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September 30 Image of the Week
Raashon Daniels, assistant director of multicultural recruitment at Wheaton, recently visited Restoration Academy in Birmingham, Alabama, talking to potential prospective students. Raashon didn't realize it was the 53rd anniversary of bombings at the 16th Street Baptist Church, which served as a turning point in the American civil rights movement. As he said, "It was such an honor to reflect with these two brothers who have joined in the work of racial reconciliation."
The three gentlemen pictured are, from left to right: Ben Sciacca '00, executive director, Raashon Daniels, and Brian Goessling '00, Principal.
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September 23 Image of the Week
Claire Carlson '17 and Andrew Graber '16 recently visited the island chain of Vanuatu in the Pacific Ocean. Being geology enthusiasts, Claire says, "traveling all the way to a volcanic island chain meant we HAD to see one!" Claire grew up on Tanna, one of the islands in the chain. She sent in this week's photo at the Yasur volcano, complete with real molten rock erupting behind them.
September 19 Image of the Week
Wheaton graduates go around the world and do many things. However the friendships that begin at the college often last a lifetime. Ed Bedard '12 sent in this week's photo at his wedding in Atlanta, Georgia, holding up a Wheaton banner made by Ed's mother. All of the guys in the photo met on Traber 7, a residence hall on campus. As Ed says, "Now we live all over the place, from Minneapolis to Charleston, but even so my wife and I continue to be tremendously blessed by all of their friendship."
Pictured here, from left to right: Nelson Summers '12, Jennifer Mull Van Dyke '10, Danny Van Dyke '12, Stephanie Bedard, Ed Bedard '12, Tyler Gail Wood Carlson '15, Jared Carlson '13, Tamara Thompson Vaughan '13, and Seth Vaughan '12.
September 9 Image of the Week
Anna Bret Allen '17 sent in this week's photo of herself and Hayes Thielman '17, who over the summer came to visit her while she was working at Carolina Point, which is a Young Life camp on the border of North and South Carolina. Here they posed for a photo, having hiked up Black Balsam Knob off of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Anna says, "It was a restful day thanks to God's beautiful creation and a faithful friend's pleasant company."
August 29 Image of the Week
James Sorensen '19 sent in this week's photo of himself and three alumni in a decidedly Wheaton neighborhood in Minneapolis, Minnesota. James says, "just four houses apart live three Wheaton alumni and a current student. The alumni were some of [my] first employers. Who knew plant watering jobs could lead to life-giving college choices?"
Pictured here from left to right: Dottie Peterson Haugen '59, Lanny Schmidt '60; Charlotte Hargrave Schmidt '61; and James Sorensen '19.
August 19 Image of the Week
A team of Student Ministry Partners (SMP) recently spent time ministering in Ecuador. Maria Gryparis '18 sent in this week's picture of students enjoying an adventure at Cascada de Latas in Misahualli, Ecuador. Pictured here from left to right: Maria Gryparis '18, Rachel Kim '16, Josh Recknagel '16, Mitch Barner '16, and Tuesday Whittington '16.
August 5 Image of the Week
This week's beautiful photo was sent to us by Lisa Ryken '88. The Rykens were dropping off their daughter at Advance Camp at HoneyRock, the Outdoor Center for Leadership Development of Wheaton College, when they witnessed this double rainbow over an area of HoneyRock called Does' Acres.
July 29 Image of the Week
This week's photo was sent by Tommy Hekma '16 of current Wheaton students and alumni who met each other by coincidence recently in Prague, Czech Republic. A summer team with Youth Hostel Ministry (YHM) happened to be staying at the same hostel as 7 seniors who just graduated. They were taking a 5-week trip in celebration of their completion of college. Tommy says, "We were all staying at Sir Toby's, the best hostel in Prague!"
Pictured here, left to right, back row: C.J. Heck '18, Eric Hallstrom '19, Alex Prus '18, Bennett Hollar '16, Michael Sawyer '16, Ben Nussbaum '16, Jordan Vanberg '16, Tyler Hansen '16, Christian Woodley '16, Tommy Hekma '16. Front row: Joni Graves '18, Elena Spafford '18, Alyssa Spradley '18.
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July 15 Image of the Week
Maria Brands '16 sent in our photo for this week of students who recently finished an 8-week study abroad program called Wheaton in Spain, one of many such programs offered in the summer. Here, the students are visiting the Parque Güell in Barcelona.
July 8 Image of the Week
Art professor David Hooker took advantage of the summer break to do some work, take in sights, and meet new people in Lanzhou, China. Taken from a Buddhist temple, the photo shows the Yellow River, the city, and mountains beyond. David says, "You can see how the old and the new mix here…it's a very inspiring place to be."
June 24 Image of the Week
On June 23, faculty and students at the Wheaton College Science Station in South Dakota launched a weather balloon to the edge of space (see their facebook page for more information). The balloon reached a height of 105,686 feet, way above any aircraft and at a height where the sky turns black. On its way up and down the atmosphere the balloon reached speeds of 92 mph in the Jetstream, and it finally landed on a remote hill side west of Wall, SD where the chase team was able to recover it. The instruments in the payload made a variety of measurements, including temperature, pressure, humidity, vertical and horizontal speeds. There were also three cameras onboard that recorded breathtaking footage of the flight.
Faculty involved: Dr. AJ Poelarends (physics/astronomy), Dr. Chris Keil (environmental science)
Students involved: Scott Wurtz '16 (physics & computer science), Hayley Hansen '18 (art), David Arensen (Taylor University)
Also present: Dr. Dorothy Chappell (Dean of Natural and Social Sciences), Dr. Margaret Diddams (Provost), Dr. Gene Green (Bible & Theology) and Dr. Tiffany Kreiner (English)
June 17 Image of the Week
Recently Rob Ribbe, director of HoneyRock, the Outdoor Center for Leadership Development of Wheaton College, attended a Christian Camping International (CCI) worldwide conference in Gauteng, South Africa. While there, he assembled other camp officials who were alumni of HoneyRock.
HoneyRock staff person Cindy Daffara sent in the photo commemorating the reunion. From left to right: Esdras Kresby (CCI Brazil) M.A. '12, Muhia Karianjahi M.A. '03, Rajshekar Moothy (Excelsior India) '12, Lisa Anderson-Umana (CCI Latin America) M.A. '92, Judith Dixon (CCI Jamaica) M.A. '12, DelaHarpe de Villiers '03, Rob Ribbe (Honeyrock director) B.S. '87, M.A. '90.
June 10 Image of the Week
This week's photo was sent by Ben Dowling '85 of himself and daughter Helen at her graduation ceremony. It would appear that Helen's future plans are set. Welcome to the Wheaton family, and we'll see you in the fall!
June 3 Image of the Week
Once students have left campus, a wide variety of tasks are accomplished. Trees and flowers are planted, roads are resurfaced, lines are painted, and construction projects begun. Many of the campus buildings undergo cleaning and repair over the summer months. This week's photo, sent by staff person Patti McDonell, shows a worker tending to the exterior of Blanchard Hall outside education professor Paul Egeland's office window.
May 27 Image of the Week
We highly value the many people who pray for the work of Wheaton College. Recently alumni, parents, and friends of Wheaton gathered at the Luis Palau Association in Portland, Oregon just for that purpose. Laura Bennett, the regional event specialist in Alumni and Parent Engagement passed on this week's photo. Laura says, "Doug Goebel '90 and Kevin Palau '85 joined with alumni ranging from the class of 1946 -2012 to pray for campus leadership, student life, academics, graduation and alumni weekend." We thank them all for doing this important work!
May 13 Image of the Week
This past weekend, alumni gathered for class reunions, a particularly busy time for Wheaton College President, Philip Ryken. He found himself running late, and facing a long walk across campus to open a class dinner. Fortunately, buildings and grounds worker Jake Hamlin was nearby with an available cart. President Ryken reports, "Jake was happy to get me where I needed to go. In fact, he said that helping the President made this one of his happiest days at the college. Notice his big smile and two thumbs up… Please know that Jake followed all posted speed limits and was careful around the corners. I was holding on tight, though."
April 29 Image of the Week
Mary Pettit '16 sent in this week's photo. Her professor of mathematics, Robert Brabenec, took her senior seminar class to Kilwins, a local ice cream shop, to celebrate a good year. So, come to Wheaton College, and you just might get ice cream.
April 25 Image of the Week
This week's photo was sent by Jonathan Sweeting '12. In his words, "Starting as 3 East [Fischer] hall members, and then rooming together for the next three years during our time at Wheaton, our bonds of friendship have only grown stronger since graduation. Although we live in different places (China, Utah, and New York) and have completely different jobs (English, Geology, and Music), these have not gotten in the way of continued involvement, spiritual growth, prayer, and encouragement in our lives.
Though the distance can be difficult at times, we remedied that recently with a Southeast Asia tour to Thailand, Vietnam, and Indonesia. This picture was taken on a trek in northern Vietnam, along the path up to Mt. Fansipan, the highest mountain in Southeast Asia."
Pictured here from left to right: Jonathan Sweeting '12, David Wheatley '12, and Kristian Otten '12.
April 15 Image of the Week
Recently, dean for student engagement Steve Ivester '93, M.A. '03 had the opportunity to enjoy a retreat with students at the Garfield Conservatory in Chicago. They were taking a break from a semester-long independent study program on the principles of leadership. Steve quoted Jean Vanier, who stated the goal, "that we transform each other in helping each other to become more human and more like Jesus."
