Mega Millions Jackpot Winner Bought the Ticket in Baltimore Co.

Somebody walked into a Baltimore County 7-Eleven Friday evening and spent $1 on a Mega Millions ticket with randomly selected numbers. It turned out to be a winner of a record-breaking $656 million jackpot.

So far, that lucky person has not come forward, Maryland Lottery Director Stephen Martino said at a news conference held at the store on Liberty Road in Milford Mill. Winning tickets were also sold in Kansas and Illinois. The winners will split the jackpot, which is believed to be the single largest in world history.

The winning numbers are 2-4-23-38-46 and Mega Ball 23.

The jackpot jumped from an estimated $640 million to $656 million, as lottery officials continued to crunch the sales numbers Saturday. The cash option will pay $474.2 million.

In addition to the jackpot ticket purchased in Baltimore County, Maryland retailers sold four $250,000-winning tickets. Tickets for the second tier prize were sold at the Redner's Warehouse Markets on 2126 N. Foundation Green Road in Bel Air, the Sheetz at 20723 National Pike in Boonsboro, the 7-Eleven at 9709 Beaver Dam Road in Timonium and the 7-Eleven at 4918 Harford Road in Baltimore.

Carole Everett, a Maryland Lottery spokeswoman, said ticket sales for the Mega Millions game reached $11.8 million on Friday, more than doubling the state's previous one-day record of about $5.8 million.

Maryland will collect $13.4 million in taxes if the Maryland winner takes the $158 million cash option, lottery officials said. The money will go to the state's general fund and can be spent at lawmakers' discretion.

"It's a tremendous opportunity," Martino said. "We're very excited that it happened in Maryland."

Though the identity of the real winner remains a mystery, the fact that the drawing took place on the weekend of April Fools' Day has spurred a number of Internet hoaxes.

Tom Kreft, a 25-year-old graduate of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County used a computer program to edit one of his Mega Millions tickets to show the winning numbers and moved forward with the prank.

"First, I made a panicked fake Facebook status, saying things like 'I can't stop shaking' and 'I'm turning off my phone now,' " Kreft said in an email. He has a degree in video and film. "I guess that's where the Photoshop skills came in handy," he added.

Kreft said his friends "started freaking out," especially because one of the winning tickets came from Baltimore County. He continued to play the joke for three or four hours, before posting that it was a prank. By then, word had gotten out.

He's gotten calls from reporters across the United States and one from the United Kingdom. Several people on Twitter posted his account as news, which was also picked up in the blogosphere.

"Sorry to say it was a prank; all I won was a little attention," Kreft said.

At the 7-Eleven, Rodney Gould of Milford Mill was making no such claims.

He walked to the store Saturday morning to buy a pack of Halls cough drops for a sore throat and saw satellite trucks from national news outlets including CNN and ABC filling the parking lot and lining the street. He grabbed his chest and sighed when he heard the news.

Gould said he had three Mega Millions tickets, including one Thursday from the 7-Eleven and two others he bought at a shop down the road.

"I should have went there yesterday," he said.

As he stood in line to buy a few Mega Million tickets for the next drawing Tuesday, James Martin of Garrison quipped that the only network not clamoring to tell the story was the Cartoon Network. Though the new jackpot is much smaller at $12 million, he was willing to take a chance.

"Maybe lightning will strike twice," Martin said.

The jackpot had jumped by $100 million from Thursday to Friday alone as ticket sales reached a frenzy, and Maryland lottery officials had to stock retailers with extra rolls of paper to print tickets.

The biggest Mega Millions jackpot before Friday was $390 million, a record set in 2007.

The Mega Millions game is played in 44 states and jurisdictions, also including Virginia, Delaware and the District of Columbia.

Employees at the 7-Eleven in Milford Mill declined to comment Saturday. But Martino said the store has been owned by the same people for about 10 years. The owners will collect a $100,000 winning bonus, on top of the 5 cents retailers collect on every ticket sold, he said.

Terell Blackwell of Pikesville said he stops at the 7-Eleven on Liberty Road every day before he heads to work for Amtrak in Washington. He spent $20 on tickets, but he bought them from a gas station a few miles away.

"Maybe it's someone I know," Blackwell said, as his cell phone rang from a friend who saw him on TV in the background of a live shot from the store parking lot.

His advice for the winner: "Spread the wealth. Who can be selfish with all that money?"

Martino, the state's lottery director, has some recommendations for the winner as well.

"Our advice to the player is, safeguard the ticket, sign the back of it," Martino said. "We would encourage them to seek out legal and financial advice."

The odds of winning the jackpot were one in 176 million, Martino said. In Maryland, state law allows lottery winners to remain anonymous, unlike many other states that requires winners to come forward publicly.

"You have people who are wagering a very small amount of money against some very long odds for an extremely large prize," Martino said. "The nature of the lottery is, you're playing to dream. In this case, you're going to have somebody whose dreams are going to be realized."

Donald R. Watson Sr., a home improvement contractor from Randallstown stopped by the store on his way to a job site to buy more Mega Millions tickets. He had 40 for Friday's night drawing.

"It's just a shot," Watson said. "I work every day."

Whoever claims Friday's jackpot will join others in Maryland who have won big in recent years.

A $125 million Powerball ticket was sold in December at Wesley's restaurant and liquor store in Elkton. A $26 million Mega Millions jackpot-winning ticket was sold at Mace Liquors in Essex in 2007.

Ellwood August "Bunky" Bartlett and his wife, Denise, won $330 million from a Mega Millions ticket they bought five years ago at Walther Liquors in Nottingham.

Keith Olbermann on 'Current TV' at Moral Tag to Replace Eliot Spitzer

March 31, 2012 - This just in: Keith Olbermann left hatemeister formally expelled from their armature current television yesterday. News during and after business hours Friday. This tactic seems to be very similar to how the Obama administration chose a Friday afternoon and evening to announce major policy statements, they do not want to let you know, the better to bury them in the weekend media ordinary black holes.

In the "Daily Caller" snarked Jim Treacher (PG Warning): "Have you heard about the document dump Friday afternoon What about the soul of the discharge, on Friday afternoon.?"

The problem is that when the time was not enough to bury the story at this time. PJMedia blogger Ed Driscoll, seemed locked at first, the details show the early afternoon on Friday.

In a statement, apparently written by Current TV founder Al Gore and trial lawyer Joel Hyatt, difficult access to the "progressive" (ie, hard-left), the cable channel has described Mr. Olbermann shooting in a noble moralists:

"We created this to give a voice to Americans who do not want to rely on corporate media, and search for the true progressive. We are more committed to this goal than ever before.

"Now is also based on the values ​​of respect, openness, collegiality and loyalty to our viewers. Unfortunately, these values ​​are not reflected in our relationship with Keith Olbermann, and we finished."

Double deviancy down, Current TV quickly replaced Mr. Olbermann with former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, starting with last night slot 20 hours of prime time. Patterico pontificates:

"[T Olbermann] will be replaced by a man who cheated on his wife with a prostitute."

So much for Current TV, a high spirit and high morality.

Anyway, after the disappearance of Mr. Olbermann was not unexpected. As FireDogLake, David Dayen there, Mr. Olbermann "now has the distinction of being fired almost every major news cable channel on TV -. CNN, MSNBC, and now the total he has never appeared on the news of Fox, but he worked at Fox Broadcasting, and was dismissed there. As he told ESPN, you can not stop it, you can not even hope to contain. "

One would expect the center-right online media writers and bloggers have been happily above the water of his evidence that the left wing hate rumors started hitting brick walls twins repulsion and disgust. "Daily Caller" Jim Treacher again:

"On behalf of Tucker Carlson, and everyone here at The Daily calling, I want to turn to Keith Olbermann in this troubled time. You do not have to decide anything right now, Kate, but we would be more than happy to offer you an internship."

Aaron Worthing ("allergic to the bull") is slightly more favorably:

"So now we get word that Keith Olberman [sic] was shot. Again. His audience must be devastated."

Current TV, Olbermann flap and its final stage, can hardly be a surprise to observers seeking television and media. A variety of sources, ranging from political and New York Times notes that the relationship with Mr. Olbermann evolving network is likely to have entered a spiral of death a few months ago. Person is known to be hypersensitive anchor / signed a lucrative $ 50-million contract with the network. But almost immediately took up arms against their new masters to rebel against low-cost form of modern games and supposed lack of professional skills of broadcasting equipment.

Objectively speaking, it seemed, at least some grounds for complaint, Mr. Olbermann. But then again, what can you expect from a cable channel beginning to reach a very small audience, whose budget is in the best case, the share of resources, deep pockets of his former employers at NBC / MSNBC?

