Jun 16
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Jun 16
Scientist Bruce Banner desperately hunts for a cure to the gamma radiation that poisoned his cells and unleashes the unbridled force of rage within him: The Hulk. Living in the shadows–cut off from a life he knew and the woman he loves, Betty Ross–Banner struggles to avoid the obsessive pursuit of his nemesis, General Thunderbolt Ross, and the military machinery that seeks to capture him and brutally exploit his power. As all three grapple with the secrets that led to The Hulk’s creation, they are confronted with a monstrous new adversary known as The Abomination, whose destructive strength exceeds even The Hulk’s own. To stop it, one scientist must make an agonizing final choice: accept a peaceful life as Bruce Banner or find heroism in the creature he holds inside–The Incredible Hulk.
Also Known As:
Hulk
The Hulk 2
Production Status:
In Production/Awaiting Release
Genres:
Action/Adventure, Adaptation and Sequel
Running Time:
1 hr. 54 min.
Release Date:
June 13th, 2008 (wide)
MPAA Rating:
PG-13 for sequences of intense action violence, some frightening sci-fi images and brief suggestive content.
Distributors: Universal Pictures
Production Co.: Marvel Studios
Studios: Universal Pictures
Filming Locations: Toronto, Ontario Canada
Produced in:
United States
Jun 16
LOS ANGELES, California (AP) – "The Incredible Hulk" was a box-office bruiser, yanking in $54.5 million over opening weekend and laying to rest the stigma of his unappreciated big-screen adventure five years ago.
The Hulk got a second chance, got angry and came back with a vengeance," said Paul Dergarabedian, president of box-office tracker Media By Numbers. "This was a big question mark going in. The film had a history or a checkered past."
Ang Lee’s "Hulk" opened in 2003 with a whopping $62.1 million weekend but then rolled over and died in subsequent weeks amid terrible word of mouth. That movie crawled to $132.2 million in sales, seemingly a respectable total but actually meager considering its huge first weekend.
Marvel Studios, which financed "The Incredible Hulk," and distributor Universal hope the new movie, starring Edward Norton as the scientist who turns into the Hulk when maddened, will have a longer shelf life and eventually top out with better numbers than its predecessor.
Also rebounding off a bad last movie was director M. Night Shyamalan, whose fright flick "The Happening" with Mark Wahlberg and Zooey Deschanel opened at a sturdy No. 3 with $30.5 million.
The new movie is not a sequel to 2003’s "Hulk" but, in Marvel’s terms, a reboot. Fans found the earlier movie too dark and brooding.
This take is more action-oriented, casting Norton’s Bruce Banner as a fugitive in the vein of "The Incredible Hulk" TV series starring Bill Bixby in the 1970s and ’80s.
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Jun 16
(Tribune Media Services) — As I dodge Parisians walking their poodles and pushing baby strollers in a vibrant market street, I’m reminded that one of the reasons Paris is endlessly entertaining is because of its neighborhoods. On streets such as rue des Martyrs, real people make cozy communities in the midst of this vast, high-powered city. You find a warm and human vibrancy you miss when just hopping from big museum to museum.
Locals know the butcher serves top grade beef — a big concern after what they translate as the "crazy cow" problem. The ceiling hooks — where butchers once hung sides of beef — now display just a red medallion that certifies the slaughtered cow’s quality.
At the patisserie you can jostle with a discerning and salivating clientele for the tasty, little typically French works of art. They bake up special treats in sync with each season: Easter, Christmas or whatever. I’m here at the end of the school year and it’s the season for First Communions — so that’s the theme filling the window displays.
Rue des Martyrs finishes with a commercial climax before ending at the neighborhood church — the Neoclassical (from 1836) Notre Dame de Lorette. And from there, steps lead into the Metro, where all of Paris is just 1.10 euros ($1.60) and a few minutes away.
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Jun 16
Dacia a lansat, marti, modelul Sandero in Romania, cu preturi cuprinse intre 6.890 euro si 9.850(cu toate taxele incluse) si trei ani garantie sau 100.000 km.
