Jay Bolotin (American, born 1949), V. His Increasingly Wild Way, from the portfolio The Book of Only Enoch, 2015, woodcut and relief etching on Arches cover paper, 21 3/4 x 30 inches, Joel and Lila Harnett Print Study Center, University of Richmond Museums, Museum purchase, funds from the Louis S. Booth Arts Fund, H2015.06.06 © Jay Bolotin, photograph by Tony Walsh.
RICHMOND, VA.- Jay Bolotin: The Book of Only Enoch is on view in the Harnett Museum of Art, October 14, 2015, through January 24, 2016. The art of Jay Bolotin (American, born 1949) crosses many disciplines, including visual art, theatre, film, literature, and music, but his true métier is storytelling. The University Museums presented a one-person exhibition Jay Bolotin: The Jackleg Testament Continues two years ago in the Harnett Museum of Art. One gallery of the exhibition was devoted to a work in progress, a preview of The Book of Only Enoch. Included were working proofs from the portfolio, process drawings for the animation, Kharmen, his prologue operatic animation, and the artist drew directly on the walls of the gallery, covering the walls by drawing images and writing lengthy passages of text. The installation was a preamble, and now the series of twenty prints is finished and this exhibition presents the complete portfolio The Book of Only Enoch. This is the latest episode in the artist's ongoing Jackleg Testament, a multi-volume saga that is as all-encompassing for the viewer and reader as for the artist. In his new portfolio, Bolotin draws us into Only Enoch's universe through text and imagery that engulfs our senses and imagination.
Raised on a farm in rural Kentucky, Bolotin's childhood was filled with storytelling and music, both of which influenced his artwork. He studied art at the Rhode Island School of Design and served as an apprentice to sculptor Robert Lamb. In the early 1970s, he pursued his interest in music, working as a songwriter with Kris Kristofferson, Merle Haggard, and Dan Fogleberg.
The personal and narrative quality in Bolotin's work as a musician is paralleled in his visual art. The viewer encounters characters embroiled in psychologically intricate dramas, and these characters appear – and reappear – in multiple pieces, created in a variety of media. This interdisciplinary approach to his art has provided the foundation for Bolotin's multilayered, performance-based works that include plays, operas, films, and a music-theater-dance collaboration.
Organized by the University of Richmond Museums, the exhibition was curated by Richard Waller, Executive Director, University Museums, in collaboration with the artist.
CINCINNATI, OH.- For the fall season, Carl Solway Gallery presents three solo exhibitions of artwork incorporating light, motion, video projection and various forms of technology. Erwin Redl's exhibition, featuring work from 2010-2015, includes an installation composed of digitally controlled LED light sculptures, kinetic sculpture, drawings and prints. Pascal Dufaux builds kinetic sculptures incorporating video cameras, ceramic, metal and glass that he refers to as Alien Forms. Rachel Rampleman's exhibition consists of two experimental projected videos: Busby Berkeley 2.0, from 2014 and Water/Light Study, from 2015 and another looped video on a traditional monitor.
His exhibition at Carl Solway Gallery includes work in various media from the last five years. The light installation, Benchmark, composed of grids of LEDs, continuously changes density and color. Three new light sculptures titled Dial white-red, white-blue, a new edition published by Carl Solway Gallery, are being shown for the first time. The kinetic sculpture, Ascension (line 24), features glass tubes, LEDs and ping pong balls, creating a humorous sound and light event. Redl also produces two-dimensional work and the exhibition includes a suite of drawings and several prints from the series CNC Palimpsest. These prints are made by inking the horizontal bed of the CNC Router machine that the artist uses to fabricate much of his sculpture. Redl treats this machine bed much like a printmaker treats a lithographic stone or etching plate. The resulting prints trace the schematic evidence left behind by the machine's milling path.
Cincinnati viewers were introduced to Redl's work In the Spring of 2015, when he developed the installation Cincinnati Swing for the Contemporary Arts Center. Composed of hundreds of swinging LED lamps, the installation covers the entire "urban carpet" of the Zaha Hadid building, from the lobby up to the sixth floor. His work is internationally exhibited and permanently installed in locations in San Francisco, New York City, West Hollywood, Seattle, St. Louis, Toronto and Istanbul, among others. His installation Matrix VI lit the face of the Whitney Museum of American Art during the Whitney Biennial 2002. Public collections include the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego; Milwaukee Art Museum; and Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
Pascal Dufaux builds what he refers to as "Vision Machines", rotating kinetic sculptures incorporating video cameras and projections. Their roving "eyes" record the world around them in real time and then project the imagery onto the surrounding walls. The exhibition includes Vision Machine #5: Probe, three pieces from the series Vanities and a group of small works titled Alien Forms. Vanities consist of video surveillance cameras enclosed in biomorphic sculptural forms. Glass and crystal chandelier parts hang in front of each camera lens. The point of view of the camera is then displayed on a mini flat screen. Mixed-media, small-scale sculptures comprise the series Alien Forms. They are displayed on a shelving unit, forming a cabinet of curiosities.
Rachel Rampelman primarily works with time-based media and her videos explore subjects as varied as gender, artifice and spectacle. She frequently showcases strong female personalities, such as bodybuilders and women in hair metal tribute bands, who challenge common notions of femininity. From a series of videos titled Burlesques/Showgirl Studies, Busby Berkeley 2.0 transforms and abstracts the bird's-eye views from an example of Busby Berkeley's cinematic choreography. Water/Light Study focuses on the more reflective and contemplative side of her work. Many of her pieces exhibit a hypnotic quality characterized by repetitive motion and symmetrical patterning, such as with Bellmer Burlesque.


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Michigan Hotel Guard Killed By Man Who Tried To Record The ShootingA rowdy visitor at a Grand Rapids-area hotel set up a phone to try to record the fatal shooting of a security guard who was sent to remove him, police said.
Michigan Police Cuff Black Real Estate Agent, Client At HomePolice in west Michigan handcuffed a real estate agent, his client, and that man's 15-year-old son after a neighbor wrongly reported that the three Black people were breaking into a home.
