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One of the most beloved and celebrated musical ambassadors of our time, soprano Renée
Fleming captivates audiences with her sumptuous voice, consummate artistry, and compelling
stage presence. Winner of the 2013 Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Solo, she
continues to grace the world's greatest opera stages and concert halls, now extending her
reach to include other musical forms and media.
Ms. Fleming was heard last summer in the title role of Arabella at the Opéra
Bastille, under the baton of Philippe Jordan. In August, she was the Marschallin in Der
Rosenkavalier in Munich, conducted by Constantin Trinks. At the Metropolitan Opera
last fall, she sang Desdemona in Otello, conducted by Semyon Bychkov and seen
around the world on The Met: Live in HD. Her 2012-2013 concert calendar has also
included the gala opening of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra's season, the inaugural
concerts of Christian Thielemann as principal conductor of the Staatskapelle Dresden, and
the inaugural gala of Yannick Nézet-Séguin as music director of The Philadelphia Orchestra.
Her recital schedule this season includes appearances in Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, San
Francisco, Los Angeles, Paris, London, Vienna, Geneva, Hong Kong, Beijing, and Taipei. In
addition, she performs a four-concert Perspectives series at Carnegie Hall.
Ms. Fleming won her fourth Grammy Award for her album Poèmes, which features a
collection of 20th-century French masterpieces. In February 2012, she received the Victoire
d'Honneur, the highest award conveyed by Victoires de la Musique. In recent years, she has
recorded a diverse range of music, from Strauss's Daphne, to the jazz album
Haunted Heart, to the film soundtrack for The Lord of the Rings and the
theme song "Still Dream" for Rise of the Guardians. Among her numerous awards are
the Fulbright Lifetime Achievement Medal, Sweden's Polar Music Prize, the Chevalier de la
Légion d'Honneur, Honorary Membership in the Royal Academy of Music, and honorary
doctorates from Carnegie Mellon University, Eastman School of Music, and The Juilliard
Ms. Fleming is currently a member of the Board of Trustees of The Carnegie Hall
Corporation and the Board of Sing for Hope. In 2010, she was named the first-ever creative
consultant at Lyric Opera of Chicago. Visit reneefleming.com for more information.
A native of New Zealand, baritone Teddy Tahu Rhodes won the Dame Sister Mary Leo
Scholarship as the country's most promising singer at age 20. In 1991, he was awarded the
Mobil Song Quest, enabling him to study at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in
In 1998, Mr. Rhodes made his debut as Dandini in La Cenerentola with Opera
Australia, and in 1999 sang Sharpless in Madama Butterfly with Canterbury Opera,
and Marcello in La bohème and Silvio in Pagliacci for New Zealand
Opera. In 2000, he made his US debut with the San Francisco Opera as Joe in the world
premiere of Jake Heggie's Dead Man Walking. His many recordings include Fauré's
Requiem, Handel's Messiah, and a recital of Mozart arias. He filmed The Little
Prince for BBC television, and he appears on DVD in the Metropolitan Opera's
productions of Peter Grimes (EMI) and Carmen (Deutsche
In 2001, Mr. Rhodes joined Opera Australia as a resident principal artist, performing the
roles of Guglielmo (Così fan tutte), Belcore (L'elisir d'amore), and
Harlequin (Ariadne auf Naxos). Other engagements in recent seasons have included
the roles of Escamillo, Dandini, Don Giovanni, Stanley, Figaro, and Lescaut for Opera
Australia; Dead Man Walking for State Opera of South Australia; Bendrix in
Jake Heggie's The End of the Affair, Count Almaviva, and Lescaut for Houston Grand
Opera; Don Giovanni, Count Almaviva, and Guglielmo for Cincinnati Opera; Count Almaviva at
Washington National Opera; Papageno for Welsh National Opera; Escamillo and Henze's
L'Upupa for Hamburg Opera; Escamillo at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris and
in Munich; and Lescaut in Leipzig. He made his Metropolitan Opera debut in Peter
Grimes, and he has also debuted at the Santa Fe Opera with his first Billy Budd, and
at New York City Opera as Antony in concert performances of Barber's Antony and
Cleopatra. He sang his first Scarpia in Tosca for the West Australian
Future engagements include South Pacific for Opera Australia, Show Boat
at Washington National Opera, Stanley in A Streetcar Named Desire for the
Lyric Opera of Chicago, and Colline at the Dallas Opera.
A native of Alabama and winner of the Metropolitan Opera's 2010 Beverly Sills Artist
Award, Susanna Phillips returns to the Met in the 2012-2013 season to perform Donna Anna in
Don Giovanni and to Santa Fe Opera as the Countess in Le nozze
di Figaro. Her recital appearances include Carnegie Hall, the Philadelphia Chamber
Music Society, Celebrity Series Boston, and Cal Performances. Concert appearances include
performances with Musica Sacra under Kent Tritle at Alice Tully Hall, and Mozart's Requiem
with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.
Ms. Phillips's appearances at the Metropolitan Opera in recent seasons include Pamina in
Die Zauberflöte and her company debut in 2008 as Musetta in
La bohème. She has also starred in Minnesota Opera's Orfeo ed Euridice
opposite David Daniels, and as the title character in Donizetti's Lucia di
Lammermoor, both at Minnesota Opera and Lyric Opera of Chicago. In summer 2012, she
made her European debut as Pamina at the Gran Teatro del Liceu Barcelona, her debuts at the
Verbier Music Festival and Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux as the Countess in Mozart's Le
nozze di Figaro, performances of Barber's Knoxville: Summer of 1915 at
the Aspen Music Festival, and Ilia in Idomeneo at the Ravinia
Festival, among other engagements. Her debut solo album, Paysages, was released in
2011 on Bridge Records.
In recital, Ms. Phillips has appeared at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, and at
Carnegie Hall. Concert performances include the opening night of the 2011 Mostly Mozart
Festival, which was telecast live on PBS; Mozart's Mass in C Minor with the Chicago
Symphony Orchestra; Dvořák's Stabat Mater with the Santa Fe Symphony;
Handel's Messiah with The Philadelphia Orchestra; and Bach's Mass in B Minor
with the St. Louis Symphony.
A graduate of the Lyric Opera of Chicago's Ryan Opera Center, Ms. Phillips won four of the
world's leading vocal competitions in 2005: Operalia (both First Place and the Audience
Prize), the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, the MacAllister Awards, and the
George London Foundation Competition.
Grammy Award-winning American tenor Anthony Dean Griffey has received critical and popular
acclaim on opera, concert, and recital stages around the world. His beautiful and powerful
lyric tenor voice, interpretive gifts, and superb musicianship have earned him praise from
critics and audiences alike.
Engagements in the 2012-2013 season include a return to Lyric Opera of Chicago as Mitch in
A Streetcar Named Desire; the world premiere of Christopher Theaofanidis's The
Gift and Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with the Pittsburgh Symphony conducted by
Manfred Honeck; Beethoven's Missa solemnis with the Chicago Symphony
Orchestra conducted by Bernard Haitink; Britten's War Requiem with the Seattle
Symphony conducted by Ludovic Morlot; Mahler's Symphony No. 8 with the Nashville Symphony
and Das Lied von der Erde with the Eastern Music Festival, North Carolina
Symphony, and Columbus Symphony; Britten's Canticle II: Abraham and
Isaac with the Chamber Music Societies of Chicago and New York; and Elgar's
The Dream of Gerontius with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra conducted by Edo de
Celebrated across the globe for his portrayal of the title role of Britten's Peter
Grimes, Mr. Griffey's performance at the Metropolitan Opera was broadcast live in HD,
featured on PBS, and released on DVD by EMI Classics. He has also recorded the role with
Glyndebourne Opera conducted by Mark Wigglesworth. Other recording and DVD highlights
include Weill's Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny at Los Angeles Opera;
Tristan und Isolde at the Metropolitan Opera; the world premiere of A
Streetcar Named Desire with San Francisco Opera; Mahler's Symphony No. 8 with the
San Francisco Symphony conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas, the New York Philharmonic under
Lorin Maazel, and the Tonhalle-Orchester Zurich; Britten's War Requiem live
at Royal Festival Hall with Kurt Masur and the London Philharmonic Orchestra; and Poulenc's
Les mamelles de Tirésias under Seiji Ozawa.
Mr. Griffey has taken active roles in charitable efforts throughout his career, advocating
for arts programs, raising money for the Mental Health Association, and giving benefit
concerts. He was awarded a doctorate of humane letters from Wingate University in May 2012.
