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MELBOURNE, Australia — Novak Djokovic extended his winning streak to 27 matches and stayed on track for a fourth consecutive Australian Open title with a 6-3, 6-3, 7-5 win yesterday over Denis Istomin.
Djokovic, whose last defeat came against Rafael Nadal in the U.S. Open final in September, is aiming to be the first player to win four Australian Open titles in a row in the Open Era.
Before rain cooled things off at Melbourne Park, Serena Williams persevered through a fourth day of searing temperatures to also advance.
Five-time champion Williams equaled Margaret Court's Australian Open mark of 60 match wins with her second-round victory, and beat that in the third round .
Tomorrow, she'll play former No. 1-ranked Ana Ivanovic, who beat 2011 U.S. Open champion Sam Stosur 6-7 (8), 6-4, 6-2.
The temperature hit 102 degrees during Williams' match and topped 108 degrees by the mid-afternoon.
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To some in the august councils of the Académie Française the idea was unthinkable. "A woman simply has no place in the Academy," sniffed 79-year-old classicist Jean Guitton. "The Academy has survived 300 years without women, and it can survive another 300 years without them." Alas for Guitton and his fellow anachronisms, the venerable Academy came face to face with the 20th century this year. Marguerite Yourcenar, a French novelist—who, astonishingly, has lived in the U.S. for the past 30 years and has even become an American citizen—was elected its first woman member. The battle was fierce—she won with only one vote to spare. Ironically, the event does not strike Madame herself as earthshaking. "There are more important things," she says quietly, pointing to the garden of her home on Mount Desert Island off the coast of Maine. "Look at my tulips—how beautifully they're growing. I planted them myself."
The Academy, a convocation of 40 aged intellectuals and artists whose reputation, like very old Bordeaux, tends to travel poorly, is charged with maintaining the purity of the French language. Through a periodical, Dictionnaire, and other exemplary publications, it attempts to purge such anglicisms as "le drugstore" from lalangue. Since its founding by Cardinal Richelieu in 1635 the Academy has boasted some illustrious members—Voltaire, Victor Hugo, Ionesco—and the French refer to the 40 as "the Immortals." Yet none of the great women writers—George Sand, Colette, Simone de Beauvoir—was ever considered seriously for election. "Not admitting women is an old and bad habit," says Yourcenar briskly. "I would not ennoble it by calling it a tradition."
Breaking that habit has endowed Yourcenar, at 76, with some of the fame in her adopted country that she has enjoyed in France for years. There she is best known for her historical novels—only three of which (Hadrian's Memoirs, Coup de Grace and The Abyss) are available in English—and for her translations of Henry James and Virginia Woolf. Fame, however, has never been her goal—as might be expected of an author writing in French on classical themes in a New England fishing village called Northeast Harbor. "Here in my tiny corner of Maine the people are as simple, unaffected and lovable as those of any small French village," she says happily. "The women bake, and the men get together at a bar to tell fish stories." She has no intention of spending more time in France on the Academy's account—"If I happen to be there on a Thursday, I'll attend the Academy's weekly meeting, but that's it." Although her written French conforms to the Academy's notion of purity, she dots her conversation with such Franglais as "part-time job." "If there are better words in English than in French, why not?" Moreover, she says she will not wear the formal green uniform called I'habit vert that the Immortals fancy for welcoming new members and other special occasions. Though a French designer has already suggested ways the uniform could be modified for her, she snorts, "Ridiculous. I'll wear a long black skirt—and maybe a green blouse to go with it."
Independence has been a hallmark of Yourcenar's extraordinary life. The daughter of Michel de Crayencour, an aristocratic landowner, young Marguerite dropped the "de" and made an anagram of her family name to distance herself from its class implications. (She never knew her mother, who died just a few days after she was born.) Instead of being enrolled in school, she was given tutors in Greek, Latin and English. In her 20s she traveled and wrote prodigiously. Trapped in the U.S. by the Nazi occupation of France during World War II, she became a professor of writing at Sarah Lawrence, assumed American citizenship in 1947 and moved to Maine three years later. For 40 years she shared her life with Grace Frick, a Barnard College professor who acted as her translator and companion until her death from cancer last November. "She was sick for 10 years," says the author, whose works remained largely untranslated as a result. "It would have been too cruel to take her work from her. Then she would have known that her disease was incurable."
Though still deeply grieved by the death of Grace Frick, Yourcenar faces her own old age with a certain relish. A Roman Catholic by birth, she comforts herself neither with the certainty of an afterlife (God to her is "not a divine being but a sense of the Universe") nor with prayer, though she meditates to "help find a kind of inner tranquillity." By no means indifferent to the contemporary world, Yourcenar has long been an ardent environmentalist, is fiercely opposed to drafting women ("Having women in the Army would create more soldiers and therefore more catastrophes") and is still pondering the ERA. "If it means equal pay for equal work, or free choice to have an abortion, I'm for it." She is content to leave no heirs ("Leaving behind books is even more beautiful—there are far too many children") and to have spent her life as she did—in rigorous service to her unique, very personal vision of humanity in history. "I have never clung blindly to some idea for fear of the perplexity into which I should fall if I let go," as the alchemist hero of The Abyss puts it. "I have never seasoned a truth with the sauce of a lie in order to digest it more easily...I shall die a little less witless than I was born."
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Its awesome that Nintendo Wii is getting some heavy support from Ubisoft. How often do you see a game commerical? Sure its not rare, but they don't do it for every game out there.
Ubisoft has stressed their committment over and over towards the Wii, look at how many launch games they had for the Wii as well as the ones coming out soon. Its important to have such a huge company like Ubisoft behind you on a launch.
I would imagine next year sometimes, we'll be seeing Ubisoft start to push the limit of the Wii games they make. Hopefully they'll back that commitment even more and start putting a bit more quality into them as well.
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Jrebchevo Lake is a beautiful place for fishing in Bulgaria! There you can find many different kind of fishes, you can make a holiday in a tend, to go swimming, make a good walk all around the beach or the near small forest, or just to take a sun, beautiful place for weekend! It is situated in the lower part of Sarnena Sredna Gora Mounatin and at about 20 km on the North of Nova Zagora!
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Compact fluorescent light bulbs, or CFLs, don't earn nearly as many recommendations as the newer LED bulbs. Although they're almost as efficient and much cheaper up front, they just don't perform as well in expert tests. However, we found fairly strong reviews for the GE Energy Smart Spiral CFL 13W (Est. $13 for 8) . This 13-watt bulb produces 870 lumens of light, making it nearly 10 percent brighter than a 60-watt incandescent bulb. Both professional reviewers and home users say the bulb delivers a warm, bright light, and tests show that it's evenly distributed. GE estimates the bulb's lifespan at 12,000 hours of use, but tests indicate that it wears out much faster than others if it's switched on and off frequently. Many HomeDepot.com users complain about the bulb's poor lifespan, and some add that it takes too long to warm up to full brightness. Like most CFLs, this bulb can't be used with a dimmer switch.
We saw similar comments, both positive and negative, about the Feit EcoBulb Twist 60 watt equivalent (Est. $2) . This bulb is even brighter than the GE Energy Smart, producing 900 lumens with 13 watts of power. It also produces the same warm light, with a color temperature of 2,700K (Kelvin). However, reviews consistently show that this bulb takes a very long time to come up to full brightness. In one professional test it took more than 30 seconds to warm up, and in another it took nearly two minutes. Users are dissatisfied with not only the bulb's long, slow warm-up time but also its longevity. Feit estimates the bulb's lifespan at 10,000 hours of use, but like the GE bulb, it wears out quickly with a lot of on-off switching and is not dimmable.
With such similar specs, what's the best way to choose between the two bulbs? The Feit EcoBult Twist offers slightly better brightness and efficiency, while the GE Energy Smart Spiral does a bit better on price. However, their differences are slight enough that you can probably go with whichever bulb is available where you prefer to shop. And if you're looking for a bulb that will be switched on and off frequently, such as a closet or bathroom light, consider paying a bit more for an LED bulb or one of the new halogen incandescents.
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Design Thinking and Innovation
Course Number 1344
Professor Srikant M. Datar
Professor Rajiv Lal
Fall; Q1Q2; 3 credits
Classes will be held at Harvard Innovation Lab - Batten 122
25 sessions
Educational Objectives
This course is a prerequisite for enrollment in i-Lab Design Thinking Project (6085) in January to earn 1.5 credits in Winter 2015.
