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Spring 2014
With engineering on the rise at Dartmouth, Dean Joseph J. Helble outlines opportunities for an expanded Thayer community.
Interview by Karen Endicott
Dartmouth's new Center for Surgical Innovation makes space for research in clinical care.
By Anna Fiorentino
Dual-degree students call two institutions home.
By Kathryn LoConte Lapierre
The Great Hall
- Awards: Vicki May is N.H. Professor of the Year
- Classroom: ENGS 37: Introduction to Environmental Engineering
- Educational Innovation: Faculty Awarded National Prize
- Faculty: New Profs
- First Person: Travels with Humanitarian Engineering
- I Want One of Those! Ergonomic Serving Tray
- Kudos
- Lab Reports
- Q&A: 2014 Rhodes Scholar Jonathan Pedde '14
Alumni News
- Just One Question: What skills beyond technical do you think are most important for engineers to have?
- Spotlights
- Thayer Notes
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Contrary to the popular belief that matcha derives from Japan, it originally emerged during the Song Dynasty in China. Matcha is made from a shade grown green tea, also known as Gyokuro that is carefully steamed and meticulously dried. After the steaming process, the leaves are separated from the stems, so the leaves alone, called tencha are grounded into a powder called matcha. The art of producing, preparing and consuming this powdered tea became a ritual performed by Zen Buddhists in China. In 1191, a Zen monk by the name of Eisai, traveled to Japan and introduced matcha to the country. As matcha's popularity lessened in China, the Japanese embraced this powdered tea. Matcha eventually became an important part of rituals in Zen monasteries in Japan.
At Art of Tea, we offer two types of matcha–ceremonial and culinary. Ceremonial Matcha is primarily from Japan. It is typically stone grounded into a fine powder producing a brighter green hue. The powder is whisked back and forth rapidly to create frothiness. The taste is grassy with a sweet undertone. Grade A Matcha, on the other hand, is the matcha used in cooking and added in lattes and iced teas. Read on to learn more about the harvesting process of Art of Tea's Grade A Matcha.
Art of Tea founder and CEO, Steve Schwartz recently journeyed to China on an educational trip visiting tea plantations. He travelled throughout the Zhejiang Province, along China's eastern coast. Steve spent some time at a tea farm that specializes in producing Japanese style green teas such as Sencha, Gyokuro and matcha, including Art of Tea's very own organic certified Grade A Matcha.
Let's take a look at the harvesting process of Matcha green tea. First, the Sencha green tea leaves are shade grown for 20 days. During this time period, the leaves become darker and develop into Gyokuro leaves. The darker the leaves, the higher the chlorophyll content, which in turn contributes to the tea's health benefits.
The green tea leaves are then picked and steamed, a Japanese method of processing tea leaves.
The vibrantly green leaves are then put in a tube-shaped machine where the leaves are air tossed upwards to quickly dry.
The machine (below) is used to separate the stems from the leaves. The leaves alone called tencha, are taken into a rotating drum filled with ceramic-covered magnets.
As the magnets bounce rapidly within the rotating drum, hitting against each other, the tencha leaves are slowly grounded into a fine powder without losing their vibrancy.
The result is culinary Matcha green tea , which we call Grade A Matcha. This rich, green powder is great as a stand alone tea but is commonly used to flavor various food items and create delicious smoothies and lattes.
Stay tuned for recipes on how to make a matcha smoothie and steep the perfect cup of Ceremonial Matcha.


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Praise for Kiana Davenport's Song of the Exile
"Reading this novel is an overwhelming experience. . . . Davenport's prose is sharp and shining as a sword, yet her sense of poetry and love of nature permeate each line."
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Weekend Recap
Yesterday my sister, cousin, Momma, and I went to Porto's and the vintage expo in Santa Monica. Even though there were tons of pretty dresses, bags, and accessories, I didn't leave with anything.
I brought my camera along but was too intimidated to use it with the owners of each booth staring me down. Hate that!
After we got back home my sister and I made our Mother some curtains. What we thought was going to be quick and easy turned out to be grossly time consuming. Sister almost lost an eye when the foot came loose and the needle hit it!
Today I'm just going to knit with the super bowl on in the background. It'll be my first time watching it!
Happy Sunday!
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Those cookies look amazing.
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Are You Preserving Your Most Valuable Data Center Asset?
The most valuable assets in any company probably aren't what you think they are. They're not your inventory or your capital equipment. They're your employees you know the people out on the front lines making a profit for you. Sometimes I think that fact slips by the well-meaning penny-pinchers. Their only plan is to save money with no concrete assessment of where the waste is or where it makes sense to cut back on expenses. Having no plan also means that when times get tough, cutting people is the first way those "frugal" types think of to cut costs.Cover Your Assets: Penny-pinching without a good plan is just being cheap and won't result in getting the best ROI out of your most valuable assets -- inside the data center or out.
Did you ever have a boss who was just cheap by pinching pennies on the silliest things or who tried to cut corners to the detriment of your product or service? It happened to me. I worked at a company where we had to reuse throwaway items. My boss even had one co-worker go "dumpster-diving" to retrieve discarded containers to reuse them for our work. Not only did this activity violate federal regulations, it also violated the adage "penny wise and pound foolish." The most disingenuous part of that scenario was that he purchased and drove the company-owned station wagon: A Mercedes station wagon*. How frugal is that?
When you think of company assets, you generally think of computers, printers, copiers, compressors, lathes, vehicles and other tangible items that you can see. Rarely does anyone add people into that list. We need to change our thinking on the topic of people assets. Computers, vehicles and lathes all depreciate with time and are easily replaced with newer and often less-expensive models that do more or have more features.
Alternatively, your people assets become more valuable over time with training, experience and knowledge. You can't replace those with a newer model; nor can you replace the loyalty or longevity of an experienced employee.
Drafting a plan is easy and almost painless. Ask your bookkeeper or accountant for a list of expenses, excluding employee salaries for the previous fiscal year. This exercise tells you where you're spending your money. Those catered lunches and dinners out will show up like a beacon in the night on this list. Donations to the Ladies Quilting Auxiliary and to the Sons of Retired Bathwater Changers will appear to be glaring at you as well. There are some worthwhile charities out there and continue donating to them but let the quilters have a bake sale to raise money.
While looking at your expenses, you might want to find out why you're spending $1,000 a month on "office supplies" if your primary business is managing servers. Investigating expenses often leads to wasted money that's recoverable. If those office supplies are part of your business, have you considered charging your customers for them in some way to offset your costs?