Visit anthonydeangriffey.com for further information.
Dominic Armstrong's engagements in the current season include a return to New York City
Opera as Peter Quint in The Turn of the Screw and the workshop premiere of
La reina with America Lyric Theater. Next season's engagements include
performances of Britten's Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and Strings with Symphony in C and the
Princeton Symphony under Rossen Milanov.
Engagements in the 2011-2012 season included Mr. Armstrong's Opera Memphis debut as
Eisenstein in Die Fledermaus; Chicago Opera Theater's Moscow,
Cheryomushki; and a return to Lorin Maazel's Castleton Festival to cover Don José and
perform the role of Le Rémendado in Carmen. At Castleton, Mr. Armstrong has also
performed Macheath in Britten's The Beggar's Opera, Peter Quint in The Turn of
the Screw, Le Petit Vieillard in L'enfant et les sortilèges, and Luigi in
Il tabarro.
Highlights of recent seasons have included performances as Flavio in
Norma and Borsa in Rigoletto at Opera Philadelphia;
François/Jazz Trio in A Quiet Place at New York City Opera; the title role in
La clemenza di Tito at Chicago Opera Theater; Parpignol in La
bohème at Deutsche Oper Berlin; the Gran Sacerdote in Idomeneo, Reverend
Horace Adams in Peter Grimes, and Heinrich der Schreiber in Tannhaüser at
Opera Regio Torino; Count Almaviva in Ghosts of Versailles at Wexford Festival
Opera; Candide in Candide and Ulisse in Il ritorno d'Ulisse in
patria at Wolf Trap; and Nemorino in L'elisir d'amore for Musica Viva
Hong Kong.
Mr. Armstrong is a recipient of numerous prizes and awards, including placement as a Grand
Finalist in the 2008 National Council Auditions with the Metropolitan Opera, and was the
winner of the 2009 Liederkranz Art Song Competition.
A graduate of San Francisco Opera's Adler Fellowship, tenor Andrew Bidlack's engagements
in 2012-2013 include his role debut as Rodrigo in Rossini's Otello with Opera
Southwest, Handel's Messiah with the Lexington Philharmonic, and Tamino in
Die Zauberflöte at Florida Grand Opera. Engagements in the 2011-2012 season
included Tonio in La fille du régiment with PORTopera, his Asian debut as
Damon in Acis and Galatea at the Macau International Music Festival, Ariadne
auf Naxos at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Carmina Burana with the
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Andreas Delfs, and Sandy in Peter Maxwell
Davies's The Lighthouse at Dallas Opera.
Engagements in 2010-2011 included Mr. Bidlack's New York City Opera debut as Baron Lummer
in Strauss's Intermezzo, his Carnegie Hall debut in Bach's Christmas
Oratorio, and Gomatz in Mozart's Zaïde with Musica Angelica in Los Angeles.
Other recent highlights include Count Almaviva in Il barbiere di Siviglia at
Florida Grand Opera, Carmina Burana with the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra, and
Nemorino in L'elisir d'amore with Empire State Lyric Theater. In 2010, he
made his South American debut as Oronte in Alcina at the Teatro Municipal de
Santiago in Chile.
Mr. Bidlack made his San Francisco Opera debut in May 2008 in The Little Prince,
and has since appeared as Odoardo in Ariodante, Arturo in Lucia di
Lammermoor, Count Albert in Die tote Stadt, the Simpleton in Boris
Godunov, Pedrillo in Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Gastone in La
traviata, and Ruiz in Il trovatore.
A 2007 Merola Opera Program participant, Mr. Bidlack created the role of Charles Carter in
the world premiere of Thomas Pasatieri's The Hotel Casablanca. The Pennsylvania
native has also appeared as Rodolfo in La bohème with Opera Company of
Brooklyn, Tamino in Die Zauberflöte at Ohio Northern University, and Rolla in
I masnadieri with Sarasota Opera. At the Spoleto Festival in Italy, he
performed in Menotti's The Saint of Bleecker Street, which was recorded and
released on the Chandos Label.
Georga Osborne appeared at Carnegie Hall for its 1991 Centennial Gala, the US premiere of
Sir Paul McCartney's Standing Stone, and as soprano soloist in Disney's
Fantasia 2000, conducted by James Levine. She has appeared on Broadway in the original
cast of Meet Me in St. Louis, at Lincoln Center with the New York Philharmonic in
Sweeney Todd (with Patti LuPone and George Hearn), and in Grendel,
directed by Julie Taymor. National tour productions include Cameron Mackintosh and Trevor
Nunn's My Fair Lady and The Sound of Music with both Marie
Osmond and Debby Boone. Regional theater performances include Souvenir (as
Florence Foster Jenkins) at the Weston Playhouse (Vermont) and at Arts at
the Park (New York), and productions with Capital Repertory (Albany), Syracuse Stage,
Chautauqua Opera, Mobile Opera, Pittsburgh Opera Theatre, and Cincinnati Opera, among
others. Georga's recordings include the first complete recording of Rodgers and
Hammerstein's Allegro, and the original cast recordings of Meet
Me in St. Louis and The Last Starfighter. MAC (Manhattan Association of
Cabarets) and BackStage Bistro Awards have presented her with their Outstanding
Musical Comedy Performer Awards. Georga holds degrees from Carnegie Mellon University and
the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.
Bill Nabel has appeared in more than 9,400 performances of eight Broadway shows:
Beauty and the Beast (Lumière), A Chorus Line (Al), Sweeney Todd
(Pirelli), 42nd Street (Bert Barry), Home Sweet Homer (Melios), Ain't
Broadway Grand, Evita, and The Most Happy Fella (Giuseppe). His film
and television appearances include Saperstein in Gravity opposite Ving Rhames and
the French ambassador in Gossip Girl, as well as Friends With Kids,
Wall Street 2, The Fighter, Knight and Day, SALT,
and A Beautiful Mind. As a playwright, Bill was a finalist for the American
Academy of Arts and Letters's Richard Rodgers Prize for Take Me America, a new
musical, which premiered at the Village Theatre in Seattle. Bill's play Lying to
Spielberg was a New American Playwrights pick at the Utah Shakespeare Festival.
Love on Ice, a musical cryogenic love story, was selected for the "Pitch" at the
Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival this summer; another play, Love, Loss and What I
Drove, was presented this year at the Abingdon Theatre in New York.
Brad Heikes's Broadway credits include the Roundabout Theater Company's production
of Pygmalion with Claire Danes, and Mr. Roberts with Alec
Baldwin for the Roundabout Playreading Series. Regional credits include
Nicky / Trekkie Monster inAvenue Q, Bill Calhoun in Kiss
Me, Kate, George Bailey in A Wonderful Life,
Buddy inBuddy's Tavern, Paul Singer in Moon Over Buffalo,
and Frederick Fellowes in Noises Off. On television, Brad has
appeared on Guiding Light, All My Children, and Above
Broadway. He is honored to be working with this company at Carnegie Hall.
An actor, writer, and standup comedian, Brendan Irving is very excited to make his acting
debut in Carnegie Hall. Brendan has acted in television shows such as All My
Children, As the World Turns, Guiding Light, Rescue Me, and
Gossip Girl, and he has also appeared in commercials for Joe's Crabshack and
Marshalls. Brendan can be seen live on the show Accomplice: New York and doing
standup throughout New York City.
Kevin Reed received his master's degree in acting from Columbia University. He has
performed on Broadway and around the country with singing greats Linda Eder and Michael
Bolton. He recently revived his role as Karl on Broadway at a one-night gala in Kander and
Ebb and Terrence McNally's The Visit, starring Chita Rivera. Kevin can be heard on
the original cast recording of Brownstone. In addition to performing, he works as
an acting coach in New York City. Visit TheReedScene.com for further information.
Originally from Canton, Ohio, Patrick Stoffer attended The New York Conservatory for
Dramatic Arts. Since graduating, he has appeared in several short and feature films, as
well as several Off-Broadway and Metropolitan Opera productions. In addition to acting,
Patrick runs two film production companies, CBM Productions and 186 Productions. Love to
family and friends.
Since graduating from The New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts in 2009, Brett Zubler
has appeared in a number of feature films and off-Broadway shows. He is currently working
on productions at the Metropolitan Opera, and co-owns and operates a film production
company in New Jersey. Brett is very happy to be a part of this production at Carnegie Hall
and wants to send his love to his family.
