U.S. crude futures could widen sharply at the end of the year,
depressing U.S. oil prices, as refinery maintenance reduces
crude demand, J.P....
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Monday, April 30, 2012
UPDATE 1-Brent-WTI crude spread may widen sharply end-2012 - JPMorgan
SINGAPORE, May 1 (Reuters) - The spread between Brent and
U.S. crude futures could widen sharply at the end of the year,
depressing U.S. oil prices, as refinery maintenance reduces
crude demand, J.P....
U.S. crude futures could widen sharply at the end of the year,
depressing U.S. oil prices, as refinery maintenance reduces
crude demand, J.P....
Chat live with 'Five-Year Engagement' director Nicholas Stoller
"The Five-Year Engagement": Director Nicholas Stoller, whose latest movie, "The Five-Year Engagement" opens this weekend, will answer reader questions at 2:30 p.m. Pacific today.
'Dark Knight Rises' Viral Campaign To Unveil New Trailer
The Weekly Rising takes a closer look at how Warner Bros. is getting fans involved.
By Kevin P. Sullivan
Christian Bale on the set of "The Dark Knight Rises"
Photo: Getty Images
The massive amount of buzz that preceded the release of "The Dark Knight" in large part came out of the film's intricate viral marketing campaign. For the third and final film of Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy, Warner Bros. has mostly opted out of a big viral effort, favoring sparse but mostly traditional material releases.
But with the arrival of the final "Dark Knight Rises" trailer, dedicated fans will find that a virtual hunt for the anonymous vigilante known as "The Batman" is on, and a new viral campaign is in full swing.
The journey begins at the website for the film. There you will find a full dossier on John Doe (a.k.a. The Batman) and the charges he is accused of: six counts of first degree murder, three counts of kidnapping, and 15 counts of aggravated assault of a peace officer; the list goes on.
The premise of the campaign is that in preparation for the upcoming Harvey Dent Day, the mayor of Gotham City has ordered a "redoubling" of efforts to catch Batman and anyone supporting his return. It's important to remember that in the world of "The Dark Knight Rises," this is all happening seven years after Batman took the fall for Harvey Dent's crimes and death.
The site also includes an extensive list of real-world locations where "graffiti related to movement in support of the vigilante's return" is supposedly located. The spots appear around the globe and include dozens of locations in the U.S. alone.
Loyal fans have already been tweeting and emailing from the locations listed on the site, and each location marked off the list has revealed a single frame of film from the upcoming trailer. The stills have been appearing one-by-one over at TDKR07202012.com, so if you scroll fast enough, maybe you can make yourself a handy flipbook.
As with the previous viral campaigns for the series, it's likely that we'll have to wait until most or all of the frames have been restored to the online film strip.
Be sure to check back here throughout the next few days, as we keep an eye on the campaign and bring you the first sign of the final "Dark Knight Rises" trailer.
Check out everything we've got on "The Dark Knight Rises."
For breaking news and previews of the latest comic book movies — updated around the clock — visit SplashPage.MTV.com.
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Iron Man Recast? Robert Downey, Jr 'Would Really Hate' That
The actor tells MTV News he expects to play the superhero 'for a long while.'
By Kevin P. Sullivan
Robert Downey Jr. at the "Avengers" premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on Saturday
Photo: Getty Images
With the Avengers finally assembling next week, Marvel Studios and the stars behind the heroes have already begun to look ahead to the next films set in the comic-book universe. At the closing night celebration of the Tribeca Film Festival on Saturday night (April 28), Robert Downey, Jr. spoke with MTV News about the future of his character, Iron Man, and addressed recent talk about other actors playing the role in the future.
At CinemaCon last week, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige mentioned to Badass Digest that when it came time for Downey to leave the role of Tony Stark behind, a new actor could pick up right where he left off, like in the James Bond films.
But Downey told MTV News on the red carpet that he wasn't so thrilled about the idea of someone else playing Tony Stark. "I would really hate for someone else to think they could step into my shoes," he said. An infamous jokester, he couldn't help but ask, "I wonder who's playing Tony Stark next. Is it you? Is that what you're here to tell me?"
But Downey can't be Iron Man forever, and while the 42-year-old actor couldn't say for sure how many movies he has left in him, he made clear he'll be interested as long as they remain good films.
"I know things are looking like that they could go on for a long while," Downey said. "As usual in my book, it's all about quality control and delivering a product that you can have this kind of reaction to. If they keep doing that, maybe I'll keep showing up."
In Downey's immediate Marvel future, there's next year's "Iron Man 3." The past few weeks have seen actors like Sir Ben Kingsley, Guy Pearce and Jessica Chastain potentially joining the cast, and Downey said that he could not wait to work with "any or all of them."