If after looking at your expenses and trimming away the excess fat, you find that cutting an employee or two (or more) is still your only option to maintain the business, consider this alternative: Renegotiate salaries with your employees. An announcement of "A 10 percent across the board salary reduction is necessary to keep 100 percent employment in the company" is a good sales technique for such news.
The message here is to be careful and smart when cutting costs. Cut the ones that make sense to cut, but do so after making an educated assessment. You wouldn't throw away your hard assets (computers, copiers, lathes), and you shouldn't throw away your people assets either. Be innovative. Explore alternatives before taking the easy way out. Do you have what it takes to be frugal?
*It wasn't a blatantly frivolous purchase, it used Diesel fuel, which at the time, was less expensive than gasoline.
Ken Hess is a freelance writer who writes on a variety of open source topics including Linux, databases, and virtualization. You may reach him through his web site at http://www.kenhess.com.
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BMX bikes! Skydiving! High fives! For everyone who was floored by the movie stunt-style debut of Google Glass yesterday at day one of I/O, well, pump the brakes. They won't even be consumer-ready until 2014, Sergey Brin told Bloomberg Television.
Though devs were able to sign up for a pre-order of the explorer edition yesterday (read: pay Google £1,000 for a chance to test a product that's in beta), the trial period doesn't begin until next year. But hey, they did get a sweet engraved glass brick to put on their mantles to signify that sometime in the future, they'll be part of the pilot.
Yes, the demo was impressive. But wait, how do these things even work? And what are the specs? Google didn't talk about any of that. Just smoke and mirrors, demonstrations of how they could be used theoretically, distracting from what the actual tech behind the lenses is. If the timeline of Google delivering on, for example, Android OS updates, is any indication, 2014 might actually be generous. At least by then, you'll have saved enough money for a pair. [Bloomberg TV via Ars Technica]


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Bring on the bungals!!! 2.5 hours till kickoff!!
Bring on the bungals!!! 2.5 hours till kickoff!!
lets smash terrell owens
hahaha...I love TO's Ray Lewis celebration.
You heard TO saying this is beyond a must win...lets put a knife in them
"When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself."
-Wayne Dyer
no luv for
And their fans.
Steelers on MNF=A Beautiful thing
Having to watch these idiots on ESPN Pregame=Painful
Coming to you live from the Fortress of Steelertude!
finally have a day off on game day, this is the first game of the season i get to watch.... i haven't posted in a game day thread is so long...... little warning i say stuff that makes homers cry like little bitches....i post play to play, i don't care if we're up by 40, if a player ****s up i'm gonna call for his life to be ended lol
"SA, it's more than a FEVER it's an ADDICTION" -BlacknGold Bleeder
Here we go Steelers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hopefully we see no dumba$$ h2h calls that change the game.
There wasn't even a fine on that bogus call in Indy game yesterday.
Protect Ben, get down field, control the line, and defense get after Palmer all night. No excuses, get the pass rush in gear!!
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Former Holiday Inn near Parkway East could become assisted-living facility for seniors
Broken sprinkler flooded building in Braddock Hills on Christmas Eve 2008
The former Holiday Inn Pittsburgh-Parkway East has been abandoned for several years, boarded up and frail, but still useful with some major renovation.
The building was one of the top generators of tax revenue for Braddock Hills when it operated as a Holiday Inn. It changed ownership around 2003 and has been closed since Christmas Eve 2008, when a sprinkler system broke on the upper floors and water cascaded all the way to the ground, chasing residents from the building.
(Photos: Holiday Inn still closed after sprinkler causes flood in 2008)
Stein Real Estate, which manages the property on Brinton Road, said five potential buyers are lined up to take it over and convert it into an assisted senior living facility.
Talk surfaced in recent years about the building creating environmental concerns. Stein said there are no environmental dangers -- only mold in the pool area, which they consider to be a minor concern.
Stein said the next buyer must invest up to $7.5 million to $8 million renovate the building. The plumbing, electrical and sprinkler systems all have to be replaced.
As an assisted-living facility for seniors, the 180-room building would be converted into 90 living spaces for residents. There are 250 parking spaces available on the property.
Two of the potential buyers are local, and the other three are from Washington, Detroit and Long Island, N.Y., according to Stein. No timetable has been given for when a deal could be reached.


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Upbringing makes me hungrier than Rosberg - Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton thinks his more humble upbringing makes him hungrier for world title success in 2014 than Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg, according to the BBC.
The contrast between the pair's lives before motorsport is notable; Hamilton was brought up on a council estate in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, while Rosberg, the son of 1982 world champion Keke, was raised in Monaco and attended elite European schools.
"Let me tell you this, I come from a not-great place in Stevenage and lived on a couch in my dad's apartment," Hamilton is quoted as saying by the Daily Mail and the Independent. "Nico grew up in Monaco with jets and hotels and boats and all these kind of things. So the hunger is different."
Hamilton, who is now worth an estimated £68 million and was named the richest British sportsman for 2014, is looking to make it five wins in a row at Rosberg's home town of Monaco. The championship leader says his determination to win the title is what he wants to set him apart from the rest of the field.
"I want to be the hungriest guy in the cockpit from all 22 of us - even if every driver has to believe that he's the hungriest. If I were to come here believing that Nico is hungrier than me then I might as well go home. So I've got to be the hungriest. To win the world championship you need to be the hungriest."


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Heard Around the West
Spring really is around the corner, says longtime "Far Afield" columnist Bert Raynes in the Jackson Hole News&Guide. With keen eyes, he's observed some of the season's earliest manifestations: "Coyotes in pairs and in groups ... Ravens in mock pursuits. Bald eagles carrying nest materials, horned and great gray owls calling, dippers in noisy, erratic flight. ..." Not to mention "bikes on highways and on roof racks ... really ugly heaps of plowed-up snow" and what Haynes calls "traditional" potholes: "Potholes with a history of decades." Is there anyone who hasn't bounced into and out of potholes during this long and fierce winter?
