Ky., Ohio St Stay Firm as Final Four Vegas Faves

Ky., Ohio St Stay Firm as Final Four Vegas Faves: Casino Sin City adhere to the Kentucky and Ohio as a Final Four favorite, and still think that the Wildcats have by far the best shot to win the title of the NCAA.

The odds in Nevada casinos after the game was shown, they think, Ky. - № 1 overall seed in the tournament - 52 percent shot at the title, despite the need to win two more games, gambling expert RJ Bell Pregame.com in an interview with Associated Press.

"Obviously, Kentucky feels the main favorite," Bell said.

Casinos believe Ohio State with a probability of 25 per cent chance of Kansas by 15 percent in Louisville and the possibility of up to 8 percent, Bell said.

Cantor Gaming, which operates six sports books in Las Vegas and shares it with the line of the vast majority of sports books of Nevada 186, is a favorite of 9.5 in Louisville Kentucky, Ohio and 3-point favorite Kansas semifinal on Saturday.

Mike Colbert, director of risk management Kantor said in Paris, including some early betting game, $ 10,000 each for the Kentucky Louisville pushed down with a 9-point favorite. But he said he expects the Wildcat Paris this coming weekend.

"Kentucky, for me, until now mainly about the team there. They have five guys who will play in the NBA on the floor, almost all the time," said Colbert.

Ratings of Kentucky Louisville is the largest gap between the two teams in the semifinal game since 1999, Bell said.

Bell said 17 of the 27 champions was number 1 seed since 1985, when the tournament expanded to 64 teams.

Officials say they support 5100000 filled on CBSSports.com, slightly more than 4 million - nearly 79 percent - in Kentucky, to return to the Final Four. More than 43 percent chose the Wildcats, to win the title.

Records "The Hunger Games, Attracting $ 155 Million Over The Weekend

Records "The Hunger Games, Attracting $ 155 Million Over The Weekend: The long-awaited film adaptation of the book Suzanne Collins' Hunger Games "has surpassed all expectations in the first weekend, pulling in $ 155 million. The total revenue of films some spectacular differences, including the opening weekend's third-largest in history, according to Associated Press:

"Great post marks the beginning of the third best in terms of sales, for the first $ 169.2 million last year," Harry Potter "finale and the opening 158 400 000 2008" The Dark Knight. "

"Harry Potter" and "Batman" franchise was established. "Hunger Games" set the record for a non-profit package, taking more than twice, the first "Twilight" made $ 69600000 film opening weekend.

"This is the birth of the franchise. To run this way is striking," said David Spitz, head of distribution at Lionsgate, which also owns the "Twilight" franchise after its purchase of Summit Entertainment ».

Impressive sales have also received several other awards movie, Jen told Cheney Celebritology:

With just one weekend under his belt, "Hunger Games" is already very close to become a hit in 2012.

"Lorax", which was in wide release three weeks left before the start of the year with gross 177.3 million dollars in his pocket for the environment. Be prepared to give this name to "The Hunger Games" is within the next week.

"Hunger Games" has already earned about 2.5 times more money at the box office in North America as the "John Carter" for the past two weeks.

And he did it with a budget significantly less than half what it costs, "John Carter". If only Disney had less money and gave Taylor Kitsch bow and arrows, things might have turned out differently.

Benefits of good news for Lions Gate Entertainment, a production company Summit Entertainment has bought the company in January, which means yet another teenager bankruptcy "Twilight" under one roof, that the blow Collins, Associated Press reports the Hunger Games. ":

Both films can bring about $ 450 million combined profit, says analyst Cowen & Co. Doug Creutz. Adventures of a bow wielding heroine Katniss Everdeen can mean only 6-7 years old, earn more, Kreuz, adding that Lions Gate can create its first profit in five years when its fiscal year ends March 31.

More than two-thirds of revenue comes from the film Lions Gate, so that means a lot his first blockbuster. Whether he did with staples like Tyler Perry's comedy series "Saw" horror.

The remaining revenue comes from Lions Gate television productions such as "Mad Men", which began its fifth season on Sunday. Although the company does not collect advertising revenue from the popular television series, the success of the public kept him in demand in the manufacturing company. It also increases the sales of DVD and licensing income redistribution.

Opening the figures are good news for the movie with a female action hero. The success can inspire Hollywood to make more films with women's son, according to Christopher Palmeri:

"Hunger Games", which set a record for the biggest opening ever, not luxury, shows how the Hollywood sub-audiences appreciate the recognition of women's action heroes, according to Phil Contrino, editor of the researcher Boxoffice.com.

"People are hungry for something like this," Contrino said in an interview. "Now everyone will look for" Hunger Games the next, but not all, male-oriented, action movie with Will Smith, "on he said, referring to the star of" Independence Day " and "Men in Black. "

"Hunger Games" can go to the seizure of $ 400 million in the country, according to Contrino.

The film, which stars Jennifer Lawrence 21 years as a killing machine by the arrow slinging, has sold 59 million tickets outside the United States and Canada, and was the first in almost all its 67 markets in Vancouver, Lions Gate said yesterday in a statement.

Put Joba Chamberlain in Lockdown

Put Joba Chamberlain in Lockdown: Apparently, Joba Chamberlain to go under house arrest for his own good. The guy has already had surgery on his elbow ligament replacement when he killed one of his ankle last week playing on the trampoline with his young son.

Who knew that a trampoline can be a deadly weapon? Yes, I know, everything that rises must fall, but the jump has to be loose, spongy, elastic, and not as a landing on the concrete. Another case of an accident at home. Luck, of course, but it must be demoralizing and clicking on the pitcher, who once felt the Yankees would be next Ron Guidry.

Recently, a great guy who is 6 feet 2 inches and weighs 240 pounds, more like Jabba the Hut. Weeks of wandering with his right ankle, surrounded by a cast will not do wonders for conditioning Chamberlain. There is not so long ago that Chamberlain was the flavor-of-the-month media hit.

When Chamberlain made his major league debut in 2007, fans and sportswriters love to have her personal story of overcoming a difficult childhood with her mother, who had problems with drugs and his father struck by polio, who, after Joba kids raised only after leaving the Indian reservation in Nebraska . Although some details are blurred increased, which, in fact. There were so many attaboys led Chamberlain to make it to New York Yankees.

Once the novelty was gone, however, is expected to move well. Only wrong, what happened. Yankee yo-yoed Chamberlain bullpen to the starting rotation bullpen. He was a rookie sensation, throwing 24 innings, going 2-0 with a 0.38 earned run average. Yankee fans loved the story of the well-being more than a dog street vendors and hot pretzels. The following year, Chamberlain appeared in 42 games, went 04.03 with a 2.60 ERA. He was only 22 years. So far so good.

In 2009, Joba was a full timer rotation. He was 31 games and went 9-6. But his ERA rose to 4.75. Oh, no.

Chamberlain established useage of schizophrenia and in 2010 Chamberlain was not a single launch. He appeared in 73 games out of the bullpen even closed some games and collected three stops, but the ERA is still there, as an unhealthy reading cholesteral. 4.40 It was not even allowed some that should extinguish the fires, and not turn them on.

Things began well enough to Chamberlain in 2011. He was 2-0 with a 2.83 ERA in 27 keys to the bullpen, where his hand had lost its snap, like a dish cloth wrung out. Hand surgery and followed the game plan, basically, was that Chamberlain, now 26, returns to the active list in June 2012.

Then he was ambushed by a trampoline. There is a terrible description of what looked like Chamberlain ankles protruding through the skin and other breakfast picture, not friendly. While Yankees manager Joe Girardi boldly predicted that Chamberlain will pitch in New York this season, it seems that only a combination of a miraculous cure on the circumstances of his hands, ankles, and a bar to allow this to happen. Nevertheless, it seems that this will probably be in September in a cameo.

You have to feel bad for the young man. Baseball fans gobbled up chunks of Chamberlain at his best, and I wanted to eat more. Now this. It was not as if he violates the rules of society, his contract, or even common sense really. Although I would not play the trampoline if I were a professional athlete is my body, not as Chamberlain walked into a bar fight stupid, riding a motorcycle without a helmet, and went skiing 90 miles / hr

He has played with your baby. It seems that the punishment is much worse than deserved such acvitity innocent.

Gallagher Suspends Tour Schedule After Suffering a Heart Attack, The Other Sunday

Gallagher Suspends Tour Schedule After Suffering a Heart Attack, The Other Sunday: After suffering a second heart attack within a week and a half Gallagher hangs a watermelon with a hammer defeat - at the moment.