Pictured here, from left to right: Dana Henderson '17, Madeline Taylor '16, Steve Ivester '93, M.A. '03, Christian Woodley '16, and Tyler Hansen '16.
April 8 Image of the Week
The crashing sounds of demolition were heard on campus this week. Two residential complexes, the French House and College Court apartments, are being torn down to prepare the way for a new welcome center. The new building will be a "front door" for the campus, providing a place for many to begin their visit to Wheaton College, as well as a new home for the Undergraduate Admissions counselors.
April 1 Image of the Week
A group of sophomore guys have bonded through their commitment to grow out their hair. From Football to Honduras Project, Student Government to Arena Theater, they have enjoyed journeying together as they let the flow grow.
Pictured here (all class of 2018): Danny Freed, Fedhi Gobena, John Callaway, Sam TeBos, Will Burdett, Jake Krogh, Tyler Jones, Hudson Thomas, Holden Thompson, Abe Duarte, CJ Heck, Trystan Oh, and Jake Fernandes.
March 25 Image of the Week
At this time of year, we remember the last week of Jesus' life and all of the events that led to his crucifixion and subsequent resurrection. Our image this week shows the just-emerging magnolia blossoms against the rain-soaked walls of Blanchard Hall. Even in the setting of a dreary day, we see hope of the beauty that is coming.
The story of Jesus seems pretty bleak on Good Friday. We see in Matthew 27:45-46, "Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, 'Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?' that is, 'My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?'"
But the good news of Matthew 28 was ahead of them when the angel of the Lord spoke to the women at the tomb. He said in verses 5 to 7, "…Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. He is not here, for he has risen, as he said. Come, see the place where he lay. Then go quickly and tell his disciples that he has risen from the dead, and behold, he is going before you to Galilee; there you will see him."
March 18 Image of the Week
At a recent tournament, the Wheaton men's and women's golf teams had the opportunity to walk a different course. Karissa Raschke '19 sent in this week's photo of the team stopping at the summit of their hike on Devil's Bridge in Sedona, Arizona. We're not sure if they found their ball or not.
March 11 Image of the Week
Spring break at Wheaton gives many students the opportunity to participate in ministry outreaches around the nation with the BreakAway program through the Office of Christian Outreach (OCO). This week's photo shows a group that partnered with Habitat for Humanity to build homes in Savannah, Georgia. The group was led by faculty Laura Tomcik (far left), and Steve Bretsen (far right).
March 4 Image of the Week
Recently Wheaton communication students had the opportunity to visit the United Center in Chicago, home of the Blackhawks and the Bulls. The students were there as part of their Sport and Communication course. They all had a chance to hear about the business of communication in professional sports from Adam Kempernaar, Senior Director of New Media and Creative Projects for the Blackhawks. A tour of the facility ended in the hockey team locker room. Professor Emily Langan '94 says of the visit, "I'm not sure if my students or I was more thrilled, but safe to say it was a great day in the city."
February 26 Image of the Week
In January, Marshall Hollingsworth '16 became the first male Wheaton soccer player to be drafted into Major League Soccer, chosen in the second round of the draft by the Columbus Crew soccer club. Marshall was a four-year starter and All-American while at Wheaton. Here he is pictured (in yellow and black) in his professional debut in a preseason game against Real Salt Lake.
Photo credit: Casey Sapio, USA Today Sports Images.
February 19 Image of the Week
Caris Chun '17 and her fellow chemistry classmates convinced their professor, Peter Walhout '91, to go with them to a local favorite restaurant called Los Burritos, which students call "Los." The group has now set a goal to try and get all of their chemistry professors to come along. We wish them success!
Pictured here, from left to right: Colin McLaughlin '17, Josh Recknagel '17, Ali McMillan '16, Sara Frankowski '17, Mitch McElroy '17, Braden Weber '17, Peter Walhout '91, and Caris Chun '17.
February 12 Image of the Week
Chaplain Tim Blackmon recently spoke at Windsor Park Manor in Carol Stream at an annual event called, "Wheaton at Windsor." This retirement facility has the highest concentration of Wheaton College alumni living anywhere.
Chaplain Blackmon is seen here with Muriel Thompson Johnston '50, whose husband Arthur Johnston '48, was his teacher and mentor while he studied at Tyndale Theological Seminary. The Johnstons met at Wheaton and after marrying spent many years as missionaries overseas. Thanks to Ray Smith '54 for sending the photo.
February 5 Image of the Week
The second annual Wheaton College Externship Day took place on February 2, 2016. Co-sponsored by the Alumni Association and the Center for Vocation and Career, this program matches students with alumni for a day of job shadowing at their workplace. Thanks to Faculty Development Day (no classes for students!), 138 students had the opportunity spend a day in various offices and industries across Chicagoland. From finance to healthcare to tech to marketing, 62 alumni hosts showed freshmen to seniors a day in their life at work. Many hosts set up meetings with various departments and leaders at their company so that students had the chance to experience a broad range of job functions.
Student Dana Henderson '17 said, "It was an incredible experience and my favorite day of the semester so far!" Alumnus Jason Isaacson told us, "I was so excited when I first received the email about the externship program. I have been looking for ways to get more involved with helping and mentoring Wheaton students."
Pictured here, clockwise from top left, are current students and alumni hosts at IMO (Intelligent Medical Objects, Inc.), Jellyvision, Broadspire, and Wheaton Academy.
February 1 Image of the Week
Wheaton College's Center for Vocation and Career is hosting events on campus this year in a new initiative called Canvas: Framing Your Vocation and Career. The declaration dinner is a unique event that celebrates one of the first steps a Wheaton student takes toward their career - choosing a major. In this inaugural event, Bob Lane '72, the former chairman and CEO of John Deere & Company, was the featured speaker.
Pictured here, from left to right are Caleb Guerrero '18, class vice president, Bob and Patty Lane '72, and Jake Krogh '18, class president.
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January 15 Image of the Week
As we tallied together the 2015 top five photos by Facebook likes, it seems that all of you enjoyed seeing landscapes, wildlife, and milestone moments on and off campus. We thank everyone for their contributions. If you have a great photo or video that you would like to be considered for the image of the week, please send it to email@example.com. Be sure to send a description of the image, along with the names of any people.
5. The lawn in front of Blanchard Hall is used for many things, in this case a marriage proposal by Trent Tovsen '16 to Bridget Oslund '16.
4. Wheaton Crew, the campus rowing team, often works out on the Fox River. Here they row against a beautiful background.
3. Not quite one-year-old Amelia Hartley visited campus this year, with parents Andrew '11 and Amber McGregor Hartley '08, and paused for this shot. We suspect this might have been in the top 5 liked posts since Amelia seems to be related to just about everyone who's ever attended Wheaton.
2. Summer storms are common in Illinois. They also provide a dramatic background to pictures of Blanchard Hall.
1. The number one popular photo from our 2015 images featured a wild visitor. Staff person Judy Olseng sent us this photo of the intrepid fox trot.
Wheaton-related photos and video sent in by students, faculty, staff, alumni, parents, and friends.


text: Mr. and Mrs. James Callihan30th anniversaryJames and Evelyn E. Callihan of Byesville celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary on Sept. 1, 2004.On Sept. 1, 1974, Evelyn E. Harbin, daughter of Herman and Roberta (Todd) Harbin, and James Callihan, son of the late Guy and Zelma (LaFollette) Callihan, were united in marriage at Phoenix Wedding Chapel, Phoenix, Ariz.The Rev. Eugene Martell officiated the ceremony.Donald and Evelyn M. Callihan attended the couple.Mrs. Callihan is a homemaker and a part-time employee of the Days Inn, Cambridge.Mr. Callihan is a retired truck driver and is a part-time employee of the Cambridge Airport.Mr. Callihan has five children, Karen Edwards, Cambridge, James Callihan II, Bethesda, Becky Bench, Belle Valley, Sandy Rankin, Byesville and Sherry Sickles, Akron.Completing the family circle are 11 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.Cards and well wishes may be sent to the couple at the homeplace of Mrs. Callihan, 60444 Southgate Road, Byesville, OH 43723.

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What a cutie!
Life as We Know It star Katherine Heigl and husband Josh Kelley went trick-or-treating with their daughter Naleigh in their Los Feliz neighborhood today (October 31). The sweet 23-month-old tot was dressed in an adorable personalized fairy costume.
The day before, we saw Katherine and Naleigh dining with grandma at Louise's Trattoria restaurant in Los Feliz, Calif.


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It's all change at Newsround! We've got a funky new titles and a fresh new look in the studio too.
The show's theme tune has been a given an update too - it's a remix of the show's first ever music.
So are the changes for the better, or did you prefer the old look?
What do you like best, the music, the set, or is it all brilliant?!?!
Unfortunately this topic is now closed but there are Comments pages on other subjects on the main Chat index.
"I think it's old looking and it looks like if it was made in the 80s because of the colour."
Emma, 12, Northern Ireland
"I think it's nice to have a change but the opening is a bit long! But I still love to watch it."
Ellie, 9, Sheffield, England
"It's better than the other one. It looks cool. You guys rock; well done to you."
Rolly, 11, Birmingham, England
"I really like the new look!"
Elissa, 8, Nottingham, England
"I dislike the new Newsround! The new music is a bit much, the opening is too long and I don't like the studio - it has too many screens, which makes me feel that it is important to watch loads of television."