Orange County recently showed Los Angeles how to turn sewage into drinking water, and the county did it without making everybody blurt out "yuck." About a decade ago, Los Angeles spent $55 million building its own sewage reclamation plant, then closed it down after the public expressed repugnance to drinking water that had gone from "toilet-to-tap." Orange County's approach was to lay on the marketing, wooing and perhaps wowing the public with information provided at neighborhood pizza parties, tours of its new plant and hundreds of public meetings. People learned that the water-reclaiming plant was a marvel of engineering, employing pressurized micro-filters, hydrogen peroxide and ultraviolet light to remove bacteria, viruses, carcinogens, hormones, chemicals, heavy metals, fertilizers, pesticides, and dissolved pharmaceuticals, reports the Los Angeles Times. In fact, the treated water resembles distilled water, and it's so pure that lime has to be added to keep it from eroding pipes. But the water won't be for drinking right away; it will be "banked" by pumping it into the county's huge underground aquifer. This will help keep saltwater from intruding and build a freshwater reserve for the future, when supplies from the Colorado River and the delta are expected to dwindle. The $490 million plant should help "drought-proof" the region, said a water district manager. Though the extensively treated wastewater isn't cheap at $550 per acre-foot, it's not much more expensive than piping in fresh water, which has to travel all the way from Northern California.
State legislators say the most outrageous things, and sometimes still manage to sway their colleagues' opinion, according to the Salt Lake Tribune. Salt Lake City Democrat David Litvack hoped to convince the House that victims of dating violence, age 18 or living on their own, need the legal right to get restraining orders. But his bill died, in part because Kanab Republican Mike Noel insisted that the tried-and-true vigilante way works better: "Usually, the father handles it first, then there is a posse that goes out and takes care of the rest of it as we drag them across the sagebrush." Then there was the debate about funding seven high schools for International Baccalaureate programs, which prepare students for college through rigorous courses. The Utah House passed the funding bill unanimously, but a Senate committee nixed it, in part, because Orem Republican Margaret Dayton said the courses "promote the U.N. agenda" and are "anti-American." Supporters were stunned by the rejection: "If there is any emphasis on this program in internationalism, it is saying we're all human beings," said a high school baccalaureate coordinator.
Orion magazine asked some of the nonprofit leaders in its 1,200-plus Grassroots Network how they cope with success or failure, and how they blow off steam, among other queries. Julianna Forbes, cofounder of Mothers Acting Up in Boulder, Colo., said her team fights stress by running "victory laps around the office table." She also gave a surprising answer to a question about one surprising thing she'd learned on the job: "Earnestness," Forbes said, "can be counterproductive."
Boulder is back in the news, and this time the brouhaha is over a pink-dyed poodle named Cici. The Humane Society got police to ticket Cici's owner, Joy Douglas, for violating a city code prohibiting "Dyeing fowl and rabbits," though the last anyone looked a poodle is neither fowl nor rabbit. Douglas, owner of Zing Salon, explained that she tints Cici with Kool-Aid or beet juice to support breast-cancer awareness; she vows to fight the ticket in court to keep her pet candy-colored. Online comments to the Boulder Daily Camera about this latest media-licious story came fast and furious, though one said, "Please people, for the love of God, stop making up new and interesting ways to make our wonderful city look like a bunch of idiots..."
A 29-year-old man who totaled his car by driving it into a light pole had only a minimal amount of alcohol in his blood, police reported. Yet when asked what happened, the driver answered with one word: "Pterodactyl." No word on whether the pterodactyl failed its blood test. As the Wenatchee World notes, pterodactyls were giant winged reptiles that lived some 65 million years ago.
Betsy Marston is editor of Writers on the Range, a service of High Country News in Paonia, Colorado. Tips of Western oddities are always appreciated and often shared in the column, Heard around the West.


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While my earliest memory as a child was watching a movie, memories of holding a book occur almost immediately after. I grew up surrounded by books, everywhere. Both my parents were huge bibliophiles. It was rare that either didn't have a book in hand or at least close by. Additionally, Mom was a teacher and taught my brother and me to read by the age of three. She often told us, "I never want to hear you say I'm bored." Pointing at one of our house's numerous bookshelves, she'd continue, "There's a wonderful world for you right there. You never have to be bored." Her advice definitely took hold and we became a family that read together all the time.
My brother David went off into non-fiction land, at one point reading the entire Encyclopedia Britannica straight through. Yes, he is that smart and no, you never ever ever want to play Trivial Pursuit with him. Talk about trivial pursuits (rim shot!)
I loved fiction myself and was devouring books early. Yes, that was me carrying Gone With The Wind into elementary school at the age of 9 and no, the consequences were not pleasant. I'm a stubborn SOB, though and it did not deter me. Few things are better in life than a good book.
I believe a lot of people don't like to read because they were handed long boring books at an early age, the desire to read being mutilated before it could begin. Not that we shouldn't be challenged. But before being challenged, we need to fall in love. Show me someone who doesn't love to read and I bet they were handed Beowulf or a Thomas Hardy novel way too young. Mom was pretty adept at handing me books that caused me to fall in love with reading. I daresay if most young boys, for instance, were handed something like The Black Stallion, most would turn into avid readers. The Black Stallion has it all: a shipwreck, a kid living alone on a deserted island, no adults to boss him around, while taming a wild stallion, eventually riding that stallion in an exciting race. What else could you want?? After a number of books like that (Danger, Dinosaurs! Wow!) I spent hours reading and never turned back. As a family, when we went on vacation, we often went somewhere where the four of us could just lay in the sun and read for a week. We'd each bring 5 or 6 books and life was good. It's still my favorite way to spend a vacation.


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This package deal allows you to bundle up Lavinia's 2010 debut 12" There Is Light Between Us with their new 7", Take Shelter. Choose which color of the 7" you'd like!
"Following their harrowing 2010 debut "There Is Light Between Us", Lavinia returns with their follow-up 7", "Take Shelter". Once again featuring Nate Shumaker (ex-Eksi Ekso, On Fire) on guitar and vocals and Alex Mihm (Eksi Ekso) on drums, this time Philip Jamieson (Caspian) moves to guitar instead of bass, and John Helmig (formerly of Everdown, Crown Vict) plays bass. The two new songs push even further into the bleak territory explored on the debut, with a heavier backdrop this time around. The band starts things out with the beautifully haunting "New Blood", as the shimmering guitars gradually ascend into crunchier, nastier terrain before subsiding to allow space for Shumakers refrained vocal passages, then culminating in the heaviest sound the band has ever achieved. Then you're greeted with the sorrow of "Halo", which builds up at a dreamy pace before it chugs and crushes like a forest of falling and colliding trees, a driving close-out to the 7". In addition to his bass duties, Helmig also recorded the songs at Verse Media in Manchester, NH, then they were sent off to Jason Martin (Starflyer 59) for mastering. "Take Shelter" will be released worlwide both digitally and on limited edition vinyl May 28th via The Mylene Sheath."


