datasets.py SyntaxError: Non-ASCII character '\xe2' in file

[josephdviviano]

Looks like we have some weird dashes - showing up in the code that fails on some platforms.

[ieee8023]

I had made this edit to the top of datasets.py but I think I didn't check it in because I didn't know if it was the best solution:

#!/usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

It is probably better to encode those characters and then decode them for maximum compatibility?