Comic prop 65 have canceled all performances at this time on his tour schedule after being hospitalized on Sunday in Sedona, Ariz., after suffering another heart attack, his manager, Craig Marquardo, said the News.

Despite the relatively mild, the attack was the fear of the latest health of the actor, whose real name is Leo Anthony Gallagher Jr., who returned home to Arizona to recover from a major cardiac arrest suffered on March 14, the day before he was set to peform at the bar in Lewisville, Texas.

"We can not be good for someone's heart, mind and health to be airline, car rental and hotel every night, and then smashed watermelons in front of a noisy crowd of the night by night," said Marquardo. «He was on his way for 32 years. "

Gallagher Lewisville heart attack was severe enough that doctors put the actor in a medical coma to treat it. And it was less than a year after it collapsed on stage the comic after suffering a heart attack during a performance at the Whiskey Roadhouse bone in Rochester, Minn.

"I'm tired of [round \]," Gallagher told CNN on Monday.

And it's not like he has no options: comics, who studied chemical engineering at the University, and holds a patent on software is a slot machine jackpot Financial said that his manager.

"He will try to take some time off from touring and how it moves forward, it would still be doing some gigs, but we really cherry choice," said Marquardo, adding that he prefers to let his customers rarely stick rack shows and abandon the physical feature that attracts crowds of wild NASCAR.

Miley Cyrus, Liam Hemsworth Engaged? See Her Huge Ring

Miley Cyrus, Liam Hemsworth Engaged? See Her Huge Ring: Hunger Games by collecting rave reviews and an extrapolation of historical investment in 155 million domestic box office, star Liam Hemsworth and his girlfriend Miley Cyrus was enough to celebrate this weekend. But the pair and three-year hiatus from the top of this obligation?

On Saturday, the former star of Hannah Montana, 19, came out with his beautiful Australian 22 years, Muhammad Ali Celebrity Fight Night XIII event in Phoenix, Arizona.

PHOTOS: Miley's wildest moments

Cyrus was not one but two dresses for the event, but the most stunning in his eyes was a diamond ring on her finger I saw a huge wedding. The singer and actress who appears as the beloved Tweet Thursday in a frenzy about the manicure. "I'm soooo obsessed basis jennahipp @ nails! It looks so elegant and classic!" She wrote to the peak.

PHOTOS: Stars who wed young

Hemsworth and Cyrus hit him during the filming of the 2009 novel The Last Song, despite the split in August 2010, they resigned less than a year.

PHOTOS: Miley's raciest outfits

Trayvon Martin Case: in The U.S. Could lead to Hate Crimes Charges, George Zimmermann

The Justice Department could bring a hate crime charge against George Zimmerman in the killing of Trayvon Martin if there is sufficient evidence the slaying was motivated by racial bias.

 U.S. Department of Justice may charge a hate crime against the shooter in the murder of black teenager in Florida Trayvon Martin, if there is sufficient evidence that the murder was motivated by racial prejudice, and not just a battle control spiral, lawyers and former prosecutors say.

So far only one such area code publicly against Zimmerman 28 years, George, captain of the Neighbourhood Watch, who shot Martin 17 to February 26 in central Florida city of Sanford. In one of his 911 to the police that night, Zimmerman muttered something that some listeners sounds like an insult to say racist. Zimmerman's father white and mother is Spanish.

"It seems pretty clear to me," said Donald Tibbs, Drexel University law professor, who carefully studied the race, civil rights and criminal procedure. "If it was a racial epithet, which preceded the attack on Trayvon Martin, of course, we have a hate crime."

Others say that the picture is not clear enough to determine that said Zimmerman. And many experts say should be more evidence that he harbored racial bias against black and went to Martin for this reason alone. Previously, he was in a complex theft committed by young black men, possibly suspicious Zimmerman room when he saw Martin.

"They have to show that this person because of race, to focus, religion, color, and so on," said David C. Weinstein, a former federal prosecutor in Miami. "It's not that he was behind someone came down and in the confrontation, which may or may not be on this basis. "

Zimmerman's parents, in a letter to a local newspaper, was their son is not a racist, and the number of black residents of the neighborhood where Martin was shot only positive things to say about Zimmerman. Zimmerman is not charged with a crime, claiming self-defense under Florida's "stand on his" law, a person who is obliged to retreat, when the threat of serious bodily harm or death are removed. Martin says he was attacked while walking to his car, police said.

"It's not a racist," prosecutor Craig Ring talks about his client. "The incident, which was not a racist or a hate crime in any way."

"Standing on its" laws in force in about two dozen more states are under control. U.S. Senator Charles Schumer, DN.Y., on Sunday sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to ask the federal investigation to determine the killings are not prosecuted because the laws are too burden on local governments.

His parents Martin and hundreds of supporters say Zimmerman should be immediately arrested and charged with the murder of a young man, but local police say that there is little evidence to refute his claim of self-defense. The jury will convene April 10 to consider the fact that government spending is second-degree murder or murder can accommodate.

Upon receipt of no-confidence vote of the commission, the police chief, Bill Lee announced last week he was temporarily stepping aside from his post. City Manager Norton Bonaparte, Jr., said that officials want the problem to be resolved fairly.

Bernie: How Resilient Are Redbirds?

Bernie: How Resilient Are Redbirds?: Chris Carpenter was arrested for an indefinite period due to the irritation of the nerves affecting his right shoulder. This angered the nerves of the faithful of birds on the bat.

The sky is not falling, the outlines of a dark shadow creeping Carpenter just a burden on the 2012 season. History teaches us that when the great man is evil, the Cardinals' rotation feels pain.

Carpenter was in fact excluded from the 2007 and 2008 with the elbow / nerve damage, and the Cardinals finished out of the money in both seasons. When the Cardinals were at least 28 deviations from the Carpenter in the season, they made the playoffs in five of six.

Since 2004, the Cardinals have a winning percentage in the 0639 play by Carpenter, winning percentage in 0540 games created by someone else. Of course, baseball is a team sport. But this team has achieved clearly better results, especially on weekdays from Carpenter.

Anxiety about the state of Carpenter justified.

At best, a carpenter drives a couple of months of rest and treatment, and appear in late May or early June, worst-case scenario does not like. Carpenter 37 27 April, and another operation may mean an end to his career.

Optimism comes easily in the spring, but at some point you have to stop the smell of azaleas and ponder the question: how the loss of support staff and the cardinals of the elite?

Champions World Series was about 17 seconds to enjoy the magnificent conquest of October to manager Tony La Russa to retire.

Don Tony for 16 seasons, the Cardinals finished fourth in the premier league in the regular season wins and the second in playoff wins.

Pitching coach Dave Duncan, the best in the industry, unofficially retired to devote his time and energy to the medical needs of his wife.

Check out free agent Albert Pujols has all but made the earth shake at Busch Stadium.

Even with the sudden withdrawal from Pujols, La Russa and Duncan, the Cardinals in 2012, was in good shape. With the addition of Carlos Beltran offender is a lot of stress, and Adam Wainwright back. The rotation is headed by Carpenter and Wainwright would form a solid firewall NL Central.

Now the Cardinals have to do without Carpenter, at least for some time - or perhaps permanently. How many teams can develop during the previous criteria movement without Pujols franchise, La Russa, Duncan, and a carpenter?

The challenge, even with the former core of St. Louis, who did not flinch when faced with resistance, adversity and chaos in 162 games.

Regardless of how a new manager and pitching coach, no matter how Beltran visits, no matter how many victories Wainwright game, neither team will be as strong after the removal of Pujols, La Russa, Duncan, and Carpenter. It is a shock to the system.

Now, before you hit me over the head with his 40-ouncer filled with red Kool-Aid, I understand that I am not predicting gloom - or even second place.

There is a lot like the 2012 Cardinals. The range of power bullpen arm in a lot of good starting pitchers and living in the NL Central.

Cardinals pitching coach Derek Lilliquist was good during his tenure as the PC at the end of last season, when Duncan took time off to deal with a medical crisis of his wife.

It's just too early to say, as a freshman, Mike Matheny Manager will manage a baseball game in real time and real-world problems piling up of the club, the pressure of losing streaks, the media, and flying debris.

Everything seems to be wrong in the NL Central.

Cincinnati Reds just took a big success, losing about Ryan Madson a new one which detonated his pitching elbow and will miss the 2012 season. Prince Fielder Milwaukee lost to free will, and a starting pitcher Shaun Marcum experiencing shoulder stiffness in the camp.