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Saltalamacchia began the inning with a walk off David Robertson. Will Middlebrooks attempted to bunt and was hit in the right arm by the pitch, but the umpires ruled that the ball hit his bat. Both Bobby Valentine and Josh Beckett were ejected for arguing the blown call. Middlebrooks still managed to get on base, though, with a single to right. Ryan Sweeney grounded into a fielder's choice, moving Salty to third, setting the stage for Yankee Killer Ciriaco.
Sweeney got the Red Sox on the board in the second inning with a two-run double, scoring Adrian Gonzalez and Saltalamacchia.
New York erased the lead in the late innings. Russell Martin homered to begin the seventh. The Yankees stranded runners at first and third in that inning as Andrew Miller needed only three pitches to retire Curtis Granderson and Mark Teixeira to keep the lead at 2-1. With two outs in the eighth, Jones doubled off Miller and Martin greeted Alfredo Aceves with a single to tie the game.
After Boston took a 3-2 lead, Aceves dispatched the Yankees: Teixeira fouled out to right, Robinson Cano grounded to second, Nick Swisher was hit by a pitch, and pinch-hitter Raul Ibanez struck out (losing a nine-pitch battle).
Doubront (6.1-4-1-5-8, 109) dealt with a lot of baserunners, but kept New York off the board for six innings. Kuroda (8-7-2-1-4, 102) was aided by four double plays in a span of five innings.
Ellsbury, CFThe Red Sox slapped Kuroda around on July 6 (5.2-10-7-1-3).
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(CNN) - Three days before the final presidential debate, a new survey in the biggest of the battleground states indicates the race for the White House is basically tied.
According to a CNN/ORC International poll conducted Wednesday and Thursday, entirely after the second presidential debate, 49% of likely voters in Florida say they support Republican nominee Mitt Romney, with 48% backing President Barack Obama. Romney's one point margin is well within the survey's sampling error.
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Monday, the final president debate, which will focus on international issues, will be held in Boca Raton, Florida.
"Generational and income difference are the two main factors in the Sunshine State, with President Obama holding double-digit leads among younger and less affluent voters and Mitt Romney piling up big margins among older and higher-income voters," says CNN Polling Director Keating Holland.
With female voters and women's issues in the national spotlight this last week, the survey indicates the gender gap in Florida is much smaller than the generational divide or the income gap. The president has a narrow 49%-47% edge among women voters, with Romney holding a 50%-46% edge among men.
"This suggests that in Florida women are voting more on the basis of pocketbook concerns and issues that split young and old throughout the country," adds Holland.
According to the poll, the president and the former Massachusetts governor are tied among two key swing groups: Independent voters and suburban voters.
As always, keep in mind that the poll does not, and cannot, predict the outcome of the election in November. The survey indicates that one in twelve likely Florida voters say they could change their minds between now and Election Day, more than enough to affect a one-point race.
President George W. Bush won Florida in his 2004 re-election, but Obama narrowly captured the state in his 2008 victory over Sen. John McCain. This cycle Florida, where 29 electoral votes are up for grabs, has been getting tons of attention during the general election, with the candidates making frequent visits to the Sunshine State. The poll's release come just a few hours before Romney and Rep. Paul Ryan, the GOP running mate, team up for a rally in Daytona Beach. And it comes as Vice President Joe Biden makes a two day swing through the state.
The Obama and Romney campaigns are also spending big bucks on get out the vote efforts and to run television commercials in the state. The two presidential campaigns, the party committees, and the super PACs and other independent groups supporting the candidate, have shelled out more than $125 million to run ads on broadcast TV in Florida. That's according to data provided to its clients by Campaign Media Analysis Group (CMAG), which tracks campaign advertising. Twelve million of that spending has come just in the last week.
Three non-partisan, live operator polls of likely voters were conducted in Florida after the first presidential debate and before the second showdown. A CNN Poll of Polls which averaged all three surveys indicated Romney at 49% and Obama at 46%.
With third party candidates factored in, Romney stands at 48% and Obama has 47%. Of the third party candidates, Libertarian Party nominee Gary Johnson has 2%, Constitution Party candidate Virgil Goode holds 1%, and Green Party candidate Jill Stein received less than one half of one percent in the poll.
The new CNN poll was conducted by ORC International, with 1,030 adults, including 922 registered voters and 681 likely voters, questioned by telephone. The survey's sampling error for likely voters is plus or minus four percentage points.
David, GM has gone bankrupt 3 times before now and never closed once, yes you allow a company to go bankrupt if they can not pay thier bills. All Obama did was screw over every stockholder in GM including the employees
are you serious americans, voting for romney? here in the UK we can't understand why you would
vote for that joker, he as changed his mind numerous of times, and you can see it on the telly, why would
you folks vote for him, when he clearly doesn't make sense? your country seriously needs to wake up!
Military Times 2012 poll has Romney over Obama 2-1. I think I know how the Armed Services are going to vote.
Romeny can' t even win the state he was born in or the state he was governor in. That is plain pathetic, should just jump off of a cliff.
At this point I would hope that the truely uncommitted could fit in a VW beetle. Do these people hide under rocks? I don't remember an election when the differences between the candidates was so clear and when the lies about each other were so few (lies about their own positions is a different story).
Hey Orlando guy.....you call people names, because you're too stupid to present a real argument.
I would give my unborn child to see Romney win this. If obama does, I promise he will be no different than kim jog ill / stalin / lenin. Ruling over you peasants with an iron fist.
Looks like these numbers are "not optimal" for President Obama
I am sure the republicans will find some mixture of hanging chad, voter suppression, or carpet bomb the entire state 24/7 with swift boat type lies to steal Florida AGAIN no matter what the people vote.


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Endeavour Continues Toward California Science Center
LOS ANGELES -- The space shuttle Endeavour is continuing its slow, careful trek through the streets of Los Angeles today toward its retirement home at the California Science Center.
Around midnight last night, a Toyota Tundra pickup pulled Endeavour over the Manchester Boulevard bridge across Interstate 405. It only took about three minutes, but it was considered especially tricky because of the size of the space craft and width of the bridge. Toyota filmed the event for a commercial after paying for a permit, turning the entire scene into a movie set complete with special lighting, sound and staging.
Endeavour has a tricky course ahead this afternoon, maneuvering through a narrow residential street with apartment buildings on both sides. The shuttle's wings are expected to reach over driveways, and residents have been told to stay indoors until the shuttle passes.
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1. Business for Scotland
On June 17th I blogged at length about the reality of this group, highlighting that they were a thinly disguised SNP construct with few significant employers and no businesses who trade with rUK > Who do Business for Scotland Represent.
