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Anthony, who in 2003 led Syracuse to its only national title, was the first player to be introduced before the Knicks lost to the Philadelphia 76ers, 98-90, in a preseason game Monday night. The fans, most of whom wore Anthony jerseys or Syracuse apparel, rose to their feet to give him an ovation. Of the six preseason games the Knicks will play, this was the one — added to the schedule late — that Anthony looked forward to most. “It’s just great to be back playing in this building once again,” Anthony said. “Tonight was just to give something back to the fans.” With the start of the regular season 10 days away Men's Nike NFL Arizona Cardinals #4 Kevin Kolb Game Team Color Jersey, Anthony wanted to have fun here. Coach Mike Woodson drew up the Knicks’ first play to get the ball to Anthony, who scored the first points of the game on a baseline jumper. Anthony said he wanted to play well for the fans, and he did his best to put on a show. With each basket, the crowd roared. He finished with 23 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists. He also played 34 minutes, mostly because he asked Woodson to keep him in the game. “They love him here,” Woodson said. “He had a great career here at Syracuse.” Leading to the game, Anthony reminisced about the eight months he was on campus. He spoke of how Jim Boeheim showed him tough love but treated him like a son, of how magical his freshman season was and of how thrilled he was to return on Monday. “We formed something special the short time I was up there,” Anthony said before adding about Boeheim, “He guided me through those eight months and showed me what it takes to win.” In 2007, Anthony gave Syracuse $3 million to start a fund-raising campaign to help build a new basketball facility on campus. At the time, it was the biggest donation a professional athlete had given to his university. For his efforts, the university named the building the Carmelo K. Anthony Basketball Center in 2009. “I do a lot in this community just out of the goodness of my heart,” Anthony said. “For me, this is where it all started. It’s only right for me to give back.” Anthony was on campus when the construction started, but his first visit inside the center was Sunday after the Knicks’ practice. “It was kind of surreal to be walking about there and seeing my name plastered outside of the building,” Anthony said. “It was shocking to me just to see that. I called my family and sent them pictures. It’s one of those moments that I’ll never forget.” The facility has two practice courts and a weight room. Boeheim, who sat near the court for Monday’s game, has his office on the second floor. Images of Anthony, including his jersey, are displayed throughout the center. Inside a hallway just outside the courts, Syracuse’s 81-78 victory over Kansas for the national championship is shown on a 24-hour loop. Anthony led Syracuse that night with 20 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists. The championship trophy is also displayed in the hallway. Brandon Triche, a senior guard for Syracuse, remembers that game and the 2003 season well. It is one reason he choose to play at Syracuse. Triche is from Jamesville, N.Y., just outside Syracuse, and he knows how much Anthony is revered in the area. Triche said he appreciated having Anthony in the gym he helped build to watch his alma mater practice Sunday. “For him to come back it means even more, just because he’s always doing stuff for the community,” Triche said. “He’s good at basketball, but he’s also helping others out, which is a great thing.” During the Knicks’ practice Sunday, Anthony took a moment to look at the championship banner near the top of the Carrier Dome. http://www.discountglasses-hot.com/