When Carpenter returns to 20 or more starts, the rotation must be maintained. Lance Lynn Carpenter inherits the place now, and a young starter has a longer arm and the confidence that he can get there in the big leagues.

The Cardinals will enter the rotation in 2012 Wainwright, Jaime Garcia, Kyle Lohse, Jake Westbrook and Lynn. Newbie Shelby Miller, № 1 term, may be in line for promotion in case of need.

You can never have enough starting pitching, and Roy Oswalt will look like waves in a single Cardinals right now. But at least the Cardinals have a sufficiently attractive internal options, it is not always the case when a carpenter is not enough.

In 2007, the Cardinals used Kip Wells (5.70 ERA) for 26 runs, Anthony Reyes (6.04 ERA) for 20 runs, and converted reliever Braden Looper (4.94 ERA) for 32 runs. They turned to Brad Thompson, Todd Wellemeyer, Mike Maroth and Randy Keisler for some 38 combined starts.

Goodness.

It was not so bad, because in 2008, Lohse 6.15 to 3.71 ERA after signing in late spring training. '08, The Cardinals had to rely on housing and feeds the looper and Wellemeyer, Duncan, the two projects. And they were very hard.

Carpenter is the Cardinals' X Factor in 2012. The world champion is not the same with him stuck in a repair shop, it's just a matter of how long it takes to fix it.

We all learned an important lesson at the end of last summer's insane to have a team early. In 2011, the Cardinals made a comeback late in the season of historic proportions.

Again, this command was Pujols, Carpenter, La Russa and Duncan.

Marion Barber's Resignation Will Affect The Strength of The Negotiations ... But For Whose Benefit?

Marion Barber's Resignation Will Affect The Strength of The Negotiations ... But For Whose Benefit?: The day after the Bears signed a four-year contract, Michael Bush and Matt Forte went on to rant later that Twitter may not have had anything to do with the signing of Bush (depending on if you think his tweet tracking), Marion Barber, the last back-Forte Copy of the season, announced his retirement from the NFL. Despite the presence of Barber in the list would have been competition for the backup position itself in the list would be on the surface of the negotiating strengths in his favor. Without a barber in the list, if all were, as now, the bears will go to camp with the leading trio of Bush, Kahlil Bell and Armando Allen, management did not want something to bear.

But there is another factor to consider here - Barber retired after only his seventh season in the NFL.

                                                             

Now I know that Barber and Forte is not the same player - short back, who has never been a thousand-yard season or broken door 250 or 300 keys, combined in a single season. And the other has just finished his fourth year of disabled list, two thousand yards in a season (74 yards, and the combination of the four) and 1237 combined key.

But Barber's resignation should send a strong signal if he wants long-term agreement, Barber only in the league three years longer (until, of course, he signed out of retirement), and serves to enhance the short shelf life of running backs in the NFL.

Let us consider another factor. Barber began to pick up most of the doors in 2007, when he went to the Pro Bowl with 975 yards and 10 touchdown, a year after a 14-TD campaign. It was his third season - he was a starter until 2010, and fell quite sharply, resulting in only 3.51 meters in hand in the last two seasons. With the clearly better performance than this, but it took a lot of grinding and a lot of hits in his career - almost as much as a hairdresser in his career. And it's not as physical a runner as Barber. How many more visits it will take?

Barber did not have to be the most offense, Forte has been so throughout his career, either. Are there any additional finishing touches strongly influenced the duration of his future career?

So my question to you: Who is in favor of a retired Barber - Strong and his influence to bear "items in the list, or a bear, and the term of the contract and the amount they have to offer?

Obama: Trayvon Martin's Death a Tragedy, Which Should be Fully Investigated

Obama: Trayvon Martin's Death a Tragedy, Which Should be Fully Investigated: Barack Obama made his first public comments on the murder of Martin Trayvon, stating that the death of a teenager in Florida was a "tragedy" that must be investigated.

In a personal message delivered from the White House, U.S. President Martin Trayvon compared to her own children, and said: "If I had a son, she would look Trayvon".

Obama has promised that the authorities consider "all aspects" about the shooting of an unarmed 17-year neighborhood watchman, George Zimmerman, and called on federal, state and local governments to work together in the investigation.

Martin was killed Feb. 26 the circumstances that have not yet been fully explained. Although Zimmerman admits that he killed a teenager, he said in self-defense, referring to the controversial Florida's "stand on his" law, which allows the use of lethal force in certain circumstances. Zimmerman was arrested, sparking a growing anger that has spread beyond Florida.

Obama was due to interference with journalists' questions at the White House announcement on its candidate to head the World Bank.

"Obviously, this is a tragedy. I can only imagine what these parents are going through," he said in the White House Rose Garden.

"When I think about that boy, I think that my own children, and I think every parent in America should be able to understand why it is absolutely necessary that we examine all aspects of this issue."

Obama said that all of America was a little "soul searching" to do during the incident, adding: "If I had a son, she would look Trayvon, and I think they [his parents] expect that all of us, that Americans are going to take him seriously, he deserves. "

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and then joined the President, calling for "a thorough investigation." He added that a full investigation was needed to "justice is carried out with impartiality and integrity."

At the same time, Fox News commentator Geraldo Rivera has caused outrage on Friday when he said that Martin was selected for attention because he was wearing a hoodie.

Appeal to parents of young black and Hispanic children to prevent their escape into the streets hoodies, Rivera said: "I think the hoodie is as responsible for the death of Trayvon Martin, George Zimmerman was."

This statement was immediately online games, as critics of Twitter to express his anger. Rivera later tweeted that his son had sent him a message to say that he is ashamed of his position.

The focus on young blacks and Latinos on the Rivera also reinforced the view by some that the incident may have been a racial element.

Sanford Police Chief Bill Lee resigned temporarily on Thursday. This statement was followed by news that the Attorney Norman Wolfinger, Florida also rejected criticism of its treatment of the following case. But no movement emerged to appease the growing demands Zimmerman appease discontent or be arrested.

On Thursday evening, a rally was held in Sanford, the city where Martin was shot dead while returning home from a friend of his father after a trip to the store.

In the case of 17-years old her parents, Martin and Tracy Sybrina Fulton, joined by civil rights leaders, including Reverend Al Sharpton in the

Sharpton told the crowd: "We can not allow a precedent where people can just kill one of us, and then go with the murder weapon we want, George Zimmerman in court with handcuffs behind his back.".

Mickael Pietrus Injury

Mickael Pietrus Injury: Celtics [team stats] came into the game last night, attention to the fact that the first place in the Atlantic Division was on the line. They pointed out that there is something much more important at stake

Mickael Pietrus was taken from the arena on a stretcher after the defeat of the court with 5:08 left in the second quarter of 99-86 loss to the 76ers. He was taken to hospital with a so-called "closed head injury."

"He was already an X-ray (s) CT (computed tomography). This is an MRI right now," Celtics coach Doc Rivers said after a few minutes after the game. "That's all we know. They'll take all night, but that's all I can give you right now."

The team later said Pietrus was not hospitalized, but did not stay overnight in Philadelphia. It will be a reassessment today.

Pietrus was pulled back Lou Williams as he created a high drive into the lane. I do not think that hit his head on the ground, but there was a serious jolt and immediately reached for this part of his body. He remained on the ground for several minutes as doctors attended to him. Pietrus, who started in place of guard Ray Allen (right ankle), was immobilized on a stretcher before placing.

Kevin Garnett, standing beside the medical team, raised his hands and began to fight like Pietrus has been established. The crowd looked at him and followed his example.

Williams came to the Celts, and then, on the rivers, he said: "Tell Pete good luck. I did not want."

Rivers added, "It was not a deliberate game. I mean, it happens in sport.

"It looked awful. I saw it right away. I do not think he hit his head, but I was not sure. I just saw her on the neck tie, and if you knew it was bad. And it is obvious that he dropped to the floor if it is not very good. I mean, wow, that was hard. I think that it was difficult for us to see everything. "

Said Paul Pierce [Statistics]: "He fell hard. I do not know the extent of its damage, and I hope that it will be good.

"It's always difficult when you see your brother, NBA player -. Regardless of who it is when you catch someone lying on the floor and not move, and you dare to land on a stretcher, it is difficult.

"These are things that can be career ending thing. We just hope that he can make a speedy recovery."

The Celts were at 10, and they were ahead by two years, when Ryan Hollins beginners (choose Pietrus "Sixers free throws) from 1-to-2. They were able to build on their lead from this point, bringing it to 49 -43 at halftime.

But they were soon buried under a preponderance of the state of the poor.