On August 31st Andrew Gilligan used my blog (supplemented with his own research and an interview with me) to publish this excellent piece in the Sunday Telegraph
2. Dunleavy & Start-up Costs
On June 25th I wrote an angry blog. Our First Minister and the Yes campaign were claiming one-off costs of independence would be £200 - 250m and rubbishing treasury estimates of £1.5 - 2.7bn. Alex Salmond went as far as demanding a retraction of HM Treasury's "highly misleading briefing". Citing a report commissioned by the Sunday Post the First Minister wrote: "Professor Dunleavy's report this weekend has vindicated the Scottish Government's position and demolished that of the UK Government".
I analysed Dunleavy's report and concluded "no matter how hard you try you can't disguise the fact that the true cost will be significantly more than £1bn and in fact look to be closer to the Treasury estimates than Alex Salmond's" > Dunleavy & The Costs of Independence
On August 31st the Sunday Times published specially commissioned work by the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) which concluded: "The set up costs for an independent Scotland would run to nearly £2.5bn"
3. Independence threat to jobs in companies who rely on Trade with rUK
On May 18th I wrote at length (> Independence and Scotland's Trade with rUK) about the fact that businesses who trade with rUK would be damaged by independence and jobs would inevitably leave an independent Scotland as a result. I concluded: "This is not a marginal issue, the businesses I can speak for are not unusual. This is not about making threats or protecting the interests of a few rich shareholders [..] there are wider implications for employment and the economic success of an independent Scotland that I feel should be understood by anyone wishing to make an informed decision as to how to cast their vote on September 18th".
On August 13th the Scotsman reported: "Around one in ten Scottish jobs depend on trade with the UK and would be "in danger" after a referendum Yes vote,according to Treasury analysis."
4. Misleading Conclusions from GDP/Capita Data
On May 20th I wrote about the ridiculousness of concluding that Scotland is a wealthy country based purely on the single GDP/Capita measure (> Look at our GDP/Capita; Look at Ireland). I pointed out that Ireland has an even higher GDP capita but is in no meaningful way a "more wealthy" country and suggested GNP as one of the measures that should be considered (as it measures the wealth that falls to the citizens of a country as opposed to that owned by overseas companies)
On May 29th the Guardian published an article (New doubt cast over Alex Salmond's claims of Scottish wealth) which drew attention to the issue of foreign ownership of production, highlighting GNI / GNP measures and observing: "Alex Salmond's claim that Scotland is one of the richest countries in the developed world has been challenged [..] it is a middle-ranking economy with high levels of foreign ownership. The domination of non-Scottish firms, particularly in key industries such as North Sea oil, financial services and banking, whisky and salmon, means a significant amount of Scotland's wealth is exported to the rest of the UK and overseas"
5. Scotland and the EU
On May 16th I wrote about the realities of the negotiation hurdles that Scotland would face to remain within the EU (Independent Scotland & The EU).
On August 29th Professor Adam Tomkins published this definitive article on the subject (Scotland and the EU). He makes his case with far more logical rigour and authority than I do - but I would venture his conclusions are wholly consistent with my own.
6. The "£8bn Better Off" Claim
On August 12th - responding to our First Minister Alex Salmond's claim in the first Live TV debate that an independent Scotland would have been "£8bn better off" over the last 5 years I cried foul and wrote this blog > The £8bn Misdirection. When it was defended by Business for Scotland and I saw they were using the same claim I followed up with this blog (August 16th) to try and simplify the point > £8bn Better Off.
On September 2nd I appeared on John Beattie's Radio Scotland Lunchtime show where I was able to
clarify the issue for a wider audience. Business for Scotland sent along a representative to try and defend it - listen for yourselves and decide if he succeeded*
Listen from 35:30 in > John Beattie Show
*He didn't
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Theodora Kpobi has come a long way to teach world history and geography at Sacred Heart-Griffin High School.
Theodora Kpobi has come a long way to teach world history and geography at Sacred Heart-Griffin High School.
Kpobi, (pronounced "Poe-bee"), 50, is from Ghana and is teaching at SHG this year thanks to the Fulbright Teacher Exchange program. For its part of the exchange, SHG has sent its social studies teacher Matthew Coryell to replace Kpobi for the year at Accra Girls Senior High School in Ghana's capital.
The Fulbright program supplements Kpobi's income while SHG continues to pay Coryell his salary. The deal is necessary, because Kpobi's salary in Ghana translates to about $180 per month.
"I like the idea of the exchange, to learn about the U.S., the people, the culture and the education system," Kpobi said during a break from class Thursday. "In the U.S., education is very different — very decentralized. Schools make their own decisions."
Schools in Ghana teach from curricula handed down by the national government, Kpobi said. But she added Ghanaian students study comparable material from grade to grade. In Africa, Ghana is known for its education. Kpobi said families from nearby countries often send their children there for school.
Kpobi said SHG's students are "very disciplined."
"They have strong opinions about globalization and the imbalance of trade in developed countries. I agree. In Ghana, we have a lot of goods," she said.Thursday afternoon, Kpobi taught a world history lesson on the causes and effects of industrialization. She said she tries to bring her own life experiences into her lessons at SHG.
"I can speak about the condition of our cities and slums, how they're choked and overcrowding," she said.
This is SHG's first experience with the Fulbright Teachers Exchange program, said principal Sister Margaret Joanne Grueter.
"Matthew had heard about (the program) while he was in college, and he became inspired to be a Fulbright teacher," Grueter said. "He needed an administrative endorsement to be released for a year, and we worked closely together."
Grueter said it took about half a year to find a good partner with whom Coryell could swap teaching assignments. He settled on requesting someone from Ghana after his initial plan to find a teacher with a Spanish background fell through.
"We didn't need a Spanish teacher, and the program didn't have an English-speaking Spanish teacher who taught history," Grueter said.
Fulbright requires teachers to have three years of experience, and then there's lots of paperwork, Grueter said. Kpobi, who has been teaching for nearly 20 years, is one of three Fulbright teachers from Ghana currently teaching in the United States. The other two are in Virginia, Kpobi said.
This is Kpobi's first visit to America. She also spent about four years in Holland with her husband, a Presbyterian minister, so she's somewhat used to the weather in the Northern Hemisphere. But she does miss home, she said. Kpobi calls her husband and three grown children, all back home in Accra, nearly every day.
