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Mark Boguski, founding director of the Allen Institute for Brain Science (AIBS) in Seattle, explains that Paul Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft and multibillionaire, "is a technologist and visionary who has always been interested in science and its applications." And much more besides: Through his investment company Vulcan Inc. and numerous foundations, Allen's resume includes producer of PBS' "The Blues" series, DreamWorks SKG stakeholder, and owner of the Seattle Seahawks. AIBS co-founder Jody Patton is Allen's sister and president/CEO of Vulcan.
During the past few years, according to Boguski, Allen has grown increasingly fascinated with the Human Genome Project and brain research. In the summer of 2001, he convened a brainstorming session with a dozen experts, including Boguski, to explore the possibility of combining the two fields. Two principle ideas emerged: One was to found a research institute to draw connections "from molecules to mind," Boguski says, "including cell biology, neurobiology, psychology, and everything in between."
Boguski says the institute will boast "a hybrid culture of a Big Biology project with genome center efficiency, but in parallel to that will be more traditional research programs. The findings from the Brain Atlas will seed a variety of programs." The staff will grow to about 75 people in two to three years, with the institute's research agenda guided by a stellar advisory board chaired by Marc Tessier-Lavigne, Stanford neurobiologist and co-founder of Renovis, a biotech devoted to neurological disorders.Decade of the Brain II
While the 1990s were officially the "Decade of the Brain," Boguski spent that period at the National Center for Biotechnology Information helping establish the field of bioinformatics, playing a key role in creating the computational infrastructure that underpinned the final genome sequence. He moved to Seattle in 2000, joining Rosetta Inpharmatics, only to leave shortly after the company was acquired by Merck in 2001. Most recently, he was a visiting investigator at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, building its bioinformatics and genomics programs.
"The Human Genome Project produced linear information," Boguski says. "This is a 3-D project. What do you do after the genome project? What system [other than the brain] could be more challenging?" A primary goal is to use gene-expression patterns to define the geographic boundaries of the brain, an area so rife with disagreement among neuroanatomists that Boguski likens it to comparing maps of Europe before and after World War I. "In the brain, anatomy is everything," he says.
But the challenge is enormous: The brain contains 1 trillion neurons, each cell typically making 1,000 synaptic connections with its neighbors. To manage the task, the AIBS will rely heavily on existing technologies, albeit expanded and resourced to a scale not seen before. This is important, Boguski says, because "you can't rely on completely novel technologies and still get the project done in a few years. Our strategy was to identify best-of-breed technologies applied to this problem, and collect them under one roof, with some outside collaborations."
Although scientists have mapped maybe a few hundred genes in the brain, that is merely 1 percent of the estimated 20,000 genes expressed in the brain. The Brain Atlas aims to produce a comprehensive, quantitative, 3-D map of those genes — achieving cellular resolution with 3-D anatomic fidelity.
"One of the important attributes for the success of this project is use of off-the-shelf technology, but deployed on a large scale," Boguski says. The primary technology will be high-throughput in situ hybridization (HITISH), developed by Swiss biochemist Gregor Eichele, professor at the Baylor College of Medicine. Eichele is helping to set up a production system at the institute based on his GenePaint technology — commercially available from Tecan Group — which removes much of the tedious manual preparation required for in situ hybridization. The first results from this approach — a gene-expression atlas of mouse counterparts to 160 human genes in developing mouse embryos — were published last year (Reymond et al. Nature 420, 582-586; 2002).
Generating expression data is one thing, but storing and extrapolating them into three dimensions is quite another. "We could be approaching 100 terabytes of data per year ... and the total data could hit petabyte range." Boguski is holding active discussions with "certain IT companies about collaborations and potential sponsorship," though he is not ready to name names.
The AIBS could have been developed as a commercial biotech venture, but "Allen wanted this to be a philanthropic endeavor. He wants to have as broad an impact as possible." Allen also seems intent to play a keen role in the institute's growth, and has been known to ask his institute director questions such as, "What is the role of alternative splicing in neurodevelopment?"
With the two dominant biological scientific disciplines of the 1990s — neuroscience and genomics — set to converge as never before, Allen is truly blazing a trail.
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Eugene Harper, 46, of Odd Street, was arrested Tuesday night and charged with entering auto after he stole tools from two trucks parked at The Varsity on West Broad Street, Athens-Clarke police said.
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A burglar broke into a home on Firewood Street between June 10 and Monday and stole copper pipes valued at $3,000, Athens-Clarke police said.
A man walking to his Atlanta Avenue home from downtown Athens early Wednesday was assaulted by a would-be robber, according to an Athens-Clarke County police report.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy grew at an annual rate of 1.8 percent in the first three months of the year, significantly slower than first thought. The steep revision occurred mostly because consumers spent less than previously estimated, a sign that higher taxes could be dampening growth.
Atlanta restaurateur Steve Simon has run the numbers on health care reform. He needed the information to weigh his options.
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ATLANTA — Police in Atlanta say they're investigating another jewelry store robbery that involved suspects using hammers to smash through display cases.
ATLANTA — Two men were sentenced to 10 years in federal prison Wednesday for their involvement in a hate crime against a gay man in southwest Atlanta.
The following events are taking place on Thursday, June 27, 2013:
ATTLEBORO, Mass. — New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez was arrested Wednesday and charged with murder in the shooting death of a friend prosecutors say had angered the NFL player at a nightclub a few days earlier by talking to the wrong people.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The government is fining Delta Air Lines Inc. $750,000 for bumping some passengers involuntarily, without offering compensation or seeking volunteers first.
NEW YORK — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is announcing that it has ended its relationship with Paula Deen a week after the Southern celebrity chef admitted using racial slurs in the past.
STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. — Police say a young child has been hospitalized after a shooting at a grocery store in metro Atlanta.
VILLA RICA, Ga. (AP) — Sheriff's officials in Carroll County say a jewelry store employee has been killed in a smash-and-grab robbery.
ATLANTA (AP) — A tax preparer accused of filing fraudulent tax refunds for the second time has been sentenced to more than three years in prison.
