart and Walgreens sell about 22 percent of pet medications through their retail and online stores, while web and mailorder retailers like 1800-PetMeds and Amazon account for the remaining 11 percent.
All of these outlets offer incentives to pet owners. Kroger, for example, sells a long list of generic pet drugs, including some of the most-prescribed for dogs — pain-relievers like tramadol and meloxicam and antibiotics like amoxicillin and cephalexin — at $4 per 30-day supply. Target's PetRx program, available in more than 1,200 of its instore pharmacies, can fill veterinary prescriptions for animal-specific medications, and all Target pharmacies will fill pet scripts for human drugs (they offer many $4 generics, as well). At Walgreens, you can add your dog to your $35-a-year family membership in the discount pharmacy program. With that, you get reduced prices on pet prescriptions and access to over 400 generic medications priced at $12 for a 90-day supply. Stop 'n Shop and Winn-Dixie stores fill human-equivalent scripts, and have arrangements with online pet pharmacies to get your dog's meds to you in one to two days.
For those who'd rather shop online, there are currently 18 web-based pet pharmacies accredited with the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy through its Veterinary-Verified Internet Pharmacy Practice Sites (Vet-VIPPS) program, each of which has its own offers and incentives. (There are also countless websites that aren't accredited — or properly licensed — which the Food and Drug Administration and other groups strongly suggest you avoid.)
All this competition is good news for consumers, says ASPCA's Binovi, because it guarantees that pet owners will be able to fill prescriptions as cheaply as possible. "There are big benefits here for both pets and their guardians," he says. "It's not that the veterinarians were a problem, just that this bill would harmonize all the different state laws to guarantee that everyone has better access to these medications."
Keeping the cost of pet ownership down is especially important in this economy, he adds. "We know that economics weighs into the decision to adopt an animal and even, in some cases, to surrender an animal to a shelter." There are no statistics on the number of owners citing the high cost of prescription drugs — or any other expense associated with keeping a pet — as the reason for surrender, but it's not a great leap to suggest that someone who's facing serious financial problems might see the family dog as an expense that could be eliminated. And even for an owner who's not in dire straights, every little bit helps. "It's always good to have more choices and better access, no matter what you're buying," he says.
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Giant Cherry Oatmeal Cookies
Total TimePrep: 15 min. Bake: 10 min./batch
Makes1 dozen
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2-1/2 cups old-fashioned oats
- 1-1/3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons apple pie spice
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1-1/2 cups dried cherries, chopped
- 1/2 to 1 teaspoon grated orange zest
- In a large bowl, cream shortening, butter and sugars. Beat in the eggs and vanilla. Combine the oats, flour, apple pie spice, baking powder, baking soda and salt; gradually add to the creamed mixture. Stir in cherries and orange zest.
- Drop by 1/3 cupfuls onto an ungreased baking sheet. Press to form a 4-in. circle. Bake at 375° for 9-12 minutes or until golden brown. Let stand for 1 minute before removing to wire racks to cool.
Nutrition Facts1 each: 402 calories, 18g fat (7g saturated fat), 56mg cholesterol, 187mg sodium, 56g carbohydrate (32g sugars, 3g fiber), 6g protein.
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These cookies are big in size and big on flavor! You can use any dried fruit you have on hand!
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I'd prepared these cookies and I did adjust the recipe to suit my tastes! I'd used pumpkin pie spice as the seasoning and I purposely substituted 3/4 cup dried cherries or Craisins & 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips. I also dropped the dough by teaspoonfuls onto greased baking sheets and the recipe made 4 dozen smaller cookies. I DID like this recipe, too! Thank you, Irene McDade, for sharing the recipe with Taste of Home! DELowenstein
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Very good cookies! I'm starting a little bakery business from my home and catering a few meetings for my office. I provided these cookies as an afternoon snack choice and the few that made it to the afternoon were excellent, but most people ate a big cookie as ther breakfast! No matter when they're eaten, they're delicious and I will definitely be making these again. I've substituted the dried cherries with cranberries with excellent results.
Jun 29, 2011
I buy dried cherries in bulk quantity just to make these cookies. Using the old fashioned oats makes the cookies more subsstantial, like a breakfast bar. I didn't have apple pie spice so I exchanged it for 1 teaspoon each of cinnamon and allspice. I have make these cookies often! Thank you, Irene, for submitting it to TOH>
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My variation is my husband's favorite cookie. I substitute the shortening with butter (tried it with shortening the first time I baked them and all butter is much better), I use Craisins and substitute the apple pie spice with 1 teaspoons cinnamon, 1 teaspoon ginger and about 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg.

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"Fruitvale Station" is more than the dramatization of an obituary. It's about empathy.
In recounting (and slightly fictionalizing) the final day of 22-year-old Oscar Grant's life, first-time writer-director Ryan Coogler has made a film that piles small daily gestures - and one final, heartbreakingly tragic one - into an inspiring reminder about basic human decency.
That may sound trite, but "Fruitvale Station" - already a hit on the festival circuit - resonates not just for its portrait of injustice, but because its argument for treating strangers kindly, decently, comes at a time when fear and presumption often trump simple kindness, and the public sphere is navigated in cellphone bubbles.
In a star-making performance, Michael B. Jordan plays Oscar, the San Francisco Bay Area ex-convict and former drug dealer who, famously, was fatally shot by a transit police officer early on New Year's morning, 2009. The moment is glimpsed in raw cellphone footage at the start of "Fruitvale Station," before shifting back to the morning before and the start of Oscar's last full day.
On its surface, it's a regular day of errands. But all of the stops reflect Oscar's struggle to balance his past, his unemployment and his family: girlfriend Sophina (Melonie Diaz), four-year-old daughter Tatiana (Ariana Neal) and mother Wanda (Octavia Spencer, also a producer of the film).
He's hotheaded and imperfect, but he listens to his mom, helps strangers (like a supermarket shopper in need played by Ahna O'Reilly) and, in the surest sign that a dose of martyrdom has crept into the portrayal, tends to a dying dog. It's a day, presumably like any other, of fraught improvisation for Oscar, a young black man trying his best in circumstances stacked against him.