For the most part, her observations of America are positive. She said Americans are "very friendly" — and eat lots of bread. But she has no taste for American television and prefers to watch documentaries. However, she confessed, she did buy a "telly" at a big-box store here to ship home when she returns.
She also noted that presidential elections in Ghana, scheduled for early December, are right around the corner. While there's no absentee voting in Ghana, she said it's a good time to be in this country, referring to the election of Barack Obama as the next U.S. president. Obama has become a bigger name in Ghana than Abraham Lincoln, she said.
"I feel very proud of Americans," Kpobi said.
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text: Depending on who you speak to, Steve Jobs was a prolific innovator, relentless collaborator, or shameless limelight stealer. Regardless, his name is on more than 350 patents. The patents always list Jobs as part of a team. But given his famous attention to even the tiniest details, I'm guessing his name wasn't added for purely ceremonial reasons. Included in those 350-plus patent filings are some very well known products and features, including iPhone, Apple II, and original Mac. But beyond the iPhones, iPods, and iMacs, Jobs had a hand in some less obvious patents that illustrate Apple's thought process and continue to shape the way the company presents itself to the world. Architecture Glass Staircase The glass staircases in flagship Apple Stores boast some unique engineering. The steps are constructed of three layers of glass with a DuPont interlayer. Titanium connectors hold the glass in place, and the opaque steps are laser etched for traction (and to keep pervs from looking up skirts). Illustration: USPTOGlass Building Exterior What are glass stairs without glass walls? And a glass roof? This protruding glass structure in this concept would be part of the main store, much more ambitious in scope than the glass cube at Apple's Fifth Avenue store in New York. Illustration: USPTOGlass Tube Building Like the Apple store in New York, the Shanghai store is below ground. But instead of just reinventing the cube, Jobs and the Apple team decided that curved glass was the way to go. To achieve the effect, they added glass spines to the interior of the circular column to attach the curved panels. The glass drum stands over 42 feet tall and features one of Apple's famous glass staircases. Illustration: USPTOThe Odd iPods Given the numerous iterations of the iPod that we've seen over the years, it's no surprise that Jobs and his team pursued all sorts of twists on the music player as they looked beyond the click wheel. None of the iPods shown here ever made it to an Apple Store, but they offer a glimpse of the CEO's willingness to try new ideas on a proven product. The Trackpad iPod The problem with design patents is that they reveal only the design of a product, not how it works. But from the look of this 2008 iPod deisgn filing, Apple was experimenting with using a trackpad on an iPod. It's not too far-fetched. The iPod clickwheel moved from a mechanical wheel to a circular touch-sensitive surface beginning with the second-generation iPod. But a trackpad that small seems, well, not so appealing. Illustration: USPTOThe T-Shaped iPod Controller The funny thing about the iPod design patent involving a cross as a means to navigate the menus is that this is the design most used by knock-off iPods. Maybe Jobs and Apple realized that the only way to stop the flow of counterfeit iPods was to patent their favorite design. Illustration: USPTOThe iPod with the Slide Controller This patent just perplexes me. I'm sure Jobs and his designers had a really good idea for how the slider interfaced with the iPod's UI. Maybe tap the center to play a song and tap the top and bottom of the slider to go forward and back. Or maybe, just maybe, it's a red herring to mess with other companies. Remember the Apple slate rumors? Apple was supposedly building a device called the Slate, and suddenly other companies have devices called the Slate. Illustration: USPTOThe iPod with the Onscreen Keyboard Before the iPhone, Apple was toying with the idea of using a clickwheel to navigate a keyboard and number pad. Just spin the wheel to a letter and tap the center to input that letter. A novel approach, but not exactly elegant. Fortunately, the touchscreen prevailed and the iPhone got a giant screen that Google totally didn't use a template for Android. Illustration: USPTOThe UI Apple hardware might be pretty, but without the underlying UI that makes things "just work," you're stuck with a really pretty piece of metal and glass. Apple famously gave Xerox a ton of stock options to use the GUI interface that ended up on the first Mac. After that, Apple was on its own to make the look and feel of its products easy to use. The Dock Steve was running Next when he patented the Dock that's become the go-to UI feature of OS X. When Apple purchased the company and its technology to bring over to the Mac, the Dock leapt from the incredibly expensive Next Box to Macs. The "Dock" in the patent is on the right side of the screen instead of the bottom, as is the default case in the current OS. But the way it works is basically the same now as it was when Jobs filed the patent in 1991. Illustration: USPTOPackaging For an example of Steve Jobs' legendary penchant for micromanaging, take a look at the packaging for Apple products. The iPhone unboxing experience hasn't changed significantly over the years. You remove the top of the box, and there's the iPhone. Underneath the plastic that cradles it are all the additional pieces — the cables, decals, and guide. The device itself is the lid to a secondary box of additional content. Illustration: USPTO


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S. Texas singer found dead
South Texas balladeer Jesus "Chuy" Quintanilla, known for the narcocorrido storytelling that mythologizes drug cartels, was found shot to death Thursday in the citrus groves north of Mission, authorities said.
Quintanilla's body, discovered by irrigation workers, was in a pool of blood next to his SUV. He was shot at least twice in the head, according to Hidalgo County Sheriff Lupe Treviño.
Quintanilla's family informed the department that they hadn't been able to reach the singer since Wednesday evening.
Treviño said sheriff's investigators were pursuing several leads but had no suspects or motive.
While Mexican musicians of narcocorridos are frequently the target of violence, Treviño said his office had never investigated a homicide where the motive was linked to the type of music the victim sang or wrote.
"It's no secret that (Quintanilla) had a few songs considered narcocorridos," the sheriff said. "Does that have anything to do with this? I have no idea."
In a 2009 interview with National Public Radio, Quintanilla described the term narcocorrido as "vulgar," preferring to think of his songs as stories about current events.
He recorded dozens of albums. One of his more famous songs, "The Ballad of Tony Tormenta," was about Antonio Cárdenas Guillén, once the leader of the Gulf Cartel who was killed in a gunfight in Matamoros in 2010.


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We exist to glorify God and to proclaim Christ's message of love. We work to provide a sustainable building and infrastructure for ministry to support and further our mission to the whole community.


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Well, personally I think what the org has right now is pretty solid.. it's just a bit clunky to use... which is what I think we should focus on before adding extra features. The worst thing we can do is add all this extra pretty stuff, and people still don't know how to use the core site.Elcalavero wrote:The layout mock ups that you guys posted look more like a reorganization for what we already have.