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Advanced economies are risking recession, the international lending organization said in a quarterly update of its World Economic Outlook, and the malaise is spreading to more dynamic emerging economies such as China. The IMF forecasts that the world economy will expand 3.3 percent this year, down from the estimate of 3.5 percent growth it issued in July. Its forecast for growth in 2013 is 3.6 percent, down from 3.9 percent three months ago and 4.1 percent 49ers jerseys for sale in April. Underpinning that bleaker scenario are the assumptions that Europe will continue to ease monetary policy and that the U.S. will avert a crushing blow to growth by fending off a so-called "fiscal cliff" that could result from a failure to reach a compromise on its budget law and tax cuts. Conditions could worsen if the United States doesn't deal with its budget crisis soon, the IMF said. "Downside risks have increased and are considerable," the fund said. It said its forecasts are based "on critical policy action in the euro area and the United States, and it is very difficult to estimate the probability that this action will materialize." The IMF has urged the U.S. to raise the ceiling on the level of debt the government can issue, which is capped by law. In August 2011, a battle between the Obama administration and Congress over raising the limit wasn't resolved until the U.S. almost defaulted on its debt. Global efforts to ease credit and increase the amount of money available for lending are helping, but appear to be yielding diminishing returns, as are fiscal stimulus policies, the IMF warned. "Because uncertainty is high, confidence is low, and financial sectors are weak, the significant fiscal achievements have been accompanied by disappointing growth or recessions," it said. 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"The case for an upside scenario is stronger than it has been," he said at the opening of the IMF meeting in Tokyo. He noted some positive signs in the U.S. economy such as a turnaround in the housing market. The IMF also sees the slowdown in China as part of a shift from the past double-digit growth to a rate that is "sustainable," a process he described as "a soft landing." And the slowdown in developed nations had pushed down exports, the key factor behind the slowdown in China, Blanchard and other IMF officials said. The IMF raised the U.S. growth forecast slightly, to 2.2 percent this year from 2 percent in July. For 2013, though, it expects U.S. growth of 2.1 percent, down from 2.3 percent. Among the 17 nations that use the euro, low growth in the major "core economies," such as Germany and France, will be offset by outright contractions in the smaller economies, leading real gross domestic product to fall by about 0.4 percent in 2012, the IMF said. 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As usual, the bright spots are developing economies that were less affected by the global financial crisis, where rising employment and strong demand will help support growth, the IMF said. China's economy will likely expand 7.8 percent this year, down from July's 8 percent forecast, though a pickup in construction projects is expected to spur growth late in the year. India's economy will grow 4.9 percent, down from 6.1 percent. And Brazil's growth rams home jerseys will be only 1.5 percent, compared to 2.5 percent. The IMF advised policymakers to devise stronger medium-term fiscal and structural reforms to shore up confidence in the growth potential of the advanced economies. Only then, will investor confidence in markets and public debt be restored. 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Azahara Munoz is never going to forget her first LPGA Tour win. It was as emotional as it was controversial and possibly tainted. Munoz beat Candie Kung 2 and 1 on Sunday to win the lv shoes for women Sybase Match Play Championship, a title that was set up when Morgan Pressel was penalized for slow play while in control of their semifinal match. Pressel was one of the first to hug and congratulate Munoz, her good friend, but she also had to be feeling this could have been her first win since 2008 just as easily. It all reverted to the morning semifinal in which Munoz and Pressel were both slow, although Munoz was admittedly a little slower. They were warned about slow play after nine holes and put on the clock after No. 11. The 12th hole changed everything. Pressel won it with a par to seemingly take a 3-up lead. However, before she could tee off on No. 13, tour official Doug Brecht informed her that she was being penalized for slow play. She had taken 2:09 to play her three shots, 39 seconds over the 30-second limit per shot. In match play, a time penalty is the loss of the previous hole and that handed the admittedly slow-playing Munoz the hole. She was 1-down and back in the match. "It was tough timing because it was a really big, I think, turning point in the match, going from 2-up to 3-up, and then all of a sudden back to 1-up," said Pressel, who was on the verge of tears several times in a post-match news conference after she beat Vicky Hurst 2 and 1 in the consolation match. "You know, it was — I mean, it was really unfortunate." The time penalty was the first for Pressel in seven years on the tour and it left a very bad taste in her mouth, knowing Munoz was the slower player. "I think that slow play is one of our biggest problems on tour," Pressel said. "You know, I think that what bothers me the most is that we were given sufficient warning and she really didn't do anything to speed up and then I was penalized for it." Munoz said was apologetic, adding she was surprised Pressel was penalized. "I know I was slow and I really apologized for that louis vuitton earrings discount and I told her, but I do feel both of us were slow and she was the only one getting penalized, and that was not fair and I know that," Munoz said. "I would never make her lose a hole." The penalty didn't end the controversy. Munoz evened the match with a birdie at No. 15, a stroke that was delayed when Pressel contended the Spaniard touched the line of her putt before striking the ball. Match referee Marty Robinson had two committee officials away from the 15th review the videotape of the one camera angle they had of the hole. Robinson said they could not see any evidence of a rule being broken. Munoz then made her putt. Pressel lost the match when she bogeyed the next two holes, missing a 3-foot par putt at No. 17. "It's an unfortunate situation," said Heather Daly-Donofrio, the senior vice president of tour operations. "This is one of those days where it is very tough to be an LPGA official. It's not an easy thing to deliver a pace of play penalty to a player in a situation like this." Daly-Donofrio said two other players have been penalized for slow play this year and five were penalized last year. Pressel was the only one disciplined in the tournament, although two others face fines for slow play. When asked about officials deciding events instead of the players, Daly-Donofrio said that USGA rules have to be upheld. Rule 6-7 says players must play without such delays and it's up to the tour to apply its policy. Daly-Donofrio said slow play is a concern throughout golf, which was evident on the PGA Tour last week when Kevin Na was very slow at The Players Championship. However the PGA Tour has not handed out a slow play stroke penalty in more than a decade. The afternoon matches were almost anticlimactic. Munoz, an NCAA champion at Arizona State, took a 2-up lead at Nos. 11 and 12 when Kung ran into problems and never lost it. Munoz was defensive when asked about the win being controversial and tainted. "I don't care what — you guys are the ones that are going to say that, not people," said Munoz, who earned $375,000. "You guys can say whatever you want to. You know, I didn't do anything wrong. She lost the hole because she was slow, I wasn't. I was slow before, but not when the clock was on and that's when you can't be slow." Kung, who beat top-ranked Yani Tseng in the third round and topped Hurst 2 and 1 in the semifinals, earned $225,000 in just missing her chance to win for the first time since 2008. Pressel played a bogey-free 5 under for 17 holes in beating Hurst in the third-place match. "It was extremely difficult,' said Pressel, who louis vuitton shoes 2012 new luxury cheap made $150,000. "It's certainly, the last place I wanted to be was on the golf course." Hurst, who was looking for her first tour win, earned $112,500.