Jordan, the talented young actor of "The Wire," "Friday Night Lights" and "Chronicle" - who's in nearly every scene of the movie - puts the film on his shoulders in an unqualified display of leading-man charisma. It's a naturalistic, hoodie-clad performance, with "bruh" warmly peppered throughout his speech. His proud posture is belied by friendly, intelligent eyes and an awe-shucks smile.
Coogler intimately captures Jordan's performance with fluid camera movement while illustrating Oscar's constant text messaging on the screen. The Oakland-native's passion for the story is evident as he transfers with sure-handedness from the sunny, day-in-a-life meandering to the frenzied action of the devastating nighttime finale. Though Coogler verges on ham-fistedness, he's crafted a film not just heavy with racial truths, but one whose humanism reverberates.
For a movie about an unjust death, "Fruitvale Station" is bursting with the colorful, messy striving of life. The fullness of Jordan's Oscar is as staggering as his end is appalling.
"Fruitvale Station," a Weinstein Co. release, is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America "for some violence, language throughout and some drug use." Running time: 90 minutes. Three and a half stars out of four.


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In collaboration with artist Richard Sweeney the Manchaster based designer Liam Hopkins created this range of cargboard furniture. The Honeycomb Sofa and Armchair are released at Interiors 2010 with Designersblock at the NEC Birmingham, 24-27th January 2010.
"The designers constrained themselves to the use of corrugated cardboard sourced locally from John Hargreaves' factory in Stalybridge, which produces paper from recycled pulp using machinery originally installed in 1910."
"The design process involved experimentation with columnar forms, which were inspired by structural forms in nature, including a wasp nest and the crystalline bone structure of microscopic sea organisms known as Radiolaria. Computer design techniques were used to generate the form of the furniture using triangular columns, which were oriented to utilise the structural properties of the cardboard. The individual components were extracted from the virtual model to create flat layouts, which were printed to create templates for transfer onto the cardboard- over two thousand components were hand cut and glued together to create the Honeycomb Sofa."
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With patch 3.3.5 upon us and the absolute last raid instance of Wrath of the Lich King set to go live in a week or two, we're finally at the end of the roller coaster of class design for this expansion. Whether you love your class (i.e., play a warrior) or hate it (play one of those other classes like mages -- that one's for you, Dom), it's fair to say that barring any last-minute surprise redesigns, what you see is what you're going to get until Cataclysm.
So where are warriors as a class right now? Since we're a tank/DPS hybrid with two roles and three specs (if you count PvE, anyway; if you include PvP, then we effectively have four roles and three trees to fill them), how well does the class do in each role, and how do our specs shape up? This week we'll discuss protection, the dedicated tanking tree for warriors.
At the beginning of Wrath of the Lich King, warrior tanking saw a pretty significant shake-up in terms of its talents and abilities. Tanking in general was redesigned to be more fun, and a new hero class that was a tank/DPS hybrid was introduced. All of this changed the playing field for warriors pretty significantly. Warrior tanks found that for the first time, protection was possibly the most viable leveling build.


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"Our quality strategy is based on the assumption that process-control requirements will increase in the future," says Cindy Porter, corporate director of quality for McGregor Metalworking Companies, Springfield, OH, commenting on the firm's latest acquisition: a Brown & Sharpe Global Advantage DCC vertical coordinate-measuring machine. The company recently installed the machine, with a measuring envelope of 59 by 87 by 39 in., to take speed and accuracy (2.5 microns) to a new level, basing its investment decision not only on current requirements but on future needs.
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VAN HEERDEN, Jan H. Who would eat more with a food voucher programme in South Africa?. S. Afr. j. econ. manag. sci. [online]. 2009, vol.12, n.3, pp.297-306. ISSN 2222-3436.
A Computable General Equilibrium model is used to find the effects of a food voucher scheme on the economy in South Africa. If firms consider the issuing of vouchers as increased remuneration, they will hire fewer labourers. The higher labour cost increases the total cost of production and lowers supply. Real Gross Domestic Product decreases and the economy becomes worse off. However, depending on the size of the government's involvement in such a scheme as well as the tax policies that are used to fund it, a food voucher scheme could benefit the poor, and improve the distribution of wealth in the country.


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After a steady decline since the beginning of the year, the price of coffee stocks has been on the upward trend over the last three months or so. AronismartInvest in Action™ has flagged the trend based on the stock price movement for the companies heavily influenced by the coffee beans' performance. Among the stocks to watch are:
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Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center's Heather Stuckey, D. Ed., is seeking volunteers for a research study evaluating a survey about factors that affect diabetes self-management. Individuals diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes age 21 to 70 may be able to participate in this research study.
Volunteers must be able to read and speak English fluently and have no plans to move in the next four months.
Participating will require completing a survey at a 90-minute group session at the Medical Center. Volunteers will then give their opinion on the survey. Compensation is provided. For more information, call Lindsay Cover at 717-531-4417.
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We've seen the pilot for NBC's The Event, and while we still don't know what the titular Event is, we're impressed by this politically-charged thriller, which contains shades of Lost and 24. Spoilers inside.
With little fanfare, the Event panel kicked off with a showing of the first episode of The Event, which, appropriately enough, opens with an event. We don't know exactly what this event is, but we see malfunctioning news cameras trained on US President Elias Martinez (played by Blair Underwood) as an anchorwoman screams for the cameras to shoot at something in the sky.
We then cut to 23 minutes before this event, with Sean Walker (Jason Ritter) on an airplane waiting on the runway. Sean is sweating and jumpy, and he's just disposed of something that looks like a jumpsuit bearing a US flag in the plane's bathroom trash. When the plane finally begins to move, Sean notices a black SUV driving alongside the runway. We flash between this moment and several days earlier, when Sean is leaving on a cruise with his girlfriend Leila Buchanan, leaving Leila's daughter in the care of Leila's parents, including Michael Buchanan (Scott Patterson). We also flash on another character, Simon Lee (Ian Anthony Dale), the driver of the black SUV, who is trying to stop the plane from taking off, claiming there is a terrorist on board.