I wouldn't mind the org being a bit more of a social site depending on how it's implemented. IMO, we could probably scrap Profiles and Journals and replace it with a kind of blog layout which has the features of both.Knowname wrote:no social! Bad!!


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Jean Philippe Pâtisserie's incredible Christmas creations are on display and will indulge you with some of the most visual and flavorful treats in all of Las Vegas. This winter pastry wonderland can be found at ARIA Resort & Casino and Bellagio and these unique holiday treats will make for a unique holiday experience.
The Jean Philippe Pâtisserie pastry team created the ultimate Santa for display in Las Vegas. He is made out of 230 pounds of dark chocolate, his suit is made out of sugar icing and the bows on top of the hand-detailed presents are made of fondant. Santa took one month to create and he stands five feet tall, unfortunately you can't sit on his lap and tell him what you want for Christmas. In addition, the Jean Philippe Patisserie inside ARIA has a great Grinch display constructed out of sugar.
Crafted from the finest European chocolate, award-winning pastry Chef Jean-Philippe Maury's indulgent works of art, such as the Cherubic Santa and Praline Christmas Tree will melt hearts and satisfy all decadent wintertime desires. In the Season-of-Giving spirit, Jean Philippe Pâtisserie is offering its Christmas Cookie (see below) recipe. Now, fans of the Pâtisserie's delicious desserts are able to make creations of their very own.
For those who cannot make the trip out to Vegas this holiday season, JPP's Yuletide yummies are available for purchase at www.jpchocolates.com, making these chocolates the perfect stocking-stuffer, host's gift or special treat for your favorite chocoholic to wake up to under the tree on Christmas morning.
There are a number of great places to visit in Las Vegas to help you ring in the holiday season:
Bellagio's Conservatory & Botanical Gardens have a 45-foot-tall Shasta Fir on display to go along with floral creations including interactive polar bear and penguin families and live musical performances. Located in the Giardini corner of the immersive display, a large 6-foot-tall greeting card made entirely from flowers and surrounded by an elaborate frame makes for the perfect family photo opportunity. The Conservatory's holiday exhibition is open 24 hours daily and will be on display through January 1.
Santa is making his list and checking it twice, finding naughty sharks, a rare Komodo Dragon and piranha in his sight. Throughout the month at Shark Reef Aquarium at Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, children can share their holiday wishes with Mr. Claus in the aquarium's shipwreck exhibit. With each paid admission, children ages 12 and under will receive a complimentary candy cane and a photograph with Santa to remember their unique experience. A very large and toothy character – Santa Jaws – will join the kiddies for a photo. Enjoy Santa in the Shipwreck each weekend throughout the month (December 7, 8, 14, 15, 22, 23, 24*) from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. *The exhibition will close at 8 p.m. on Christmas Eve.
Terry Fator: Ventriloquism in Concert presents the holiday-themed "A Very Terry Christmas" at The Mirage throughout December. The stage becomes the Fator Family's "living room" in a journey that highlights the show's loveable puppets as they come home for Christmas. "A Very Terry Christmas" will be performed Tuesdays – Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. through December 29. Tickets can be purchased at the Terry Fator Box Office, online at mirage.com and terryfator.com and by phone at 702-792-7777 or 1-800-963-9634.
MGM Resorts' celebrated restaurants will provide unforgettable menus on Christmas Eve and Day, featuring innovative twists on traditional dishes that fit most budgets. Sirio Ristorante at ARIA Resort & Casino will feature Executive Chef Vincenzo Scarmiglia's take on a favorite holiday sponge cake, Buche De Noel. Rí Rá inside The Shoppes at Mandalay Place will serve an Irish celebratory menu, including Honey-Glazed and Clove-Stuffed Ham, Cornbread Stuffing, Eggnog Cheesecake and more. NOBHILL TAVERN by Michael Mina inside MGM Grand is offering a three-course, luxurious tasting menu showcasing Black Truffle Lobster Bisque and specialty Herb-Rubbed Prime Rib with potato gratin and au jus. Dozens of other award-winning restaurants across MGM Resorts' portfolio of resorts will delight guests with special menus and dishes worth celebrating.
Do you need to pick up a last minute Christmas present? Well you are not going to find a better spot than Crystals at CityCenter, the world's only luxury-exclusive fashion destination, makes the season glamorous. While guests shop at their favorite retailers such as Paul Smith, H. Stern, Assouline, and Donna Karan, they can enjoy a public display of five renowned designers' collections, the funky and festive sounds of The Hornzmen and a massive LED-lit holiday tree among other exquisite decorations.
The iconic Fountains of Bellagio get into the spirit with water shows intricately choreographed to time-honored melodies such as "Carol of the Bells," "Santa Baby," and "Hallelujah Chorus." During the holidays, the shows run every 30 minutes starting at 3 p.m. (at noon Saturdays and Sundays), and every 15 minutes from 7 p.m. to midnight, seven days a week.
If you are bring the kids to Las Vegas, Circus Circus and Excalibur are the two best spots to make sure the kids have a festive holiday. The Adventuredome at Circus Circus provides roller coasters and themed rides that will give a festive thrill to children and parents alike. Any families that have a holiday tradition of playing games during the season can go to the Fun Dungeon at Excalibur. Guests of all ages will have a blast playing over 150 games including 65 arcade games.
If you are looking to give that one unforgettable present, members of M life, MGM Resorts' loyalty rewards program, have exclusive access to such extraordinary experiences as choosing a song for The Fountains of Bellagio, enjoying a meal personally cooked by celebrity chefs, or even becoming the DJ for a night at one of Las Vegas' hottest nightclubs. Those are just a few of the unique and one-of-a-kind gift options that you could knock that someone specials stockings off with.
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3 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
1 cup sugar
1 large egg
2 tablespoons sour cream
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Additional granulated sugar
Sift first 3 ingredients into medium bowl. Using electric mixer, beat butter and 1 cup sugar in large bowl to blend well. Add egg, sour cream, and vanilla; beat 1 minute. Beat in dry ingredients in 2 additions until just blended. Gather dough together; divide in half. Flatten each half into disk; wrap in plastic and chill 1 hour. (Can be made 1 day ahead). Keep chilled. Soften dough slightly at room temperature before rolling out.)
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4 cups (or more) sifted powdered sugar (sifted, then measured)
3 tablespoons (or more) egg white
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon Lemon Juice
Colored sugar crystals, sprinkles, and/or decors - Food-safe water based colors
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Last week's Friday's Find was historical maps of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This week we move across the state to a site hosted by the University of Pittsburgh that has a great collection of historical maps of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and vicinity. Check it out here.