Now in its 38th season, Orchestra of St. Luke's (OSL) is one of America's foremost and
most versatile ensembles. Dedicated to engaging audiences throughout New York City and
beyond, OSL performs approximately 70 orchestral, chamber, and educational concerts each
year-including an annual orchestra series at Carnegie Hall, an annual chamber music series
at The Morgan Library & Museum and Brooklyn Museum, and summer concerts as
Orchestra-in-Residence at Caramoor International Music Festival. OSL's principal conductor
is Pablo Heras-Casado.
OSL collaborates regularly with the world's great artists, such as Renée Fleming, Yo-Yo
Ma, Jessye Norman, Anna Netrebko, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Mark Morris Dance Group, Peter
Gabriel, Sting, Elton John, and many more. In March 2011, OSL opened The DiMenna Center for
Classical Music-its first permanent home, and New York City's first rehearsal and recording
facility dedicated to classical music. Committed to community-building, OSL produces free
concerts in each of the five boroughs as part of its Subway Series, free events devoted to
the artistic process as part of its OSL@DMC series at The DiMenna Center, and has
engaged more than one million children in its Community & Education
OSL's discography of more than 70 recordings includes seven releases on its own
label, St. Luke's Collection, and four Grammy Award-winning recordings. OSL has
commissioned more than 50 new works and performed more than 150 world, US, and New York
Later this season, OSL's 2012-2013 Carnegie Hall series features Iván Fischer conducting
the orchestra in Bach's St. Matthew Passion on March 28, with the New York
City-based chorus Musica Sacra and soprano Dominique Labelle, mezzo-soprano Barbara Kozelj,
tenor John Tessier, and bass-baritone Hanno Müller-Brachmann. OSL closes its orchestra
series with conductor Nicholas McGegan and cellist Steven Isserlis performing a program of
Haydn and Mozart on June 1.
Patrick Summers is artistic and music director of Houston Grand Opera (HGO), having served
as music director since 1998. In addition, he serves as principal guest conductor of the
San Francisco Opera (SFO). Over the past decade, Mr. Summers has led many of HGO's artistic
and strategic initiatives, including initiating its own orchestra and founding HGOco, the
company's groundbreaking educational/outreach program to the Houston community. This
season, Mr. Summers conducts three HGO productions: Show Boat, produced
earlier this winter, and, in April and May, Il trovatore and Tristan und
Mr. Summers has been involved with dozens of world premieres of American operas, and was
intimately involved with the 1998 creation of A Streetcar Named Desire at the
SFO, where he both assisted André Previn and conducted several of the opera's premiere
performances. He later commissioned Mr. Previn to write his second opera, Brief
Encounter, which premiered at HGO in 2009 conducted by Mr. Summers and was also
recorded for Deutsche Grammophon. Mr. Summers's relationship with Renée Fleming spans two
decades, and includes leading several of her role premieres, tours, and recordings. Their
CD Bel Canto on Decca won a Grammy Award in 2002.
Mr. Summers's quarter-century association with the San Francisco Opera began as a member
of the Merola Opera Program, shortly after which he was made music director of the San
Francisco Opera Center, the training arm of the SFO. He made his SFO main stage debut
conducting Die Fledermaus, in the early 1990s, and over the years has conducted a
wide range of Italian-, French-, and English-language repertoire, most recently Jake
Heggie's Moby Dick. Next season, he will conduct Der
fliegende Holländer, his first Wagner opera with the company. He made his Metropolitan
Opera debut in 1999, also with Die Fledermaus, and has traversed a wide repertory
with the company that has included Baroque (Rodelinda, Iphigénie en
Tauride), bel canto (I Puritani, Lucia di Lammermoor), and German
operas (Salome). Next season, he conducts a revival of
The Enchanted Island.
In Europe, Mr. Summers conducts Die Zauberflöte for the Bregenz Festival in
2013 and 2014; he has also appeared with companies that include the Deutsche Oper Berlin,
Welsh National Opera, and Rome Opera.
A graduate of Harvard University and the National Shakespeare Conservatory, Brad Dalton
has directed productions for the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Washington
National Opera, State Opera of South Australia, Pittsburgh Opera, San Diego Opera, Santa
Barbara Opera, Opera San José, and Opera Boston. His production of A Streetcar Named
Desire has been seen at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, and at the
Barbican, with André Previn conducting the London Symphony Orchestra. In 2003, Mr. Dalton
directed the Australian premiere of Dead Man Walking, for which he won the
prestigious Helpmann Award for Best Direction of an Opera in Australia. Other new
productions Mr. Dalton has directed include Alceste, Madama Butterfly,
Così fan tutte, Anna Karenina, La clemenza di Tito,
Faust, Il trovatore, and Idomeneo. A filmed Blu-ray version of
Mr. Dalton's production of Idomeneo will close the Cinequest Film Festival in
San José this March.
Alan Adelman has a long history with Carnegie Hall, having designed the theatrical
lighting in Zankel Hall; the musical theater performances of South Pacific,
Show Boat, and Carousel; and benefit concerts for the Rainforest Fund
with Sting, Elton John, James Taylor, and others. Mr. Adelman is perhaps best known for his
work translating Broadway, theater, dance, and opera productions for television, digital
cinema, and film. His credits include adaptations of Memphis, South
Pacific, Cyrano, Company, Porgy and Bess, The Light in
the Piazza, Contact, Passion, Twelfth Night, Death of a
Salesman, Fosse, The Man Who Came to Dinner, Jekyll and
Hyde, Smokey Joe's Cafe, The Grapes of Wrath, Tosca,
Crazy for You, Putting It Together, The Will Rogers Follies,
Piaf, Mornings at Seven, Victor/Victoria, Pippin,
Purlie, Sophisticated Ladies, and The Most Happy Fella, plus the
Tony Awards, Kid's Choice Awards, and MTV Video Music Awards. He has designed more than 50
programs for PBS's Great Performances, Dance in America, and American
Playhouse series, and an additional 60 shows as part of Live From Lincoln
Center. His feature film credits include The Nutcracker (New York City
Ballet), Carlito's Way, and The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland. Mr.
Adelman has earned three Emmy Awards and 17 nominations.
Johann Stegmeir has designed costumes for opera, theater, dance, feature films, and
television. Recently, he collaborated with acclaimed director Bruce Beresford on the
feature film Peace Love & Misunderstanding, starring Jane Fonda, as well as
We Shall Remain: Tecumseh's Vision, a documentary for PBS directed by Ric Burns,
and Pagliacci for Teatro Verdi in Sassari, Sardinia. Recent design credits
include Idomeneo at Opera San José and dance productions for Alvin Ailey
Dance Theatre, as well as for choreographers that include Francesca Harper, Jessica Lang,
and Seán Curran. Mr. Stegmeir has designed costumes for Washington National Opera, Los
Angeles Opera, Florida Grand Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Asolo Repertory
Theatre, Clarence Brown Theatre Company, San Diego Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, Innovative
Theatre, Charlotte Repertory Theatre, and Children's Theatre of Charlotte, among others.
Mr. Stegmeir is a recipient of the prestigious TCG/NEA Designer Fellowship, which has
allowed him to develop his design skills and expand artistic boundaries. He has worked at
Covent Garden, Teatro Real (Madrid), La Scala, the Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera,
Israeli Opera, the Savonlinna Opera Festival (Finland), and Theater des Westens (Berlin).
He is on the faculty at the University of Richmond.
Renée Fleming in Conversation with André Previn: A Streetcar Named Desire
Renée Fleming Introduces Her 2012-2013 Carnegie Hall Perspectives Series


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2) Your advisor, department, and the university are able to keep track of you to facilitate the completion of your degree
Please carefully read the excerpt from the 2012/2013 Graduate Catalog below:
Continuous Enrollment in Thesis, Dissertation or Exit Option
Most students, both full- and part-time, prefer to pursue an advanced degree by taking classes continuously (e.g., at least one course every fall and spring semester until completion). Thus, it is important that students file degree plans in a timely manner and, for those who interrupt their program of study, to note the maximum time period allowed for fulfilling all requirements for the degree sought. (See section entitled "Time to Complete Degree/Revalidation of Courses")
Once a student has begun work on a thesis, dissertation, or other exit option, it is expected that such work should progress continuously through each regular academic semester. A student working on an exit option should enroll in the course(s) for which academic credit is given for that option. Once all other degree requirements as stipulated on the degree plan are met, students who have an incomplete grade in exit option courses must maintain their enrollment with the university in order to make use of academic and nonacademic services (e.g., laboratories, library, faculty access). Enrollment must be maintained every semester during which a student is continuing to complete an exit option. Students enrolling in no other credit hours who have not completed exit option requirements in their program will be enrolled in UNIV 695 until a final grade is received for the exit option activity and the degree is completed, or the time period to complete the degree is exceeded. The requirement for continuous registration does not apply during a summer term. (See Educational Leadership department for policies on continual enrollment for dissertation completion.) Students must complete a Request to Enroll in UNIV 695, Continuing Enrollment and submit the form to the School of Graduate Studies to request initial registration for UNIV 695.