C end of the year even took the court in the second half, Avery Bradley was trying to run down the hallway outside the locker room. Then he turned to the trainer Ed Lacerte and shook his head. Bradley was removed from the rest of the night with the stretching of the left ankle. He left the game in the final minute of the half down badly in the end it is a rebound. (Bradley later said that he hopes to play tomorrow against Washington).

"You have Ray sitting in the locker room, that Avery will not be affected immediately after the" Rivers said. "It was just a hell of a year."

arquis Daniels started the second half and scored on the wet and rotational motion so that the Celts' lead down. His bucket put them back in the future, 64-63, with 5:02 remaining in the third.

Celtics [team stats] did not really hear.

They scored just two points the rest of the quarter - a jumper from the left Pierce 1:39. Otherwise, they have missed five shots and turned the ball four times. This paved the way to Philadelphia to run the 17.2 80-66 entering the fourth.

Things remained in this area that Celtics emptied their benches - as needed.

"We had just settled," said Rivers. "I thought the type of injury, fatigue and all that caught up with us, but I just thought we settled down a bit, took all the jump shots. For me it is a sign that the team is a little tired. We'd like to give a little bit."

However, Pierce was not to his team off the hook, saying: "We took a step back Is it any way we should not lose this way - the game division rival for us to accept. Atlantic (Front) of lead. It was a huge game for us, and we took a step back today. "

This, of course, was a secondary issue in the grand scheme of things the Celts left the stage and headed to the airport hoping to learn more about Pietrus.

Trayvon Martin case: a Vote of no Confidence in Police Chief Sanford

Trayvon Martin case: a Vote of no Confidence in Police Chief Sanford: In the tense meeting on Wednesday that underscored growing tensions on the set of Dea

h an unarmed black teenager, local officials in Sanford, Florida, passed a vote of no confidence in the police chief as protests spread to the north of New York, where the parents took the young man was killed in March in Manhattan require arrest the murderer.

Measurement of no confidence has increased from 3 to 2, after more than an hour discussion, and if it is not necessary, as a result of the public and the groans and applause punctuated the debate highlighted by exciting the wrath of Orlando suburb for about a month after a 17 - year Trayvon Martin died on 26 February. Much of this anger is directed at the fact that the killer has confessed, 28 years old, George Zimmerman, who was described as Latino, and white, was not arrested.

Dozens of residents gathered in Sanford Sanford City Hall, where the City Commission, Mark McCarthy set the tone for the meeting, acknowledging that he called for the overthrow of the Chief of Police Bill Lee 10 days ago at a meeting with the head of the city, Norton N. Bonaparte Jr.

"I take no pleasure from the public flogging of our police chief. This is a good man," said McCarthy.

But McCarthy said the issues surrounding the case, and negative publicity thrown on the town after the murder, were largely the result of improper handling of the investigation. Questions, he said, include whether the police were too quick to accept the claim that Zimmerman fired in self-defense, despite the fact that Martin was not armed and that witnesses described hearing someone calling for help before the shot was heard .

A lawyer representing the family, Martin, Benjamin Crump, said the teenager was on a cell phone with his girlfriend and was concerned, he was followed by a strange man in the last seconds before it is slaughtered. And the two women who live near shooting scene said that Martin was lying face down, with Zimmerman hanging over him after he was shot.

"If it was self-defense, why does he [Zimmerman] on the back Trayvon?" One witness, Mary Cutcher, told CNN, in an interview.

City commissioners Patty Mahany and Randy Jones opposed the motion of censure, saying the city should await the outcome of the grand jury investigation is scheduled for April 10, and the Department of Justice investigations. "It's fast decision in a situation which will not," said Mahany, a call vote of no confidence in the "reflex".

Only the city administration, Bonaparte, Lee can be done, or to demand his resignation, and he gave no indication he was considering it. But as speaker after speaker, black and white, took the microphone to ask why Zimmerman was not arrested, it became clear that Napoleon faced with pressure showed no signs of abating.

The Reverend Al Sharpton is connected to a rally in Sanford on Thursday, and the city planned for hundreds or even thousands of people at a special meeting Monday night to focus on the case.

Union Square in Manhattan, hundreds of people marched in memory of teen killed in the alleged March Hoodie million on Wednesday, including the parents of Martin. Martin was wearing a hoodie, when he was killed while walking to a shop, where he bought some sweets and drinks.

"We will not stop until we get justice," said the father of a teenager, Tracy Martin, thanking the crowd in New York, who chanted "We want to arrest," according to The Associated Press.

"My son did not deserve to die," the mother of a teenager, Sybrina Fulton, told the crowd, reports AP. «My heart is in pain, but also to see the support from everyone who is actually a difference."

More than a dozen people spoke at the meeting of Sanford, the vast majority of black residents complain that the Police Department was quick to stop the black, leaving gaps for the accused of similar crimes in the wild. Several speakers reported arbitrary arrests and harassment by the police.

"I was born and raised in Sanford, and I have had this problem many times," said Robin Riggins, a black woman.

The resident, however, ruled in favor of Lee, saying that the case should be allowed to "go his own way."

"There are two sides to every story," said a resident, a white man who said he lived in Sanford for decades. "We can not rush to judgment and CEO Lee will be responsible for any What happens if we find in the investigation, he did his job."

He noted that Lee was on the job only 10 months.

Previous leader was forced to resign after a protest at the beating of black man in downtown Sanford white man, who is the son of a policeman. The police did not arrest a person, even if the beating was captured on video.

'American Idol' recap: Participants Will Take Billy Joel

'American Idol' recap: Participants Will Take Billy Joel: "If you can not sing, Billy Joel, you can not sing at all."

Thus, Steven Tyler announced on Wednesday evening, before 10 competitors in the book of songs praised the man at the piano in "American Idol".

And what about those crazy kids with their metamorphosis Tommy Hilfiger, do they have? Well, personally I am for the abolition of theme parties in general. They are really very tired. But I have to step aside and allow our readers a six-person panel of judges to weigh in. Here are their comments:

Vaishnavi Kashyap, Sunnyvale - Billy Joel? Who is it? I heard him once or twice, but my iPod does not recognize the name. Now, Diddy, on the other hand, I know.

DeAndre Brackensick: I love the fact that the designers have done with it. But singing was not great, man. He was never a favorite, but I probably should have a soft spot for him because he is my Homie San Jose.

Erica Van Pelt: He was much better. It is not surprising, but it remains for another week. Of course, I never expected such a radical metamorphosis. I must admit, her hair was very sick, though.

Skylar Laine: I'm surprised when I started to slam her. And it was not my usual sarcastic applause without enthusiasm, too. For such a shrill, nasal voice, she shook her songs. And I loved her new look, too.

Elise Testone: not the usual favorite, but I must confess that I am completely "confuzzled", if it joins the bottom three for the third consecutive time.

Philip Phillips: So, Phil updated their style quotient

slightly. But overall, it has been ignored advice from Tommy Hilfiger. I mean, who does? This is Tommy Hilfiger! On the other hand, who cares? It was a big, growling, hot performance.

Holly Cavanagh: That was not his best, but it is one of the candidates, regardless of how "sticky" it was.

Thus, DeAndre and Heejun occupy two of the three main points. Not so sure about the latter.

CHRISTINA WISE, Boulder Creek - I am looking forward to Billy Joel ... Participants then began to sing. Lawdy. Those two hours seemed to last looongest time.

You may be right:

Ledet Jesus, the first performer of the night actually do it. Sentimentality and the passion he puts into each song is extremely intoxicating. I've never been arrested for stalking, but there is a first time for everything.

Elise: finally found a song that has found its place in a quiet voice. "Vienna" has done what no other song has done for her - he took out his personality. How refreshing.

Philip Phillips: Positively loved holiday "Movin 'Out". Detailing his voice was so well suited to the song, the noise in the horror, and I would have fought for this atlas a scarf too. Wow!

Do not ask me why:

DeAndre: Sorry to hear that "Only the Good Die Young" is spent on her singing half steps. This song deserves to sing with a great sound of the trumpet, and this guy just is not them.

Erica Van Pelt: a large part of her work was her hair. If the "New York State of Mind" is an anthem, it was not my home to the state. Too loud, too quiet. I bet he got his share in the Bronx cheers from the East Coast.

Heejun: His version of "My Life" was a bad karaoke, and proof that this guy can ruin any song. Steven Tyler's expression at the end of the song was the same expression as the captain of the Titanic had sunk the ship - just a quiet horror of having contributed to the catastrophe of epic proportions.

Big Shot:

Jessica Sanchez: "Everyone has a dream," and if it should be our next American Idol, this girl is well on its way It's in the top three, baby.!