Although he wasn't speaking about Gaborik specifically

John Tortorella's brief, mostly snarky, often caustic encounters with the media covering these playoffs have become an ongoing, mildly amusing sideshow. While the media may not like it, they're not the designerburberyoutlet story. And how the New York Rangers head coach treats them or mistreats them, as the case may be, is really moot when it comes to the outcome of this series with the New Jersey Devils, which is now tied at one game apiece. What is not moot, however, is the high-stakes game of poker Tortorella is playing with his lineup as he tries to coax more offense and fewer mistakes out of his crew. Specifically, Tortorella is squarely on the line because of his decision to bench the team's highest-paid player (in terms of annual cap hit), Marian Gaborik, for most of the third period after a costly turnover led to the Devils' tying goal in Game 2. Of course, on the line is exactly where Tortorella has spent most of his coaching career. And it's not as if Tortorella doesn't have a history of coming down on his players for miscues. Go back to his days with the Tampa Bay Lightning, with whom he won a Stanley Cup in 2004, and the Lightning's biggest stars, Martin St. Louis, Vincent Lecavalier and his current go-to guy in New York Brad Richards, weren't spared time stapled to the bench for various misdeeds. That's life with Tortorella, and he'll make no apologies for the way he conducts his business. "I think all coaches do it. You're trying to put players into situations that are going to try to help you to win games or help you in certain situations and momentum swings. Conversely, some guys when you just don't think it's working, they don't see the ice or they don't get the minutes. So those are decisions that we make every game," Tortorella said Thursday during one of his more loquacious encounters with the media this playoff year. "You guys like calling them benchings and all that stuff, but as coaches we're trying to find a way to win a hockey game, and we make decisions accordingly." Tortorella made a point of saying the blame for Game 2's www.designerburberyoutlet.com loss doesn't lie with any one player. Yet, he also pointed to the Devils' second goal as a key moment in the game. Gaborik failed to clear the puck from the Rangers' zone and moments later fourth-line center Ryan Carter deflected home a Bryce Salvador shot to tie the game at 2-2 with 1:51 left in the second period. "I thought the second goal they scored at the end of the period to tie it up was a really big play in that game, and that's not an offensive play, that's a defensive play and we get hurt there," Tortorella said. Gaborik went more than half the third period before getting his first shift. He played 3:07 later in the third period, but was not on the ice in the final moments with netminder Henrik Lundqvist on the bench for an extra attacker. The sniper acknowledged to reporters after the game that he has to be better in that situation. He also indicated he wants to be on the ice during those critical situations late in games. These kinds of decisions are a high-wire act at the best of times. In the playoffs, where every loss is another step toward watching from the sidelines, you can't afford to be wrong. As a coach, and especially the coach of a team whose work ethic is part of its DNA, making a statement that soft play won't be tolerated has to be balanced against hampering your team's ability to win. Had Gaborik played more would the Rangers' chances of tying and winning Game 2 have gone up? No one can answer that definitively, but a man who scored 41 times during the regular season and has shown flashes of that talent in the postseason, where he has scored four more including a triple-overtime game winner, would seem to be the kind of guy who would enhance your chances of finding a much-needed goal. The Rangers have not scored more than three goals in any game since their first outing against Ottawa, a stretch of 15 games. And when you've got other weapons that are struggling -- like captain Ryan Callahan, who has just one goal in his last 12 games -- maybe there was a better way to make such a stand. But if your coaching philosophy is based on consistency and you have consistently shown that players will be treated in a certain manner if they fail to get the job done, then maybe Tortorella had no other option but to do as he did. When you have a potential game-breaker on the bench in a one-goal game, "that's a pretty clear message," former Lightning captain Dave Andreychuk told ESPN.com Thursday. Not that any of this is a surprise to Andreychuk, who louis vuitton sunglasses 2012 was the first to hoist the Cup in June 2004 when the Lightning defeated Calgary in seven games. "We went through that here with Vinny [Lecavalier]. He was hard on him. He demanded a lot of him and I truly believe he got the best out of him," Andreychuk said of Tortorella. "But it's always truly about the team. He's not going to cover anything up or let things slide. That's what I respected more than anything else about him." As for Tortorella's running skirmish with the media, Andreychuk said he and St. Louis talked about it while playing golf Thursday. They both believe it is purely an effort by Tortorella to take pressure off the players by creating a distraction. Andreychuk recalled the war of words between then Philadelphia Flyers head coach Ken Hitchcock and GM Bob Clarke and Tortorella during the 2004 Eastern Conference finals. The Lightning understood then that this was a way of deflecting attention and giving the team breathing room. "That's John. That's what he does," Andreychuk said. Although he wasn't speaking about Gaborik specifically, Tortorella did address the balance between adjusting the Rangers' game plan and simply finding more will to win with Game 3 set for Saturday afternoon in Newark, N.J. "I think as you're involved in the playoffs and the further you go in it, you're looking for big plays at key times," Tortorella said. "We have found our way. One of the most important ingredients for us to be consistent and to be able to play at this time of the year is really to play as a team and not have any one specific guy be the guy. "So to answer your question, I think it's not just one men suits 2012 person that we're looking to get hot. We're looking for the group of them to continue to play under our team concept, but also someone step up each and every period or each and every game or a key time to make a big play, and I think that's where you find your way."