Natasha, 11, London, England
"I think I prefer the new one because it's funky and cool but it took a bit of getting used to."
Layla, 11, Essex, England
"I love the new look! It's bright and vibrant and much better than the old one!!"
Ella, 13, North Wales
"I think it looks totally cool."
Sara, 10, Blackburn, England
"I preferred the old one. This new one doesn't suit Newsround. It's too loud and in your face."
Olivia, 11, Hampshire, England
"I love the new look. I think it's great."
Morgan, 10, Glasgow, Scotland
"I think the new Newsround look is great, but you need to change the music; it's not good!!!!!!!!! But overall it's great!!"
Olivia, 10, Sheffield, England
"I'm not very used to the new one, but I hope it will catch on. It is cool and funky."
Henna, 13, Glasgow, Scotland
"I remember the opening before the last one and I didn't like it when it changed but I guess change is inevitable."
Emma, 14, Surrey, England
"I think that it is very cool and funky!"
Rebecca, 13, Exeter, England
"Your new look is funky but I got used to the old one so I hope to get used to this."
Lisa, 11, Guildford, England
"I don't like it!! There was nothing wrong with the old one!!!"
Molly, 11, West Sussex, England
"I love the new look! But I liked the song better, as the new one confuses me."
Hannah, 11, Peterborough, England
"I prefer the old titles. The old tune was catchy and I don't like the new furniture, either. Bring back the old look!"
James-Richard, 12, Norwich, England
"I hate the new titles! The old ones are better by a mile! I like the new sofa a lot, though!"
Alicia, 12, Wirral, England
"It's absolutely fantastic. It catches my eyes straight away. Well done."
Justin, 14, Oxford, England
"I like the old one more, the music is awful and it confuses me."
Miranda, 10
"I think it's funky and retro and I definitely would stick with this one."
Jake, 10, Warwickshire, England
"I hate the new opening to Newsround. I loved the last one. This new one is too long and boring!"
Alice, 11, Northampton, England
"I don't really like it; it looks too scientific. The old one was better and more useful!"
Jordan, 13, Glasgow, Scotland
"I love your new look; it is brilliant."
Maddie, 11, Watford, England
"I think it's unnecessary. I prefer the old one. I don't mind the music, though."
Katie, 9, Watford, England
"I soooooooooo love your new way. The music is weird but it is still good."
Bethany, 11, Cumbria, England
"I prefer the old look because you could see the letters clearly and I was used to it."
Aliya, 12, Birmingham, England
"I really like it. It is much more modern than the old look."
David, 11, Leicester, England
"I love the new look. It's cool and swirly."
Rachel, 7, Scotland
"It's soooooooooo cool! I love the new look; it's so... well... digital and high-tech! The old one was soooooooooo yesterday!"
Bob, 10, London, England
"I preferred the old one. This one is too long and weird."
Charity, 14, Devon, England
"I honestly think that it didn't need changing and I don't like it."
Leah, 11, England
"I miss the old Newsround beginning but I like the studio. I also miss the info bar at the bottom of the screen."
Hannah, 9, Surrey, England
"I love it all. It is funky!"
George, 8, Exeter, England
"Your new look looks like it is having a party."
Navikha, 8, England
"I like the flashing but I enjoyed the old soundtrack!"
George, 14, Watford, England
"It is so much cooler than the other one."
Nathan, 13, Hampshire, England
"I think it's really good; it's stylish yet functional and it looks quite modern."
Rhys, 11, London, England
"I like the new sign. I thought the other one was a bit boring!"
Bridget, 10, Staffordshire, England
"It rocks and the couch rocks, too."
Sophie, 12, Devon, England
"I really miss the old one. It's a bit too long."
Kiera, 10, London, England
"It's so cool and hi-tech!"
Ryan, 12, Belfast, Northern Ireland
"Well, it's obvious that it's not brilliant - it's fantastic; there's no way you can do better than that! I'm lying - it's brilliastic!"
Mohammed, 10, Birmingham, England
"I like the new Newsround "look" because it it funky and it makes news much more interesting to watch for children."
Riyana and Maya, 8 and 7
"There was no need to change it. I liked the old look best."
Elliott, 7, Surrey, England
"I think it is awesome and amazing..."
Iona, 12, Scotland
"I like your new opening, but it is a little too long."
Lewis, 9, Warwickshire, England
"I think the old music was better and the titles and couch are a bit weird. Also, I agree with Finley from England, I miss the information bars! But it's still quite cool and modern!"
Lois, 10, Powys, Wales
"It'll take some getting used to, like when the old one was new, but then again, we're just not that used to change."
Hallie, 11, Glasgow, Scotland
"I think the new look is cool!"
Allanah, 8, Middlesbrough, England
"I think it looks great. However, the music isn't much to talk about to be honest."
Tas, 9, Wolverhampton, England
"I like it - it's modern and funky! But the tune on the title is a bit weird and I don't really like it so I would change it!"
Marie, 12, Cambridge, England
"I think it's fab!"
"It is very futuristic. This is totally amazing. On your picture layout, I kept clicking fast and it all came together. But I watched it on TV on Monday; it was cool. GOOD JOB, NEWSROUND TEAM, GOOD JOB."
Conrad, 14, Buckinghamshire, England
"Unfortunately I have to stick with the old look. I miss the information bar at the bottom of your screen!"
Finley, 12, England
"Some people in our class think it's a bit weird and liked the old one, but some of us think it's great. The beat of the new music is excellent."
Ladybirds Class, ages 7 and 8, London, England
"I do like the new titles, but I think that the old music was better."
Ellie, 13, Buckinghamshire, England
"It looks really cool, I love it and the re-mix - it is sooooooooo awesome!"
Joe, 10, Felixstowe, England
"I don't know, the images are really good and colourful, but the music is a bit strange. There's no tune to it, just lots of beeping. That could get annoying if you watch Newsround a lot, like I do."
Hannah, 11, Portsmouth, England
"I think it's very fast-paced but cool. It needed a revamp because it got boring after a while. When I first saw it, I thought it was a trailer for another show but I was glad it was NR. IT ROCKS!"
Liam, 12, Washington, England
"I thought the old one was a bit tacky to be honest, I like the new one a lot more."
Dylan, 9, Middlesbrough, England
"Brill. Love it. 10 out of 10!"
Nadia, 10 London, England
"I love it, it is more interesting and modern!"
Cerys, 9, Market Harborough, England
"Love it! Rock on Newsround!! Great change!"
Georgie, 10 London, England
"That is SO cool - love it!!!"
Ashleigh, 13, Spain
"I don't like the new opening titles, it's too over the top! But I like the new couch in the studio, though!!!"
Laura, 11, Ireland
"I think it's great! You've done a great job! The old one was cool too, but this one is MUCH better!"
Victoria, 12, Glasgow, Scotland
"I think that it looks better than before and cool!"
Krystian, 10, Scotland
"I think it's really, really great and it's nice to have a new look every once in a while."
Iqra, 11, Blackburn, England
"I think it is much better and looks cool!!!"
Dan, 10, Essex, England
"I think it's cool. It's made me like Newsround even more."
Reece, 8, Glasgow, Scotland
"I like it; I think that it's modern and funky and better than the last one."
Rachael, 12, Sussex, England
"The title goes too quick. It's like the makers of this made a one-minute version and had to squash it down to 14 seconds. If you didn't watch the beginning, you would not know it was Newsround."
Matthew, 13, Berkshire, England
"I think it is a fab and funky new look!!!"
Broghen, 12, Scotland
"I think it's very cool. The N & R is not very clear, but it is so attractive! Well done :)!"
Sanya, 13, Bolton, England
"I liked the graphics, but I thought that the music was dreadful. It was like mindless self-indulgence. Noise."
Eve, 11, Stockport, England
Maebh, 10, Ireland
"I love it! It's cool, funky and much, much better! Thumbs up!"
Jake, 11, Essex, England
"The titles are really good; the rainbow spaghetti is colourful and crazy! But the website looks a bit odd now compared to the show, with no squiggles."
Alex, 12, London, England
"I preferred the old one, personally. The old one was good because you knew what you were watching; I think this one is confusing. I like the music though!"
Katie, 12, Scotland
"It is really colourful; I really like it."
Yasmin, 9, Belfast, Northern Ireland
"I quite like this one because it looks sort of futuristic and so the logo shows you that if it's 10 years on or 50, Newsround will always be there, but better."
Moperl, 14, Glasgow, Scotland
"It doesn't do anything for me! The look is wrong, I don't like the music, I just hate it!"
Daisy, 8, Devon, England
"I think it is alright, but I like the old one better."
Emma, 8, London, England
"I don't like it much. It's not clear and the old one was better."
Anna, 11, Lancaster, England
"I think it's great. It makes the show even more exciting!"
Shula, 11, Somerset, England
"I think it is OK, but I still think the old look is the BEST!!!!"
Thomas, 12, Newcastle, England
"I don't like it very much because the theme tune gets annoying."
Rebecca, 9, Yorkshire, England
"I like the background, but the music is a bit dramatic!"
Tejal, 11, London, England
"I am so ecstatic! It is so cool! Especially as now it is 3-D!!!"
Georgia, 9, London, England
"The new titles are just fab."
Aron, 12, England
"It's lush. I was getting a bit bored of the old one and it's a fab makeover!"