When Simon fails and the plane makes it into the air, Sean races toward the cockpit door, pulling a gun on the stewardess and demanding to talk to the pilot. So we reach the pilot's second mystery: how did an ordinary man get from a pleasant cruise with his girlfriend to pulling a gun on an airplane in just a little over a week?
But it's through Simon that we get our first hints at what the Event actually is. Thirteen months earlier, in a mysterious isolated facility, Simon talks to Sophia Maguire (Laura Innes) about a man who recently escaped the facility with the intention of trading certain information for his freedom. "He's going to tell them about the Event," Simon tells Sophia. But he wonders if it's better that the information get out. "Don't you think we should at least warn them so they can prepare?" he asks her. He reminds her that there's a new president and that he seems different from the previous presidents. Sophia replied that "they" won't let Martinez find out about "this place." "We have to protect everyone here," she tells him. "Can I count on you?" Simon responds in the affirmative, but when he tells a guard to return Sophia to her quarters, we see that she is in handcuffs, an apparent prisoner in the facility.
Back in the present, President Martinez is called away from his son's birthday party to discuss a big announcement he is going to make. It gradually becomes clear that Martinez has received a file on the facility from an unknown (to us, if not Martinez) source, and has become aware of 79 prisoners detained there. Martinez plans to free the detainees, saying their human rights are being violated, but CIA Director Blake Sterling (Željko Ivanek) warns against their release. "I know your family had it hard in Cuba, but there are many times when we have sacrificed the rights of the few for the safety of the many," he says, claiming the CIA does not have enough information to know how the release of the detainees will affect the public.
The episode continues to unfold, offering more surprises and hints until it roles to its climax, where several of the story arcs quite literally collide. And it's at its climax that the show's science fiction element comes to light. It's not clear what it means — does The Event involve aliens? Humans who have discovered a new technology? All that we know is that there is something mysterious and powerful out there in the world, and it has just revealed itself in public.
The Event involves a lot of non-linear storytelling, and you can see the trail of breadcrumbs that the show's writers are leaving, even if we can't tell yet where the trail is leading. I saw tons of small details in the pilot that I'm sure will become important later, and someone who had seen the pilot before commented that she noticed a lot more during the second viewing. Of course, we've had our hearts broken before by science fiction shows whose tantalizing mysteries never fully pay off. But show producer Evan Katz assured the audience that won't be the case here:
Everything is designed so that we will answer questions so you won't be frustrated. You won't think we don't know what we're doing or that we're making it up as we go along.
He promises that the show won't simply pile on new mysteries each week — big answers will come regularly throughout the show and will "keep you guess in a fair way."
But he wouldn't offer any clues as to what the Event itself is. "All we can tell you is that [what happens at the end of the pilot] is not the Event."
One of the things we immediately noticed about the pilot is the political allegory. When President Martinez and Director Sterling talk about the closing of the facility and the release of its detainees, it sounds at first like they're talking about Guantanamo Bay. We spoke to Jeffrey Reiner, who directed the pilot, and he told us we can expect more of those touches:
The kind of metaphor or analogy of immigration is going to be a very big theme of the show. And dealt from both sides: dealt from the immigrees and the people who are, you know — from the government. And I think there are going to be a lot of op-ed social issues that hopefully will be up for parsing to the show.


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Patient Service Coordinator (PSC) is the primary field contact for Neuroscience patient services programs to HCPs and their staff, acting as the field arm of the patient services pod to mitigate roadblocks affecting patient journey and adherence to NS therapies. This role is multifaceted; the PSC works closely with other field roles (e.g., Sales Specialists, Strategic Account Managers, Reimbursement Managers and Case Managers), and coordinates with the Case Manager to both proactively and reactively ensure patient program success in the field.
Primary field interfacing for the NS patient services program include: live office visits for patient status updates, providing field intelligence to Hub Case Manager, HCP office staff disease state education, and injection device training. In addition, the PSC is responsible for coordinating and delivering resources and information to optimize the patient and physician experience for Multiple Sclerosis and Migraine therapies.
This position does not involve the practice of nursing. The role may occasionally interact with patients and caregivers in-person to educate around the disease process and product information to assist in understanding and managing their disease and/or treatment. It may also interact with patients virtually for the purposes of supplemental injection training. Novartis NS PSC must act in accordance with company guidelines and requirements.
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Photo 1: Sharecroppers Going to the Cotton Fields, c. 1920
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1. What can you learn about the sharecroppers from this photograph? Could you guess their age? Whether they are black or white?
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Sunday, 4 September 2011
Prom 67: LSO/Davis - Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
Beethoven, Mass in D major, op.123
Helena Juntunen (soprano)
Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano)
Paul Groves (tenor)
Matthew Rose (bass)
London Philharmonic Choir (chorus-master: Neville Creed)
London Symphony Chorus (chorus-master: Joseph Cullen)
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Colin Davis (conductor)
I shall not beat about the bush: this was a great performance. It seems to me inconceivable that I shall not look back in my dotage – assuming that I shall have one – and remember Sir Colin Davis conducting the Missa Solemnis at the Proms. Partly that must be a matter of my personal and, I flatter myself, intellectual obsession with the work. Furtwängler considered it Beethoven's greatest work; if pushed, so do I. But its greatness is not that of Mozartian perfection: it lies in what, along with the late string quartets, must surely constitute Beethoven's greatest challenge, both for himself and for us. It is both symphonic and, as Sir Colin points out in a brief programme interview, a work that, 'constructed word for word … doesn't lend itself to symphonic treatment'. The Mass both affirms and doubts – does it even deny? – belief in God, as a setting of the liturgy. It stands both as an affirmation, monumental and personal, in humanity, and a shattering demonstration of its nothingness in the face of the Almighty. Beethoven's setting is both utterly characteristic in its strenuousness of purpose and strangely un-Beethovenian in other ways (something I have promised myself I shall think more closely about after several other projects: in the meantime, I shall refer the reader to Adorno). It is also well-nigh unperformable; Furtwängler simply stopped performing it. Indeed, a Furtwängler Missa Solemnis must be the ultimate fantasy recording; alas, it seems that it will remain a fantasy. We have Klemperer, though, in many ways a more meaningful dialectical antithesis to Furtwängler than the incomprehensibly venerated band-master Toscanini. And now we have Davis.