Noul model este disponibil in cinci versiuni de echipare: Sandero, Ambiance, Préférence, Laureate si Prestige. Sandero este primul vehicul din gama Dacia care afiseaza noul logo al marcii.
Modelul are lungime 4,02 m, latime 1,75 m si ampatament de 2,59 m, iar portbagajul are capacitate de 320 litri). Emisiile de CO2 sunt reduse, iar costurile de reparatie si intretinere foarte scazute.
Pentru inceput, Dacia propune variantele de motorizare pe benzina, 1.4 l 75 CP si 1.6 l 90 CP, urmand ca anul viitor sa fie disponibile si motorizarile diesel.
Noul model dispune, printre altele, de airbag sofer, ABS si AFU (asistenta la franarea de urgenta), 3 centuri de siguranta spate reglabile pe inaltime, pre-echipare radio si bancheta rabatabila.
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Jun 16
AMD a anuntat oficial lansarea noii sale platforme de laptopuri, cunoscuta pana acum sub numele de cod Puma.
AMD a lansat oficial la Computex 2008 mult-asteptata, de aproape un an, platforma mobila Puma. Utilizatorii nu vor vedea nicaieri un logo “Puma”, platforma putand fi identificata dupa configuratie: procesor dual-core AMD Turion X2 Ultra, chipset 780 si, optional, placa grafica din seria ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3000, din care fac parte placile grafice discrete deja aflate pe piata din seriile ATI Mobility Radeon 3400 si 3600, la care se adauga ATI Mobility Radeon 3800, lansata astazi.
Nu toate laptopurile Puma vor avea procesoare grafice discrete, aceste configuratii fiind se pare mai apreciate in Europa decat in Statele Unite. AMD afirma ca in perioada urmatoare vor apare pe piata aproximativ 100 modele de laptopuri bazate pe Puma, de la producatori precum Acer, Asus, Dell, Fujitsu-Siemens, HP, NEC sau Toshiba. O treime din aceste laptopuri vor avea ecrane de 15″, dar vor exista si modele cu diagonale de 18″ sau de 12″. Puma nu va fi inclusa insa in netbook-uri, fiind o platforma pentru o categorie superioara din punct de vedere al performantei.
Procesoarele AMD Turion X2 Ultra Dual-Core Mobile sunt bazate pe nucleul Griffin, au frecvente de pana la 2,4 GHz si un consum mediu de putere de 35 wati. Procesoarele din aceasta serie sunt unice prin faptul ca includ versiunea 3.0 a protocolului de interconectare Hyper Transport si prin tehnologia Independent Dynamic Core, care permite ca cele 2 nuclee sa opereze la frecvente si voltaje separate, din ratiuni de economie a consumului de putere.
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Jun 16
Hotelierii de la mare au inceput marea batalie cu „privatii” pentru cazarea turistilor care vin in vacanta, armele principale utilizate fiind preturile si conditiile oferite. O noapte de cazare la hotel, in aceasta luna, poate varia intre 30 si 350 de lei, in functie de stelele cu care este clasificata locatia. La aceste costuri se adauga si serviciile obligatorii incluse, care mai maresc si ele pretul cu cativa zeci de lei. In domeniul cazarilor cu regim hotelier, scumpirile se vor produce odata la doua saptamani, pana la mijlocul lunii august.
In timp ce hotelurile ofera cazare la preturi care variaza de la inceputul sezonului pana la sfarsitul acestuia, „privatii” incearca sa mentina costurile pentru a nu pierde din clienti. Aici, o camera poate fi inchiriata cu sume intre 50 si150 de lei pe zi.
Un sejur de sase nopti intr-o camera dubla pentru o persoana, in statiunea Mamaia, costa 870 de lei in acesta luna si va ajunge la aproape 1.500 lei pana in august.