The format of the maps at this site is quite a bit different than the layered maps of Philadelphia, but the content is (I think) equally as useful. For my own research, I was focusing on the City of Pittsburgh Geodetic and Topographic Survey Maps. I was trying to locate the street where my husband's great-grandfather lived when he was naturalized in the early 1920s. Not being familiar with Pittsburgh, I was not having very much luck. The street was not showing up on current maps, so I suspected that it was either renamed or closed down.
As it turns out, I was able to find the street on the older maps on the University of Pittsburgh site. Then, by comparing the older maps to newer ones, I was able to determine that the neighborhood where the street was located was subsumed by the expansion of the J&L Steel plant. This lead me to search the area newspapers and I was able to find an article describing the expansion. (The article, however, did not name any of the condemned streets by name.) In my case these maps were key in helping me find the information I was seeking.
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If you're wondering what makes Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker notably different than stuff like Spy Kids and Agent Cody Banks, I'll tell you:
Operation Stormbreaker has British accents, whereas those other movies do not.
And while it's true that Anthony Horowitz's Alex Rider books may pre-date those other movies, the simple truth of the matter is that "underage espionage" is a sub-genre that's really worn out its welcome in the past half-decade or so. And aside from the first Spy Kids, none of the flicks have been all that memorable.
So here's another one: After his spy uncle is killed by a ruthless assassin, teenager Alex Rider finds himself sucked into the world of ultra-dangerous espionage-land, where ruthless assassins are only part of the problem. The dreamy young spy will also contend with nifty gadgets, freaky femme fatales, crazy chases and predictably narrow escapes.
Frankly none of it is all that interesting, and while Stormbreaker is professionally mounted and intermittently slick enough to hold one's attention, the simple truth is that it's a tired idea from the word go, and it's not a flick you'll be thinking of once the end credits have disappeared from your screen.
Aside from a few small nuggets of wacky gimmick casting (Mickey Rourke as your nefarious villain? Andy Serkis as a deformed henchman? Alicia Silverstone as someone expected to deliver lines of actual dialogue?) and maybe three or four creative bursts of kinetic energy, Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker is an instantly forgettable confection that'll bore more kids than it entertains.
Still, it's a whole lot better than those Cody Banks flicks. Yuck.
The DVD
Audio/Video: Dolby Digital 5.1 in your choice of English or French. (Optional subtitles are available in English or Spanish.) Audio quality is perfectly crisp, as is the anamorphic widescreen transfer.
Extras: A half-dozen featurettes inhabit the Special Features menu, each one fairly self-explanatory: From Page to Screen (6:56) covers the inspirations and preparations; Stunts (5:04) focuses on the semi-interesting action scenes; The Horse Chase (3:24) looks at one of the specific set-pieces; Visual Effects: Creating Sayle's Tower (4:29) dishes the dirt on one of the flick's more compelling locations; Casting Alex (5:23) explains how the young Mr. Pettyfer was brought to the project; Martial Arts Master Donnie Yen (4:16) delves into the two battle scenes that were choreographed by the very talented Mr. Yen.
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And let's be honest: The "child spy!" concept ... isn't really all that cool to begin with. It's actually kind of silly.


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Chelsea target Radja Nainggolan is close to agreeing a new contract with Roma.
The Belgian midfielder, who netted a stunner against Wales at Euro 2016, was heavily linked with a move to Stamford Bridge in the summer but he ended up staying put.
And now the 28-year-old has revealed he is happy in the Italian capital and ready to sign a new contract.
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Meningitis-afflicted UVA student recovers
A fourth-year UVA student hospitalized on March 25 with bacterial meningitis has made a full recovery and was released last week, according to UVA spokesperson Carol Wood.
The male student's identity has not been released due to confidentiality laws, says Wood. The strain and whether the student had been vaccinated against the disease are also confidential.
Ninety five percent of UVA undergrads have received the meningococcal vaccine, which is 90 percent effective against four of the five strains. The disease causes stiff neck, severe headache, and a high fever, and has a mortality rate of 15 percent.
Although one student tested positive for the bacteria in January 2007, it's been two and a half years since the last full blown case struck Charlottesville. UVA student Jennifer Leigh Wells, a Monticello High School grad who lived off campus with her family, died September 10, 2006 at UVA Medical Center– days after she'd first complained of a headache.
Wood attributes the latest victim's survival to his seeking out and receiving prompt medical treatment.
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Sue speaks like the puppet she is !
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Fla. School Bus Driver Charged With Child Abuse for Allegedly Encouraging Fighting Teens
"What happens on the bus, stays on the bus," Patrice Sanders reportedly said.
May 11, 2013 -- A Polk County, Fla. school bus driver who allegedly set up a fight between two teenage passengers and encouraged them to brawl in the front yard of her home is in custody, charged with two counts of child abuse, according to the county sheriff's office.
Authorities said Patrice Sanders, 29, of Lakeland, Fla., was driving students home from three different Bartow, Fla. area schools when she spotted two girls arguing in the back of the bus Thursday afternoon.
"This is going to be handled today and they just need to fight," Sanders reportedly said.
Instead of making her normal route, Sanders allegedly skipped the rest of the bus stops, drove 20 miles to her home, and ordered all 34 students on board to get off the bus. She reportedly even offered the 13-year-old and the 16-year-old who she thought needed to duke it out Vaseline or baby oil so they wouldn't scratch their faces.
The brawl, which was captured on video by another student, shows the two girls punching, kicking, and pulling each other's hair. In the recording, one of the girls is seen throwing her opponent into a barbeque grill.
Sanders did not try to stop the fight, and instead stood by and looked on until the two students decided to quit, according to a statement from the Polk County Sheriff's Office.
Following the fight, Sanders got the students back onto the bus, the statement said. But when the two girls continued to exchange blows, Sanders allegedly pulled over and refereed the second round.
"What happens on the bus, stays on the bus," Sanders reportedly told the passengers.
The 13-year-old's mother reported the incident to the Polk County Sheriff's Office and took her daughter to the hospital, the statement said. She was not seriously injured from the fight.
In addition to child abuse, Sanders was charged with false imprisonment, two counts of child neglect and two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. The two students involved in the scuffle were both charged with misdemeanor battery.
"Come on girl, what are you thinking? How in the world could you allow and promote and encourage children to fight?" Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said.
Sanders is in custody at the Polk County Jail. Additional charges against her are pending further interviews with other students onboard, according to the sheriff's office.
Sanders was due in court this morning.