"It's funny. Sometimes you have to call for a good old-fashioned British invasion," Downey said. "'Iron Man 3' is really shaping up to be something special. We start in a couple weeks. I'm sure I'll be leaking secrets to you as we move ahead."
What secrets, you ask? Well, it was recently announced that "Iron Man 3" would be co-produced in China. As for whether any filming would take place in the East, Downey was less forthcoming. "I'd like to tell you all my secrets," he said," but I forget them."
Check out everything we've got on "The Avengers."
For breaking news and previews of the latest comic book movies — updated around the clock — visit SplashPage.MTV.com.
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Wayward dolphin lingers in Bolsa Chica wetlands
The animal eluded would-be rescuers, who hope it will eventually find its way back to sea on its own.
Helicopters circled, crowds gathered to gawk and worry, and traffic snarled along Pacific Coast Highway as a disoriented dolphin circled in the shallow, murky waters of the Bolsa Chica wetlands Friday.
Helicopters circled, crowds gathered to gawk and worry, and traffic snarled along Pacific Coast Highway as a disoriented dolphin circled in the shallow, murky waters of the Bolsa Chica wetlands Friday.
Source: http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/~3/rTIdZ8156k0/story01.htm
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Sunday, April 29, 2012
Derrick Rose, injured in Bulls' victory, is out for playoffs
The Chicago star, who was last season's MVP, has a torn ACL. Miami Heat overwhelms New York Knicks in Game 1 as LeBron James easily wins duel with Carmelo Anthony.
Derrick Rose crumbled to the floor, clutching his left knee. His season is over and the Chicago Bulls' title hopes might be finished too.
Derrick Rose crumbled to the floor, clutching his left knee. His season is over and the Chicago Bulls' title hopes might be finished too.
Source: http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/sports/~3/ZIPvW8Z2c38/la-sp-nba-east-20120429,0,5265585.story
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Obama, Romney tweak strategies for tight race this fall
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After months of casting Republican Mitt Romney as someone who often changes positions for political convenience, President Barack Obama's campaign is calling Romney a far-right conservative - a contradictory set of messages that essentially invites voters to decide what they don't like about Romney. 
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Linux multiseat solution advances to Ethernet with HP thin client
Userful Corp. announced a new version of its multiseat Linux PC sharing software, now Ethernet-ready and bundled with a $99 HP t200 thin client. The & Userful MultiSeat with HP t200 thin client& solution turns one Edubuntu-based Linux PC into up to 15 computer stations, enabling faster networking than the previous USB-only release, says the company....
Source: http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Userful-MultiSeat-with-HP-t200-thin-client/?kc=rss
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'Endless' sentencing hearings in Maryland take toll on victims, families | Washington Examiner
Many states have enacted a victim bill of rights - but go ignored in most cases.
The victim is seldom considered and has no organization that will publish their stories unless it is a slow news day and an otherwise "too busy" reporter will take an interest in the family an …
The victim is seldom considered and has no organization that will publish their stories unless it is a slow news day and an otherwise "too busy" reporter will take an interest in the family an …
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Rossi buoyed by wet weather pace
Valentino Rossi said he 'felt good immediately' as he and Ducati prospered in mixed conditions during MotoGP practice at Jerez. In contrast to an acrimonious opener in Qatar, Rossi said he and Ducati had enjoyed a far more harmonious start to the second round, and were able to commence the day with a good feeling from the outset.
Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/other-news/motorcycles/motogp/rossi-buoyed-by-wet-weather-pace
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Saturday, April 28, 2012
The Woes Of Washington Baseball Fans
After decades of woe for Washington baseball fans, they finally have something to cheer about. The Washington Nationals are tied for first in the National League. Host Scott Simon talks to Washington Post sports columnist Tom Boswell about the recent highs and numerous lows of baseball in the nation's capital.
Source: http://www.npr.org/2012/04/28/151584377/the-woes-washington-baseball-fans?ft=1&f=1003
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Police Identify Man In Attempted Church Burglary
Police have identified a man who was caught on tape trying to steal money from a church in Westmoreland County.
Source: http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2012/04/28/police-identify-man-in-attempted-church-burglary/
Formula retail issues debated as local bakery seeks new SF spot
The issue of Formula Retail was once again debated before the San Francisco Planning Commission on April 19 for almost an hour.
Source: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/323807
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Assembly OKs bill allowing clean-air vehicles to avoid some tolls
Under a bill passed by the California Assembly, solo drivers of certain low- and zero-emission cars would have free access to carpool lanes converted to toll lanes, with some exceptions.