Wyoming Routs Sloppy Central Michigan In Famous Idaho Potato BowlCentral Michigan finishes the season 8-5 following Friday night's bowl game loss to Wyoming.
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2 Boys Facing Charges As Adults In Slaying Of 16-Year-OldPolice haven't disclosed a motive for the killing, but one boy told investigators he stabbed and beat the victim.
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Michigan Pilot Injured Crash-Landing Plane On Wyoming HighwayThe plane landed intact with damage to its nose and wing.
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Home > School of Medicine and Health Sciences > Pathology > Faculty Publications > 908
Pathology Faculty Publications
SMO Expression in Colorectal Cancer: Associations with Clinical, Pathological, and Molecular Features
Tingting Li, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Xiaoyun Liao, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Paul Lochhead, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Teppei Morikawa, The University of Tokyo Hospital
Mai Yamauchi, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Reiko Nishihara, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Kentaro Inamura, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Sun A. Kim, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Kosuke Mima, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Yasutaka Sukawa, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Aya Kuchiba, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Yu Imamura, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Yoshifumi Baba, Kumamoto University
Kaori Shima, Kagoshima University
Jeffrey A. Meyerhardt, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Andrew T. Chan, Massachusetts General Hospital
Charles S. Fuchs, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Shuji Ogino, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Zhi Rong Qian, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
© 2014, Society of Surgical Oncology. Background: Smoothened, frizzled family receptor (SMO) is an important component of the hedgehog signaling pathway, which has been implicated in various human carcinomas. However, clinical, molecular, and prognostic associations of SMO expression in colorectal cancer remain unclear.Methods: Using a database of 735 colon and rectal cancers in the Nurse's Health Study and the Health Professionals Follow-up Study, we examined the relationship of tumor SMO expression (assessed by immunohistochemistry) to prognosis, and to clinical, pathological, and tumor molecular features, including mutations of KRAS,BRAF, and PIK3CA, microsatellite instability, CpG island methylator phenotype (CIMP), LINE-1 methylation, and expression of phosphorylated AKT and CTNNB1.Results: SMO expression was detected in 370 tumors (50 %). In multivariate logistic regression analysis, SMO expression was independently inversely associated with phosphorylated AKT expression [odds ratio (OR) 0.48; 95 % confidence interval (CI) 0.34–0.67] and CTNNB1 nuclear localization (OR 0.48; 95 % CI 0.35–0.67). SMO expression was not significantly associated with colorectal cancer-specific or overall survival. However, in CIMP-high tumors, but not CIMP-low/0 tumors, SMO expression was significantly associated with better colorectal cancer-specific survival (log-rank P = 0.012; multivariate hazard ratio, 0.36; 95 % CI 0.13–0.95; Pinteraction = 0.035, for SMO and CIMP status).Conclusions: Our data reveal novel potential associations between the hedgehog, the WNT/CTNNB1, and the PI3K (phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphonate 3-kinase)/AKT pathways, supporting pivotal roles of SMO and hedgehog signaling in pathway networking. SMO expression in colorectal cancer may interact with tumor CIMP status to affect patient prognosis, although confirmation by future studies is needed.
Li, T., Liao, X., Lochhead, P., Morikawa, T., Yamauchi, M., Nishihara, R., Inamura, K., Kim, S., Mima, K., Sukawa, Y., Kuchiba, A., Imamura, Y., Baba, Y., Shima, K., Meyerhardt, J., Chan, A., Fuchs, C., Ogino, S., & Qian, Z. (2014). SMO Expression in Colorectal Cancer: Associations with Clinical, Pathological, and Molecular Features. Annals of Surgical Oncology, 21 (13). http://dx.doi.org/10.1245/s10434-014-3888-y


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Is Dating In The Dark Treating Us Like Mushrooms?
July 21, 2009 / Alessia	/ Leave a comment
You know the old joke, "I must be a mushroom because people keep me in the dark and feed me BS," right? So when I heard about ABC's Dating In The Dark, I was suspicious. My verdict? The bad news is that the new reality dating show is unremarkable. But then again, the good news is also that it's unremarkable.
As far as dating reality shows go — or any reality TV shows, actually — it's rather refreshing to not watch a show and find yourself becoming pissed off at the exploitation of flesh (Dating In The Dark had the option to take peeps and bare or topless bods, and it didn't take the usual sleazy route), irate at the mythinformation presented by "experts," or screaming in anguish at the cruelty of manipulating people's feelings.
OK, so some of the latter occurs, but that's just part of dating; people put themselves out there and get rejected.
I don't want to pick on people (even if those people have put themselves out there for such attention), but I have to say that Christina had attention-seeking bitch written all over her from the get go & so her decision not to continue to see Seth (who is a charming & attractive guy) because he wasn't GQ cover material wasn't at all surprising. In fact, by the time we got to her moaning in pain & hurt at the self-discovery that she was the kind or person who would dismiss a caring man who would be there for her — one she had a connection with — just because he wasn't what the Greeks chiseled in stone, I was peeved. "Why," I wondered, "would a person put herself on a show about proving appearances don't matter when she so obviously (and callously) did?" Then the answer came to me: Because she's not just a conceited bitch who thinks she's prettier than she is — she's an attention-seeking bitch who wants to pretend she's nice and so puts herself on a reality television show.
But honestly, that's about as typical (and icky) as the show gets for the genre.
There are no freaky-mean twists (like after telling the 6 participants that how they'd paired them off based on pre-show screening compatibility was a joke & tricking them into making then breaking the bonds they were making), no overly suggestive hype — in fact, most of this just proves what most confident & sane people will tell you about dating:
* Chemistry is important; but that's not all about looks
* People have weird ways (both the down-right odd and the charming versions) of evaluating people, some of which are not suitable for happiness
* "Good looks" are in the eye of the beholder — and while we all see the same thing/people, we sure don't "behold" the same way.