CHICAGO (AP) — Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson said Wednesday that he has agreed to help Paula Deen try to make amends for her use of a racial slur, saying she should not become a "sacrificial lamb" over the issue of racial intolerance.
ATLANTA (AP) — Two men have been sentenced in a hate crime against a gay man in southwest Atlanta.
NEW YORK — Paula Deen's name is being stripped from four buffet restaurants owned by Caesars, part of the continuing fallout over her admission that she used a racial slur in the past.
ATLANTA — The Atlanta Hawks are ready to take another important step in their rebuilding process.
BRUNSWICK, Ga. — Defense attorneys for a coastal Georgia man charged with murder said in a court filing that the suspect passed a polygraph test in which he denied killing his father and seven others in a mobile home near Brunswick.
GRIFFIN, Ga. — The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is examining whether Griffin police illegally conducted a background check on a member of a grand jury that indicted a local officer.
AUGUSTA, Ga. — The Army's plan to shrink its forces by 80,000 soldiers would actually mean a slight increase in manpower at Fort Gordon in Augusta
COLUMBUS, Ga. — Columbus leaders are breathing a sigh of relief after the U.S. Army spared Fort Benning from troop reductions, easing concerns that spending cuts at the base could ripple through the regional economy.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia educator is charged with stealing from the school where he worked in Fayette County.
ATLANTA — AT&T has announced it will open an innovation center near Georgia Tech in Atlanta.
CONYERS — Georgia state troopers now say a woman whose son and boyfriend died in a car crash wasn't street racing at the time and wasn't driving the car.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — U.S. Rep. Jim Langevin (LAN'-jih-vin) is hailing a plan by the National Institutes of Health to retire the vast majority of its chimpanzees to sanctuaries.
CAIRO — Egypt's Islamist president told his opponents to use elections not protests to try to change the government and said the military should focus on its role as the nation's defenders in a nationally televised address on Wednesday, days before the opposition plans massive street rallies aimed at removing him from office.
MOSCOW — Moscow's main airport swarmed with journalists from around the globe Wednesday, but the man they were looking for, National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, was nowhere to be seen.
HUNTSVILLE, Texas — Texas marked a solemn moment in criminal justice Wednesday evening, executing its 500th inmate since it resumed carrying out capital punishment in 1982.
NEW YORK — Even as they celebrate a momentous legal victory, supporters of gay marriage already are anticipating a return trip to the Supreme Court in a few years, sensing that no other option but a broader court ruling will legalize same-sex unions in all 50 states.
LOS ANGELES — Michael Jackson's eldest son testified Wednesday that his father was excited about going back on tour before his death but wasn't happy about the pressure that came with the ill-fated shows.
AUSTIN, Texas — After a one-woman filibuster and a raucous crowd helped derail a GOP-led effort to restrict Texas abortions, Gov. Rick Perry announced Wednesday that he's calling lawmakers back next week to try again.
SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft has released an update to Windows 8, aiming to address some of the gripes people have with the latest version of the company's flagship operating system.
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama hailed the Supreme Court's decision to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act on Wednesday, declaring the court "has righted a wrong, and our country is better off for it."
JOHANNESBURG — South Africans were torn on Wednesday between the desire not to lose a critically ill Nelson Mandela, who defined the aspirations of so many of his compatriots, and resignation that the beloved former prisoner and president is approaching the end of his life.
AUSTIN, Texas — Despite barely beating a midnight deadline, hundreds of jeering protesters helped stop Texas lawmakers from passing one of the toughest abortion measures in the country.
WASHINGTON — Chanting "DOMA is Dead," supporters of same-sex marriage burst into cheers and some wept openly upon hearing word of the Supreme Court's decision Wednesday striking down a federal law defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman.
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots say they've released tight end Aaron Hernandez "following his arrest in the investigation of a homicide" last week in nearby North Attleboro.
WASHINGTON — In a historic day for gay rights, the Supreme Court gave the nation's legally married gay couples equal federal footing with all other married Americans on Wednesday and also cleared the way for same-sex marriages to resume in California.
AUSTIN, Texas — To lead their nearly 13-hour filibuster attempt aimed at blocking a contentious abortion bill, Texas Democrats turned to a 50-year-old lawmaker who pulled herself up from a tough background as a teenage mother to graduate from Harvard law school.
WASHINGTON — In a major victory for gay rights, the Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down a provision of a federal law denying federal benefits to married gay couples and cleared the way for the resumption of same-sex marriage in California.
MILLBURN, N.J. — A hulking robber forced his way into a home and attacked a woman watching cartoons with her 3-year-old daughter, punching and kicking her in a series of assaults recorded by a home surveillance camera before throwing her down the basement stairs and nonchalantly walking out the front door, police said.
BOSTON — The widow of a man who prosecutors say was killed by James "Whitey" Bulger's gang testified Tuesday that after her husband disappeared in 1975, Bulger told her that he "was probably in Canada robbing banks."
HUNTSVILLE, Texas — Jim Willett remembers the night of Dec. 6, 1982, when he was assigned to guard a mortuary van that had arrived at the death house at the Huntsville prison.
SANFORD, Fla. — Several times in six months, neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman called police to report suspicious characters in the gated townhouse community where he lived. Each time, when asked, he reported that the suspects were black males.
It almost seems like distant history now, but it was really just a few short months ago that President Obama and Senate Republicans, spurred by fear of fiscal chaos, did the unthinkable: they went out to dinner and talked civilly about the possibility of a "grand bargain," a compromise that would shrink the deficit through revenue increases and long-term spending cuts.
But since that hopeful first date, the relationship hasn't quite blossomed into romance — or even into real negotiations.
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In reference to the Kansas City Star editorial on gun issues that was reprinted in Tuesday's Athens Banner-Herald (What Others Say, "Faith communities should speak out on gun issues"), where did the writer find the statistic that 30,000 people die in the United States each year from gunshots?
This cartoon appears in the Athens Banner-Herald on June 27, 2013.