Career Focus
"Innovation & Design Thinking" will allow students to develop basic skills in creative problem solving, innovation, and human-centered "design thinking." Innovation has become increasingly important because of the rapid evolution in products and business models and the ever more complicated world in which businesses and organizations operate. The course focuses on the manager's or leader's role as an innovator and facilitator of innovation by others.
Educational Objectives
The primary objective of the course is to help students develop creative thinking skills-key to innovation. These include the ability to gain deep insights about users (the core of design thinking), to define and reframe problems, and to generate solutions or alternative approaches that are more effective than those that already exist. As Richard J. Boland and Fred Collopy write:
What is needed in management practice and education today is the development of a design attitude. ...The decision attitude assumes it is easy to come up with alternatives to consider, but difficult to choose among them. ...The design attitude…is concerned with finding the best answer possible, given the skills, time, and resources of the team, and takes for granted that it will require the invention of new alternatives (Boland & Collopy).
As future managers, these skills also include the ability to identify innovative individuals, form innovative teams, and build innovative cultures within organizations. The course takes the view that innovative problem solving and design thinking can be learned through repeated practice. Students will engage in exercises, projects, and reflections to explore various methods and approaches to innovative problem solving and design thinking. The course will introduce a variety of tools and techniques ("props") that, with repeated use, will help students think more expansively, creatively, and effectively through all phases of an innovation project.
Note: Boland, R. J., & Collopy, F. (2004). Design Matters for Management. In R.J. Boland & F. Collopy (Eds.), Managing as Designing (3-18). Palo Alto: Stanford Business Books.
Course Content and Organization
The course will lead students through the major phases of the creative problem solving process, as supplemented by the mindset and research methods of design thinking. Leaders from top innovation and design firms will collaborate with Professor Datar on several sessions throughout the semester. (Firms will likely include Continuum, Frog Design, IDEO, LUMA Institute, and SIT.)
Module 1: An Introduction to the Innovation Process
This module will define creativity and its role in innovation, provide an overview of the innovation process, and discuss the individual affective characteristics that are critical for successful innovation. It will provide a foundation for all the subsequent modules in the course.
Module 2: Human-Centered Design & Achieving Deep Customer Understanding
The ability to identify and understand what customers need and want in a product, service, or process-based on observation, not data alone-is at the core of design thinking. Students will learn to develop an actionable point of view that addresses questions such as: Who are the target users? What do they need? How do you know? Students will practice several techniques for achieving deep customer understanding, both in and outside of the classroom, and will then synthesize research findings in an effort to hone in on key insights.
Module 3: Identifying Opportunity Areas: Problem Framing & Definition
Framing-a powerful cognitive mechanism that allows us all efficient functioning in everyday life-is a significant barrier to innovation. In this module we will explore what frames are and discuss some of the cognitive biases that contribute to their power. We will learn ways to identify problem frames and, informed by insights developed during efforts toward Deep Customer Understanding, reshape problem frames to open up new paths for thinking, redefine problems, and identify areas of opportunity.
Module 4: Idea Generation
In this module we will explore various approaches to innovative thinking and techniques for idea generation from a range of sources. In addition to Nominal Group Technique, Round Robin, and Creative Matrix, we will cover the Systematic Inventive Thinking (SIT) approach and its tools. (SIT is a rigorous approach to problem solving that evolved from the TRIZ engineering tradition.)
Module 5: Concept Development
This module will focus on the critical role that prototyping, experimenting, and iteration play in the development of ideas. From the designer's perspective, failure - when designed to occur early and cheaply - can be a rich source of learning that often reveals new options and nearly always leads to a better final outcome. A wide variety of tools will be introduced in this module.
Module 6: Implementation
Until an idea is implemented, it remains just that-an idea. This module will focus on tools and approaches for thinking creatively (and strategically) about implementing ideas and bringing innovative ideas to the marketplace.
Module 7: Managing Innovation
This module addresses the question: "What does it mean to manage innovation?"
Grading and Requirements
Students will be graded on the basis of their class participation, class exercises, reflection papers and a project.
HBS 1344 is open to all graduate students. Complete the cross-registration process as described at the HBS Cross-Registration page. Also, please send a C.V. and brief paragraph describing your interest in the course to Caitlin Bowler, Research Associate (email@example.com).


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Darryl Sutter On Preds "They Play The Same Way Over And Over"
To hear Darryl Sutter explain it, the Nashville Predators are pretty predictable opponents.
?They play the same way over and over,? Sutter told LA Kings Insider following Thursday?s 2-1 win at Bridgestone, ?and over and over and over and over and over.?
Sutter?s as straight a shooter as it gets, and this statement ? while hilarious ? is also accurate. Nashville sticks to its gameplan as tight as anyone in the league, which is all a part of ?playing Predator hockey.?
This isn?t to say Predator hockey is a bad thing. Sutter did acknowledge how difficult Nashville can be to play against.
?If they can break two or three guys? will and force mistakes like they did tonight, and you don?t have the goaltending to match them,? he said, ?then they?ll beat you.?


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BETHLEHEM, Pa. - It's a long fall from second-round draft pick to roster cut, but Jaiquawn Jarrett appears set to make that descent in record time.
Selected 54th overall in the 2011 NFL draft, the safety is battling to secure a spot on the Eagles' 53-man roster. How is that so? When you are splitting second- and third-team repetitions with a journeyman who has three career starts, your job is on the line.
Jarrett's demotion came this week after he turned in a mistake-filled performance against the Pittsburgh Steelers in the preseason opener. He was starting in place of injured Nate Allen, but it probably will be the last sniff he'll get of the Eagles' first team.


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The same voters who gave President Obama another four years also elected a divided Congress. Democrats retained control of the Senate while Republicans renewed their majority in the House of Representatives.
Republicans took a bad bruising in Senate races across the country. The GOP needed to gain four seats to take control -- instead they lost seats.
Evangelicals did their part and showed up big at the polls.
"Evangelicals were a larger share of the election than they've ever been," Ralph Reed, of the Freedom and Faith Coalition, said. "They turned out in larger raw numbers."
CBN News Political Editor John Waage and Jay Sekulow, chief counsel for the American Center for Law and Justice, offered their analysis of the 2012 election, on "The 700 Club," Nov. 7.
But there was a strong showing by minority and women voters, including a large number of Hispanics.
"You can't have Hispanics along the I-4 corridor walk in by the tens of thousands and vote straight Democrat tickets," Reed continued. "As recently as 2004, the GOP nominee won 44 percent of the Hispanic vote. Tonight Mitt Romney is getting closer to 30 percent. That's not going to work in an electorate this diverse."
That large Democrat voter turnout was key to the president's re-election and Democrats holding onto the Senate.
"What has surprised me is President Obama and the Democrats to turn out such a huge vote," Fred Barnes, executive editor of The Weekly Standard, told CBN News.
"Frankly I didn't think President Obama, being such an unsuccessful president and Dems seeming to lack enthusiasm, I didn't think they'd be able to do this. But in fact they have," he said.
In Virginia, Democrat Tim Kaine defeated George Allen to hold onto a Senate seat left open by outgoing Sen. Jim Webb.
In the closely watch Missouri race, Republican Rep. Todd Akin lost a chance to oust incumbent Democrat Claire McCaskill.
A verbal gaffe severely damaged his candidacy, and Republican leaders, including Romney, called on him to abandon the race.
In Massachusetts, incumbent Scott Brown fell to Democrat Elizabeth Warren. Brown shocked the nation in 2010 when he won the seat held by Democrat Ted Kennedy for 47 years in a special election.
Warren is a Harvard law professor and the first woman to hold a U.S. Senate seat in Massachusetts.
"This victory belongs to you. You did this! You did this!" an elated Elizabeth Warren told her supporters.
How should President Obama approach Congress during his second term? Our panel of guests -- including CBN News Political Editor John Waage, Bishop Harry Jackson of Hope Christian Church, and the Independent Women's Forum's Hadley Heath -- addressed the that question and more below:
Altogether, Democrats won eight of the 11 toss-up races in the Senate.
Meanwhile, Tea Party candidates didn't do well in this election. House Republican Allen West was defeated. But party favorite Michelle Bachman won her bid to continue representing Minnesota's Sixth Congressional District, beating out Jim Graves.
