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text: Photo Gallery Gulf Oil Spill Pictures: Oiled Beaches Time Line PUBLISHED April 19, 2011 0 1 / 7 June: First Oiling Rust-colored oil sullies a beach in Dauphin Island, Alabama, on June 2, fewer than two months after the Gulf oil spill began.A year later, this beach and others hard-hit in Florida and Alabama are largely oil-free—though some shores outside the public eye remain contaminated, scientists say. (Get more Gulf oil spill anniversary news.)Since June, coastal geologist Ping Wang and his team have been regularly monitoring blackened beaches from Panama City west to Dauphin Island (see map). By February, the scientists could only detect oil via fluorescent light. (See pictures of glowing oil taken in July.)"If you make a sand castle, you won't really see the physical form of oil that can be identified with the naked eye," said Wang, of the University of South Florida (USF) in Tampa.Markus Huettel, who has been surveying beaches in Pensacola, Florida, monthly, also found that much of the oil has broken down—but he noted that some of the tougher components, such as asphaltenes and resins, will be degraded at a much slower pace."It's not that after one year everything is gone," cautioned Huettel, a biological oceanographer at Florida State University (FSU) in Tallahassee. "That's just not possible."—Christine Dell'Amore Photograph by Win McNamee July: Heavy Impact Tar balls and liquid oil from the Gulf spill taint Florida's Pensacola Beach on July 1. (See related pictures: "Gulf Oil Coats Popular Florida Beach.")By February, most of the visible oil was gone from the famous white strand.Three factors converged to speed up the oil breakdown: Responsive bacteria, calm weather, and aggressive efforts by cleanup crews organized by Deepwater Horizon Unified Command, the joint federal-industry task force that responded to the Gulf oil spill, experts say.(See "Gulf Oil Spill Surprise: Methane Almost Gone.") Photograph by Chris Combs, National Geographic July: Glowing Oil Under UV light, tar from the oil spill lights up orange-yellow on the beaches of Gulf Islands National Seashore, Florida (picture), while clean sand glows purple in a long-exposure picture taken in July.Scientists who are continuing to monitor Florida's and Alabama's beaches still see traces of the oil via UV light.(See "3 Future Oil-Spill Fighters: Sponges, Superbugs, and Herders.") Photograph by Chris Combs, National Geographic November: Aggressive Cleanup Machines excavate oiled sand in Orange Beach, Alabama, on November 9.In late July and August, raking machines that were supposed to collect oil instead pulverized many of the thick oil sheets into fingertip-size oil pieces that still dotted the beaches, Wang said.So, over the fall and winter, crews switched to more extreme measures, deploying excavation machines that removed entire sections of sand up to 2 feet (0.6 meter) deep.The workers then passed that sand through a sieve, catching most of the oil and leaving only fine particles, USF's Wang explained.Sifting sand in this way gave bacteria a boost, both by breaking it into tinier pieces and making the oil more accessible overall.(Read more about how nature is fighting the oil spill.) Photograph by Dave Martin March: Ready for Spring Break A surfer walks a Pensacola, Florida, beach in March.By February, most of the visible oil had vanished, leaving them ready for spring break tourists, according to USF's Wang. (See more beach pictures.)Yet outside Florida, there are few scientists studying oiled Gulf beaches—leaving a lot of shores unsurveyed, FSU's Huettel cautioned."Most of the oil layers in the tourist areas are gone, [but it's a] different story in salt marshes and remote islands," he said."In these areas, you can anticipate oil layers sit there for a while because you don't have cleanup efforts," he said.(See "Why the Gulf Oil Spill Isn't Going Away [September].") Photograph by Eric Thayer April: Tiny Tar Balls Small black tar balls are barely visible amid shells in this closeup of beach sand in Pensacola, Florida, in April.Though most of the beach oil has degraded, no one knows whether the oil sparked any lasting harm to the environment—or if trace amounts still floating in the ocean are detrimental.For instance, microbial ecologist Dick Snyder and colleagues have discovered small amounts of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)—a toxic ingredient of oil—in water, sand, and beach clams called coquinas."It's those low levels of PAHs that are the concern now," said Snyder, of the University of West Florida (UWF) in Pensacola.That's because, if the coquinas are picking up the pollutant in their bodies, there's a good chance it's found its way into other marine species up the food chain, Snyder said. Photograph courtesy Rip Kirby April: Tar Balls Aglow Looking like gold nuggets, tiny tar balls gleam orange in UV light on a beach in Pensacola, Florida, in April.Overall, at least for the Florida Panhandle, the environmental prognosis doesn't seem as dire as it was last summer, UWF's Snyder emphasized."Everyone's relieved that we don't have this huge lingering mess on our hands." Photograph courtesy Rip Kirby Related Stories We May Have Been Wrong About How African Pygmies Grow Dogs Are Even More Like Us Than We Thought Nut-Bashing Monkeys Offer Window Into Human Evolution

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A method of bonding a first silicon wafer to a second silicon wafer comprises the steps of diffusing a high conductivity pattern into a surface of a first semiconductor wafer, etching a portion of the surface to raise at least a portion of the pattern, providing a second semiconductor wafer having an insulating layer of a silicon compound disposed thereon, contacting the surface of the pattern to the insulating layer, and bonding the first and second semiconductor wafers at an elevated temperature.
1. A method of bonding a first silicon wafer to a second silicon wafer comprising the steps of:
diffusing a high conductivity pattern into a surface of a first semiconductor wafer;
etching a portion of said surface to raise at least a portion of said pattern;
providing a second semiconductor wafer having an insulating layer of a silicon compound disposed thereon;
contacting the surface of said pattern to said insulating layer; and
bonding said first and second semiconductor wafers at an elevated temperature.
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein said high conductivity pattern is diffused through a thin layer of an insulating silicon compound.
3. The method according to claim 2, further comprising the step of stripping said thin layer and re-diffusing said high conductivity pattern.
4. The method according to claim 3 wherein said stripping step is performed prior to said etching step.
5. The method according to claim 3, wherein said re-diffusing step is performed by diffusing boron into said first semiconductor wafer, thereby forming a thin layer of B2 O3 glass over said pattern.