There was a special warmth to the applause Sir Colin received upon mounting the podium, a warmth that in London I otherwise only associate with Bernard Haitink. (The two conductors' status as former Music Directors of the Royal Opera House, and their accomplishments in that post, doubtless has something to do with it, though Davis's work with the London Symphony Orchestra may rank higher still in audience and critical esteem.) But this is not a conductor to be flattered, nor, crucially, to manufacture some easy, false sense of 'excitement'. Beethoven's opening bars thus resounded with spacious expectancy, as far removed from the idiocies of 'period' fashion as could be imagined. Indeed, there was a tentative moment of ensemble that suggested the orchestra, which has recently been performing Beethoven with Sir John Eliot Gardiner, might not quite be attuned to Davis's reading. The moment was over in the twinkling of an eye, however, and it would, I think, be the sole criticism I could muster of a magnificent performance from the LSO. The massed ranks of the London Symphony Chorus and London Philharmonic Choir sounded quite staggering in heft, unity, and clarity, once again proving a nonsense of the claim sometimes heard that only small choirs can permit of contrapuntal or even homophonic clarity. And the soloists – first of all, soprano, mezzo, and tenor – sounded a voice for us, for frail humanity. One knew that this was intended, and believed in: by Beethoven, by the conductor, and indeed by the singers themselves. (Davis again: 'You may not believe it immediately afterwards, but it [the work] doesn't survive unless everybody is committed to it.') The soloists' echoing of the chorus upon 'Christe' intensified the sense of cosmological struggle – and this in the Kyrie, only the first, and arguably most 'normal' movement. Kettledrums sounded implacable throughout, as if intoning Holy Writ, or even trying to persuade us of it. Truth, then, shone from every bar: there was a real sense that the Lord might, just might, grant us that mercy besought in the liturgy.
Nothing, though, had prepared me for the opening of the Gloria – which is as it should be. It came like an explosion, a thunderbolt even, with the kind of electricity that Furtwängler himself used to impart to Beethoven, and few, very few, others have succeeded in eliciting since; it was as if the heavenly throng itself were singing the Almighty's praises. I wondered whether Paul Groves was a little on the 'operatic' side during the 'Gratias' section, or at least not sufficiently Germanic in style, and one could have wished for greater resonance from Matthew Rose. But any such minor doubts were soon overtaken by the titanic, orchestrally-founded strength upon which we heard the choral 'Domine Deus, Rex cœlestis'. Hints of Mozartian Harmoniemusik upon 'Domine Fili unigenite Jesu Christe' were gratefully received, but we were never in doubt that the Mozartian paradise had been lost for ever, woodwind in the 'Qui tollis' section now recognisable from the travails of the Ninth Symphony. Once again Beethovenian sincerity shone as a light through the performance, the imploring 'Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris, miserere nobis' signalling the composer kneeling. (And there is clearly only one person, or force, before whom or which Beethoven would ever kneel.) The 'Quoniam' captured to perfection that precarious balance, or rather dialectic, between certainty and uncertainty or downright despair, whilst the close of the movement recaptured the electricity of its opening. If the soloists' final Amen sent shivers down the spine, the final choral shout of 'Gloria' went beyond anything I can even attempt to express in words.
The opening calls of 'Credo' announced the battle royal that lies at the heart of the work, the struggle of belief itself. Credo quia absurdum (a perennial misquotation of Tertullian)? Davis seemed here heavily to lean towards Klemperer's Nietzschean 'immoralism'. (One imagines Furtwängler would have given a very different impression, but who knows?) And crucially, there was a true sense of plainsong and Renaissance polyphony sounding through history, if not eternity. When Christ, as the liturgy has it, for us men, and for our salvation, came down from heaven, he certainly did in performance, and with what majesty: I thought momentarily of the Advent hymn, 'Lo, he comes with clouds descending'. The echoes of early music – in the best rather than the modish sense – sounded still more clearly upon hearing of the mystery of the Incarnation, as did the wonder of the human soloists and Gareth Davies's transcendent flute. Groves emerged triumphant, or perhaps better as a true celebrant, intoning the climactic 'Et homo factus est', the Christian miracle of God become man. Likewise, one felt, almost as if in a Bach Passion, the unbearable agony of Gethsemane and Golgotha upon the word of suffering, 'Passus', Beethoven's profoundest compassion expressed for Christ as man, evoking Fidelio, and yet, extending far beyond even Fidelio. The choral tenors' shout of Resurrection, the sheer joy of Easter, reaffirmed hope that might have been lost. And yet, strain, partly a consequence of Beethoven's notorious vocal writing, remained: does he, do we, believe? The uphill sense of struggle, almost a literal expression of 'ascendit' and yet of course meaning so much more than that, was valiantly, movingly expressed in the 'Allegro molto' section, until we returned to 'Credo', in this case, belief in the Holy Ghost. There was a sense of arrival, but also, strongly, that this was but the first foothill in our ascent. I was particularly impressed at the virtually flawless delivery of the sopranos' cruel soft, high lines upon the words 'Et vitam venturi saeculi'. (Listen to Karajan's Wiener Singverein should you wish to hear how poorly even a professional chorus can shape up to Beethoven's demands.) By now, there was a sense of lid being kept on, prior to explosion. And so it came to pass, the movement ending with Klemperian inevitability.
Beethoven marked the Sanctus 'Mit Andacht' ('with devotion'), which is just what we heard, trombones sounding their aequale across the Habsburg centuries. Davis's mastery of transition was heard to great effect in the difficult section prefacing the calls of 'Pleni sunt coeli'. The choruses once again sounded as if an angelic host: awe-inspiring, truly thrilling. And then, that extraordinary paradox: the 'Praeludium', in which the orchestra sounds almost more like an organ than an organ does (the organ part itself elsewhere being taken excellently by Catherine Edwards). Beethoven's power of suggestion reminded me here of an instance in the E major piano sonata, op.14 no.1, in which he somehow manages to suggest portamento, writing a passage that would never work as the real thing on the violin. What spiritual inwardness, though, was expressed here: a mystery awaiting revelation, for which the LSO's lower strings unerringly prepared us, 'Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini'. Whilst the vocal contribution to the 'Benedictus' section was extraordinarily fine, Sarah Connolly's richness of tone an especial marvel here, and Helena Juntunen, a late replacement for Carmen Giannattasio, also excellent, there was, alas, something of a disappointment to be endured from the all-too-secular sounding violin solo from Gordan Nikolitch. (It sounded and looked like a concerto: I cannot believe that it was a wise decision to have him stand.) That was a pity, but we were soon reconciled in true Handelian grandeur – or what used to be Handelian grandeur before the composer's capture by 'authenticity' – of the 'Hosanna'.