Two States Legalize Gay Marriage in Historic Vote
High Voter Turnout Indication of Election's Importance
Campaign-Weary Voters Eager to Cast Ballots
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Mickey Mantle Original Collage Artwork Comprised of 1,292 Topps Micro Baseball Cards
Starting Bid - $500.00 , Sold For - $1,175.00
Presented here is one of the most interesting and novel Mickey Mantle artworks we have ever seen. Comprised of over 1,000 Topps Micro Baseball cards, the unique style of this collage makes this an unusually interactive and memorable display piece. When viewing this artwork up close it appears to simply be a collection of 1,292 assorted Topps Micro cards (1991 through 1993) affixed upon a large 37.5 x 47-inch cardboard mount. As one slowly retreats from the piece, however, the collection of cards takes on an entirely different appearance. Utilizing the varying shades and colors of each card, the artist has transformed what seemed to be a random assemblage of cards into a phenomenal and unmistakable image of Mickey Mantle, in uniform, as seen from behind. The familiar image captures "The Mick" standing, with his head half turned, and his famous number "7" prominently visible on his jersey. This piece appears to be one of a limited number of seven such pieces produced by the artist, as it is signed ("Jamm") and numbered ("1/7") in silver paint pen in the lower right corner. This is a modern classic, a phenomenal conversation piece, and one that would be perfect for display in an office or lobby setting. Please Note: Due to the size and/or weight of this lot, shipping costs (depending on where it is sent and its method of shipping) may be substantial. Reserve $500. Estimate (open). SOLD FOR $1,175.00
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1166. Robert Elliot Fitch was born on 25 January 1902 in Ningpo, China. He graduated in 1923 in Yale University. He graduated in 1926 in Union Theological Seminary. Robert graduated in 1929 in Columbia University. He died in 1986.32 He appears in in Who's Who in America Vol. 31. 1960-61, pg. 1954; 1972-73, p. 1014 Robert lived in 1941 Sky Crest Dr., Walnut Cree, CA. Dean, Pacific School of Religion, 1951 - .
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The urge to chow down on sweets and fast food at stressful times knows no boundaries, at least among European women.
Female first-year college students from Germany, Poland and Bulgaria all reported eating more of these types of foods if they felt stressed out, and fewer fruits and vegetables, Dr. Rafael T. Mikolajczyk of the University of Bielefeld in Germany and colleagues found.
But stress had no relationship to male students' eating habits.
There are a multitude of studies linking stress to eating unhealthy foods and eating too much. But little is known about how stress might change eating patterns in college students, among whom both stress and unhealthy eating are common.
To investigate, the researchers surveyed 696 first-year students at the University of Bielefeld, 489 at the Catholic University of Lublin in Poland, and 654 at Sofia University in Bulgaria. They included equal amounts of students from natural sciences, social sciences and languages, and law and economics.
Students were asked how frequently they ate several different types of foods, and also completed questionnaires measuring their levels of perceived stress and depressive symptoms.
Among the male students, there was no relationship between the frequency of eating certain types of foods and levels of stress or depressive symptoms.
But for the young women, those who ate more "carbohydrate-dense" foods like snacks, cookies and sweets had higher stress levels, and ate fewer fruits and vegetables. Fruit and vegetable consumption also was lower among female students who were more depressed; these women also ate less meat.
"Our findings," the researchers conclude, "suggest that interventions oriented towards perceived stress and depressive symptoms in female students should also address the issue of healthy nutrition."
"Additionally, efforts to reduce depressive symptoms and stress among female students may lead to the consumption of healthier foods and/or vice-versa."
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Behrend men fall to Medaille in AMCC championship game
- Medaille 1, Penn State Behrend 0: At Penn State Behrend, George Tor's goal in the game's 80th minute proved to be all that the Mavericks needed to defeat the Lions in the AMCC championship game Saturday.
The win vaults Medaille (17-2) into the NCAA Tournament for the sixth time in the past eight seasons. The Mavericks posted their 13th shutout of the season.
Medaille, which has outscored its opponents 21-1 during a seven-game winning streak, outshot Behrend 20-7.
Behrend goalkeeper Will Cole stopped six shots.
With the two teams battling evenly, Medaille's Greg Hoffman sent a pass onto the foot of Tor, who beat Behrend goalkeeper a little more than 79 minutes into the match for the game's only goal.
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Built-in digital camera lets user shoot and record aerial videos with
transmitter activated On and Off control, RTF version also takes
still photos
LED illuminates each motor pod for exciting manuevers after dark
Four independently controlled rotor blades make the 1SQ easy to fly
indoors or outdoors in light winds
TAGS-FX Sensor Fusion stabilization system with a 3-axis gyro and
3-axis acellerometer corrects drift as well as unwanted movement in
yaw, pitch and roll,
Helimax TX460 6-channel 2.4GHz radio with beginner and expert modes,
servo reversing, charger port, and SLT receiver, Auto-FLIP button
on transmitter performs impressive flips
1S 250mAh LiPo battery
USB compatible battery charger
Molded plastic and composite materials for high durability
Helimax guarantees this kit to be free from defects in both material
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RTF 1SQ Quadcopter with 2.4GHz Radio, LiPo Battery, USB Charger,
four extra Blades, Screwdriver, four AA Batteries, Instructions,
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Device such as a personal computer with a USB port to power charger
Length: 5.7" (145mm)
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CARNEYS POINT TWP. — The Salem Community College Board of Trustees selected a new chair and positioned the board for its next year of business at its annual reorganization meeting Thursday night.
Having already served the three-year limit as chair, Dorothy Hall had to step away from the position when a new leader of the board was chosen. When the departing chair asked the board for nominations, only one name came up — John Ashcraft.
The Penns Grove resident — who had been serving as vice chair — was unanimously selected to serve in the position.
Ashcraft, 55, is in his second stint as a trustee for the college. He served from 2000 until 2006 and returned in December 2012 after years of turning down offers to come back.
"When I left here in 2006 I said that one of the best things that ever happened to me was being a part of Salem Community College... not that I ever thought I would be back," he said. "I told [Hall and SCC President Joan Baillie] on several occasions that would not come back, but somehow, here I am."
Ashcraft said be selected as chair made him think of all the leaders that came before and how hard it would be to follow Hall in the big seat.
"You don't know how many meetings I've been in and she would ask a great, pointed question," he said. "I would think 'wow, that's a great question.' Then that little man in my head would go, 'John, why didn't you think of that question?'"
When Ashcraft opened the floor for nominations to fill the vice chair position, Hall was the only name offered. She was then unanimously selected.
Ashcraft said he felt privileged to be part of the SCC family.
"From the students to the faculty, I've always felt really welcome here," he said. "I appreciate the opportunity to serve, and I will do my finest."


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I don't always punch babies, but when I do they had it coming
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EATONTOWN – The remains of a dog were found burning in the woods Tuesday night and authorities are asking for the public's help with finding out what happened to the animal.
The remains were found smoldering in a wooded area behind the County Club Apartments on Tinton Falls Avenue when firefighters responded to a report of smoke and a possible fire, said Victor Amato, chief humane law enforcement officer at the Monmouth County SPCA. The dog was believed to be a Beagle.
A necropsy is planned at the Red Bank Animal Hospital to determine the cause of death, Amato said.
Amato is asking anyone with information related to the case to call 732-312-7153.


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If your patients are fans of Dr. Oz, be prepared for their questions about the safety of amalgam (silver) fillings. The Dr. Oz Show will focus today on the question, "Are your silver fillings making you sick?"
The American Dental Association has long argued that dental amalgam is a safe, affordable and durable material that has been used to restore the teeth of more than 100 million Americans. The Chicago Dental Society supports that position, as it is based on scientific reviews by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the Life Sciences Research Office, the American Medical Association and other respected organizations.
Read more about the ADA's position online.
As in all cases, patients are encouraged to talk to their dentists about their oral health concerns – including those regarding the use of amalgam fillings.
Here are a few more resources to consider when patients come to you with questions about amalgam:
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Did you receive an email from the Bridge to Healthy Smiles campaign today? It reminded local voters that Illinois Governor Pat Quinn and the State Legislature are conducting a review of all Medicaid services to find $2.7 billion in budget cuts. Adult dental services are on the chopping block for possible elimination due to their classification as "optional services" under federal reimbursement guidelines.