6. The method according to claim 1, wherein said pattern comprises a circuit pattern.
7. The method according to claim 6, wherein said circuit pattern is a piezoresistive bridge pattern.
8. The method according to claim 7, wherein said pattern is a power circuit pattern.
9. The method according to claim 6, further including the step of etching a surface of said first wafer so that said circuit pattern projects from said first semiconductor wafer.
10. The method according to claim 1, wherein said first and second wafers are bonded at said elevated temperature for less than 15 minutes.
11. A method of fabricating a piezoresistive semiconductor structure for use in a transducer comprising the steps of:
diffusing a piezoresistive pattern into a surface of a first semiconductor wafer;
etching a portion of said surface to raise said piezoresistive pattern;
providing a second semiconductor wafer having an insulating layer of a silicon compound disposed thereon;
contacting the surface of said pattern to said insulating layer; and
bonding said first and second semiconductor wafers at an elevated temperature.
12. The method according to claim 11, wherein said piezoresistive pattern is diffused through a thin insulating layer of a silicon compound of said first semiconductor wafer.
13. The method according to claim 12, further comprising the step of stripping said thin insulating layer and re-diffusing said pattern.
14. The method according to claim 13 wherein said stripping step is performed prior to said etching step.
15. The method according to claim 13, wherein said re-diffusing step is performed by diffusing boron into said first semiconductor wafer, thereby forming a thin layer of B2 O3 glass over said piezoresistive pattern.
16. The method according to claim 10 where the elevated temperature is at as low as 900� C. to 1000� C.
This invention relates to semiconductor devices in general and more particularly to semiconductor device isolation by wafer to wafer bonding.
It is known that two flat, smooth, hydrophilic surfaces can be bonded (or "contacted") at room temperature without the use of external forces. The bonded materials may be metallic, semiconducting, or insulating in nature. The contacting forces are believed to be caused by attraction between hydroxyl groups (--OH) and possibly some water molecules adsorbed on the two mating surfaces. This attraction causes the spontaneous formation of hydrogen bonds across the gap between two wafers. The spontaneity in the initiation of the contacting occurs only between exceptionally flat, smooth, and clean surfaces. Once initiated, this bonding process can spread in a form of "contacting wave" throughout the entire area between two silicon wafers with speeds of several cm/sec. The hydroxyl groups are usually attached to the surface through the reaction of a clean surface oxide with the moisture from the air or atomized water source.
The bonding of silicon wafers is one of the most promising techniques for the formation of silicon on insulator (SOI) wafers. Specifically, wafer bonding makes it possible to bury oxide and implantation layers within the bulk of a monocrystalline silicon wafer, and for this reason it has been utilized as a highly flexible and low cost alternative for SOI and epitaxial growth.
Currently, two basic approaches are employed in the fabrication of SOI wafers by wafer bonding, these differing primarily in the method of thinning the device (or seed) wafer, which is bonded to the substrate (or handle) wafer, to an appropriate device film thickness. In the first technique, a dielectric layer (such as SiO2) is formed on the handle wafer. The polished face of the device wafer is contacted with that of the handle wafer in ambient temperature and atmosphere. A full strength seal is obtained by bonding the contacted wafers at a temperature of at least 1150� C. for at least one hour or greater. The bonded pair are precision lapped and polished from the device wafer side to the desired thickness of the silicon device layer. The resulting silicon film thickness uniformity is limited by the thickness uniformity of the handle wafer, which is on the order of 0.3 μm2.
The second technique involves an etch back of the device wafer. A highly selective etch stop is formed by implantation, epitaxy or diffusion in the device wafer prior to bonding. As in the first technique, the polished face of the device wafer is contacted with that of the handle wafer in ambient temperature and atmosphere and the pair are bonded at 1150� C. for an hour. The bonded wafers are subjected to an etching process from the device wafer side in which almost all of the device wafer is removed, thereby leaving a thin device layer which is subsequently patterned and etched using conventional photolithography.
A principal disadvantage of the above techniques, however, is the difficulty in uniform sealing at the interface of the mated wafers due to the presence of bubbles and voids. Interface bubbles are caused by dust particles and insufficient wafer flatness. While the latter problem can be avoided by appropriate wafer specification, it is extremely difficult to obtain totally dust-free wafer surfaces prior to the bonding procedure. In an article appearing in Vol. 27, No. 12 of the Japanese Journal of Applied Physics (1988), R Stengl et al. reported that even for wafers mated in a class 1 cleanroom, about 70% of the wafers contained one or more bubbles due to dust particles less than 1 micron in diameter.
An additional disadvantage of such techniques is the interval of time required to obtain a high reliability, full strength seal between the mating surfaces. As indicated above, sealing by prior art techniques requires at least one hour at 1150� C. or greater to obtain a full strength seal.
Yet another disadvantage of such techniques is that the implantation or diffusion layer must be etched to form the desired circuit pattern after the etch back of the non-bonded surface of the device wafer. As a result, fine line patterns, which are desired in certain pressure transducer applications or very large scale integration applications, can not be obtained due to limitations in the etching process.
Accordingly, it is a principal object of the present invention to provide a method of forming silicon on insulator (SOI) wafers by fusion bonding which avoids the aforementioned problems associated with the prior art.
A method of fabricating silicon on insulator wafers by fusion bonding two silicon wafers comprises the steps of defining the desired circuit patterns by a prediffusion and etching process prior to contacting and bonding the device and handle wafers. The desired circuit patterns are prediffused through a thin oxide layer grown on the surface of the device wafer. The device wafer is etched to elevate the circuit patterns and the oxide layer is stripped. A second diffusion step is performed in which a thin layer of a boron glass compound is defined on the surface of the circuit patterns. The surface of the device wafer having the pattern thereon is contacted with the polished, oxidized surface of the handle wafer and the contacted wafers are bonded at elevated temperature. An etch back of the device wafer is performed to provide a silicon on insulator wafer having the desired circuit patterns already dielectrically disposed thereon.