It is reported that Mr. Olbermann seems to have worked himself into condition. This led to a series of sit-ins against the flow, as evidenced by Mr. Olbermann did not run for more releases in the National Assembly and primary schools have begun to build momentum in early 2012. He missed 19 of 41 working days in January and February, despoiling the current attempts to stop covering these events.

Mr. Olbermann repeated disappearances entered the territory of the last straw when he requested the vacation day on March 5, Super Tuesday. Demand seems, was not granted. But Mr. Olbermann took a day off in any case, it is clear network of courage to take action against him, he finally yesterday.

TPM quoted an internal source, which is pretty much confirmed it: "According to a source familiar with the situation, decided to let go now, because the progressive Olbermann [sic] learned man" does not meet modern audience, "Basically. Including dismissal, the source said: "sabotage network" and attack power and its leaders.

"The source added that Olbermann did not show up for work without a permit, available for almost half of their working day in January and February. Olbermann asked to leave on 5 March, the night before Super Tuesday, the source said. He said it would be a violation if he took a vacation, making Olbermann. "

Mr. Olbermann also did not agree with the last President of Current TV, David Bohrman, whose ex-watched with growing suspicion. Mr. Bohrman began to fill the current front-office types with CNN, and apparently pushed the players do not have devices, such as Bill Press, and Mr. Spitzer to appear on Mr. Olbermann show, using it as a "guinea pig, to try out new talent, "according to the policy.

It is not known as a wall, the flower itself, Mr. Olbermann said on Current TV yesterday with his comments in the Twitter-verse. "Hot Air" has been transformed Allahpundit key elements such as:

"I want to apologize to my fans and my staff for refusing to Current TV. Editors, counting has never been better. But over the years, I asked Al Gore @ @ JoelHyatt and solve our problems at home, while I did not know about my complaints, and keeping the show alive for the benefit of its loyal viewers and the staff is even more true. Nevertheless, Mr. Gore and Mr. Hyatt, instead of their promises and commitments and investments in the quality of news programs, in the end thought it is more economical to try to break its contract. It almost goes without saying that claims to me in the current reporting false and will be shown, if the trial I will be filing against them now. To understand Mr. Hyatt "values, respect, openness, collegiality and loyalty, I recommend you read the M case. Hyatt was in court unfairly dismissed employee. The name of this officer was Clarence B. Cain: http://nyti.ms/HueZsa Over time, the truth of ethics, Mr. Gore and Mr. Hyatt will be released. At this point, it is important to recognize that once again to join them were well-intentioned and sincere gesture on my part, but looking back, is nonsense. This lack of common sense and my only mine, and I once again apologize for it.

It is unclear what, if any, long-term consequences of this person will knock on the decline in his career, Mr. Olbermann or on Current TV. Portfolio of individual cable channel and the business suffers, it seems, to put it on the same path as his predecessor down the radio, the deceased hard left "Air America" ​​network.

In the "Air America", Current TV attracts a small number of viewers for its propaganda, it is very predictable and bluster. To make matters worse, at least in some markets (such as this writer), the main audience is actually the cable will have to pay extra to get the current package of TV, which is associated with the observation of higher prices, even though their programs can sometimes be seen free of charge on request delayed release.

In addition to all the characteristics of the "duel syndrome miracle", the latter component also calls into question both the wisdom and the vaunted business acumen of the former Vice President Al Gore Having failed to win the President in 2000 due to the failure of his blatant attempt to game tells only vote in the the walls of the Florida favorable, Mr. Gore spent the next eight years as obviously a bad loser, a vicious sniping at the Bush administration, almost all occasions.

Meanwhile, former vice president began to grow, which later turned out a massive "global warming" - "climate change" hoax scientist, will be greatly enriched by the adoption of its "green" investment companies. He drew his undeserved Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to promote. But his "established science" take a dive when the devastating series of letters to leave the hacked servers used by leading climate scientists has shown that the perceived research climate was bad, fatally compromised.

Having failed in his attempt to once again initiate this massive environmental sham (and probably lost his wife in the process), Mr. Gore is trying to redeem himself by creating a propaganda mill left over cable TV output current, apparently unaware of how and why "Air America" ​​is not a business model similar to the promotion of such materials. At the same time, he may have unwittingly become the poster boy for the media at a loss, but today is a rich and socialist political elite do not seem able to learn from their mistakes.

As if to prove this point, Mr. Gore has recently contributed to the reviews from the media during a recent meeting in Austin, SXSW, the promotion of "" Wiki-democracy "digital flash mobs shouting the truth" and "seat of government, which holds people accountable . "Ironically, he and others in jest," the dominant role of television in elections and political dialogue. " We can assume that "the rule" not to lose their money Current TV.

Meanwhile, in another context, the conservative Rush Limbaugh radio bump deflates after the left wing left-wing agitators trying to whisper in the air, increasing its audience in the process.

Keith Olbermann Ousted From Current TV Talk Show

Keith Olbermann is looking for a new job after less than a year as a talk show host at Current TV.

The left-leaning cable network announced just hours before airtime on Friday that Olbermann’s show “Countdown” would be replaced with a new program called “Viewpoint” hosted by former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, beginning that night.

The sometimes volatile Olbermann came to Current in June as the centerpiece of its new prime-time initiative after a stormy eight-year stint at MSNBC — his second at that network— followed by his abrupt departure in January 2011.

Shortly after, Current announced his hiring — reportedly with a five-year, $50-million contract — as the start of an effort to transform the network’s prime-time slate into progressive talk. His official title was chief news officer, charged with providing editorial guidance for all of the network’s political news, commentary and current events programming.

In a statement, Current TV founders Al Gore and Joel Hyatt said the network was “founded on the values of respect, openness, collegiality, and loyalty to our viewers. Unfortunately these values are no longer reflected in our relationship with Keith Olbermann and we have ended it.”

They offered no details, but it is known that the temperamental Olbermann repeatedly clashed with his employers. During the primary season he declined to host certain hours of election coverage and has missed a number of regular broadcasts, as well as complaining about technical problems he said undermined his show.

Current considered some of those missed shows to be in “serial, material breach of his contract,” terming them “unauthorized absences,” according to a person familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity because that person wasn’t authorized to discuss details of Olbermann’s dismissal.

“We are confident that our viewers will be able to count on Gov. Spitzer to deliver critical information on a daily basis,” Gore and Hyatt said in their “open letter” to viewers.

In a statement posted online, Olbermann countered that “the claims against me implied in Current’s statement are untrue and will be proved so in the legal actions I will be filing against them presently.”

He said he had been attempting “for more than a year” to resolve his differences with Gore and Hyatt internally, “while I’ve not been publicizing my complaints.” Instead of “investing in a quality news program,” he said, his bosses “thought it was more economical to try to get out of my contract.”
He called his decision to join Current “a sincere and well-intentioned gesture on my part, but in retrospect a foolish one.”

Carson Daly Apologized For Homophobic Joke

Carson Daly apologized for homophobic joke he made his radio show Wednesday morning about what happened at the Jet Blue flight 191, when the pilot was the collapse in the air.

"This morning on my radio show I was trying to make fun of themselves and others hurt by mistake. I sincerely apologize," Daly tweeted environment.

In addition to tweets, "The Voice" host issued a statement saying: "We live in an era when people are gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people every day find the courage to overcome difficulties, to overcome intimidation and find equality. I sorry that my words today suggest otherwise. "

Daly looked at the pilot JetBlue Airways, which was thrown to the ground after the breakdown of the flight on the way to Las Vegas.

"On this particular flight, most people were on their way to a kind of a security conference in Las Vegas ... so it was a bunch of guys and good guys are prepared. "

According to TMZ, Daly continues to suggest that homosexuals would not be brave enough to handle the situation.

"If it were me ... with my luck, it would be like," This is a flight on the parade [gay] pride of San Francisco ... I mean, it would be my colleagues. "

Since he made this statement Daly was fired from activist groups and many bloggers, who called the attention of Mark Bingham individual media. Bingham, openly gay man, would join more than one passenger in the cockpit of United Airlines Flight 93 attacks after the attacks was captured by the 9/11.