The Bridge to Healthy Smiles campaign urged voters to help the governor and their elected officials understand that elimination of the adult services is not the answer; it will instead shift the burden to emergency rooms that can not treat the underlying dental condition.
You can read the full message from the Bridge to Health Smiles campaign here.
If you agree and want to help, the Bridge to Healthy Smiles campaign encourages you to call Gov. Quinn and your legislators and explain why they must not cut the adult dental funding and what the impact will be on the underserved population.
Governor Quinn's office can be reached at 217.782.0244 during business hours.
The Illinois State Dental Society has provided on its website links to help you identify your elected representative, and an outline of talking points for when you call that person's legislative office:
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CDS has learned that the Drug Enforcement Administration is auditing dentists to make sure their licenses to prescribe controlled substances are current. Without the proper licenses--or with an expired one--a dentist could be on the hook for thousands of dollars in fines.
Illinois dentists who prescribe controlled substances are required to register for a license through the state's Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR). Dentists must also have a license from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). In order to apply for the DEA license, you must have an Illinois license to prescribe controlled substances first.
To find out more about prescribing controlled substances in Illinois, see the ISDS web page, "Prescription Writing Authority."
To make sure you are compliant, follow these steps:
First, make sure that you are in good standing with IDFPR by keeping your Illinois license to prescribe controlled substances current. You can check your license status online.
If your license is expired, IDFPR advises that you come to their office in Springfield in person so you can get a "letter in good standing" that day. Otherwise, processing time is 4-6 weeks.
If you have never had a license to prescribe controlled substances in Illinois before, you should fill out the application and mail it in. Coming in person to Springfield does nothing except save mailing time. IDFPR will not process a first-time application in person. Processing time is currently 4-6 weeks.
If your license is current, be advised that the renewal period for dentists in not yet open. The license to prescribe controlled substances will expire on September 30 for dentists.
If you've applied before, you can renew online.
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CDS member Cheryl Watson-Lowry joined Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle today to announce a $1 million earmark in the 2012 Cook County Health and Hospital System budget for outpatient dental care.
"These public health initiatives will be critical to treating our underserved residents at a time when families throughout Cook County are facing difficult economic circumstances," President Preckwinkle said. "Because we made tough choices in our budget, we can invest in public health to ensure … our children can have access to the dental services they need and deserve."
President Preckwinkle also announced today an additional $1 million allocation for the Access to Care organization, which facilitates primary care for residents of suburban Cook Country at reduced rates. Private physicians care for qualified patients in their private offices. This brings the County's total funding for the Access to Care organization to $3 million this year.
Ramanathan Raju, MD, CEO of the Cook Country Hospital System, called it "a great day for the health of Cook County residents."
"In times of financial crisis, it takes courageous leadership and farsighted thinking to protect the health of our residents. As more people enroll (in public health systems), we need to think of innovative ways of partnering with the community and organizations to provide care," Dr. Raju said.
Funding to restore dental care to the Cook County healthcare system has been a year-long battle for the Chicago Dental Society's Government Affairs Committee. Members have met repeatedly with President Preckwinkle and various commissioners to explain that the federal government has designated large areas of Cook County as dental health professional shortage areas, and to educate commissioners about the importance of oral healthcare as part of whole body wellness.
Dr. Watson-Lowry, who chairs the Government Affairs Committee, was reinvigorated by today's announcement.
"I am so excited that we are making progress, and that the underserved residents of Chicago and Cook County will receive the dental care that they deserve," she said. "This will change lives. People who have not been able to find jobs because they are afraid to smile or to talk in public will be able to have their mouths restored so that they can eat and speak properly and seek employment."
Also on hand for the announcement were commissioners John Daley (D-11th), also the Finance Committee chairman; Tim Schneider (R-15th); Peter Silvestri (R-9th); and Jeffrey Tobolski (D-16th).
"The world would be a better place if we smile at each other a little more. You can thank a dentist for that," Mr. Silvestri said.
"Sure enough," President Preckwinkle replied. "I'm grateful for the bipartisan support for these additional funds for both Access to Care and the dental program."
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Under a new law passed Aug. 9, the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services and the dental community will develop and promote dental homes for children covered under CHIP, All Kids and Medicaid programs. This law is a key initiative of the Bridge to Healthy Smiles Coalition:
Dental home initiative. The Department, in cooperation with the dental community and other affected organizations such as Head Start, shall work to develop and promote the concept of a dental home for children covered under this Act. Included in this dental home outreach should be an effort to ensure an ongoing relationship between the patient and the dentist with an effort to provide comprehensive, coordinated, oral health care so that all children covered under this Act have access to preventative and restorative oral health care.
Dental home initiative. The Department, in cooperation with the dental community and other affected organizations such as Head Start, shall work to develop and promote the concept of a dental home for children covered under this Act. Included in this dental home outreach should be an effort to ensure an ongoing relationship between the patient and the dentist with an effort to provide comprehensive, coordinated, oral health care so that all children covered under this Act have access to preventative and restorative oral health care.
The law builds on a national campaign by the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry to address the dental needs of children by creating partnerships with dentists and related organizations. Dentists will collaborate to deliver comprehensive, coordinated and family-centered preventive and restorative oral health care services.
The Bridge to Healthy Smiles coalition has been successful in gaining the attention of state legislators and spearheaded the passage of legislation that will improve access to oral health throughout Illinois. BTHS established a process to award grants for dental clinic development and secured $2 million in state funds and $1 million in Cook County funds to open dental clinics in underserved areas.
Other legislation offers oral healthcare providers incentives to treat the underserved. These include a student loan compensation program and deferred compensation program, and a policy change that allows dentists to volunteer at clinics without being registered with Medicaid. BTHS has had much success with coalition members and continues to work in Cook County.
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The 8 Most Misguided Sci-Fi Versions Of 2008
2008 was a year full of surprises. And by that, I am of course referring to the huge number of unplanned pregnancies that graced those twelve calendar pages. But when we weren't busy accidentally creating human life, we were busy foiling past generations' expectations of us. From film, to books, to video games, to decorative diner placemats, every manner of media had to have their say about what the people of 2008 would be doing with their time. Well, they were all wrong, and here are the wrongest of the bunch: 8 stories set in the "futuristic" year of 2008 that completely dropped the proverbial ball.
#8. President Six-Pack
The Source:The 1955 Isaac Asimov short story Franchise.
The Prediction:In the futuristic year of 2008, a supercomputer named Multivac will lead our proud electronic democracy by selecting the most demographically representative U.S. citizen, asking them some questions, and using the information to select the next President.
Accuracy:Not so hot. 2008 saw the election of an intelligent, well-spoken black man. For Obama to accurately represent the average of all American citizens, hed have to gain about fifty pounds, take a few knocks to the head, and get Mexican citizenship. Add to that the fact that we stopped naming computers (fill in the blank)-vac about the time the Beatles were roaming the earth, and youve proven once again that Asimov was little more than a doddering, irrelevant old codger. Besides, the idea of a voting machine asking you some vague questions and then telling you whos President is so 2004. Im just waiting for Diebold to stop beating around the bush and declare itself Supreme Overlord in 2012.
#7. Theyve Taken Our Freeedooom!
The Source:The post-apocalyptic box office bomb Doomsday.
The Prediction:In the futuristic year of 2008, the plot of Escape From New York will have sex with the plot of Outbreak and Scotland will get quarantined from the rest of the world due to a plague (or at least, thats what well say). Then theyll almost immediately resort to the plot of Mad Max.
Accuracy:About as accurate as John Bobbitts urine stream after a couple of stiff drinks (too soon?). As evidenced by the tartan and cabers that litter our nations beaches and clog our storm drains, the filthy Scots still roam free. My guess is well have to wait till Connery knocks off before we can put the fences up. Im not saying we cant take him, Im just saying, do we want to risk it? Meanwhile, the only deadly viral outbreaks that gained prominence this year were Bird Flu and that bee disease. And even if they both swept the globe, whats the real loss? Teaching our children about sex will become slightly more difficult (although you could easily use a donut and hot dog), and we wont get stung or shat on anymore. Although if all the bees were wiped out, it could lend some credence to the next prediction
#6. With Our Powers Combined
The Source:The forward-thinking ecological sci-fi thriller Silent Running.