Ellenowl, 12, Gloucester, England
"I think the new look is fab. But I think the old one was better, but change is good. I will just have to get used to it. I will probably like it in a couple of weeks."
Jodi, 12, Plymouth, England
"I really didn't like the new look Newsround. The music was very non-descript, and the title sequence was no way near as good as the old one. I also didn't like the way that images were appearing in the screen behind the presenter - it was hard to see, and the music playing was irritating. Please change it back!!!!!"
Mandy, 13, North Yorkshire, England
"It's awesome and much cooler than the old one."
Joseph, 9, Oxford, England
"I think it is funky, but a bit hard to get used to. But after a week or two I will get used to it."
Steve, 10, Northern Ireland
"I think it's like a computer at the start and very funky at the end!"
Kerr, 10, Scotland
"It's too much. I prefer the old one."
Kester, 11, England
"I think they were both great, but I prefer the old one."
James, 10, Derby, England
"I love the new look; it's really modern."
Gemma, 13, Coventry, England
"It's slightly weird! I preferred your old look."
Alice, 13, Devon, England
"It is horrible - it's too vibrant and hard to understand. No offence!!"
Lucy, 11, Brighton, England
"I think it's lush and it's really retro! Love it!"
Cherry, 12, Swindon, England
"It's alright. The N and the R don't stand out very much this time... It's also slightly more modern, but I haven't heard the music yet."
Sophie, 15, Scotland
"I love it, it's just so funky!!"
Chris, 12, Somerset, England
"I like it but the N and the R don't stand out much but it's really cool."
Beth, 12, Bolton, England
"I think it's alright. The N and the R could stand out a bit more, but overall it's cool."
Daniel, 12, London, England
"Yeah, it's cool and colourful, but I liked the other one. That was awesome."
Lisa, 12, Bridgend, Wales
"I think it is really, and I mean really, good. It's bright, colourful and telling people this is Newsround. I never miss a show and whoever came up with the new look they did a good job."
Farzana, 11, Blackburn, England
"When I first saw Newsround I was shocked and I did not think it was Newsround until Sonali came up."
Zahida, 10, Blackburn, England
"I think Newsround should have come up with this years ago."
Fahima, 9, Blackburn, England
"It's just brilliant. To be honest it made me like Newsround even more than I do now. The music is really cool. I love it all round."
Catherine, 15, Crawley, England
"Honestly, I thought it was a bridge or something. I much preferred the old one."
Rosie, 13, Polegate, England
"It's great, I love it."
Freya, 12, Lancaster, England
"I couldn't even tell it was an N. I thought it was a castle or something! Not very clear, I don't think..."
Laura, 9, Nuneaton, England
"I think it's cool! It looks a lot better than the other one and more kids will like it more!"
Bethany, 13, Argyll, Scotland
"It's OK, but I think that it doesn't really look like an N or an R, but the colours are good."
Alana, 11, Manchester, England
"It's modern and colourful, much better than the old one!"
Bethan, 14, Gloucester, England
"To be honest, I don't really like it. I like'd it back as the old one. It's normal, good and the new one is a bit too bright and it's a bit too much."
Lina, 10, London, England
"I think the title is better because of the effects. 8/10."
Fatimah, 14, Birmingham, England
"I love it! Fab and funky!"
Lizzie, 12, Wallingford, England
"To be honest, I'm not really a big fan of your new logo. But I did prefer the old one."
Lucy, 11, West Sussex, England
"I really like everything, apart from the music. I prefer the old music."
Sean, 10, North Berwick, Scotland
"No NO NO NO!!!! Why did you need to change it? Most people liked it and there was no need to change it. I think Newsround should go back to the way it was before."
James, 11, Oxted, England
"I think it is very very very very interesting and it is very bright."
Junaid, 10, Herts, England
"I don't like it... I couldn't even tell it was an N at first. First impressions was that it was a germ under a microscope."
Rebecca, 13, Kent, England


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HOMETOWN: Edgefield, S.C.
OCCUPATION: Works in the bakery at Earth Fare Market & Cafe, Martinez
MEMBER OF: Vocalist for Team Lift, 2004-present
PLAYS: Washburn electric guitar and Yahama keyboard
FIRST BIG CONCERT: The Goo Goo Dolls, Bush and No Doubt, Columbia, 1996. "It was exciting because I had never been to a big mainstream show like that. ... It was just when all those bands were just starting to hit the scene."
FAVORITE TV SHOW: Aqua Teen Hunger Force
FAVORITE FOOD: Mexican food
BEST SHOW: Soul Bar, 2008. "It was, like, 40- or 50-plus people. We had friends, family, people who've never seen us before, come out."
FAVORITE MOVIE: The Goonies
WORST SHOW: Pat's Martini Bar, Aiken, 2007. "It's ironic, because that's probably the most we've ever been paid. ... We performed really well. It was just so dead; there was (almost) no one there."
HANDPICKED CONCERT LINEUP: Explosions in the Sky, any song; Nirvana, Downer; Sigur Ros, any song; Jack Johnson, any song; Lisa Loeb, Stay (I Missed You)
UPCOMING GIG: Team Lift will perform Friday, March 7, at 8th Street Tobacco, 230 Eighth St.


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Monticello-based Electro Industries recently completed its 12th year as a collection site for Operation Christmas Child, the world's largest project of its kind.
Children in Madagascar, Zambia, Kenya, and India will receive boxes that are shipped from Monticello to the Operation Christmas Child processing center in Minneapolis, said Krista Smith, who coordinates the Monticello Operation Christmas Child effort at Electro Industries.
Since 1993, the Samaritan's Purse project has delivered more than 100 million gift-filled shoeboxes to children in more than 100 countries. Celebrating its 20th anniversary, Operation Christmas Child expects to collect another 9.8 million shoebox gifts in 2013.
Individuals, families and groups fill shoeboxes with toys, school supplies, hygiene items and notes of encouragement and drop them at collection centers. While a shoebox will often travel thousands of miles, Operation Christmas Child participants can follow their box with a form found at samaritanspurse.org. Donors can also receive an email telling them the country where their shoeboxes have been delivered.
National Operation Christmas Child Collection Week was Nov. 18 to Nov. 25. Early during the collection effort, Smith showed how the boxes are packed and held for collection in Monticello. A group from Riverside Alliance Church had delivered 370 shoeboxes and another group from Trinity Lutheran Church (ELCA) had delivered about 500 boxes. Smith and Operation Christmas Child local volunteers handled 6,718 total boxes last year; this year's gift goal is 8,000 boxes.
"My personal involvement with Operation Christmas Child started over 20 years ago when my kids were younger," Smith said in a recent email. "I was looking for an organization where I could take them during Christmastime to teach them the blessing to give to others during the season when so much emphasis is put on what you want or get."
Smith began taking her children down to the Minneapolis Processing Center every year, where the family would work in the processing center sorting and processing the shoeboxes from around Minnesota to prepare them to be shipped to other countries in need. "Every year I would take them shopping. Each one would pack their own box and we would deliver them personally to the processing center when we went to volunteer," she said.
According to Smith, participating in Operation Christmas Child helped her kids understand how the little boxes made such a difference when combined with so many others. "Soon I began to start bringing down boxes from others who wanted to give as well," she said. "When that became too much, I looked up where the closest local collections center or relay center was for them to drop them off themselves. I was completely surprised to discover that the closest one to Monticello was in Brooklyn Park."
That led Smith to ask what it would take to bring a location closer to the Monticello area. "I happened to be a part-owner of a family business in Monticello and began the process of finding out if we could join the efforts of Operation Christmas Child in this area," she said. "The following year, Electro opened up its doors to be the central Minnesota collection center for this area. We remained the only location to drop off a shoebox for the first 8 years. But over the past two years we've added seven additional drop-off locations (Relay Centers) that now feed into our collection site," Smith said.
For 10 days a year Electro Industries provides office space, shipping supplies, storage and people power to allow thousands of shoeboxes to be dropped off in Monticello during National Collection Week, Smith said.
"During that week, we set up our conference room as National Collection Week Central and are open to warmly greet, receive boxes and assist in the paperwork of dropping off shoeboxes to be sent over the world to children everywhere who do not have the simplest of things, things we take for granted here every day," she said. "We set aside a large part of a storage area in our shipping department to store and package the boxes we receive. We have volunteers scheduled to serve all day, every day for 10 days to collect our area boxes."
Electro Industries opens up one its loading docks and keeps semi truck trailer available so volunteers can pack the trailer daily with the boxes that are received. "We maintain not only the bookkeeping for our collection center but also compile together and calculate all the paperwork for the additional seven relay centers from this area," she said.
As an area coordinator, Smith trains relay center volunteers and supplies them with all needed materials and equipment. "I also work with the trucking company for drop offs and pick ups, and I'm am the liaison between running our normal business and being a collection site for the 10 days," Smith said, adding she also schedules volunteers and trains them as they work. "I do all the paperwork for not only our collection site but the final paperwork for our entire area," she said.
Trude Schlangen is the central Minnesota area coordinator for Operation Christmas Child. She recruits, selects and trains volunteers in Benton, Sherburne, Stearns, and Wright counties.
"Monticello is our main hub in collecting the shoebox gifts from the four county areas," Schlangen said. "Our six other drop-off locations transport boxes they collect during collection week to Monticello where they are counted and loaded. Krista orchestrates our efforts at Electro."