The Georgia football team had a packed schedule Wednesday.
The NCAA stripped Oregon of a scholarship in each of the next two seasons and placed the program on probation for three years, opting against stiffer penalties like a bowl ban despite issuing a show-cause order against former coach Chip Kelly, who apologized to the school, its fans and it players.
The NCAA's Division I Committee on Infractions released a report on Wednesday that said Kelly failed to monitor the program for its improper involvement with Willie Lyles and his Houston-based recruiting service.
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope's lead up to the NBA draft included workouts for several teams in the top half of the first round including Milwaukee, which holds the No. 15 overall pick.
NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH, Mass. — New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez was taken from his home in handcuffs Wednesday morning, more than a week after a Boston semi-pro football player was found dead in an industrial park a mile from the player's house.
PARIS — The style of early 20th century artists in southern France inspired Carven's menswear designer Guillaume Henry.
The University of Georgia Golf Course has been regarded as one of the best championship venues in the country based on accommodations, amenities and overall atmosphere due to its hosting of the 2013 NCAA Women's Championship.
NEW YORK — Paula Deen dissolved into tears during a "Today" show interview Wednesday about her admission that she used a racial slur in the past, saying anyone in the audience who's never said anything they've regretted should pick up a rock and throw it at her head.
ATLANTA (AP) — State Fire Commissioner Ralph Hudgens is urging Georgians to use caution with sparklers as the July 4th holiday approaches.
Hudgens said Tuesday that sparklers aren't considered illegal in the state although all other fireworks are. Hudgens says sparklers can burn at temperatures of up to 1,800 degrees and should be properly used under adult supervision.
Hudgens says about 8,000 people are treated for firework-related injuries annually and most of them are children.
VILLA RICA, Ga. (AP) — A clerk has shot and killed a robber whom police say was trying to steal money from a Villa Rica store.
WSB-TV (http://bit.ly/14rXjrn ) reports the robbery Tuesday night happened at the Junior Food convenience store in Carroll County.
Police said a 19-year-old suspect entered the store just before it was set to close. The robber pointed a gun at the clerk and started taking cash.
Authorities said the clerk pulled his own gun and shot the robber, who died of his injuries. The suspect's name was not immediately released.
MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — Police have apprehended a 27-year-old woman after she allegedly stole a truck and led police on a chase while she had two young children in the vehicle.
Nicole Evans was arrested Tuesday night near the Alabama line after a chase and a series of crashes.
Witnesses said Evans tried to steal a taxicab in Marietta, then ran to a nearby convenience store and stole a truck from a customer who had left the vehicle idling.
ATLANTA (AP) — Across the South, Republicans are working to take advantage of a new political landscape after a divided U.S. Supreme Court freed all or part of 15 states, many of them in the old Confederacy, from having to ask Washington's permission before changing election procedures in jurisdictions with histories of discrimination.
Social niceties - smiles and handshakes and gifts for the host - are not a ruse but a total farce. A "god of carnage" rules humankind, says one character in a play of the same name.
Give it up for Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy. You'll never see them work harder at comedy than in "The Heat," a stumbling, aggressively loud and profane cop buddy picture where they struggle to wring "funny" out of a script that isn't.
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"Wetlands Preserved" proceeds swimmingly as a talking-heads docu chockfull of assorted visionaries and now-famous musicians.
"Wetlands Preserved," Dean Budnick's evocation of the groundbreaking, now-extinct Gotham "eco-saloon" that combined social advocacy with cutting-edge music, proceeds swimmingly as a talking-heads docu chockfull of assorted visionaries and now-famous musicians. But in the virtual absence of performance footage, pic disastrously attempts to re-create the club's concert experience by lamely animating still photographs to dynamic cuts by the likes of Phish, Dave Matthews Band, Blues Traveler and Pearl Jam. Overall, though, docu, which bowed March 14 at New York's Cinema Village, pays fitting tribute to Wetlands' unique rebirth of '60s idealism within a '90s urban setting.
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St. Tammany Fire District No. 4 is on the scene of a shed fire in the 1600 block of Villere Street in Mandeville, where fire officials say an unattended barrel of burning trash got out of control and set a shed on fire. The shed was completely destroyed, and hotspots still were burning an hour after firefighters arrived on scene Monday afternoon.
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- November 12, 2001
- Vol. 56
- No. 20
Swede Dreams
ABBA, the '70s Pop Import and Karaoke Staple, Bounces Back to Life on Broadway
It wasn't. Americans may not have thought ABBA fab, but worldwide the band's music kept selling.
And selling. All told, their record sales tally 300 million worldwide. Their greatest-hits album alone, ABBA Gold, has sold 20 million copies.
Now, two decades after their last U.S. hit, ABBA is giving America another try. This time the vehicle is Mamma Mia!, a musical that packs 22 ABBA songs into the slight story of a girl on the brink of marriage. Developed with the help of Benny, 54, and Björn, 56, Mamma has been a sellout in London since it opened in April 1999. Its Oct. 18 Broadway premiere was embraced as theatrical comfort food in the wake of Sept. 11—"a giant singing Hostess cupcake," said The New York Times.
For ABBA, the musical is more than just desserts. "It is sort of like I never heard the songs before," says Benny, who attended the premiere with Björn but without the group's female vocalists: Agnetha Fältskog, 51, Björn's wife from 1971 to 1979, and Anni-Frid (Frida) Lyngstad, 54, Benny's wife from 1978 to 1981. "If somebody is up there singing your song, singing their heart out, it makes you melt."
Since ABBA informally dissolved in 1982 the four have lived in quiet luxury. Benny still turns up five days a week at his private office in Stockholm, driving in from a 19th-century villa in the suburb of Djurgarden where he lives with his current wife, Mona, 58, and son Ludvig, 19. Post-ABBA, he is best known for writing, with Björn, the score for the 1988 Broadway musical Chess. Björn lives in Djürsholm with second wife Lena, 52, and their children Anna, 15, and Emma, 19. (He and Agnetha have two grown children, Linda, 28, an aspiring actress, and Christian, 23, a college student.) "I enjoy life," he said last year. "I've always been very lazy, so I don't do more than I have to."
