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Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Chimps Have Had Their Chips
One of the biggest hurdles apart from Monica that Clinton had to mount at the tail end of his presidency were an excess of chimps. Since the mid eighties, scientists had been breeding chimps like crazy, thinking they'd be the solution to finding an AIDS vaccine. Ultimately, they found out that although chimpanzees could contract the AIDS virus, they rarely became sick from it. That meant it was hard to use the animals to test treatments or vaccines. This left hundreds of chimps with no place to go.
Consequently, Clinton signed the Chimpanzee Health Improvement, Maintenance, and Protection (CHIMP) Act into being - an act which vowed to take chimps that had been medically experimented on, as well as the chimps who'd been working at NASA as 'chimponauts' and put them in special chimp retirement homes. There were also some ex-showbiz chimps in the mix - because apparently after six years old chimps are totally unmanageable and difficult to control. One of the most famous federally funded chimp retirement homes is Chimp Haven in Louisiana which was founded by Dr. Brent.
Dr. Brent said, "We'd like to see them in a place where they can use their smarts," she said. "They know how to build nests. They know how to search for termites. They know the things they need to do to live in the wild. I think we have a really unique opportunity to help the chimps become chimps again."
And what of the chimponauts? "I've never worked with chimps more screwy, more altered, more disturbed than the chimponauts," said chimp expert, Dr. Carole Noon. "Each one came in with some kind of crazy behavior."
Amazing what these experts know isn't it? Who would have thought that strapping a chimp into a vessel the size of a hotel fridge would cause it to go nuts?
I suppose you're wondering what a chimp retirement home might look like. Well, it's not bad, they have spacious outdoor yards and playground equipment for swinging and climbing.
They also have TV.
"There are some that like soap operas," said Dr. Linda Brent, a behavioral researcher and director of enrichment at the Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research in San Antonio. "I knew one named Sammy. He liked to watch Barney. Sometimes, they like shows like Jerry Springer, because it looks like the people are fighting. They like the action."
"It's a good moment for chimps, a very good moment," said Dr. Frans de Waal, a Yerkes primatologist who is on the board of Chimp Haven. "If we are not going to use them for biomedical studies, let's move them to a situation that is attractive to the chimps for retirement."
But wait, why are the chimps, once confined to small cages with electrodes drilled into their skulls being given this luxury treatment? Why weren't the excess chimps simply euthanized?
Hmm. With their striking genetic similarity to people -- chimps and humans share the same blood types, and their DNA is more than 98 percent identical -- chimps are attractive to scientists. The vaccine for hepatitis B, for instance, was developed in chimps, and they are still used to study hepatitis C and malaria, among other diseases.
Another chimp expert called Dr. Zola said that the scientists who mapped the human genome are now planning to do the same for chimpanzees, an effort that may make the apes even more valuable to science. "They may provide us with very important information," he said, "about what makes us human."
In 1997, a panel of scientific experts said reducing the chimp population by euthanizing excess apes would be unethical. Citing the genetic similarities, the experts said the government had "a moral responsibility" for chimpanzees' long-term care. Thus Clinton signed the CHIMP Act in 2000.
So let's face facts. These chimps are getting the special treatment because they are very useful to us as potential scientific subjects in the future. But it could also be because deep down we are afraid that if we don't play nice that one day the chimps may get hold of a few machine guns and create a Planet of the Apes scenario where WE are strapped into spaceships the size of fridges.
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28 comments:
- Gorilla Bananas said...
I thought the most famous chimp sanctuary was the "Save the Chimp" home in Florida, of which Jane Goodall is a board member. You've got to hand it to the chimps. In her day, she was the best-looking white woman in Africa, and she spent most of her time with them.
The adult males are nothing like the PG Tips advert - they're very aggressive and like to dominate the females. Any woman who likes a bit of rough stuff should ask for an appointment. - 1:43 PM
- Schmutzie said...
You are being featured on Intrepid Tuesday!
http://www.fivestarfriday.com/2009/03/intrepid-tuesday-edition-20.html - 1:44 PM
- Steve said...
Is it too late to patent a McChimp burger and McChimp nuggets? I can see the advertizing campaign now: Go Ape... Get a McChimp Burger! Let's give cattle a break. We've been breeding them for food for eons. It's time to munch on a few spare primates!
- xl said...
Sometimes, the chimps were tortured.
- Ana said...
I'm not sure I'd like the taste of medically-tested or outer-space-radiated chimps but surely their hair (fur?) could be put to good use. Home decor? Handbags? Glove liners?
- Memphis Steve said...
Remember when old TV shows thought that if a show wasn't funny you could just throw in a monkey dressed in human clothes and that would fix it? Yeah, that never worked.
- fingers said...
Same reasons we're nice to women I guess...
- the projectivist said...
i'm waiting for someone to start selling them up at Target. chimps dressed in the latest designer knock-offs from London fashion week.
as soon as that happens, i'm going to buy myself one and send it off to do my job whilst i stay home in bed all day eating chocolate eclairs washed down with diet Pepsi. - 9:37 PM
- Cunning_Linguist said...
I like Steve's thinking but believe they are more of a crockpot dish. You know, like hamsters!
- EmmaK said...
Gorilla Bananas...
Any woman who likes a bit of rough stuff should ask for an appointment.
duly noted. If I ever get divorced I will consider dating a chimp.
Thanks darling!
Is it too late to patent a McChimp burger and McChimp nuggets?
Go patent them and sell the idea to McDonalds! They are desperate. Their stocks are down in Europe. They need a novelty nugget to attract the punters.
I just hope Bubbles is in a good chimp retirement home and Jackson didn't let him down.
I'm pretty sure their fur would make a very attractive handbag or muffler.
Memphis Steve...
You must admit the PG tips adverts were pretty funny!
Same reasons we're nice to women I guess...
Oh really? I thought men were nice to women because guys can't reach far enough to lick their own balls.
the projectivist...
You're right, chimps should do some sort of work like being a fashion model, it must get boring watching Jerry Springer all day and mounting each other.
Sounds delicious! I will think of a nice recipe for Chimp a la mode! - 2:31 PM
- scarlet-blue said...
PG Tips ads have never quite been the same for me.
PG now use Johnny Vegas... so they've downgraded considerably.
Sx - 3:27 PM
- electro-kevin said...
Liberation for chimps !
Well that's the next thing on the list after the successful emancipation of women, no ?
Quite closely prioritised I might add. It wouldn't really have mattered much to us fellas which of you had benefited first. - 6:12 PM
- EmmaK said...
scarlet-blue...that glove puppet they use now is an outrage. I'm writing to bring back the PG Tips Chimps! So what if they made them 'talk' by making them chew gum.
electro-kevin.....the liberation of women ... ha ha .... first the suffragettes were liberated from their corsets. But I quite like corsets so I am strapping myself back in. - 9:35 AM
- electro-kevin said...
