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ICSI for making secretarial standards mandatory
Richa Mishra
Better compliance
If the secretarial standards devised by ICSI were made mandatory, it would improve the compliance of corporate governance norms by India Inc.
New Delhi , March 24
With the work on revamping the Company Law in progress, the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) has stepped up its demand for making secretarial standards (SS) issued by it mandatory under the law.
Mr H.M. Choraria, President, ICSI, said that the Institute desires that the SS be treated on the lines of accounting standards (AS) issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI).
The standards are at present recommendatory.
The Institute has already put forward this view to the Ministry of Company Affairs and plans to take it up with the capital market regulator, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI).
Speaking to Business Line, he said that if such standards were made mandatory, it would improve the compliance of corporate governance norms by India Inc.
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Corporate houses such as Reliance Industries Ltd, Tata Metaliks Ltd, Reliance Energy Ltd, and Ashok Leyland Ltd are adopting some of these standards.
In fact, the Institute is open to the idea of a national advisory committee on accounting standards (NACAS) to examine the standards issued by the ICSI, he said.
During 2000-01, the ICSI had decided to set up a Secretarial Standards Board (SSB) to integrate, harmonise and standardise various secretarial practices prevalent in the corporate sector.
The SSB comprises representatives of the Company Affairs Ministry, SEBI, ICAI, and Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India, besides eminent members of the profession of Company Secretaries.
Four standards
The Institute has so far issued four standards Secretarial Standards on Meetings of Board of Directors (SS-1), Secretarial Standards on General Meetings (SS-2), Secretarial Standards on Dividend (SS-3), and Secretarial Standards on Registers and Records (SS-4).
The Secretarial standards on managerial remuneration, loans and investments, directors, related party transactions, and investor servicing, are under consideration of the SSB.
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An injured bald eagle was released back into the wild today in South Georgia.
Wildlife officials found the eagle three months ago and have been helping the bird regain it's strength. And now the eagle is finally strong enough to fend for itself in the wild.
It is not something you see everyday, a majestic bald eagle close enough to touch. The young male eagle was found injured at the Paradise Public Fishing Area in March.
"I noticed he was perched on the ground and not reacting to my presence, as I approached him, he went to fly, landed and then tumbled," says Blaine Tyler\Paradise Public Fishing Area Technician.
A wildlife rehabilitator transferred the bird to the Southeastern Raptor Center, part of Auburn University's College of Veterinary Medicine.
"We did various diagnostics, graphs, blood work, and other tests, and realized that he was just really emaciated, so he was just kind of starving to death, and because of that he was so weak he couldn't even balance," says Liz Crandall\Liz Crandall Raptor Rehabilitation Specialist.
He was socialized with other eagles and ate until he gained back his strength.
"Most young wildlife have a hard time surviving, it is hard to find their own territory, their own food, learning how to hunt and things like that, it is kind of hard," says Crandall.
He was nursed back to health and released to the sky today. "We came to look at the eagle so it could be released," says Andrew Crosby.
People came from all over to see the raptor up close. "His face sort of looked like it was fake, like from a movie or something like that," says Crosby.
At first glance you might not realize that this is a bald eagle because of the color of his feathers.
"They don't become sexually mature, or get their white head or white tail until they are about 4 to 7 years old depending on the geographic location," says Crandall.
Crandall says it is exciting to release an eagle back into the wild because most of the injured birds they come across never regain their strength to survive on their own.
"It is wonderful it is extremely rewarding we want to put them back in the wild where they belong," says Crandall.
Back in the wild, and back in Georgia.
Bald eagles are no longer on the endangered list, but they are protected under federal law.
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Tucson is hosting an event today that will focus on two topics many consider important – gun control and mental health. There will be several panelists sharing their opinions during the free event, being held at Loft Cinema.
Panelists will include survivors from Virginia Tech and the January 8 mass shooting here in Tucson, as well as law enforcement and local elected officials.
Activities will start with a viewing of the documentary 'Living for 32', based on the 2007 Virginia Tech massacre. The film was created by Colin Goddard, a Virginia Tech survivor who used a hidden camera to show how easy it is to purchase a firearm without a background check.
Tucson News Now spoke recently with Stephen Brigham, President of the January 8 Memorial Foundation about the event.
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West Virginia Mountaineers quarterback Geno Smith is one of the hottest names on the block this draft season and he continues to be mentioned among the top five picks. Today, the team that will be selecting No. 1 overall in April threw their hat back in the mix for the top signal-caller.
Chiefs head coach Andy Reid got the organization to make an aggressive move and bring in Alex Smith for multiple high draft picks because Smith was the quarterback he wanted.
But the Chiefs may not be done adding quarterbacks with high picks.
Reid spoke at the owners meetings in Phoenix, Arizona and said that the Chiefs are not ruling out draft Geno Smith overall.
Our friends at Arrowhead Addict pointed us in the direction of this bit of news from NFL Network's Ian Rapoport:
Andy Reid says he'll evaluate 8-10 players for No. 1 pick. Asked why Alex over Geno Smith: "Doesn't mean Geno is out of the water." Smiles.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) March 19, 2013
So we now have the teams draft first, second, third, fourth and fifth-overall actively in the mix for Geno Smith.
Could this be posturing and gamesmanship trying to get a team to trade up to number one if they want the Mountaineers quarterback? Of course, but Reid could have bigger plans in mind.
It isn't out of the question that Reid would draft Geno Smith first overall and then attempt to trade him like the San Diego Chargers did with Eli Manning. The Chiefs would then hold more leverage if a team was really interested in Smith. If no one came calling to take the quarterback off their hands, they would have a heck of a young signal-caller that could blossom into their franchise guy.
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The company expects to ship more than 19 million packages Monday, December 10. That is 10 percent more than FedEx shipped on its busiest day last year - and more than double the volume it handles on an average day.
FedEx says it thinks online shopping and people mailing holiday packages will bring more than $280 million shipments through the company in the next month.
To handle all of that extra volume, FedEx had added 20,000 seasonal positions to help make the deliveries.
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The Louisville Zoo is offering a furry way for you to say Happy Valentine's Day. Now through February 14, you can save $15 on a special Valentine's message package through the A.D.O.P.T.S. (Animals Depend on People To Survive) program. Participants "adopt" an animal for a full year.
The Valentine's special includes your choice of several loveable animals for only $60 (regularly $75) and includes an animal adoption certificate, a picture of the selected animal, a button photo, the adoptive parent's name on the Zoo website and a plush animal from the Zoo's gift shop. Funds received from the "adoptions" go directly toward the care and feeding of the amazing creatures in our care.