Frida and Agnetha have not enjoyed such pleasant, humdrum lives. In 1992 Frida married Ruzzo Reuss von Plauen, a golf-course architect and titular German prince. "We live a typical country life," she once said of their home, in Fribourg, Switzerland. "I walk around in thick socks and jeans, and I also like gardening." But in recent years she was shaken by the 1998 auto-accident death of daughter Lise-Lotte Casper, born in 1967 from Frida's first marriage. A year later the prince, 49, died of cancer. Frida now focuses on funding environmental education for children. Yet, says her longtime spokeswoman Görel Hanser, "she's happy for all those years with ABBA and everything it gave her."
Agnetha Fälkskog has become even warier of the spotlight. Unlike the other three bandmates, she is taking no financial stake in Mamma Mia!, which could earn millions. Today she stays mostly at her 13.5-acre farm outside Stockholm with Linda, her daughter with Björn, and 8-month-old granddaughter Tilda. "Agnetha," says her agent Staffan Lindé, "hasn't been so happy." In 1998 she fell into a relationship with a fan, Dutch forklift driver Gert van der Graaf. The following year she told police he had become a stalker. The authorities booted him out of the country last year.
Agnetha, Benny, Björn and Anni-Frid, who seldom see each other but remain friendly, have not performed publicly together since 1982 and in 2000 turned down $1 billion to tour. "It would have been slavery," says Björn. But, given the band's glory years and now this unexpected afterglow, "I don't mind being in ABBA for the rest of my life."
Tom Gliatto
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Are Computers Coming to NFL Sidelines?
Computers, smart phones, and?tablets are becoming more and more prevalent in places they have never been before. You can find them in restaurants and airports today, but will they soon be coming to NFL sidelines across the country??New Orleans Saints quarterback?Drew Brees?thinks so.
According to Pro Football Talk, Brees was recently a guest on the late-night show,?Chelsea Lately, and he said?that he believes the NFL will change its rules to allow players to use tablets on the sideline to watch film of the previous series, instead of the still photos they currently use.
Brees told show host, Chelsea Handler, that it could happen very soon.
?Probably in the next few years you?re going to see this on the sideline, actually being used to put video on. You see us quarterbacks on the sideline flipping through pictures now. They have to print those out, staple them together.?
One thing to note is that Brees is a paid endorser of Microsoft?s tablet, so his interest in this technology could go farther than his desire to look at photos more quickly. But, he makes a good point. Players would definitely benefit from using tablets and computers on the sideline.?Brees points out that they would use the technology to see what adjustments need to be made on the field. He thinks it would change the game of football in a big way.
The problem Brees runs into is the old-school way of thinking that NFL coaches and owners still abide by. Coaches still use clipboards and the league?s owners have shown little to no interest in changing that.
So, could it happen? Probably, but not likely anytime soon.
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Daddy can't fly: Parents who shouldn't be allowed on a plane
Thanks for shining a light on parents who let their children do whatever the heck they please! Drives me bananas. Boy, I can't wait to see what charming humans these kids will be when they reach adulthood. Sat in church last week and listened to the woman behind me having lengthy discussions with her 6-yr-old son about everything EXCEPT theology or what was happening in church — and not remotely in a whisper. PARENTS: It really IS ok to shush your child or even sternly tell them to sit down and be quiet! I have two early teen boys and while not perfect, they know how to behave in public, on planes and in hotels because their parents taught them early on to be considerate of others. And, dare I admit it, we occasionally said "NO."
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I remember one time I was flying to Ohio when a mother and her 2 young children were not seated next to each other. I was the one in their row who was keeping them separated. She asked me politely if I would mind switching seats so they all could sit together. Since it was a window seat, a requirement for me to fly and not have a panic attack, I obliged. Everything was fine until we took off. From that point on her little boy proceeded to kick my chair over and over. I asked the lady politely to have her kids stop. She looked at me like I grew two heads. Again, the kicking started and again I asked the mom to make him stop. She said that I would have to deal with it, he's bored. I warned her if he kept it up I would get the flight attendant involved. After he started again, I turned around, looked him squarely in the eye and told him very loudly to KNOCK IT OFF. The mother got mad at me, so I got the flight attendant and let her know I switched seats with this childs so the mom could sit with her entire family, but her son has been kicking me non stop since we took off and I would like to have my original seat back. She made the little boy switch places with me. When the mother complained that she couldn't be separated from her kids like that, another passenger said that had if she would have just controlled her son in the first place, this never would have happened..
Julie Northrop2009
My son has Asperger's Syndrome and anxiety disorders, yet he is extremely well mannered while on a plane. When he was very little, yes I had a hard time keeping him entertained, but I did so. I worked very hard with him so that he would not become a hinderance to other passengers like you who dislike children. His only issues now are when we land as it makes his ears painful. He can be irritable and does cry, but then again if you were in pain I would think you'd do the same.
If a parent tries to comfort, calm and/or entertain their children I have no problem with them being on a plane. It's when they act out and the parents say or do nothing that makes it unbearable. There are times in life, where we have no alternative but to put ourselves in a position that may bother someone else. It's called life, and sometimes we just have to roll with the punches.
Frankly, as someone with ADHD who NEVER had any problems behaving on a plane or anywhere else as a child, I find your post incredibly insulting, Barbie. We are not less than you. We are not any less entitled to fly than you. And for the record, ADHD is NOT a "severe emotional problem." If you knew anything about the disorder, you'd know that. ADHD kids are perfectly capable of behaving and not every kid who behaves like a brat has ADHD. Sometimes a brat is just a brat. Heck, I'd rather have ADHD than be a bigot like you.
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Your post was somewhat harsh and judgmental, don't you think?
Children under a certain age do not instinctively know the difference between an airline cabin and the rec room at home. We expect that their parents know the difference and will take the time and have the patience to teach their children how to behave outside the home. Children have to be taught to respect the rights of others. It is not an easy task but it is essential.