The Prediction:In the futuristic year of 2008, all plant life on Earth has died out due to our gross ecological mismanagement, and the last remaining forests are being housed in giant space domes circling the rings of Saturn. Then we decide we didnt want them after all, and order them jettisoned from their moorings and detonated with nuclear charges (just to make sure they dont somehow survive, return to Earth, and seek revenge, I imagine).
Accuracy:On par with Colonel Stauffenberg. First of all, our plant life hasnt entirely died out yet; weve still got several acacia groves, a sopping handful of plankton and a very lovely squash vine, thank you very much, its just not producing this season. And as I feel Ive made abundantly clear up to this point, in order for us to have gotten anything, let alone Biodome, to the rings of Saturn, we would have needed to launch it during the Trojan Wars. Give me Cool Runnings over this tripe any day. It may be equally far fetched, but at least John Candys in it.
#5. Suicide is PainlessAnd Affordable!
The Source:My lover, my mother, that glistening God we mortals know as Futurama.
The Prediction:According to some barely-glimpsed signage in Futuramas pilot episode, Stop N Drop Suicide Booths not only exist legally by 2008, they are already considered Americas Favorite.
Accuracy: In keeping with their later predictions that Pauly Shore will become a beloved actor and Coolios face will be printed on our coins. Again, there have been technological limitations. We could probably make a booth capable of killing someone and disposing of the body, but the Stop N Drop level of luxuryeyes scooped out with melon ballers, a helpful, friendly automated voice controlare all beyond our means. Meanwhile, this countrys medieval stance on the individual right to have a machine stab you in the gut keeps us from even making serious progress towards this lofty dream. The best weve got at the moment is Dr. Kevorkian, the crude biological equivalent. Normally Id suggest a mass Krevorkian cloning project at this point, but apparently theres something wrong with that too. Sorry Futurama writers; it looks like the religious zealots wont let you have your citywide killing boxes.
#4. Initiate Maximum Warp
The Source:Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelles novel The Mote in Gods Eye.
The Prediction:In the futuristic year of 2008, mankind makes the single greatest scientific breakthrough in its history when it perfects faster-than-light travel, sending Einstein spinning in his grave and countless generations of spacestronauts hurtling through the black void in search of aliens to impress.
Accuracy: Pretty abysmal. The fastest a space ship has ever moved, to date, is roughly 550,000 miles an hour, which, while fast enough to ensure that any potential road kill will be thoroughly smeared across the freeway in a bloody swath miles long, is still pitiful in the face of goddamn light, which averages 300 million miles an hour even when its been drinking. Meanwhile, the most exciting scientific development this year was the construction of a giant underground tube for smashing stuff together, and even that was greeted by hordes of people claiming it was witchcraft thatd cause demons to emerge from the Underdark and devour us alive. Lets face facts: in the larger context of galactic civilization, were the guys standing in the corner with no pants on clanking rocks together.
#3. The Big Sleep
The Source:Alan E. Nourses 1957 novel Rocket to Limbo.
The Prediction:Okay, so maybe mankind wont perfect faster than light travel by 2008. But what they will do is launch a ship into space towards the nearest star, and expect the doomed astronauts aboard to reproduce and live in their quarters for many generations while it makes its 350-year journey to Alpha Centauri. I mean, how can you go wrong with a prediction that assumes were cold-hearted pricks?
Accuracy:Shmaccuracy. Yes, predicting that itll take a 2008 spaceship 350 years to travel the 4.37 light years to Alpha Centauri is slightly less ridiculous than imagining well be hitting Warp 1, but it still assumes a ship capable of traveling a minimum of four million miles an hour. As I may have already mentioned, thats about 8 times faster than the fastest human ship, which was a probe, not a giant space hotel with room and facilities enough to keep a little mini-civilization going and (presumably) not resorting to inbreeding. Although I still think the premise that wed be willing to doom many generations of children to a cold, sterile life in a tin can hurtling through space in exchange for the slim possibility that theyd crash into a star is probably dead on.
#2. Here We Go Again!
The Source:Sentimental, teen-friendly TV show Ive never seen, Dawsons Creek.
The Prediction:In the vague recap of the series finale of Dawsons Creek my least interesting friend gave me over drinks and me telling him to shut up, I seem to remember that star James Van Der Beek (AKA Dawson, The Daws or Dawes Butler) returns to his hometown in 2008 after becoming a successful television producer and creator of the fictional series The Creek, based on 60-minute segments of his life. This is extra meta, because the actual creator of Dawsons Creek based the show on his life, creating a never-ending Oroburos of schlocky crap.
Accuracy:Only in the sense that we still breathe Oxygen. The last memorable thing James Van Der Beek did was play himself getting the shit beaten out of him in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. Since then, hes bounced around from sitcom guest appearance to sitcom guest appearance, most recently One Tree Hill, or Dawsons Creek: Remix. Meanwhile, 2008 primetime television is populated by counter-terrorists, smoke monsters, and spiritually conflicted robots from space. Any show based on a show we already watched ten years ago would have to under go some major changes. Im thinking ice powers for Zoey, the fictional Dawsons Creek character Im pretending to reference.
#1. The Blue Bomber
The Source:The original 1987 NES Mega Man.
The Prediction:In the futuristic year of 2008, battle robots with sophisticated powers like the ability to throw rocks and cut you, led by an evil scientist named after a cartoon coyote, will enslave a neon neo-Tokyo and do battle with a one handed, child-sized robot maid cum supersoldier in blue spandex who cant duck.
Accuracy:Ive never been to Tokyo, so I cant really speak to the accuracy of Mega Mans endless ladder towers and fan-powered clouds swarmed by flying teeth. Judging by some of the pictures Ive seen online and my fathomless cultural ignorance, Id believe it. But a robot that cant duck? Are you kidding me? Even Aibos can kind of hunker down, and theyre barely on the teetering edge of the uncanny valley. If theres one thing we can be sure of, its that the Japanese wouldnt let a robot supersoldier step foot out the factory door without six hands, an equal number of depleted uranium-spitting miniguns, and an integrated all-region Toshiba DVD player.
When not taking people too seriously, Michael is head writer for and co-founder of Those Aren't Muskets!


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The Second Great Awakening reversed the trends toward religious indifference and rationalism of the late 18th century.
The religious revivals of the Second Great Awakening occurred almost entirely in rural frontier communities.
The Mormon church migrated to the Utah frontier to escape persecution and to establish its tightly organized cooperative social order without persecution.
The primary purpose for establishing taxpayer-supported free public schools was to educate all citizens for participation in democracy, without regard to wealth.
Most practical, hard-working Americans disliked highly educated intellectuals and writers like Ralph Waldo Emerson
Many early American reformers were middle-class idealists inspired by evangelical Protestantism.
The key role of women in American reform movements was under girded by a growing feminization of the churches that spawned many efforts at social improvement.
The Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 was considered most radical for issuing the demand for women's right to vote.
Many of the prominent utopian communities of early nineteenth century involved communal ownership of property and sexual practices different from the conventional norm.
Advances in medicine and science raised the average life expectancy of Americans to nearly 60 years by 1850.
The Knickerbocker group of American writers sharply criticized the militant nationalism and western expansionism that followed the War of 1812.
Although it rejected most Americans' materialism and focus on practical concerns, transcendentalism strongly reflected American individualism, love of liberty, and hostility to formal institutions and authority.
Ralph Waldo Emerson taught the doctrines of simple living and nonviolence, while his friend Henry David Thoreau emphasized self-improvement and the developement of a uniquely American scholarship.
The works of Walt Whitman, such as Leaves of Grass, revealed his love of democracy, the frontier, and the common people.


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As a long-time user of Logans Sportsbook I often enjoy the promotions they offer seasonally. They are offering double the odds on the Super Bowl winner if you bet before the regular season starts and I don't see how I can't give this a shot for a half unit or unit. I've never really been a huge futures guy, but given that the favorite Colts now sit at 14-1, i figure what the hell throw out a flyer.I really like the teams in the AFC North this year, specifically Cincy and Baltimore to have a shot at making deep runs, and the Saints and Colts could make a repeat appearance in the big game.Based on the odds and fun nature of this bet, I am leaning towards taking Cincinnati at 25-1 (which turns into 50-1) hoping that the T.O and Ocho show can diva their way all the way to the title...So who would you take??