The use of prepatterned, raised thin-lined structures gives rise to higher stresses at the bond interface and permits full strength bondings at significantly lower times and temperatures than in the prior art. Also, the preraising of the contacted area on the seed wafer obviates the need for ultra clean conditions to insure full strength bonding.
FIG. 1 is a cross sectional view of a silicon wafer used to form a device wafer to be bonded in accordance with the technique of the present invention.
FIGS. 2-6 are cross sectional views illustrating various process steps of fabricating a device wafer in accordance with one embodiment of the inventive method.
FIG. 7 is a cross sectional view of a polished oxidized handle wafer which may be bonded to a device wafer fabricated in accordance with the inventive method to produce a silicon on insulator wafer.
FIG. 8 is a cross sectional view showing a device wafer which has been fusion bonded to a handle wafer in accordance with the inventive method.
FIGS. 9-15 are cross sectional views depicting a process for fabricating a device wafer for fusion bonding in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.
Before proceeding with the detailed description, it should be understood that although the specification will make reference to a piezoresistive transducer in which piezoresistive elements are incorporated in a bridge configuration on a substrate, the inventive technique for fusion bonding two silicon wafers described herein is not to be limited to transducer devices and may, in fact, be utilized to fabricate SOI wafers for a wide variety of electronic devices, including power devices and sensors generally.
With reference now to FIG. 1, there is shown a cross sectional view of a treated device wafer 10. The original device wafer 10 may be fabricated from a semiconductor material, such as N-type silicon, and is preferably a single crystal structure. The wafer may be circular or rectangular in the top plan view. Essentially, such wafers are commercially available and are well known in the art. According to the first method to be described, the surface 12 of wafer 10 is polished or lapped to a smooth finish. The polishing step is such as to almost produce an optical flat. The wafer 10 is then treated so that an oxide layer 14, which may be 5000 angstroms thick, is grown on a surface thereof, as shown in FIG. 2. The growth of oxide layers on silicon substrates is well known in the art and is described in many references. A typical technique for providing an oxide layer on a silicon substrate is implemented by heating the wafer 10 to a temperature between 1000�-1300� C. and passing oxygen over the surface of the substrate.
With reference now to FIG. 3, it can be seen that the desired device patterns 20 are now defined in the oxide layer wafer 14. This is accomplished by the use of photolithography, a well known technique in the semiconductor art. Briefly, the photolithographic technique involves the preferential removal of the oxide layer 14 by spreading a uniform photosensitive film over the oxide, masking portions of the film and exposing the assembly to ultraviolet radiation. The exposed portion of the film becomes insoluble, whereas the masked portion is soluble in a developing film. The oxide in those areas where the film has been removed can now be removed by etching in hydrofluoric acid, thus providing openings 16 in the oxide layer corresponding to the desired patterns.
As shown in FIG. 4, the substrate is again oxidized to form an additional oxide layer 18, which may be on the order of 1000 angstroms, over oxide layer 14 and the etched openings 16. It is well known that one may diffuse various impurities into a silicon wafer through an SiOx layer. Thermal oxides are very smooth and, unlike most of the deposited films, their microroughness is not detectable by stylus profilometry or Normarsky optical microscopy. The desired device patterns, which for purposes of illustration are piezoresistive bridge patterns 20, are predefined by degenerately prediffusing a P-type impurity such as boron through the openings 16 and the thin oxide layer 18 into the N-type device wafer 10. This may be accomplished by diffusing B2 H6 into the device wafer 10 for approximately 30-35 minutes at 1150� C., which results in a sheet resistivity of about 5-10 ohms per square.
As is well known, semiconductor transducers typically employs one or more piezoresistive elements which are mounted or diffused in a bridge pattern of resistors on a thin diaphragm member. The diaphragm member, which may be fabricated from silicon, flexes upon application of force thereto and thereby causes fiber stresses on the top surface. These stresses elongate or shorten the piezoresistors and cause them to vary their resistance according to the deflection of the diaphragm. Reference may be had to U.S. Pat. No. 4,498,229 entitled PIEZORESISTIVE TRANSDUCER, issued on Feb. 12, 1985 to Leslie B. Wilner and to U.S. Pat. No. 4,672,354 entitled FABRICATION OF DIELECTRICALLY ISOLATED FINE LINE SEMICONDUCTOR TRANSDUCERS AND APPARATUS, issued on Jun. 9, 1987 to Anthony D. Kurtz et al., assigned to the assignee herein, as illustrative examples of piezoresistive transducer construction. It is, of course, understood, that many pattern configurations can be accommodated on a silicon wafer 50, strictly dependent upon wafer size and bridge dimensions. Each pattern 20 is representative of a bridge configuration, by way of example, and contains four piezoresistive elements to form a typical Wheatstone bridge configuration.
W. P. Maszara, in an article appearing in Vol. 138, No. 1 of the Journal of the Electrochemical Society (1991), observed that because the surface roughness of silicon increases with the thickness of an SiO2 layer grown on it (for a given temperature), it is reasonable to expect that the oxide surface should also become rougher with the increasing thickness. Accordingly, by utilizing the thin oxide layer 18, the pre-diffusion can be performed while preserving the requisite smoothness of the device wafer surface.
In accordance with the technique of the present invention, the patterns which define the illustrative piezoresistive elements may be extremely fine line patterns, as may be implemented by diffusion, having a width of 0.1 to 1.0 mils. Such patterns can be accurately controlled due to advances made in the diffusion process, and further, the use of diffusion controls the spreading of line widths.
Referring to FIG. 5, the next step in the procedure is depicted. After formation of the degenerately doped, pattern defining regions on the wafer 10, the oxide layers 14 and 18 are removed and the N-type silicon wafer 10 is etched to reduce the thickness at the top surface. The etching is done by a conductivity selective etch. Such etches are well known, and there are etchants such as hydrazine which selectively attack the low conductivity N-type material without etching or in any manner attacking the high conductivity P+ regions. The techniques for etching silicon are well known in the art.