Make sure you've got the sussies on too, my girl !
- moi said...
Surely, there must be something we can do to tap into all this Chimp Brain Power? Positions in the current administration, perhaps? Just sayin' . . .
- EmmaK said...
electro-kevin...No fear, I've got more stockings than you've had hot dinners. Might need someone to keep my seams straight though. xx
moi....Chimps in government. I like it. It would take years before anyone noticed they were chimps though. It took us eight years to notice there was a chimp in the presidency the last time!
hang on, I take it back, that's an insult to chimps! - 9:58 AM
- Donn Coppens said...
The worst thing that ever happened to Chimps was when We discovered that they share 98.6 of our DNA.
We share so much of their behaviour..they live in chaotic, often violent, male dominated societies in which most of their energy is spent grooming and massaging alliances. The males routinely form posses to kill monkeys and male Chimps from other troops.
In their homeland they are routinely slaughtered for Bush Meat. The recent fate of a Chimp kept as a "pet" in the US is even more disturbing. He was gunned down during a psychotic episode fueled by medication...if only his owner had met the same fate for being such an asshole!
I saw a program on a rescue facility...an old Chimp who had only known cement floors and bars walked on grass for the first time in decades..and then he climbed a tree. It absolutely broke my heart.
If only we were more like their cousins the Bonobos. These female led eqalitarians live in a society that is run on SEX instead of fear..Yeah Baby! Bonerhos show us an alternative lifestyle that makes us blush but also puts us to shame.
I would rather use career criminals for scientificky experiments..atleast we could justify wasting $60,000 a year to provide medical care, shelter, food, entertainment, recreation, and education. Chimps have an excuse for acting like animals.
I'm also worried that some will end up in the soylent green Mcfood chain as Fish & Chimps. Nothing would surprise me anymore. - 10:22 AM
- EmmaK said...
Donn Coppens...
the Bonobos are a funny bunch aren't they? they have sex instead of shaking hands. I'm all for free love but I wouldn't want some random stranger in the subway mounting me (well it depends if he was hot lol)
I wrote this piece because I feel so sorry for Chimps used in experiments. And they are intelligent enough to remember how they have been mistreated and frankly I hope they do get their own back on us one day! - 10:40 AM
- The Krankies said...
"I'm all for free love but I wouldn't want some random stranger in the subway mounting me (well it depends if he was hot lol)"
We use the subway, and we're very hot. - 9:49 AM
- electro-kevin said...
"Might need someone to keep my seams straight though. xx"
Oooh yeah ! Me, Miss ! Me me me !!! - 10:05 AM
- Not said...
Hello! I've used your post as inspiration for a pic. It's here:
Hope you like it.
notKeith - 3:43 PM
- Some Chilean Woman said...
I am adding the word 'chimponaut' to my daily vocabulary.
- EmmaK said...
the Krankies....
We use the subway, and we're very hot.
Thanks for getting in touch - I had no idea you two were still performing. What kind of venues do you play these days? Is it just old folks homes or what?
Oooh yeah ! Me, Miss ! Me me me !!!
All right Kevin, you may stay after class and help Miss straigthen up the classroom.
thanks so much. I love it. You are a brilliant illustrator.
Some Chilean Woman...
I know, isn't it a brilliant word! - 11:35 AM
- The Krankies said...
"What kind of venues do you play these days?"
Subways, and I'll leave the wife at home. - 1:51 PM
- garfer said...
I have traced my ancestry to Cedric II of the Congo. An aristocratic Bonobo chimp with scant regard for the Common chimp he spent his time shagging and swigging banana liqueur, not scrapping.
This explains my penchant for peach schnapps and having sex with the legs of grand pianos, I think. - 6:35 PM
- EmmaK said...
the Krankies....get your coat, you've pulled. I'll meet you on the Circle line tonight. I'll be the one with the big pink shoulder pads.
garfer...it certainly explains a lot!
xx - 8:27 PM
- The Krankies said...
I was thinking more on the lines of Cockfosters on the Picadilly in a thong.
- ric said...


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U.S. Prisoner and Detainee Operations from World War II to Iraq
Although prisoner of war and detainee operations ultimately tend to become quite extensive, military planners and policymakers have repeatedly treated such operations as an afterthought. In reality, such operations can be a central part of the successful prosecution of a conflict. Determining how to gain knowledge from, hold, question, influence, and release captured adversaries can be an important component of military strategy and doctrine, both during the conflict and in reconstruction afterward. This monograph finds parallels in U.S. prisoner and detainee operations in World War II, Korea, Vietnam, and Iraq: underestimation of the number to be held, hasty scrambling for resources to meet operational needs, and inadequate doctrine and policy. During the later phases of military operations, an attempt is often made to better understand prisoners and detainees and influence their social and political values, which is particularly important in an insurgency where the value of understanding the motivation and morale of opposing forces is heightened. A key recommendation, based on lessons learned from these conflicts, is the development of standard doctrine for detention operations. This doctrine must be responsive to the dynamic nature of military campaigns and should include standard methods for assessing the composition of the detention population, managing special populations, and developing strategic plans for detention operations, including how detention operations should inform the wider operational strategy, especially in a counterinsurgency.