I know it is pre-season, but do you think that this game by being played in a dome (typically higher scoring) in front of NFL hungry fans in Toronto could lead to a lot of points being scored?Peyton and company will likely get to see another couple of drives and the Bills with all the injuries at RB might want to focus on their passing game more and air it out....Thoughts??
It's hard to imagine we haven't seen this score (11-10) in 12,837 games. It is even harder to imagine that Pittsburgh's Troy Polamalu, making his second superstar play of the game, could score a game ending touchdown -- on a broken lateral pass -- with no time on the clock, effecting all wagers on the game, and then have the referees call it back for no apparent reason. The betting world stopped in shock.
The play happened after a late Steelers Field Goal, giving the Steelers a 1 point lead with 11 seconds left. With 5 seconds left, and the Chargers 1st and 10 at their own 21 yard line, Philip Rivers threw a short pass to LaDanian Tomlinson. Tomlinson then makes a lateral pass to a teammate, who then attempts to make an additional lateral pass to another teammate. Polamalu breaks up the play, picks up the ball, and runs into the end-zone as the clocks run out.
Steelers win 17-10.
The officials then reviewed the play, overturn the call (claiming an illegal forward pass), and revert the score to 11-10 and call the game complete.
With the line between -3.5 and -5 all week, the Steelers would have covered with the late TD, but with it being called back, all of those wagers are officially deemed a loss.
After the game, Official Scott Green conceded that they made a mistake, and that the TD should have stood.
In light of this mishap, and understanding the manner in which our players would be effected by this blown call by NFL officials, Logans.com has decided to not only refund all losing wagers, but to pay them as if they were winners.
Chargers, Vikings, Jaguars and Browns all looking for first win
as odds makers try to make sense of early season upsets
LONDON (September 19, 2008) – It's hard to imagine a game in week three of the football calendar being a must win for a team. It's even harder to imagine that being the case for four teams. That's where the Vikings, Chargers, Jaguars and Browns find themselves heading into the weekend. All were predicted by many to make the playoffs and some were predicted my more than a few to play in the Super Bowl. But, despite their early season woes, Logans.com is still giving most of them the benefit of the doubt.
Minnesota, a trendy dark horse pick to win the NFC this year, is already turning to an ageing veteran with diminishing skills in Gus Frerotte to replace the ineffective Tarvaris Jackson at quarterback after two losses to start the season. While the losses were against strong teams (Green Bay and Indianapolis), a third loss would all but dash any hopes of glory in January and February. The schedule does not get easier as the Vikings welcome the undefeated Carolina Panthers to town. Logans.com has Minnesota favored by 3.5 points.
Meanwhile, in the AFC, the team most thought would provide the stiffest challenge to New England's dominance, the San Diego Chargers, are also staring down a potential 0-3 start to the season when they play host to Brett Favre and the New York Jets. The spread in this one is a big 9 points for San Diego, which Favre may take as a personal insult, especially playing under the lights on Monday Night Football, when he's produced some of his greatest moments.
The tastiest looking game on the schedule for this week though is the Sunday night battle at Lambeau, between the undefeated Cowboys and Packers. These two teams finished first and second in the conference last season and are hoping to carry that momentum through this season as well. Dallas is a favored by a field goal and is probably thankful this game is being played in September and not December. Logans.com is also offering numerous props on this game, and others, including completions by Tony Romo and Aaron Rodgers, receptions by Terrell Owens, margin of victory, team to score first and just about anything you can think of.
Other key games this week include the Jaguars trying to get their first win of the year, which will be tough on the road to Indianapolis, where the Colts are a solid 5.5 point pick, and the battle of Pennsylvania, where the Eagles try to recover from their late game collapse against Dallas last week when they face the unbeaten Steelers. Philadelphia is a 3 point favorite.
For an up to date list, please visit www.logans.com/live-lines.
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ATLANTA Kansas City 5.5
BUFFALO Oakland 9.5
TENNESSEE Houston 5.0
NY GIANTS Cincinnati 13.5
WASHINGTON Arizona 3.0
NEW ENGLAND Miami 12.5
CHICAGO Tampa Bay 3.0
MINNESOTA Carolina 3.5
SEATTLE St. Louis 9.5
SAN FRANCISCO Detroit 4.0
DENVER New Orleans 5.5
PHILADELPHIA Pittsburgh 3.0
INDIANAPOLIS Jacksonville 5.5
BALTIMORE Cleveland 2.0
Dallas GREEN BAY 3.0
SAN DIEGO New York Jet 9.0
Marquee games highlight week three action, attracting lots of attention from bettors
LONDON (September 12, 2008) – Just three weeks into the season, NCAA Football has it's first true blockbuster match-up this weekend when the top-ranked USC Trojans face off against the 5th-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes. The winner will remain on course for a shot at the national title, while the loser will likely say goodbye to a potential BCS Championship birth in January. Logans.com has the Trojans posted as 11.5 point favorites, but there's a lot more for fans to wager on that the final result.
Logans.com has posted props on a range of individual player performances for the game, including how many passing yards each of the quarterbacks will throw for in the game. Ohio State's Todd Boeckman's over/under is set at 195.5 yards while USC counterpart Mark Sanchez is at 235.5 yards passing. USC is also a 1-2 favorite to score the game's first points, compared to a line of 8-5 for Ohio State.
Experts are expecting a high scoring game, with the best odds for total points scored being set at 3-1, for a total of 43-49 points scored. If you're looking for a long shot, and thing the game might be a low scoring defensive battle with zero to 14 points cored, you can cash in on a 15-1 wager. Fans can also bet on the margin of victory, with the likeliest results being a USC victory of seven-13 points or an Ohio State upset of one to three points.
Other key games to be played this weekend include2nd-ranked Georgia at SEC rival South Carolina and 3rd-ranked Oklahoma at Washington. The Bulldogs and Sooners are seven and 20.5 point favorites, respectively. In battles of top 25 teams, 10th-ranked Wisconsin travels to 21st-ranked Fresno State as 1.5 point favorites, while on Friday night 19th-ranked South Florida hosts 13th-ranked Kansas. The Jayhawks are a 3.5 point road underdog in that game. Another game of note features the 14th-ranked East Carolina Pirates, playing at Tulane, where they are a 13 point bet. East Carolina has started the season by defeating two ranked teams – Virginia Tech and West Virginia – and could be the Cinderella story of the season.
For an up-to-date and complete list of odds and props, please visit www.logans.com/live-lines.
NCAA Week 3 Odds
#1 USC #5 Ohio State 11.5
#2 Georgia SOUTH CAROLINA 7.0
#3 Oklahoma WASHINGTON 20.5
#6 MISSOURI Nevada 26.5
#7 LSU North Texas 41.5
#8 TEXAS Arkansas 24.0
#9 Auburn MISSISSIPPI ST. 10.5
#10 Wisconsin #21 FRESNO ST. 1.5
#11 ALABAMA Western Kentucky 28.0
#12 TEXAS TECH Southern Methodist 36.5
#14 East Carolina TULANE 13.0
#15 ARIZONA ST. Nevada –Las Vegas 22.5
#16 Oregon PURDUE 8.0
#17 Penn St. SYRACUSE 27.0
#18 BYU Ucla 8.0
#19 SOUTH FLORIDA #13 Kansas 3.5
#22 Utah UTAH ST. 24.0
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You can't stop doo-wop. Even the guys who have been singing these songs since the beginning are impressed.
"I couldn't have imagined doing what I love to do at 70," says Earl "Speedo" Carroll, who performs with The Cadillacs at the St. George Theatre Saturday. "I didn't think it would last this long, with the rock 'n' roll and all, but every year it seems to get bigger and bigger. They can't let that '50s music go."
Staten Islanders are lucky to get their fill of harmonizing groups, but the list of songs and the groups that made them famous set to hit the stage on Saturday is impressive.
Along with Carroll and The Cadillacs, who charted with songs like "Speedo" and "Peek-A-Boo" in the 1950s, the Drifters ("Under The Boardwalk"), Emil Stuccio and The Classics ("Till Then"), Johnny Maestro ("16 Candles" with The Crests), Louisiana R&B heart-throb Frankie Ford ("Sea Cruise,") and original Shirelles original member Shirley Alston Reeves will also perform.