Ben Wentling, Concord - this week, there were only two outstanding performances. Jessica begins to show that man has won this year. But Eliza reigns supreme. What vocal range! I am so happy to see improvement.

I do not know what all of Philip, but I think it's a great talent and I hope he sticks around. Skyler and Holly continues to impress me with Erica. Significantly from week to week to improve it.

In addition, the category is not bad, but it's not very good, and DeAndre Colton. They both sang songs that I listened to all the time and they just do not cut their interpretation.

Jesus took a huge step backwards and could be the weakest performance of the night, except for ... Heejun. It's not really gone after last week? Really? How long do we have to put up with it? It not only can not sing, it's incredibly boring. Let's focus on people with real talent, please.

Diane Wilson, Saratoga - Billy Joel? Really? Gray! This is the best thing we can do for our young heroes? Most of them are lucky if their grandmothers and grandfathers will remember his music. Please give us the songs of Aerosmith, if you go back in time.

Fortunately, there were some excellent performances. Jessica was the best, and sang like a dream. She was raised and elegant. Flawless. Honored always O.

Colton singing "Piano Man". This song is based on its abilities. Smoky and husky. Nevertheless, the high notes wherever they go. Finishing with a bang and slowly drifts.

However, one of my favorite was Elise. This is the most confident she has looked all season. Although too grating for a while, she was under the control of the song.

Therefore, those who can take their dirty laundry home and save your laundry room:

DeAndre singing "Only the Good Die Young". Maybe the name of an omen of his future on the show? This is very bad, I wanted to fast forward.

Our resident Heejun strange guy. OMG, he takes his clothes. If this is not scary enough, this butchering of the song, or, as Jennifer said, "were not included in the vote." When Stephen told to take things more seriously than you know that you are in trouble.

Today, most disappointing, but not to return home was Holly. She did not hit her notes.

Always safe:

Eric, yes! I'm going to cut and dye my hair to win. It looks hip and hot.

Jesus was rescued by the choir.

If Skylar to be "loaded" or not? Her dress looks like it got entangled in the parachute. In addition, she sang with her usual enthusiasm and courage of countries.

Philip "Movin 'Out". Unfortunately, Tommy and Diddy. No tricks this singer. He wore a gray double! Music speaks through and for him. The true and solid performance.

Much better show now than I was expecting. Good job, idols!

Tony Leong, Auckland - the best performers were:

Jessica: "Everyone has a dream." Standing "O" is better at night. Very strong, mature and crystalline voice. You can feel the emotions she expresses in this song.

Colton. "Piano Man" Excellent performance. Colton was one of my favorite, and he appeared again. He was in the area.

Elise: "Vienna". It was pretty consistent in their work - not very large nor very bad. Today the song selection was perfect for her. And a good translation.

Eric: "New York state of mind." His best performance to date. I've been a fan of her, but she hit the outside of the park. His song choice was perfect for his voice deep and hoarse, as well as his singing style.

I must say, it's about Heejun: Well, energy efficiency. He is improving every week. People need to leave your Heejun problem with the so-called "Accent". Why French accent in the company considered more focused sound than the Chinese, Korean or Vietnamese? Quite a racist, as far as I'm concerned.

Those who are in trouble: DeAndre, Skylar and Joshua.

Eileen SIMON, Walnut Creek - We have a new winner today is great, and Colton. All was well for him, and he was right all this.

Jesus may not be available, but it's certainly not go away. Philip and shines even in the gray.

Jessica did not disappoint. It is not easy to be good, it is amazing.

The biggest surprise was Eric. I'm from New York too.

DeAndre with glasses hanging from the collar and Heejun make me smile. Thank you, guys.

My bottom two Holly, who still looks like 1940 (believe me, I was there) and Skylar who looked strangely deformed in such a form (look at the corner of the profile). Their performances were at the height of the others? No.

Jennifer Lawrence Brackets Fame Hungry Thurs Madness

Jennifer Lawrence Brackets Fame Hungry Thurs Madness: Jennifer Lawrence is nominated for an Oscar for his shoulders, and his place in the superhero franchise was created, but its main role in the movie "Hunger Games" is certainly the biggest thing that "happened in his career.

When Lawrence came to play the heroine Katniss Everdeen teenager, despite a big fan of the book, Susan Collins, 21 years, knew that the adoption will change the life of the party.

She was not sure she was ready for the harsh light of public attention will inevitably lead to a blockbuster.

"It may be my age, but the career and fame, and all these things fall into my list of priorities," said Lawrence, sitting in a luxury Four Seasons Beverly Hills.

"It's my job. But family and friends, and laugh and have fun, all these things are at the top, and I was afraid that something on my list of priorities would be to change something profound. There are moments, so little when you are faced with a solution that will change your life forever, and there is no turning back ... so that there is something to think about. "

But after a pep talk to his mother, Lawrence decided that she probably regrets what she did as she slipped.

"It was just afraid that I miss. I did not want to miss anything because I was scared," she said.

If you have not heard about the Hunger Games, you will soon.

Pop-culture phenomenon of Twilight proportions, in 2008 the book was on the bestseller list of the New York Times, more than 100 weeks, has been translated into 26 languages ​​and spawned two sequels, light, and Mockingjay.

Cleverly written a trilogy, and as a result of Collins deviated from reality shows and videos on a new war in the post-apocalyptic America (now Panem), in which a totalitarian government keeps its citizens in line with a mixture of brute force and twisted entertainment.

Once a year, a boy and a girl aged 12 to 18 randomly selected in each of the 12 districts in the country eager to play, debates, the scene of battle to the death, which can be only one survivor.

To tell the version of the film was highly anticipated is an understatement. When Advance ticket sales began last month, the Hunger Games record held by Eclipse.

Because this adaptation of a novel for young adult bestseller - which also has a love triangle, with Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth plays the romantic interest of the Australian competitors - Lawrence made the comparison Twilight.

"I fully understand - and I think Kristen Stewart is really a great actress, I loved her in Cake Eaters and The Runaways, so I'm totally okay with that.".

At the tender age of 21 years and, despite the lack of formal training, veteran of the acting Lawrence, passing from the native state of Kentucky to New York to 14 years to find an agent.

After scoring a recurring role in the comedy Bill Engvall Show, and other small screen appearances in Cold Case and Medium Enterprises, she made her film debut in the drama Garden Party 2008.

In the same year, she turned heads with Charlize Theron in The Burning Plain.

But it was her role as a teenager to take care of his family in the backward regions of the methods of cooking in the winter of 2010 the bones of the indie drama, which really put on the card, making it the second youngest woman to be nominated for best actress at the Oscars.

After the speech, that the shape change of Mysticism in the X-Men: First Class, and the romantic drama like crazy marked him as one of the brightest talents around.

His Hunger Games Role Donald Sutherland calls it enthusiastically, "Jennifer Lawrence Olivier," and directed by Gary Ross said she is a "once in a decade" talent, which gave the best audition "He's never seen before.

During his short career Lawrence has worked with some serious Hollywood heavyweights, including Mel Gibson and Jodie Foster at the beaver.

She says she gets a little nervous meeting celebrities.

In preparation for his next film Silver Linings Playbook - the eccentric David O. Russell comedy about a man who returns home to his family after a stay in a psychiatric hospital - she disparaged, probably the greatest actor of his generation, Robert De Niro, in favor of the Australian Jackie Weaver.

"We went on our first table read, and I will not scream in the face and jumping up and down and do what I really wanted to do. So I thought I was going to play it cool," Lawrence said, laughing.

"Then he started to reach my hand and I just went straight at him and went to Jackie Weaver and said, 'Oh my God, I love you. Animals incredible. "

I think the idea that Robert was a little strange, but I eventually warms to say: "You're incredible." I think it was kind of ... released, he probably thought that I had no idea who he was. But I just like Jackie. I want her to take me. She is so sweet and funny and incredibly talented. "

Weaver and Lawrence, of course, could have stuck to their increased experience as an Oscar nominee last year.

Whirlwind of news, talk shows and red carpets accompanied - a reflection of his character goes Hunger Games - Lawrence feet.

By its very nature, open and unpretentious (it should ask his publicist, that dress she wears), she found that all the chatter of Hollywood comedy.

"I laughed - I know what it's like to feel like a doll," she said.

"You have these dresses are pushing on you, and you do not want and do not feel like you are, and then suddenly you have to do for people like you.

"My job used to read the script, say administrators, including together, and now suddenly half of my work, what's going on uncomfortable clothes with lots of make-up trying to get people to like me.