Dali continued to apologize, saying: "I have long been a supporter of the rights of gays and lesbians, and it saddens me that my comments, but unintentionally offended anyone, especially members of the LGBT community. What I offend anyone is devastating. I'm not the one guy. I am proud to be an ally of the LGBT community and will continue to fight them. "

Bitter Rivals Kentucky and Louisville Meet in The Final Four

Bluegrass State rivals will compete in the NCAA Final Four tournament this year, the fourth seed Louisville Cardinals Wildcats take on top seed Kentucky Mercedes-Benz at the Superdome in New Orleans. The winner advances to the national championship game Monday in the face or the State of Ohio and Kansas.

The rivalry between these two schools outside the traditional boundaries that the two coaches, Rick Pitino of Louisville Kentucky and John Calipari, just do not love each other. The bad blood existed between them for several years, but only a few months ago has risen to a new level when Calipari made statements about his team is the only really matters in the state of Kentucky. Clearly annoyed, Pitino, who was head coach at UK from 1989-1997, said that he did not have time for jealous, wicked, ignorant or paranoid - obviously beats Calipari.

Both teams, who met for a total of 43 times in history (Kentucky leads 29-14), were central in Lexington last New Year's Eve, and the Wildcats prevailed 69-62 in the finals. Obviously, not enough drama, the game also presents a lot of interesting pieces and some outstanding performances, as UofL Russ Smith scored a career-high 30 points at the top of the Cardinals back from an early 15-point deficit, while the UK, Michael Kidd Gilchrist entered the monster double -double with 24 points and 19 rebounds. Both teams were trying to find their shooting touch, the Cardinals hit 32.3 percent of their attempts and the Wildcats the ball only 29.8 percent of them, but the hosts dominated the glass (57-31), the dominant users of second chance points, 20-6, as a result.

Louisville is 30.09 this season and the Cardinals won the tournament in the Big East Conference for the second time in four years with a 50-44 victory over Cincinnati in the championship game. Club Pitino said the narrow victory over Davidson (69-62) and New Mexico (59-56) in two or three rounds of the tournament NCAA, then won a double-digit victory over Michigan State head series (57-44) in the West Regional semifinals. This paved the way to the maps that will be taken former Gators Billy Donovan of Florida Pitino students in the regional final last Saturday, and the cards were saying 72-68 triumph. Consequently, Louisville is in Final Four for the ninth time, the first since 2005, and an overall assessment teams in the Big Dance is $ 64-39. UofL has two NCAA titles to his credit (1980, 1986).

Pitino led the last six, four teams, and is the first (official), the coach in the history had three different teams to the national semifinals. Despite the tension between him and Calipari, Pitino has recently talked about his respect for Kentucky, "I look like in Kentucky, and as I look at their coaching staff, I marvel at perfection. I respect perfection. So I have great respect for excellence."

He is also proud to say that his team never doubted, "What's going on, you can not lose confidence. I kept saying to children:" We will be Final Four. Winning the Big East tournament, you go to the Final Four, "and they did."

Kentucky, perhaps the best team in the country, and his 36-2 record a year, certainly confirms this. Wildcats won his forty-fifth SEC title this year will be a perfect 16-0 in the league, but dropped 71-64 decision to Vanderbilt in the slope of the tournament title of the conference. As the first overall seed in the tournament, NCAA, the UK has notched double-digit victory over Western Kentucky (81-66), Iowa (87-71), Indiana (102-90) and Baylor (82-70) to reach its second consecutive Final Four, and 15th overall. "Cats 109-46 in this case for many years and has seven national championships to their credit (1948, 1949, 1951, 1958, 1978, 1996 (under Pitino), 1998).

Calipari is wrapping up his third year in Lexington, and has the reputation of 100-14 at the school. As already mentioned, this is the second consecutive year in which he has his team in the Final Four, and even his original team was deep in the tournament, reaching the top eight. How Pitino, Calipari also took three teams to the Final Four, but the appearance in 1996, Massachusetts, and the appearance in 2008, Memphis was later canceled due to violations of the rules of NCAA. However, Calipari is one of the best coaches in the country, and despite the differences that suffer throughout his career, he has an impressive 503-152.

Calipari wanted to minimize the competition, but with his latest comments: "When you play at this stage of the season, the profit or loss, it does not matter if it's against the school, which is located 12 miles from you, or thousands of miles in fact, has no value. We play in a fantasy basketball team, which has fantastic players who play a style that is aggressive and fast, they are really good. It does not matter how close they are to us, they are very, very good team and it will be a difficult game for us. "

Never one to shy away from attention, Calipari, who has never won a national title, was asked about this is the only team to do so, finally, on the hump, "I'm more concerned about our team played great and these guys are putting all this praise and things, "he continued," I just coach the team. (I want) for these fans, for these players, for this program. "

In Louisville to win this game, the pressure on the defensive end will be the key. The Cardinals, who did a great job in a meeting between the two earlier this season, returned only 60.8 points per game, and they are in fact, this figure dropped to 57.5 points in the tournament. The reality is that they simply can not work with a team as talented sports such as Kentucky, so that instead of relying on a star or two to provide the most offensive fireworks, enjoy a more balanced attack UofL with six players average at least nine 1 points per game. Kyle Kuric (12,7 points, 4,2 RPG) and Russ Smith (11.6 points) are the only two double digit scorers and the team has a positive but small, the edges and recovers (1.6) and turnover (1.5). Smith, who comes off the bench most of the time, energy has three double-digit scoring in this event, including the game-high 19 points in a recent victory over Florida.

Like its counterpart today, Kentucky, is also playing solid defense (60.6 points), but the Wildcats are much more potent offensive team (77.9 points). Their four opponents in this tournament looking to travel as much as 81 points, and took revenge on the Indiana one of the two losses this season, putting up 102 points in the third match of the tour. Britain, led by freshman sensation Anthony Davis (14.3 points, 10.1 rebounds, 4.6 BPG), but also outstanding performance does not end with him, as Doron Lamb (13.6 points per game FG percentage of 0471 three points), Terrence Jones (12.6 points, 7.2 RPG), Gilchrist Kidd (12.0 points, 7,6 RPG), Marquis Teague (10.0 points per game, 4.8 assists per game) and Darius Miller (10.0 points per game) everyone is able to take the game on any given night. While at Baylor really won the battle on the boards over the weekend (34-32), Kentucky, is one of the best teams in restoring the nation to require a differential 7.1. Kidd, Gilchrist became the top scorer in the last two games, while Davis led an attempt to rebound in the last three years.

Raspberry ketones For Weight Loss

Health stores across the country will try to source of raspberry ketone, fat burning agent recommended by a dietitian Dr.Oz. I say try, because it seems at the request of raspberry ketone has increased dramatically. "It is surprising that the demand for shows like Dr. Oz can generate," said Chris Nicoll tone principle of raspberries. "Fortunately, raspberry ketone is one of our core products, and we had a lot of shares for clients retail and wholesale trade, but it was a lot of work internally to track all requests"

Dr. Oz was the first announcement of the release in early February, but plans to re-release of air 5 fat burners, Chris Nicholl says that they are ready, "at least we know that we are this time, and we are fully prepared to cope with demand."

The capsules contain 100% raspberry ketone and absolutely nothing. Raspberry ketone is highly recommended by doctors and nutritionists to help lose and maintain weight loss. This enzyme helps prevent weight gain with a high-fat diet simulating the digestive process in support of the breakdown of fats and foods. In addition, suggestive that the product removes toxins and cleanses the body, ridding it of excess toxins.

Feminist Poet and Essayist Adrienne Rich Dies

Pioneering feminist poet Adrienne Rich dead at 82: Rich, who received a galaxy of honors, including the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize and National Book Award, for a body of work that spanned seven decades and ranks among the most anthologized of the 20th century, died on Tuesday at her home in Santa Cruz, California, daughter-in-law Diana Horowitz said.

Horowitz said Rich succumbed to complications from rheumatoid arthritis, from which she suffered for many years.

Rich, who lived and wrote openly as a lesbian for most of her adult life, starting in an era when homosexuality was widely condemned in American society, became a pioneering champion for women's rights and the rights of others who were disadvantaged.

"She accomplished in verse what Betty Friedan, author of 'The Feminine Mystique,' did in prose," Margalit Fox wrote of the pioneering feminist bard in The New York Times obituary.

The Poetry Foundation's website called her "one of America's foremost public intellectuals."

Rich was perhaps best known for her politically charged work during the Vietnam war era, as typified by her 1973 masterpiece collection "Diving into the Wreck: Poems 1971-1972," which won the National Book Award.

Later in the life, in 1997, she created a stir by refusing the National Medal of Arts, the highest honor awarded by the U.S. government to artists and artistic patrons, on political grounds.

"I could not accept such an award from President Clinton or this White House," she wrote, "because the very meaning of art as I understand it is incompatible with the cynical politics of this administration."