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Alternative Splicing Suggests Extended Function of PEX26 in Peroxisome Biogenesis The American Journal of Human Genetics, Volume 76, Issue 6, 1 June 2005, Pages 987-1007 Sabine Weller, Ivelisse Cajigas, James Morrell, Cassandra Obie, Gary Steel, Stephen J. Gould and David Valle Abstract Matsumoto and colleagues recently identified PEX26 as the gene responsible for complementation group 8 of the peroxisome biogenesis disorders and showed that it encodes an integral peroxisomal membrane protein with a single C-terminal transmembrane domain and a cytosolic N-terminus that interacts with the PEX1/PEX6 heterodimer through direct binding to the latter. They proposed that PEX26 functions as the peroxisomal docking factor for the PEX1/PEX6 heterodimer. Here, we identify new PEX26 disease alleles, localize the PEX6-binding domain to the N-terminal half of the protein (aa 29–174), and show that, at the cellular level, PEX26 deficiency impairs peroxisomal import of both PTS1- and PTS2-targeted matrix proteins. Also, we find that PEX26 undergoes alternative splicing to produce several splice forms—including one, PEX26-Δex5, that maintains frame and encodes an isoform lacking the transmembrane domain of full-length PEX26 (PEX26-FL). Despite its cytosolic location, PEX26-Δex5 rescues peroxisome biogenesis in PEX26-deficient cells as efficiently as does PEX26-FL. To test our observation that a peroxisomal location is not required for PEX26 function, we made a chimeric protein (PEX26-Mito) with PEX26 as its N-terminus and the targeting segment of a mitochondrial outer membrane protein (OMP25) at its C-terminus. We found PEX26-Mito localized to the mitochondria and directed all detectable PEX6 and a fraction of PEX1 to this extraperoxisomal location; yet PEX26-Mito retains the full ability to rescue peroxisome biogenesis in PEX26-deficient cells. On the basis of these observations, we suggest that a peroxisomal localization of PEX26 and PEX6 is not required for their function and that the interaction of PEX6 with PEX1 is dynamic. This model predicts that, once activated in an extraperoxisomal location, PEX1 moves to the peroxisome and completes the function of the PEX1/6 heterodimer. Abstract | Full Text | PDF (13952 kb) |
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Phenotype-Genotype Relationships in Complementation Group 3 of the Peroxisome-Biogenesis Disorders The American Journal of Human Genetics, Volume 63, Issue 5, 1 November 1998, Pages 1294-1306 Chia-Che Chang and Stephen J. Gould Abstract Summary The peroxisome-biogenesis disorders (PBDs) are a set of often lethal genetic diseases characterized by mental retardation and defective peroxisomal matrix protein import. Mutations in PEX12 are known to underlie the disease in two patients from complementation group 3 of the PBDs. Here we show that all patients from this group carry mutations on both alleles of PEX12. A comparison between PEX12 genotypes and the clinical and cellular phenotypes of the corresponding PBD patients suggests a relatively straightforward relationship between genotype and phenotype in this group of the PBDs, such that the loss of PEX12 function leads to more-severe cellular and clinical phenotypes. However, one patient who presented relatively mild clinical and cellular phenotypes was a compound heterozygote for two seemingly severe mutations on each PEX12 allele. PEX12 mRNA present in the patient's cells was derived from only one allele, the one that carried a 2-bp deletion early in the PEX12 coding region, c.26,27‡. The deduced protein product of this mRNA would contain only the first eight amino acids of the protein, and yet this mutant PEX12 cDNA displayed significant PEX12 activity in a functional complementation assay. Surprisingly, the PEX12/c.26,27‡ cDNA directed the synthesis of a 29-kD PEX12 protein in vitro, a result that is consistent with translation initiation at a downstream AUG codon. Transfection studies confirmed the expression of similarly sized PEX12 proteins from the PEX12/c.26,27‡ allele. Thus, it appears that translation initiation at internal AUG codons may modulate disease phenotypes and should be considered whenever unexpectedly mild phenotypes result from severe mutations early in the coding region. Abstract | Full Text | PDF (481 kb) |
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The American Journal of Human Genetics, Volume 73, Issue 2, 233-246, 1 August 2003
Naomi Matsumoto1, *, Shigehiko Tamura1, *, Satomi Furuki1, *, Non Miyata1, Ann Moser2, Nobuyuki Shimozawa3, Hugo W. Moser2, Yasuyuki Suzuki3, Naomi Kondo3 and Yukio Fujiki1, 4, ,
1 Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Kyushu University Graduate School, Fukuoka, Japan
2 Department of Neurology and Pediatrics, Kennedy-Krieger Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
3 Department of Pediatrics, Gifu University School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan
4 SORST, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan
The human disorders of peroxisome biogenesis (PBDs) are subdivided into 12 complementation groups (CGs). CG8 is one of the more common of these and is associated with varying phenotypes, ranging from the most severe, Zellweger syndrome (ZS), to the milder neonatal adrenoleukodystrophy (NALD) and infantile Refsum disease (IRD). PEX26, encoding the 305-amino-acid membrane peroxin, has been shown to be deficient in CG8. We studied the PEX26 genotype in fibroblasts of eight CG8 patients—four with the ZS phenotype, two with NALD, and two with IRD. Catalase was mostly cytosolic in all these cell lines, but import of the proteins that contained PTS1, the SKL peroxisome targeting sequence, was normal. Expression of PEX26 reestablished peroxisomes in all eight cell lines, confirming that PEX26 defects are pathogenic in CG8 patients. When cells were cultured at 30°C, catalase import was restored in the cell lines from patients with the NALD and IRD phenotypes, but to a much lesser extent in those with the ZS phenotype, indicating that temperature sensitivity varied inversely with the severity of the clinical phenotype. Several types of mutations were identified, including homozygous G89R mutations in two patients with ZS. Expression of these PEX26 mutations in pex26 Chinese hamster ovary cells resulted in cell phenotypes similar to those in the human cell lines. These findings confirm that the degree of temperature sensitivity in pex26 cell lines is predictive of the clinical phenotype in patients with PEX26 deficiency.


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GABRIEL BARRE (Director) is an internationally acclaimed director having just returned from Seoul, Korea where he directed the world premiere of the Frank Wildhorn musical Tears of Heaven. In Prague, Czech Republic, he directed another original musical, Carmen, now in its third sold-out year; as well as a hit revival of Jesus Christ Superstar. His credits in the United States include the New York productions of The Wild Party by Andrew Lippa (nominated for 13 Drama Desk Awards and 5 Outer Critics Circle awards, both including Best Director and for which he won the Calloway Award); Summer of ?42; Stars in Your Eyes; Honky-Tonk Highway; john & jen; and Almost, Maine. He directed the US and Canadian tour of Pippin; as well as the national tour of Rodger and Hammerstein?s Cinderella, starring Eartha Kitt. His regional theatre credits include Private Lives at Seattle Repertory Theatre; Tom Jones; Camelot; and the world premiere productions of Memphis, at the North Shore Music Theatre in Boston and at Theatreworks in California; Sweeney Todd; Finian?s Rainbow; Houdini; and many other new musicals at the Goodspeed Opera House; Stand By Your Man at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville; Hay Fever and Pericles at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey; Little Shop of Horrors and Flower Drum Song at the American Musical Theatre of San Jose; as well as Tommy; Hair; and Love?s Labours Lost at the Connecticut Repertory Theatre. As an actor, he has been nominated for a Tony Award as Best Actor in a Musical and appears often in film and on TV.