Operation Christmas Child's national collection week for gift-filled shoeboxes was Nov. 18 to Nov. 25; however, shoebox gifts are collected year-round at the Samaritan's Purse headquarters in Boone, N.C. Additionally, visit www.www.samaritanspurse.org to pack a shoebox online with just a few clicks of the computer mouse.
You can personalize your gift with a note, upload a photo and make a donation in minutes. A $30 donation is suggested. Samaritan's Purse is the Christian relief and evangelism organization that works with local churches and ministry partners to deliver Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts.
Contact Tim Hennagir at [email protected]


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The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently awarded funding to nine Dartmouth alumni through its Graduate Research Fellowship Program. The program provides three years of support for graduate study that will lead to a research-based master's or doctoral degree.
These awards are intended for students early in their graduate careers. For recipients looking for a position in a research lab, the award means they arrive with their own funding and don't need to have their salary paid out of the lab's resources—a significant advantage in securing a sought-after spot. Each year, approximately 1,000 awards are granted, and the winners represent a variety of disciplines, all relevant to the mission of the NSF.
Joseph Brown '00 is in year one of four of a Ph.D. program in mechanical engineering at the University of Colorado in Boulder. His focus lies in nanoscale materials processing. After obtaining an AB from Dartmouth in engineering sciences, Brown worked for several start-up businesses, doing work that was incorporated into several full patent filings. Brown said Dartmouth's interdisciplinary approach to engineering education helped him to find his interests, as did the influence of his undergraduate advisor, Thayer School of Engineering Associate Professor Ursula Gibson.
Cayelan Carey '06 will be starting in August the first year of a five-year Ph.D. program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Cornell University. Carey's research examines an invasive species of toxic cyanobacteria, or blue-green algae, that is currently exhibiting outbreaks in low-nutrient lakes in the northeastern United States, including New Hampshire and Maine. Carey is currently on a Fulbright Fellowship in Sweden, a country where this species has been blooming since the early 1930s.
Clare Gupta '04 is in year one of five of a Ph.D. program in UC Berkeley's Environmental Science, Policy and Management department. Co-advised by a rural sociologist and a wildlife ecologist, she is researching natural resource management and wildlife conservation policy in southern Africa—more specifically, the social and political implications of conservation areas that cross regional, national and local boundaries. Gupta's research in Africa began with a Reynolds Scholarship she received from Dartmouth, which enabled her to conduct a year-long research project on human-wildlife conflict around national parks in Botswana.
Margaret Mills '01 is in year one of five of a Ph.D. program in molecular and cellular biology at the University of Washington. Her intended projects focus on development and evolution, studying pigment patterns in zebrafish (Danio rerio) and related species, to identify the genetic and cellular bases for the appearance of the adults of these species. Some of her earliest lab experience was as a Dartmouth undergraduate, in the lab of Professor of Biological Sciences Mark McPeek. Of additional value were the Dartmouth biology courses in which students designed, carried out, and presented the results of experiments, in lieu of a final exam.
Neha Narula '03 will be starting a Ph.D. program in computer science at MIT next fall. Narula's interests lie in distributed systems and game theory. She counts as critical the research experience she had as a Dartmouth undergraduate, working with professors as eminent in their fields as those at large research institutions.
Elizabeth Norton '05 is in year one of five of a M.A./Ph.D. program in child development at Tufts University. Norton's work focuses on the behavioral and neurological characteristics of dyslexia—specifically, the use of language and reading assessments as well as MRI brain scanning to examine the efficacy of reading intervention programs for elementary and high school students with dyslexia. Norton first used MRI to study language in her senior honors thesis with Laura-Ann Petitto, a Dartmouth professor in the education and linguistics and cognitive science departments. That research, in which Norton examined the neural underpinnings of spelling, was recently published this month in the first issue of the journal Mind, Brain, and Education.
Nicholas Rule '04 is in year two of five of a Ph.D. program in psychology at Tufts University, focusing on social perception and social neuroscience, particularly the way that we form first impressions. Rule said he found his interests as a Dartmouth undergraduate by means of some powerful outside-the-classroom experiences, including a summer internship sponsored by the Rockefeller Center, an honors thesis in psychology, a term in New Zealand studying the Maori, and an independent study his senior year on discourse analysis. In his research, he uses both cognitive and neuroscience techniques, including MRI, to which he was introduced while working in a professor's lab during a Presidential Scholar's research assistantship during his sophomore year.
Sara Thiebaud '06 is in year one of five of a Ph.D. program in systems biology at Harvard University. Her research looks at how human cells repair DNA damage, using time-lapse fluorescence microscopy to look at the dynamics of different repair proteins in live cells in an effort to understand how the DNA repair method is influenced by the growth, replication, and division of the cell. Her group hopes to use this and other projects to gain insight into the regulation of human cancers. Thiebaud said her undergraduate thesis advisor, Professor of Biological Sciences Mary Lou Guerinot, gave her significant support and research experience during her Dartmouth years and also advised her during the graduate school and fellowship application processes.
Sharon Yoon '04 is in year two of five of a Ph.D. program in sociology at Princeton University. She will focus on culture, race and social stratification, and East Asian societies, with a specific interest in how individuals who are able to physically blend in with members of the mainstream perceive their racial identity, and how, even in the absence of skin color, discrimination persists in blocking upward mobility. Her intended dissertation topic—racial identity construction and discrimination of third and fourth generation Korean minorities in Japan and China—is an expansion of her senior thesis at Dartmouth.
In addition, 10 recent graduates received honorable mentions: Bart Butler '06, in particle physics; Gretchen Gehrke '05, in geochemistry; Sarena Goodman '05, in economics; Marianne Karplus '04, in geophysics; Emma Lubin '06, in genetics; Evelyn Mervine '06, in marine geology and geophysics; Gabrielle Miller-Messner '01, in evolutionary biology; Hannah Murnen '06, in chemical engineering; Adam Sepulveda '02, in ecology; and Jeremy Tran '05, in evolutionary biology.
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The other day, while driving back home to Bloomington from Indianapolis, as usual I was listening to various sportstalk radio to help pass the time. One of the hosts (I dont remember which one) stated this idea of a grading scale of how truly good a current NBA player might be, along with his contention that most players in the league were overrated. This was about the time Iverson was being dealt I think, and the overall discussion that day was about AI and how good he really was. That prompted the host to come up with this grading scale of rating players, of which Ive thought about and embellished just a little bit.
A players: These are your truly elite superstars, players who are clearly the best in the league, and can lead a team to a championship as their franchises best player. They have few if any flaws to their game, and have proven they can almost single handedly lead their team to a championship, or at least deep in the playoffs. Their talent is truly overwhelming and they have an elite level all around game. Very rare to have a guy like this on your team.
Members of this exclusive club: Dwayne Wade, Lebron James, Tim Duncan, Kobe Bryant, Dirk Nowitzki, Steve Nash.
B players: Really great players who dont quite make it to that next level above them. Most are all stars, but who have some sort of flaw in their game that puts them at this level. These are players who are probably the best player on their teams, but by themselves can't propel them to a champoinship or near championship level. Maybe they are fading due to age, have poorer attitudes, have conditioning or injury issues, or just arent quite good enough to be a premier level player who singlehandedly wins games:
Some members of this club: Allan Iverson, Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, Shaquille ONeal, Carmelo Anthony, Ray Allen, Jermaine Oneal, Gilbert Arenas, Joe Johnson, Yao Ming, Elton Brand, Amare Stoudamire.
C. These are average NBA starters or rotation guys. Most of the league falls in this category. They have clear strengths and weaknesses. They are inconsistent from game to game. They are usually your 3rd -10th best players. Winning and losing often depends on them from game to game. Teams are always looking to replace them with guys in the above 2 categories, but they cannot. Sometimes, young guys on this list grow into a "B" player, but most often if they dont do it quickly, they dont do it at all. Sometimes, when paired with players who rate above themselves, they may appear to be better than they actually are.
Members of this club on the Pacers: Danny Granger, Al Harrington, Jamal Tinsley, Marquis Daniels, Jeff Foster, Stephen Jackson, Sarunas.
D. Journeymen/projects: These are guys who are filling the end of the bench. Mostly, these are guys who if they changed teams no one would notice. These are guys either too young or old to contribute much, and many of these guys are in danger of being replaced.
F players: These are players who have attitudes or games that are so bad they have their own special category. Regardless of their talent or who they are surrounded by, they kill your team by their sheer presence on it. In reality, their are few players in the league who fit this category, but they do exist:
Example: Ron Artest
The broadcaster stated his opinion that where teams get into trouble, is when their "B", "C", and "D" players either dont compliment each other's games, or if they begin to each think they are better than they are. He also said that was fans/ general managers biggest faults, because they overrate their talent.
So let me throw this theory out there to the public: Have we overrated in our own minds our own talent, and is that why we all get so frustrated with this teams inconsistency? Are we not as talented a roster as it might appear? And if thats true, what can we do about it?
Do we as pacer nation even agree that this rating system makes sense? Do we agree with where the announcer listed the players at?


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Join Robert & Erin at Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure
Robert J. Wright and Erin McCarty are participating in the Susan G. Komen Race For the Cure on Saturday at the CenturyLink Center in Bossier. Though it's for a good cause, they're still being very competitive.
As negotiated on the air last week, Erin gets an 11-and-a-half minute head start, but after weekend reflection she decided this wasn't enough and demanded more!