Animals with special Valentine's Day messaging include:
Grizzly Bear - "I can't bear to be without you!"
Brazilian Ocelot - "I love you an ocelot"
Amur (Siberian) Tiger - "You're the purrr-fect Amur for me!"
Western Lowland Gorilla - "I go ape over you!"
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The Louisville Zoo food budget for the animals is over $400,000 annually. As the Zoo grows, so does the food budget. Triton, a 21 year-old male California Sea lion, alone can eat nearly 50 pounds of fish a day.
A.D.O.P.T.S. packages are available year-round through the Zoo's membership office or online at www.louisvillezoo.org/support/adopts
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I believe that this is a practical world and that I can count only on what I earn. Therefore, cash rules everything around me, C.R.E.A.M. get the money, dollar dollar bill y'all.
I believe that having to compete for recruits in the same state as Nick Saban entitles you to do whatever you gotta do.
I believe that if you don't get caught for it, it didn't happen.
I believe that Cecil Newton never got a dime from anyone, that Cam Newton never had the slightest idea what his dad was doing, and that both of them are purer than Mother Teresa and the driven snow put together, and I believe in winking every time I say that out loud.
I believe that snitches get stitches, and end up in ditches.
I believe in the human touch, especially the $200,000 handshake.
I believe this is all somehow Dan Mullen's fault, or Saban's, or Urban Meyer's, or, hell, maybe all three of them working together, PAWWWLLLLLL.
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Obscure though this song is, it is the reason that i came to love the eels as I do now. My brother bought the Susan's House single, and I didn't like that song much, but I simply loved the melancholic neurotic gentleness of this short sweet song. I saw the eels recently in Manchester (England), and I was hoping they might play it, because I still have a very soft spot in my heart for this song, and someone even shouted out in the crowd for it, which i was quite chuffed about, but sadly they didn't. So if you see them, let them know that next time they do a gig in Manchester, England, would they mind playing this song for me, because it is simply beautiful.
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Auburn softball eliminated by Minnesota
Sunday, May 18, 2014 11:52 PM EDT
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MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. –
Auburn went the distance in the NCAA Minneapolis Regional this weekend. After losing Friday night to North Dakota State, the Tigers rallied all weekend winning three-straight games to force a final regional game with host-Minnesota on Sunday.
Auburn staved off elimination for the third time in Sunday's game one with the Gophers after freshman Jenna Abbott hit a pinch-hit walk-off home run to will the team to a 4-3 victory in eight innings. Unfortunately, the Tigers couldn't hold a 6-3 lead in game two and fell to Minnesota to be eliminated from postseason play and finish the 2014 season with a 42-19-1 record.
The 42 wins by the Tigers ties for the second-most by an Auburn team in program history going back to the 2004 team that reached the Palo Alto Regional of the NCAA Tournament. Only the 2005 team (50 wins) holds more wins in a season since the program's inception in 1997.
"Our first year, we had 42 wins and were playing in a championship game with the winner going to a Super Regional," Auburn head coach Clint Myers said. "That is the first time that has happened in Auburn's history. We fell a little short. So what we have learned this year and that the disappointment that we are currently feeling, these ladies are going to express those feelings to our team next year. Because nobody wants to feel that until the very end and if you are fortunate enough you may not even have to feel that. Again, I am extremely proud of the ladies that we have only had since August. They did a tremendous job. I am sorry that the seniors did not get to play one more weekend and we will be back."
The Tigers wouldn't have made it to Sunday's final game with a chance of making it to the school's first super regional if it wasn't for the pitching performance of sophomore Lexi Davis.
Starting both games, Davis went a full eight innings in the first game, giving up only three earned runs with one walk and four strike outs. She continued that success into game two until the sixth inning when she gave up a three-run home run that ended up being the game-winner as that homer pushing Minnesota ahead, 8-6.
Davis ended up the weekend picking up two wins to extend her overall record for the season to 22-11, vastly improving on her eight win season a year ago.
"Good teams are good because of the fact that they capitalize on their opponent's mistakes and that is exactly what Minnesota did to us today," Myers said. "We gave them an extra out to play with and they beat us with it. Things could have been a whole lot different if we…well we could still be playing, we just don't know. Good teams take advantage of mistakes and that is what happened today. We preach that every single day, it is the little things in the day that are going to make the difference between winning and losing."
A lot of what propelled the Tigers to the win in Sunday's early game was the offensive performance from the entire lineup including off the bench. In the fifth inning with two runners on, Auburn was looking to pad its 2-0 lead. Redshirt freshman Anna Gibbs came up to pinch hit for Jade Rhodes and delivered with an RBI single down the right field line, scoring the game's third run.
The Gophers tied the game up with three runs in the top of the sixth, just two innings before Abbott had her own pinch hit heroics for her fifth home run of the season.
The momentum from Abbott's home run seemed to have carried over into game two as the Tigers jumped out to a nice 6-3 lead with four of the runs coming from the bat of junior McKenzie Kilpatrick.
The Tigers trailed 3-2 into the top of the third inning, but were able to load the bases on two walks and a hit by pitch. Kilpatrick, another of Auburn's pinch hitters, came in to take her spot in the batters' box in place of Austyn West and made the most of her opportunity. Kilpatrick smacked a high fly ball that fell well beyond the left-centerfield wall to plate four and take a 6-3 lead.
However, Minnesota went on to score five unanswered runs and take the 8-6 victory over the Tigers.
"The legacy of Auburn softball began here in Minneapolis," Myers said. "We are going to be a force to be reckoned with in the future. There is no reason, none whatsoever, that any of those ladies should have their heads down and not be proud of what they accomplished. Because we are so proud of what they did. None of the coaches fielded a ground ball; we didn't take one swing this year. They did it all. They put in the time and effort and believe me, it is a lot different than what they were used to. They went out and did their business. They wanted it."
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Tom Hanks was just coming off his second Oscar winning performance as Forrest Gump. I heard that Jim Lovell was not interested in Hanks until watching his first Oscar performance in Philadelphia. Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon, Gary Sinise, and Ed Harris have all proven themselves in brilliant roles as well.
From the first strains of the soundtrack I knew I had to have through the triumphant splashdown, Apollo 13 was a blockbuster. It's hard to believe that a story you know so well could hold any suspense, but I was on the edge of my seat throughout.