Of course, there have been some changes. Maestro is now performing with The Brooklyn Bridge, and most of the groups singing on Saturday have had a few lineup changes, too. But lots of original members are still leading the doo-wop charge, so the show promises some quality crooning.
"With the dynamite show and the dynamite lineup we have, I think we're going to blow their socks off," says Carroll. "Johnny Maestro sounds just as good when he was 16. I think this is going to be a goodie -- I'm almost sure."
Carroll, who has shared the stage with greats like Chuck Berry and Little Richard, says he enjoys all kinds of music, but that singing doo-wop in the forgotten borough is a gas.
"Staten Island's always been good to The Cadillacs," he says. "With Vito (Piccone) and all of the groups from the Island, it's a place we really enjoy performing. It's like a family affair."
"One Special Night...an Evening With The Stars of Doo Wop" starts at 8 p.m. Saturday at the St. George Theatre, 35 Hyatt. St. Tickets are $40-$75 (special VIP tickets including a commemorative poster). Call 718-442-2900 or visit stgeorgetheatre.com and ticketmaster.com for more information.
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OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Ed Reed doesn't know whether he'll be play in Sunday's homecoming game against his team of the previous 11 seasons, the defending Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens.
But the 35-year-old free safety guaranteed one thing for sure: His new employers, the Houston Texans, are winning Super Bowl XLVIII.
"I knew where I wanted to be. You remember me saying, 'I wanted to repeat.' And I still will repeat, it just will be with a different team," Reed said, referencing his decision to move west during a Thursday conference call.
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"I have no regrets about being a Raven at the same time understanding it's a business."
The nine-time Pro Bowler said he guessed it was a "50-50" proposition that he'd return to the Ravens given the team's tight salary cap situation.
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Reed signed a three-year, $15 million deal with the Texans in March.
But he was sidelined the entire offseason after undergoing surgery on his troublesome hip, and he didn't play in the Texans' first two regular-season games. He was a limited participant in Thursday's practice.
Now Reed says he's more concerned about the long haul than risking his still ailing hip for an emotional Sunday reunion.
"Man, I haven't played in three weeks. I'm not confident about nothing but going day to day the way I've been," Reed said. "There's no confidence if you haven't been on the field.
"I've still got some work to do. I still have tightness and soreness in the hip. I definitely have a lot of work to do."
Reed still feels a kinship with his former home, saying "Baltimore is family. My time in Baltimore was awesome. I have no regrets from when (general manager) Ozzie (Newsome) called me on draft day," Reed says. "Practicing in the snow with (former coach Brian) Billick. Everything we went through growing with coach Harbs (John Harbaugh) in iron sharpening iron, I have a lot of great memories."
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He looks forward to seeing his former teammates and coaches during pre-game warm-ups. He said it will remind him of training camp if he is healthy enough to go against Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco.
However he's girding himself for a mixed reaction from Ravens fans.
"I don't know how it's going to be. Fans can be tricky," Reed says. "I guess it's all how they feel and how the tailgating goes."
Will it be a little more special coming back to Baltimore on the same Sunday when former teammate Ray Lewis will be inducted into the team's Ring of Honor?
"Yeah, somebody knew who we were playing and where I was at," Reed says. "It was planned that way (schedule-wise) for a reason. ... But I'm excited for Ray. It could have happened as soon as he retired.
"It really is going to be a special day, just me coming back, and Ray going into the ring of honor, and the Texans playing the Ravens. That was always a great game."
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The University of Texas-Pan American's Office of Career Services will host its 35th Annual Career Day Tuesday, March 4 at the UTPA Fieldhouse, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
International, national and local companies will be recruiting degreed professionals and university students from all majors for permanent, internship, and cooperative education positions at their respective companies. The public is also invited to attend this event and explore the many opportunities that are available to them.
Among the companies expected to participate in Career Day include Walgreen's, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, C.H. Robinson, Wal-Mart Information Systems, H-E-B Grocery Company, State Farm, and several other organizations from around the nation.
There is no admission fee and people wishing to visit with company representatives are encouraged to dress professionally and bring résumés to distribute to recruiters.
"Due to the annual Career Day, many national and international companies have recruited employees from the Valley when, in the past, most recruitment for employment was executed elsewhere in the nation," said Velinda Reyes, UTPA Career Services director.
For additional information, contact the Office of Career Services at 956/381-2243 or e-mail email@example.com.


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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Most people who go see this film will not be aware that the Harry Potter series now has a new director. Chris Columbus directed the first and second movies and, in addition to discovering America, he helmed nauseating pictures like "Mrs. Doubtfire" and "Home Alone." The man directing "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban," Alfonso Cuar�n, is a Mexican director best known for a film called "Y Tu Mamá También," an NC-17 pic about two young kids who spend a lot of time having sex with an experienced older woman.
Giving Cuarón creative control of the Harry Potter franchise is like giving David Fincher the reins to "Barney." The first time we see Harry (Daniel Radcliffe), Ron (Rupert Grint) and Hermione (Emma Watson), it's clear things are different. They're 13 now. Things are quite a bit darker and there's some developing sexual tension between Hermione and Ron. Given Cuaroacute;n's filmography, you're just cringing in anticipation of the scene where Hermione turns to Ron and asks, "Is that your wand or are you just happy to see me?"
The novelty of the boy wizard has worn off and now Harry is faced with the pressures of being the most famous wizard in the world, growing up, and the threat of Sirius Black's (Gary Oldman) escape from Azkaban prison. Cuaroacute;n emphasizes this with more dark tones than a KISS concert. Surprised parents will probably need to cover their children's ears when nasty Aunt Marge (Pam Ferris) snaps the word "bitch"; they'll also need to explain that while Harry's act of making her inflate like a balloon and float away is likely to result in a fatal fall back to Earth, it's okay because Harry Potter did it and Aunt Marge is just a Muggle.
In other words, this is the Harry Potter story where things begin to turn nasty. Not only is Harry faced with new challenges, like the Azkaban prison guards and the Dementors, but he's quickly turning into that most feared of creatures: the whiny adolescent. Making matters worse is that Harry is a whiny, British adolescent. You just want to slap Harry in the face and skip to the movie where he's nineteen and not such an annoying pain in the ass.
Another huge change in the film is the character of the Hogwarts Headmaster, Albus Dumbledore, who's now played by Michael Gambon since the previous Dumbledore, Richard Harris, died. Remember when George Lazenby replaced Sean Connery as James Bond? Ian Fleming fans across the world threw themselves off buildings. Gambon produces much the same impulse here, in part because when a film franchise so blithely replaces one actor with another, there's a dehumanizing effect that tears a piece of soul out of us all.
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London Olympic champion Andy Murray laboured into the second round of the US Open while defending women's champion Samantha Stosur cruised in her opening match at the year's final grand slam showdown.
Britain's third-seeded Murray, still seeking his first grand slam title, struggled at times in dispatching Russia's 73rd-ranked Alex Bogomolov 6-2 6-4 6-1 after waiting out a rain delay of more than two hours at Flushing Meadows.
Murray put a scare into his supporters by clutching his left leg after a point in the fifth game of the final set but blamed the problem on cramping after being pushed throughout the match, which lasted two hours and 15 minutes.
"Struggling a little bit," Murray said. "There were a lot of long points, especially at the beginning of the match.
"Just a little bit of cramping. I have to stay better hydrated for the next matches."
Australian seventh-seed Stosur began her repeat bid with a 6-1 6-1 victory over Croatia's Petra Martic before showers drenched the New York hardcourts.
Stosur, seeking her first title since upsetting Serena Williams in last year's US Open final, fired 10 aces to advance in 51 minutes on the same Ashe Stadium court where she hoisted the trophy a year ago.
World number ones Roger Federer and Victoria Azarenka were scheduled for later matches with former US Open champions Maria Sharapova and Kim Clijsters also scheduled for action at the 23,700-seat main stadium.
Bogomolov, who changed his citizenship from American to Russian late last year, beat Murray last year at Miami in their first meeting and battled him at the start this time, the match opening with four breaks of serve.
Murray denied Bogomolov on two break points in the fifth game and held, then broke the Russian twice more, the first on a backhand volley winner and the last on a forehand winner to claim the first set after 43 minutes despite connecting on only 28 per cent of his first serves in the set.
"Both of us struggled early on," Murray said. "A six or seven out of 10. I didn't serve well at the beginning but I won in three sets against a tough player."