Solo drivers of certain low- and zero-emission cars would have free access to carpool lanes, even if they're converted to toll lanes, under a bill that passed the California Assembly on Thursday.
Solo drivers of certain low- and zero-emission cars would have free access to carpool lanes, even if they're converted to toll lanes, under a bill that passed the California Assembly on Thursday.
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Ryan Seacrest Calls Out Girlfriend Over Idol Contestant Crush (VIDEO)
Ryan Seacrest Calls Out Girlfriend Over Idol Contestant Crush (VIDEO)
Ryan Seacrest embarrassed his girlfriend, actress Julianne Hough, on Wednesday’s episode of “American Idol”. Seacrest mentioned to the audience that Hough spotted Phillips backstage, stating, [...]
Ryan Seacrest Calls Out Girlfriend Over Idol Contestant Crush (VIDEO) Stupid Celebrities Gossip Stupid Celebrities Gossip News
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Friday, April 27, 2012
Hulu Owners to Buy out Private Equity Firm's Stake for $200 Million (Report)
Georg Szalai The deal would value the online video joint venture, led by CEO Jason Kilar, at about $2 billion.
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Hamstead Takes Maiden V8 Title
The final round of the� iRacing.com V8 Supercars Series presented by BigPond headed to the United Kingdom to race around the world famous Oulton Park circuit.� For the teams and drivers it was the first time they had driven on Oulton’s 4.2km International Circuit.� Heading into the final week Richard Hamstead had only a two point lead in the championship and as it came to race day he found himself sitting on the grid in second place just behind Rens Broekman and one place in front of the man he had to beat for the title: Mitchell McLeod. McLeod got the better of Richard Hamstead in Race One when going through Turn Four, Hamstead blew his motor which gave McLeod a big chance to win the title taking a 14 [...]
Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/iracing-news/hamstead-takes-maiden-v8-title
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Space shuttle Enterprise readies for today's NYC flyover
The space shuttle Enterprise has two big thumbs up: Both�NASA and the FAA have given clearance to transport the shuttle to New York City on Friday morning, setting the stage for a dramatic flyover of the world's most famous skyline.
Source: http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/~3/8rDPucuSmfc/story01.htm
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"Crucify Them": The Obama EPA's Way
Michelle Malkin, New York Post
One of President Obama's radical eco-bureaucrats has apologized for confirming an indelible truth: This White House treats politically incorrect private industries as public enemies who deserve regulatory death sentences.Environmental Protection Agency administrator Al Armendariz, an avowed greenie on leave from Southern Methodist University, gave a little-noticed speech in 2010 outlining his sadistic philosophy. "I was in a meeting once, and I gave an analogy to my staff about my philosophy of enforcement, and I think it was probably a little crude and maybe not appropriate for the...
One of President Obama's radical eco-bureaucrats has apologized for confirming an indelible truth: This White House treats politically incorrect private industries as public enemies who deserve regulatory death sentences.Environmental Protection Agency administrator Al Armendariz, an avowed greenie on leave from Southern Methodist University, gave a little-noticed speech in 2010 outlining his sadistic philosophy. "I was in a meeting once, and I gave an analogy to my staff about my philosophy of enforcement, and I think it was probably a little crude and maybe not appropriate for the...
Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/04/27/crucify_them_the_obama_way_113976.html
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Beyond virtualization: Envisioning true cloud computing
I find it puzzling whenever I come across any reasonably sized IT infrastructure that has little or no virtualization in place, and my puzzlement turns to amazement if there's no plan to embrace virtualization in the near future. Whether it's due to the "get off my lawn" attitude that eventually killed off many AS/400 admins or simply a budget issue, clinging to a traditional physical infrastructure today is madness.
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Thursday, April 26, 2012
It's tough to offer bullet-ridden free art on Michigan Avenue
A well-meaning art students gets a lesson in target marketing on the streets of Chicago when he tries to offer free "ammunition art," to a city riddled with gun-induced crime.
Source: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/323741
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Stop telling people in Bristol what they need
THE people of Bristol have been bombarded with "advice" from top Tories who have suddenly become experts on what is best for us.
David Cameron and Michael Heseltine have both told us that we "need" an elected mayor.
But in whose interests are they acting – theirs or ours?
In the last few weeks the Conservatives have faced sustained criticism over actions which have shown their ministers to be careless and out of touch.
Now, they are desperate for a policy success. Hence, the pressure from the Prime Minister and Lord Heseltine for Bristolians to vote "Yes" to their idea of an elected mayor.
They would have us believe that, if we vote to keep our current council governance arrangement, all kinds of ills will afflict the city.