I would love to see the IMAX version on the jumbo screen. IMAX movies by their sheer size and sound quality can really draw you in. However, watching it on my TV does nothing for me, especially since many scenes have been edited.
The theatrical released film is as good as ever, though. I went through the same emotional roller coaster I had when I first saw the film. It hits me on multiple levels, experiencing the film and remembering the real thing.
As you can read, I loved the movie, and I love this special edition DVD release. I highly recommend it to anyone interested in the history of space exploration, or if you just love a good story.
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- Jim Lovell says to his crew, "We just lost the moon."
- Jim's son, Jeffrey asks, "Was it the door?"
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C.J. Matheus, P.K. Chan, G. Piatetsky-Shapiro, "Systems for Knowledge Discovery in Databases," IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, vol. 5, no. 6, pp. 903-913, December, 1993.
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Knowledge-discovery systems face challenging problems from real-world databases, which tend to be dynamic, incomplete, redundant, noisy, sparse, and very large. These problems are addressed and some techniques for handling them are described. A model of an idealized knowledge-discovery system is presented as a reference for studying and designing new systems. This model is used in the comparison of three systems: CoverStory, EXPLORA, and the Knowledge Discovery Workbench. The deficiencies of existing systems relative to the model reveal several open problems for future research.
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Microsoft has broken the silence regarding Windows Phone 7.8, its 'sympathy update' for Windows Phone 7 users who won't be getting the full version of Windows Phone 8 with which to play. Announced way back in June, it has hardly been discussed since, leaving many wondering whether it would arrive at all.
Now, in a new post published on its Windows Phone Blog, Microsoft has confirmed it's still in the works, and it will be coming next year. Before that though, new Windows Phone 7 devices will start to sell with Windows Phone 7.8 already installed. Exactly which devices isn't clear, and Nokia's newly announced Lumia 510 is still shown as running WP7 on Nokia's website.
Windows Phone 7.8 will give Microsoft the chance to sell lower priced smartphones in a variety of markets, where high-cost Windows Phone 8 handsets simply wouldn't be popular. But what about upgrading the phones of all those people who bought Windows Phone 7 when it was the new OS on the block?
Windows Phone 7.8 will bring the new Start screen to older devices, plus new themes and a choice of 20 accent colours, along with the chance to automatically display the Bing Picture of the Day on the lockscreen.
According to the vice president of Windows Phone, who penned the post, the team is working closely with hardware partners and networks to get the update approved, and hopes to have it "rolled out to as many devices as possible in early 2013." Early next year suggests a release sometime between January and March, but it could easily drag on into the second quarter too.
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Baptist Campus Minister Rob Sandford to Retire After 39 Years at ODU
Robert Y. "Rob" Sandford, the Virginia Baptist campus minister at Old Dominion University for 39 years, will retire on June 5.
Sandford joined the campus community in the summer of 1970, one year after Old Dominion became a university. He served two years in Lexington at VMI and Washington and Lee prior to coming to Norfolk, making a total of 41 years as a campus minister.
A special celebration in his honor is planned for Saturday, May 16, from 6-8 p.m., at the Baptist Student Center, 1410 W. 49th St. University friends and colleagues are invited to attend. Guests are asked to park in the Foreman Field parking garage.
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I just finished doing my weekly rant-masquerading-as-a-column post over at AP, and I just wanted to come over here and make a few points that I made in that post, as well as get the overall vibe here at S & B.
First of all, let me say congratulations on landing Palmer. While I may not agree with the steep price paid, I applaud the bold action taken. With Campbell down (and arguably even with Campbell healthy) you guys had a rather gaping hole at QB. And one that prevents your offense from really taking advantage of a talented group of WRs.
Personally, I think Palmer gets a bit of a bum rap (as I've been arguing on AP all day, when perhaps I should've been paying attention in class... but I digress). Despite the widely held view that he's washed up, he's still thrown for roughly 4,000 yards the last couple of years with over 25 TDs each year, all the while completing 61+ percent of his throws.
Additionally, one area he is without a doubt superior to Campbell is his ability to throw the deep ball. I cringe (and you no doubt smile) at the idea of a decent deep-ball QB with your WR corps.
Throw in the fact that Palmer is almost certainly going to be playing with a huge chip on his shoulder, and I'm concerned. At the very least, I see you guys from having moved from a subpar QB who while not a devastating weakness was hardly a strength, to a guy who at WORST is an above average QB. Which makes your offense pretty much complete.
If you were to tell me the feeling of Raider Nation, what would it be? Too much given up? Smart move made to win now? I should screw off, being a Chiefs fan?
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Rally and vigils for marriage equality in S.F. this week
The U.S. Supreme Court will hold back-to-back hearings this week as justices consider Prop 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), setting the stage for historic discussions concerning LGBT civil rights. Tonight, hundreds are expected to gather at Castro and Market streets for a 6:30 p.m. rally, followed by a march to City Hall. Prop 8, a state constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, passed in California with 52 percent of the vote in November of 2008. Challenges to the discriminatory law have been working through the court system ever since.
LGBT activists also plan to mark Tuesday and Wednesday evenings with vigils outside the California Supreme Court building. The vigils will coincide with about 150 events scheduled throughout the country, organized to demonstrate support for marriage equality.
Shortly after longtime gay rights activists Cleve Jones and David Mixner put out the call to local activists that the Supreme Court would be hearing arguments on Prop 8 and DOMA, Patrick Connors started helping to organize the rally, march and vigils in tandem with activists Greg Chasin, Billy Bradford, Aaron Baldwin and others, Connors said. Over the past several weeks, they've been posting fliers, Tweeting to get the word out and urging support for marriage equality as the historic twin hearings get underway in D.C.
"We're cautiously optimistic that there will be hundreds of people in the Castro" for the Monday night rally, Connors told the Guardian. About 200 have also signalled interest in attending the vigils March 26 and 27.
San Francisco has been at the epicenter in the battle for marriage equality. Just after Prop 8 passed, it was immediately challenged in parallel court proceedings by same-sex couples and the city of San Francisco, with City Attorney Dennis Herrera leading the charge with support from other California municipalities.
Connors and his husband, Robert Dekoch, were initially married in February of 2004, but their marriage was invalidated after the California Supreme Court held that city officials lacked the authority to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Following a subsequent court victory that opened the gates for same-sex couples to be married in San Francisco City Hall once again, Connors and Dekoch returned and were re-married in August of 2008.