Many of us have done our jobs of raising children who are respectful and respected members of the community. It was difficult and was not done overnight, but we persevered.
Having children run amok anywhere but on a playground is neither desirable nor civil behaviour. We have to hold the parents responsible. The parent described above whose child was on the floor and later in the seat of another passenger while she was engrossed in her laptop is clearly not fulfilling her parental role.
Those days are long gone, but when I flew with my children at ages below age 8, they were well dressed and behaved admirably. Invariably they and all other children on the flight were invited by an FA to go up to the cockpit to meet the captain and be shown around. I don't expect that it would be possible for this to occur nowadays, but it is distressing to hear of some of the experiences narrated above.
Some adults are no better. Never realized how bad it had become until last year going to Madrid on a flight with students returning home for the summer. We had to endure them blocking the aisles or shouting back and forth to friends several rows behind and in front of them right through the "night." They sang and cheered loudly and when they left the plane…the areas they occupied were like garbage dumps!!! They kept the FAs hopping trying to curb their behaviour including attempting to retrieve their carry-ons before the plane had even touched down. Frightful and frightening!
I don't think that airlines are going to have adults-only or children-only flights anytime soon. Therefore in the meantime, if we are going to enjoy the expected reasonable amount of comfort inflight, we have to call on everyone to do his or her part to ensure that this happens.
I was seated across the aisle from a couple who had triplets, about 18 months, with them. They were all crying from the pressure changes, etc. and the parents could only hold two at a time (they bought three seats, and held two of the children while one was in a carrier.) I offered to hold one of them for the landing, and you would not believe how grateful the parents were. I would not be doing anything otherwise, and helped an entire 737 full of tourists by spending 20 minutes giving a child a bottle. Sometimes, you need to take a better approach than sullenly swilling your airplane vodka or complaining to the flight attendant.
It is so very refreshing to hear a parent of 3 be aware of what out of control children can do to an entire flight of well meaning people. I often take my ipad or computer and have stepped in on more than one occasion to use the games as a diversion for such children. I raised 4 children and have 2 granchildren and enntitlement is not in my vocabulary.!! That said, please understand that a child's ears can hurt or they can feel scared etc.
It is a true dilemma for all of us who fly. I can guarantee you that no child would be allowed to pound on my chair or hit me on the head!!
Adding the parents and kids who are horrible to the no fly list is great! I'm sure these same parents would not tolerate such behavior from other children toward them. It would be interesting to know their reactions to uncontrollable children.
Today's parents are overly permissive, have an entitlement mentality, and fail to control or discipline their children. Ill-behaved children are everywhere, from fine dining restaurants to first class in planes and expensive resorts. They scream and run up and down the aisles in theaters and churches. Little or no effort is made by the parents to attempt to stop the bad behavior. Stares by those disturbed are met by angry parental eyes. Why do parents today have to take their children evereywhere? Is there some reason a babysitter cannot be found? Oh, I forgot, pre-teens and teens today don't need to work as babysitters, since their parents give them all the money their want. How about Grandparents?
Like all baby boomers, I was expected to be quiet and reverant in church, expected to behave appropriately in a restaurant, which included using silverware correctly, be quiet in theaters, be polite, and respect all adults. If I did not behave, there were consequences. I did not fly until I was a high school freshman, and family vacations were vacations to cities, national parks, and historical places, staying at Best Westerns, with long drives in a car that did not have FM radio or A/C, let alone the video systems that parents view as a necessity. My parents frequently went out without me and took vacations without me. My Grandparents baby-sat me. I was often at my Grandmother's small boutique store while to was open, and I was expected not to bother the customers. I spent weeks at my Grandparents' summer home which lacked TV reception, but didn't refuse to go there because of that. I went to charm school and learned good manners and etiquitte. My upbringing taught me to have concern for others and consider how my actions impact others.
Today's parents have no concern for others. They chose to have children; they choose not to discipline or control their children, and in the situations where the child is screaming or disruptive, would never think of taking the child and leaving the restaurant, church, or theater.
I wholly agree with no kids under 12 in first class, in certain restaurants, at at least one movie showing or church service, or at the very least, a "children's section" in these places. I should not have to have a miserable experience because of these parents and children.
My children are 21 and 23. We had one bad flight with my youngest when she was two, fortunately only SD to Phoenix but she straightened out her body and SCREAMED the entire way. She wanted to walk (and she was always a headstrong child). There was nothing I could do, I came prepared with everything I could think of. I have always been deeply aware of the impact of badly behaved children, but in some situations you are just stuck. Fortunately we sat near a grandfatherly gentleman who kindly took it in stride and was very nice, tried to help (and did a bit). I have seen so many other parents struggle with this, they are clearly prepared, clearly doing everything in their power.
THEN there were the 'other' parents… the whimpy Dad who sat away from his kids and wife in our row, the Mom and two daughters behind us. The kids were maybe 5 and 7ish. They slammed the trays up and down, kicked the seats in front of them, screamed for this and that and the Mom did nothing. I asked the children in varying degrees of firmness to stop. I finally (after 4 hours of this) said _very_ firmly (I didn't yell) 'You need to STOP and behave yourself.' The 'Mom' (not a parent, bio only) started screaming at me, demanded that the attendant reseat me etc. Just pitched a fit. The attendant didn't know what was going on or what to do, I just ignored the whole thing and finally the Mom moved the kids behind the Dad more and sat behind me herself. The rest of the flight was OK. The Dad said nothing the entire time, I think he was terrified of his wife. I would have been.
I would pay EXTRA for an adults only section. The extra legroom is nice, the distance from screaming kids would be worth MORE. The airlines who squeak out every penny are missing a chance here. I've done my time with my kids, on long flights, in nice restaurants… I don't enjoy the screaming or misbehaving. I do have sympathy for parents who try, truly. I get it. I still don't want to sit by it. I have nothing but contempt for those who say 'I cannot (or won't) control my children' and abdicate their parental responsibilities, impacting their children's lives and the sanity of those around them. I feel sorry for those children, but get those parents away from all of us!