RAY FELLMAN (Music Director) resides in NYC and Bloomington, Indiana where he is Professor of Musical Theatre at Indiana University. Works developed at the O'Neill include Buddy's Tavern; Blood Drive; Iron Curtain; and String. Other music directing credits include Stephen Schwartz's Captain Louie (Little Schubert Theater); The Tutor (59 E 59); Reluctant Pilgrim (NYMTF); and 22 Caliber Mouth, directed by Diane Paulis (Premieres, Ohio Theater). He has conducted numerous workshop readings with Lance Horne/Winter Miller; Howard Marren/Judy Sanger; Joel Derfner/Rachel Sheinkin; Ilene Reid/Michael Heitzman; and Kim Oler/Allison Hubbard; performing in such venues as The York Theatre; New York Theatre Workshop; Dramatists Guild; The Zipper; The Hudson Guild; and Joe's Pub. Ray is a regular conductor at the Fulton Theatre (Lancaster, PA) and Teatro Nacional Sucre (Quito, Ecuador); was music director for the 2007 MAC Awards at B.B. King's; and received the Backstage Magazine Bistro Award for musical direction of "The After Party," hosted weekly by Brandon Cutrell (Laurie Beechman Theatre). Concert and Cabaret experience includes Feinstein's; The Algonquin; Jazz At Lincoln Center; Joe's Pub; Birdland; Metropolitan Room; Duplex Cabaret Theatre with Liz McCartney; Susie Mosher; Anne Runolfsson; Lauren Molina; and Cole Escola. Voice coaching: Tribeca Film Festival Selection Greetings from Tim Buckley (2013) starring Penn Badgley. Upcoming projects include workshop readings of Carner and Gregor's Island Songs and a production of Old Wicked Songs (Jewish Theatre of Bloomington).
SAHEEM ALI Directing credits: Farhad (Inner Voices), Vital Signs (Riant Theatre), Marisol (Barnard College), The Wild Party (Columbia University), Romeo & Juliet (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company), Spring Awakening (Northeastern University). Assistant Directing: Broadway – A Free Man of Color (LCT); Off-Broadway – Angels in America (Signature NYC); Other – Giant (Signature Arlington, VA); Romania, Kiss Me (Play Company), The Miser (American Repertory Theatre), The Ballroom (Theatre de la Jeune Lune), Wintertime (Guthrie). Awards – Shubert Fellow, New York Theatre Workshop Directing Fellow, SDCF Gielgud Directing Fellow. MFA in Directing, Columbia University.
JOHN DIPINTO is a musician, singer, songwriter, actor, musical director and arranger. He has worked extensively in the NY theatre and cabaret scenes. In 2011 he was musical director for I'm Getting My Act Together And Taking it On The Road as part of the York Theatre's' MUFTI series. He was also musical director and arranger for NYMF 2010's production of Trav'lin', a new musical featuring the songs of composer J.C. Johnson. He has conducted on Broadway (Footloose) and Off-Broadway (Langston In Harle;, Altar Boyz). Other Broadway credits: [title of show]; Laughing Room Only; Victor/Victoria. Off-Broadway: Summer Of '42; Nor'mal; Streakin'!; The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin; A Man Of No Importance.
John is also active in New York's cabaret scene as a pianist and singer. He and his vocal-duo partner Mary Foster Conklin have performed their shows Maybe It's Because Of Love and Down For Double at various venues to rave reviews. As an actor John has appeared in the New York revivals of Oil City Symphony and The Good Doctor; and regionally in Pump Boys And Dinettes; Smoke On The Mountai; King Mackerel And The Blues Are Running; Billy Bishop Goes To War; and A Day In Hollywood/A Night In The Ukraine.
John is currently an Adjunct Professor at New Jersey City University, and works as a musical director for NYU's Graduate Musical Theatre Writing program. He has composed original music for the University of Pennsylvania's Mask & Wig shows, as well as an eclectic variety of vocal and instrumental music. He is currently compiling songs for his first CD.
CHRIS MCCARRELL is having his first stay at the O'Neill Center this summer! Regional credits include Next to Normal (Gabe); Sweeney Todd (Anthony); Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (Male Soloist); Pippin (Lewis;) and Oliver (Dodger). Chris was recently seen at Baldwin Wallace University in Follies (Young Ben); Rent (Mark); Myths and Hymns (Icarus); Titanic (Ismay); and The Wild Party (Phil). Chris is a proud graduate of Baldwin Wallace Conservatory of Music. Special thanks to Paulette and Stone Manners Salners. All his love to his mother and father, CP, Vicky, and Czarnota.
Wesley Taylor is thrilled to be back at the O'Neill. Broadway: Original "Franz" in Rock of Ages (Theatre World Award/Outer Critics Circle nom); Original "Lucas" in The Addams Family. A lot of regional theatre, including Michael "Mouse" Tolliver in the world premiere of Tales of the City at the American Conservatory Theater. TV/film: Two seasons as "Bobby" in the Spielberg-produced NBC drama, "Smash;" commercials, soaps, live television performances, the upcoming film Lucky Stiff. Countless voiceover and industrials. Co-Creator/Star of BillyGreen.tv and itcouldbeworse.tv. Training: Univ. of North Carolina School of the Arts (BFA, Drama). Upcoming: The Shape She Makes at ART and Little Miss Sunshine at Second Stage. Twitter: @WesTayTay
JARED ZIRILLI is proud to make his O'Neill debut! Most recently finished playing Lt. Sam Weinberg in Aaron Sorkin's A Few Good Men at the Alley Theatre in Houston, TX, as well as a NY industry reading ofBullets over Broadway with Susan Stroman and Woody Allen. NY– Lysistrata Jones (OBC), Fat Camp – Off-Broadway (Dodger Theatricals), Jacob in Twilight: The Musical (New World Stages) and originated the role of Beto in BARE industry reading. Tours- Wicked (Fiyero Cover). Regional leads in: Equity Premiere of Rent, DC Premiere of Altar Boyz, Light in the Piazza (Maine State), Aida (Drury Lane Theatre). TV: "PAN AM" and "Blue Bloods." Upcoming- LMNOP (Goodspeed Opera House) and the Queen Rock musical We Will Rock You. Thanks to H/H, the O'Neill and Joe! For Mom, Ray and Justin, Grampa. Dedicated to Dad.
Tours: American Idiot, 1st National (Swing), Flat Stanley (Flat Stanley), A Year With Frog and Toad (Snail). NYC: Urinetown, Hudson Guild Theatre (Bobby Strong), LMNOP Developmental Lab, Breaking Bread Productions (Nate Warren). Regional/Other: The Who's TOMMY (Tommy), Hairspray (Link), Grey Gardens (Joe Kennedy, Jr.), Joseph... (Levi), Puccini's La bohème (Schaunard), A Funny Thing...Forum (Capt. Gloriosus), Sweeney Todd. Love and thanks to Joe, The Mine, and my dear family and friends. www.tommymcdowell.com
JONATHAN HADLEY spent five wonderful years playing "Bob Crewe" on the National Tour of Jersey Boys. Before that he was seen on Broadway in Jersey Boys and A Class Act and Off-Broadway in Finian's Rainbow, Theda Bara…, and Kuni-Leml. Tours: Into the Woods, Joseph…., Fiddler On The Roof, Forbidden Broadway (Australia). Regional: Dirty Blonde, Amadeus, Love's Labour's Lost, Call Me Madam, Yiddle With a Fiddle (Boston Herald Award). TV/Film: "Another World," "Sex in the City," "Mourning Hope." BFA from UNCSA, MFA in Directing from Brooklyn College.