Although Prop. 8 passed the following November, banning same-sex marriage, "our marriage, along with 18,000 others, is recognized by the state of California," Connors explained. Yet their marriage still isn't recognized at the federal level, so "there's the potential of what could happen" during out-of-state travel, he said.
In May of 2009, Connors was arrested along with some 200 protesters who took to the streets following a California Supreme Court decision upholding Prop 8. "A whole bunch of us sat in the middle of Van Ness," he recounted, "And blocked traffic for hours until the paddy wagons came."
as being a union of a man and a woman, which can only be two people. If marriage can exist between the same sex, then there is no longer any logical reason to restrict it to two people.
To do so is discriminatory against threesomes, foursomes and all polygamist affiliations.
...as a union of a man and a woman? It's not so defined in the states that allow same-sex marriage.
Again, Olson had the perfect answer for drawing a line between marriages between two people regardless of their sex on the one hand and polygamous marriages on the other. It's about status versus conduct.
You're right, though; prohibiting marriages of more than two is discriminatory. The government is allowed to discriminate in marriage if there's a good reason to do so. (How good depends on the identity of those being discriminated against.) However, there's no rational reason to do so when it comes to same-sex couples.
and a woman. Maybe not always explicitly, but then it was never deemed likely that it would need to be.
I'm not saying that defintion should never change - only that those arguing for change should accept that it is a broadening of the defintion, and a loosening of the institution.
I'd be interested in hearing the argument that it is not in the public interest for threesomes to marry. If two people who can never procreate can marry, then why would it matter that three people who can procreate cannot?
The nature of a queer protected class would be much more constrained than women or people of color. There would be no need for affirmative action, for instance, just an elimination of and prohibition on de jure discrimination.
was in any event a very anomalous prohibition, because it was almost unique to the US, and there was no long-standing tradition of different races not being able to marry.
Moreover, it did not overturn the fundamental idea that marriage is between a man and a woman.
But gay marriage is a relatively new idea and it is only in the last few years that any nation has considered such a change. So it really does represent a massive change in the meaning and definition of an institution. It is less a legal question and more a question of what society is ready for.
SCOTUS should demur.
to reverse the California courts' rulings in favor of gay marriage.
By this device the case may be ditched, leaving the present degree of constitutional rights for gays in its incomplete state, but the DOMA case being heard during this court session may yet yield movement on a wider plane.
I completely agree with the whole of your middle paragraph and the dismal view with regard to beneficial SCOTUS action mentioned in the third*, but refering to this possible action as adding a "protected class of citizens" is not what gay marriage rights represent: ensuring the right to marry for gays represents the *abolishment* of a *discriminated* *against* *class* of people.
We should always seek out and abolish all such *special* *classes.*
*I also took a dismal view on the Mirkarimi hearing and vote by the BOS, but I was wrong on that.
existing laws and did not, by itself, change anything.
There are some real complications with extending federal benefits to same-sex couples, not least the massive potential for immigration fraud.
But isn't that a problem now? How would extending federal recognition of same-sex marriages make it worse, other than by a comparatively small number of cases?
credibly engage in immigration fraud.
Your comment seems to suggest that the ratio will go up simply because the fraud would be done by same-sex "couples." Anyway, that's not a good reason to deny law-abiding Americans their civil rights.
Actually, it did. For the first time, the federal government was forbidden from recognizing, with around federal 1,100 statutes and regulations affected, certain legal marriages performed in the states. That had never happened before, not with differing laws regarding race, age, or anything else.
"Something about that leaves me uneasy and seems to undermine voter initiatives, no?"
Voter-initiated laws that violate the Constitution should be undermined. Schwarzenegger and Brown both saw that. In other cases, unless after long and careful analysis, a law that's not objectionable constitutionally should be defended by the executive branch, no matter if it was passed by the legislature or by the voters.
I think that Prop. 8 was unconstitutional, but that really has nothing to do with the issue of standing in this case. The Court could very well not get to the merits of the case to determine the constitutionality of the law that was passed
rulings when it can solve the question at issue more narrowly.
It is ultimately for elected assemblies to pass laws and define our institutions.
yes, it is ultimately for elected assemblies to pass laws and define our institutions, but only within the Constitutional framework. As I posted above, I think marriage is a fundamental right, and as such laws affecting it need to pass "strict scrutiny" under the Equal Protection clause. It doesn't matter how large a majority of voters supports something, if it doesn't pass this Constitutional muster, a court has an obligation to strike it down.
that said, i don't think this SC is going to deem marriage a fundamental right, and won't strike down gay marriage prohibitions on this basis. I think they are going to pull their punch and rule only in regards to CA and Prop. 8.
I'm having a hard time swallowing that the claimants in the case don't have standing, but will have to read up on the arguments made to the court today.
That's what got us into this mess in the first place.
Nothing wrong with asking the voters. And in fact in most countries that have allowed gays to marry (Holland, UK, Canada) the voters were not asked. The elected officials just decided it.
The fact that same-sex couples can't get married in California is a big mess for same-sex couples.
I disagree about there being nothing wrong with asking voters, obviously. I don't think civil rights, guaranteed by the Constitution, should be up for a vote.
what they want to do.
That isn't a "mess". It's called "life", and life is inherently messy.
No, I'm calling a situation in which people are being unconstitutionally discriminated against a "mess."
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ABC Financial Expert Slapping S&P As 'Suspect' Is Undisclosed Obama Fundraiser
The predictable MSM reaction to Standard & Poor's downgrading of the US government's credit rating? Kill the messenger, of course. Yesterday, we noted how Jeff Glor at CBS' Early Show parroted the Obama line about the downgrade being "political."
Today it was ABC's turn. Good Morning America had on Mellody Hobson, a regular ABC "financial contributor" and former host of her own ABC financial-advice show. Hobson hit S&P hard, expressing the view that "everything that they do is suspect."
There's just one little factoid ABC didn't share with viewers. While presented as a presumably objective financial expert, Chicagoan Hobson in fact is an Obama partisan. Hobson served as a big-time fundraiser during Obama's 2008 presidential campaign and is involved with his 2012 campaign.
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DAN HARRIS: America's credit rating has now been knocked down a peg by Standards [sic] and Poor's. This morning a question a lot of people are asking: who are these people who have sat in judgment of America?
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DAVID CURLEY: Who is Standard & Poor's? One of the three major rating agencies which highlight investment risk. S&P is considered the gold standard among these. But that standard has was tarnished when all the rating agencies said those mortgage-backed securities, which brought down the economy, were solid AAA investments. Hauled before Congress, some now question that agency's credibility.