Bogomolov broke Murray to open the second set, the Scotsman squandering the point when a backhand off the net cord fell wide, and grabbed two break points in the fifth game before Murray battled back to hold.
But Murray broke back to 4-4 when Bogomolov sent a forehand long and broke again on a powerful forehand winner to claim the second set after 93 minutes.
Murray fired a backhand service return winner to break the Russian for a 2-0 lead in the third set, handed back the break by netting a forehand in the next game, but broke again for a 3-1 edge and held to the finish.
Next up for Murray will be either Croatia's Ivan Dodig or Japanese qualifier Hiroki Moriya.
Stosur will face a qualifier in round two - either Swiss Stefanie Voegele or Romania's Edina Gallovits-Hall.
Chinese ninth seed Li Na, a first-round US Open loser the past two years, beat Britain's Heather Watson 6-2 6-3 to book a second-round match-up against Aussie Casey Dellacqua, who ousted Ukrainian qualifier Lesia Tsurenko 6-2 6-3.
"I'm really happy I won the first match. Last few years I always lose first round," Li said. "You really have to win the first match, otherwise same like last year and I have to pack, I have to go back to airport to fly back home.
"Maybe this year, I just was in the final Montreal and I won in Cincy, so I got a lot more confident."


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MARTINSBURG - Next week will see the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new West Virginia University Hospitals-East Cancer and Infusion Center, where patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy and infusion services will find an all-in-one facility to seek treatment.
"What we had before was fragmented. A patient would come to one office for A, second office for B, third office for C," said Dr. Eric Bonnem, one of the center's two full-time physicians. "If you have cancer and are not feeling too good, to get in and out of a car 20 times is not good for the patient."
The outpatient center - a department of City Hospital - located on the second floor of the Dorothy A. McCormack Center, replaces the outpatient chemotherapy on City Hospital's second floor, which is now being entirely converted to private patient rooms, according to Teresa McCabe, vice president of marketing and development.
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The new West Virginia University Hospitals-East Cancer and Infusion Center, located in the Dorothy A. McCormack Center, will see a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday, with an open house and tours to follow.
The center, which cost $1.3 million, was part of the WVUH-East $3 million Time Saves Lives capital campaign, aimed at soliciting community support to complete the deficit on the $31.5 million expansion and renovation project.
In addition to two full-time physicians, the center is staffed with one visiting physician, RNs, LPNs and administrators, Nursing Director Terry Reser said.
"In the hospital world, this is called a provider-based clinic, where you bring the service that the hospital provided and the physicians who provide the service together in the same suite for the convenience of the patient," McCabe said.
"It's kind of like a physician's office, but on steroids," Reser said.
The approximately 7,200-square-foot center is equipped with its own pharmacy in addition to five exam rooms, one procedure room and 12 infusion chairs - four of which are situated in private rooms.
"This is state-of-the-art," Bonnem said. "You're not going to find anything better than this right here anywhere in the country."
The center has been seeing patients since Jan. 2, seeing between 42 and 63 patients per day, Reser said.
"The numbers are certainly there in terms of how much cancer there is in the three counties of the Panhandle," Bonnem said, citing the state as having the highest smoking rate in the county and subsequently at or near the highest instances of lung cancer cases.
"This is bascially bringing the program up to where it should be based upon how oncology is practiced right now," he said. "There's a pharmacy here, there's a lab here, there are chairs here, the docs are here, the nurses are here, it's promoting teamwork for the patient."
In addition to fulfilling a community need, Bonnem said, the center fulfills the wish of Leonard McCormack, who donated $750,000 in 1998 toward the building campaign that constructed the Dorothy A. McCormack Center, named after his wife who died of cancer.
Radiation oncology therapy services were subsequently established in the Eastern Panhandle, which patients previously had to leave the area for, McCabe said.
"This is the standard that most people are achieving," Bonnem said of other cancer centers.
"That wasn't here before, so this is a gift to the community."
The official ribbon-cutting will be held Thursday at 4:30 p.m., with an open house and tours to follow. For further information, contact the WVUH-East Marketing Department at 304-264-1223.
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In a 91-53 vote Tuesday afternoon, the Texas House passed House Bill 2197, continuing the the Texas Lottery Commission. An earlier vote Tuesday had failed to continue the commission.
Bill supporters spent the hour after the first vote impressing on those who voted against it the impact of cutting $2.2 billion from schools. The House Republican Caucus hastily assembled to discuss the situation.
"I think when people took a sober look at the budget dilemma that would ensue, they voted different," said state Rep. Rafael Anchia, D-Dallas, the bill's author.
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Keeping customers happy is essential to survival in today's business world.
That's been the key to success for the Super 8 Motel, 3535 Fairway Drive, which is celebrating 25 years in business in 2014.
"We keep the property in good working order and give the guests what they want," said Dolly Kozlovac, general manager since 1998.
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David Korman works the front desk at the Super 8 Motel.
"Cleanliness is the biggest thing that guests look for. Our housekeeping and maintenance staffs do a great job. Keeping everything up to Super 8 specifications is what it comes down to - giving your guests a good quality stay," she said.
The Super 8 was built by the Rivett Group of Aberdeen, S.D., and opened in April 1989. It was sold to Priyum Management LLC of Morganville, N.J., on Sept. 29, 2009. Super 8 is a franchise under Wyndham Worldwide.
The Altoona Super 8 was just the fifth Super 8 opened in Pennsylvania and was the last one in Pennsylvania to be sold by the Rivett Group, Kozlovac said.
The local Super 8 has 62 rooms, 47 of which are double rooms. All rooms feature mini-fridges, microwaves, coffee makers and hair dryers.
"We have flat screen TVs in the king and queen rooms, and they will be in all rooms by the end of the year," Kozlovac said.
A breakfast addition, which seats 20, was added to the lobby in 2007. The Super 8 offers a free continental breakfast, which includes cereal, yogurt, coffee, tea, hot chocolate, cinnamon rolls, hard boiled eggs, juices and fresh fruit.
Summer is Super 8's busiest season, and this year it is serving as the host for the visiting baseball teams in the Eastern League.
Hosting the baseball teams, which on average take up about 22 rooms per night, helps business, especially on week nights, Kozlovac said.
"The only drawback here is there is no eating facility within walking distance, although some of the baseball players walk down to Olive Garden," Kozlovac said.
Super 8 offers a lot of advantages for the visiting teams, said Rob Egan, Altoona Curve general manager.
"It is close to the ballpark, across the street from our workout facility [ProCare Fitness], has a friendly staff and is an award-winning property with their Pride of Super 8 designation," Egan said.
"We have received the Pride of Super 8 designation for 14 consecutive years," Kozlovac said.
"You need to get an A through inspections to receive the pride designation, which comes from Super 8 Division of Wyndham Worldwide. It is very prestigious to be recognized."
Egan said Super 8 has done a good job in meeting the needs of visiting teams as well as Curve players when they are in need of accommodations.
"There are special requests that come with being a host hotel for professional baseball teams, and they have really responded to the call with a 'can-do' attitude. The visiting teams have been very complimentary of the service and positive attitude provided by the Super 8 team," Egan said.
In the fall, Super 8 draws a large number of Penn State football fans.
"We are only 45 minutes out of State College. Over there, they have two night minimums, and it costs over $200 a night. We have people who have been coming here since I've been here. They are like family," Kozlovac said.
Local hoteliers work closely together.
"Altoona is one of the best places I have been in as far as communication and working together as far as hoteliers. In other towns where I have been in, there is no cooperation among hoteliers. Why the businesses do so well here is because we work together. When they fill up, they refer people here and vice versa," Kozlovac said.
The Super 8 adds to the area's reputation for having high-quality lodging properties said Joe Hurd, president and CEO of the Blair County Chamber of Commerce.
"Dolly Kozlovac and her staff do an exceptional job in making people feel welcome and comfortable," Hurd said.
"As a Wyndham property, Super 8 adheres to exceptionally high standards. Too often they fall under the radar when local hotels are mentioned - unfortunate, because they have done a great job here for 25 years," Hurd said.
Kozlovac is optimistic about the future of the Super 8.
"The owners are good and know what they have to do to keep the property up and make the necessary repairs. The staff is phenomenal and works well together. We have great teamwork. If you don't work together, you don't get anything done," Kozlovac said.