"It's a strange thing to have thrown at you."

With the opening of the Hunger Games around the world this week, Lawrence - who met with his X-Men role of Nicholas Holt, Brit 22 years - enjoying his last moments of relative anonymity.

She said New Year's Eve last in Times Square and is preparing to say goodbye to the date of purchase in sweat pants and no makeup.

But the madness has already begun. She talks about a recent meeting of the fan while shopping at home in his adopted Los Angeles.

"A woman came up to me and said that she was a big fan and loved his job:" I know that this film will be released, and all will be really important to you so here's my card - call me if you need me "," Lawrence said .

"Then she was gone, and I looked at the map, and it was the object drug rehabilitation and bulimia, so I always kept that with me - .. Every time I changed the Hope scholarship I will not call him."

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The Fact That The Republican "Establishment" Really Means

The Fact That The Republican "Establishment" Really Means: There was a lot of discussion, say, perhaps, too, the struggle between the GOP "establishment" and "them", sometimes - but not always - this means that the Tea Party, but determined. There are a lot of faults, bumper to bumper, which is shared by various groups on the right, but it is time to clarify the basic question that there are people, temperament and conservative ideology completely scratching their heads in their own voters. In the end, we are conservative: the school is a good idea, to the intersection of tradition and meritocracy, giving too much weight or destination, and dangerous ideas of revolution and radical change. What's wrong?

The answer is simple: it is almost exclusively on costs. At present, the trajectory of U.S. government spending, in which government spending in general and the federal government, in particular, is growing as a share of the economy, increasing evictions space occupied by the free citizens and private companies in the private sector. Moreover, much of this is done automatically, without the consent of the governed in all but the most superficial: discretionary spending is growing, because the budgets are prepared using the expenditures for the previous year as a starting point, and public law and the cost of paying benefits employees - who consume most of the costs - develops itself in the absence of positive legislation to stop it. The federal government has not adopted a budget of about 1000 days (the State of the Union speech by President Obama on the occasion of 1000), and the costs continue to rise and will continue to grow as the eye can see - a radical change in our country runs on autopilot - if dramatic response to stop. Jack magic beans have nothing on public spending.

And the growth in spending is bleeding over each other questions. Federal spending is subject to certain conditions, and chains to reduce the independence of states and the federal octopus arm to dig deeper into the field of social policy. Institutions such as churches, schools and hospitals have become dependent on federal money, and have to dance all the way up to the federal government. The costs are allocated and earmarked for those who favor the companies and groups that make society less equal and less government ethics. The costs distorts energy markets, the housing market and the market in higher education, the creation of bubbles and inefficiency. So, before we even metastatic growth of federal regulation. And, finally, escape domestic spending undermines our ability to adequately fund our national defense.

There is general agreement among both philosophical conservatives and Republicans at all. Where the fault line that way, we are ready to go do something. Many people who came into politics as a good conservative, and I still consider myself a good conservative restricted limits of practicality, at a loss when it comes to meaningful ways to tame the Leviathan. For reasons, some good (to use political power to protect national security, maintaining control over the courts and to limit the regulation is too far away), some less, they threw in the towel on the main question of the day. This tells us about another "Creation." - Not always with a sense of action and opportunities, but due to the urgency of the case, pay attention to the dramatic impact to prevent the threat of over-pass a tipping point where we no longer can make room for the private sector. They are outsiders, the complex system and its basic provisions. The analogy is appropriate tea: the Founding Fathers had much in common with the conservatives of his time, but do not agree on the fundamental issue, not a principle but in practical politics: if the revolution was necessary to their traditional right to protection from the British time to eradicate the growing encroachments of the British Crown. As it was then, the difference between them consists in determining the question of the Republican Party and conservative movement today.

In short, the true "Creation" and "Outsider", "anti-establishment" or "tea party" faction is not about who is conservative or moderate, or anyone inside or outside the Moscow Ring Road, or public office, or who holds degrees from the imagination or a large number of readers / listeners cocktails or visiting rights or the church, and not even sure who has or does not support different candidates. "Creation" is used and abused in these conditions, but has consistently described the movement of one division value. real battle between the agency and among outsiders those who argue for major changes in our habits, as the need to save America we know and those who are not ready to take that step. This is, in general, between those who are not ready to take action in the hope that Currently, the structures, as public money is spent are not viable and should be fixed so that there is still time, if we do not lose, abuse of other Republicans and conservatives in the things.

In a sense, the separation between confrontation and accommodation in the public sector growth is one that dates back to 1950, and historical roots are useful for understanding why the National Review, in particular, was caught in crossfire between editors and readers. The Great Debate GOP 1933-1956, or if he was, how to react to a new course: to try to curb its excesses, its premises or attack. Dwight Eisenhower eventually won the battle within the party in favor of the former. William F. Buckley, Jr., eventually won the battle inside the conservative movement in favor of the latter (hence the slogan "always on the history, yelling 'stop!'). But even Buckley and his magazine devoted more effort to fight against the status quo in national security policy on the size of government.

The failure of Goldwater in 1964 to win Reagan's 1980 victory and Newt Gingrich in 1994 and the failure in 1995-96, the common denominator that the Conservatives win the debate about tax cuts and national ownership of discretionary spending, but lose the arguments about the dismantling of state law by Roosevelt and Lyndon Johnson and the autopilot budget process swelling of the 1970s. George W. Bush reinforced this consensus in 2000-05: he could not get the public for tax cuts and (partially) limit the growth of discretionary domestic spending, but could not get the public to reform Social Security and could not be elected in 2000 promising - and delivery in 2003 - a new law on health insurance, expensive prescription drugs. It seemed then that the Conservatives have to settle for winning the battles on taxes, national security, social issues and the courts, and discretionary spending, from time to time, but could not challenge the status quo on the rule of law and mandatory collectivist impulses.

The Background

Then we have some punch in 2006-2011 who collectively pushed a lot of people for the right to take the position that they can be naive about how much change was possible, will be determined Creation was naive to the length of the old system survived:

A. GOP Congress had drowned in the elections of 2006 and 2008, calling into question the long-term viability of the election strategy of modest ambitions to rein in costs, and emphasizes the ethics of coexistence with the danger of a massive federal spending.

Two. The U.S. financial crisis has left the federal and state governments that are able to immediately and noticeably horrible year, resulting in renewed interest in the fact that the law (civil rights and privileges, civil servants), we must pass it and it was only getting worse - the fact that otherwise moderate officials, Chris Christie and Mitch Daniels could use to get public support for fundamental rethinking of the social contract between the state and its employees if they are not his constituents.

Three. The U.S. financial crisis pales in comparison to the financial crisis in Europe. Terrible situation of Greece, in particular, was an event of radicalization, as Americans practitioners were presented a vivid example of how the state does not support the law. And the deterioration in the credit of the United States in the summer of 2011 fissured complacency of those who have made such a thing could never happen here.

4. In a broader sense, the financial crisis has shaken the faith of people around the American society in our major institutions, both public and private. He made many people less trusting of experts and not so easily calms the challenges the status quo. Wall Street takes a movement in its own way, said the center was fraying on both sides. The growth in support of Ron Paul is also a symptom of this trend.

Five. Barack Obama was elected, and brought the most dramatic expansion of the universal right to public memory of the public health, destroy the illusion that the Republicans would hold the line, being reactive and awakening of many citizens of the previously sleeping on the full risk of compulsory national policies that dictate the details of our personal lives.

6. War - the glue that has occurred and that the Bush coalition - the first degree politically toxic in 2006, then began to recede in importance, almost as soon as both parties choose their candidates for president in 2008, mainly on the basis of their position on the war in Iraq. Without the war as a unifying force policy, failed to convince the hawks spending to address these issues aside for the common good.

7. The success of some - but not all - Tea Party candidates in the 2010 election showed that many voters were open to what is, perhaps, the whole structure of relations between the federal government to the voters was not viable.

Confronting Leviathan

Where do we go from here?

Congress

 Creating Outsiders compared with the dynamic is most clearly manifested in the various battles of John Boehner - to his credit, despite the fact that by temperament and experience of the classic figure of the institution itself - attempted to budgetary issues, most of which ended with his environment and is controlled by a de facto union administration Obama, Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell, the most depressing. The lines of battle, as strong as its weakest link, and Boehner has repeatedly engaged in battle, not being able to count on McConnell and Senate Republican Party to keep his end of the line, making it a negotiating position untenable. For most, turning the House of Representatives and the Senate is not about ideology, but also on the tactics and the Senate Republicans were simply not prepared to go as far as at home. This is exactly what I mean by "creation".