There is another option. Get a sitter and leave your brat at home
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Maybe? Why wasn't this done years ago? Paying the family of the kid who screamed so mus is worse than paying a ransom. Where were the cahones of the airline execs. who approved this payout? How can they have kids if such beaviors are acceptable. Maybe if all the passengers–except those wih the screaming kinds got off (or asked to pilot to land at the nearest airport) so they could land and hear again. And then these passengars demand an nw flight! Build an enclosed quiet playpen area at the back of each plane & put the screaming ninjas and their parents inside. Ban parents of noisy chilldren from flying again with their broods. Or al least distribute ear plugs to the others. Both adults & childfren will get away with anything until the airlines take corrective action Why hasn't the FAA taken action against the naughty actos? This noise will continue until they do.
I see it all the time in public. Some parents are so use to letting their kids run around and misbehave in public and fail to control them. Then the kids are put in a confined area, like a plane and the parents think they will behave. Why would they think so, they do not any other time. Then you have the group of people who think this is acceptable and will come to the defense of the parents and children. I think it is a case where a few bad parents make more noise than the good parents and those affected by the kids. I know this may rub some people the wrong way, but I don't have to aid a parent with numerous kids. If I choose to do so it is my choice. I see many people in public areas or traveling alone with several small children and expect everyone to help them with the children.
I'm in my 20s and am disheartened to see my peers having children and overwhelmingly having this attitude that their kids are perfect and deserve to be spoiled (bragging about spoiling your children? really?) and expect everyone to feel the same way. I've never had an interest in other people's kids or having any of my own and I'm constantly getting the "child hater" treatment from people who think indifference to their little darlings is some sort of a crime.
I see complaints about the "entitlement mentality" getting abused all the time to shut down people with legitimate problems, but I really don't get the entitlement mentality of a lot of parents.
Excuse me? How dare you. Brat? Really? Obviously you have no children or if you do you shouldn't! Actually with that attitude finding someone to have a child with is probably a problem so we're all safe.
My 9 yr old has been flying since she was 6 months old. (I've always paid for a seat. I don't believe in lap children on flights. Not safe!) She has, so far, flown 18-20 times. We had one time when she was quite small where we had a bad flight segment. A really bad flight. I was the Mom freaking out trying to do everything possible to calm my kid. Trust me on this that it bothered me more than it would you. As she has grown she has been taught to respect other passengers. (is she perfect? No way. I've never been the parent who says "not my kid!" I know her too well. You however do not!) I still have to sometimes remind not to kick a seat or talk too loud etc. Remind her once. That is all it usually takes.
I feel for the parents of infants or toddlers who find themselves in this situation. People like you don't help any. Kids can tell when a parent is going nuts and the comments or looks from people with this type of attitude make the parents even more frantic which in turn doesn't help to calm the child.
My pet peeve is the older kids (pre or teens) who slam trays, kick seats, jump around and the parents just sit there or are sound asleep. Even in this case I wouldn't blame the kid…although I have given some good looks to both them and their lovely parents) It's the parents responsibility to teach these kids how to behave in public.
My other pet peeve is someone who can hide behind a computer and call every child out there a brat. How about if you don't like it then YOU should stay home?
YOUR plane? When I see the bill of sale I'll be sure to keep my child off YOUR plane…
What do you have against ADD kids? First of all hyperactivity is ADHD not ADD. That would be attention deficit HYPERACTIVITY disorder. Either way what is your issue with these kids? Not all crying infants or misbehaving kids have ADD or ADHD. BTW my daughter has ADD. You would not even know she is there if she was sitting next to you. Not only do we make sure there is enough to entertain her but also she has been taught how to behave.
If you know you dislike flying with children….especially if you are flying out of FL then I suggest you find a more sanitary way to travel.
I so agree with the comment above about adults. As an ex-travel agent and now just a traveling Mom I've found more issues on flights with adults than any kids! If they ever allow cell phones on planes…UGG I don't even want to think about it!
Kids can be taught. Adults…not so much!
The next time you find yourself the unlucky victim of a seat kicker, ask the attendant for a cup of water. At the next, unexpected kick, allow the "surprise" to jolt you enough to have the water go flying into the little rugbrat's seat behind you!


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Sorry, no catchy title, I'm still pretty much asleep. I'm just surprised that at 6:15 I didn't find a thread already.
Have a good day!
Andi, there's not much to PAN. All her "bad" threads have been deleted.
HIPPO - just came from my OB appointment. 17 weeks today. Two more weeks until anatomy scan. She asked if I had a preference, and I said boy, and she nodded and said, "You just *scream* boy to me." complete with hand gestures indicating my face and body.
I'm not really sure how to take that, but I do know I have a terrible haircut right now, and I'm giving up on the pixie cut forever, because no one apparently knows how to do it right. I feel like I look super butch, and my pregnancy hormones are making me take this comment personally. :(
Also to note: I am not showing at all yet and have lost five pounds, so it's not like she could have possibly been referring to me carrying high or low or any of those old wives tales.
Kate, have you been drinking fluids much? Do you have a runny nose, congestion, or drainage?
Mean Eee, that sounds like a bizarre thing to say to me. Some people just aren't good at conversation.
mean- I have/had a pixie cut and I swear no one can cut it right!! It's so inconsistant! For that reason I've been growing it out and it's been pretty easy, just keeping the bottom cut to prevent it looking mullet-y. But i think you may've taken the nurse wrong when she said you scream boy, maybe she just mean you look like someone that would have a boy? Some people you can just picture with boys, others you picture with girls, but it has nothing to do with their appearance, just something about them...
2 little ducks being raised as naturally as I can afford. :)
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maybe stop drinking child water you sicko.
2 little ducks being raised as naturally as I can afford. :)
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Betty Lou Newton Perdue of Summerville, a former clerk at the Army/Air Force Exchange Service, died Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 16, 2013 in a Summerville hospital. She was 81.