Robert attempted to placate Erin with the following: He'll only walk, no running. And he'll show up Saturday morning hung over (which should make for an interesting Friday evening)!
Here's the hang up: Erin demands an eyewitness. That's where you come in. If you'd like to volunteer to act as Erin's personal eyewitness following Robert along the course, just call 320-9696 just after 7 a.m. and volunteer.
KVKI will cover your entry fee and mention your name numerous times on the air, guaranteeing you the envy of your family and friends.


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A participant/observer report on cancer treatment and nails, fingers & toes
Well, here is an interesting experience I am having with my finger and toe nails. Each time I had one of those dreadful four or five hour drips of heavy chemo, my nails grew out with a white stripe across each nail. No pain or discomfort, just an interesting zebra effect on them.
There are also ridged that develop that go the length of a nail. Splits occur at the ridges and make rough edges that catch on things. Some nails split well into the nail bed.
I use "Nailtiques", a nail strengthener, to prevent snags. The splits can't be cut away because they go deeply down the length of the nail. I also use a prescribed anti-fungal Rx.
Now that the nails grow out, they disconnect from the nail bed, so that each nail is only partially connected. They chip, snag, and catch on sheets, socks, and tear away in jagged strips. It is difficult to cut them because they have receded toward the cuticle. I have to take care that they don't catch on something and tear into the beds of the nails; that is a painful and bloody experience.
So much for finely manicured nails ... which I don't have anyway, but an observation of side-effect of chemo therapy. Don't be surprised if you undergo chemo and see changes in your nails. It is part of the experience.
Otherwise, I feel fine, still can't do much, however, I don't have to do much. My Family Chemo Team continues to support me in every way. If I were a religious person, I would say, "God bless them!" Since I am not, I can say with all sincerity, "I feel deep and profound gratitude for their care and love."
Fingernail Changes During Chemotherapy
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Joan, thanks for posting that! I hope you are continuing to recover. Can't wait till Spring is near and we can start gardening!
Thank you for sharing your experiences Brave Joan. I'm OK in that area, although I keep getting subungual hemotoma and have notable thickening of the big toenails---and one is slightly ingrowing with dull pain. But that's trivial compared with you, and I can more or less ignore it.
No Joan, yours is much worse. I've been getting by with walking until the doctor told me two weeks ago that both hips are in trouble and I shall soon need a new right hip. Now, that's really interfering with my hill walking and outdoor research. Nevertheless, I leave in an hour's time to get a plane from Bristol to Cork in order to spend a week at the Neolithic Drombeg Stone Circle in West Cork and other sites. Ciao. Terry
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It's pretty &%*@!# great to be Judd Apatow right now. (Sorry, but it's impossible to talk about the writer/director/producer of so much potty-mouthed comedy without at least pretending to cuss.) At 45, he's in the centre of his life, and in the bull's eye of the action: married to his frequent collaborator, the actress Leslie Mann; father to two talented daughters; prodigiously talented; and so prolific that if you drew one of those intersecting-circle graphs of the major players in comedy over the past two decades, he would be the spot where they most overlapped, connecting Garry Shandling to Will Ferrell to Lena Dunham and everyone in between. His backyard barbecues must be epic.
The Apatow style, where "Ha ha" and "Gross" and "Oh my God!" collide, is so recognizable that it deserves its own adjective – I nominate "Apatovian." He's the guy, remember, who encouraged Kristen Wiig to put the poop scene in Bridesmaids. Yet, during a recent joint interview with Mann in a Toronto hotel, Apatow also seemed impressively normal – an affable talker who doesn't indulge in false modesty (he knows he's riding high), but who isn't an egomaniac, either.
"I'm a fan of comedy," he says, when asked how he's been able to stamp his imprimatur on so much of what you've laughed at lately. "I'm trying to get work out there that I want to see – like, 'I like Lena Dunham's work, it would be fun to help her get her show going.'" (He's a producer on her HBO series Girls.) "A lot of it is just helping to protect people so their stuff isn't watered down."
He survived his own gauntlet of naysayers in the late 1990s and early 2000s, when his TV shows Freaks and Geeks and Undeclared were cancelled prematurely, and when Universal shut down his feature-film directorial debut, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, after the first two days of shooting. (They thought its star, Steve Carell, looked like a serial killer.) To get his film back up, "for the first time in my life, I shut my mouth and didn't fight," Apatow remembers. "I just 'yessed' them. People doubt you until something's a hit. And it's hard to be funny when everybody keeps telling you, 'I don't think that's going to be funny.' How do you debate that?" The movie's grossing over $100-million seemed to do the trick.
Lately, Apatow's work has taken a more serious and personal turn. In Funny People, a successful but obnoxious comedian (Adam Sandler) copes with cancer. And in the new film This Is 40, which opens on Friday, a couple with a strong resemblance to Mann and Apatow (played by Mann and Paul Rudd), with two daughters (played by Mann and Apatow's girls, Maude and Iris), make hay from the minutia of married life.
Granted, the film depicts an awfully privileged existence: Their "problems" include her not having enough time to work out, and his eating too many cupcakes. But the gist – in the midst of busy lives, we chafe against those we love – is universal enough that "a lot of people are saying that we must have a hidden camera in their house," says Mann, in her trademark squeak.
"We're constantly amazed at how stressed out we get by the everyday things," Apatow agrees. "Just talking to the teachers at school, feeling the pressure to do right by your kids' education, is enough to consume you. Or, if I don't floss every day, I'll live a year less." Sitting side by side on a sofa, the couple frequently – I think, unconsciously – mirror one another's positions: Arms rest on laps, then on the sofa's back; legs cross and uncross. She lets him handle most questions; he eggs her on with punchlines.
To make This Is 40 feel as real as possible, nothing from their lives was off limits. "It's personal, but only in that it's emotionally true," Mann says. "And that wasn't hard, because I think it's emotionally true to most people. I like that we're speaking more truthfully on these subjects. When I see people who are supposed to have been married 20 years, who hold hands and kiss, and every kiss is hot, and they're having magical sex every day, I'm like, 'Screw you! Don't make me feel bad about myself!' Maybe I'm wrong, maybe people do have that. But I don't believe it."
"Only the Clintons," Apatow quips.
Their daughters, who'd also appeared in Funny People, had a few limits. Maude, for example, does "a really specific, good impression of each Kardashian," Apatow says, but she forbade him from including it. But these apples were clearly grown on the comedy tree. They would pitch their parents lines and jokes, and at one point, Iris, who was 8, stopped mid-scene, held her hands up and said, "Wait, wait, wait – I got something." "It's my proudest moment," Apatow says.
Writing the argument scenes, Apatow and Mann found themselves defending their own character's positions, while at the same time pushing them, to make each spouse as awful as possible. "I think people fighting are funny when, even if they're wrong, they defend themselves to the death," Apatow says. " I first noticed it when we did The 40-Year-Old Virgin: There's a scene where Catherine Keener screams at Carell. It's dramatic and brutal, and it gets such big laughs. I thought, 'Oh, I like that, I would like to do more of that.' Because that's the way people talk. People get mean, they're hurt, and they say terrible things they regret. For some reason, that makes me laugh."
In one of the couple's most memorable real-life arguments, Apatow actually fell asleep, in the middle of the day, in the middle of Mann's sentence. "I got so stressed out I just went unconscious," he says. "Leslie was like, 'I cannot believe you did that.' But even in that moment I was thinking, 'That would be hilarious in a movie.'" But if you think making this film has made the couple more self-aware in their arguments, you'd be wrong. "Not at all," Apatow says. "That's what's wrong with us. We learn no life lessons."
"That's a lot of what being 40 is about," Mann says. "You have to admit to yourself that some things you wanted probably aren't going to happen, like, you probably won't learn to play the piano or speak French." She laughs. "It's kind of depressing. Like, I always thought I would marry the Prince of Monaco." Beat. "And then I married Judd."
"And we met the Prince of Monaco," Apatow says. "Last year, at the Academy Awards."
"And he wasn't that cute!" she says.
"He's losing his hair faster than me," he says.
"So it worked out," she says.
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A SUPPORT group founded in Hook will benefit from a casino night.
The Casino Royale night will take place at Peppone's Restaurant, in Mill Lane, near Odiham, on July 12 for the charity Stepping Stones DS, which helps parents of children with Down's syndrome.
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|Clearly chunky. Lucky for me
the black T-shirt has slimming qualities.
I'm averse to strict calorie-counting—though it may be the way I have to go ultimately. I know from previous attempts that calorie counting actually made me obsessed with food. It's not wrong to think about what you're eating or how much; the calorie-counting process, though, triggers something in me that to think about food constantly, when I'm eating, when I'm not eating, mostly wishing I was eating. It actually works against healthy weight loss for me, I think.
But: It may ultimately be that I have to calorie count in order to accomplish this.
I'll be exploring the merits of several plans in coming weeks. I want something that's more than just a crash diet, but a new lifestyle that I can somewhat comfortably maintain. In the meantime, I'll be documenting my exercise and eating, anyway, just as a way of beginning to be mindful.
So. Here goes.
Weight: 281 lbs
Exercise: 60 minutes on elliptical, 3.02 miles
Bowl of Kashi GoLean cereal
Mixed in with cup of honey Greek yogurt
3 small cups of coffee, two of which had a splash of half and half.