Rich evolved greatly as a poet over the years, both stylistically and thematically, starting out with very traditional, formal verse that dwelled largely on personal experiences.

But her work grew more free-wheeling and more political as she grew older, said D.A. Powell, a fellow poet and University of Iowa professor who was nominated with her in 2004 for the National Book Critics Circle Award.

Rich won that year for a collection of poems written in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks on America, "The School Among the Ruins."

Other notable volumes of poetry -- among more than two dozen she published -- include "Snapshots of a Daughter-in-Law: Poems 1954-1962," "Necessities of Life" (1966) "Leaflets" (1969), "The Will to Change" (1971) and "Your Native Land, Your Life" (1986).

She also was acclaimed for numerous essays on feminism, racism, politics and other subjects, including the landmark collection "Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Institution and Experience," published in 1976, the same year she moved in with her longtime lesbian partner, Michelle Cliff.

A Poetry Foundation bibliography lists 10 volumes of prose in all by Rich.

As a poet, her personal observations and reflections often became intertwined with or used as metaphors for her social commentary, Powell said.

"She sought always in her work to discover the truth about her life, and through that lense to discover the truth about women's lives and the lives of people who came from marginal or cross-cultures," he told Reuters.

"Her poetry is something that some people might categorize as poetry of witness," he added. "But witness is only one aspect of it. There's a kind of unsentimental, unselfish lense through which she articulates the simple joys and burdens of living, the journey of finding oneself."

Powell recounted how Rich in one poem titled "What Kind of Times Are These," dwelled on a patch of grass in the space between two stands of trees as she mulled a sense of collective fear in 2002, leading up to the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.

"She's thinking about how people disappear, and how we're living in a country that's so full of dread," Powell said. "But she's not talking about war. She's talking about it in the language of houses and shadows and leaf mold."

Some of the same feeling of gloom, at a more personal level, was explored in one of Rich's earliest, and most widely published poems, "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers," written in 1945 by Rich when she was about 16. It has been included in virtually every major anthology of modern American poetry, Powell said.

Born in Baltimore in 1929, Rich's father was a renowned pathologist and Johns Hopkins professor. Her mother was a concert pianist.

A graduate of Radcliff University, she married a Harvard economic professor, Alfred Conrad, in 1953, and they had three children. Her spouse died in 1970 and six year later she and Cliff moved in together.

Alicia Silverstone Word-of-Mouth to Bear The Son of Blu

Alicia Silverstone Word-of-Mouth to Bear The Son of Blu: When feeding their children, parents will chop, dice and puree foods to make them easier to eat. But most stop to chew food and spit it into his mouth to his children.

Do not Alicia Silverstone. The actress has posted a video on his blog "Life Nature" on Friday for a chick to feed the 11-month-old son Bear Blu.


"I feed the bears and mochi ... a little bit of vegetable soup out of my mouth it. This is his favorite ... and mine," she writes. "He literally crawl across the room to attack my mouth when I eat. This video was taken about a month or two ago, when he was a little shaky. Now it is in my mouth to get food!"

Although Silverstone word-of-mouth may be asked to staff "EWW" all over the Internet, practice, premastication technically called, is not uncommon for mothers and children around the world. Dr. William Schaffner, chairman of preventive medicine at Vanderbilt University, said that may not be as unhealthy as it sounds.

"For the classical germs, it's not a big problem. When we kiss our children, we all have bugs that live in our mouths can be transmitted to the child," said Schaffner.

However, Schaffner said the practice is dangerous, if the mother's infection such as hepatitis B, which can be transmitted to the child. In fact, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns specifically of mothers with hepatitis B, are not pre-chew food for their children.

Keith Ayoob, associate professor of pediatrics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, said pre-chew, not what he would recommend that children should learn from their normal eating habits Parents.

"It falls into the category of higher and higher parent. Child should learn to chew," said Ayub. "List of reasons not to do it a mile."

Dennis Rodman Could Face a Prison Sentence for Child And Spouse

The former basketball star known for his flamboyance owes more than $800,000, but his attorney says he's broke. His financial advisor says Rodman is an alcoholic and that affects his ability to get work.

Dennis Rodman could face jail over child and spousal support, Dennis Rodman is in desperate need of restoration.

Orange County court commissioner said Tuesday in the NBA Hall of Fame, he is faced with the possible passage of 20 days in jail for contempt of court if it comes up with $ 860,376 in child and spousal support he owes his ex-wife until May 29, he probably could get time to community service instead.

Anyway, Rodman's lawyer and financial adviser, for example, came out of their customers.

"To be honest, Dennis, albeit a very nice person is an alcoholic," said Peggy Williams, his financial adviser. "His illness affects his ability to find work."

Rodman, 50, known for recovering and defense for 14 years in the NBA, is not the first former professional athlete to lose a fortune. But this is probably the only one who was also wearing a wedding dress to promote the book, from Madonna and married Carmen Electra was a candidate for Donald Trump's "Celebrity Apprentice".

Rodman wild ways are well known in Orange County, where he lived off and on since 1990.

His house on the beach the old Newport Beach could be taken to the police station. The police were called there 80 times, mostly to calm a raucous party. Rodman arrived 40 years in a helicopter - which landed illegally.

His 47-foot motor boat, Sexual Chocolate, was towed when it docked in a slip of another person in Newport Harbor. He turned the narrow streets of the Balboa Peninsula Hummer decorated with pictures of naked women and the Ford 350 pickup truck with a self-portrait on the cover.

When his third wife, Michelle Rodman, he filed for divorce in 2004, Rodman has sold the site range. At that time, he named his income last year was $ 570,000. He said that $ 3.4 million in real estate and 1.45 million shares and bonds. But, according to him, keeping him alive is difficult charges cost him more than $ 31,000 a month.

A couple years trying to reconcile, but the marriage ended a few weeks ago, after his wife went to court again.

"This case, in particular, his wife filled for divorce, put him into a rage that I had never seen before," says Williams. Rodman, she says she does not have a job, savings or checking account.

With the arrest of a random, rainbow hair color changes, and tens of thousands of dollars deposited in the strip clubs, Rodman and tax issues. He took off his NBA pension penny to pay taxes owed in California and another $ 350,000 in back taxes, according to the Orange County court documents, although his lawyers say he should be much lower.

However, when it was introduced last year in the NBA Hall of Fame, media reports have characterized the old failures and defensive specialist who does a good life in sponsorship, advertising campaigns, has granted the license as a DJ and upscale.

"Prior to the Hall of Fame called, we met to draft Dennis" and his marketing agent told the New York Times. "Now, our phones ring. There was a huge surge in business opportunities."

Rodman won three NBA championships with the Bulls in the late 1990s, and played with the Lakers, albeit briefly.

He referred to Michelle as his "wife" in the course of the hearing and said that the two dined together with their two children in the Outback Steakhouse on Monday night.

Rodman, who lives in Miami, said the dispute "has never been a hate thing. We do not like it." He added that both were "just trying to do."

When the court broke for lunch, they huddled to plan meals.

JetBlue Suspends Captain Who Broke The Flight

JetBlue Suspends Captain Who Broke The Flight: JetBlue captain, who cried a bomb and called the passengers to pray in Las Vegas, the flight was associated with suspended, the airline said Wednesday.

Clayton Osbon was kidnapped on active duty pending an incident, a representative of JetBlue Airways Ellison, says Steinberg. Passengers wrestled to the ground after the Osbon strange diatribe, as a pilot to remove it from the cab and took command of the flight from New York on Tuesday morning.

Passengers first noticed something was wrong when Osbon ran out of the cab and tried to make their way in a busy bathroom. Captain colleagues tried to calm him when he became more nervous, pray for him on the back of the plane, while ensuring that it is not for the control of the aircraft.

Then he ran down the aisle cabin, talking about the bomb, shouting that the plan would be "They're going to kill him!" He urged passengers to pray confused.

"Nobody knew what to do, because he is the captain of the aircraft," said Don Davis, owner of Ronkonkoma, New York manufacturer of wireless broadband access, which went to Sin City at a conference of industrial safety.

"You're not just going to jump in and attack the captain," said Davis.

But the four men were the decision is just that, with longer seat belts and cuffs zip tie to stop and contact Osbon ground for more than 20 minutes, while the second pilot of the service and who was on board the plane landed in Amarillo , Texas.

CEO and President Dave Barger told NBC "Today" show that the Osbon is a "great professional" that he "personally knew" for years. Osbon was a pilot with JetBlue in 2000.