Lawrie expected a rapid rise to stardom

Competitive fire at its ugliest was on display Tuesday night at Rogers Centre, where the only thing worse than home-plate umpire Bill Miller's ball-strike calls was Brett Lawrie's raging reaction to them. By now, you've likely seen the video of Lawrie losing his mind, firing his helmet to the dirt in the direction of Miller after two very controversial -- and very incorrect -- called third strikes. The helmet bounced and struck Miller in the leg, and, while it was pretty obvious Lawrie's intent was not to strike Miller, the ricochet rightly earned Lawrie a four-game suspension, handed down Wednesday by MLB. This is the unsightly side of the aggressive instincts that have pushed Lawrie to the brink of greatness. This unfortunate incident aside, the 22-year-old Lawrie is an absolute joy to watch. He has power, he has speed, and he always turns it up to 11 when he takes the field. "It may look full bore to you guys," he told me earlier this season, "but that's my even keel." Perhaps more than anything, Lawrie has attitude -- LOUIS VUTTION MEN SHOES SALE and it's the type of attitude that makes him a beloved teammate and a loathed opponent. His attitude is the reason he had some clashes with the Brewers, who drafted him 16th overall in 2008 and groomed him, only to cut him loose in the Shaun Marcum trade at the end of 2010. Lawrie expected a rapid rise to stardom, because that's what great athletes expect of themselves. But he became frustrated with the Brewers' timetable (the club didn't promote him in September 2010, requesting instead that he go to the Arizona Fall League), and the two sides had a falling out. This has absolutely nothing to do with what happened Tuesday night, and yet it has everything to do with what happened Tuesday night. For Lawrie is a fierce competitor -- even by fierce-competitor standards -- and, when he felt disrespected by Miller, his attitude, his instincts, his competitive fire all exploded out of the bottle. "It's just my passion for the game," he said afterward, in what seemed to be a heartfelt apology. "I wanted to help my teammates out as best I could. That's the pride I have in this game. I leave my emotions out on the field." Clearly, Lawrie took it way too far in this instance. And what of Miller's role in all this? Surely, his actions must be questioned on some level. Umpires are human, and an analysis of ball-strike counts in any big league ballgame will uncover a multitude of mistakes. That's not the issue here. But when one reviews Tuesday's incident, it's hard not to come away with at least the slightest impression that Miller was trying to teach the kid a lesson, rather than calling the pitches as-is. Remember, this was a one-run game in which the Blue Jays were trailing the Rays by one run with none on and one out in the ninth. The stakes were high. Fernando Rodney's 3-1 offering was several inches off the outside part of the plate, and Lawrie dropped his bat and sprinted toward first before Miller slowly and deliberately made the motion for strike two. If Miller simply got the ball-strike call wrong, so be it. Happens all the time. And Lawrie should have done the right thing and dutifully retreated to the batter's box. Instead, he showed Miller up by making a more exaggerated return to the box, staring Miller down and voicing his disagreement via body language (if not more vulgar language muttered under his breath). It should have ended there. But it didn't. Rodney's next pitch was way high, just as obviously ball four. Lawrie laid off it, but Miller rang him up anyway. It is entirely possible that Miller truly felt both pitches were strikes. It is also entirely possible that after a kid in his first full big league season showed him up, Miller decided to retaliate. If the former is the case, then, again, so be it. But if it's the latter, then Miller was not performing his duties. Whatever the case, Lawrie is ultimately in the wrong here for letting his temper take over. Lawrie does not seem to be a Milton Bradley-type hothead. He's just hyper-competitive, and that was a hyper-competitive situation in which to be hosed. He had a right to be upset, certainly, but his actions were not justifiable, and the suspension is. Joe Torre, MLB's final authority for discipline issues, louis vuitton t shirts for women was right to recognize the lack of obvious intent, which could have resulted in a much longer suspension. The takeaway here is that sometimes the competitive instincts that inspire us to great feats can also bring out our worst qualities. That was certainly the case with Lawrie, and it's possible that was the case with Miller, too. It was also the case with the angry fan in the front row, who threw a nearly full cup of beer at Miller's shoulder as he left the field.