Finally, the Agnus Dei. Here, Rose impressed, dolorous and at times desperate, the other soloists responding in kind. The horrors of war – human reality as opposed to the human ideal? – terrified without lapsing into the grotesque, as so often they do; I have rarely heard them so integrated into the musical argument, save once again for readings by Klemperer. And there was again a properly Handelian sturdiness to the 'Dona nobis pacem'. Whether or no there be an actual quotation from Messiah, and it is too readily forgotten just how greatly Beethoven revered Handel, it certainly sounded as if the resemblance to 'And he shall reign' was intentional. The performance was crowned, though it was too late, for we had been taken to the abyss. Pacem? Perhaps. In fact, probably not, for this was the most desolate conclusion to the work I have ever heard: desolate, and yet retaining a nobility which might remain our sole hope of peace.
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"The moment was over in the twinkling of an eye" - or an eye-twinkle...!
I watched this on BBC4 last night and Davis was a revelation - the warmth, life and serenity that just exuded from him... I have never seen a conductor like him, particulalry with the orchestra but also the massive chorus. I doubt you watched the unbelievably vapid 'How a Choir Works' that followed the prom broadcast, but I couldn't help think that I had learned a lot more from watching Davis at work...
- 05 September, 2011 13:03
- Mark Berry said...
I agree: apart from anything else, it was something of a masterclass in that respect. Sadly, I overheard behind me on a bus from the RAH a member of one of the choruses complaining loudly on her mobile telephone that 'he', one can only assume Sir Colin, 'didn't give many cues ... [slight pause for alleged explanatory effect]: he's old.' Happily, I have no doubt whatsoever that hers would have been the tiniest of minority views: as if conducting a work like this were a matter of dispensing cues...
- 05 September, 2011 22:54
your restraint is admirable. I would have *gently* suggested she should take her f***ing head out of the score, if that's her impression...!
- 05 September, 2011 23:38
- Elaine said...
I sang in the chorus in performances of Missa many years ago and think it is the greatest choral work ever. The violin solo always reduces me to tears at its utter beauty.
Glad I wasn't near the woman on the bus with her stupid remark - I would probably have thrown her mobile out of the window.
Thank you for a wonderful review
- 06 September, 2011 08:29
Having listened to parts of the radio broadcast live and formed initial impressions, I 'played again' last night in full the tv broadcast. I cannot share in the generally expressed plaudits for the performance of the choruses on Sunday. Time and time again can be heard many of the soprano singers striving to meet Beethoven's very severe demands on them, only to be undermined by a substantial number of their colleagues merely screaming at the note and missing. The tenors too were often wild, with individual voices coming through. That Beethoven's demands are severe should not mean that listeners have to make allowances. London is fortunate in having another chance to hear this great work performed just two months afterwards, on 4 November, in the RFH with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment under Noseda. Let's see if the modern Philharmonia Chorus can match their illustrious forbears under Klemperer.
- 06 September, 2011 09:31
I was in London at the time, and this concert was my first time at the RAH (I live in Paris, where, coincidently, the same piece by the same interpreters, minus the LP chorus, is going to be given next week). Friends had told me about the horrid acoustics of the hall, and... they were right, I am sorry to say (no offence intended!).
I agree with a lot of what Mr Berry said in his post. I have been a devoted fan of the Missa Solemnis, ever since my parents made me listen to the Klemperer version when I was a child. And it is true, this performance was to be remembered, and I must say, especially the choruses. Waw! The first "kyrie" at bar 21 was the most powerful I have ever heard. The Fugue in the Credo was remarkably clear, and virtually the best rendition of Beethoven's counterpoint one can dream of. And so on.
But, on the other hand, the orchestra was not flawless. The very beginning was quite... zögernd as Mahler would put it! The trumpets were late (which the berliozian Davis could have avoided), the strings were not together, etc. Same problems in the dona nobis of the Agnus Dei, bar 96 ff. There are other instances, but I will not indulge in the tedious and superfluous task to enumerate them... Let me just say that Nicolitch's performance in the andante cantabile before the benedictus was not only prosaic, but also sometimes out of tune. This was the moment I was looking for (my favorite part of the work, plus I am an usual fan of Nicolitch's), and this was a great disappointment: not only approximations in tuning and rhythm, but also this vibrato!!! I am not one of those baroque integrists, but please!
I do by no means want to be a spoilsport, since, apart from those little criticisms, it was a memorable and beautiful performance. Colin Davis is a wondeful conductor, with natural authority and leadership, even though it seemed to me that he was somewhat tired... I think I am going to the Paris performance if there are still tickets available. I am sure that with better acoustics and more rehearsal time, it will be the ultimate performance!!
- 09 September, 2011 10:49
I am glad to see someone writing about the Missa Solemnis who clearly values the work as it should be valued... My only disagreement is regarding the violin solo which I felt was played with belief and integrity. Why it should matter whether he was standing or sitting I don't know. Perhaps there were minor inaccuracies but the crucial point is that it was played with heart.
The Paris performance (which was the 3rd run) mentioned by a couple of people here was indeed the best of the performances in all senses, especially the chorus (only the LSC this time) who sang incomparably better than at the Prom - no problem that time with roughness, hearing individual singers or musical/technical struggles.
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Two former secretaries of state spent the past year concocting a new plan to give the president a role in war-making that the Constitution does not allow.
As the Vietnam War was winding down, Congress passed the 1973 War Powers Act over President Nixon's veto. This highly questionable measure set guidelines for any president's future use of the nation's armed forces in the absence of a declaration of war by Congress. In effect, it gave the president power never awarded by the Constitution. Never tested by the Supreme Court, the Act has sat unused, is criticized from all sides, and is today considered null.