MELLODY HOBSON: Now they come in, and they flex. As if they've been, you know, this bastion of, of correctness, when they've completely been wrong. So now, everything that they do is suspect, in my view.
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I wanted to see how the MSM
Submitted by ricklail on Sun, 08/07/2011 - 10:31am.
I wanted to see how the MSM networks were handling the downgrade. She was on. I had no clue who she was but she was sure talking out her ass. After just about a minute I figured she was a big 0bama hack and turned the channel. Why won't the networks make a full disclosure about people like this?
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gangsta politics
Submitted by MidAmerica on Sun, 08/07/2011 - 10:31am.
There will probably be a coordinated attack on S&P to intimidate the other credit agencies to keep them from following S&P's lead.
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Oh yeah it has already
Submitted by ricklail on Sun, 08/07/2011 - 10:40am.
Oh yeah it has already started. The Democrats got their talking point out in record time. I am not watching the Sunday shows because I can already tell you what the Democrats guest are saying. Barney Frank started making the rounds Friday night. Within a matter of minutes S&P goes from the darling of the left to one of the most corrupt in the US. The Republicans are getting it too. Never mind that the Chairman of S&P said they were wanting 4 billion in cuts. That seemed to be entire reason behind the downgrade. He did say if Congress got to 4 billion in cuts the credit would be upgraded. Sure not going to hear that from the left or their ass kissing buddies in the MSM.
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me and da boise would hate to see anyting bad happen
Submitted by MidAmerica on Sun, 08/07/2011 - 10:51am.
If there is one thing the Lefties are good at it is vicious personal attacks against their opponents. I am sure investigators are busy right now going over the personal lives and private contacts of the top echelon at S&P. Any personally embarrassing information or political leanings not supportive of the Left's worldview will be trumpeted as proof of the biased and merely political decision to downgrade by S&P.
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Not only corrupt, but racist, I'm sure.
Submitted by motherbelt on Sun, 08/07/2011 - 11:08am.
I'm waiting for Al Sharpton to rail that this is obviously a racist attack against the first black president.
They don't think Obama can manage the economy because he's black. Or something.
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I still haven't seen any explanation.....
Submitted by Kingfish17 on Sun, 08/07/2011 - 10:37am.
I still haven't seen any rational explanation as to why S&P still rates the UK's debt at AAA, when their debt to GDP ratio is 400%. We could go 1 trillion in the hole for another 42 years before the US got to that stage.
I'm not saying that would be a good idea. I just don't understand the discrepancy.
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So ABC puts on a black female as to have any
Submitted by gmaniac1 on Sun, 08/07/2011 - 11:37am.
criticism of her treated as racism... ho hum not this crap again.
Liberal blacks are such race pimps that they give us conservative ones a bad name... nothing like being ignorant and thinking you sound right, i.e. liberalism at it's finest.
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Another black commentator demonstrating blind loyalty to Obama
Submitted by cbeyer on Sun, 08/07/2011 - 9:10pm.
Its outrageous that it was not disclosed that this woman had worked for (and continues to) for the Obama campaign. But of course, with her being black, its another way or inserting race into the topics by suggesting that those who dont support our socialist POTUS are all racists.
The black community have been in loyal servitude to the Democratic party for years and now with a 'brother' in the white house its even more intense.
True Journalism is dead in the MSM. Just wait until next year. They will be in full defense of Barack O. and will attack those who question his polices with frequent inferences (and oughtright) of racism.
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Amen to that cbeyer and trust me I hear it all the time
Submitted by gmaniac1 on Mon, 08/08/2011 - 4:25pm.
about how everyone is racist against black people... boo hoo and black liberals are the most racist people next to white liberals from my experience!
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Journalism is DEAD.
Submitted by Scott Trent on Sun, 08/07/2011 - 11:40am.
Journalists used to be watchdogs for the people. Today`s so called journalists are nothing more than LAPDOGS for the big spending SOCIALISTS in the US. ABC News is the leading LAPDOG of the Socialists.
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I knew I saw that "incredulous" look somewhere before...
Submitted by SickofLibs on Sun, 08/07/2011 - 11:43am.
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That's not incredulous
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That's flatus! He's "leaning forward" and emitting CO2 into the greenhouse atmosphere!
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If even Communist China is
Submitted by rbosque on Sun, 08/07/2011 - 12:27pm.
If even Communist China is lecturing us on our finances, then perhaps the left better get a clue. It's also easy to read a balance sheet. For this administration to carry on the charade that whatever they do wrong is everyone else's fault, I would be very wary as to what the WH says.
Of course the WH and the left don't think very highly of their constituents if they know any kind of BS that they spew is believed by them.
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Submitted by agingcynic on Sun, 08/07/2011 - 12:43pm.
While he was here in Boston, Glor had the dubious distinction of planning an online video of his wedding and then selling advertising space on it to pay for the wedding. Enterprising? yes. Innovative? Yes. Classy? Not so much.
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Submitted by Barack Must Go on Sun, 08/07/2011 - 12:50pm.
Man, when Humpty-Dumpty ( Obama ) finally gives up on his incessant teetering and just falls to the ground, the stench will be all ( of the MSM, corrupt unions, democrat party ) consuming.
..........and Obama's amerika will quickly return to being the United States of America once more.
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I agree, I feel we are close
Submitted by jkwtrading on Sun, 08/07/2011 - 4:12pm.
I agree, I feel we are close to a real Apocalypse for the democrats. I would never, ever want to be the people associated with losing/stealing or however we wanted to phrase it.. all Americans money...that person would be on the hit list of all Americans.
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It's not exactly as though the folks at S&P had not been
Submitted by Dave. on Sun, 08/07/2011 - 5:16pm.
...warning us for months, and months, and months about what was going to happen if we didn't do something serious about our out-of-control spending.
Vote for the American in November
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She can't even spell hir first name correctly.......
Submitted by Herbster on Sun, 08/07/2011 - 7:07pm.
"Everything" they do is suspect. Now there's great "Journalism" for you.....right up there with "All the experts say," "Everyone knows," "The American people all believe," etc. Where did they get this equal opportunity troll from? On an economic knowledge level, she's right up there with my "Favorite" econ. "Expert," Poppy Harlow!
The Sunday shows are now right up there with the Three Stooges.....today's lineup(s) This Mellllody creature, Cokie (I need a drink) Roberts, John (Take my wife----please) Kerry, John (I cross the aisle) McCain, etc. Same faces - except for Melllllllody - I never heard of her. Same crap from the David (The forelock) Gregory, Bob (I forgot my Depends) Schieffer, Christianne (I love muslims) Amanpour, ....did I leave anyone out?