* Most people need to be directed towards potential mates because they would otherwise continue to make the same dating mistakes, write-off potential relationships for silly reasons (armpit sweat on a shirt, think a guy is too handsome (intimidating), etc.) — so trust your family & friends to set you up!
* Some people are self-centered & mean; but if you close yourself off to protect yourself from the jerks, you'll also prevent yourself from learning more about yourself and from discovering other nice people.
All basic stuff, yes; but not unhealthy. And lately, I feel like the world, especially reality TV shows and stupid dating experts, spends too much time ignoring the basic good stuff. But still, it was confusing.
And at the rate the hour long show clipped along, I became even more confused…
With 6 contestants/participants (3 female, 3 male) and ready to see each other about 1/2 way through, I wondered how this could be a series. Were we going to keep them in this living arrangement, force them to continue dating, mate & raise children, get divorces, find new loves, all via furtive visits to the dark room?
But no, Dating In The Dark offers 6 new participants each week.
I'm not sure if I will watch more shows or not; but I won't suggest a boycott, nor will I make faces at people who say they do watch the show.
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All members were present. We had a brief discussion about one of the side issues we discussed, High School Start Time based on an article in Kappan magazine.
The Meeting # 2 Summary was accepted and the agenda for today's meeting was accepted without changes.
Laurie, Ben and Stu shared with us their revised questions.
We discussed the questions and Laurie, Ben and Stu felt that they had sufficient feedback and ideas do another revision.
We talked about the pros and cons of surveying parents versus focus groups or public forums.
(We also had a brief discussion of the survey of the high school staff about colleagues they would turn to for help and assistance. The survey responses are finished.
We talked about the current block schedule and the advantages and disadvantages or limitations of the Block Schedule.
We have had difficulty finding and agreeing upon data that might indicate the effectiveness of the Block Schedule over time.We do not have data on what is happening in terms of college attendance and success.We can look at graduation rate, attendance rate and ACT scores over time.We do agree that we have to stay data driven and student outcome/ results-oriented.We talked about assessing what has happened in terms of school climate, tardies and discipline.
New courses that have been instituted and how many are actually taken by students.
We agreed that it might be useful to look at comparisons in terms of minutes of instruction for students, student load for staff and number of courses completed in 4 block, 8 block, 6 period traditional and 7 period traditional formats.
We discussed the possibility of hearing from staff who have experience with both Block and Traditional Schedules.
Matt knows of two students who dropped out while going to high school with the Block Schedule will contact them.
Matt also shared with us the school districts that were included in the original study and he has arranged to interview them.
Future meetings – We planned two meetings for January.


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Fantasia Hosts Pre-Release Listening Party For New Album "Sketchbook"
by Kristen Martin September 18, 2019
by Kristen Martin September 18, 2019 0 comment
On Thursday, September 12, Fantasia hosted a pre-release listening party for her new album, Sketchbook. We heard from Fantasia about compiling this album, and we got a chance to hear a few songs including: "Believer," "Bad Girl," "Free," "Holy Ghost," "Take Off," and "Looking For You."
Fantasia: "Nothing sounds the same. I don't want to be placed in a box. "Holy Ghost" kind of reminds you of a gospel song with a trap beat. "Free" is very political. "Believer" is very sexy! Wait 'til you see the video. "Bad Girl" is very Aretha Franklin, that old school, just standing flat-foot and singing. And "Take Off" is [us] tapping into the pop world. You cannot put me in a box! We've done Broadway, we've done jazz, we do it all."
Fantasia's sixth studio album features collaborations with Meghan Trainor, T-Pain, and her mother, Diane.
Fantasia: "This album is Rock Soul. It is a bop! "PTSD" is totally different from "Enough," so you just wait! Nothing's the same. I got my mama on the album because I have to end it in gospel. I have T-Pain, I have Meghan Trainor. I almost had Brandy and Jazmine, but it will happen. It's the politics. You know, I'm independent. Some people had to stop that whole movement because they didn't want it to happen, but it will happen. Weapons will form but they will not prosper."
As it stands, there are twelve tracks on Sketchbook. The cover art is a literal sketch of Fantasia in a red hat with her name across the front. "This is the one thing I want," she says. "I want you to listen to the music. I want you to vibe with the music. I don't want you to speak during the music because you can't hear the music! Please? For me! We'll mingle after but I want you to listen, for me!"
In addition to Fantasia's images illuminating the room, there was a live sketch demonstration by Drawn Together NYC where attendees could get a personal sketch of their own. With light bites and drinks being served, Fantasia shared her independence with this album and Rock Soul, Inc.
Fantasia: "I'm independent now and that means that nobody can come in and tell me what I can and cannot do. A lot of times I feel like people try to put me in a box! I'm a big, big gift! Nobody knew what to do with me. I worked with some great people, but I don't just only do R&B! I do it all. So with this album we bring you Rock Soul! We bring you a bop. I'm no longer sad, I'm not bitter, but I am sweet. Now, I bring you a woman who has grown in the industry and has been through a lot of things and I did not let it take me down but only put me in this position where now I am the boss lady! Still humble. I believe in being humble as well and showing people love and understanding that I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for all of you guys. At the end of the day, my skin is very tough now. I've been through a lot of stuff. Thank God for Celie [from The Color Purple on Broadway] because she taught me some things too, honey. Thank God for everything that I went through. Most of the stuff I can't blame on God or the devil, it was me. It was, real talk! I put myself in those situations, so I had to learn from them. And now the woman that stands before you tonight is stronger than ever! People can say what they want, it does not break me, nor does it make me."
In early May, the first single, "Enough,"was released, peaking on the Billboard charts. "I feel like everybody knows that I can sang—hands down—but I felt like with this album I don't have to prove that anymore," says the Grammy winner. With a scheduled release date of October 11, fans will be able to share in Fantasia's independence on this new album, Sketchbook.
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Inside the bitter betrayal that still fuels the Patriots-Jets rivalry
Bill Parcells and Nunyo Demasio
Excerpted from PARCELLS: A FOOTBALL LIFE Copyright © 2014 by Bill Parcells and Nunyo Demasio. To be published by Crown Archetype, an imprint of Random House LLC, on October 28. Available wherever books are sold and at Amazon.