Outsider small but determined faction in the Senate, led by men like Jim DeMint and Ron Johnson, you need reinforcements, and all the more so if - as we shall see below - we end up with Mitt Romney as a candidate for the Republican Party and, possibly, the next president. That's why I said, here and here, the importance of continuing to create a counterweight to the Republican Party in Congress to what comes out of the presidential race, in particular unbeholden to Romney, with particular emphasis on the Senate to wrest control of the party leadership from the current accomodationist. Results to date have been mixed, although the refusal to support the candidate Jim DeMint before the primaries in South Carolina, at least to begin with.

The White House

The presidential race is, of course, was a big disappointment. Of the five remaining candidates, both Texans really anti-establishment, but one (Rick Perry) struggling to gain traction and is not (despite an impressive record) is particularly persuasive spokesperson, while the other (Paul) is limited by many other ways it is unacceptable to the right office and unworthy significant. North-east, are two figures of expenditure on the creation of classics: his entire career in the Mitt Romney (like his father), the approach embodied in the era of Eisenhower's place, complete with his signature huge road of a new law in Massachusetts, while Rick Santorum much more than a populist outsider tempermentally, his career ended under the leadership of the Senate, who lost his way, his office in preparation for 2006. Both involve vocals, overlapping sections devoted to the applause on the grounds that the tiger must be installed. In the middle, we have Newt Gingrich, who, as I said above, is heterogeneous in this regard, Newt believes less confrontational ways to begin to unravel the law, but it's not really a small government guy, and your view of the weight to be placed on his success and failures in this area may be different.

Contrast can be illustrated by the responses to the debate last night, Santorum and Romney in the Gingrich plan to offer private accounts as a voluntary renunciation of the social security system for younger workers. Santorum:

    [How to Newt] irresponsible. And I say Newt cons, because no one in the last 15 years, it was more in favor of personal savings accounts that I have a social security system. But we did when we had a surplus of social security. We are now shortages of social security. We are now a huge deficit in this country.

    As proposed in the Gingrich Congress, if it is right that 95 percent of young workers [refuse] to be in the hundreds of billions of dollars in debt has increased, hundreds of billions more debt on the premise of the book, we can 't just - we will borrow money from China to finance these accounts, it's wrong. I have for these accounts, but first we must get our fiscal house in order to balance the budget and then create the possibility that Newt wants. But the idea to do it now, it is financial madness.
Romney:

    Rick rights. I - I know it's popular here to say, oh, we could - we can do and it does not cost anything. But look, it will be difficult to get our federal budget from the current 25 per cent of GDP to 20 to 18 percent, which was our history. We have a large number of bonds in this country and the reduction will occur. I know something about balancing budgets.

    In the private sector, you have no choice. You balance your budget, or leave the company. And we - we can not say that we are going to go out and borrow more money to help people create new accounts that take money from Social Security and Medicare today. Therefore, we must give people the opportunity to have an account voluntarily, a program of voluntary savings are taxed. That's why I said the middle-income one should be able to save their money tax-free. No withholding tax on interest, dividends and capital gains.

    This American [] savings and carries out its purpose, Mr. President, without jeopardizing the future viability of America with financial folly.

Santorum and Romney, and clearly understand that the proposed Newt would be good for young workers, but Santorum argues that we should keep them in custody in the current system for payment of benefits to other currents, which, of course, a self-fulfilling cycle, which supports reform of the barrier system . This is the reason for Romneycare and Obamacare - compelling individuals to subsidize the program team - and why these programs are so difficult to eradicate when they were created for some time. More importantly, both Santorum and Romney is not - as in the requests for postponement of Santorum and Romney offers alternative savings on top of social security - is that we already have the benefits of current beneficiaries, regardless of how we finance them, but failure of the system, which prevents us from further obligations to young workers, who would then be self-fund their retirement, to change the system gradually from defined benefit to a longer actuarial defined contribution system, like most private employers in recent decades and the government, because even the government and local authorities are beginning to realize that they should (Romney, of course, recognized this when he is dealing with a private company). This is a fundamental philosophical argument to be made if we are to convince the American people that not only the costs of the crisis is real and the law - that the public is ready to accept - but also that the party has a more sustainable long-term answer to fixing it so it does not happen again.

At the present time with Romney in the lead, it seems likely that whatever the outcome of presidential elections in 2012 will be a huge missed opportunity to teach the American public about the nature of the crisis and establish a warrant for the person.

Republicans Have Forgotten The Real Purpose?

Republicans Have Forgotten The Real Purpose?: Illinois primary Tuesday to provide a turning point in the presidential race in the GOP primary after a month of close races and smaller territorial delegate allocations race.

Former Senator Rick Santorum in Pennsylvania rose unexpectedly Mitt Romney second appeal in this period with excellent results in Alabama, Mississippi, Missouri, Minnesota and Colorado

Santorum has been a wave of natural fracture in the Republican Party, in contrast to its ability to strain or candidate. This is a natural gap between the economic and social conservatives in the party.

Santorum has been stressing his blue collar roots, but in his speech, he talks about less jobs and more freedom, lower taxes and less stimulating small business and much more on cultural differences he had with President Barack Obama. He talks about family and God's cause, as the main force in the success of America.

The political climate in America has turned toxic in the past two years, the government is practically ineffective, regardless of the industry you are interested, hateful rhetoric on both sides of the political divide, and the apparent lack of leadership. Santorum growth was lower, playing on emotions and fears of people, while possessing a clear vision for the country. Gingrich IMHO has the best vision and policy of the country, but without the necessary funding and organizational structure, combined with a long career in Washington, Santorum saw the opening and aggressively courted the Christian vote, which were concerned with the past Newt Gingrich.

Santorum has also benefited from not having the baggage of Newt Gingrich, and he had a long political career, Romney's campaign to expose and use it against him. There is no doubt in his stable home environment and personal history made him a sympathetic candidate.

So why Santorum has grown so well against Romney, despite the organizational and financial benefits? The answer to this question of social issues. Social issues played well for the Republican Party, winning the popular vote in presidential elections, and they provide a good comparison, highlighting the economic issues.

ObamaCare mandate and the controversy surrounding the Fluke Sandra religious organizations, in particular, the Catholic Church, providing insurance for employees of contraceptives, including abortifacient drugs and sterilization procedures affects the freedom of conscience may be in the majority of people under the First Amendment. Many believe that this attack on religious freedom and unacceptable and flagrant violation of their constitutional rights.

This ideological attack on fundamental American values ​​and beliefs that helped increase Santorum and politicking in the worst before the Obama administration. Social conservatives like to champion, and they found it to Santorum. Santorum can win the nomination, if? My answer: No!

Romney-Santorum ticket now represents the most formidable Republican ticket for the general election in November to win ticket for Obama.

Today, the Illinois primary involves more focused on jobs, economy and performance, which plays a powerful former governor Romney. The victory tonight a strong Romney in Illinois should serve as a launching pad for everyone to finally get behind one candidate, a candidate Mitt Romney. Governor Romney with a non-working experience in Washington background, and temperament may not be the best choice for everyone, but it should be only one choice of each at this point. These elections must be greater than the party, it must be for the future of the American nation. Romney is a man who can provide solutions in Washington and do not become part of his dysfunctional problems.

Obama played the politics machine is designed throughout this campaign, the party primary. Helped traditional media, and now the party in office. They have entered into strategic issues to divide the GOP field and do our best to present them as a party in disarray, as a rule, are better protected from the Democratic Party.

Republican supporters of independent voters and those who believe in American values ​​and the basic economic forces, must now begin its support for Governor Romney is behind to win in Illinois, on Tuesday.

Agreement it is not very good for the party and would deny the party to the financing necessary to mount a serious challenge to President Obama in November. Supporters of the Republican Party need to understand that beating Obama is not an option, it should be mandatory.

The Obama team has made every effort to present candidates of the Republican Party that extreme. This election can not be cool and the environment, these elections should be about jobs and the economy. This election can not be about guilt and ridicule, it must be on the leadership and the union of all. These elections should be on enhancing the American spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship, not to create a society of big government and welfare dependency.

Any sane person always wants to be president of the United States and nowhere success, it was more obvious in the world, when President Obama took office. Unfortunately, President Obama allowed Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and lobbyist should consume his presidency and lead and dictate the policy during his tenure. Hopes and dreams of the nation and beyond, not only disappointed, they are very risky.

Romney, with his business experience, intelligence and experience can restore confidence and hope that the American people, who, as the government can not deliver the high hopes, dreams and future prosperity.