Can "Journalism" sink any lower? YES! Wait 'till the election and we find out that the Republican candidate is a serial child molester on cocaine who murdered his family.
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Affirmative Action
Submitted by Motormouth KOS on Mon, 08/08/2011 - 6:56am.
Did she get her job based on a quota?
Or was that a result of the Professor "spreading the wealth around.."?
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I called in to Lake Guyatt and Flooding Creek, don't know what I'll call the next visit, umpteenth and one? Anyway it's not very often that I come away without a picture or two, and I got more than two on this occasion. I was hardly out of the car when I heard the reed warblers singing, this bird is a spring/summer breeding migrant from further north, and I managed to tuck myself into the paperbarks fringing Flooding Creek to wait for opportunities. It was obvious that one pair was nest building in the phragmites directly in front of me, while another pair was feeding young, judging by the frequent trips with food. Photographing them was difficult, when one decided to prop for a moment there were always reeds in the way, and the only keeper I got was this one with the bird collecting material from the reed it was clinging to.
From time to time a New Holland Honeyeater would land briefly high up on a reed, but always too far away, then a Brown Thornbill busily worked its way through and I managed one keeper from four shots.
A couple of Little Wattlebirds were cackling close by, but of course by the time I gave the warblers best and emerged into the open they were gone. A Grey Shrike-thrush gave me a nice concert and a chance though, lovely bird.
There wasn't much to see on the lake, the water level is high after the rain so there are no mud flats. A few coots, chestnut teal and black duck, swamp and moorhens and the odd darter and cormorant were the most noticeable, with a pair of Black Swans and cygnet in tow. Two swamphens were swimming, not such a common sight, and I was interested to see how they held their wings high to stop them getting wet.
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This professor is very clear on his expectations. He truly wants his students to succeed and learn, which is why he makes it a COLLEGE course, a little more difficult than high school. When the class did bad on the first exam, he even offered extra credit points through pop quizzes.
The professor was clear on all expectations and really a very good instructor. The lab requirements are what I had a problem with. Due to illness in my home I missed two labs, this automatically removed points from my grade. It went downhill from there. Avoid the class if you have kids...or maybe make them take vitamin C all semester ;)
He is very helpful and clear about what he expects from us. Very quick in responding to our emails. Class is not completely test base in order to get a good grade. Awesome teacher!
This teacher is one of the best teachers that I've ever had. Show up to class. It's not required (only lab required) but it REALLY helps out on the tests. Anyone who does not do well in the class it's because they don't show up. He is always willing to help and explains things well. If you don't show up you don't get to experience his teaching.
Great professor! Highly recommend him for this course. Funny guy and does his best to keep the lectures interesting and is always willing to help. Lectures aren't mandatory but once a week lab is. Recommend doing the exam guides and studying lecture notes.
Phil is like sooooo HOT! OMG! Yeah, enough already. He has a woman. I don't know what crack one of the reviewers was smoking but the 70 points for attendance were NOT extra credit. Lots of work, be prepared. Use the online aids, the instruction of APA was very weak. This was his first time teaching this course, he'll be better next time.
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AWESOME TEACHER! Always makes his classes laugh! Huge Steelers fan! If you attend every lecture and lab you will get 70 extra credit points at the end of the semester! Labs are easy, and TA's are helpful! Use the textbook website and lecture slides to study for exams and you will be fine! Easy and alot of fun! TAKE THIS CLASS WITH PHIL!!!!
I am in love with zoladz. this class is a pain in the ass but he really cares a lot about his students, and will make sure that you understand the material. oh yeah, he's really really HOT so that should definitely help you pay attention in a 3 hour monday night class. if you're failing, chances are, you haven't opened the book.
He is really good Professor. If you're complaining he is too hard, your not reading the book and sleeping in class and not doing the review. If you do the test review fully you should be able to pull at least a B on the test. He is pretty hot too.
This class blows.Lab techs suck.Know about SPSS before you bother with this class.It should be called Statistics. Labs are essentially pointless. Buy an APA guide book, SPSS student edition, and buy Psychology methods from the bookstore before wasting time here. Class web access is all over the place. Links upon links Disorganized and crammed
This teacher is awesome. Too bad the tests have more instruction than the material taught.
This teacher makes lectures interesting.. im having fun in his class... his TA i have for lab is georgeous, and phil is too! just make sure you dont try to study for the exams the night before like i did, because his tests uses a lot of critical thinking.. not memorization! :-)
I took both Physio and Psych of Learning from Phil, and enjoyed both classes. He's a great instructor - he actually wants his students to learn and really understand the material. You have to write a research proposal in this class, but it wasn't as hard as I expected it to be. He is super helpful if you have any questions. Def take his class!
I just took this class for the summer. I must say it was pretty interesting, but ALOT of work! You have to constantly keep up with his lectures because of all the information. His tests are based on lecture material and include essay questions which can be tricky. Attendance isn't mandatory but it SHOULD BE because of his tests.
absolutely dedicated to you learning the material, test are hard but fair, very easy to talk to and ask questions, super smart, and super hot
Great teacher, humorous. Explains a lot during lectures. Tests are fair, read the material/book, it helps to read before the lecture and review afterwards. He gives a study guide which is very helpful as well. Responds to e-mails, answers any questions you may have. Expect to learn and apply it in class! I would def. rec. this guy!
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Residents in Barnet voted 215-129 on Wednesday to defeat a proposed ban on the ATVs.
The vote came about because of a petition circulated by Eric Brinkerhoff, who lives on one of the roads that ATVs now use. He said he's been seeing more and more of them and doesn't like the noise and dust. He said he worries about collisions with cars and trucks.
The Caledonian-Record reports turnout for the special vote far exceeded the annual town meeting numbers. There are about 1,300 registered voters in Barnet.
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Alexandra Park suffered an eight-wicket defeat to Old Actonians on Saturday in the Middlesex Championship Division One.
The team made a positive start and skipper Derick Cordy scored 39 before a controversial dismissal when the wicket-keeper looked as if he lost control of the ball.
The rest of the side struggled to make scores and Alexandra Park were dismissed for 147.
Old Actonians were in no mood to let this advantage slip and they easily reached the target for the loss of just two wickets.
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ATLANTA – Governor Sonny Perdue announced today that Georgia consumers will be exempt from the state motor fuel tax through the end of September.