It was the first crash of a Sukhoi Superjet 100,

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Tuesday ordered the Air Force to take new steps to address an undiagnosed safety problem with its Lockheed Martin Corp.-made F-22 LOUIS VUTTION MEN SHOES SALE fighter jet, including limiting the distances it can fly between landing zones. The new restriction does not affect the war effort in Afghanistan because no F-22s are deployed there. The fighter has never flown in combat with the only F-22s operating overseas in the United Arab Emirates, where they recently arrived for training missions. The limit on flight distances, however, means the routine mission of patrolling U.S. airspace in Alaska will be done by other aircraft, officials said. The Panetta order is an unusual intervention at the highest level of the Pentagon in a service-specific problem, and it may be seen by some -- including critics of the F-22 program on Capitol Hill -- as a sign of the program's political vulnerability. The Air Force acknowledged last week that some of its aviators are refusing to fly the radar-evading F-22 Raptor, whose pilots in some cases have complained about oxygen-deficit problems which have caused dizziness, blackouts and other symptoms that arise when the body doesn't receive enough oxygen. The Air Force has been unable to determine the root cause of the problem. Panetta's chief spokesman, George Little, told reporters that Panetta supports the Air Force's efforts to get to the bottom of the problem. "However, the safety of our pilots remains his first and louis vuitton hoodie men foremost concern," Little said. "Therefore, in addition to those measures already taken by the Air Force to mitigate risks to our pilots, he is directing the Air Force to take three additional measures." Panetta ordered an acceleration of an existing Air Force effort to install an automatic backup oxygen system in every F-22; directed that all F-22 flights remain "within the proximity of potential landing locations" so that they can land quickly in the event they encounter a physiological problem in the cockpit; and he told the Air Force to provide him with a monthly report on progress toward finding the root cause of the problem. Indonesian authorities said Wednesday that they had found part of the flight recorder of the Russian passenger jet that crashed into the side of a volcano during a demonstration flight last week, killing 45 people. Searchers retrieved the cockpit voice recorder, which records communication between pilots and air traffic controllers, but have so far been unable to locate the flight data recorder, said Vice Marshal Daryatmo, head of the National Search and Rescue Agency. He said the voice recorder would be brought to burberry bags outlet Jakarta for analysis. Rescue workers found no surivors from the Sukhoi Superjet 100, Russia's newest passenger plane, which slammed into Mount Salak after disappearing from radar screens on May 9. Most of the wreckage of the plane is on a steep slope at an altitude of 6,000 feet, making it difficult to reach. The Indonesian and Russian authorities are investigating the cause of the crash, which remains unclear. The plane was on a demonstration flight for Indonesian Ministry of Transportation officials and representatives of Indonesian airlines. It was the first crash of a Sukhoi Superjet 100, according to the Russian state-run news agency RIA Novosti. The plane was on its second demonstration flight of the day when it lost contact with air controllers at Jakarta's Halim Perdanakusuma Airport. The Sukhoi jet arrived in Jakarta as part of a demonstration tour of six Asian countries. It had been to Myanmar, Pakistan and Kazakhstan, and was scheduled burberry outlet to visit Laos and Vietnam after Indonesia, RIA Novosti said. Sukhoi manufactures military aircraft and is known especially for its fighter jets. Its civilian aircraft is narrow-bodied with a dual-class cabin that can transport 100 passengers over regional routes.

Prof Ohayon said although although more research is needed

Scientists found one in every 25 adults are cheap louis vuitton sunglasses prone to night time wandering, with 29.2 per cent reporting some form of sleepwalking since childhood. The study also showed an association between nocturnal disruption and certain psychiatric disorders, such as depression and anxiety. The researchers said the study "underscores the fact that sleepwalking is much more prevalent in adults than previously appreciated." Lead author Maurice Ohayon, professor of psychiatry and behavioural sciences at Stanford University School of Medicinein the United States, said: "Apart from a study we did 10 years ago in the European general population, where we reported a prevalence of two per cent of sleepwalking, there are nearly no data regarding the prevalence of nocturnal wanderings in the adult general population." The researchers studied nearly 20,000 members of the public in 15 US states, using a telephone survey to build up a picture of their mental health, medical history and medication use. From they, they asked them specific questions related louis vuitton jewelry to sleepwalking, including frequency of episodes during sleep, duration of the sleep disorder and any inappropriate or potentially dangerous behaviour during sleep. Those who did not report any episodes in the last year were then asked if they had sleepwalked during their childhood. The researchers determined that as many as 3.6 per cent of the sample reported at least one episode of sleepwalking in the previous year, with one per cent saying they had two or more episodes in a month. More than 80 per cent of those who reported sleepwalking as adults said they have done it for more than five years, with a third having a family history of the condition. It found sleepwalking was not associated with gender and seemed to decrease with age. Those with depression were 3.5 times more likely to sleepwalk than those without, and people who abused or are dependant on alcohol or suffer cheap burberry bags obsessive-compulsive disorder were also significantly more likely to have sleepwalking episodes. People taking SSRI antidepressants were three times more likely to sleepwalk twice a month or more than those who took none. Prof Ohayon said: "There is no doubt an association between nocturnal wanderings and certain conditions, but we don't know the direction of the causality. "Are the medical conditions provoking sleepwalking, or is it vice versa? Or perhaps it's the treatment that is responsible." Prof Ohayon said although although more research is needed, the work could help raise awareness of the association among primary care physicians. He added: "We're not expecting them to diagnose cheap burberry bag brown fashion on sale 2012 sleepwalking, but they might detect symptoms that could be indices of sleepwalking." The findings were published in the journal Neurology.