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Tara W. has worked for Crutchfield since 2004. She writes about whole-house music and video gear, and works on Crutchfield's video team.
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The Definitive Technology Sound Cylinder clamps to your tablet, providing a stable base for your device. The magnesium alloy clamps have rubber slipcovers to hold your tablet securely without scratching it. Use the Cylinder to position your tablet slightly angled towards you on a flat surface. Or fold out the built-in kickstand and have the Cylinder hold your tablet upright.
Two front-firing 1-3/4" full-range speakers deliver crisp, clear sound from your music and movie soundtracks. A side-firing 1-11/16" woofer fills out the bass, and the system's advanced digital signal processor optimizes speaker performance to provide an engaging, spacious soundfield.
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Tara: We're here at the Definitive Technology booth at CES 2013, talking to David about their new Sound Cylinder. So David, what can you tell us about it?
David: We're introducing it at the show here. We've noticed that all of the tablet users out there have a real problem in they get used to using videos, You Tubes, whatever, as part of having the experience, but the sound quality of the iPad is so grim — same thing with any of the tablets we've played with — that you end up almost having to wear headphones to listen to it. When you're using it around the house being tethered like that is really inconvenient, so we've created a cinematic experience for your tablet.
Cute little kickstand. It's designed to stand on a counter and give you a nice, warm, rich sound. We've picked up technology from our home speakers, where we're using a 2.1 technology, where we're actually using a separately amplified bass driver that gives you better bass response than anybody else is accomplishing anything close to the price in Bluetooth.
The other nice thing about Bluetooth, very easy to pair to the unit, very easy to select. Right on the front you can kick it in. We've done an automatic pairing procedure so there's no special buttons to hit. All you do is turn on Bluetooth, turn on this, and say connect on your tablet, and you're done.
Tara: Excellent. Thanks. So that's the Sound Cylinder from Definitive Technology.


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GRAND RAPIDS (AP) -- Western Michigan's swollen Grand River was steadily receding Tuesday from record-setting flood levels even as hundreds of people remained evacuated from their homes.
The river level late Tuesday was about 1.5 feet below its crest at Grand Rapids and upstream at Comstock Park in Kent County's Plainfield Township, the National Weather Service said. The levels were 4.4 feet over flood stage, or when the river first tops its banks, at Comstock Park and 2.4 feet over at Grand Rapids.
It is expected to take about a week before the river drops back within its banks, the weather service said. The Grand Rapids area got a bit of rain Tuesday but not enough to have much effect on the flooding.
The Grand River has inundated parts of downtown Grand Rapids.
At least 100 homes in the Comstock Park area were reported to be flooded. About 1,000 people had been evacuated from downtown Grand Rapids' Plaza Towers, and Kent County reported that an additional 530 people outside the city were evacuated from their homes.
Upriver from Grand Rapids, floodwaters were receding in Ionia County, which saw days of high water along the Grand River that affected more than 100 homes. The river crested in Ionia on Saturday.
"We are entering the recovery phase," Doug Devries, coordinator of the Ionia County emergency management office, told the Sentinel-Standard of Ionia. "We're done with the initial response. So now it's time to get things back the way they were -- or better -- before the event occurred."
In Grand Rapids, children's spring baseball games were postponed because of flooding. The Northern Little League was to hold its opening day Saturday, MLive.com reported. Instead, it will be May 4.
Further down the Grand River, floodwaters poured into Lake Michigan at Grand Haven, carrying debris including trees and even the remains of boat docks. Debris has been washing up on the shores of West Michigan's beaches, but there hasn't been too much trash among it, WOOD-TV reported.
The debris mostly consisted of vegetation such as cattails, although a picnic table was among the finds.
On the other side of the state in Saginaw County, a flood warning remained in effect for the Saginaw River. Flooding in the area has left homes, businesses and part of the Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge under water.
The river itself was receding, falling 2.4 feet from its Sunday crest. The river remained 3 feet over flood stage Tuesday evening at Saginaw and is not expected to drop below flood stage until early May.
Upstream from Saginaw, water topped the dike at Misteguay Creek in Saginaw County's Spaulding Township. Officials now face the challenge of how to get the flood waters back into the river.
"Spaulding Township has taken a pretty darn good it," Township Clerk Richard Leach told MLive.com. "It's like a bathtub. You have to have a way to drain it. There's not a good way of draining it back out."
A half-inch of new rain is forecast by the end of Tuesday for the Saginaw area, the weather service said.


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June 2012 Edition of the Angle: Our Twist on Economic Justice Issues
Posted on July 03, 2012
The June edition of The Angle: Our Twist on Economic Justice Issues has been released. The Angle is a monthly publication that provides an overview of the National Economic Department's work around key Economic Justice issues. It is distributed the 15th of every month to all 1,200 units. It is unique in that it captures the Economic Department's most up-to-date information in a fun and colorful way! The Angle includes (but is not limited to) the following:
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Dirksen: Karn has done a wonderful job
November 4, 2012
I am a staunch fiscal conservative and to date have never supported a Democrat. However, there is a sign in our yard supporting Karn for re-election. Why the change?
Karn has done a wonderful job during her tenure and I thought it best to support her efforts. Karn has been a staunch supporter of the CSU Extension Program in Summit County. The Extension Program is largely an educational program administered by CSU. It also embraces 4-H and hence the STEM program.
STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) in Summit County is an after school program taught by volunteers. It is active in the elementary, middle, and high schools and has an enrollment of over 1,000 students. The financial impact on tax dollars is minimal and the benefits of the program are far reaching. STEM is just one of the programs that Karn has supported. In addition, Karn has been very supportive of the other 4-H activities in Summit County, activities that are offered after school, on weekends, and during summer vacation.
The programs are offered to channel our children in a positive direction. As a group, The 4-H kids achieve more and have fewer social problems ( eg. drinking ,drugs, smoking) than do non 4-H children and youths.
The 4-H program in Summit is very thankful to have Karn's support. With her encouragement and help, the extension program including 4-H hopes to reach out to an ever increasing number children in Summit County.
To have Karn in office is truly a positive "change you can believe in."
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The hounsdstooth sofa from Dovecoat made the trip to California and is now back in our Connecticut house….we recently added slipcovers in a suit fabric for a pair of chairs. This led to stockings also made from different men's suit fabrics, the trim from shirt fabrics and our monograms. I love the look of menswear and the shades of black, gray, white works perfectly in our house. For color I went with my favorite…all different reds and pinks. The glassybaby votives glow from dusk until long after we've gone to bed. Glassybaby votives in peony, tutu, happiness, rudolph, smooch, bff and seattle sunset. There's a few more on my wish list. I find so much comfort in the glow of these beautiful little votives…made by hand in Seattle, Washington. I hope you find comfort and joy this holiday season. xx
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I love YOUR HOME! I am using the white glassy baby that you gave me right now to hold a bouquet of red roses with pine leaves on my coffee table.
Merry Christmas.
How original and fun, Annie, and I bet coal dust doesn't show very much on those stockings (hee, hee!) We love glassybaby votives and the story behind the company. Who wouldn't appreciate their commitment to their craft and to charity?! Hope you're having a great week.
It looks great! Especially with the candles all lit. Beautiful. I love how you use all these small details to make your home so 'you'
Love your Glassybaby collection, what beautiful reds…
annie, what a gorgeous shot of your fireplace and christmas decor. now of course i'm DYING to see the houndstooth sofa. you are just now telling me this? do i have to fly back there and knock on your door to get a tour? cause i will!
much love, peace and happiness my dear friend. xo janet
OH. MY. GOD! You KNOW I love these stocking and little peek-a-boo of the sofa and slipcovers! I don't think I've seen the sofa before. This looks like an awesome place to hang out and have a cup of hot chocolate…or maybe a hot toddy.