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The proposal now offered by Baker and Christopher ignores the clear wording of the Constitution. Congress alone was given power to declare war. These two men and their commission want imperial power given to the office of president, the kind Abraham Lincoln and the framers of the Constitution opposed. The office of president was created mainly to execute laws passed by Congress, not to make law and certainly not to make war.
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The team will spend most days in the field studying the plant and animal life that both impacts the productivity of vineyards and indicates how healthy the ecosystem is in general. You'll identify bird species and measure, identify, and estimate the biomass of plants in different habitat types, in part to help scientists evaluate how much carbon these plants store in their tissue.
You'll also get a chance to learn about human life in the area. In meetings with local wine producers and conservationists, you'll hear their valuable perspectives on the important issues facing the region and how we might best conserve it.
After returning from the field in the late afternoon, your team will eat dinner together and have some free hours in the evening. Time permitting, the scientists will present on topics related to the research, and other times you can explore the area or simply relax.
Note: Field conditions and research needs can lead to changes in the itinerary and activities. We appreciate your cooperation and understanding.
Collecting data on trees to help researchers find common ground between the wine industry and conservationists.
Why the Chilean Mediterranean ecosystem? "The conservation of this habitat is important not only for wineries that depend on the provision of ecosystem services that sustain production and wine quality, but also for successful climate change adaptation of local communities."
You'll get to experience both town and country life: the team will stay in the town of Santa Cruz for part of the expedition, and on the grounds of one of our partner vineyards, Viña Tarapac, for the rest of the expedition. Team members may share rooms at both of the accommodations.
Dinners will be prepared by a talented local cook or will be eaten at a restaurant in town. In addition to opportunities to sample great local wine, you'll get to dine on local specialties, such as fresh seafood, lomo a lo pobre ("poor man's steak"), and empanadas. The team will also enjoy traditional Chilean breakfasts and will bring packed lunches into the field.
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Sri Anandamayi Ma
Born in 1896 in Kheora, a small village in Bengal, now Bangladesh, Nirmala Sundari Devi was realized from birth. Though from outer appearances she had a normal childhood, even from this early age, she saw only with a divine vision. Her parents arranged a marriage for her in the traditional way, but her husband quickly recognized she was not an ordinary woman. Their marriage was never consummated and he later became her devotee. She was eventually named Anandamayi Ma, the bliss-bestowing mother. Though she never wrote or even gave spiritual discourses, she did answer questions and such talks were transcribed and compiled into several books. Her words have a loving, compelling, and very powerful quality about them.
Writings of Sri Anandamayi Ma
- Union with the Eternal by Sri Anandamayi Ma
- Collection of Sayings by Sri Anandamayi Ma
- Collection of Sayings Part 2
- Collection of Sayings Part 3
- Quotes of Sri Anandamayi Ma
- Teachings of Anandamayi Ma
Biography of Sri Anandamayi Ma
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- Part 2: Anandamayi Ma's sadhana
- Part 3: Her fame spreads
- Part 4: Travelling throughout India
- Tributes to Anandamayi Ma
- Sri Anandamayi Ma in "Autobiography of a Yogi"
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- Poems and Quotes of Sri Anandamayi Ma – At Poet Seers with several photos of Sri Anandamayi Ma
Stories by devotees:
- A Chance Encounter – by Anil Ganguli
- The Embodiment of Transcendence – by Arnaud Desjardins


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Today is World AIDS Day, a day dedicated to raising awareness about HIV and AIDS, remembering the dead, and celebrating the living. The Ransom Center's collection includes several people, both famous and ordinary, whose lives have been touched by AIDS. Among the most well known is Terrence McNally, whose plays Lisbon Traviata (1985, 1989), Lips Together, Teeth Apart (1991), A Perfect Ganesh (1993), and Love! Valour!
Compassion! (1994), as well as the Emmy-winning television movie Andre's Mother (1988, 1990), incorporate AIDS as part of the social, emotional, and biological fabric of their characters' lives.
All five of these works are represented in the McNally papers at the Ransom Center, in addition to manuscripts, correspondence, and production materials related to his other works, and other materials dating from his high school years through the present. His papers also include 174 computer disks with contents ranging from manuscripts to correspondence to photographs. Digital drafts exist for three of the plays mentioned above: Lips Together, Teeth Apart; A Perfect Ganesh; and Love! Valour! Compassion!
Love! Valour! Compassion!, which won a Tony for best play in 1995, is the story of eight gay friends, one of whom owns a large house in the Hudson Valley where the group meets for holiday weekends during one summer. These gatherings become a celebration of friendship and an exploration of life and desire in a time of AIDS. Andre's Mother first took shape as a short play written for Urban Blight, a musical revue performed at the Manhattan Theater Club in 1988. Both the original eight-minute play and the television movie version, which aired on PBS in 1990 as part of the American Playhouse series, explored the confrontation between Andre's lover and his mother, and were set at Andre's memorial service shortly after his death from AIDS.
In addition to drafts with McNally's handwritten corrections, the boxes related to these two works contain a small amount of correspondence from ordinary people who wrote to share their personal experiences with McNally after seeing Andre's Mother or Love! Valour! Compassion! One letter is from a mother who lost her own son to AIDS. Another is from an older gay man who cared for his long-time partner in his final years. In 1991, Frank Rich wrote in a New York Times review that Lips Together, Teeth Apart, The Lisbon Traviata, and Andre's Mother "offer unsentimental hope about the possibilities for intimacy at a time when fear and death rule." McNally's larger collection and this small pocket of correspondence are a testament to the power of stories, both public and private, to connect people.


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Curing Lou Gehrig's disease
As you may know, Lou Gehrig's disease is a fatal disease that erodes a person's ability to move their muscles. But that does not really describe the horror of this disease. Have you ever had a dream where you're completely paralyzed? You can't run or walk. You can't move your arms or scream or make a sound – you're terrified – then you wake up…relieved it was just a dream?