„Privatii” si-au imbunatatit serviciile
In Constanta, inca de la coborarea din tren sau autocar, esti asaltat de diferite persoane care vor sa iti ofere cazare la preturi mult sub cele pe care le au hotelurile. Pentru o camera in acest oras, pretul variaza intre 50 si 120 de lei, in functie de dotarile pe care le ofera proprietarul. „Eu am un apartament de doua camere cu toate dotarile: aragaz, frigider, baie, masina de spalat, absolut tot. Anul trecut, dadeam apartamentul cu 160 de lei pe zi, asta pana-n 15 iunie, dupa care, 250 de lei. Anul asta am crescut la 300 de lei.
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Jun 16
Leona Lewis ar putea fi desemnată cântăreaÅ£a care va interpreta tema muzicală a coloanei sonore pentru cel mai nou film din seria Bond, "Quantum of Solace", informează FemaleFirst.co.uk.
CântăreaÅ£a britanică este favorită pentru a o înlocui pe Amy Winehouse, care trebuia să interpreteze, iniÅ£ial, piesa ce va sta la baza coloanei sonore pentru filmul "Quantum of Solace", programat să aibă premiera la sfârÅŸitul lui octombrie.
Potrivit sursei citate, producătorii noului film Bond sunt de părere că Leona este candidata ideală, deoarece are o voce foarte puternică.
Cel de-al doilea single al său, "Bleeding Love", s-a clasat pe locul întâi atât în topurile englezeÅŸti, cât ÅŸi în cele americane, o performanţă care nu a mai fost realizată de o interpretă britanică din 1986 (Kim Wilde).
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Jun 16
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia plans to increase its oil production by 200,000 barrels a day next month, the kingdom’s oil minister told U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon on Sunday, according to Ban’s spokesman.
The U.N. secretary-general met with Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi in the port city of Jiddah during a one-day trip to the world’s largest oil producer.
Farhan Haq, a spokesman who is traveling with Ban, said in an e-mail that the U.N. chief said al-Naimi told him Saudi Arabia would increase oil production by 200,000 barrels a day from June to July. In May, the kingdom increased its production by 300,000.
By July, production should be at 9.7 million barrels a day, Haq said.
Ban also said Saudi Arabia understands that the current price of oil, which topped $139 per barrel earlier this month, is not normal, according to the official Saudi Press Agency.
"The king believes that the current oil prices are abnormally high, and he is ready to restore prices to their appropriate levels," SPA quoted Ban as telling reporters in Jiddah. The report carried by SPA was in Arabic, and it did not say what language Ban spoke in.
Saudi Arabia is concerned that sustained high oil prices will eventually slacken the world’s appetite for oil, affecting the kingdom in the long run.
The 200,000-barrel-a-day boost is not insignificant — it will raise Saudi Arabia’s daily production by about 2 percent. But to a market that has been sending oil prices soaring to record heights due in part to strong global demand, the move might be seen as marginal.
The oil market largely ignored Saudi Arabia’s 300,000-barrel-a-day output increase last month.
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Jun 16
SUNDAY, June 15 (HealthDay News) — The current standard screening test for prediabetes in children often fails to detect the condition, Canadian researchers contend.
ronically, the findings are from a study group of 172 obese children — ages 5 to 17 — who joined a program to help them slim down to a healthy weight.
The standard diabetes test for children is the fasting plasma (blood) glucose test, but it identified almost three times fewer children with diabetes than the glucose stress test, also called the oral glucose tolerance test. The glucose stress test takes longer, because blood is taken from the patient after fasting and again two hours after drinking a sugary solution.
Using the fasting blood glucose test, the researchers found that only 8 percent of the children in the study met the diagnostic criteria for prediabetes. But the glucose stress test indicated that 25 percent of the children had prediabetes.
"A large proportion of the children with prediabetes would not have had their condition recognized," lead author Dr. Katherine Morrison, of the pediatrics department at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, said in a prepared statement.
The researchers also found the fasting blood glucose test identified metabolic syndrome in only 5.2 percent of the children, while the glucose stress test detected metabolic syndrome in 12.8 percent of the children. Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of risk factors (including high blood sugar) for diabetes and heart disease.
The findings were expected to be presented over the weekend at the Endocrine Society’s annual meeting in San Francisco.
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