What HANDSOME Christmas stockings! Santa will be so impressed too… hope he doesn't stay to long in your warm and lovely room, getting behind on his full schedule!
Thank you for introducing me to Glassybaby!! 10 minutes after reading your blog I had ordered one for a friends Christmas gift! This friend and I have tea together in my home each Christmas eve morning! I couldn't think of a gift for her this year until I checked out Glasssybaby. She has a new granddaughter named Penelope and we call her "Sweet P"…. Glassybaby has a soft lavender color called sweet pea…. perfect!! I plan to ordered for myself after Christmas when I don't have to rush an over-night package!!!
a little bit of cheer arrived today….and it has put a smile on my face.
love your manly stockings and glow of that room.
happy merry christmas.
That fire looks so cozy Annie. Makes me want to sit down with a good book and a cup of hot chocolate!
Annie you are one of the true originals. There aren't many. But you are it! You never fail to create an original beautiful environment….for every season!
Love the suit fabric stockings with pink shirt fabric trim…how clever and charming! And those votives really are gorgeous. Going to the website to check them out. Your whole space with the beautiful glow and the great fire looks like a dream.
If I don't "talk" to you again, have a very Merry Christmas!
Karen xo
The darker fabric for the stockings is just perfect for your space. The room really looks so inviting and festive. Merry Christmas!


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COPD Drug Class Gasping for Breath
[This article was originally published by Dow Jones Investment Banker. To find out more about the service please visit: http://www.dowjones/banker]
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease refers to a number of conditions including chronic bronchitis and emphysema.
The latest doubts surrounding Nycomed SCA's investigational drug Daxas, the FDA application for which was transferred to it partner on the project Forest Laboratories last July, could either breathe new life into earlier-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease projects or be the last gasp for the drug class as a whole. It all depends on potential licensees' appetite for risk. [Read our coverage here.]
Bankers advising firms considering an entry into this area can still look to licensing deals on projects in mid-stage development by Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd. and Orexo AB.
But, given the risks over this once highly promising area, to which Daxas bears witness, caution should be the name of the game.
Certainly, the U.S. FDA's concerns over Daxas have come as another blow to the concept of treating the underlying cause rather than just the symptoms of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). But the potential rewards are huge.
COPD, a lung condition linked to smoking, is currently managed using drugs that merely ameliorate its symptoms–dilating the airways and lessening inflammation to reduce wheezing, for instance–with no effect on the underlying disease or its progression.
But despite this less than perfect profile, GlaxoSmithKline PLC's Advair–which wasn't even originally developed for COPD–and Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH and Pfizer Inc.'s Spiriva–two inhaled drugs–jointly garner annual revenue of more than $5 billion.
Against the backdrop of a multi-billion dollar opportunity, a number of companies have been developing a class of drugs known as PDE4 inhibitors, of which Daxas is currently the most advanced. These drugs are designed to target the direct molecular causes of COPD, or so the thinking goes.
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I have an essay forthcoming in this volume, edited by Cynthia Miller and A. Bowdoin Van Riper from Palgrave/Macmillan.
The fourteen essays featured here focus on series such as Space Patrol, Tom Corbett, and Captain Z-Ro, exploring their roles in the day-to-day lives of their fans through topics such as mentoring, promotion of the real-world space program, merchandising, gender issues, and ranger clubs – all the while promoting the fledgling medium of television. The distinguished group of authors involved includes Henry Jenkins, J.P. Telotte, Roy Kinnard, Patrick Lucanio and many others. Should be out in late August, early September 2012.


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Boss Ady Pennock insists new signing Jason Walker turned down a lucrative offer to sign for Forest Green.
Walker has penned a deal until the end of the season after the former York City striker returned to the UK from a six- month sojourn in Swedish football.
The 29-year-old forward has been registered with the Football Conference and will be available to play Saturday, pending international clearance.
Pennock said: "Jason was offered more money to go elsewhere and the ball is in his court to earn a new contract for next season. That's the kind of attitude we want and I'm really looking forward to working with him.
"Jason brings something different to the table, he's got good touch and awareness, he knows where the goal is and just needs to get match fit."
Walker won promotion from the Football Conference with York in 2011-12 after setting up the Minstermen's winning goals in both the Play-off Semi-Final and Final.
Born in Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria, the striker spent his Youth at Dundee FC before beginning his professional career in the third level of Scottish football with Greenock Morton.
After three seasons in Scotland, Walker headed back south of the border with a move to Morcombe before signing for his home town club Barrow – where he began to make a name for himself with the winning goal in the 2010 FA Trophy final against Stevenage Borough.
After almost four years and 50 goals at Barrow, Walker earned a move to Luton Town in January 2011 (following an initial loan spell) but stayed only until the end of the season after the Hatters Play-off Final loss to AFC Wimbledon.
A £60,000 move to York proved more successful, with Walker bagging 18 league goals and nine assists in helping the Minstermen collect both the FA Trophy and just a week later, promotion to League Two through the Play-offs, against his old club Luton.
Walker scored nine times for York in League Two last season, before leaving for Sweden in the summer where he played 11 times for Östersunds FK in the Swedish second tier, scoring once. He returned to the UK in December.


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discmonkey42 wrote:PMantle wrote:How hard is it to throw opposite handed backhand? I've never tried it, but might be interested in starting to learn.
For me it was damn near impossible. Only way I could suffer through the very significant learning curve was if I just couldn't throw with my right hand any more and was forced to throw lefty to be able to play.
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I like to inform that I made a wordpress theme from html, css and Photoshop. I cut it as header.php, footer.php and index.php. I also used a style.css file.
But it not working properly. I mean, images aren't show in theme, theme is not support in database. When I create a page from wordpress dashboard and input title, description etc, it wasn't show except show the existed theme.
I mean, It not response dynamically. What should I do?
Please see the attached file "wordpress theme1".
there is some missing code in your theme.. please check this tutorial and fix it :
Thank you for your answer, but I haven't made any changes to the theme or files since the move and all was working fine before the move
I have now deleted the database and built it again and still no joy. This one has me puzzled.
Did you build this theme from scratch or did you acquire it somewhere else? Did you try and install it on your WP backend or manually via FTP or some other method? It can be difficult to tell exactly what is happening without a little more info.
No this was a theme that I've been using for a few years. The domain was remaining the same, I was just moving hosting company, so I moved the files using FTP and then added a database and imported the old database data. I then changed wp_config to the new settings.
Yes, I build this theme from scratch. I got this tutorial from www dot 1stwebdesigner dot com/wordpress/psd-to-html-tutorial-code-photoshop/
I try and install it from C Drive>xampp>htdocs>webdesign (my WP site name)>wp-content>themes>my theme (This is which I built).
Please see a screen shot of my theme. Be well . Thank you.
No more, I am waiting for your kind response.
Did you move your theme files? This can be a common issue with themes not working properly after a site was moved. Another element is to make sure all of the files are in the correct folders. When images and other portions of a theme won't show, this is also a common issue. The theme is working in general it just has some incorrect file paths.
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My journey continues. The latest pathology results from my second ERCP indicated adnocarcinoma tumor cells found. Meeting with the surgeon Monday 4/22 for consultation and surgery now scheduled for April 29th. Brigham & Womens received many patients from the Boston Marathon bombings so things have been topsy turvey with them and my surgery was pushed back as it should have been.
My heart goes out to all the families impacted by those terrible acts.
Will keep you posted as things progress. A group of my grandchildren arrived to cheer me up yesterday with a bouquet of daffodils (16 one for each grandchild) and some homemade get well cards. Mission accomplished! Lucky guy I am!


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Autoimmunity in Neurologic Complications of Celiac Disease
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This study, done in collaboration with Cornell University in New York, will explore the potential role of the body s immune response to gluten in ataxia. Celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder that is triggered by the ingestion of wheat gluten and related proteins in genetically susceptible individuals. Some people with celiac disease also develop ataxia, which is a loss of muscle coordination, leading to imbalance. The cause of the associated ataxia is not well understood, but it is suspected to be related to the immune response towards gluten in these patients. Preliminary results indicate that antibodies in people with celiac disease can react with brain proteins, which might have a role in the associated neurologic deficits. The aim of this study is to characterize the immune response in the ataxia that is associated with celiac disease.
People 18 years of age and older with 1) ataxia and no celiac disease, 2) ataxia plus celiac disease and 3) matched healthy control subjects will be enrolled at the NIH. People with celiac disease only will be enrolled at Cornell University.