THERESA MCCARTHY: has originated roles in innovative works on and off-Broadway including Titanic; Floyd Collins; Queen of the Mist; and Saturn Returns. She is a featured vocalist on those soundtracks and on the Nonesuch recordings Bright Eyed Joy: the Songs of Ricky Ian Gordon; Stephen Sondheim's The Frogs/Evening Primrose; and Audra McDonald's debut recording Way Back to Paradise. She appeared at Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center and recorded for Naxos Bernstein Mass with the Baltimore City Orchestra. She has been on faculty at NYU Playwrights Horizons Theater School where she has taught acting, Viewpoints training, and vocal music, and directed new musical works for the program.
FARAH ALVIN has appeared on Broadway in Nine; The Look of Love; Saturday Night Fever; Grease!; and A Christmas Carol. Off-Broadway credits include The Last Smoker In America (cast album); The Marvelous Wonderettes (Drama Desk Nomination, cast album); I Love You Because (cast album); If You Give A Mouse A Cookie...; Kuni-Leml. Also in New York, Date of a Lifetime (NYMF Outstanding Actress Award); The Tenth Floor (Talkin' Broadway Best Actress Citation); and multiple appearances at The Town Hall. Recent regional credits include the world premiere of Ricky Ian Gordon's Sycamore Trees as Ginnie (Signature Theater, Helen Hayes Award); Funny Girl as Fanny (Gretna Theatre); [title of show] as Heidi (Theatreworks Silicon Valley); Pirates of Penzance as Mabel (Huntington Theatre), and Ragtime as Mother (White Plains PAC). Farah is also a singer/songwriter. Her debut album someday is available on cdbaby.com. Please visit www.FarahAlvin.com for more.
WHITNEY BASHOR: Off Broadway: The Fantasticks. Regional: Dallas Theatre Center, Berkeley Rep, Goodspeed, Signature Theatre, Philadelphia Theatre Company. Tours: Whistle Down the Wind, Happy Days. Film: Off the Black. TV: "Boardwalk Empire," "Love Monkey," "All My Children." Education: U of Michigan: BFA Musical Theatre.
HUNTER FOSTER: Broadway: Hands on a Hardbody, Million Dollar Quartet, The Producers, Little Shop of Horrors (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics noms.), Urinetown (Outer Critics nom.), Les Miserables, Grease, Footloose, King David. Off-Broadway: Borrowed Dust, Burning, Ordinary Days, Happiness (Drama Desk nom.), Frankenstein, Dust, Modern Orthodox, Urinetown (Lortel nom.). Regional: Hands on a Hardbody (La Jolla), Little Miss Sunshine (La Jolla), Kiss of the Spiderwoman (Signature Theater, Helen Hayes nom.), The Government Inspector (Guthrie), Mister Roberts(Kennedy Center) Children of Eden (Paper Mill), Moon Over Buffalo and Lend Me a Tenor (Cape Playhouse), Martin Guerre (Guthrie). Foster wrote the books for the musicals Summer of '42, Bonnie and Clyde: A Folktale and The Hollow. He recurs as Scotty Simms on the ABC Family show "Bunheads."
Kate recently received a 2013 Drama Desk nomination for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical for her role in The Other Josh Cohen, which ran at the SoHo Playhouse last fall. She is the co-creator/writer/director/star of "Submissions Only," a comedic web series about auditioning for theater in New York (www.submissionsonly.com). Broadway credits include The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and Legally Blonde. Aside from ...Josh Cohen, Kate's Off-Broadway credits include Ordinary Days; Sarah, Plain and Tall; and Tatjana in Color. Regionally, Kate has performed at the Dallas Theater Center (highlight: Sally Bowles in Cabaret), Paper Mill Playhouse, Goodspeed Opera House, Skylight Opera Theatre and St. Michael's Playhouse. She is currently writing a children's book for Penguin with "Submissions Only" co-creator Andrew Keenan-Bolger.
JAMES JUDY is thrilled to be back at the O'Neill Center where he workshopped The Gig way back in the 90's! His Broadway credits include Jekyll & Hyde, The Scarlet Pimpernel, and Into The Woods. Off-Broadway: Tin Pan Alley Rag - Roundabout, Fiorello - City Center Encores!, and The Gig - MTC and La Boheme at the NYSF. TV credits include Boardwalk Empire " and "Cosby." National Tours: Deaf West's Big River and South Pacific. Extensive regional credits including A Christmas Story at Kansas City Repertory. Much love and gratitude to Kathy and Sweetpea!
SARA GETTELFINGER: Most recently appeared as "Morticia" in the first national tour of The Addams Family . BROADWAY: "Dona Athene" in John Guare's A Free Man of Color at Lincoln Center; Suessical the Musical; The Boys from Syracuse; "Carla" in Nine with Antonio Banderas; "Jolene Oakes" in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels opposite John Lithgow; as well as the first national tours of Fosse and 101 Dalmatians ("Cruella De Vil"). Other NYC area credits include: "April" in Company (Helen Hayes); "Fastrada" in Pippin (Papermill Playhouse); Tenderloin and Carnival at City Center ENCORES!; Anything Goes at Lincoln Center; and "Little Edie Beale" in the world premier of Grey Gardens at Playwrights Horizons. In 2009, Sara starred as "Fastrada" in the Deaf West production of Pippin at L.A.'s Mark Taper Forum. Television: "The Big C;" "Georgetown;" "Guiding Light;" "Ed;" and "Without a Trace." Film: 10 to Midnight; Sex in the City; Forbidden Love. In 2006 Sara was signed to DECCA/Universal Records with the classical-crossover trio "Three Graces." Their self-titled debut album was released in stores/online in March 2008,reaching the top 10 on the Billboard/Crossover Charts, followed by a worldwide, critically acclaimed concert tour.
PRICE WALDMAN is pleased to return to the O'Neill for a third consecutive summer. He recently completed the premier of A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder at The Old Globe and Hartford Stage. On Broadway he has appeared in The Little Mermaid, The Grinch, and The Lion King. He has performed at McCarter Theater, Theater for a New Audience, Red Bull Theater, The York Theater, BAM (Next Wave Festival), Goodspeed Musicals, Weston Playhouse, Great Lakes Theater Festival, Sundance Theater Lab (both in Utah and at White Oak), California Shakespeare Festival, Utah Shakespeare Festival, Repertory Theater of St. Louis, American Music Theater of San Jose, Theaterworks in Palo Alto. His film work includes Across the Universe. Trained at University of Delaware Professional Theater Training Program.Undergraduate degree from Oberlin College and Conservatory of Music. He lives in Brooklyn with his wonderful children Jasper, Grace and Sylvia and his amazing wife Rebecca.