I know someone with Lou Gehrig's. Don worked for the same company that I do. He was in one of the Memphis offices, while I work in Colorado Springs. I wasn't in Memphis to see his decline. I didn't see him that first day he had to use the wheelchair to come to work. I wasn't there when the feeding tube was inserted. But I could hear the changes in his voice, and I knew it was affecting every muscle in his body, and every aspect of his life. I wasn't able to attend his 'retirement' celebration.
But I hear from him now and then. Today I got a request to help promote the ALS Registry, so I'm writing.
Don and thousands of Americans are living the nightmare. It is the reality of what their lives have become. As the disease progresses, many no longer are able to move their arms, walk, breathe on their own, speak, or even wink an eye, yet their minds remain sharp. They are isolated and awake, alive with the knowledge that they are trapped inside their own bodies.
Unfortunately, in the 68 years since Lou Gehrig made his memorable farewell speech, we still do not know what causes the disease, how it can be prevented, effectively treated, or cured. We don't even know how many Americans currently have the disease or die from it each year. In fact, the prognosis for a person diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease in the summer of 2007 is largely the same as it was for Gehrig himself nearly 70 years ago: death in an average of two to five years.
This year, the U.S. Congress has an opportunity to help our nation make progress in the fight against Lou Gehrig's disease by passing legislation (HR 2295/S. 1382) to create a nationwide ALS registry. The ALS Registry Act would help identify the incidence and prevalence of ALS in the U.S. and collect data which is urgently needed for ALS research, disease management and the development of standards of care. In short, the legislation can help us find a treatment and cure.
Consider your own family circle. What if you or someone you love received that diagnosis, God forbid? We need your help. Urge Congress to pass the ALS Registry Act. Let's get enough information so that researchers can have the tools they need to find a cure. In the meantime, pray for Don and his family and everyone struggling with this disease. Help us find a cure for ALS. To join our fight, go to www.alsa.org.
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Juan Pablo Angel's free-kick strike, in what was essentially the final touch of the match, edged the New York Red Bulls past the Houston Dynamo, 2-1, in dramatic fashion on Wednesday night. The winner came after Sinisa Ubiparipovic and Brian Ching had traded goals.
For the third straight game, the Red Bulls held the run of play for much of the match, and this time they capitalized on their chances to stem a four-game losing streak. The Dynamo, however, have now recorded back-to-back losses for the first time this season and lost deep in stoppage time for the second time in five days.
The Red Bulls took an early lead with a 15th-minute goal by Ubiparipovic following a blocked free kick by Angel at the top of the box. After the Houston wall blocked Angel's attempt, the ball fell to Chris Albright off the rebound from just outside the box, and the right back slotted a pass to Ubiparipovic. Alone in front of goal from six yards out, Ubiparipovic tucked his shot past Pat Onstad for his first goal of the year.
All told, it was a chippy type of game with an uneven flow. There was an early injury substitution in the 15th minute when Dane Richards was replaced by rookie Tony Tchani following a hamstring injury. The first half also saw five yellow cards issued, leading to a total of eight in the match. It was a half clearly dominated by New York, which doubled Houston in shots and shots on goal and held the edge in corner kicks and possession.
Onstad kept Houston in the game with a crucial save in the 36th minute. Angel broke in alone at the top of the penalty area, faked a shot that got Onstad on the ground, and tried to chip the ball over the veteran, but Onstad reached up to palm the ball away.
The second half proved to be a much more even affair.
Houston showed commitment to attacking in the second half, as New York played on its heels early after halftime, having difficulty stringing together passes and succumbing to the quality of Houston's wide play. Against the run of play, however, New York's John Wolyniec nearly doubled the lead, but his shot from 10 yards out clanged off the post.
Two minutes later, Onstad made a second beautiful save off Angel, who was in alone from a wider angle this time after a nifty through ball from Tchani.
As Houston controlled more and more of the play, the inevitable happened. Controlling the ball down the right flank, Danny Cruz worked a pass to Bobby Boswell from about 30 yards out. Controlling the pass, Boswell had plenty of space and time to whip a cross into the box where he found a loosely marked Ching near the penalty spot. Ching brought the ball down with his chest and powered in a right-footed shot past goalkeeper Bouna Coundoul to tie the game in the 65th minute.
Houston substitute Dominic Oduro had a good chance in the 89th minute, but Coundoul reacted well to save his shot at the near post. More than three minutes into extra time, following a foul on Conor Chinn, Angel stepped up to a 30-yard free kick. He curled a shot toward the left-hand post that eluded Onstad but struck the post, then hit the unfortunate goalkeeper in the back before deflecting over the line.
For the Red Bulls, it was a fitting end to a match that they controlled for vast portions, ending the team's four game slide in league play. For the Dynamo, it was heartbreak on a night when they appeared to have pulled out a road point despite struggling through the first half.
Houston Dynamo (5-6-1) vs. New York Red Bulls (6-5-0)
June 02, 2010 –- Red Bull Arena, Harrison NJ
Scoring Summary:
NY -- Sinisa Ubiparipovic 1 (Chris Albright 1) 15
HOU -- Brian Ching 2 (Bobby Boswell 1) 65
NY -- Juan Pablo Angel (unassisted) 94+
Houston Dynamo -- Pat Onstad, Richard Mulrooney, Eddie Robinson, Bobby Boswell, Andrew Hainault, Brian Mullan (Corey Ashe 46), Lovel Palmer, Brad Davis, Danny Cruz, Brian Ching (Joseph Ngwenya 81), Cam Weaver (Dominic Oduro 61).
Substitutes Not Used: Tally Hall, Ryan Cochrane, Craig Waibel, Luis Angel Landin.
New York Red Bulls -- Bouna Coundoul, Chris Albright, Mike Petke, Tim Ream, Danleigh Borman, Dane Richards (Tony Tchani 15), Seth Stammler, Joel Lindpere (Jeremy Hall 47), Sinisa Ubiparipovic, John Wolyniec (Conor Chinn 83), Juan Pablo Angel.
Substitutes Not Used: Greg Sutton, Luke Sassano, Irving Garcia, Juan Agudelo.