All participants have a blood sample drawn for various tests of immune function as well as genetic tests. Healthy volunteers also have a history and physical examination if they have not had one done at NIH in the past year. Some patients may require additional clinical evaluations for clinical or diagnostic reasons.
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|The Role of Autoimmunity in Neurologic Complications of Celiac Disease
- Antibodies to synapsin I.
- Antibody characterization and HLA association
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|June 2, 2008
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Objective: To understand the role of the immune system in the neurologic complications of celiac disease (CD) or gluten sensitivity (GS).
Study population: We plan to study 15 patients with CD and ataxia, 15 patients with hereditary ataxia, and 30 healthy matched controls.
Design: Four groups of patients will be enrolled into the study. The first group will consist of patients with CD and ataxia, the second group will consist of CD patients without neurological manifestations, the third group will consist of patients with hereditary cerebellar ataxia without CD, and the final group will consist of healthy 30 race matched volunteers. The second group will not be recruited at the NIH. Standardized enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) techniques will used to assess the presence of synapsin I in the groups of patients. Using affinity assays, cross-reactivity of antibodies to gliadin and synapsin 1 will be evaluated. Antibody epitope mapping will be performed on those antibodies that cross-react with synapsin 1 and gliadin. HLA class II genotypic and phenotypic frequencies will be assessed and compared with the matched volunteers as an exploratory measure to look for genetic risk and protective factors in this group of patients.
Outcome measures: our outcome measures are as follows:
A. To determine whether there is an association between antibody reactivity to synapsin I and neurological deficits of CD/GS.
B. To characterize the cross-reactive antibodies in patients by determining subclass and affinity
C. To map the epitope(s) of synapsin I that are targeted in patients with cross-reactive antibodies
D. To explore HLA association in the subset of patients with CD and ataxia
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|18 Years to 100 Years (Adult, Senior)
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We plan to evaluate serum and blood from patients with gluten sensitivity (including both biopsy-proven CD, and biopsy-negative cases with high anti-gliadin antibody titer) accompanied by cerebellar ataxia. Serum samples will be acquired prior to initiation of a gluten-free diet. Therefore, several inclusion criteria exist based on the study group:
- The patient meets criteria for CD based on the modified ESPGAN criteria
- The patient has ataxia with or without neuropathy based on clinical evaluation
- The patient is free from other neurological and psychiatric deficits
- All other known causes for ataxia have been ruled out through routine clinical evaluations
- The patient is at least 18 years old and is willing to participate in the protocol
- The patient is not taking medications that are commonly known to have immune modulating effects.
- The patient is not on a gluten free diet
- The patient tested negative for serologic markers of CD (i.e. antigliadin, antireticulin, and antiendomysial antibody testing as performed under protocol 93-N-0202)
- The patient has ataxia on routine clinical examination and no other neurological or psychiatric problems
- The patient has a known autosomal dominant ataxia (i.e., SCA, DRPLA, Friedreich s ataxia, and etc).
- They should not have CD and or ataxia based on clinical evaluation and history
- Serologic testing for antigliadin, antireticulin, and antiendomysial antibodies should reveal negative results
- They should be race and age-matched with patients with CD and the ataxia group.
- They should have no neurological or psychiatric conditions based on clinical evaluation and history
- They should not have any rheumatological or autoimmune conditions in them or in their first degree relatives.
- They should be at least 18 years of age and be able to provide consent for participation
- They should not be on any immune modulating medications.
Final diagnosis of CD will strictly follow the modified criteria of the European Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition (ESPGAN) and recommendations of the recently held National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Conference on Celiac Disease. Assessment and diagnosis of cerebellar ataxia will be made by magnetic resonance imaging of the brain, clinical examination and genetic testing for spinocerebellar ataxias and Friedreich s ataxia. Additional routine testing will be done if necessary to exclude other causes.
Healthy and disease control groups will be evaluated for CD and for neurological deficits. Only symptom-free, antibody-negative individuals will be recruited into these control groups. Exclusion of neurological deficits and psychiatric illness in healthy and disease control subjects will be by history and neurological examination.
For all groups, if other neurological and psychiatric diagnoses are present, the individual will not qualify to participate in this study.
- Subject is already on a gluten-restricted diet.
- Is taking known immune modulating therapy
- Have other neurological condition (except for neuropathy) or psychiatric condition
- Not willing to have blood drawn
- Is known to have immune dysfunction
- Being pregnant leads to numerous physiological changes. It is unclear if antibody characteristics are influenced by these changes.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00692861
|United States, New York
|Cornell University
|New York, New York, United States, 10021-4872
|Principal Investigator:
|Mark Hallett, M.D.
|National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00692861 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|June 5, 2008
|Last Updated:
|June 30, 2017
Keywords provided by National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC):
Celiac Disease
Health Volunteer
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Celiac Disease
Autoimmune Diseases
Neurologic Manifestations
Nervous System Diseases
Signs and Symptoms
Malabsorption Syndromes
Intestinal Diseases
Gastrointestinal Diseases
Digestive System Diseases
Metabolic Diseases
Immune System Diseases
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Friday, December 16, 2005
Break from coaching might be best for Haslett
By Len Pasquarelli
There's definitely some smoke to the reports this week, the first by ESPN's Chris Mortensen, that New Orleans Saints coach Jim Haslett will consider resigning at the end of this train wreck of a season.
Haslett has been eroded both physically and emotionally by the disruptions which essentially scuttled the season before it even began. And given the uncertainty of the future, both short- and long-term because of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, Haslett might be better served in the long run with a change of address.
The problem for Haslett is that he has one more season remaining on his current contract -- no, he never did get the two-year extension owner Tom Benson and general manager Mickey Loomis claimed he would in February, after their annual evaluation of the organization, and he isn't about to sign an add-on at this point -- and the Saints could force him to honor it.
In that case, some close to Haslett contend, he might consider merely sitting out the 2006 season and recharging his batteries.
On the open market, despite not taking the Saints to the playoffs since 2000, Haslett would be a fairly hot commodity, especially if the pundits are correct in their guess-timates about the number of pending coaching vacancies. As for the reports that Haslett asked Benson to fire him, well, those fall into the category of sketchy, because no one knows how serious he was in making the request.
"He's been telling [Benson] that for more than a year, usually when he's frustrated about something, so it's not like it's something new," said a league source with knowledge of the situation. "It's like telling somebody, 'Go drop dead.' Do you really mean it?"
No matter what transpires -- whether he is coaching the Saints or some other NFL team, or takes a hiatus -- Haslett has to regroup after the season. In the best of times, Haslett can appear wan and beaten and somewhat disjointed, and this year he has taken on a zombie-like look. He also has a habit of not focusing at times and of being somewhat rash, and it's important from both a professional and personal standpoint that he regains direction and starts listening to the counsel of those who have his best interests at heart.
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We're not buying in yet to the speculation that Dan Reeves, hired this week as a special consultant to Houston owner Bob McNair, will eventually recommend himself as the Texans' next head coach. But if he did, it wouldn't be a bad move, and McNair probably could do worse. Despite the perception that he is much older, Reeves will turn 62 next month, and recent history has demonstrated that people that age can return to the NFL sideline and succeed.
Make no mistake, Reeves can coach, as evidenced by the 201 wins he rung up with the Denver Broncos, New York Giants and Atlanta Falcons. But if Reeves has a blind spot -- and this is where McNair's decision to bring him in as a kind of independent voice might be flawed -- it is in personnel evaluation. Check out Reeves' drafts, especially those with the Falcons, and his problems judging talent might become a little clearer.
That's why Reeves, if he were to return to the sideline, would certainly need a proven personnel guy, like longtime friend Ron Hill, dismissed by the Falcons this summer and seeking to get back into the league. Hill is a terrific, hands-on scout, by and large the architect of the megadeal that brought quarterback Michael Vick to Atlanta, and a guy in whom Reeves has faith. One other thing McNair needs to know: Reeves has always been a guy who believed in placing football decisions in the hands of the coach and his reluctance to distribute and disseminate influence throughout an organization is part of what ended his Falcons tenure.
It didn't take long this week, after news broke on a local radio station that Time-Warner was putting the Atlanta Braves on the market, for speculation to begin that Falcons owner Arthur Blank might pursue the city's highest-profile franchise. And given that Blank is anything but a shrinking violet and has never met a minicam he couldn't embrace, it didn't take long, either, for Blank to issue a statement acknowledging that he had already been contacted by the New York brokerage firm attempting to arrange a sale, and to concede that he might have some interest.