But Dzeko headed in a tying goal in the second minute of stoppage

“We didn’t deserve to lose, we had a lot of chances and we deserved to win the game and championship,” Mancini said. “It’s fantastic for the club and the supporters cheap louis vuitton sunglasses after 44 years.” It was the first time the English title was decided in such tense circumstances since 1989. Arsenal and Liverpool had the same number of points and same goal difference, but Arsenal won the title on total goals. “I never stopped believing,” Kompany said. “When Edin scored that goal, it reminded me of so many other moments during the season when we’ve done this before. There was no reason not to believe.” QPR entered the game having lost six straight on the road and with the worst road record in the league. Yet City struggled to break down an opponent that had been facing relegation but survived in the top tier. The QPR net was finally breached in the 39th minute when goalkeeper Paddy Kenny flapped at Pablo Zabaleta’s shot while on his knees and palmed the ball over himself into the net. A blunder by City then nearly led to them throwing away the title. Joleon Lescott went to make a simple headed clearance. Instead, he knocked the ball backward and Djibril Cisse seized on the defender’s mistake by driving a shot past Joe Hart. City’s task seemed to be made easier when former player Joey Barton lost his cool and threw an elbow at Carlos Tevez as a cross came into the penalty area from Zabaleta. The QPR captain was seething after receiving a red card and kneed Aguero as he left the field. Both sides had to placate the raging player, who was dragged to the sideline. Despite City enjoying the man advantage, QPR went in front on a rare counterattack. Armand Traore was given space to go down the left flank. Hen then picked out unmarked Jamie discount louis vuitton handbags sale Mackie in the penalty area and he sent a downward header past Hart in the 66th. Half an hour later, though, City emerged as 3-2 winners and champions of England. “When we were losing 2-1, I thought, ‘We’ll score one goal and we’re still going to lose,’” Zabaleta said. “I don’t want to wake up from this. You just look at the players and the fans, everybody deserves this. “The most important thing for any team is when you believe. If you believe in yourself you win. We believed until the last minute.” In Sunderland, United’s players left the field stunned by what had unfolded. Fans stood with hands on heads in bewildered silence. “It’s a cruel way (to lose the title),” Ferguson said. “We’ve experienced many ups and downs in the 25 years I’ve been here, most of them have been great. We’ve won the title three times on the last day; today we nearly did it.” Associated Press writer Mark Walsh contributed to this report from Sunderland. Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.In the closing moments of the Premier League’s most dramatic season, Manchester City had just enough time for one final, breathtaking twist. With the club’s title hopes fading by the second, its anguished fans in disbelief in the stands, relegation-threatened Queens Park Rangers clung to a one-goal lead after 90 minutes. City then threw all its attacking might forward to produce one of English soccer’s greatest comebacks. Edin Dzeko and Sergio Aguero scored during injury time in a 3-2 victory that gave City its first league title since 1968. City finished ahead of crosstown rival Manchester United on goal difference. “It’s a crazy finish for a crazy season,” City manager Roberto Mancini said. “I’ve never seen a final like this.” No one had. After a season in which the title race shifted back and burberry handbags forth between the Manchester clubs, City appeared to have thrown it all away on the final day. It let 10-man QPR rally from a goal down to take the lead in the second half while United completed a 1-0 victory at Sunderland. But Dzeko headed in a tying goal in the second minute of stoppage time to give City fans hope. Aguero then clinched the title when he slalomed through the QPR defense and blasted the ball into the net. As Mancini raised his hands and ran along the sideline, Aguero — the son-in-law of Diego Maradona — tore his shirt off in jubilation before he was mobbed by teammates. “He was crying on the floor,” City captain Vincent Kompany said. “All the guys were pouring their eyes out. You don’t see strong personalities like that showing their emotion so often.” Moments earlier, United completed its victory at Sunderland and was lingering on the field in northeast England, waiting for the final result of the City game and ready to start celebrating title No. 20. Instead, a party 44 years in the making burst into life back in the blue half of Manchester as fans flooded the City field and exploded blue smoke canisters. “Miracles do happen in Manchester,” Kompany said. “This time it’s on this side of the road.” Now United — on the other side of the road — will have to live with the fact that the club once dismissed by manager Alex Ferguson as a “noisy neighbor” is now a serious threat to its supremacy. “I’d like to say, on behalf of Manchester United, congratulations to our neighbors — a fantastic achievement to win the Premier League,” Ferguson said. United had won 12 of its 19 titles since City last won the English championship for just the second time in 1968. City has since had to climb back into the Premier League from the depths of the third tier in 1999. But it became a credible title challenger after a takeover by Abu Dhabi’s Sheikh Mansour, who has invested more than $1 billion into the club over three years hoping to build a powerhouse. “It was really important to start winning this cheap burberry bag brown fashion on sale 2012 championship,” Mancini said. “Manchester City can have a big future now.” City rose to the summit after overturning an eight-point lead United held five weeks ago.