There is nothing in the record master, showing that there would be no flight risk, Barger said Wednesday.

It was not clear whether Osbon face civil or criminal liability for the failure of flights.

"Obviously, he had a kind of emotional or mental disorder," said Tony Antolino, safety cage, which sat in row 10 aircraft and walked to the driver when he tried to re-enter the cab.

"It was almost delirious," said Antolino after arriving in Las Vegas with her husband Rick Amarillo International Airport, about six hours after schedule.

Josh Redick, who was sitting near the middle of the aircraft, the captain said, seemed "angry" and "poured out of Afghanistan and the soul, and al-Qaeda."

Elton Stafford, who lives across the street from Osbon in Richmond Hill, Georgia, said he was shocked by the explosion captain.

"Clayton's a good guy. I like to have fun, loves the outdoors. He loves people," Stafford said Tuesday. "It's kind of neighbors that everyone wants."

The airline described the incident as a "medical situation" with the captain of JetBlue Airways Flight 191 from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport. The company's management said that he was taken to hospital.

Explosion occurred a week after the flight of American Airlines attendant was taken out of the plane for trips to the 9/11 and fears that the plan will not. John Cox, a consultant on aviation security and a former airline pilot, said he could recall only two or three cases over the past 40 years as a commercial pilot became mentally incapacitated during the flight.

Schonzeit Gabriel, who was sitting in the third row, said the captain said that he could be a bomb on board.

"He started yelling about the al-Qaeda, and possibly a bomb on a plane and Iraq and Iran, as we all go down," said Amarillo Globe Schonzeit-News.

"A group of us instinctively just jumped up and grabbed him and put him on the ground," said Antolino.

The Federal Aviation Administration said the pilot shut the cabin.

Captain of the rest of JetBlue, who was a passenger on the plane went into the cockpit and took over the rights of Osbon before landing in Amarillo, the company said in a statement.

Customers and crew of "just did a great job," said Barger JetBlue. "It was a real team effort at an altitude of 35,000 feet."

Osbon was taken to hospital, the company said.

The FBI is coordinating a survey at the airport police, the Amarillo Police, FAA and Administration of Transportation Safety, said spokeswoman Lydia Maas Agency in Dallas. She declined to comment on the arrests.

Airlines and the FAA strongly recommend that pilots say that if they think that a security threat, even if it means contradicting the orders of the captain, said Cox. Experts in aviation security have studied several cases, when the first employees moved to the more experienced captains with tragic consequences.

Undisciplined drivers, crews and passengers violated the flights in the past.

A few hours after the rupture of Osbon, the crew on board the flight to the U.S. Airways flight from Charlotte, North Carolina, Fort Myers, Fla., was devastating to a woman passenger. Lee County Port Police spokeswoman Victoria Moreland said the passenger flight was arrested Tuesday afternoon, but declined to elaborate.

Earlier this month, American Airlines flight took over the PA system attendant on the flight to Chicago and talked for about 15 minutes of 11 September and the security of its plan, saying: "I am not responsible for the crash," according to several passengers.

The passengers fought the stewardess in the chair, and the aircraft was based in Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, flight attendants were hospitalized.

In 2008, Air Canada pilot was forcibly removed from the Toronto-London flight, restrained and sedated, after a nervous breakdown during the flight.

FAA may review medical information about the Osbon - in fact, the approval of the pilot is safe. All drivers who operate on scheduled airlines should have a first-class medical certificate. Certificates must be renewed every six months to a year, depending on the age of the driver. To receive a certificate, the pilot must undergo a medical examination by a doctor appointed by the FAA expert who asks questions about the psychological state of the driver. Pilots are required to disclose all the physical and psychological conditions and medications.

Charlie Restivo, who was heading to a conference in Las Vegas, security, and sat in the fourth row of the plane, said he thought it was clear that the pilot suffered a medical episode.

"I do not think that when he got up this morning, that is what he is going to do," he said. "Unfortunately, I just think it's happened to him."

Millions Mega Jackpot to Display The Historic $ 500 Million

MEGA Mania Millions in full force! Since no one match all six numbers in the MEGA Millions draw last night, Friday was a record jackpot of all time 500 million dollars!

Winning numbers last night were 19, 44, 34, 9, 51 and one MEGA number 24. While no one was able to compare all six numbers, the nine lucky winners from all over the state of California are not able to match five out of six. These winning tickets worth $ 308,573 each.

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Since no one match all six numbers in the lottery last night, the jackpot on Friday a staggering $ 500 million. The estimated cash option for a draw on Friday was $ 359.4 million. Retail jackpot winning ticket will receive a maximum bonus of $ 1 million. For comparison, the biggest jackpot ever won the Mega Millions was $ 390 million in March 2007.

Mega Millions is a multi-State, played in California and 43 other countries (41 states plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands). Players choose five numbers from 1 to 56 plus the Mega number from 1 to 46. Draw times are Tuesdays and Fridays at 8:00 pm PT. Tickets are $ 1 and can be purchased from one of the more than 21,000 Lottery retailers in California. Please visit the Michigan Lottery Mega Millions for more information.

Black Separatist Group Should Offer Incentives For The Man who Killed a Teenager in Florida

Separatist black group stands by bounty offer for man who killed Florida teen: New Black Panther Party's separatist, hate group called the civil law, is its offer of $ 10,000 prize for the capture of the man who shot Trayvon Martin, despite fierce opposition, in particular, Martin's family.

"We are here to make them do their job," manager Michael Muhammad said on Monday. "We will support the family Trayvon, but we are military."

Martin was killed Feb. 26, George Zimmerman, 28-year-old volunteer neighborhood watch, while walking back from a mini-market Sanford, Florida. Zimmerman, in accordance with friends and his lawyer, Craig Ring, said he had killed Martin, 17, in self-defense.

The fact that he was not charged with the murder of Martin has outraged many in the U.S., including people who believe Martin was considered a "suspect" because he was black. Zimmerman is a white Hispanic.

However, none have gone so far as the New Black Panther Party, which stands on the site of the revolution for African-Americans. The group - which differs from the more famous Black Panther Party, founded in 1960 - described by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a hate group and "brutally anti-Semitic and racist organization."

On Saturday, the party has a site on the money to offer in exchange for "arrest moral citizens" was Zimmerman. Muhammad said on the same day that his group believes in the "Life for life," a statement that he was confirmed on Monday.

Martin family lawyer Daryl Parks reiterated the comments of other persons connected with the family, including the Reverend Jesse Jackson, accusing the obvious suggestion bonuses. "We do not tolerate these people in general," said Parks.

Speaking earlier Monday in the city administration in a packed Sanford Civic Center, the father Trayvon, Tracy Martin, said his family wanted to work in the legal system and to encourage changes in Sanford Florida Police Department and the law.

"We are not asking for an eye for an eye," Tracy said Martin. "We ask justice, justice, justice."

Mohammad said that the United States Constitution gave them the right to arrest a citizen, although he also said a little later, he "did not obey the white man, I'm not American law."

"By law, the popular street people, (George Zimmerman) was charged with murder - in accordance with the law on the street, in accordance with the law of God," Muhammad said.

In the city of Sanford previously responded to the offer of premiums, and then click New Black Panther Party have 5,000 people working together to go after Zimmerman, calling for "a calm head and not the mob."

"Attempts to take any civilian into custody may lead to criminal liability or unnecessary violence," the department said.

Joe Oliver, a friend of Zimmerman, said that such threats to his friend, even if the authorities and the family of Martin condemned. Zimmerman has not seen or heard in public since the shooting,

"Therefore we do not know where he stands," says Olivier. "He should worry about their safety."

Oliver, a leading CNN in 1990, said he was worried because he had spoken to several media about the case.

"Now I have to worry about their safety, not only for me but for my friends and family as well," he said. "But I was not there, I did not pull the trigger. All I do is stand for another."

Police: Zimmermann Stories "Compatible" With the Elements Trayvon Martin Shooting

Police: Zimmerman Story is 'Consistent' With Evidence in Trayvon Martin Shooting: A teenager was killed in the U.S. and neighborhood watch captain, who shot and killed a few words exchanged before the young hit in the nose and started banging his head man on earth, according to the history of Captain watches the confrontation that led to the shooting.

Because 17 years Trayvon Martin George Zimmerman was a black and a white father and mother, a Spaniard, was the event of an outbreak that racial leaders and other civil rights led to a series of protests across the country. Zimmerman said he fired in self-defense, Martin was not arrested.

Orlando Sentinel reported that Zimmerman told police that he had lost in the Martin area, where he regularly patrol and returned to his vehicle last month, when the youth approached him from behind.