Snack: 1biggish apple
Snack: Baby carrots and hummus
Lunch: Veggie Wrap from Almaz Cafe
Snack: Two cups of wasabi dried peas
Dinner: Two bowls of salad: Lettuce, chicken, tomatoe, broccoli, asparagus, some small chunks of cheddar, Italian dressing.
There may be an after-dinner snack later. If so, I'll put on an addendum. You can see where the emphasis is, though: Heavy on veggies. I had maybe a quarter-pound of chicken in the salad, but probably not even that much. What's more: I feel fine. Did I lose weight today? No idea. But thinking about what I'm doing is already changing what I'm putting in my body. Hopefully that counts for something.


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UIS students are offered a variety of on-campus jobs each semester. Contrary to what students may think, the dirtiest on-campus jobs turn out to be not so dirty after all.
Two "dirty" jobs available to UIS students are food service and cleaning crew. These jobs require student workers to clean up after or work for other students, which may be unpleasing. Many students tend to shy away from these jobs.
Two workers from the cleaning crew stated that their jobs have dirty moments but are relatively clean overall. Two students that work in food service also believe that besides cleaning their areas, their jobs are also fairly clean.
Justin Maxson, a senior accounting major, works for the UIS cleaning crew. As a worker for the cleaning crew, Maxson is required to clean up apartments and townhouses when people move out during the summer. He also cleans the housing commons and laundry rooms during the school year.
One example of a dirty experience Maxson had while working happened his first week on the job. Maxson said, "We went into an apartment and there was dried puke in the sink and I got to clean that up."
Other dirty parts of Maxson's job include the "really interesting" items that people leave behind when they move out and the houses in which a bad smell hits you right when you walk in. Maxson added, "I don't mind getting a little dirty, especially if I'm getting paid for it."
Another student that works for UIS' cleaning crew is senior Ryan McConville, a political science major. McConville has worked for the cleaning crew for four years and now is Crew Chief. McConville had a slightly different view of how dirty his job was, stating that "I wouldn't call it a dirty job. It's just a job that needs to get done."
McConville got down and dirty in a kitchen fire that occurred this past summer. McConville explained that the cleaning crew couldn't clean it right away because fire officials had to ensure that they could enter the area safely. A month passed before the crew was allowed to begin work. By this point there was rotting food and the soot from the fire made the job of the cleaning crew difficult and gross.
McConville also explained that even seemingly clean apartments may have rotting food in them or possibly even an uncleaned fruit and vegetable crisper drawers that were left from the spring semester to the summer. He added that after sometime left in an apartment the "celery has turned into a science project."
Although some may assume that students do not actually want this "dirty" job, McConville expressed that every summer the cleaning crew does not have trouble filling the positions. Also, there are always more people wanting the jobs than actual open spots available.
Pani Kakani, an international student senior is currently working towards his master's in management information systems. Kakani works in the food emporium at the registers as a cashier.
Kakani believes that his job is not a dirty job. He explained that he only is required to swipe cards and occasionally clean the area around the check out.
Hristina Minchev also works in food services and has a similar outlook to Kakani. Minchev works in the deli area. She feels the dirtiest part of her job is leaving smelling like sandwiches. She is required to clean up her area as well but she does not consider this "dirty."
Working as a student can be challenging without the added unpleasing aspects of the jobs, but these four students have worked out a system in which they balance their time efficiently. All four students also had positives and negatives for their jobs.
One positive of working for the cleaning crew, according to Maxson, is being able to "walk 10 feet to get to work." As a negative, Maxson stated that "basically I work as a janitor" and that it is not a clean job but not horrible. Similar to what Maxson had stated, a positive for McConville is that he does not have to worry about traveling to a job.
Working as a student is sometimes difficult for students but Maxson added that it is nice that his job has flexibility if he needs to leave in order to study for classes. Both McConville and Minchev described that the flexibility of these two on-campus jobs is a positive.
McConville said that working as a student can be "challenging at times to stay up with class and work requirements but I wouldn't say it is difficult." However, he added that it is a great opportunity to gain work experience and gain extra income while being a college student.
McConville added that with cleaning dirty spaces there is "only so much glamour you can put with."
As the Crew Chief, McConville oversees the student workers and their schedules. "The role I have in looking over the staff and creating the schedules can be applied elsewhere" as well as the teamwork that is part of the job. These aspects of McConville's job allow him to apply his work techniques to his everyday life and into his future.


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Cardinal Timoth Dolan is a charismatic, ebullient man who has inspired a legion of ardent supporters. I don't know much about him, but having met him over the weekend, it's easy to see why so many Catholics find him so likeable.
(Cardinal Timothy Dolan greets parishioners at St. Anthony of Padua Church in West Harrison on Saturday, Feb. 16. Photo by Ned P. Rauch)
His visit to St. Anthony of Padua Church in West Harrison on Saturday provided this reporter with way more material than I could fit into this article I wrote for Sunday's paper. Following, then, is some of what I'd wanted to include but, because of space restrictions, had to leave out.
- Looking out at the crowd, estimated at around 1,000 people, Dolan smiled and said, "At St. Patrick's Cathedral, we would call this a three-collection crowd."
- Dolan, who is just about bald, thanked the church's energetic and wild-haired musical director, Laurence Broderick, for his music and then confessed to envying Broderick his flowing mane.
- When a pair of young girls presented him with some gifts, including a bouquet of flowers and a red T-shirt bearing the name of Dolan's hometown baseball team, the archbishop of New York held up the shirt and cracked, "Now that's what I call a real cardinal." Dolan grew up just outside of St. Louis, home of the Cardinals.
- Dolan's homily, though buoyed by numerous humorous asides, focused on humility and cited the recent announcement from Pope Benedict XVI that he would resign as an example of profound humility. Throughout his address to the congregation, he praised St. Anthony's and repeatedly thanked the church for inviting him. "Am I ever happy to be here with you all at St. Anthony's church," he said at the start of the service. "Thank you so, so much."
- At a reception following the service, Jennifer Soares, of Rye, asked the cardinal to bless her soon-to-be-born child (her due date is April 22). "I'm 40. This is our first kid. I need all the help I can get," Soares said. Dolan obliged, laying his hands on her stomach. "It was amazing," Soares said.
- Asked about Benedict's decision to resign, Dolan said, "I don't know if disappointment is the word. I was certainly surprised, and then I have to admit I was saddened. 'Cause I'll miss him. I really love him. I mean I'd like to think I've loved every holy father and will love the next, and I would like to think that every Catholic would have felt some sadness. He's our father. … I feel a special bond to him. He appointed me to be archbishop of New York. He made me a cardinal and I knew him before he was pope. I was a fan of his writing and everything. So, yeah, I'm sad. I don't mind admitting it."
- Asked what he plans to say to Benedict when he sees him, Dolan replied, "I'd say I love you, we'll miss you, stick around, we need you."


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Molecular Diagnostics
Molecular beacons
Introduction to beacon technology[ Comment. This was an article written before the introduction of the current generation of Abbott tests]]. Molecular beacons were first described by Tyagi et al., 1998. Molecular beacons oligonucleotide probes have a compact hairpin structure, with a fluorophore attached to one end and a quencher molecule attached to the other end. In its native state, the fluorophore beacon is quenched by virtue of its proximity to the quencher molecule. Upon hybridization with its complementary oligonucleotide target, fluorescence is elicited due to a conformational change that results in separation of the fluorophore and quencher molecule [Ramachandran et al., 2003]. Molecular beacons technology is therefore potentially adaptable to any kind of assay involving interaction with an oligonucleotide probe. Furthermore the beacon fluorophore may be used to measure other interactions, such as between antigen and antibody [Wei & Herron, 2002] or for imaging processes within living cells [Wouter et al., 2001]. Molecular beacons may be used for in vivo imaging in conjunction with computer enhanced tomography [Ntziachristos et al., 2002]. To avoid labelling of the analyte, fluorophore labelled DNA hairpins acting as molecular beacons may be attached to gold films to function as biosensors [Du et al., 2003]. The performance of the molecular beacons themselves is characterized by the stability of their stem-and-loop structures and that of the probe-target duplex. This in turn depends on the free energies accompanying their formation. Thermodynamic models to describe this interaction have been described [Szemes & Schoen, 2003; Tsourkas et al., 2003b], leading to a design method for RNA detection by molecular beacons which is adaptable to microarrays [Szemes & Schoen, 2003]. Molecular beacons can differentiate between bound and unbound probes in homogeneous hybridization assays with a high signal-to-background ratio and enhanced specificity compared with linear oligonucleotides but need to be protected from degradation with endogenous endonucleases [Tsourkas et al., 2003a]. Their high specificity makes them particularly useful for detecting single nucleotide polymorphisms [Marras et al., 2003]. Simple algorithms and web tools have been described to design the sequences of molecular beacons [Monroe & Haselton, 2003]. A database of primers and probes for real time PCR, including molecular beacons, is available on the web [Pattyn et al., 2003] [ but suffers from irritating pop up advertising]. The database may be queried using the official gene name, a sequence, Locus link or SNP identifier. Researchers are encouraged to submit their validated primer and probe sequences.