NATALIE CHARLE ELLIS is excited to be making her debut here at the O'Neill! This past year you may have seen her in the Off-Broadway hit production of Forbidden Broadway; Alive and Kicking! Broadway: TBA. Other credits: Rated P for Parenthood (Off-Broadway/Westside Theatre); 9-5 the Musical (First National Tour); My Life is a Musical (SoHo Playhouse); Hurricane the Musical (NYMF); Thoroughly Modern Millie (Millie); Into the Woods (Cinderella); Chicago (Roxie).
HARRIS DORAN is happy to return to the O'Neill where he's been seen in Red Eye Of Love (NMTC); Cousins Grimm, and Easterhouse (CPC). Theater includes: Love Jerry (NYMF Best Actor Award); Hair (Actors Fund); It Must Be Him; Reading Under The Influence; Cabaret (Pittsburgh Public Theatre); Amadeus; Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (opp. Joe Piscopo); Whore Of Sheridan Square (NYIT Nom); A Midsummer Night's Dream; Oliver (Ovation Award Nom). Film + TV includes: Junction (LIFE Best Supporting Actor Award); My Best Day (Sundance); Coach Of The Year; Sebastian; '79 Parts; Sea Is All I Know (w/ Melissa Leo); "Person Of Interest;" "Black Donnellys;" "Malcolm In The Middle," "Any Day Now." Harris is a writer on the musicals Bleeding Love (NAMT) and Salvage. Training: Juilliard. www.harrisdoran.com
Little Red Riding Hood in Shakespeare in the Park's Into the Woods last summer. Broadway: Muriel in On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, Kate/Lucy in Avenue Q, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Off- Broadway/original cast recordings: Joanne in Vanities (Second Stage), Nazirah in The Road to Qatar (York Theater). She also toured in the first nat'l companies of Spelling Bee and Tommy Tune's Dr. Doolittle. This past fall Sarah was Annelle in the 25th Anniversary reading of Steel Magnolias at the Lucille Lortel. She spent the winter in LA working on Disney's "Lab Rats" and voiceovers as hysterical chipmunks and talking cats.
Favorite roles include Floyd (Floyd Collins), Magaldi (Evita), Jinx (Forever Plaid). NY Readings: Reporting Live (NYMF), Walk On The Wild Side (York Theatre), Caroline & George (NYU), and David Copperfield. He has sung works of new composers in concerts at the Laurie Beechman, Don't Tell Mama, and JACK. On screen, he appears in the short film Requited, which was a finalist for the 39th Annual Student Academy Awards, and recent winner of the Wyoming Short Film Contest. He is a graduate Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama. Thanks to K&D, Wolf Talent Group, and to la mejor familia del mundo!
VERONICA J. KUEHN has been seen at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Picnic at Hanging Rock (Fanny). Broadway/National Tours include: Mamma Mia at the Winter Garden Theater (Ali/Sophie u/s), Xanadu at the Helen Hayes Theater (swing/Kira u/s) and the Xanadu 1st National Tour (Euterpe, Kira u/s). BFA in Music Theatre from the Boston Conservatory. Veronica is a two-time soloist with the Boston Pops Symphony Orchestra, and a current cast member of Off-Broadway's Avenue Q (Kate Monster/Lucy).
OLLI HAASKIVI is thrilled and honored to be back at the O'Neill after playing Capek in The Toymaker last summer. NY Theatre: developmental productions of Rocket Boys (Universal Pictures); Sleeping Beauty Wakes (NAMT); Triassic Parq (FringeNYC); Who's Your Baghdaddy? Or How I Started The Iraq War (Joe's Pub); Bernice Bobs Her Hair (Irish Rep); The Truman Show (BMI Workshop); and many others. Other regional: Dorset Theatre Festival, Florida Studio Theatre, TheatreZone. Television: "Unforgettable." Film: Galaxy Comics; The Five Noble Truths; and the short Fifty Grades of Shay, which he co-wrote with Nick Choksi and Alice Dutton. B.F.A.: University of Michigan. Special thanks to the whole O'Neill team, especially Gabe and Alan.
HANNAH LAIRD is very happy to be here! Hannah won a Drama Desk Award for her performance as Ali in the 2010 Off-Broadway a-cappella musical In Transit. Most recently, she starred as Dot in Sunday in the Park With George and appeared with the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra's productions of Carousel (Carrie) and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (Rosemary). She spent time here at the O'Neill in 2008 (In Transit, Max Understood) and 2009 (Picnic at Hanging Rock). Other regional credits include The Marriage of Figaro, The Importance of Being Earnest, Much Ado About Nothing, Harry Connick Jr.'s The Happy Elf, The Secret Garden, The Voices of Liberty, Disney's Finding Nemo – The Musical (original cast). Graduate of the Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatory of Music. Proud member AEA! Thanks to Mom and Dad, and above all, Christ. Jer. 29:11
LARRY POWELL was most recently seen as David in Ruby Place Nest on the Ground at Signature Theatre (Directed by Reginald L. Douglas). Other New York credits include Dutchman, directed by Stephen McKinley Henderson (LABrynth Theatre Co); Brokeology (Lincoln Center Theatre); Steve Urkel in Sad Secret (Sex) Life of Steve Urkel; The Flower Thief; Four (Fire This Time Festival); Sakharam Binder (Three Legged Dog); Dido, Or The Queen Of Carthage (Opposite Billy Porter; Directed by Ed Iskandar). Regional credits include The Brothers Size (Everyman Theatre, 2012 Best Play of Baltimore); Marcus; Or The Secret of Sweet (City Theatre; Directed by Robert O'Hara); Brokeology (Kansas City Rep); The Task (Quantum Theatre); 365/365 (Sonya Winton/Jonathan Kidd Prod); and Bronzeville at The Robey Theatre Company, for which he received a NAACP Theatre Award Nomination. Larry holds a BFA in Acting from Carnegie Mellon University's School of Drama (Roth-Levine Acting Award).
Off-Broadway: Urban Stages: Langston in Harlem (Junior Addict); Apollo Theatre: Jazz A La Carte. Tours: Mary Poppins; A Christmas Story: The Musical; Cats (Mungojerrie). Regional favorites: Merry-Go-Round Playhouse: Hairspray (Seaweed); Hangar Theatre: Rent (Angel); Baltimore Centerstage: The Wiz; Human Race Theatre Company: 8-Track: The Sounds of the 70's (Tenor/Dance Captain); Reagle Music Theatre:Hello, Dolly! Video: The Broadway Warm-Up. Commercials: Joe's Crab Shack & Daffy's. TV Land Awards w/ Liza Minnelli. BFA Ithaca College. Thanks to God, family, Saheem, DDO & DAH!