The two sides exchanged words, Zimmerman said, and Martin hit him, jumped on him and began beating his head against the pavement. Zimmerman said he started yelling for help, the family of Martin think it was their son who was crying. Accounts differ, and bands of urgency in which the voices are not clear.

Statement of Sanford, Florida police said that the newspaper story "compatible" with the evidence handed over to prosecutors.

Meanwhile, Martin's parents blamed the police for disclosure of details about the fight he had with Zimmermann, who portrays the boy as the aggressor.

Martin's mother, Sybrina Fulton, family and lawyers said Monday he was part of an effort to demonize his son.

"They killed my son, and now they are trying to kill his reputation," Fulton told reporters.

Martin was suspended from school districts in Miami-Dade County, as traces of marijuana were found in a plastic bag in his book bag, a representative of the family Ryan Julison said. Martin served the suspension, when he was gunned down on February 26.

Sanford police said that was not the way let this new information, but acknowledged that might be leaking. City Manager Norton Bonaparte Jr. said he will be investigated and those responsible could be fired.

Martin's lawyer, Benjamin Crump family said that the connection between youth and marijuana should be irrelevant to the investigation of his death wound. State agencies and federal investigation, a grand jury to convene on April 10.

"If he and his friends experimented with marijuana, which is completely irrelevant," said Crump. "What does this have to murder his son?"

State Department of Juvenile confirmed on Monday that Martin does not have a criminal juvenile offender. The information came after a public records request to Associated Press.

Despite news of possible actions the night of the shooting, Martin, rallies, demanding the arrest spread Zimmerman 28 years.

Thousands gathered Monday on the steps of Georgia State Capitol. The crowd chanted: "I Trayvon!" And "Stop Zimmerman now!"

The students wore shirts that said "I Trayvon Martin," and sections of posters with the inscription: "Do not shoot!" And "I can be there."

Back to Sanford, city officials appointed a veteran of 23 years of police service as an interim leader.

Appointment of Captain Darren Scott, who is black, came days after the chief, Bill Lee, White, temporarily resigned from the agency suffered withering criticism for its handling of the case.

"I know each of you - and watch everyone - wants to be early, positive in this last event," Scott told reporters. "I urge everyone to let the system take its course."

Sanford City Commission held its first meeting on Monday, as it gives a vote of confidence in Lee, which led to his overthrow. Martin's parents were raised by both the panel, urging them to take action to stop Zimmerman. More than 500 people gathered at the meeting.

"We want justice," said Tracy Martin, the father of a teenager.

Civil rights leader Al Sharpton warned the commissioners that Sanford can become the 21st-century version of the struggle for civil rights in the South in the 1960s.

Sharpton said that the parents of Martin suffered "insults and lies," said on Monday that their son was attacked by Zimmerman.

Also Monday, a lawyer mother, Martin confirmed that the filed trademark applications for the two slogans containing the name of his son. "I Trayvon», «Justice for Trayvon" application and said that the trade marks could be used for things such as DVD-ROMs and CD-ROM drive.

Attorney Brand, Major Kimra Morris said in an email that Fulton wants to protect intellectual property rights to "projects that will help other families experiencing similar tragedies."

When asked, Fulton was no profit, the prosecutor replied, "No."

Beef Industry is Preparing for The loss of "Pink Mud"

Beef Industry is Preparing for The loss of "Pink Mud": Announcement on Monday Beef Products International (BPI), which would close three plants, one in Waterloo, which are "textured beef," which has views of social media, beef industry has to wonder what affect the loss of low-fat beef products will be on Beef prices have already risen by 10 percent to 20 percent last year.

BPI buys pruning or cutting tips sealed packaging process, and, in fact, loads of up to 15 percent of the total production of ground beef. This process was approved by the Administration of the Food and Drug Administration in 1990 and barely raised an eyebrow until last week, when the viral social media have in their image as "pink slime".

The name was given to the U.S. Department of the agent, but agriculture is removed, because the jobs Food Network chef Jamie Oliver, who, along with others available on YouTube and other social media.

In traditional media, ABC News published a series of reports earlier this month, which are widely distributed "pink slime" nickname.

"It shows the influence of social networks," said Kevin Concannon, a former director of the Iowa Department of Human Services, and now the deputy for the food service, supply and consumption. "There is absolutely no evidence that this product is dangerous, and it's low fat."

Like most treatments for meat production "textured beef" is not very appetizing to look at. It consists of taking the remains of the meat cutting process, it works in the heat and centrifuges, and then give him a bath in ammonia to kill E. coli and salmonella potential.

Products that contain mucus pink fresh ground beef include retail, low-fat hot dogs, luncheon meats, beef sticks, pepperoni, frozen meals, cakes and preserves.

By e-mail from a former USDA microbiologist Gerald Zirnstein, that relates to a textured meat "pink slime" was shown in various media, including ABC News.

Online petition drive in Houston collected more than 250,000 signatures demanding that the goods removed from the outlets and school lunch programs.

The game asked USDA to tell school districts they can eliminate the use of beef stuffed with them if they want in their USDA-monitoring school feeding programs.

Supermarket chains, the most important, including West Des Moines, Iowa-based Vee Well, today announced that they will stop selling beef, which is responsible textured dirt / pink. McDonald is a fast-food and other manufacturers.

Beef industry has responded on Monday, highlighting the impact of job loss.

"Although the textured vegetable beef has been given a catchy name and clever in the" pink slime "alarming impact of emissions on the product beef is safe, Jamie Oliver, ABC News and others, is no joke for those families who are currently without a job" , said American Meat Institute President J. Patrick Boyle in a written statement.

What remains to be determined is the impact on beef prices. The history of the pink slime attack cattle and beef market, when prices began to soften from record of all time.

Cattle and beef prices rose last year because of the cattle, even at the lowest level since 1952, have been hit hard by drought last year in large pastures of Texas and Oklahoma.

Combined with the sharp increase in exports of the United States, as well as cattle prices rose 25 percent to record levels in late 2011 and early this year. As a result, the growth of retail prices for burgers as much as 20 percent last year, according to research by the USDA.

Commodities trader Dennis Smith, Archer Financial Services in Chicago Monday suggested that the reduction in use will enhance the finish delivers even stronger.

"Consumer belt pink slime in history, seems to have a greater impact than I expected," Smith said Monday. "It seems that catering orders fell dramatically due to increased consumption."

Smith added: "Stories like this will do the same thing, over time it will increase supplies tight and driving the price of beef on the rise."

If so, what would the opposite of what was a small gradual decline in beef prices in the last month due to the fact that Smith and other Traders said increased consumer resistance to higher prices for beef.

The report of the U.S. Department of Agriculture beef fat each day showed the average price of a box of beef, $ 186.25 per hundredweight on Monday, compared with $ 191.74 last week at this time.

Recent data suggest livestock U.S. Department of Agriculture Marketing Information Center, which beef cattle were running 4.4 percent below a year earlier in the week ending last Saturday. "The beef trim" costs that go into the mud additive beef / textured pink, dropped in price by 19 percent, as meat processors have begun to reduce their purchases.

'Hunger Games': Jennifer Lawrence May Mark The Second Nomination For an Oscar?

'Hunger Games': Jennifer Lawrence May Mark The Second Nomination For an Oscar?: After starring in Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Rooney Mara was able to win the Best Actress Oscar nomination for his role in the adaptation of the cult of violent attack. Jennifer Lawrence, then do the same with the Hunger Games? At the moment we have no real idea of ​​what its potential may be competition, but I would say that this is not a problem. In the end, Lawrence Academy is through the eye in turn, in small groups in the bones Winter 2010 hit Sundance. Hunger Games, and became an instant hit with audiences and critics. When considering the Hunger Games, my colleague Lisa Schwarzbaum says Lawrence "in its severity, intensity, and its beauty without artifice, is about as impressive as the epitome of Hollywood Katniss imagine ... Lawrence expressive in its stillness, and moves with confidence in athletics."

The main issue is noise, Lawrence can continue over the next year. In a nomination for Best Actress in a press release news in March is not uncommon - there is Kate Winslet for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Julia Roberts in Erin Brockovich, and Frances McDormand in Fargo - but of course, exceptions. If he refuses the nomination in January next year, Lawrence (who will be 22 at the time) will be the youngest best actress nominee twice ever. Winslet, meanwhile, was 22 when she scored her eyes a second career (for Titanic), but his first recognition of the Academy of meaning and feeling, was in the category of support. Thus, although it is very early, at least, we may be talking long after the Hunger Games Katniss have gone from theaters.