The NFL's cross-ownership rules would not be a deterrent to Blank pursing the Braves. League owners are permitted to own franchises in the same city or in non-competing NFL markets. The bigger question in Atlanta this week wasn't whether Blank would be a player in the Braves sweepstakes, but rather how manager Bobby Cox might react if his owner showed up in the dugout during the late innings of a tight game. Blank is, of course, a frequent visitor to and towel-waving cheerleader on the Falcons' sideline.
The maternal grandmother of Brett Favre, 87-year-old Izella French, suffered a stroke this week in Natchez, Miss., and while she is in stable condition, it is the latest family tragedy the Green Bay Packers star has had to deal with in the last two years. In December 2003, his father, Irvin Favre, died of a heart attack. The following year, Favre's brother-in-law, Casey Tynes, died in an ATV accident, and Farve's wife Deanna was diagnosed with breast cancer. And, of course, much of Favre's childhood home and the property surrounding it was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina this summer.
But a few teammates said this week that Favre remains resolute in his preparation for games and suggested he will return for 2006. A source close to the Packers star told ESPN.com this week that any talk of retirement, and there were rampant rumors last weekend that Favre had decided this season would be his last, is nothing more than idle speculation. "Everyone wants to be first with the 'Brett Favre retires' story, but you know what? He hasn't even sat down long enough yet to start weighing all the pros and cons," the source said. Favre has gone two straight games without a touchdown pass for only the third time since his iron man streak of 238 consecutive starts began. The only other such droughts for the Green Bay star came during the 1993 regular season and in the '94 playoffs.
December is indeed "Money Month" in the NFL, the stretch in which teams vie for playoff cash and players going into a contract year try to create favorable impressions to trot out at the negotiating table. Well, the New York Jets aren't making any kind of stretch run for a playoff berth this season, but defensive end John Abraham certainly is trying hard, it seems, to improve his bargaining position.
The veteran end, who had just one sack in November, has been a terror in December, with three sacks, two forced fumbles (giving him six sack-strips for the season) and a fumble recovery. Abraham sat out all of camp this summer and then signed the one-year qualifying offer, roughly $6.7 million, for a franchise-designated defensive end. He's pushing for a long-term deal (either from the Jets or some other team) in the coming offseason and noted this week that he understands New York may dangle him in trade talks to help upgrade an offense that is badly in need of a dramatic overhaul. Abraham pointed out that by playing in every game this season he has answered the long-standing questions about his durability. It's probably no better than 50-50 that Abraham is back with the Jets in 2006 and the odds that he strikes a big-money, long-term deal are probably better if he is traded.
Abraham's defensive end partner, fellow 2000 first-rounder Shaun Ellis, probably will not play the rest of this year because of a hamstring injury. Ellis, who had 23½ sacks over the past two seasons, notched just 2½ sacks in 2005.
He may not earn a Pro Bowl berth, but New Orleans defensive end Will Smith is getting plenty of consideration, and is viewed around the league now as a real riser among young front-seven veterans. A first-round choice in the 2004 draft, the former Ohio State star has 51 tackles and 7½ sacks despite starting just six games. He has at least one sack in six of his last eight appearances and has played the run about as well and as any end in the league over that stretch.
With the Saints deciding to shut down Darren Howard for the rest of the season -- in part because of injury and also because the team feels the veteran is not exactly overexerting himself of late -- Smith should start the rest of the way and is a player around whom the New Orleans defense can build for the future.
As for Howard, well, the Saints, in retrospect, probably would have been better served had they traded him this spring, when there were ample suitors. Howard signed the one-year qualifying offer for a franchise end two seasons in a row, and pocketed more than $14 million by doing so, but now he's going to be an unrestricted free agent and New Orleans will get nothing for him. The bet here is that some team signs Howard to a good, but not a blockbuster deal in the offseason, and that they get a guy who will provide them 8-10 sacks in 2006. Howard can still play, and after a disappointing 2005 campaign, he'll be motivated to prove himself again next season.
There's a lot of credit being spread around for the turnaround of the Minnesota defense over the last two months. Not much of it, though, has gone to the man most deserving: coordinator Ted Cottrell. The decision to bring in retired coordinator Foge Fazio as a consultant, even the move of secondary coach Chuck Knox Jr. from the coaching box to the sideline, have been lauded. But for the most part, the work of Cottrell, a solid veteran coach who has suffered before through tough breaking-in periods with defenses that had a lot of new starters, has been pretty much ignored.
Except by those who watch tape on a regular basis. Thankfully, there are some personnel men and advance scouts who realize that Cottrell has done a nice job of melding new players and of replacing injured starters, and creating a ton of takeaways in recent weeks. Cottrell's name isn't often raised when pundits begin listing head coach candidates. And truth be told, maybe, at age 58, and without some of the flashiness of many of his peers, the chance to be a head coach has passed him by. But Cottrell finished as the runner-up to Dennis Erickson at San Francisco in 2003. And any teams looking to make a change in the offseason might do well to at least grant him an interview.
If the fumbling problems that Alex Smith has experienced as a rookie are a function of small hands, as some San Francisco coaches and officials have hinted, then Mike Nolan might have to get a better grip on his scouting department. One of the first things scouts do at the annual February combine sessions in Indianapolis, or even in private workouts, is to measure the span of a player's hand. In the case of the combine, the measurements are part of the report disseminated to all the teams. And in the past, the size of a player's hands have definitely been a red flag in some cases in the early stages of evaluation.
Nolan acknowledged last week that the San Francisco front office will require some overhaul in the offseason, with the addition of more experienced football people. Nolan might want to put a hand specialist near the top of his shopping list.
Smith is the 15th quarterback to be selected with the top overall pick since the NFL and the AFL agreed to a common draft in 1967. And right now, through the first four starts of his career, Smith shares a rather dubious distinction with Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Carson Palmer, because he has yet to throw a touchdown pass. The disclaimer for Palmer is that he never played a single snap as a rookie in 2003.
All the other quarterbacks taken with the first overall selection, even those who played sparingly, registered a touchdown pass as a rookie. The high-water mark among the elite group is the 26 touchdown passes that Peyton Manning tossed in 1998. The low? Michael Vick had two touchdown passes in sparse playing time in 2001.
It's still very early in the evaluation process but the New York Jets, or at least some members of the coaching staff, are anything but head-over-heels on Southern Cal star quarterback Matt Leinart. Like some other staffs, the Jets have concerns over Leinart's perceived lack of arm strength and limited movement. It would be interesting to see, if Leinart dropped to the Jets' slot in the first round, what New York officials would do. The Jets certainly need to cover themselves in the event Chad Pennington is not ready for the start of the season, following two rotator cuff surgeries in a 10-month span, but the coaches feel Leinart would be a high-priced gamble. New York will likely fill its need at quarterback in free agency.
Trying to predict, with three weeks left in the season, who might capture the league's rushing title? Don't bet against Tiki Barber. The New York Giants star, who some have suggested (and correctly so) deserves strong consideration as a most valuable player candidate, currently ranks third with 1,357 yards. But the two players ahead of him, Shaun Alexander of Seattle (1,496 yards) and Indianapolis' Edgerrin James (1,440), figure to see their playing time reduced in the next few weeks.
Alexander didn't play much at all in the second halves of the Seahawks' last two outings (routs of Philadelphia and San Francisco), and if Seattle secures home-field advantage, he won't get many carries. James is on pace to set a new NFL record for rushing attempts, but following Sunday's game against San Diego, is going to be rested a lot. Barber, on the other hand, is with a team that will likely have to play hard through the final game of the season. And he has increasingly been the centerpiece of the Giants' offense, especially during a stretch in which Eli Manning is throwing a lot of interceptions.
It will be interesting over the next few weeks to watch Alexander and how he reacts if coach Mike Holmgren reduces his playing time. Remember last season, when Alexander missed the rushing title by 1 yard, and then suggested he was "stabbed in the back" by Holmgren when the coach called for a quarterback sneak from the 1-yard line? Holmgren has said several times this year that Alexander is a much more mature player. We may find out in the coming weeks.
No matter the size of the deal (the contract figures haven't been filed yet), the Cleveland Browns made a terrific move Thursday by signing inside linebacker Andra Davis to a five-year extension that keeps him off the free-agent market. Davis has flourished in the 3-4 scheme installed by first-year coach Romeo Crennel. He leads the Browns with 169 tackles (based on team stats), has led the team or tied for the lead in tackles in 12 of 13 outings, and has 10 games with double-digit stops.