Selected works and theaters include Lucky Guy on Broadway, The Brother/Sister Plays at the Public Theater (Obie Award/ Drama League Nom.) The Brothers Size at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, Ireland; Mr. Fox: A Rumination at Signature Theatre (Drama League Nomination); Measure For Measure (NYSF); Two Gentlemen Of Verona (NY Shakespeare Festival); John Houseman's The Acting Company; Arena Stage; McCarter Theater; Berkeley Repertory Theater; Kennedy Center; La Jolla Playhouse; Long Wharf Theater; Cincinnati Playhouse; Cleveland Playhouse; Great Lakes Theater Festival. TV: "Army Wives;" "Rescue Me;" "The Sopranos;" "Law & Order;" "Law & Order: Criminal Intent;" "Third Watch;" "100 Centre Street." Film: Preaching To The Choir (dir. Charles Randolph-Wright); It Runs in the Family (dir. Fred Schepisi); Grace & Glorie (dir: Arthur A. Seidelman); Sweet And Lowdown (dir. Woody Allen)
KIMBERLY HÉBERT GREGORY most recently appeared in By the Way, Meet Vera Stark at Geffen Playhouse. She joined Sanaa Lathan as the only original cast members from the play's original New York run at the Second Stage Theatre who performed in the Los Angeles premiere at the Geffen. Kimberly's performance of By the Way, Meet Vera Stark at Second Stage Theatre garnered much acclaim including nominations for 2012 Drama Desk for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play and a Lucille Lortel Award nomination for Outstanding Featured Actress. Kimberly's most notable New York theatrical credits include: The Public Theatre's highly acclaimed production of Tarell Alvin McCraney's, The Brother/Sister Plays, where she played Aunt Elegua and Shun, Hartford Stage's productions of Antony and Cleopatra (Starring Kate Mulgrew) and Gee's Bend, The McCarter Theatre's production of The Brother/Sister Plays and Tough Titty by Oni Faida Lampley at The Magic Theatre. Other credits include a notable one-woman piece entitled Evangeline Elsewhere at the 1st National NY Irish Theatre Festival, and the National Tour of the Broadway hit The Lion King. Kimberly has had the pleasure of performing on some of the country's greatest regional stages, such as The Goodman Theatre (Amen Corner), Steppenwolf Theatre (Nickel and Dimed), Victory Gardens Theatre (Waiting to be Invited) and Chicago Shakespeare Theatre (Julius Caesar). Film/TV credits include: Red Hook Summer, I Think I Love My Wife, "Private Practice," "Gossip Girl" and "Law and Order." Kimberly coaches workshops and private sessions and is a committed teaching artist.
Britney couldn't be more excited to be a part of this Goddess adventure with such an incredible group of people! A native of Ann Arbor, MI, her New York credits include Karen O's Stop The Virgins (Dir. Adam Rapp) and most recently Brush Up Your Shakespeare (Dir. Mark Lamos) at the 92nd St. Y. Regional credits include Dreamgirls (Co-production Fulton Opera House/Maine State Music Theater), Dreamgirls (Marriott Lincolnshire Theater), Into the Woods (Co-production Baltimore Centerstage/Westport Country Playhouse), Tarzan, State Fair, Hairspray, Big River, All Shook Up (Wagon Wheel Theater). The University of Michigan (BFA Musical Theatre): Ragtime, Into the Woods, See Rock City (And Other Destinations), The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Ella Minnow Pea, Under Milk Wood, AVPM/AVPS/AVPSY (Basement Arts UM/Starkid Productions). Many thanks beyond belief go to Saheem, Mike, Mkhululi, Mom, Dad, Al and my Harden-Curtis family!
Karan is thrilled to join the 2013 summer season at The O'Neill with Goddess. Other work includes NY Theatre: Macbeth, Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death…(Classical Theatre of Harlem); TV/Film: "Law and Order: CI," "Army Wives," "Drop Dead Diva," "The Wronged Man," The Hunger Games, Parental Guidance, The Odd Life of Timothy Green, Madea Goes to Jail and the upcoming A Friggin' Christmas Miracle; Regional Theatre: Hartford Stage, Arena Stage, Goodman Theatre, Alliance Theatre, True Colors Theatre, Portland Center Stage. Thank you to the O'Neill National Music Theater Conference, Rashad, Saheem, Mkululi, Michael, and the beautifully gifted cast and creative team of Goddess!
FOREST VANDYKE is an actor and singer from Austin, Texas. His career began as a member and soloist for The American Boychoir for two years, during which time he toured Germany debuting a new operetta and record, followed by a performance at Carnegie Hall. Most recently, he performed in the new musicals Keepers at Studio 54 and Torch at the Laurie Beechman Theatre, and completed the workshop and First National Tour of the new musical Click Clack Moo (Dir. John Rando). Some of his other favorite productions include 21 (Dir. Jerry Dixon); Crush (Comp. Stew and Heidi Rodewald); and Pericles, Julius Ceasar, and The Comedy of Errors at the Illinois Shakespeare Festival, as well as many others. Forest is beyond excited and feels extremely blessed to be a part of this wonderful production of Goddess and this extremely talented, creative family!
SHALEAH ADKISSON is thrilled to make her O'Neill NMTC debut! Credits: Broadway/Nat'l Tour: Hair; Off-Broadway: Rent; Regional: Beehive: The 60s Musical; Ain't Misbehavin'; Grease; Nunsense; & Children of Eden. Many thanks to JB Inc. and to Saheem, Michael & Mkhululi for allowing me to help share this story again. JToro, Mom, Dad, Kels: Love you forever!
ALLISON BLACKWELL is a Philadelphia native who made her Broadway debut in Tony Award winning revival The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess starring Audra McDonald, Norm Lewis and David Alan Grier. She has also been seen in such musicals as The Lion King, Caroline or Change, Nunsense, The Sound of Music, Dreamgirls, Ragtime, Les Miserables, and A Little Night Music. She is the 2008 winner for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Dotty Moffett and the Washing Machine in Caroline, or Change (San Francisco Bay Area Critics Circle Award). Allison has performed many symphony concerts throughout America including Carnegie Hall and Avery Fisher Hall. M.M. The Boston Conservatory B.A. Spelman College.