On the afternoon of Monday, Jan. 3, 2000, Bill Parcells announced his resignation from the Jets to the public, becoming the first head coach in franchise history to step down with a winning record: 30–20. He informed reporters that his defensive coordinator, Bill Belichick (whose contract from three years earlier ensured that he would take over whenever Parcells decided to leave), was empowered to make all football decisions, while Parcells himself would stay on as a confidant and consultant. And although the contract language lacked preciseness regarding ultimate authority, Parcells, still technically director of football operations at a $2.4 million salary, vowed not to overshadow Belichick. Big Bill insisted that the Patriots' interest in hiring Little Bill -- they had sent a fax requesting permission to interview him -- was no factor in the development, although it certainly seemed to accelerate matters.
Meanwhile, Belichick appeared to embrace his new duties, scheduling his first "family meeting" with director of player contracts Mike Tannenbaum and discussing preparations for free agency with director of pro personnel Scott Pioli. Late that afternoon, president Steve Gutman and Parcells sat in on Belichick's meeting with the head trainer to discuss injured players.
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A couple of hours later, at roughly 6 p.m., Parcells was in the coaches' locker room when Belichick walked in and asked Big Bill to revisit New England's interview request. Startled by the query, Parcells reminded Belichick of his apparent eagerness only a day earlier to finally take over. Belichick countered that uncertainty about the Jets' changing ownership -- the estate of longtime owner Leon Hess, who had died the previous spring, was weighing competing bids from Johnson & Johnson heir Woody Johnson and Cablevision founder Charles Dolan -- was giving him second thoughts. The remarks angered Parcells, who warned Belichick that the club wouldn't allow him to interview with the Patriots or any other team.
Having spent 14 of his 19 NFL seasons under Big Bill, Little Bill believed that given the circumstances, his mentor owed him the opportunity to look into New England's attractive job opening. Belichick was apparently drawn to the possibility of being a GM and head coach under a familiar owner like Robert Kraft, as opposed to working for a neophyte owner like Johnson or Dolan with Parcells hovering in an unclear position of authority. Parcells reminded Belichick about his contract, noting that Hess had paid the heir apparent a king's ransom during the previous offseason. Parcells ended the conversation by stressing that if Belichick bailed out of his contract, the organization intended to seek compensation.
Parcells recalls, "He made a deal and then tried to get out of it. A deal's a deal. You want out? You're going to pay. Simple."
Despite the testy exchange, Parcells assumed that his lieutenant had been merely exploring his options. But Belichick's behavior changed dramatically the next morning, several hours before a 2:30 p.m. press conference that had been scheduled to introduce him as the Jets' new coach. Belichick appeared nervous and agitated while interacting with colleagues, which was odd for an ex–head coach groomed to guide the Jets. In Tuesday's staff meeting Belichick couldn't keep his hands from shaking. He ended the caucus early, telling his coaches that he would get back to them to reschedule.
Parcells taped his weekly TV show with Phil Simms and returned to his office in Hempstead, N.Y., at roughly 2:15 p.m. About five minutes later Belichick swung by to deliver a bombshell: The new head coach intended to use his introductory press conference to announce his resignation.
Parcells was surprised though not quite shocked, given Belichick's recent behavior. Still, the Jets' chief seethed, and he reiterated that the club would bar Belichick from interviewing elsewhere, placing him in coaching limbo.
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Minutes before his press conference, Belichick passed by the offices of several colleagues to give them a heads-up. He spotted Gutman standing by his doorway after the team president had caught wind of the shocker. Belichick handed Gutman a loose-leaf sheet of paper containing three handwritten sentences. The first line read, "Due to the various uncertainties surrounding my position as it relates to the team's new ownership, I have decided to resign as the HC of the NYJ." Stunned and angry, Gutman followed Belichick to the auditorium to hear more details of the surreal switcheroo. Parcells remained in his corner office down the hall, already working on a short list of candidates to replace Belichick.
Wearing a dark-gray suit, light-blue shirt and navy patterned tie, Belichick took the podium. The 47-year-old removed several sheets of paper from the left inside pocket of his jacket. Reading a script that included the first line from his resignation letter, Belichick astonished a full house of journalists and TV cameramen. His statement ran for 25 minutes in a voice that occasionally cracked. He often gestured with his hands as sweat glistened on his brow.
Belichick said, "The agreement that I made was with Mr. Hess, Bill Parcells and Mr. Gutman, and that situation has changed dramatically. And it's going to change even further." He noted that the franchise had been expected to find a new owner by Dec. 15, 1999. "There are a lot of unanswered questions here," he told reporters. "I have been concerned about it since Leon Hess died."
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Belichick also revealed a detail from his private conversation with Parcells the previous day: "[Parcells] told me, 'If you feel that undecided, maybe you shouldn't take this job.' I took Bill's words to heart -- thought about it last night." Belichick evaded questions about his coaching future while expressing contentment about the opportunity to spend more time with his wife, Debby, and their three children. Nonetheless, he conceded that he had hired a noted sports-labor attorney, Jeffrey Kessler, to extricate him from his contract.
After Belichick departed the auditorium, Gutman took the podium. The team president tried to make sense of the organization's losing two head coaches within 24 hours, a period that included perhaps the strangest resignation in sports history. Referring to Belichick, Gutman said, "We should have some feelings of sorrow and regret for him and his family. He's obviously in some inner turmoil."
The partnership between Belichick and Parcells had held together well during their sole season under Kraft, with the Patriots in 1996, but the relationship had regressed during three seasons with the Jets. Despite Belichick's substantial growth in the NFL under Parcells and a guaranteed position as head coach, he ached to prove himself without his primary mentor and occasional tormentor. As Gang Green overcame a disastrous start in '99 -- they lost six of their first seven games and finished 21st in yards allowed -- Parcells' words had been as harsh as ever.