According to the method, the material from the N-type wafer 10 is etched away to a depth of approximately 1 micron to produce the structure shown in FIG. 5. With reference to FIG. 6, it can be seen that a layer of quartz 22, which may be on the order of 1000 to 2000 angstroms thick, is sputtered or otherwise formed on the surface of the device wafer. When referring to quartz, it is understood that silicon dioxide is equivalent. An opening 28 similar to that used in the prediffusion step is provided in the quartz layer 22 by preferential masking and etching of the quartz layer in accordance with conventional photolithographic procedures.
Preferably, the pattern is re-diffused for 3-4 minutes at 1150� C. by degenerate doping of the wafer with B2 H6. This second diffusion not only acts as an additional dopant source, but also forms a shallow layer of B2 O3 glass over the device pattern. The presence of the B2 O3 layer has been found to enhance sealing and to improve the overall quality of the bond.
The surface 30 of the fabricated device wafer 10 is then hydrated using a chemical cleaning procedure. Such surface treatments, which are well known, are used to improve the hydrophilic properties of the oxide surface and include ammonium hydroxide soaking, sulfuric acid, NH3 plasma, and other techniques. As shown in FIG. 7, a handle wafer 32, which is preferably fabricated from a single crystal silicon material, is prepared by polishing or lapping a surface thereof to a smooth finish. The polishing step is such as to almost produce an optical flat. A thin layer of oxide 33, on the order of several thousand angstroms may be thermally grown on the polished surface of the handle wafer if desired, depending upon the final dielectric layer thickness required by the device application. The oxidized surface 34 of handle wafer 32 is subjected to the same chemical cleaning procedure as the device wafer 10, and thereafter the two wafers are contacted as shown in FIG. 8. Employing the inventive method, it has been found that a reliable, full strength seal may be obtained by bonding the wafers at a temperature at or below 1000� C. (as low as 900� C.) for times on the order of minutes such as 5 to 10 minutes.
A second method according to this invention is very similar to the technique above described and is best described with reference to FIG. 9. In FIG. 9, an oxide layer 52, which is on the order of 1000 angstroms thick, is thermally grown or otherwise provided on the polished surface 54 of a single crystal silicon device wafer 50. The wafer is then treated to form a layer of silicon nitride 55 over the oxide layer. The layer of nitride may be 2,000 angstroms thick. On top of the layer of silicon nitride is deposited a layer of silicon dioxide 56. This may give a layer of silicon dioxide of between 1,000 to 3,000 angstroms. It is noted that both the growth or deposition of silicon nitride and silicon dioxide are well known. It is also well known that there are etches which will attack silicon dioxide and not silicon nitride and vice versa. For example, one can utilize a buffered solution of hydrogen fluoride (HF) for attacking silicon dioxide and utilize a mask of silicon nitride to selectively prevent etching of the silicon dioxide. Alternatively, one employs phosphoric acid for etching silicon nitrite utilizing a mask of silicon dioxide. Thus, the phosphoric acid will attack the silicon nitride but will not attack the silicon dioxide.
A layer of photoresist 57 is deposited on top of the layer of silicon dioxide. The layer of photoresist is patterned to form a photoresist pattern in the photoresist layer. The resultant pattern is shown in FIG. 10 after etching away the unwanted silicon dioxide. Thus, as shown in FIG. 10, a line pattern which consists of the photoresist deposited or otherwise bonded to the remaining portion of the layer of silicon dioxide. The photoresist is now stripped leaving the layer of silicon dioxide 56 secured to the layer of silicon nitride 55. The nitride is then patterned based on using the silicon dioxide as a mask, thus arriving at the structure of FIG. 11 which shows a line of silicon nitride secured to the oxide layer 52.
As shown in FIG. 12, the next step in the procedure is to strip all oxide, including the remaining portions of layer 56 and any portions of the oxide layer 52 not masked by the silicon nitride pattern. With reference to FIG. 13, it can be seen that the N-type silicon wafer 50 is now etched to raise the line pattern defined by the silicon nitride mask. Etches for this purpose are well known, and may include dilute solutions of I2 or KOH. As shown in FIG. 14, an oxide coating 60 is then thermally grown over the entire wafer 50. It is noted that the oxide will not grow on the silicon nitride.
With reference now to FIG. 15, it can be seen that the silicon nitride is then stripped, leaving a line pattern defined by the thin oxide layer 52. B2 H6 or some other p-type impurity is pre-diffused through the oxide layer 52 to establish a degenerate condition in the wafer corresponding to the desired circuit patterns. The exterior oxide coating, which may be on the order of 10,000 angstroms, prevents the boron from diffusing into the coated areas.
Once the diffusion is completed, the thin oxide layer is stripped and another diffusion of B2 H6 is performed. As in the first technique, this second diffusion activates the surface of the pattern with a thin skin of B2 O3 glass, which has been shown to enhance the quality of the bond.
The fabricated device wafer 50 is bonded to the handle wafer in a manner identical to that described in connection with the first method.
Once the handle and device wafers have been bonded utilizing either of the inventive techniques set forth above, the device wafer is separated utilizing a selective etch technique, leaving only the p+ pattern dielectrically isolated by an SiO2 layer from the underlying silicon substrate.
When the aforementioned inventive techniques are utilized to fabricate a dielectrically isolated transducer structure, the bonded wafer can be patterned for contacts and the diaphragms can be defined by etching the other side of the wafer. The wafer may then be scored to obtain the individual transducer circuits.
While the foregoing has described one technique for fabricating a silicon on insulator device wafer utilizing a predefined area for bonding, it is envisioned that further equivalent configurations, modifications, and alternate embodiments may be suggested to those knowledgeable in the art. For example, the technique may be utilized to dielectrically isolate other types of circuits besides transducers from an underlying substrate by diffusing such circuits prior to bonding. An advantage is that because of the low temperature and short times at which bonding takes place, the diffused patterns retain their concentration profiles. Accordingly, such alternate embodiments are to be construed as being within the spirit of the present invention, even though not explicitly set forth herein, the present invention being limited only by the content and scope of the claims appended hereto.
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So news it out that Peter Morgan's next film about political power and scandal will be "A Special Relationship."
I admired Morgan's screenwriting work on on "The Queen" and am curious about his directorial debut, but do we really need a film about one of the most documented scandals ever? What new insight or details can possible be offered that we already don't know?