Mariana Trench: James Cameron Dives to The Bottom of The Mariana Trench

Mariana Trench: James Cameron Dives to The Bottom of The Mariana Trench: So what is the creator of Avatar and Titanic to do with the money? Dive Deep Place on Earth, of course.

James Cameron has decided that the creation of the best films just do not cut it anymore and take the sea to sink to the bottom of the Mariana Trench in the last week.

Mariana Trench is the deepest part of the ocean with a maximum depth of 35,800 feet is known. It is located east of the Mariana Islands in the western Pacific.

Cameron was a third party to do so and the first man to travel alone.

It was a 7-mile descent and Cameron began an adventure to 10:00 pm EST Sunday and Monday at noon local time.

After reaching the surface of the western Pacific Ocean near Guam, he began the descent to the bottom of which was little more than two hours.

After landing on the merits in Deepsea Challenger submarine, designed to measure, Cameron, within three hours of study before returning to the surface. The ascent took about 70 minutes, according to reports.

According to National Geographic, Cameron was originally scheduled to take six hours to explore the merits, if the submarine suffered a leak of hydraulic fluid that covers the window to hide his point of view, which interrupted his trip. The report also notes that his short trip cost him a significant number of samples.

"It just means that I should go back and get a little more," says Mr. Cameron, according to National Geographic, making it clear that it was still going.

It will not be only the second round of Cameron, who is about to release a 3D version of the Titanic, Avatar 2 next month in the coming years.

Obamacare is unconstitutional? Now we Are Told

Obamacare is unconstitutional? Now we Are Told: Judges of the Supreme Court, like all the others, and sometimes change their minds.

Of course, there are stare decisis, the principle that they should not change his mind too often. Reason: If you expect the government and citizens to observe the law, they should know that the law is and will be. In addition, it is only fair to treat people in similar situations as well.

But stare decisis is not an absolute rule, and fast. There have been some changes in the heart of the famous and / or mind, such as Brown v. Board of Education (1954), drawing the Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) and declared racial segregation unconstitutional. Then there's Lawrence v. Texas (2003), Bowers v. Hardwick changing (1986) and repealed laws prohibiting homosexual sodomy. It is believed that in both cases, the court got it right the second time.

If the court eventually decides that the right of President Barack Obama's health care reform is unconstitutional, it will be even more upset that Brown and Lawrence. And there will be a consensus is gratifying that the court finally got it right.

Wickard v. Filburn C (1942), with minor exceptions, the courts have upheld the use of federal power under the Commerce Clause, which gives the federal government the right to "regulate commerce." Even the 1964 Civil Rights Act is constitutional regulation of commerce.

The Prize Fund

Now, perhaps, the court was wrong all this time. Maybe the power of the federal government, according to the Commerce Clause is much narrower. Power may not apply to citizens require in order to have health insurance or pay a fine. But if so, it is not only the future of Obamacare who suddenly fragile. Each piece of legislation on the last 70 years, which was based on a proposal to trade a sudden win. This includes the Civil Rights Act. It includes laws protecting the environment and consumers.

In fact, everything that makes the government, which has never been justified by the Commerce Clause would be open to challenge. For the sake of their mental health and the cavity was clean, the judges have to be careful.

Conservatives also need to stop and think of all the conferences are available in the past half century the need for judicial restraint. Is this right under the Commerce Clause or not, all these laws, including Obamacare - adopted by the democratically elected institutions. For the Supreme Court call upon all concerned to seize power over all ships was trying for a long era of conservative gripes on this issue.

Whenever liberals argue stare decisis, conservatives fear is natural. In principle, it is quite conservative doctrine. He says things like they should remain as is. In practice, conservatives complain, it works like a ratchet: the Liberals, when they are under control, to invent new rights, and the Conservatives, under stare decisis is supposed to be doing nothing about them, when their turn comes. But the fact that the courts have defended the law in accordance with trade for seven decades, with virtually no debate, so that it looks unlikely that anyone was a huge misunderstanding of the Constitution.

In 1993, the first year of the Clinton administration Hillary Clinton was appointed by her husband, Bill, to develop a plan to reform health care. Central to the plan, it came with a mandate to the employer. That is, was the duty of employers to provide health insurance to their employees or pay a fine.

Ferocious Opposition

The opposition was fierce Hillarycare Republicans, like their opposition to Obamacare recently - and, if Clinton was the opposition. They threw everything that was on it. They got the discretion of the judge (later repealed) that his plan was illegal because it was designed, in particular for private meetings.

The argument they are not that exceeded the powers of government Hillarycare trade item of the Constitution. (The New York Times Search All 1993 and 1994. There's only one buried and disparaging reference to the possibility of objective point of commerce in the article about half a dozen possible legal strategies Hillarycare difficult.) Is it possible that people who need to buy their own insurance is unconstitutional, but require business owners to purchase insurance for them, others would be perfectly normal?

For decades, she had to return to court in connection with the segregation and sexual intimacy, has always had a lot of people on both sides of the argument. However, as Dahlia Lithwick points out in Slate, that health care reform with the individual mandate may be unconstitutional was unheard of until the bill and the vast right conspiracy went to work. Professor Randy Barnett, the intellectual father of the argument point of trade, not really started churning out a scholarship on the subject until 2011. During the discussion, Obamacare, no one seems to notice that it is unconstitutional. Now, every conservative politician and an expert believes that it is not only the Constitution, but apparently so.

It was during the debate that Stuart Butler of the conservative Heritage Foundation Hillarycare first proposed a treatment plan tailored to the individual mandate. Butler said: "I changed my view on many things. Some authorities in the field of health is one of them." There is no stare decisis in the Heritage Foundation, apparently.

Liam Hemsworth: Five Things to Know About Man, About Miley

Liam Hemsworth: Five Things to Know About Man, About Miley: As one of the stars in the hit movie "The Hunger Games", Liam Hemsworth has quickly become known as more than just a boyfriend of Miley Cyrus.

"I had a lot of marriage proposals," he told ABC News "Nightline" on the fans wanted to jump on it. "I think I actually said that, yes, some random. Just nerves. I thought," Yeah, I'll do it. I'll do it. I do not know you, but I'll do it. "So it was a bit strange."

But out of fashion, whether Hemsworth made a proposal of his. Cyrus was recently spotted rocking a huge diamond sparkler on her ring finger.

Singing sensation sent a tweet about his recent manicure to 5200000 followers on Twitter - "obsessed basis jennahipp @ nails!" - But forgot to mention the giant rock on her finger.

She was spotted wearing the same sparkler on her ring finger at a charity event at the weekend.

Cyrus' representative did not respond to a comment demand ABCNews.com, but a source close to the couple told the people that they are not engaged.

Whether or not there is a wedding in the works of Cyrus, 19, and Hemsworth, 22, you can get up to speed on who is the main man of Miley. Here are five things to know about him:

He Hails From Down Under
 
Hemsworth is relatively new to American movie-goers, but in his native Australia, he became a heartthrob after appearing in two television series, "Neighbours" and "The Elephant Girl." He is also known as the younger brother of Chris Hemsworth, who played "Thor" in the 2011 flick of the same name.

Cyrus and Hemsworth Met on the Set
 
His first exposure to American audiences, and his main squeeze for that matter, was in 2009, when they starred together in "The Last Song." Hemsworth played Will Blakelee, the love interest of Cyrus' character Ronnie Miller. Off screen, the pair dated from September 2009 to August 2010, with Cyrus referring to Hemsworth as "my first serious boyfriend. Hemsworth's PR rep confirmed their split in August 2010.

Cyrus and Hemsworth Share a Dog
 
They reportedly rekindled their romance in April 2011 and took it a step further -- adopting an English bulldog puppy they named Ziggy. Their relationship has been going strong ever since, with Cyrus and Hemsworth often appearing hand-in-hand on the red carpet. Hemsworth recently told Ryan Seacrest that his girlfriend is happy to his star rising. "She's one of the biggest stars in the world, there's no shadowing her," Hemsworth told Seacrest. "She embraces it, she's very very happy for me."

Hemsworth Has Athletic Skills Too
 
If he were to have to fight in the real Hunger Games, Hemsworth said he has some natural skills he could bring to the competition. "I was always a really fast runner in high school," Hemsworth said. "I used to do 100 meter sprints, and I feel like that'd probably be a pretty good skill to have in the arena, just run the entire time." Hemsworth plays Gale Hawthorne, the best friend and hunting partner of Katniss Everdeen, played by Jennifer Lawrence.
To prepare for the part, he had to curb his new addiction to White Castle, introduced to him by co-star Josh Hutcherson. "My brother texted me about a month out before we started shooting. I guess he heard that I was eating too much and had gained some weight so he said, 'It's called Hunger Games, not Eating Games.' So I took that to heart, started training a lot and eating a lot less and lost quite a bit of weight," he said.