Further complicating their partnership, the Jets' organization contained a so-called Cleveland mafia: employees who had worked under Belichick when he coached the Browns from 1991 through '95. The group, which included Parcells' son-in-law, Scott Pioli, seemed more loyal to the heir apparent than to the incumbent chief. After Hess' death, members of the coterie quietly realigned themselves with Belichick. Offensive coordinator Charlie Weis, who was not part of the Cleveland crowd, also started getting closer to his future boss. The dynamic created tension between the ex-Browns contingent and coaches who had deep ties to Parcells, like quarterbacks coach Dan Henning. So Belichick's resignation upended the organization well beyond the head coaching position.
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A few hours after his announcement, Belichick filed a grievance with the league office seeking freedom to interview with other teams. The Jets countered by sending the NFL copies of his contract. The next day commissioner Paul Tagliabue faxed every club that until a final ruling was made, Belichick remained unavailable for employment consideration without the Jets' consent. The back-page headline of the New York Post mocked, Belichicken: Jets Better off without Quitter. Another headline punned, Belichick Arnold. Belichick recalls, "I knew I did the right thing, and I didn't know where my career was going."
The Jets couldn't postpone the Senior Bowl or NFL free agency because of their internal dysfunction, so on Tuesday, Parcells conducted an emergency staff meeting, outlining steps the organization would be taking in the coming weeks. While showing zero desire to reclaim head coaching duties, Parcells withheld his thoughts about a replacement. When the meeting ended, Weis lingered to seize a private moment. Making sure no colleagues lurked within earshot, Weis implored Parcells to pick him as the new head coach.
"I can do this job. I'm your guy."
Parcells, though, was already targeting a colleague he had valued since the late 1960s and with whom he had worked for at two colleges and three NFL teams. By lobbying zealously, Weis was jeopardizing his spot on any new coach's future staff, so Parcells firmly rebuffed the offensive coordinator he had elevated from wideouts coach in '97, cutting the conversation short.
On Jan. 11, Robert Wood Johnson IV won the right to purchase the Jets for $635 million, the third-highest price ever paid for a professional sports team. The new owner's football jones stretched back several decades. While attending the University of Arizona, Johnson copublished Touchdown, a guide for Monday Night Football, which dissolved after three issues. During his late 20s, he had coveted the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as an expansion team. Hours after winning the Jets' bidding war, Johnson telephoned Parcells to introduce himself.
Taking the call with Tannenbaum in the room, Parcells remarked, "Congratulations. Being in pro football is not for the well-adjusted."
Johnson replied, "That's good, because I'm not well-adjusted."
Parcells shared Johnson's riposte with Tannenbaum. At least their new owner had a good sense of humor. Or was he being serious?
Johnson and his football chief soon met for a brief discussion about Belichick. The owner agreed with Parcells that the Jets shouldn't free Belichick without obtaining at least a first-round pick in return. Their follow-up meeting was wide-ranging, with Johnson sharing his vision for the franchise. He implored Parcells to return to the sideline, but the director of football operations declined. Johnson expressed an inclination to conduct a leaguewide search for a top candidate, but Parcells insisted on continuity for a team only one season removed from an AFC Championship Game appearance. Parcells suggested promoting linebackers coach Al Groh, a talented disciplinarian with strong ties to Parcells. The hard-nosed assistant's only experience as a head coach had come at Wake Forest from 1981 to '86, and based on his 26–40 record at the ACC school, Groh seemed like an improbable choice for an NFL job. Nonetheless, Johnson deferred to the franchise's mastermind.
Belichick's grievance hearing came on Thursday, Jan. 13, at the Times Square headquarters of Skadden, Arps, the NFL's counsel. Weis and Parcells were required to appear in the 38th-floor office after Kessler, Belichick's attorney, named them as witnesses along with his client. With Tagliabue present for the 9:45 a.m. start, the opposing groups sat across from each other at a conference table. Each side made 15-minute opening statements. Then Kessler called Parcells as the first witness for a Q and A that lasted 45 minutes.
Weis was next, and his testimony jolted Parcells even more than Belichick's resignation. During four minutes of questioning, Weis supported Kessler's main argument that Parcells had no intention of ceding true authority to Belichick. The offensive coordinator claimed he had overheard Parcells telling Gutman that Belichick wouldn't quite gain the power he was contractually due. Parcells had known that Weis would testify but never imagined him speaking so forcefully on Belichick's behalf. Henning recalls the situation: "Bill [Parcells] decides to go with Al; Belichick can't coach for a year. Charlie [Weis] realizes that he has nothing. So that's when he goes and thinks that he can get Belichick out of trouble by putting Bill [Parcells] in trouble."
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Weis' NFL coaching career began in 1990, when Parcells hired the New Jersey high school coach to an entry-level position with the Giants. Impressed by Weis' offensive acuity over the years, Parcells had promoted him multiple times with the Patriots and the Jets. Parcells could only conclude that now Weis was ingratiating himself with Belichick, hoping for a position in New England.
The grievance hearing ended after seven hours, and a ruling was expected within a week. Weis returned to his office the next day; incensed, Parcells immediately banned his offensive coordinator from the premises: "Charlie, you need to get your s--- and leave the building." Watched closely by Jets employees, Weis took a few minutes to gather some items before scuttling out of the building. Moments after he exited, the team packed up the rest of his belongings and shipped them to his home.
Parcells says, "I've told many coaches that friendship and loyalty is going to be more important than ambition. Some guys don't realize that until after they're done. I don't bear any animosity toward Charlie. I can say that with a straight face because I know what he is. When somebody shows me what he is, I usually believe it. His actions back then don't bother me anymore."
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On Jan. 21, Tagliabue ruled for the Jets: Belichick had breached his contract by quitting. The league prohibited him from coaching in 2000 without the Jets' consent or compensation. Tagliabue's explanation echoed a ruling he issued in 1997 when Parcells wanted to bolt New England while still under contract.