Julianne Moore has been cast as Hillary Clinton in new film "Special Relationship".
The actress will star opposite Dennis Quaid -- who will play Hillary's husband, ex-U.S. President Bill Clinton -- in the movie which will show how Bill's 'inappropriate relationship' with White House intern Monica Lewinsky nearly ended his time in power.


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As an idea, the message of "journeys" is not new in travel. How many times have we heard the phrase, "It's about the journey, not the destination"? And the idea of putting magic back into the journey is also not new – I recall Singapore Airlines playing with the idea of putting the romance back into air travel, with the main image recall I have of the Singapore Girl putting a blanket over some male passenger sitting in first class.
So Malaysia Airlines' "Journeys" campaign, which promises "Journeys are made by the people you travel with" with the intention of elevating travel with MAS beyond a commodity into an experience with an emotional connection is certainly no breakthrough idea.


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Capturing Ashley on her birthday, Astronema uses the Body Switcher's special powers to take on the form of the Yellow Ranger. She infiltrates the Astro Megaship and captures each of the Power Rangers, save for Andros. Ashley tricks the monster into turning her into Astronema, which aids in her escape so she can save her friends before it's too late.
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- All of the other monsters that Body Switcher transforms into are recycled monster from Big Bad Beetleborgs. (Rocket Man, Cataclaws, LottaMuggs, Unctuous, FireCat [first form]).
- Alpha 6's birthday present to "Ashley" is a music box.
- Astronema's line "I wouldn't want to be a Power Ranger anyway!" is quite ironic since she later becomes one in the next season.
- Despite the fact that Ashley (as Astronema) was wearing gloves, a flesh-covered finger pressed the 3-3-5 combination when morphing.
- The Mega Voyager used the Astro Megazord saber for some reason.
- Cassie assumed that Ashley had returned to normal after Body Switcher was destroyed, however it was obvious that she had returned to normal upon morphing due to her voice reverting back to normal at that point.
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By Gerry J. GilmoreAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9, 2006 Senior U.S. military commanders from around the world are in Washington this week for meetings with Pentagon officials to discuss the upcoming Quadrennial Defense Review and other issues, a senior Defense Department spokesman said here today.
Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and Marine Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, are hosting the Senior Defense Leaders' Conference that starts today and runs through Jan. 11, DoD spokesman Lawrence Di Rita said. The first two days of the conference, he said, will feature updates provided by regional combatant commanders.
The QDR is expected to be a major topic of discussion when Pentagon military and civilian leaders meet with combatant commanders Jan. 11, Di Rita said.
QDRs are conducted every four years to ascertain what the military will require in manpower and materiel to address anticipated missions 20 years hence. "How will the world look in 20 years?" Di Rita asked reporters during a Nov. 22 Pentagon news conference, noting that QDRs also are used to help prioritize departmental needs regarding force size and the acquisition of military hardware.
Di Rita has said the 2005 QDR is the first to draw on lessons learned from fighting the global war against terrorism. Previous QDRs were conducted in 1997 and 2001.
Officials are getting close in finishing the 2005 QDR, Di Rita told Pentagon reporters today. "There are drafts for comment going around," he said.
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Did you know that adding $25 or $50 to your mortgage payment (make sure the extra funds are assigned to the PRINCIPAL) can shave off 2-4 years and save thousands of dollars worth in interest?
- Decide how much faster you'd like to pay off your mortgage.
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The fifth annual Beard and Moustache Competition, held on May 24 at the Music Farm, was fun, exciting, and most importantly, meaningful.
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"Lowcountry Women with Wings was started from a donation of a friend to the Center for Women who lost her battle with Ovarian Cancer in 2008," explained Amy Brennan, executive director of Center for Women. "Paul Roof, organizer of the Annual Beard and Moustache event and commander of Holy City Beard and Moustache Society (HCBMS), knew first-hand of the battle that women fight when diagnosed with such a serious illness. He decided five years ago to raise money and awareness for this disease and since then, countless women have benefited through education and awareness programs."
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"Turbo" may not break any new ground, but it offers enough mild laughs to make a good weekend escape; a fare light enough to entertain without much harm.
This latest feature from DreamWorks Animation does well in evoking a triumph-of-the-underdog tale so familiar to family entertainment of similar ilk.
More mature viewers my find its dramatic tropes a little too familiar, but the fanciful gags of "Turbo" aim for the younger hearts. The disparity between its "don't-be-afraid-to-be-different" ideals and its generic comportment dulls its message, but its unlikely hero never really felt like a flag-bearer more so than a cutesy happy meal gift, anyway. Again, it's harmless, though perhaps to a fault.
"Turbo" tells the story of Theo (voiced by Ryan Reynolds), a snail with a passion for racing. If that idea seems borrowed, that's because it very probably is (think Remy, the rat from Pixar's "Ratatouille" with a passion for cooking, crossed with the hot-for-wheels talking cars of "Cars").
The film processes borrowed ideas enough to make them feel like a digestible whole. The overall presentation is a flashy one, heavy on visual sparkle and colorful characters, the best of which are voiced by actors such as Samuel L. Jackson, Paul Giamatti, and rapper Snoop Dogg.
Along the way, thumping hip-hop beats and funky slow-motion routines permeate most of the scenes. Director David Soren and cinematographer Wally Pfister create a fluid, dynamic universe with heavyweight vehicle mobility that lends the racing scenes some realism.
The contrast between Theo's fate as a slow-moving creature and his fast-speed desires make him the ultimate underdog. Then things take a turn for the best and Theo suffers a superhero-like "accident" and gives him the speed of a race-car.
This magical aspect to the story works respectably, though the choice of a pray-for-a-miracle solution instead of a working-around-your-limitations one feels like a cheat. Celebrating the ability of Theo's fellow snail racers to move around swiftly using circus-troupe like teamwork, for instance, would have been a more positive message for children.