For the most part, 3-4 linebackers don't break the bank in free agency, and Davis almost certainly wouldn't have gotten a blockbuster deal, either. But he was on the free-agent radar screen of several teams to whom we speak regularly, and he would have had some options. General manager Phil Savage a few weeks ago cited retaining Davis, a former fifth-round draft choice, as a priority. Mission accomplished. The next target is defensive end Orpheus Roye, who had played before in a 3-4 front, and was a superb fit. It's important for any rebuilding team to retain its own best players as a foundation, and with Davis' future now secured, Cleveland officials will work hard to keep Roye from becoming an unrestricted free agent.
With the increase of 3-4 fronts around the NFL, versatile edge defenders have become more valuable, of course, and one lesser-known prospect for the 2006 draft whose stock figures to rise because he fits the hybrid specifications is Chris Gocong of Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo. Named this week as the winner of the Buck Buchanan Award, which is presented to the top defensive player at the I-AA level, Gocong posted a national-best 23½ sacks and 31 tackles for loss this season. Gocong had 17½ sacks in 2003, when he was the runner-up for the Buchanan Award. At 6-foot-3 and 265 pounds, with tremendous upfield burst, Gocong will definitely benefit from the expanding use of 3-4 fronts.
Todd Bouman of New Orleans will become the 56th different quarterback to start a game this season when he replaces Aaron Brooks Sunday against Carolina. That seems like a lot, but it's actually in line with the recent numbers. The league averaged 57.2 different starters in the nine-season stretch from 1996-2004, with a high of 62 in both 1998 and '99. There have been 58 different starters in each of the last three seasons.
Perhaps what is more remarkable this season than the number of different starters is the number of quarterback switches that have been made. There will be at least three changes this weekend -- Bouman for Brooks, Oakland's Kerry Collins regaining his starting job from Marques Tuiasosopo after just one week, and Kelly Holcomb replacing an injured J.P. Losman in Buffalo -- and that raises to 42 the number of changes in the 14 weeks since the opener.
The average of three changes per week might be unparalleled in recent league history. Not since Week 3 has every team started the same quarterback that it did in its previous outing. There have been three different weekends on which there were five changes of starting quarterbacks. That's not exactly the degree of stability that teams are supposed to be seeking at the position.
Stat of the week: The Oakland Raiders have only three interceptions in 13 games -- one each by cornerback Charles Woodson, safety Stuart Schweigert and defensive tackle Warren Sapp -- and need at least three pickoffs in the final three contests to avoid having the lowest total by a team in a 16-game schedule. The 2004 St. Louis Rams and the 1996 Atlanta Falcons, with six interceptions each, recorded the lowest number of interceptions in a season since the NFL enacted the 16-game schedule in 1978. Not since 1997, and just once since 1978, have the Raiders -- a team whose rich history includes legendary ballhawks like Willie Brown, Lester Hayes, Michael Haynes, Vann McElroy, Terry McDaniel and others -- played a season in which they didn't have an individual defender with at least three interceptions.
Punts: Near the top of the to-do list for Philadelphia defensive coordinator Jim Johnson in the offseason is rectifying the Eagles' shoddy performance in third-and-long situations. The Eagles have permitted opponents to convert 26.2 percent of their plays on third-and-10 or longer, the worst such mark in the league. While one Packers staffer (director of player development Turner Gill) has already secured a college coaching job (Buffalo), another could be right behind him. Wide receivers coach James Franklin is being pursued by new Kansas State head coach Ron Prince for the offensive coordinator post. Don't be surprised if James "Bus" Cook, the low-key Hattiesburg, Miss.-based agent who already represents a pair of high-profile quarterbacks in Favre and Steve McNair, is a factor in the Vince Young sweepstakes. Provided, of course, the University of Texas star makes himself available in the 2006 draft. McNair is very close to Young and is said to have told him good things about his agent. Cook has already landed a terrific quarterback prospect for the '06 draft in Jay Cutler. It's expected that the Vanderbilt standout will be the second senior quarterback prospect chosen next April. Under coach Dick Vermeil, the Kansas City Chiefs are just 3-8 in December road games. There is some concern that the high ankle sprain which will sideline Antonio Pierce for Saturday's game against Kansas City could keep the New York Giants' middle linebacker out for the balance of the season. The Green Bay Packers have begun negotiations in hopes of securing a contract extension with defensive left end Aaron Kampman, one of the league's best unheralded players, and a guy often cited in this space. Kampman is eligible to become an unrestricted free agent if he doesn't sign an extension. The Vikings are thrilled with the play of cornerback Brian Williams, who has filled in admirably for the injured Fred Smoot. In five starts, Williams has four interceptions and seven passes defensed. Seattle left guard Steve Hutchinson, arguably the NFL's premier player at his position and a pending unrestricted free agent, has not been flagged for a single penalty in '05. Green Bay wide receiver Javon Walker, who continues to rehabilitate from knee surgery, is said to be close to retaining Kennard McGuire of Houston as his new agent. Yeah, this is more like dog-bites-man stuff, and certainly an annual lament, but the tales being told of indiscretions in recruiting of draft prospects this year are more hair-raising than ever. And that's saying something. The NFL Players Association seems hell-bent on eliminating the role of agents. It'd be more well-served if it policed them better. Before they release him, the Saints are likely to see if there's any trade interest next spring in demoted quarterback Aaron Brooks. They aren't likely to find many takers.
The last word: "Our players aren't really acclimated to the cold weather. Let's be honest, some of them have never seen snow. [Tailback] Carnell Williams has never even seen snowflakes. So it will be a great trip for some of our guys. A highly educational one." -- Tampa Bay coach Jon Gruden on his team's Saturday game in Foxboro, Mass., where the conditions are expected to be less than ideal.
Len Pasquarelli is a senior NFL writer for ESPN.com. To check out Len's chat archive, click here.


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Mile Jedinak believes Crystal Palace's tour to America was just what the doctor ordered ahead of the new Premier League campaign.
The Eagles' skipper, pictured below, had a tough summer of football, playing in Rio as part of the Australia squad that were eliminated in the group stages of the World Cup.
But following a draw with Columbus Crew and wins over Philadelphia Union and Richmond Kickers, Jedinak said the tour was ideal preparation for him with the start of the season just a week and a half away.
He said: "I feel great. I was able to get some minutes there and get some training. It's all about progression for me.
"I feel refreshed and ready to knuckle down and get started on what's sure to be a tough season this year.
"Those games in America were our first real hit-outs in pre-season and the boys were great."
He added: "We got to work with each other on a day-to-day basis, and it's all about team-building so it was great to be around the lads.
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In fact, I consider Jim as a most professional operator in the shark diving world, definitely one of the best world-wide. I also know him as a very passionate sharkman.
What I wanted to transmit in my blog is that I, the old Wolf, need unrestricted diving freedom the way I need air to breathe. That is just my personality, and that is why I have never joined a club or a structured association.
While Scott Smith of the Dolphin Dream lets me freedive with no strings attached, which I consider a very generous attitude, I realize that there are other ways to look at safety issues. "Safety" is a very relative concept, hence interpreting it will always be highly subjective and never "right".
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DETROIT - Madyson Olsen's ninth birthday brought in some great presents, and all of them are going to the dogs.
When her birthday invitations were sent out the St. Clair Shores girl asked her friends to help out man's best friend instead of her.
The gifts are all going to Detroit Dog Rescue (DDR).
"Yeah but I thought it would be better for dogs," said Olsen when asked if she wanted any gifts for herself "Cuz I have a bunch of stuff in my room," she said.
Madyson 's mom is not surprised her daughter is so generous, but she is surprised it's towards dogs.
The newly 9-year-old had some bad luck with a Labrador Retriever.
"I was feeding my dog a carrot for some reason and then she accidently bit my thumb, said Olsen. Since then Madyson has grown very fond of dogs, at least the small ones.
Detroit Dog Rescue cares for 42 dogs that were voluntarily turned in by their owners.
"I can't stress how much our foster base means to us because they really give the animals a chance to get acclimated with their environments," said Kristina Rinaldi from DDR.
All of the 42 dogs will be helped by the selflessness of one girl.
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To thank her for her generosity Rinaldi presented Olsen with her own DDR swag, "so you are now a DDR crew member," she told Olsen .
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