Three days later the Jets named Groh their new head coach, with a four-year contract averaging $800,000. The 55-year-old promoted Henning to offensive coordinator and hired Mike Nolan (who would become the 49ers' head coach in 2005) as defensive coordinator. Other notable additions included tight ends coach Ken Whisenhunt (now the Titans' top man) and secondary coach Todd Bowles (coordinator of the Cardinals' defense, No. 3 against the rush in 2014). On the day of Groh's official elevation, Belichick made a last-gasp attempt to overcome Tagliabue's ruling by filing an antitrust lawsuit in federal court against the Jets and the NFL.
On Tuesday, Jan. 25, a federal judge denied Belichick's request for a temporary restraining order, ruling that his Jets contract was valid. Accepting the futility of his situation, Belichick withdrew his antitrust lawsuit. The development gave the Jets the clear upper hand in any potential negotiations with teams interested in Belichick and prompted Parcells to consult Woody Johnson about brokering a deal with Kraft and the Patriots for Belichick's services.
Parcells found the notion distasteful given his acrimonious divorce from Kraft; the two hadn't spoken since the week following the 1997 Super Bowl. Nonetheless, Parcells knew a deal would benefit both sides. Furthermore, talks would signal a truce in what Parcells termed the "border war" between New England and New York.
So that day Parcells telephoned Kraft's office. When the owner picked up, Parcells said, "Hello, Bob -- this is Darth Vader."
Kraft laughed, easing some of the tension.
After initially hesitating, Robert Kraft (left) agreed to send the Jets a first-round pick for Bill Belichick.
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When his nemesis broached the possibility of a resolution involving Belichick, the Patriots' owner was immediately receptive. Before going further, however, Parcells expressed regret for some of his actions in New England. Kraft responded by conceding that his inexperience as an NFL owner had exacerbated the situation.
Getting down to business, Parcells informed Kraft that the Jets would allow Belichick to coach New England in exchange for draft-pick compensation. Kraft offered a third-round pick in 2000 and a fourth-rounder in '01. Parcells quickly countered that a deal required at least a first-round selection in 2000. The conversation ended after 40 minutes, with plans for further talks in the morning.
In their next session Kraft increased his offer to a second-round pick in 2000 and a third-rounder in '01, but Parcells insisted on a first-round selection. The two men hung up politely without a deal. Later that afternoon Kraft interviewed Jaguars defensive coordinator Dom Capers for more than four hours; Parcells expected New England to hire him as their new head coach, leaving Belichick in limbo and the Jets without compensation for his departure. But as Parcells headed to bed around 11 p.m., Kraft surprised him with a phone call.
"I'm going to make a decision here that I don't want to make," Kraft said, "because I want this guy as my head coach."
Parcells replied, "We can work this out. Let's do it."
Kraft agreed to relinquish New England's upcoming first-round pick if the teams exchanged lower-round selections in future years. Sealing the deal, the Jets' chief made an unusual suggestion: that a two-day window be placed on Belichick's Patriots contract negotiations to prevent him from holding either organization hostage. Kraft loved the idea.
Belichick was flabbergasted when Parcells called him at 7 a.m. to reveal the agreement he'd reached with Kraft, contingent on Belichick's signing a contract with the Patriots in less than 48 hours. Parcells also granted Belichick permission to hire two key Jets staffers with whom he shared links to the Browns: Pioli and defensive assistant Eric Mangini. After all but firing Weis, Parcells gladly allowed the banished coach to join Belichick, too.
Around 10 a.m., Kraft called Belichick to confirm the arrangement and start work on a contract. After hanging up, Belichick telephoned Mangini and Pioli about heading to New England. Within a few hours Belichick drove the two men to Foxboro Stadium, where he reached a handshake agreement with Kraft.
At 6 p.m. that day, the Patriots introduced Bill Belichick as their head coach, with more power over personnel decisions than Kraft, as a neophyte owner, had permitted Parcells. Belichick took the opportunity to reiterate that he had quit the Jets mainly because of the franchise's unsettled ownership situation at the time and Parcells' unclear role. Addressing the issue of escaping his mentor's shadow, Belichick noted that Parcells had also left a vast one in New England.
Parcells says of Belichick (with whom he later rekindled his relationship, after six years of silence), "At the end of the day, he didn't want to be the Jets' head coach. Then he expected me as the general manager to just say, 'OK, I'll get somebody else.' Well, eventually I did that. But I got compensation. I didn't begrudge Bill getting another job somewhere else. In fact, I'm probably the one that got it for him."
Reprinted from PARCELLS: A FOOTBALL LIFE Copyright © 2014 by Bill Parcells and Nunyo Demasio. To be published by Crown Archetype, an imprint of Random House LLC, on October 28.
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At least 21 dead in vehicles trapped by Pakistan snowstorm
By Jamie M. Luke on	 January 8, 2022 Pakistan minister
Published on: 01.08.2022 – 11:32 Amended: 08/01/2022 – 11:30
Islamabad (AFP) – At least 21 people have died in a massive traffic jam caused by tens of thousands of visitors thronging a Pakistani town on a hill to see unusually heavy snowfall, authorities said on Saturday.
Police reported that at least six people froze to death in their car, while it was not immediately clear whether others died of asphyxiation after inhaling fumes from the snowdrift.
Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid said the army had mobilized to clear the roads and rescue thousands of people still trapped near Murree, about 70 kilometers (45 miles) northeast of the country. capital, Islamabad.
A video shared on social media showed cars packed bumper-to-bumper, with three-foot-tall (three-foot) piles of snow on their roofs.
"People are facing a terrible situation," Usman Abbasi, a tourist trapped in the city where heavy snow was still falling, told AFP by telephone.
For days, Pakistani social media is replete with photos and videos of people playing in the snow around Murree, a picturesque seaside resort built by the British in the 19th century as a sanatorium for its colonial troops.
The office of the chief minister of Punjab province said Murree had been declared a "disaster area" and urged people to stay away.
Prime Minister Imran Khan said he was shocked and upset by the tragedy.
"Unprecedented snowfall and a rush of ppl proceeding without checking the weather conditions caught the district administrator off guard," he tweeted.
"Ordered an investigation and put in place strict regulations to ensure the prevention of such tragedies."