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Aaron Rodgers, QB, Packers. Rodgers had his way with the overmatched Titans' pass defense (27-of-38, 342 yards, three TDs) in a 55-7 romp at Lambeau Field. He also opened the offensive explosion with a 6-yard scoring run as Green Bay jumped into position for the NFC's No. 2 playoff seed.
Drew Brees, QB and Marques Colston, WR, Saints. Brees helped New Orleans upset the Cowboys in a 34-31 overtime shootout by throwing at his usual high volume—and his usual high level (37-of-53, 446 yards, three Ds). Colston played a big part in that success with his 10 receptions for 153 yards.
Tony Romo, QB and Dez Bryant, WR, Cowboys. Unfortunately, Romo (26-of-43, 416 yards, four TDs) was on the losing end of the passing duel with Brees, and Bryant's latest huge day (nine catches, 224 yards, two 58-yard TDs in the second quarter) also went for naught.
Ray Rice and Bernard Pierce, RB, Ravens. Rice, the veteran workhorse, and Pierce, the fresh-legged rookie, ran all over a reeling Giants defense for 230 rushing yards on a combined 38 carries in a dominant 33-14 Baltimore home win. The team reward for the 1-2 punch was another AFC North title.
Jamaal Charles and Peyton Hillis, RBs, Chiefs. Charles' triumphant return from a torn ACL has been the bright spot in an otherwise dismal season for Kansas City. In a 20-13 loss to the Colts, the speedy Charles busted out again (22 carries for 226 yards, including an 86-yard TD) and got help from Hillis (15 carries, 101 yards) as the Chiefs rushed for 352 yards as a team.


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Nick Adams is a part-time Clinical Lecturer at the School of Dentistry, responsible for one-to-one teaching of dental students during patient treatment sessions. Outside of the School he is a specialist endodontist in referral practice in Madeley, Telford, Shropshire.
Nick is a regular presenter of postgraduate endodontic courses run by the West Midlands Deanery.
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Nicola Adderley is a Research Fellow in the Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care West Midlands (CLAHRC WM) team, working on Theme 3: Prevention and Detection of Diseases.
Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Restorative Dentistry
Owen Addison is a Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Restorative Dentistry
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Thomas Addison is a part-time Clinical Lecturer at the School of Dentistry, responsible for the teaching of dental students during patient treatment sessions. On other days he works as a General Dental Practitioner in a well established family practice in South Birmingham.
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Interesting idea raised by Jimmy in another thread - if an advanced race fully understood their DNA they could recreate themselves as they saw fit. Topic for discussion: What would be the ultimate modifications?
I'm imagining almost all brain, living in an almost indestructible metal shell connected to robotic limbs that could be changed out as necessary. What do YOU think?
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Again - there is no 'transfer' in this case - it's a copy/paste. The original you, still dies. A new life form with all your memories goes on living - but you are dead.
Heather- If every atom in my brain was replaced with an identical atom, would i then still be me?
You seem to be supplanting the biological "you" with the "mind" of the biological you.
We are proposing the continuance of the "mind" not the body. The "you" that you perceive when you wake up is the mind, the "you" that you feel when you wake up is the body.
The body has a limited span of existence in a functioning sense, the continuance of mind may have an unlimited time frame.
It is the mind that is important to your continued perceiving of the "you" when you wake up. The wake/sleep cycle is a function of biology, the mind is a function of electrical synapses.
Our neural functions that underlie our minds are basically connections and switches.
The mind doesn't know or care what media it rests upon, be it biological or computer, as long as memory and continuance are present.
I'll try one last time, then I'll give up, because there are some here who just seem unable to understand this.
It doesn't matter that your molecules/cells swap out over time - because there is a continuity of experience recorded that is 'you'.
If I make a copy of your mind into another object/avatar, there are now two you's, and for a moment they will both have exactly the same mind but will instantly begin to diverge in experience. You will not see the world through the experiences of your copy - your copy will see the world through its experiences.
Both of you will want to live, and neither one would gladly take a bullet to the head saying, "That's ok, the other me can go on living instead." You still end up facing your own mortality.
Now you might die in your sleep without ever really facing your mortality (my preferred way to go) - but even so, your continuity of existence ceases at the moment of death, your accumulation of experiences ceases. Your copy may go on living - and that's cool for your loved ones, because they have a copy of you - but the original still dies because the original is not accumulating experiences through its copy - the copy accumulates experiences through itself.
@Rocky John - Heather- If every atom in my brain was replaced with an identical atom, would i then still be me?
If instead of you being replaced atom by atom another you was constructed in Capetown, S. Africa identical atom by atom, you seem to imply that you'd be the first person to exist in two places at the same time.
Is that true? If not, why not?
@Unseen - I say no.
What a horror it would be to wake up after the consciousness transfer to discover that I'm not a real person, but that I'm a simulation of myself trapped in a box.Trapping me in a robot would be only marginally better.
@Unseen.....Let us hope to have options to be or not to be cloned.
A clone is a twin of me, not me.
Please don't go there. I actually shuddered :)
I shudder with you.
"There can only be one" (snicker)
What is "life" about a copy of my brain? A copy is a copy. Take identical twins, for example. They may look alike, they may be genetically identical, and yet they are different people.


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When Liverpool's players face Chelsea at Anfield on Sunday, the message delivered by skipper Steven Gerrard during a tearful on-pitch huddle two weeks ago will no doubt be ringing in their ears.
As the final whistle blew on a rollercoaster of a clash against Manchester City and Brendan Rodgers' side emerged with a vital victory, the captain assembled his players in front of the Kop to impart a spontaneous rallying cry.
He urged them to 'go again' against Norwich City - which they did. Another 3-2 win at Carrow Road pushed Liverpool five points clear at the top of the Barclays Premier League table.
Now, with Jose Mourinho returning to Anfield as manager for the first time in seven years, seeking to close that gap at the league's summit, we've taken inspiration from Gerrard's words to produce a rallying cry of our own, which you can watch for FREE below.
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It was one Wilkes County man's lifelong dream, but failing health wouldn't allow him to be a firefighter any longer.
However, Kenny Miller now hopes to return to doing what he loves most after undergoing a life-saving surgery procedure. His fight is the latest 'Inspired Living.'