Misconduct Summary:
HOU -- Richard Mulrooney (caution; Tactical Foul) 13
HOU -- Eddie Robinson (caution; Reckless Foul) 28
NY -- Danleigh Borman (caution; Reckless Foul) 32
HOU -- Brian Mullan (caution; Tactical Foul) 40
NY -- Chris Albright (caution; Reckless Foul) 40
NY -- Jeremy Hall (caution; Reckless Foul) 59
NY -- Mike Petke (caution; Reckless Tackle) 75
HOU -- Lovel Palmer (caution; Reckless Foul) 89
Referee: Hilario Grajeda
Referee's Assistants: Greg Barkey; Jeff Muschik
4th official: Mark Geiger
Attendance: 11,462
Weather: Partly Cloudy-and-78-degrees
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It is common knowledge by now that the US has a student loan problem. Specifically, a subprime-sized, student loan default problem, which as was reported last year, has now surpassed a 23% default rate at "for profit" institutions. Yet as all statistical measures, this one too deals in means and medians: very boring, impersonal metrics. Where the truly stunning data emerge is when one performs a granular college by college analysis of the US higher learning system, which is precisely what the WSJ has done, breaking down some 3500 colleges and universities by annual cost, graduation rate, median amount borrowed and most importantly, student-loan default rate. In this context we feel quite bad for the students who graduate from ICPR Junior College of Puerto Rico (or rather the 52% of them who graduate), with a modest $2,250 in student loans to cover the otherwise manageable tuition of $7,158, as a mindboggling 62% of them end up defaulting on their loans!
Who else made the list of the college with the highest default rates? Here is the first page of many in a descending sort by the highest student-loan default rate:
What is quite stunning is that there are 553 colleges in the US that have a student loan default rates of over 25%.
Alternatively, if one sorts by the most expensive colleges in the US to get a sense of what opportunities some of the most respected institutions in the US offer their grads (at least based on how much is paid for the education), one gets these results:
There is much more in the full interactive list (here), although we do caution that the results may be somewhat problematic, as somehow Berea College of Kentucky, which supposedly costs negative $20,746 per year, has its students borrow $6,500 on average, with 5% of them defaulting on ther loans.


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When the U.K. press began dubbing Adele "the next Amy Winehouse" in late 2007, the hype didn't touch upon the singer/songwriter influence found in the Londoner's music. Influenced by Roberta Flack and Suzanne Vega as much as Jill Scott, Adele soon became a phenomenon in her own right; her second album, 21, eventually sold an estimated 30 million copies worldwide, making her one of the few sales successes in an age of digital streaming. Adele first made an impression in 2006 when her demo landed her a deal with XL Recordings. She toured as an opening act for Jack Penate, and g... Read more


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Lanier Edwards is a stuntman and actor who worked as stunt photo double for Paul Winfield in some heavy moves on the Star Trek: The Next Generation fifth season episode "Darmok". Edwards filmed his scenes on second unit on Monday 5 August 1991 on location at Bronson Canyon, at the same day the production filmed scenes for the episode "Ensign Ro". Under assistant director Arlene Fukai he can be seen with Patrick Stewart's photo double Ron Large and stunt actor Rex Pierson. Edwards also appeared as a command division lieutenant in several episodes beginning with "A Matter of Time". He was also listed on the call sheets of the episode "Violations" in corridor, Ten Forward, and bridge scenes and "Ethics" in a corridor scene but was not part of the final episodes.
Lanier Edwards was born in Tallahassee, Florida USA and worked as stunt double for actors such as Forest Whitaker on the horror film Species (1995) and the thriller Panic Room (2002) and for LL Cool J on the horror film Deep Blue Sea (1999). Edwards also performed stunts in the thriller The Enemy Within (1994, with Tony Brubaker and Gary Epper), the drama Showgirls (1995, with Steve Blalock, Maria R. Kelly, Suzanne Rampe, and Sharon Schaffer), the crime drama Primal Fear (1996, with Noon Orsatti and Denney Pierce), the thriller Heaven's Prisoners (1996, with Jophery C. Brown, Frank Orsatti, and Gerard Williams), the science fiction film Steel (1997, with Irving E. Lewis, John Escobar, Johnny Martin, and Bob Minor), the thriller Most Wanted (1997, with Janet Brady, Rosine "Ace" Hatem, Kane Hodder, and Manny Perry), the drama The Player's Club (1998, with Bennie E. Moore, Jr. and Gerard Williams), the crime comedy Life (1999), and the crime drama Hot Boyz (2000, with Rick Avery, Jeff Cadiente, Chuck Madalone, and Spiro Razatos).
He can also be seen in episodes of Quantum Leap (1992, with Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Fran Bennett, and Meg Foster), The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1994, with James Avery and Ian Patrick Williams), NYPD Blue (1994, with Gordon Clapp, Sharon Lawrence, Bill Smitrovich, and Marta Martin), Malcolm & Eddie (1997, with George Murdock), Murder One (1996-1997, with Barbara Bosson, Clayton Rohner, Gregory Itzin, Rick Worthy, Stephen Lee, John Fleck, and Julianne Christie), Soldiers of Fortune, Inc. (1997, with Mark Sheppard, Tony Todd, and Basil Wallace), The Pretender (1998), Seven Days (1999, with Norman Lloyd, Alan Scarfe, Christopher Neame, Christopher Carroll, Jerome Butler, Jennifer Parsons, and Michael Bailey Smith), Martial Law (1999), The Bold and the Beautiful (2001, with Mike Cassidy), Walker, Texas Ranger (2001, with Ray Proscia), and Robbery Homicide Division (2002).


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Vigils Set in 100 Cities in Travyon Martin case
NEW YORK (AP) — Vigils in 100 cities are being planned for Saturday over the verdict in the Trayvon Martin killing.
The Rev. Al Sharpton says his organization will hold prayer vigils and rallies will be held in front of federal buildings. Sharpton joins the NAACP and others calling for federal civil rights charges against George Zimmerman, who was acquitted in Martin's 2012 shooting death in Florida.
Largely peaceful rallies were held Sunday in cities across the country. There were some arrests in Los Angeles, where more than 100 police officers in riot gear converged on a crowd of about 80 protesters.
Sharpton has urged peace, saying any violence would mar Martin's name.


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