Authorities warned last weekend that too many vehicles were trying to enter Murree, but that failed to deter hordes of day-trippers from the capital.
"It is not only the tourists, but the local population are also facing serious problems," tourist Abbasi told AFP.
"Gas cylinders are depleted and potable water is not available in most areas – it is frozen or the water pipes have been damaged due to severe cold."
He said hotels in the city were running low on food and mobile phone services were spotty.
The town of about 30,000 people clings to the sides of steep hills and valleys and is served by narrow roads that are frequently blocked even in good weather.
Sheikh Rashid said residents had sheltered people trapped in the city and provided blankets and food for those they could reach on the outskirts.
Authorities said schools and government buildings welcomed those who could get to the city from blocked roads.
Helicopters were also on standby when the weather cleared.
Rescue 1122, the Pakistani emergency service, has released a list of 21 people who have been confirmed dead.
It included a policeman, his wife and their six children.
Hasaan Khawar, a spokesperson for the Punjab government, said they were frozen to death in a car bomb.
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This Red Dead Online player is keeping his own, Arthur-style journal
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By Cass Marshall Mar 7, 2019, 5:16pm EST
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Anyone who's spent time in the world of Red Dead Redemption 2 is very familiar with Arthur's journal, where he keeps his thoughts and beautiful animal drawings. Red Dead Online doesn't have this functionality, which is mostly good, because if it did, my character would be carrying around a binder that lovingly detailed all the times that she hog-tied people, put them on her horse, and carried them to St. Denis to be eaten by crocodiles. One Red Dead Online fan, however, has taken it into his own hands to create a custom journal for his character's adventures.
The journal truly depicts the wild west of Red Dead Online, with the first entry reading: "So today, I got shot in the face while picking herbs ... I lost my hat but somehow I survived. I spent 2 hours hunting down xXpussyslayer14Xx."
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"I've been playing since the first week [Red Dead Online] launched," explained ps4noob92. "I like to keep to myself online but I'll gladly accept all friend requests I get."
Another entry, centered around fishing, reads, "I love fishing. Nothing calms me like the sound of water, and being one with nature. it's therapy. Now imagine my surprise when I found out I was the one being fished."
The world of Red Dead Online isn't as full as the single-player campaign; it's a game mode still in beta, with more content to come. Therefore, the bulk of interactions players have are with their horse and with other players. It's these interactions that ps4noob92 chronicles, providing a stark — but hilarious — alternative to Arthur Morgan's thoughtful musings.
While Arthur Morgan is the main inspiration for the journal, ps4noob92 explained that the Red Dead Online subreddit is filled with field reports and background stories by other users that ignited his imagination. "I like that we get a chance to make our own characters and their own stories," he told me via Reddit chat.
"I was absolutely blown away by how well received my first journal post was. I never imagined I'd get such a positive feedback. Those comments made my week, truly. And the feedback was what made this into something more. I only planned on that one post, but I quickly realised I needed to make more."
While the most recent patch started a community controversy, ps4noob notes that he's not too worried about it. "I agree with some of the negative feedback but also some of the positive feedback. I'm patient though, so I'll just hang back and see how it all turns out."
In Red Dead Online, some of the smallest additions can be the biggest quality of life improvements. He notes that he did get a new favorite hat out of the patch. Sometimes, it's the little things that matter.
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Riaan Naude: Wildlife Hunter Killed in 'Execution-Style' Murder in South Africa
The trophy hunter was an owner of Pro Hunt Africa company that encouraged hunting wild animals.
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A wildlife hunter who enjoyed killing elephants and lions, was shot dead 'execution-style' in Limpopo, South Africa.
As per police spokesperson Lt.col. Mamphaswa Seabi, 55-year-old trophy hunter Riaan Naude's body was found next to his truck by police officials with blood all over his head and face.
The Heritage Protection Group (HPG), a non-profit crime-fighting organization stated that the hunter stopped his car on Marken Road, Limpopo, after the vehicle overheated. He was approached by two men driving a white Nissan pickup truck and one of them shot Naude at a very close range.
When they killed him, they stole one of his guns and fled the scene. The gunshot was heard by a cattle herder who saw the truck speeding away, HPG reported.
The investigation is underway to find the attackers as well as to determine the motive behind the attack.
Owner of Pro Hunt Africa company, located in northernmost South Africa, Naude openly encouraged hunting wild animals and has killed several endangered species across Africa.
According to The Mirror, the hunter is notoriously known for posting pictures of himself posing next to those dead animals like lions, giraffes and elephants along with zebras and rhinos.
When the news reached social media, users celebrated the death of the hunter who was heavily criticized by several Animal Rights organizations for the merciless killing of innocent wildlife.
"Well they do say karma comes to them who wait", one Twitter user said.
"Hunter hunted. There is party in animal heaven. I'm not happy, but animals should not be anyone's trophy; they should live and survive in their habitat naturally," another reacted.
"No more abusing defenceless animals," a user commented.
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Clark's tennis team has been eyeing a rematch with Palo Verde all season.
The Chargers are getting it on Friday in the Class 4A state championship.
Clark rolled to a 14-4 victory over Reno in the state semifinals at Bishop Mangoue on Thursday to set up a rematch with the two-time defending state champion Panthers, who beat Coronado 11-7 in the other semifinal.
Palo Verde beat Clark 10-9 via tiebreaker in the state championship last season and 13-5 in the Southern Nevada title match on Oct. 6.
Clark didn't have its full lineup for the Southern Nevada title match but was at full strength against Reno.
Rahul Gupte and Artem Iermolov each went 3-0 in singles and Max Boels went 2-1. Simran Shah and Mark Bernales went 3-0 in doubles; Shanil Jayaweera and Mathew Spagnolo were 2-1.
For Palo Verde, Jack Kostrinksy, Axel Botticelli and Michael Andre each went 3-0 in singles against the Cougars. The doubles team of Denim Richardson and Tyler Juhasz went 2-1.
Jonah Blake and Aiden Benoualid were 3-0 in doubles for Coronado.