Expensive medical bills have put Miller in deep debt. A benefit with bluegrass and country music will be held for him at 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 7, at the Record Park in north Wilkesboro.


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text: Possibly as early as next week Perry County residents will see the ambulance authority's newest addition to its fleet, and it will sport a very unique color scheme. Trimmed in pink and with the phrase "Driving for a cure" emblazoned along the sides, the new ambulance was the brainchild of Assistant Director Wanda Noble, who said this week that her design, which incorporates the pink breast cancer awareness ribbon along with the familiar star of life, is meant to increase awareness for breast cancer. "I thought it was about time that we got an ambulance and wanted to design it for the people out in the county to support breast cancer awareness," Noble said, adding that the ambulance will be used for local events as well, such as the Relay for Life in Hazard in June. The ambulance has not yet been put into service, and will need to undergo an inspection, but Noble said she hopes the vehicle will begin use as early as next week.


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[Behind The Scenes] Beyonce Brings Royal Fashion To 02 Priority Ad
Back in February, Beyonce released a O2 Priority Ad which featured her dressed in 18th century royal garb while claiming her throne to the sounds of her new track, "Bow Down/I Been On." Now, we are able to get a peek into the inspiration for the commercial in a new behind-the-scenes video which shows Beyonce on set with stylist B. Åkerlund, and Grammy Award-winning director Jonas Åkerlund.
In the footage, the stylist revealed:
I was very inspired by royal fashion. How do I get to the bottom of this and portray her as the queen that she is?
While Beyonce added:
We all stand on the shoulders of those who came before us, so I always feel its important for pop artists to pay their respect and create an artistic conversation which is one of the reasons why I am so excited that I can have a commercial like this.
Beyonce's UK tour begins on April 26 in Birmingham before hitting The O2 Arena in London April 29 – May 5.
Catch the footage below:
In case you missed it, Beyonce's 02 Priority Ad (Extended)


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getting undressed under the sun.
It is how the gender changes. In my family. Italian and catholic by the both sides. From the "good" and the modesty impressed like a tatoo over the skin, to the reaction and unveiling. No dress for the body, nor for our minds. Free from any chain: social as well familiar.
She doesn't belong to me...
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With her hair in a ponytail and her smile quick and wide, it's hard to tell that high school junior Donyell Hollins has been pulling all-nighters for most of the semester to take care of her infant daughter.
Her situation isn't unusual in the small Delta town of Marks, home to one of the highest teen pregnancy rates in the state that leads the nation in the statistic. But unlike teen mothers in previous decades, 18-year-old Hollins is benefiting from a change in attitude that's paving the way for frank discussions about parenting skills, career goals and contraception.
Instructors from the Delta Health Partners Healthy Start Initiative come to Hollins' high school monthly to teach lessons that incorporate some of the newest theories on the relationship between poverty and teen motherhood. It's a far cry from decades past, when women in Hollins' situation were given little guidance and often left to drop out and languish.
Part of the goal is to change patterns of communication about sex that have persisted for years.
"I'm going to talk to her more about it, inform her," Hollins said of her 5-month-old daughter. "'Cause I didn't have that talk with my mom. I had to learn on my own."
The Delta Initiative, run through Tougaloo College since 1999, is a forerunner in the state's changing attitude toward teen pregnancy. Next year, a new state law will require schools to teach sex education, and they'll have more leeway in how much information they can incorporate about birth control. Schools previously had to get special permission to teach anything but abstinence. Delta Health Partners' classes are run independently of the school districts' curriculum, though they use classrooms at welcoming schools to make it convenient for the girls to attend.


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Taylor got 3 GRAMMY nods
Apart from being adorable while cohosting the Grammy Nominations Concert, Taylor also earned 3 Grammy nods.
We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together is nominated for GRAMMY's Record of The Year while Safe & Sound (Taylor and The Civil Wars) is nominated for Country Duo/Group Performance and for Best Song Written for Visual Media (The Hunger Games).
The 55th GRAMMYs will air Feb 10 8/7c on CBS.


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G'Day Penguins,
Wow – how awesome was the Club Penguin's Got Talent Party last week?! Thank you to all those who came along, you guys sure are talented.
This week I thought it would be an amazing idea to try out some acting at The Stage. Has everyone had a sneak peek at it since the Operation Puffle party started?! It looks so cool!
Bring along your Golden Puffles and get ready to have some fancy dress fun, I can't wait to see what costumes they have this month. I will even take a photo of everyone in their fancy dress for next week's blog.
Lets meet in the Forest on the Down Under Server at 4pm (East Australian Standard Time) on Thursday 28th November, which will be 6pm for all of you in New Zealand. Don't forget, this is 9pm Penguin Standard Time on Wednesday 27th November for everyone over in the US and Canada. Then we can make our way to The Stage and get ready for the best theatre performance Club Penguin has ever seen!
Waddle On!
- The Club Penguin Team
Hello Penguins!
First up, we just wanted to say thanks to everyone who sent us questions to help us make this video! You had some great questions for the team.
Believe it or not, making a new Puffle in Club Penguin is quite a complex process! Here's a bit of what the team had to say about the making of the Gold Puffle:
Fun fact: Did you know that we have team names for each of the staff project teams in Club Penguin? For example, the team of staff members working on the Gold Puffle call themselves the "Island Architects". :)
Until next time... Waddle on!
-Club Penguin Team
It's a bit chilly in the UK right now, isn't it? Perfect weather to stay in and have a party with me! I'll be online today at 4pm UK time, on server Snow Flake and I'd love you to join me!
Wait, I forgot to tell you why we're partying! (silly me :P). Well today is the last day of voting for the UK BAFTA Kids Vote 2013! So if you haven't voted yet, now is the last chance to do it! Then you can come and meet me online for high fives all round!
-Club Penguin Team
We're working on a behind-the-scenes video about the making of the Gold Puffle, and we hope to launch it this week! We'd love your help to pick some music for the background. What Club Penguin song would you like to hear in the background?
Waddle on!
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Now that we've unveiled our traditional Gingerbread Structure – a cookie-replica of One Ocean Resort & Spa – we know that the holidays are finally here.