Surviving are her husband, Jerry Perdue; two daughters, Rebecca Jean Perdue of Honolulu, HI, and Barbara Ann Gulley and her husband, Darrell, of Summerville; a son, Jerry Lee Perdue and his wife, Laura, of Moncks Corner; a brother, Delbert Newton of Cabot, AR; four grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.
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LEWISTOWN - Tucked in a corner, behind the Geisinger Medical Group building and a new housing development, rests a plot of land surrounded by wrought iron fencing and wooden fence posts, marking cemetery ground known as Potter's Field.
In the 1800s, potter's fields were created across America as the final resting place for those who could not afford a grave burial or were not associated with local congregations, according to the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. The land acted as a reserved burial ground for paupers, foreigners, slaves, prisoners and the unidentified.
Though the Mifflin County-owned cemetery holds more than an estimated 288 graves, based on an examination of the ground in 1997, the souls buried there remain all but forgotten without the assistance of headstones or marked graves.
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Tom Baker, left, Pam Baker and Diane Ruth, right, sing songs during a candle-lighting ceremony Thursday evening at the Mifflin County Potter's Field Cemetery in Lewistown.
However, members of a local Facebook group, "If you're from Burnham, you remember when," have begun a beautification project in honor of those buried and the community history the land holds, said Linda Snook, group member and project organizer.
"We went to the Historical Society, did a little research, and then visited Potter's Field," Snook said. "The members of the Facebook group agreed that more needed to be done to beautify the resting place of those that met unfortunate times in their lives. This has become an awe-inspiring project."
The group has since planted hybrid daylilies, a pink dogwood tree and a few iris plants, Snook said. Plans have been made to plant knock-out roses at the entrance gate during the next growing season, she added.
On Thursday night, the group gathered at the cemetery once more, to hang a Christmas wreath and string garland around the fence. The evening continued with a candle lighting ceremony as the buried were honored with a rendition of Silent Night.
"We thought that an evening like this was a natural extension of the beautification we are trying to do," Snook said. "It's a way for us to honor the loved ones that have been lost during the harder times in our history."
The Potter's Field cemetery is regularly maintained by the county, including the mowing and other minor details, said Mifflin County Commissioner Mark Sunderland. A cemetery or specific plot is usually maintained by family, but those in Potter's Field cemetery have no family, and thus the responsibility falls to the county, he said.
"A cemetery like this could be forgotten pretty quickly," Sunderland said. "This group is bringing it back to the forefront and reminding the community of its historical significance. I think the beautification project is a great service to our county."
A list of some of those buried in the Potter's Field cemetery, some with names and some without, can be found by the entrance gate. For more information about the cemetery, contact the Mifflin County Historical Society at 242-1022.


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C/B have a 4.12 lead, and theirs and W/P's FS scores were close at Worlds: 98.66 W/P and 97.19 C/B. Should be a cliffhanger tonight.
C/B have a 4.12 lead, and theirs and W/P's FS scores were close at Worlds: 98.66 W/P and 97.19 C/B. Should be a cliffhanger tonight.
SHORT DANCE - RESULT & VIDEOS (Updated)
1. Madison CHOCK & Evan BATES (USA) - 66.54 Short Dance, 2nd Copy
2. Kaitlyn WEAVER & Andrew POJE (CAN) - 62.42 Short Dance, 2nd Copy
3. Ksenia MONKO & Kirill KHALIAVIN (RUS) - 59.47 Short Dance, 2nd Copy
4. Cathy REED & Chris REED (JPN) - 56.35 Short Dance, 2nd Copy
5. Pernelle CARRON & Lloyd JONES (FRA) - 54.73 Short Dance, 2nd Copy
6. Xiaoyang YU & Chen WANG (CHN) - 45.15 Short Dance, 2nd Copy
So a question.... I never watch ice dancing - and am watching now - so what is the likelihood of everyone just ending up in the positions they are in already? So far that seems to be the way it's going. Is that the way it usually is, or... ?
I think we've just seen the future!
Akiko's not going to retire after Sochi after all. She's going to find herself a bloke and go Ice Dancing!!!
And Mao is going to follow suit when she eventually to retire from singles skating (hopefully not straight after Sochi...)
Or, maybe that is just wishful thinking from somebody who is a big fan of both of them...
EDIT: If you are wondering what I'm on about, watch the highlights and results of Cathy and Chris' Free Dance.
Wait.. it seems like W/P made a mistake
And happy birthday, Kaitlyn!!
another shocker Monko/Khaliavin finishing 3rd who are nobodies and haven't accomplished much compared to say Sinitsina/Zhiganshin whom they also beat.
Chock/Bates should win this easily, Weaver/Poje are boring.
I fully expected M/K to finish 3rd, where else would they have finished? And nobodies? What exactly have S/Z accomplished that M/K haven't? A medal at RC and that's it. If I was a skater I would hate to have sky_fly20 as a fan.
C/B beat W/P as expected, they will be fighting for Bronze at the Olympics
their PCS will soon be equal with B/S and C/L, I would have C/B PCS higher than W/P here too.
W/P pcs will be dropped like pancakes next Season
I still think W/P are good team-they have good programs. Personally, I prefer W/P's FD "program" to C/B's...
Don't think Kaitlyn was suppost to touch down like that. Too bad about the deduction. I prefer their program to C/B. I couldn't call it boring, its beautiful though not as passionate as last years program.
Oh sorry, didn't know all the single skaters and V/T got on the ice to skate with M/K during that free dance. Yes because without all those other skaters they certainly would not have finished 3rd.
W/P having higher PCS than C/B is very questionable here, they should have scored the same in PCS here
chock bates have really improved look at their edges. anyways C/B solidified as US No.2
the Shibs will be lucky to be 4th, 3rd spot will be a fight between A/E and H/D next Season
W/P peaked last year and even an inflated home ice score didn't help them at Worlds.


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[QUOTE=Zee;1027854]Mmmmm that sounds delicious. I need to get groceries today... Adding butternut squash to my list. Thanks![/QUOTE]
So easy to make, even for the domestically challenged like me. It came out great and would have been even better if I'd had an immersion blender. Just not quite puréed enough to my taste. Super filling though!