Romney and the GOP must see the real goal, as President Obama won in November. It will not be easy, but good policy, and the unity of the party for Governor Romney is now required.

To win in November, Romney, and Santorum is necessary to create a vision that will provide family-oriented, positive, optimistic view of the American people. The victory will have no choice, it is the obvious choice, and be clear that America needs right now.

Mega Millions: $ 290 Million Jackpot to be Won on Friday

Mega Millions: $ 290 Million Jackpot to be Won on Friday: Mega Millions jackpot for the next is one of the largest - 290 million U.S. dollars - and it's only going to get a draw on Friday.

Not a single ticket hit all the numbers from Tuesday night Mega Millions drawing, which pushed the jackpot. At the present time the jackpot of 290 million dollars. If she were to stay there, he will go down in history as the eighth letter of gambling began in 1996.

But we can expect that the jackpot Mega Millions grow over the next three days, the herd of the country wine, 7-11, gas stations and supermarkets to dollar bills in hand, dreaming of hitting the jackpot.

Mega Millions bills itself as the biggest game of the jackpot in the country. He played in 42 states, including California and the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Rules for participation are simple enough. Players choose six numbers from two pools: the first five numbers selected from 1 to 56, while the sixth is selected from 1 to 46. You win by matching all six numbers.

Drawings are held twice a week - on Tuesdays and Fridays. Other jackpots are also available depending on the number of sales, the winners and the corresponding number.

If you win the Mega Millions Friday, you have two options.

The first option, let all my money at this time. Mega Millions pay only once, at a time. Thus, to dream, if you are the only winner in this case $ 290 million jackpot, you get a profit of about $ 205 million, depending on the lottery site.

The second option to get your Mega Millions jackpot paid over 26 years. For every $ 1 dollar jackpot, you will receive about $ 38,500 a year before tax, as the site of Mega Millions. So if you have only one jackpot winner of $ 290 million, you get more than $ 11 million per year before taxes with this option.

Just so you know, your chances of getting all six numbers in the Mega Millions lottery is 1175711536.

Apple Announces iPhone 4S

Apple Announces iPhone 4S: Apple introduced the iPhone 4S, the next version of its popular smartphone.

It will be available for pre-order on October 7 and is available for purchase on October 14. And as in previous versions of iPhone, iPhone 4S will be priced at $ 199 for the 16GB model and $ 299 for 32GB model

The new iPhone is very similar to the iPhone 4, confirming previous reports. It comes with an improved internal, including Apple, the new A5 chip and 1 GB of RAM. At Apple, vice president Phil Schiller revealed that he will be the first iPhone with a dual-core CPU and two graphics core. It is "almost seven times faster" than the previous iPhone, he said.

The device also includes a new antenna that allows you to switch between two antennas for improved sound quality and download speed. The theoretical maximum 4S iPhone a huge 14.4 Mbps down, a sharp increase in the iPhone 4 theoretical max 5.8 and 7.2 from top to bottom.

it also includes a new 8-megapixel device that can take images 3264 × 2448, up 60% compared to the iPhone 4. It is capable of receiving light to 73% more than the iPhone 4 and 33% faster. It includes a revised signal image processing, which includes self-face recognition and 26% better white balance. It includes a new lens is F2.4 at the wide shots as well.

Puerto Rico's Primary Gives Rise to Bid Luis Fortuno State

Puerto Rico's Primary Gives Rise to Bid Luis Fortuno State: The most important issue for the governor Luis Fortuno of Puerto Rico at the Republican primary, can not be at the head of the list of most Latin Americans, and Mitt Romney hopes that approval will win Latino voters.

Fortuno is growing in Puerto Rico to become a state, and he sees Romney as an ally.

Former Massachusetts governor sympathizes with Puerto Rico and more openly pro-government camp that his party rivals. High, while rival Romney, Rick Santorum, on Wednesday called for Puerto Rico to accept English as the official language of the island as a condition for the formation of the state, Romney said Puerto Rico must be taken into the union without such a condition, if its citizens decided to vote to participate in the referendum scheduled for November 6.

"It makes sense," said Fox News Fortuno. "We were part of the United States since 1898. Natural Born citizen since 1917. Our men and women served in more than in most states since then. And I think that's what you need to do in the 21st century, to nearly 4 million U.S. citizens to express our will and to work with the White House, and we hope that President Romney to solve this problem. "

U.S. President Barack Obama is not an official position on the status of Puerto Rico, saying that he would respect the decision of the voters of the island.

Only voters Fortuno related to the Progressive Conservative Party was allowed a new vote in the Republican primary of the island this year - a requirement that the pro-Republican Puerto Ricans are subject to state its support for the state.

In combination with the advantages of error and approval Fortuno Santorum with the local press, Romney went to an easy victory, taking about 83 percent of the vote, and all 20 delegates at stake of about 130,000 Puerto Ricans to vote in a primary school Thursday, according to the Associated Press.

The victory of courage to Romney, who questioned the bad among Hispanics nationally.

"Those people who do not think the Latino vote for a Republican to take a look at Puerto Rico," said Romney. "I'm going to be our nominee and I intend to get the Hispanic vote for Republicans."

Xavier is Back in The Sweet 16

Xavier is Back in The Sweet 16: 10-seeded Musketeers punched their ticket to the regional semifinals fourth in five seasons after overcoming a 15-seeded Lehigh 70-58 in the NCAA Tournament third-round game Sunday at the Greensboro Coliseum.

Xavier Hawks defeated Mount Hope "the first 15 seed to advance to the Sweet 16, increasing from four to 15-point deficit, the execution of the swing 8.26 for half and holding the other Lehigh to 14.7 percent shooting in the second half.

And then there was the first Frease Kenny. Mountain Hawks had no answer for 7-foot center, who started the game at 08.08 and scored five points in the second round 7-0 1/2, which gave Xavier its first lead.

Frease old high school foe, Lehigh star CJ McCollum said he is "the beast" in his day, Perry High, and the history of Frease played with a dominating performance. He finished a career high 25 points and 12 rebounds.

"I was just a lot more than these guys, and I was able to get in scoring position, and my teammates found me," said Frease.

You Holloway added 21 points and Jeff Robinson chipped in eight rebounds to propel a career in the semifinals Musketeers South Regional on Friday in Atlanta.

Xavier (23.12), faced with the third seeded Baylor (29-7), who beat 11 seeded Colorado on Saturday in Albuquerque.
The big question is whether the rookie Dez Wells can play. Wells was allegedly injured left big toe in the first half.

Coach Chris Mack said Wells got confused on the rebound of the ball freely and Lehigh player accidentally fell on him. Wells left the earth 10:38 left in the frame and not to return to action.

"In terms of where we go from here, it's too early to predict, but he lived in the gym this week, and we hope to be able to give it a go next week, said Mac

Dee Davis has played his best first half of the season and started on the site of Wells in the second half.

Davis made two 3-points before the break - the end of the drought of 0-to-6, which began in the Memphis game - played defense and heady. It took three charges, including one that sent McCollum on the bench with two fouls.

Although the Patriot League player twice this year entered the game as a marker of 2000 points and was the driving force behind the team leader Mackey McKnight stole the show from the beginning.

McKnight scored nine points in Xavier had just four telephone and completed a half with 14 points on 6-9 shooting.

Xavier fell to a bad start which only gets worse during the first 15 minutes. The players made five missteps and begin to experience the Lehigh 10-0 run that left the back for 15.

Frease said in a deal the team was familiar.

"It was like," Well, boys, why we do it again? "We do it for yourself in almost every game. This is a problem, because, especially in the next two rounds, we're playing teams that we will not be able to return," said Frease.

With 4:11 left in the first half, the Musketeers finally wake up.

Frease becomes idle tears begin to 6.17, which narrowed the Mountain Hawks lead of four at the break.

Holloway scored all six of his points in the first half of the last 2:07 and beat the sound with a 3-pointer.

Frease lay-up 47 seconds into the second half gave the advantage of 38 to 37 XU.

But the Hawks stayed close to the mountain, cutting XU lead to two with 11 minutes remaining. McCollum associated score 50 on a jumper and did the same to make it 52-all.

But Holloway said a 3-pointer, which caused a 8-0 run, and Xavier survived.

McCollum finished with 14 points in a season record for the Hawks Hill (8.27). McKnight led Lehigh with 20 points.

Xavier freshman Justin Martin, who scored two points and added seven rebounds, was one of the players who were smiling in the locker room afterward.

"I have no words," he said. "Just a voice."