Our Thanksgiving brunch brought families and friends together for pleasant conversation and holiday favorites with a twist, like slow roasted traditional turkey with apple-sage stuffing and Berkshire pork tenderloin with grilled pineapple relish. Christmas Eve and Christmas Day in Azurea promise to be just as delicious, and our New Years Eve party will be the place to be seen when the ball drops in Times Square.
From herbal teas and gourmet delicacies during High Tea in Azurea Lounge to hosting your own glamorous holiday event at our resort, the holidays are always sweeter at One Ocean Resort & Spa.
To book your reservation at Azurea, please visit www.opentable.com/azurea-at-one-ocean. For more information on the holidays at One Ocean, please visit www.oneoceanresort.com/holiday-happenings.aspx.
What takes 200 pounds of butter, 400 pounds of brown sugar, 75 pounds of flour, 20 gallons of molasses, 600 pounds of powdered sugar and 2,200 eggs to create? If you're a resident of Northeast Florida, then you'd know right away that we're talking about our annual holiday gingerbread structure! Always a secret until the day of the reveal, our pastry team at One Ocean Resort & Spa unveils this life-sized holiday treat every year in front of visitors of all ages wide-eyed with excitement. Whether the pastry team has created a gingerbread train or an igloo, most residents agree – it's not really the holidays until the annual gingerbread structure debuts!
While whipping this masterpiece up yourself might not be advisable {unless you have an army of hungry little elves running around}, our very own Executive Pastry Chef Suzy has revealed her secret recipe for the perfect gingerbread cookies.
We are very honored to announce that One Ocean Resort & Spa has recently been recognized as a 2012 "Top 100 Best in the World" resort and a "Top 40 Florida Resort" by Condé Nast Traveler magazine. Voted on by thousands of Condé Nast Traveler magazine readers, the 25th annual Readers' Choice Award showcases the top hotels based on excellence in several categories including rooms and facilities, location, service, restaurant and food as well as value.
One Ocean Resort & Spa was chosen as one of only 1,306 to be honored as a best in the world location. This is a highly coveted award and it lets us know that we are on the right track with our customer service and international presence as a prominent seaside resort. We couldn't have achieved this accomplishment without our exemplary staff and loyal guests, and want to express our thanks for your continued support.


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After the Ravens beat the 49ers last week, the talk slowly began.
A few questions came up in post-game media session with coach John Harbaugh and various players. The words started to come up that many there have to be thinking about: home playoff game.
The Ravens have yet to play a home playoff game under Harbaugh. They want one badly. Theres no question that any NFL team is better at home. You can put the Ravens in that category.
They are now 6-0 at M&T Bank Stadium this season and 2-3 on the road. If the Ravens can win the AFC North, theyll get at lease one home playoff game, and that would make everyone there happy. But if they can snatch the conferences top seed, every game until the Super Bowl would be right here.
Don Banks of SI.com wrote some interesting points on this subject over the weekend.
If the road to the Super Bowl in the AFC goes through Baltimore, the rest of the conference could be in trouble, Banks wrote. Weve seen what John Harbaughs Ravens can do on the road in the playoffs, but they desperately want the AFC North title and the conferences top seed this season because they are fully aware how much their home turf means to their Super Bowl chances.
Banks brings up a good point about winning on the road in the post-season. The Ravens have done that, in places like New England, Kansas City and Tennessee. Now theyd like to have a chance to play at home.
Harbaugh wants the Ravens to keep their minds on Cleveland first, as the teams meet in Ohio on Sunday. But theres no doubt everyones looking ahead a bit.
But its December football, and thats when you start thinking about things like that, Harbaugh said after Thursdays game. But the only thing we need to be focused on is getting healthy, first of all, and the Cleveland Browns.


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Just As We Thought -- Wash. U. Students Dine in Splendor [Updated]
Update: Alert reader Micah Herstand has informed us that we were mistaken in our reporting. Unlike many of the other institutions mentioned in the Daily Meal's rankings, Wash. U. does not have 24-hour dining.
image via Dinnertime at Wash. U.
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The Whispers Cafe space is open 24-hours, but they stop serving coffee and food at midnight or earlier. I'm guessing you don't count their run-of-the-mill vending machines as "24-hour dining". ;)
Wash U students, just like the rest of St. Louis, gotta trek over to Coffee Cartel for 3am cappuccinos.
Wash. U. students, you have Gut Check's heartfelt sympathy.
A long, long time ago, when Gut Check started college, well-meaning upperclassmen took us aside and passed along a few rumors we were sure were meant to scare us. Some we dismissed out of hand (these involved ghosts). Some remained a source of intrigue (the steam tunnels that ran beneath the campus). But one we clung to as absolute fact for the next four years:
Our school's food service specialized in institutions. It had nine levels of quality, ranging from prison food at number one to four-star hotel food at level nine. We students, it was rumored, were fed number two. We were eating food that was one step above prison food. And we had to pay for it!
We ate a lot of grilled cheese sandwiches during those years.
Just as we suspected, college students today are way luckier than we were. We refer, in particular, to those who attend Washington University. Their library has a snack bar with real coffee. (We got ours out of a machine.) Their student center has leather armchairs and chaise longues. Their mattresses, we hear, are TempurPedic.
And now, the Daily Meal, in its rankings of the 52 Best Colleges for Food in America has declared that Wash. U.'s dining options are the finest in this fair nation, save for Virginia Tech and Bowdoin College. The Daily Meal and Wash. U. aren't exactly strangers to each other -- earlier this year, the website said Wash. U. was the very best college for food-lover -- but being a foodie is a bit different from being a college student who just wants a goddamned sandwich after biology lab.
Naturally, we had to skim over the competition. Even though editor Nina Famufod explained that the Daily Meal had visited nearly 2000 colleges, ate the food there and rejected many of them for the list out of hand for having boring menus, serving meals at very limited times and for being plain old disgusting ("Students have found everything from thumbtacks to grasshoppers in their campus food. Completely unacceptable"), the reports that came in from the top 52 were staggering.
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