Inevitably there are tax issues on the way out

Warner Bros. kick-started a so-so domestic run Thursday at midnight for Tim Burton's Johnny Depp starrer ''Dark Shadows,'' which collected an estimated $550,000 from approximately 1,600 late-night locations. The PG-13-rated ''Dark Shadows'' was cheap louis vuitton sunglasses projected as of yesterday afternoon to hit in the mid-$30 million range through Sunday, with a potential $40 million upside. Midnights would suggest a bow closer to the former. For comparison, last summer's ''Cowboys and Aliens'' grossed $800,000 in midnights and wound up earning $36 million during its opening weekend. ''Super 8,'' which debuted to $35 million last June, earned $500,000 from midnights. Rarely do midnight grosses tell the whole story, however. ''Dark Shadows'' is tracking best with women over-25, who typically are not first-responders. The film's midnight start also does not account for word-of-mouth building throughout the weekend, though ''Shadows'' has received mostly mixed reviews. Overseas, ''Dark Shadows'' got off to a strong start, particularly in France, where the pic ranked No. 1 on Wednesday with $770,000 -- 19% ahead of the local opening-day gross for ''Sweeney Todd.'' ''Dark Shadows'' bows this weekend in a total 42 offshore markets; pic's Stateside rollout includes 3,755 locations. More? Rates, complexity, worldwide reporting, and louis vuitton hoodie comprehensive–some say downright intrusive–disclosure. Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg—with or without signature hoodie—may get all the hype in the romping roadshow run-up to the company’s historic IPO. Most of us are agog that Mr. Zuckerberg may be poised to pay the highest individual tax bill ever. See Top Tax Tips From Zuckerberg’s Facebook Bonanza. But the latest news-grabbing Facebook co-founder is Eduardo Saverin, best known for his bitter legal battle with Mr. Zuckerberg. In The Social Network, we saw Mr. Zuckerberg’s Jesse Eisenberg outsmart Saverin and the Winklevoss twins to make Facebook, Harvard, Internet, and Wall Street history. In Hollywood’s version, maybe Mr. Saverin came off as wimpy but he may get the last laugh, especially when it comes to taxes. As Mr. Zuckerberg prepares to pay over a billion in taxes, Mr. Saverin renounced his U.S. citizenship ahead of the company’s IPO. In fact, it turns out he did it a good deal ahead of the IPO, and that’s likely to matter. This is actually old news, dating to September 30, 2011 when the IPO was a pipedream. But the information didn’t become public until Bloomberg reported that the IRS released his name on April 30. Born and raised in Brazil before moving to the U.S. in 1992, the 30-year old Mr. Saverin now lives in Singapore. It is unimaginable that U.S. taxes were not a huge part of his decision, since “taxpatriations” are now all the rage. See Celebrity Leavings: Bidding Stars Adieu. And that is perfectly legal. Tax avoidance intent when expatriating used to trigger tougher tax rules, but burberry handbags that changed in 2008. Tax motivation is no longer even relevant to the tax treatment of citizens or permanent residents who permanently depart the U.S. See Ten Facts About Tax Expatriation. Inevitably there are tax issues on the way out. See Ten Facts About Tax Expatriation. U.S. citizens or long-term residents who expatriate after June 16, 2008 are treated as having sold all their worldwide property for its fair market value the day before leaving the U.S. Although taxed as a capital gain, this “exit tax” is unforgiving. See Rich Americans Voting With Their Feet To Escape Obama Tax Oppression. Fortunately, only “covered expatriates” face the exit tax. Some people born with dual citizenship are exempt but must still file an IRS Form 8854, Initial and Annual Expatriation Statement. More generally, you can escape the exit tax if you have less than $651,000 of income from the deemed sale of your assets, adjusted for inflation. As you might expect, appraisals of property are a good idea. See Fancy Appraisals Can Defeat IRS. Even if you owe the exit tax, you may apply to defer it by filing IRS Form 8854 (in some cases for ten years). Additional forms may be required if you have deferred compensation, tax deferred accounts, certain non-grantor trusts, etc. A good resource is Notice 2009-85. As for Mr. Saverin, the value of his holdings burberry belts on sale as of September 30, 2011 was probably a pittance compared with today’s figure. For someone with appreciating assets not tied irrevocably to the U.S., taxpatriation may simply be too tempting to pass up.

Rivers on using more Ryan Hollins than rookie Greg Stiemsma

Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers said Paul Pierce will attempt to play through the pain of a sprained MCL in his left knee, but is uncertain how the team will compensate louis vuitton sunglasses 2012 if the injury continues to be a hindrance to the team captain. "Honestly, it's not the best situation, but he's going to play," Rivers said. "We just gotta figure out what he can do on the floor. It's tough. He's a scorer, and I think Paul can score in any situation, but for us, we just have to figure out what the most effective way for him to be effective. And the only way we're going to know that is with the game being played. So we'll see." Pierce suffered the injury on Sunday after tripping over a teammate's foot in a shootaround before Game 4, then aggravated it while banging knees with Josh Smith that same night. Pierce played through pain to score 24 points over 16½ minutes in Game 4, but really labored after the first quarter in Game 5. Rivers admitted the knee hasn't shown much improvement since then. "He said he had a little more life, just energy wise, but the knee feels the same way," Rivers said. And Rivers admitted it could get worse. "There's always that possibility -- when you louis vuitton hair pins sprain anything, especially a knee, the possibility that it could get worse is absolutely there," Rivers said. Pierce wasn't able to get to the basket in Tuesday's Game 5 loss and that prevented him from getting to the free-throw line. Rivers said the team has to find other ways to generate scoring if Pierce is limited again. "Well, he's not going to get to the line as much, we know that, that's just what it is," Rivers said. "So we have to create other ways -- get Kevin (Garnett) in the post more, (but) they are trapping him more, so it's tough for him to get to the line as well. But (Pierce's injury) clearly takes something away from us, and we just have to find other ways to score." In other pregame notes: Hawks coach Larry Drew said injured center Zaza Pachulia (sprained left foot) went through shootaround Thursday, but will not play in Game 6. When the Hawks shifted their lineup before Game 5 to move Joe Johnson to shooting guard, Rivers considered countering to negate the height advantage Johnson owns over Avery Bradley, but elected not to, in part to maintain Bradley's confidence as a starter. "We thought about it, but cheap burberry bags Avery's a young kid, even if we have to make a move early, we'd rather do that than take him out of the lineup," Rivers said. Rivers said he wasn't certain what was causing Mickael Pietrus' shooting woes in this opening-round series. "I really don't know. We need him, we need him to play well tonight," Rivers said. "I don't know if (injuries are) the reason. Shots are just not going in right now. I think when your shot doesn't go in and you're not (an elite) player, your confidence obviously struggles a little bit. I think he's going through that some as well." Rivers on using more Ryan Hollins than rookie Greg Stiemsma at center in recent games: "(Hollins) is playing better; It's a competition. Always. And Ryan is cheap burberry bag brown fashion on sale 2012 playing terrific for us. Ryan's minutes, on the floor with Kevin, are unbelievable. When you put him and Kevin on the floor at the same time, that's our best defensive team. That's good for us."