Abbott Molecular Beacons test for C. trachomatisA preliminary description of an Abbott molecular beacons PCR-based test [which is understood to be the replacement for the withdrawn LCx® LCR test for genital C. trachomatis infection] has been published [Abravaya et al., 2003]. The authors point out that molecular beacons allow multiplex detection of PCR products in real time in a homogeneous assay format. The real time detection is inherently quantitative and affords a greater dynamic range than end-point detection methods. In the Abbott formulation, reactions in a homogeneous assay format are sealed before amplification takes place, providing improved contamination control. A single cycler/reader instrument is coupled with automated sample preparation ease of use and higher specimen throughput. A multiplex qualitative assay that detects C. trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae, together with an internal control, has been developed and is expected to be marketed [Abravaya et al., 2003]. As yet there are few published comparisons of molecular beacons technology with other nucleic acid-based diagnostic techniques on clinical material. However a comparison of Taqman and molecular beacons probes for the real time PCR of Epstein Barr Virus and of cytomegalovirus found that both TaqMan and molecular beacon assays had comparable performance, being linear between 10 - 107 viral genomes/reaction. Both approaches were considered to give accurate, rapid, and reliable assays of these viruses in patient material [Jebbink et al., 2003]. Other applications will readily be found in PubMed using the search term 'molecular beacons'. MeWard 2003. SEE ALSO: Research methods: Quantitative Pcr. NEXT: SDA.
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Spirit moves McFerrin on new album
Bobby McFerrin (Sony)
From the music of Bob Dylan to his own versions of "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" and "Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho," Bobby McFerrin's look at American music is as original as his look at singing. His new album. "Spirit-youall," is dedicated to his father, Robert McFerrin, the first African-American to sign a contract with the Metropolitan Opera. It is a tribute that uses some of the music the elder singer performed but lets Bobby offer his fresh look at music. It is built around some vocal classics, but includes five of Bobby's originals. His righteous-seeking anthem "Woe" stands out in its heart, and "Rest/Yes, Indeed" is a bounding hoedown filled with energy. To do all of this, McFerrin is joined by bassist-singer Esperanza Spalding; Larry Campbell on guitar, mandolin and violin; keyboardist Gil Goldstein and bassist Larry Grenadier, who all add a variety of flavors to the album. It all makes "Don't Worry, Be Happy" seem so old.
— Bob Karlovits
'The Bespoke Man's Narrative'
Aaron Diehl (Mack Avenue)
Vibist Warren Wolf has such a strong role on pianist Aaron Diehl's debut release, he nearly overshadows the headliner. But when the composition work of the pianist is considered, it is easy to see whose album "The Bespoke Man's Narrative" really is. The two of them are joined by drummer Rodney Green and bassist David Wong to form a solid quartet built around strong solo work. Diehl's "Prologue" opens the album and hints a chamber-jazz look, but quickly moves into a livelier approach on "Generation Y" and "Stop and Go," which features Wolf's quick mallets. Besides Diehl's five originals, the album also has five classics, including Milt Jackson's "The Cylinder," which is appropriate for the Wolf-Diehl Modern Jazz Quartet sound. They also do a jazz version of Maurice Ravel's "Le Tombeau de Couperin," which is a showpiece for the pianist. It is an impressive debut for Diehl, even if he is challenged on his own album.
— Bob Karlovits
'Life on a Rock'
Kenny Chesney (Blue Chair/Columbia Nashville)
It's a thin line between laid-back and lazy. And for a whole lot of "Life on a Rock," it's hard to tell which side of the line Kenny Chesney is standing on. Chesney has been championing the laid-back, island lifestyle in his lyrics for a while, and now he is incorporating more acoustic guitar and bits of reggae into his country sound. Nothing wrong with that, especially as Chesney generally polishes all his music until it gets a specific, likable sheen. However, "Life on a Rock" finds Chesney stretching into unfamiliar territory that he hasn't quite mastered yet. The authentic reggae sound of "Spread the Love," featuring The Wailers and Elan, makes Chesney's delivery sound all the more out of place, and lyrics like "Love really, really, really is the answer just like the wise man say" even clunkier. He fares better on "Coconut Tree" with the great Willie Nelson, but Nelson sounds so much more suited to the song, it seems to throw Chesney off. There are times when he gets the laid-back feel right, especially on the lilting "It's That Time of Day," which conjures the feel of campfires and Coronas. He is strongest, though, in his country-rock wheelhouse, including the strutting first single "Pirate Flag" and the John Mellencamp-influenced "When I See This Bar."
— Newsday
LL Cool J (429)
LL Cool J pulls out the biggest cards in his Rolodex for "Authentic," his first album since leaving Def Jam Records. Eddie Van Halen provides some thunderous guitar to "We're the Greatest," while also shaking up "Not Leaving You," LL's more pop-oriented duet with Fitz and the Tantrums. Seal's smooth hook on "Give Me Love" should help LL get back on the radio, if Monica's sultry turn on "Closer" doesn't get him there first. Chuck D., Tom Morello and Z-Trip give "Whaddup" some old-school bite, and, with LL referencing both "Rock the Bells" and "Welcome to the Terrordome," he sounds like he's having a blast.
— Newsday
'Modern Vampires of the City'
Vampire Weekend (XL)
Good songs win out in the end, and Vampire Weekend has plenty of those. The New York foursome fronted by Ezra Koenig has been simultaneously celebrated and denigrated since before the release of their self-titled debut album, which generated loads of blog buzz — and just about as much backlash — in 2008. Sure, these guys had lots of catchy tunes that cleverly used "Graceland"— era Paul Simon as a point of departure, but weren't they just a bunch of spoiled Upper West Side kids who went to Columbia and sang about their vacations on Cape Cod? The band's second album, "Contra," was solid, as well. But on "Modern Vampires of the City," Vampire Weekend distinguishes itself with sharp, smart, grownup, terrifically energetic tunes that are clever, but never merely so. The first tip-off is the single "Diane Young," whose punning title hints at the intimations of mortality that apparently haunt the boys in the band as they get ready to turn 30. "Wisdom's a gift, but you trade it for youth," Koenig sings in "Step," one of many songs that stand out, thanks in no small part to crafty arrangements that showcase keyboard player Rostam Batmanglij. "Age is an honor, but it's still not the truth." You could go on nitpicking the band and resenting their privileged beginnings, but you'd only be cheating yourself.
— The Philadelphia Inquirer
'Lip Lock'
Eve (FTR)
Has it really been 11 years since the last Eve album? Indeed it has. The 34-year-old Philadelphia rapper, born Eve Jihan Jeffers, put music aside for acting for a time in the mid-'00s, and a planned 2007 return got mired in record company drama and was never released. "Lip Lock" does a respectable job of repositioning the former "pit bull in a skirt" and female mouthpiece of DMX's Ruff Ryders in a transformed hip-hop landscape. Tough-as-nails declarations that E-V-E is not to be messed with include the booming opener "Eve" and "Wanna Be," a stutter-step attack that features Missy Elliott. "Wanna Be" is one of many cuts demonstrating that Eve's rhyme-spitting skills have not diminished. Production help comes from old associates like Swizz Beatz, and the former Snoop Dogg funks up "Mama in the Kitchen." There are dashes of reggae dancehall here and there, and uplifting pop moves like the lightweight "Make It Out of This Town," with Gabe Saporta of Cobra Starship. More successful in that hortatory vein is "Never Gone," with a hook sung by Chrisette Michele, which finds our heroine owning up to the uncertainty that comes with age while asserting her continued supremacy.
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House of Flying Daggers (2004)
Plot Summary
During the reign of the Tang dynasty in China, a secret organization called "The House of the Flying Daggers" rises and opposes the government. A police officer called Leo sends officer Jin to investigate a young dancer named Mei, claiming that she has ties to the "Flying Daggers". Leo arrests Mei, only to have Jin breaking her free in a plot to gain her trust and lead the police to the new leader of the secret organization. But things are far more complicated than they seem...- Written by Chris Makrozahopoulos <firstname.lastname@example.com>
In the Nineth Century, the Tang Dinasty in China is weak and corrupt, and an army of rebels called "The House of the Flying Daggers"fights against the government military forces, and steals from the rich to give to the poor people. Leo (Andy Lau) and Jin (Takeshi Kaneshiro), two captains of the government army, plot a scheme against the rebels using the blind dancer Mei (Zhang Ziyi) to approach their leaders, but their love for Mei leads them to a tragedy.- Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
A romantic police captain breaks a beautiful member of a rebel group out of prison to help her rejoin her fellows, but things are not what they seem.- Written by Kenneth Chisholm
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Blueberry Pot Pie with Sour Cream Ice Cream
How to Make It
Spoon flour lightly into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour and next 5 ingredients in a food processor; pulse until combined. Add butter; pulse 6 times or until mixture resembles coarse meal. With processor on, add 3 tablespoons cream through food chute, processing just until combined. (Do not form a ball.) Press mixture gently into a 4-inch circle on plastic wrap, and cover. Chill at least 1 hour.
Preheat oven to 400°.
Combine blueberries and next 4 ingredients in a small bowl; toss gently. Divide evenly among 6 (8-ounce) ramekins.
Unwrap chilled dough; divide dough into 6 even portions; form each portion into a ball. Pat each ball on a floured surface into a rough disk that will fit on top of ramekins. (This will be about 4 inches.) Top berry mixture with dough, inside top rim of ramekin (not crimped like a pie).
Brush top of each crust with remaining 1 tablespoon cream. Combine cinnamon and 2 tablespoons sugar in a small bowl; sprinkle mixture evenly over crusts.
Place ramekins on a baking sheet, and place in oven. Bake at 400° for 20 minutes or until crust is golden brown and fruit is bubbling. Serve warm or at room temperature with Sour Cream Ice Cream.