The Governor signed an Executive Order calling for a temporary moratorium on state collection of all motor fuel taxes, which will go into effect at midnight tonight.
"My purpose in temporarily suspending fuel tax collection is to relieve some of the financial burden placed on Georgians by disruptions of our fuel supply resulting from the effects of Hurricane Katrina," said Governor Sonny Perdue. "In making this decision, I fully considered the fiscal implications. This moratorium will have no negative effect on the state budget."
The state tax on motor fuel breaks down as follows: A prepaid 7.5 cent excise tax is collected by the Georgia Department of Revenue on each gallon of fuel sold at the distributor level. In addition to the excise tax, consumers pay an additional four percent sales tax on each dollar's worth of fuel sold at the retail pump.
As the price of gas increases, the amount of sales tax collected also increases resulting in an increasing tax burden on the consumer as gas prices rise. For example, the state moratorium will mean that consumers who were paying $3 per gallon at the pump will save more than 15 cents per gallon in taxes.
Under state law, the Governor's decision must be ratified by the General Assembly. Governor Perdue has called for the General Assembly to meet in Special Session beginning on Tuesday, September 6. The General Assembly will meet to consider temporary gas tax relief, as well as adjusting the administrative costs that our state government employees are reimbursed for their official travel.
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There used to be a time when I got excited that the other team was punting. Not just because WVU's offense (which, at that time, was better than our offense is today) was about to get the ball back, but because I knew we had a chance to make a game-changing play in the punt return game. Pac Man Jones was obviously the gold standard at punt returner for WVU, and the student section even had a special "Pac Man chomp" cheer they did whenever #9 dropped back deep. Once the ball started its descent, you held your breath and hoped for magic. But even guys like Lance Frazier, Vaughn Rivers, and Antonio Lewis (who returned a punt for a touchdown to break open a game against ECU in 2005) gave us a threat that not many teams had. When games were close or WVU was the underdog, there was always the hope that a huge play on special teams might turn the tide in our favor or quickly nullify an opposing score on a kickoff return. (Aside: I wonder who the special teams coach was during those years?)
Ah, but where have you gone, Darius Reynaud? Our return teams have been "special" all year, but on Saturday against Louisville, they sank to a new low. I can only watch Brandon Hogan
field stand idly by as punts bounce right past him for 15 yards of field position so many times before throwing my hands up in disgust. In fact, I'm pretty sure by the end of the game on Saturday I had thrown my hands in the air more times than during an extended playing of "Shout" during a TV timeout at Mountaineer Field.
And in a game that promises to be as low-scoring as this year's edition of the Backyard Brawl, every single yard (let lone point, or shift in momentum) could be the difference between a deflating loss and the next step toward a Big East title. WVU's special teams---in particular, the return units---need to be able to step up and help keep pressure off our defense. But how likely is that? Do we have a chance to churn up yardage, flip the field, or even score off of a special teams play this Friday? Let's check out the numbers:
WVU currently ranks 116th (!!!!) out of 120 BCS teams in kickoff return average at 17.9 yards per return. That's ahead of only Troy, Louisiana Lafayette, Maryland, and Boston College, and just behind Wheeling Jesuit, Morgantown High, and my 5th grade pee-wee team. For comparison's sake, UCF leads the nation at 28.8 yards per return, or slightly more than a first down per return ahead of WVU. I mean, I know Jeff Mullen only looks at one stat (Wins) but one would think he might prefer to go 10 fewer yards every time WVU gets the ball on offense, no? On second thought, don't answer that.
The punt return unit is actually a respectable 53rd, at 8.7 yards per return. Of course, those numbers only count the punts that are actually returned (a total of 18, when our defense leads the nation in fewest third down conversions . . . hmm . . . ) and not fair caught or allowed to bounce an extra 10 yards. So perhaps the numbers are skewed a bit. In fact, after Saturday, I wouldn't be surprised for Louisville's net punting average to be higher than the simple punting average. But hey, at least we do something with the ones we field and aren't subsequently flagged for unnecessary roughness. Horray, opportunism!
Also, for comparison's sake, in 2009, WVU ranked 56th at 22.0 yards per kick return and 51st at 9.6 yards per punt return; and in 2008, WVU ranked 55th at 21.5 yards per kick return and 76th at 7.9 yards per punt return. So at least we know we have the capability to be mediocre, which is saying something in light of our current ineptitude.
On the other side of the ball, Pitt ranks 15th in punt return defense at 4.88 yards per return and 76th in kick return defense at 22.0 yards per return.
For those of you with more time on your hands than me (and I'm guessing that's not going to be many of you), additional stats are available at ESPN.com and NCAA.com.
First, what's the issue with WVU's lack of production in this area?
It's not the players. Tavon Austin returned a kickoff for a touchdown just last year against UConn. Noel Devine broke off big return after big return as a freshaman in 2007. Jock Sanders and Brandon Hogan are clearly capable athletes.
Is it the scheme? Well, maybe. But it's not like WVU has been abysmal in these areas until now. And while I'm sure the new rule prohibiting "wedge" blocking on kick returns has presented its share of challenges, every team has had to adjust.
Maybe it's new coach Dave McMichael. Maybe it's the players blocking. Maybe it's just one of those things that defies logical explanation.
Second, what does that say about our little game with Pitt this week? Whatever the reason for the dropoff, the numbers at least show the possibility (however remote) of WVU being able to make a play on a kickoff return. Pitt has been bad enough in that area, and our returners have shown enough historical ability, to at least say that the possibility is not foreclosed. I man, something has to give at some point, right? Maybe a reverse on a kickoff return? Or a line drive that Jock catches before the defenders can get 10 yards downfield? Anything? Please?
I say this about the kickoff returns because, well, punt return? Not so much, as Pitt's established strength in that area will likely prevent any kind of big return in that phase. Which is unfortunate, because Pitt will probably be punting a lot more than kicking off, which means we can't blame our lameassery on a lack of practice. The good news is that the chewed up surface at Heinz Field will likely deaden the ball once Jock and Hogan allow it to bounce on our own 30 yard line. Every little bit helps, I guess.
Now, I'm not going to be holding my breath come Friday at noon. Well, unless I have to walk by the Pitt alumni session. But if Noel, Jock, or Tavon can get loose and use their speed to make a play, they could quickly turn a Pitt score into a short field for our offense. Or, better yet, set the tone for the entire game by taking the opening kickoff to the house. Regardless of whether it's a touchdown or simply a highlight reel run, any spark our return game provides would bode well for a struggling WVU offense, not to mention bring back sweet sweet memories of many happy returns.