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Andy Pettitte will be back on the mound in the Bronx http://www.designerburberyoutlet.com/ on Sunday, and the New York Yankees are hoping he can again be a reliable presence in their rotation. Pettitte is set to start against the Seattle Mariners in his first major league outing since retiring after the 2010 postseason. "I think it will be a great day at the Stadium," manager Joe Girardi said. The lefty, who turns 40 next month, returned to the team in spring training and has made four minor league starts. Even though Pettitte was shaky over five innings in a Triple-A start Sunday, general manager Brian Cashman says the time is right. "I think everybody's in agreement that he's not going to really benefit from any more time down there," Cashman said. One thing the Yankees management does agree designerburberyoutlet on is the rotation needs help. Expected to be a strong part of the team after the addition of Hiroki Kuroda and Michael Pineda in the offseason, the Yankees' rotation has struggled this to a 5.54 ERA and a .292 opponents' batting average - only Minnesota and Colorado have worse averages against. Pineda is out for season following shoulder surgery and Freddy Garcia was demoted to the bullpen. Rookie David Phelps is scheduled to make his second start against Tampa Bay on Wednesday, then is a likely candidate to return to the bullpen. But Girardi would not say whose spot Pettitte will take. Pettitte is 240-138 in 13 years with the Yankees and three with Houston. He was a steady force in the Yankees' rotation for five World Series championships and is a fan favorite as one of the Core Four with Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera and Jorge Posada. Cashman, though, is trying to be realistic in his louis vuitton sunglasses expectations for Pettitte, who will be making his first big league start in 573 days, since Game 3 of the AL championship series against Texas on Oct. 18, 2010. "There's still the unknown," Cashman said. "There's a gap between what the old Andy Pettitte is and what we're going to get? I just don't know yet. But we're looking forward to adding another healthy arm to the mix here because depth has been challenged and some of our healthy starters inconsistent. It would be nice to obviously start pulling together a string of consistently strong starts by all of our starters one through five and, hopefully, that could include Andy." Pettitte already has completed his testimony at Roger Clemens' trial in Washington, D.C. so that shouldn't weigh in his mind. He will be facing one of only two AL teams he doesn't have a winning record against: He's 11-11 against Seattle and 8-8 versus Cleveland. His locker - the same one he occupied in his last season with the Yankees - is filling with gear that includes 10 pairs of footwear and a full mail basket. Pettitte will be working out in Westchester, where he has a New York home, until he is added to the big league roster Sunday. Tampa Bay rays manager Joe Maddon thinks Pettitte louis vuitton womenswear will have an immediate positive influence on the team regardless of his performance in his first few starts. "You can't underestimate what he's going to do for the clubhouse being minus the other guy," Maddon said, referring to closer Mariano Rivera, who is likely out for the season with a torn knee ligament. Cashman said there had been a complication with Rivera's medical exams Monday in New York but wouldn't say what it was. Rivera saw team physician Dr. Christopher Ahmad at New York Presbyterian Hospital and by Dr. Russell Warren, a knee specialist at the Hospital for Special Surgery. Rivera's agent, Fernando Cuza, said Dr. David Altchek, who performed surgery on the pitcher's shoulder following the 2008 season, also looked at him. "It's something I think Mo will talk to you guys about," Cashman said. "It doesn't affect anything for next year." He did say that the injury sustained while shagging fly balls last week in Kanasas City is fixable. "It's all about next year," Cashman said. NOTES: RHP Jose Campos, obtained from Seattle along with Pineda, went on the disabled list of Charleston, S.C., with elbow inflammation. Pineda is sidelined for the Louis vuitton white sunglasses 2012 new style outlet season following shoulder surgery. The Yankees sent C Jesus Montero and RHP Hector Noesi to the Mariners in the trade. ... Brett Gardner played in left field for Triple-A Scranton-Wilkes/Barre in the first game of a doubleheader Tuesday night as part of his rehabilitation for a strained right elbow. He singled twice in three at-bats.

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