Who Would Win in a Hunger Games Battle Between Hemsworth and Cyrus?
 
"Probably her," Hemsworth said, standing on the black carpet alongside Cyrus at last Monday's massive Hunger Games premiere in L.A. "She's a tough girl, that one."

Jennifer Lawrence Plays a leading Role in The Hunger Games "

Jennifer Lawrence Plays a leading Role in The Hunger Games ": It was only four years ago, that Jennifer Lawrence made his film debut in a little seen indie called "Garden Party". Since then, she received an Oscar nomination for his role in the Ozarks teen candid "Bone winter" and donned a blue body paint - and nothing else - to play Mystery in "X-Men:. First Class"

And now comes, in turn, that Katniss Everdeen in "Hunger Games", one of the most anticipated films of 2012. With "Harry Potter" franchise again and "Twilight" is coming to an end, 90000000 dollars, "Hunger Games" is designed to create the madness at the box office.
If such a rapid ascent up-list may destabilize some of the artists, Lawrence said he feels the same way as it was given a big promotion.
"When you get a promotion at work, you're not going," God, it was too fast. Can I stay at the post office? "No, you take it, fortunately. Thus, it was fast, but I'm grateful for that.
"And (the best), I can be Katniss. I get to love to play in this amazing, iconic character. When I go to the posters, I laugh. But every once in a while, I'll have the chicken flesh. It's just an incredible character, to play. "
As in "Harry Potter" and "Twilight movie" The Hunger Games "is based on the popular novel. Since its launch in 2008," The Hunger Games "by Suzanne Collins has sold 11 million copies around the world as a whole.
This is not surprising, Catching Fire suite Collins "and" Mockingjay "is also planned for the movies." Catching Fire "is scheduled to open in November 2013 and" Mockingjay ", most likely, followed a year later.
The saga of the television game of death "The Hunger Games" is a post-apocalyptic America called Panem. Each year, the fascist government requires each district to send a boy and a teenage daughter in the Hunger Games, cruel event, in which respect (the candidates are called) have to fight each other until only one survivor left.
When Everdeeen of Primrose (Willow Shields) name is cited as a tribute to his older sister - 16 years old Katniss (Lawrence) - volunteered to take his place and becomes an actor in the sport sacrifice.
The film also stars Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth as rivals for the love of Katniss, Donald Sutherland, as a dictator Panem Tucci, Stanley, as the conversation presenter, Lenny Kravitz, as a stylist, Woody Harrelson, as the surviving Hunger Games Former Wes Bentley as the author of the games and Elizabeth Banks as Katniss' public relations manager.
Almost immediately out of the book, Laurent became a fan. His affection for his futuristic tale "extremely skeptical" about the film version under the direction of Gary Ross ("Pleasantville," "Favorite").
"I have not heard about the film and go, 'Oh, my boy, I want to join us," she recalls. " I thought, `Great, they're going to ruin another great book series to the film."
"But then I met Harry, and quickly realized that I would not have been more wrong. All he had to say about the characters, relationships and the work of Suzanne was amazing .. I realized that .. (no one involved in the film) was interested in participating in a watered-down version. I knew that this would be an incredible film. "
Hundreds of actresses were considered the role of Katniss, but producer Nina Jacobson said Lawrence was a cut above the rest. "In his testimony, Jen stole the role. There was a momentary power, intensity and confidence in their work. Some people may be tough, and some may be tender, but Jen, and more."
Lawrence, who grew up in Kentucky, told a relative no-frills Katniss, the daughter of a miner who is experiencing life in the poorest district of Hardscrabble Panem.
"Katniss is stronger than she thinks she is, and it is much nicer and warmer than what she thinks she is too," says the actress, 21. "(Before the Hunger Games begin), it was just a fighter. She was a girl who was never focused on finding someone to love.
"It was just to survive and feed their families. And then it gets put in this position not only to save his family, but also to save his people. And it becomes a symbol of rebellion, freedom and hope. And it goes on it. She understands that It is a symbol, and she fights. It's like a futuristic vision of Joan of Arc. "
Katniss before the game, she checked coaches. Lawrence suffered a similar scheme in preparation for his role in the film.
"I had to do a lot of walking and running free, that's all about flexibility," says Lawrence. "He was climbing, combat training, archery, and yoga."
Be in tip-top shape helped to wrest Laurent number of its tricks. "I did as many stunts as I could," she says. "Studio is not too large to be a leading actress at the beginning of the franchise, not tricks of the mind. I also had a beautiful cascade of trees and hills of the girl."
Sometimes, Lawrence said, just hanging on the North Carolina game, the skills necessary for survival. "We had a lot to stop the bears," she relates. "We especially had a lot of bear who does not know better. And we had a lot of wild turkeys
"Wild turkeys are fun challenges. We had an assistant whose job was to run around and scare the turkeys. But then, some time later, they were not so afraid of it anymore."
Although the film deals with themes that stimulate thought, Lawrence said that the actors have spent considerable time lapses on the board. In particular, Lawrence Hutcherson and instantly became friends. They became good friends, in fact, they found a little difficult to generate sexual tension.
"The problem is that Josh and I, our chemistry brother and sister, brother and sister uncomfortable," said Lawrence, who in real life, was associated with "My Boy" actor Nicholas Holt.
"We will argue, whose face is a $ 10 bill. We would have huge fights, yelling at each other, then we would have laughed ... strange, and we play like cats .... This is not the chemistry that you hope found between the two lovers. "
Lawrence did not grow archery (as in "Hunger Games"), or skin proteins (as in "Bone winter"), but the actress says that life on a farm in Kentucky and messing around with two older brothers helped get her ready to her alter-ego.
"For years I said that my education in Kentucky has nothing to do with my characters, but I believe, horse riding and being outside all the time in the woods prepared me," she said. "My education prepared me more than if I was in New Jersey or something. "
Lawrence was 14 when she decided she wanted to become a professional actress and persuaded their parents to take him to New York to land an agent. In 2007, after graduating from high school early, Lawrence joined the cast of the comedy TBS "Bill Engvall Show" for three seasons.
Previously, Lawrence said she was taken to be the front of the camera. "I remember my mother laughed at me because I'm, like, 14 and carry the new Forever 21 heels, and attack the sidewalks of New York, as if I knew exactly where I went."
After fixing the "Hunger Games", Lawrence has lost none of his ambition. She recently signed a number of major films, including David O. Russell, "The Silver Lining Playbook" with Bradley Cooper and Robert De Niro and "The House at the end of the street" in front of Elisabeth Shue and Max Thieriot.
In addition, even ahead of "The Hunger Games" sequels. As Daniel Radcliffe, Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart in front of her, Lawrence expects to bring his most famous characters.
"(After the apartments have been killed), I hope I can make movies and not more than Katniss," she said. "I hope people can watch my movies and think,` Oh, look, Katniss is a drama. "
"I hope that when I make films Hunger Games" that I can be the best I can be Katniss. Then I want to leave and go and do another good job. "

Hunger Games Wins $ 155 Million Opening Weekend!

Hunger Games Wins $ 155 Million Opening Weekend!: Hunger Games is on fire, everything is in order: a historical film gross $ 155 million its first weekend debut, its studio estimated this morning.

The decision Friday to Sunday is the third largest in the history of Hollywood, blowing past all the movie Spider-Man, all the Pirates of the Caribbean movies, all movies are dark.

Keep records and more detailed information on hand.

Pietrus Was Allowed To Return to Boston

Pietrus Was Allowed To Return to Boston: Boston Celtics swingman Mickael Pietrus was allowed to travel on Saturday morning after spending the night in the Hospital of Philadelphia after a nasty fall during a competition on Friday against the 76ers.

Pietrus was tested in Philadelphia after suffering that the Celtics said that it was a closed head injury doubts. He is expected to visit the Celtics medical staff on his return to Boston.

During a trip to the strip in the second quarter of 99-86 loss to Boston, Pietrus had lost control of the 76ers guard Lou Williams got his hand on the ball. Return Pietrus "hit the ground hard and he immediately grabbed the back of the head at the neck. Answered his head a little, but never touching the ground.

Pietrus stayed for a while, then stabilized and lifted onto a stretcher before taken to the hospital.