They say Bristol will "stagnate" and "fall behind other cities" and claim that the council's current leadership is failing to take the city forward with sufficient dynamism.
The first two of these claims are no more than predictions unsupported by evidence.
The third, "that the council's current leadership is not working for the people of Bristol", can be weighed against evidence.
Think for a minute of some of the significant initiatives that have recently come to fruition in Bristol or are in progress towards completion.
The new Hengrove Leisure Centre with an Olympic size pool, the new South Bristol Community hospital, the beginning of work to create an Enterprise Zone around Temple Meads, multi million pound funding allocated for regeneration of Knowle West and investment in new school buildings.
Even if these initiatives are not close to where you live, they undoubtedly show that the council is a dynamic force in improving Bristol for its residents.
Quite simply, our council's current governance arrangements aren't "broken" and therefore, don't need "fixing" by having an elected mayor.
Paul Wheeler
Stockwood
WHAT sort of recondite reasoning leads the editor of Bristol's local newspaper to assert that The Post can remain (as he puts it) apolitical while it gives its full support to a highly contentious Con-Lib political policy, the intention of which is to undermine local government and local democracy by seeking to arrange for the election of one individual who thinks he or she intuitively knows that is best for the city?
The editor of The Post expects us to believe that the individual elected as a mayor "with clout" will be more accountable to the people of Bristol than the elected councillors who are subject to continuing accountability pressures from Bristolians, and indeed the media.
In truth the elected mayor advocated by supporters of this Con-Lib policy will be accountable to no-one but his or herself.
The editor of The Post also claims (April 18) that elected mayors will have more "national clout" and Mr Ferguson in the same edition would have us believe (via his hot-line to the Prime Minister) that Bristol would be bribed by being given more resources if it goes along with the Tory Prime Minister's policy.
Both imply that Bristol is being denied resources which legislatively it is legitimately entitled to receive at the moment.
Perhaps local MPs have a responsibility to take this matter up in Parliament immediately?
Mr Ferguson (The Post April 18) further claims that central government wants to see stronger local governance.
That assertion clearly "flies in the face" of the actual relationship between central and local government in the last or four decades.
And the notion that an elected mayor in Bristol would have "the authority of being elected by the whole electorate" is a pipe dream. I can imagine all kinds of psephological outcomes.
In essence we are offered a scenario where 'x' number of the larger cities have elected mayors all exercising what The Post calls their "national clout" as they scramble for bits of non-legislatively determined funding.
What an obscene and inefficient way to allocate scarce economic resources.
And what about all the areas where this "national clout" won't be present to be exercised? Locally what hope for Kingswood, Portishead, Weston etc?
Allocation of scarce resources by a national clouting tournament – what an indictment of our economic system.
Mr Ferguson is old enough in "the political tooth" to know that there is no such a person as an independent candidate for political office.
We are all products of our background/ experiences/ accumulated knowledge/ class and interests etc, which makes us the person we are.
My long political life has taught me that "the only neutral people are the dead"!
Those who have an urge to contribute to the improvement of life in the city have every opportunity to do so via the democratic local government structure.
Giving extra powers and national clout to one individual will undermine the democratic governance of the city and its principles of service and accountability.
Elected mayors with "national clout" (and indeed elected police commissioners) are an American import which Britain's long historical march and struggle towards democracy can well do without.
Ron Thomas (Former City and Avon County Councillor and Local MP)
Bristol
PHILIP Morris has slightly misunderstood the numbers (The Post, April 24). In the mayoral system proposed, a mayor will be able to get his budget through with only one third of the council voting for it.
If the council wish to change his proposals, they will need two-thirds to vote for their alternative.
If Bristol goes mayoral, one person will wield all the power, and be almost impossible for the elected council to reign them in.
This could be disastrous, and is why almost everywhere offered them in England has said no.
Charles Grove
Winscombe
Source: http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/Stop-telling-people-Bristol-need/story-15923723-detail/story.html
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IndyCar schedules Honda hearing
IndyCar has scheduled a hearing for the protest filed by Chevrolet over the series decision to allow Honda to make a parity-based change to its turbocharger ahead of this weekend's race in Sao Paolo. The hearing will take place in Indianapolis on Thursday, and will consist of a three-person panel made up of a representative selected by Honda, a representative selected by General Motors, and a representative mutually agreed on by both manufacturers. Randy Bernard, CEO of IndyCar, said: "It is IndyCar's job to review, enforce and uphold the current rules.
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Economic growth gauge rises in latest week: ECRI
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A measure of future U.S. economic growth rose in the latest week, and the growth rate on an annualized basis was non-negative for the first time since August, a research group... 
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