CEDRIC CANNON is equally at home on the operatic, musical theater and concert stages. Since his professional concert debut with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, he has appeared with The Israel Kibbutz Orchestra, The Filarmonica De Montevideo, The Illinois Philharmonic, The Dayton Philharmonic, The Polish Radio Orchestra, Santa Rosa, Savannah, Spring?eld, Eastern Connecticut, Saskatoon, and the Reykjavik Symphonies. He has sung with the Metropolitan, New York City, Houston Grand, Edmonton, Carolina, Amarillo, Grand Rapids, Oakland and Frankfurt Opera companies and as a soloist at Carnegie Hall. Broadway: Sir Sagramore in Camelot with Robert Goulet . Off-Broadway: Billy Bounce in Leroy Jenkin's Three Willies, Hamilton Lightfoot/Menuki in In Dahomey, The Pirate King in The Pirates of Penzance and Pish-Tush in The Mikado with NYGAS, G-D in Paul Dick's Moses My Love. Internationally: Old Deuteronomy in Cats Hamburg Company and Husky Miller in Carmen Jones, Porgy and Crown in Porgy and Bess throughout Europe, South America and Asia. National Tours of Man of La Mancha, Camelot, Porgy and Bess, Pirates of Penzance and The Mikado. Cedric's ?lm and television credits include Moon and Sun, Old 37, EvilAlive, "Know your Logic," "Jon Benjamin Has a Van," "Raw Nerve," "Cosby," "All My Children," "Another World," "As the World Turns," and "OZ."


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It was a nearly perfect performance, the kind that was missing against other good defenses like LSU, Syracuse and Connecticut (all losses), and even in wins over South Florida and Louisville (just 37 total points and less than 300 yards in each game).
Was it close to what Stewart and offensive coordinator Jeff Mullen have always envisioned?
"It was,'' Stewart said. "It truly was. It's what we're trying to evolve to.''
Now much of that evolution has been out of necessity rather than pure design. Devine was the offensive workhorse early, carrying 73 times in the first three games. He injured a foot in the fourth game at LSU, however, and then an ankle at Louisville and has never really regained full form.
Still, Devine carried the ball 40 times for 189 yards in the back-to-back losses to Syracuse and UConn, but the offense never seemed in sync. Again, part of that was due to turnovers, but a great deal of it was simply ineffectiveness. In the first five Big East games of the season, WVU averaged nearly seven punts per game and turned it over on downs three times. Those have nothing to do with turnovers.
Perhaps all of that has finally been solved. Devine is getting fewer touches because of his injuries, but he's making the most of them with two 48-yard pass receptions the last two weeks. Sanders is still making plays and Austin - after being largely ignored at times - again seems a focal point. Clarke and Alston are being used more than situationally, and even tight end Will Johnson caught a wide-open touchdown pass at Pitt.
And that's not even counting the presence of receivers Brad Starks and Stedman Bailey, who have made plays on and off all season.
How things play out against Rutgers and in whatever bowl the Mountaineers wind up in remains to be seen. Some of that will no doubt be influenced by Devine's health. But look for the emphasis to remain on trying to use the big backs and the little skill players in the kind of mix that was used against Pitt.
"I like having those big backs and being able to pound the ball, but still have three wide receivers on the field and be able to do things with Tavon [in motion or in the backfield],'' Stewart said. "It's a nice mix.''
Reach Dave Hickman at 304-348-1734 or dphickm...@aol.com.


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Photo: Patrick Demarchelier The late film critic Gene Siskel used to ask in his celebrity interviews, "What do you know for sure?" The first time he asked me this question, it threw me. Since then the question has become a way of taking stock of my life—hence this monthly column, in answer to Gene.
I was 40 years old before I learned to say no. I was consumed by the disease to please. The word yes would be out of my mouth before I even knew it. After years of listening to other people's stories, I finally recognized where this came from for me. Having a history of abuse also meant a history of not being able to set boundaries. Once your personal boundaries have been violated as a child, it's difficult to regain the courage to stop people from stepping on you. You fear being rejected for who you really are. So for years, I spent my life giving everything I could to almost anyone who asked. I was running myself ragged trying to fulfill other people's expectations of what I should do and who I should be. What cured me was understanding the principle of intention. In his book The Seat of the Soul, Gary Zukav says, "Every action, thought and feeling is motivated by an intention, and that intention is a cause that exists as one with an effect. If we participate in the cause, it is not possible for us not to participate in the effect. In this most profound way, we are held responsible for our every action, thought and feeling, which is to say, for our every intention." I started to examine the intention behind my saying yes when I really meant no. I was saying yes so people wouldn't be angry with me, so they would think I was a nice person. My intention was to make people feel I was the one they could call on, count on, last minute, no matter what. And that was exactly what my experiences reflected—a barrage of requests in every aspect of my life. On April 10, 1994, I wrote these words, which I keep on my desk: "Never again will I do anything for anyone that I do not feel directly from my heart. I will not attend a meeting, make a phone call, write a letter, sponsor or participate in any activity in which every fiber of my being does not resound yes. I will act with the intent to be true to myself." When I accepted that I was a decent, kind and giving person—whether I said yes or no—I no longer had anything to prove. I was once afraid of people saying, "Who does she think she is?" Now I have the courage to stand and say, "This is who I am." What Oprah Knows for Sure Published on August 15, 2000
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BALTIMORE - A program that aims to reduce Baltimore's infant mortality rate has received a $1 million grant that will extend it through 2013.
The grant was awarded to the B'more for Healthy Babies campaign by CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield. It builds on a $3 million grant that CareFirst gave the program when it launched in 2009.
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Is it possible to have an 86" Jasper sofa made with a single bottom cushion (as opposed to the two cushions shown in the photo)?Asked on 2/16/2014 by LMC from San Francisco, CA1 answer
Currently, we do not offer the custom option of a bench cushion on this particular sofa. It doesn't have a back pillow configuration that would pair well with one, long cushion.Answered on 2/17/2014 by Design Associate from Room & Board
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i have a jasper sofa 86' the fabric is in bad shape and i would like to know if i can buy a sofa cover in fabric.
thanks to let me knowAsked on 1/7/2014 by lydia from chicago ILL1 answer
Yes, we currently offer custom slipcovers for the Jasper 86" sofa. Please contact an available design associate at 800.301.9720 for current pricing.Answered on 1/8/2014 by Design Associate from Room & Board
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As I browse your fabrics, how do I determine the material (fiber content)?Asked on 11/17/2013 by lee1 answer
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Can this item be delivered with the legs off and then have them put on after delivery? Thanks.Asked on 11/1/2013 by Craig from New York, NY1 answer
Yes. We can deliver the Jasper sofa without the legs attached, and our delivery team will put the legs on when the sofa is positioned in the home.Answered on 11/1/2013 by Design Associate from Room & Board
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can this be done in leather?Asked on 8/6/2013 by sam from chicago1 answer
Yes, click the Leather Options tab (above the main image) to see all available leather choices and view pricing.Answered on 8/6/2013 by Design Associate from Room & Board
Do you mail out fabric swatches? I'm interested in the Sunbrella fabrics for sofas.Asked on 8/3/2013 by Harriet from Maryland1 answer
Yes, call us for assistance at 800.301.9720 or select and order swatches online here: http://www.roomandboard.com/rnb/swatchlist/list.do?tab=fabricAnswered on 8/3/2013 by Design Associate from Room & Board