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In the first set of games, Italy beat England 2-1, while Costa Rica downed Uruguay 3-1. That means Costa Rica currently top Group D. Interested to find out if the ticos can continue to surprise? Tune in Friday afternoon to catch the first of the day's matches (12 noon ET, ESPN).
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Yes, you may have seen a cruddy version of Christopher Nolan's "The Dark Knight Rises" trailer a few days ago, the third and final film in his epic Batman trilogy, or the big-screen version in front of "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows," but if you struggled to hear and see what it all was about, behold the beautiful, high-definition version that is not only incredibly impressive, but looks wickedly ominous and striking. The wonderful thing that Nolan does with all his trailers is make the stakes of his films look incredibly high, as in do-or-die, and "The Dark Knight Rises" looks no different. This looks dark with deep and powerful consequences around every corner. It appears that some kind of army is rising and it's something that neither Batman nor Gotham has ever faced.
Scored, at least intially, to a haunting rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner," the title might include 'rises,' but it looks like it's going to get very dark before then; as Anne Hathaway's Selena Kyle says, "There's a storm coming, Mr. Wayne." We've got first looks at much of the cast, hints of the epic scope (this looks like the first comic book movie for the era of the 99%), and a big money shot of a football field being sunk to the ground (the one moment that seems a bit jarring, perhaps alongside the sci-fi-ish flying craft thought to be the Bat-Copter. But in Nolan we trust, right?)
We're sure it'll all be picked over and analyzed for months ahead, but this is a pretty damn enticing look at a movie that's anticipated by comic book geeks and film fans alike. Starring Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Morgan Freeman, Gary Oldman and Michael Caine, "The Dark Knight Rises" arrives in theaters on July 20, 2012. Watch below, or in HD over at Apple
Connor | December 20, 2011 10:49 AM
Can't wait. Bit dissapointing but In Nolan I Trust.
Oz | December 20, 2011 5:55 AM
Relax everyone! the film isn't even edited yet, not to mention sound mixed and CGI'd. Bane's voice will be clear and growly, and the field collapsing won't look like simple After Effects.
nik | December 20, 2011 12:43 AM
@Mike coz it's true?
Lincoln | December 19, 2011 10:37 PM
I'm really hoping they fix Hardy's dialogue before release. It's not terrible, but I can see it being hard to understand him for an entire movie. Punch the volume up, just a little, maybe.
ASFan | December 19, 2011 7:42 PM
At least the collapsing football field CGI looked more finished than any of the Green Lantern CGI in that first trailer, or in the movie for that matter.
Chilling dialogue from Hathaway and Bane. They're really going darker than The Dark Knight for this one.
Kevin | December 19, 2011 7:02 PM
2 things: That home invasion sequence looked fucking terrifying. That football field collapsing/exploding looked like unfinished CGI.
Nik Grape | December 19, 2011 5:35 PM
Looks epic and Bane looks/sounds badass. Can't wait. Here's hoping it's better than the overrated TDK..
Glass | December 19, 2011 3:57 PM
LOL at the football field blowing up and turning into a sinkhole. It's pretty insane how much they dialed into the OWS themes when they were pretty close to finishing shooting this when that movement was starting. I'm ever-excited for this movie, but man, they are not doing a stellar job with these trailers like they did with Dark Knight. Caush-opt.
SLS | December 19, 2011 2:29 PM
Is it just me or is Bale using a cane at 1:37? If so that leads me to believe that the whole initial encounter with Bane beating him all to hell will be early on in the film. Hopefully what we're seeing is a lot of material from the earlier scenes.
cory | December 19, 2011 1:56 PM
Love. This.
rotch | December 19, 2011 1:52 PM
Damn, I wish that felt more like a Batman movie.
I have a weird feeling this will suck.
DB | December 19, 2011 1:50 PM
Hines Ward? Really?
I hate how Gotham was obviously Chicago in the first movie and is now obviously Pittsburgh. Gotham seems like 3 different cities in all 3 movies, wish they would've made the city somewhat consistent throughout the series considering how important a role the city plays.
Also, was that a caricature of Michael Caine?
Other than those two nitpicks, looks good, impressive trailer.
bunty | December 19, 2011 1:38 PM
WTF is this slow roll-out for? Everyone's posting links to the site on Twitter and FB, but only half the people who click on it can actually view the trailer. What a silly waste of time. I want to see it now!! YOU ARE TEARING ME APART, LISA.


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A Girls Night Musical: Girl Talk is Louise Roche's follow-up fun, fabulous and everything female Girls Night Musical experience. The musical is bound to get ladies on their feet and dancing in the aisles once again when it plays at the City Theatre for 10 performances from Thursday, May 1 through Sunday, May 11.
Tickets ($38) go on sale Saturday, March 8 at 10 a.m. and can be purchased at OlympiaEntertainment.com, The Fox Theatre and Joe Louis Arena box offices, Hockeytown Authentics in Troy (without service charge) at all Ticketmaster locations and Ticketmaster.com. Charge tickets by phone at (800) 745-3000. For additional information, call (313) 471-6611. Groups of 8 or more can receive $5 off by calling 313-471-3099.
Louise Roche's latest Girls Night Musical incarnation is throwing the biggest party radio has ever seen and we want you to be part of the live studio audience! After ten years on the air the hosts of Girl Talk have decided to go out with a bang. Join them as they dish, reminisce and break into plenty of songs by artists such as Jennifer Lopez, Aretha Franklin, Carrie Underwood and more in this show that The Advocate says is "Sex and the City meets Chelsea Lately." Theatermania calls it "Perfect for bachelorette parties, birthday parties, divorce parties, or just an exciting evening out with the ladies."
British playwright, author and television producer, Louise Roche has written and produced six other plays including Girls Night (UK Tours 2003, '04,'06), Bobby and Johnny (UK Tour 2005), Girls Behind (UK Tour 2005), Checkout Girls (Milton Keynes 2005), Lucky Balls (Milton Keynes 2002) and Milton Keynes The Musical (2002). Her novel, Glutton for Punishment is published in paperback, and her television writing includes "Where The Heart Is," and "Doctors."


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DAKINE Over Under Bag - Women's - 3000cu in
Very nice and sturdy, but if you want to use it as carry-on, don't put very much into it, as it gets too big fast. Will hold a lot, easily 50 #, which is the limit for most airlines in checked bags.
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