Make that 31 straight victories for Coronado's girls tennis team.
The defending state champion Cougars ousted Faith Lutheran 10-5 in the Class 4A state semifinals to position themselves for a second consecutive championship.
They'll meet Palo Verde, which cruised to an 11-7 win over Reno.
Maddie Smith was 3-0 in singles for Coronado against the Crusaders. Blythe Buntrock and Kennedy Buntrock each went 2-1 in singles; Ava Nhaisi and Sidra Wohlwend went 2-0 in doubles.
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Every week, contributors to this blog delve into the issues and promises of Deeper Learning, in the hopes of spreading this movement to more students, teachers, and schools around the country. We share a common goal--to promote learning environments that are engaging and that help students transform from being passive recipients to being active seekers of information and knowledge.
How do we know when we are successful? School-based results, college acceptance and persistence rates, district trends--these all tell an important part of the story. But at Envision Education, we've noticed that nothing conveys the power of Deeper Learning quite like students themselves. Nothing is as compelling as the voice of a student, describing what is important to her or how her school is helping her grow.
I was reminded of this recently when our Oakland school, Envision Academy, hosted some visitors and facilitated a conversation between them and a few of our students. One student, in response to a question about the purpose of learning a particular subject, told the adults in the room: "The goal is deep understanding, not just getting through the content and going on to the next unit."
How is your school, Envision Academy, preparing you for "deep understanding"?
Here, our class set up is different. It's all about how our school and teachers address individual needs. Our teachers make sure everyone understands and they don't leave anyone behind. We don't use textbooks, so our teachers do different things to connect what we're learning to things we are interested in.
For example, I don't really like writing that much: I'm a good writer, but I don't really enjoy it and I'm not that into doing it just to do it. But when I can connect it to other things I'm interested in, then I want to learn more. In English class, we went from learning about how to structure an essay to recognizing writing techniques in other people's writing. So when we read other things, like laws or amendments or the Constitution, and I see a certain technique being used, I know what that is because I just learned how to do it. It's about bringing in raw materials, not just using textbooks, and it keeps students involved. I might not be all that interested in writing, but I'm really interested in social justice and public policy and laws, so if I can connect those two things, then I'm interested and want to know more.
Here, I have an education that is relevant to me. This school is in the heart of Oakland, we have students coming from all over, and we are growing up in urban communities. So our teachers use that to relate to us. Our teachers connect school to things we see every day and can understand. In Oakland, right down the street, they're painting a mural, so our teachers thought: "Let's use that." And we ended up thinking about how we would we use quadratic formulas to measure things in the mural. We also got to go on a gallery tour to see all the murals in the area.
[This kind of learning] helps us connect what we're learning in class to what is going on around us and in the world. I think that's beneficial because it means we learning this stuff not just to pass a test but to help us grow and be human.
You are a first-generation college-bound student. What motivates you, and how does your school help you think about the future?
Being a first-generation college-bound student is a lot of pressure. I've seen what I don't want to be. I've seen people struggling financially and having to depend on others. That's what motivates me: not the struggles I'll go through to get through college, but the struggles I do not want to go through, that I don't want my kids to have to go through.
I just tell myself: You are not the only person to ever go through hard things. If all of these people have gone through it, it's not impossible. I also know I can call any of my teachers and say "I'm a little stressed out and need some help." That's one of the things that pushes me through. And I feel like, just having motivation and being able to understand yourself is important.
It's a lot like understanding that you can't just turn in an assignment right when you're done. Like with an essay, you have to get it peer reviewed, and get help, and revise. These are skills you have to learn early in school, to just keep trying and keep going.
How has your school helped you think about improving in school?
Learning how to reflect is implanted in us here. Anytime we do large projects or artifacts, right after, we do a reflection that's all about: "What did I do? What could I have done? What are my strengths and my weaknesses? How can I get my weaknesses to strengths?" That's really beneficial. My philosophy is that everybody has room to grow: everybody. And one way you have to grow is to identify what you did wrong in the first place. I noticed this during my Workplace Learning Experience internship--I felt that my presentation wasn't as strong as it could have been. I felt that way because I know how it is to be a presenter, from my drama class and from my 10th grade Benchmark Portfolio presentation. So I knew: My voice was shaky, I lost my pacing, I was going too fast. But I could look at that and know how to do better next time: to practice, and breathe, and tell myself: "You're going to be OK."
What have you learned about leadership?
Leadership-wise I've grown a lot. I learned that to be a leader, you not only have to lead but you also have to learn how to follow. It's about making space for other people to be part of projects and making other students feel welcome to share their opinions and ideas.
Another one of my growth areas: I like my props and being recognized for work that is good and for being right in my classes. But now I also know that if the community is growing and if we are all learning, that's all that matters. It's not always about one student being right, it's about how a class is benefitting everybody. Once, I was supporting one of my friends by teaching her a math concept. And then she was able to do it on her own. She told me she had never understood it until I explained it to her. I told the teacher: "She has it, call on her instead of me." It made me realize I really knew the material--if I can teach it, then I have conquered it, and my friend was also able to know it.
Tell us about a project you're doing.
I did my Workplace Learning Experience at Girls Inc. I helped go over their curriculum for girls' internships. I helped them add things that would be beneficial to me if I were going through it and made suggestions of things that they didn't need in it too. I also talked with my WLE mentor about things I like to do and get involved in, and as part of that I did some research on Representative Barbara Lee and wrote her a letter. It was a request for her to come to our school to speak to us and educate us and show us that just because we are kids of color does not mean we do not have power. I haven't sent it yet--I've showed it to teachers and my principal, and I hope to send it soon.
We are so inspired by Michala, and by students across the country who are showing adults just how powerful a deeper learning education can be. Students' stories and voices are critical elements of this movement: as all good educators know, schools improve when adults listen to what students have to say. So we want to know: where else are these voices being raised? Please share in the comments any resources you have--programs, articles, blog posts, newsletters--that feature students' voices and perspectives. Let's do what we can to amplify the voices of young people.