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Keeping it green -- inside and out
Published 12:56 pm, Wednesday, November 28, 2012
The holiday season is upon us, and colorful home decorations will abound in most homes, only to be re-boxed in late December or early January for next year.
Often, that's when homes need an extra green touch indoors. House plants can make a dramatic difference in the appearance of a room, but did you know that the right plants can also help to purify indoor air?
Costa Farms, a farming operation in Goulds, Fla., that emphasizes organic growing, has put together a list of house plants that can improve the indoor air quality of homes.
Farm members say certain plants can rid a room of up to 89 percent of harmful volatile organic compounds such as formaldehyde and xylene.
Although you might like the smell of a freshly painted room, the VOCs that most paints contribute to that aroma can be very harmful.
According to Costa Farms, the top pollution purifying plants are:
Dendrobium and Phaeleonopsis Orchids
Peace lilies
Song of India (Dracaena reflexa)
Massangeana Cane
Consider the health and beautifying benefits of some of these easy-to-care-for house plants in your home after the holidays. Tall ferns in nice porcelain planters work well in the corners of rooms.
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The 8 Rs of waste management
I'm always impressed by the signs our town has posted at our recycling and transfer station in terms of both the volume and savings due to recycling. Pulling the recyclables out of our waste stream really adds up fast and is something we can be proud of as a community.
Technically, there are at least five Rs after the famous first three -- reduce, reuse and recycle. The remaining five Rs deal with the rest of the story after recycling has done its work.
Our waste management efforts to recover resources from our single-stream recyclables is well under way.
Using recovered glass for everything from kitchen counters to a strengthening ingredient in asphalt mix to resurface roads is a great example of resource Recovery, the fourth R.
Another example of resource recovery, International Paper, one of North America's largest recyclers of recovered office paper and corrugated boxes.
International Paper collects, consumes and markets more than 6 million tons (or approximately 10 percent) of all paper recovered annually in the United States.
Re-buy, the fifth R, focuses on choosing products that use recycled content over those made solely from virgin materials. Often they cost less and are of equal quality -- so why not? This allows the process to start all over again.
Replenish is the sixth R. A good example of replenishing resources is the replanting of trees used in lumber harvesting and paper manufacturing.
Firms such as Weyerhaeuser, which launched its "Timber Is a Crop" campaign in the 1930s and changed its logo to emphasize sustainable forestry, have made a big difference in how the lumber industry uses this critical resource.
Repair, the seventh R, means to bring damaged, old or imperfect products back into use by repairing them. We do this with our cars and trucks every time we get them repaired.
This just extends that approach to all manufactured products. Our proclivity to tossing anything old or broken is the culprit here.
Lastly, Rethink emphasizes becoming conscious about how we value resources and how their responsible use impacts our planet. That's the goal of this topic.
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According the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) indoor faucets account for more than 1 trillion gallons of water use in the United States each year. That's about the same amount of annual water use in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Miami combined.
The EPA has all kinds of factoids on water consumption but the fact is I don't need the EPA to convince me that water waste is bad. I feel it in my gut.
Even though our home has a well and we pay no extra for the water we use (or waste), we still chose dual flush toilets and low flow fixtures throughout the Greenspiration Home. For the most part, this hasn't felt like a sacrifice. The dual flush toilets work great—better than any toilet I've ever had. Plus, any WaterSense labeled toilet (mine are) save 11 gallons of water per day per toilet. That equates to about 2 million gallons per day across the country.
Low flow showerheads and bathroom sink faucets also save a tremendous amount of water and from personal experience, I'd say that these make good, practical sense. (Besides, excessively luxurious showers lead to excessively long showers, which not only waste water but time. The idea is to get in, get clean and get out, right?)
That said, there are a few places that low fixtures don't make much sense—at least not to me. First, there's the kitchen sink. Think about it. This is a "volume based" point-of-use. If you are filling a pot you're going to use the same amount of water regardless of GPM. Trust me, I've spent enough time tapping my foot waiting for a pot to fill to realize that a low flow kitchen fixture can produce more frustration than savings.
My own experience has convinced me that low flow bathtub fixtures are also counterproductive. If you take baths you're probably going to use the same amount of water regardless of how long it takes to fill the tub. Plus, the longer it takes to fill the tub, the more heat that escapes, so you continue to add more hot water to maintain a comfortable temperature. That not only wastes water, it waste water heater energy.
My advice? If you really want to save bath water in a new home or renovation, choose a tub with a smaller footprint. You'll save water, energy, and precious bathroom space.


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The latest... Mike Bellotti wants to leave coaching and become the Ducks athletic director, which makes sense. Chip Kelly, the offensive coordinator, would like to become the head coach, which makes sense. Pat Kilkenny, the interim athletic director, wants to go back to being a booster, which makes sense.
But what makes zero sense is the potential of a nine-year timeline. Or that this might never happen at all. Or that the Ducks have just created a sketchy lame duck situation.
I liked this arrangement a lot if it's a one-year deal. When it was first announced, it made a lot of sense. But the more people kept talking, the weirder it got. I don't like anything beyond a one-year waiting period because it raises some key issues, and has the potential to linger, and hang over the program, and become a huge issue.
The dirty little secret? The only reason Oregon announced this "decision" was for the recruits who want to play for Kelly, and were being told by others he wouldn't be around. Not for you. Not for me. Not for all the good boosters, fans, current players, continuity or anything else anyone wants to try and tell you this is about.
This isn't like Texas or Florida State. I'm thinking Mack Brown and Bobby Bowden shorted themselves. Wednesday's column is on the rushed, strange circus routine that went down while this announcement came out.
Bellotti raised the profile of the program. And if he really wants to stay another year, he deserves it. But this feels all so strange, and vague, you have to wonder.
I don't think you'll get much argument for Kelly as head coach, especially after his offense came to life in the regular season. But why no timeline? Why all the "I don't know" answers? Feels like Syracuse lost out here, and maybe, too, the best interest of the University of Oregon.