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Disney and the Devil: Together at Last

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By Tim Beyers, The Motley Fool

Source: Marvel database at Wikia.

How will Disney depict Daredevil? The comics contain dozens of rich storylines that could inform a script, but knowing Hollywood, a reboot seems most likely. For now, Feige will only confirm that Disney owns the rights, which is a step in the right direction given history.

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Slowly, Walt Disney is reuniting Marvel heroes under one roof. The latest to rejoin? Daredevil, a blind vigilante whose other senses are enhanced to a superhuman degree. Ben Affleck played the title character in a 2003 feature film that failed to meet heightened expectations.

Newsarama confirmed the shift in an interview with Marvel Studios President of Production Kevin Feige earlier this week.

Efforts to reboot the franchise in later years failed for unspecified reasons. Finally, in October, News Corp.‘s 21st Century Fox returned the rights to Marvel Studios when a deal with would-be director Joe Carnahan fell through.

Here’s a closer look at what might have been:

Sources: Joe Carnahan, YouTube.

Now Disney is in control, and that’s good news for shareholders who’ve seen what Marvel can do when it has creative control of its own properties. I’d love to see Carnahan make a noir film starring Daredevil — something reminiscent of how writer-artist Frank Miller reinvented the character in the 1980s.

Miller gave DD a sharper edge. He also introduced the assassin Elektra as a love interest, subsequently played by Jennifer Garner in the 2003 film and a 2005 spinoff that bombed at the box office. The failures apparently made Fox executives gun-shy despite the source material.

Source: Marvel database at Wikia.

How will Disney depict Daredevil? The comics contain dozens of rich storylines that could inform a script, but knowing Hollywood, a reboot seems most likely. For now, Feige will only confirm that Disney owns the rights, which is a step in the right direction given history.

Big parts of the Marvel Universe remain in outside hands. For example, Fox still has comprehensive film rights to the mutant heroes known as the X-Men as well as the Fantastic Four, a superhero family that’s seen action twice on the big screen in recent years while helping to inspire the Pixar Studios hit The Incredibles.

Sony , meanwhile, controls the rights to live-action Spider-Man films. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is filming now and due in U.S. theaters on May 2, 2014.

Daredevil isn’t big enough to fill the void left by the X-Men, Spidey, and the FF. But then again, neither was Iron Man in 2008. Robert Downey Jr. has since made that character bigger than both Batman and Superman when it comes to big-screen earnings.

Does Disney have what it takes to transform Daredevil similarly? Finally, we’ll get to find out.

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Ninja Turtles Star Also Up for Fantastic Four?

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Earlier this week, it was revealed that Noel Fisher (Shameless, Battle Los Angeles) will play Michelangelo in Michael Bay‘s upcoming Ninja Turtles flick. Now, it sounds like the actor could be up for another comic book movie role, this time for Fox’s Fantastic Four Reborn.

According to former Variety journalist Jeff Sneider (via Celluloid and Cigarette Burns), Fisher might be in the mix for a part in the FF reboot, which is hoping to begin production later this year with Josh Trank directing.

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at IGN Movies

Business, Finance, Occupation & Industry

24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — March 19, 2013: Market Closes Mixed Without Solution in Cyprus (JNPR, RIO, CHK, EBAY, EA, FF, SBLK, FDS, WAG, ADBE, CTAS, FTEK, WSM, FDX, GIS, LEN, AFFY, S, HAL, SLB)

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U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning but worries about a resolution to the banking crisis in Cyprus soon took over and pushed shares down. In other parts of Europe, Spain’s bad loan ratio rose to 10.78% in January and eurozone economic sentiment came in far below expectations. German 10-year bond yields fell on a rising dollar. In Asia, China’s central bank will drain 39 billion yuan in liquidity with a short-term repurchase agreement after foreign direct investment fell less than expected in the month. In the U.S., the report on housing starts was somewhat better than last month, with an annualized 917,000 new homes being built (more coverage here). The Cypriot parliament rejected a revised tax proposal on bank deposits (more coverage here), so it’s anyone’s guess what tomorrow may bring.

The U.S. dollar index rose 0.35% today, now at 82.983. The GSCI commodity index is down 0.3% at 650.30, with commodities prices mixed today. WTI crude oil closed down 1.7% today, at $92.16 a barrel. Brent crude trades down 1.8% at $107.50 a barrel. Natural gas is up 2.1% today at about $3.96 per million BTUs. Gold settled up 0.4% today at $1,611.30 an ounce.

The unofficial closing bells put the DJIA up about 4 points to 14,455.90 (0.03%), the NASDAQ fell more than 8 points (-0.26%) to 3,229.10, and the S&P 500 fell -0.24% or nearly 4 points to 1,548.35.

There were a several analyst upgrades and downgrades today, including Juniper Networks Inc. (NYSE: JNPR) cut to ‘sell’ at Goldman Sachs; Rio Tinto plc (NYSE: RIO) cut to ‘sell’ at Goldman Sachs; Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK) cut to ‘underperform’ at Sterne Agee (more coverage here); eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) raised to ‘buy’ with a price target of $56 at Cantor Fitzgerald; and Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) cut to ‘hold’ at Needham.

Earnings reports since markets closed last night resulted in several price moves today, including these: FutureFuel Corp. (NYSE: FF) is down 9.2% at $12.40; Star Bulk Carriers Corp. (NASDAQ: SBLK) is up 5.7% at $6.50; FactSet Research Systems Inc. (NYSE: FDS) is down 5.6% at $92.52; and Walgreen Co. (NYSE: WAG) is up 5.2% at $44.65 (more coverage here).

Before markets open tomorrow morning we are scheduled to hear from Adobe Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE), Cintas Corp. (NASDAQ: CTAS), Fuel Tech Inc. (NASDAQ: FTEK), Williams-Sonoma Inc. (NYSE: WSM), FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX), General Mills Inc. (NYSE: GIS), and Lennar Corp. (NYSE: LEN).

Some standouts among heavily traded stocks today include:

Affymax Inc. (NASDAQ: AFFY) is down 62.6% at $1.09 after posting a new 52-week low of $1.02 earlier today. The drugmaker fired 75% of its workforce today and will begin exploring “strategic alternatives” including bankruptcy. More coverage here.

Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) is up 2.9% at $6.05 after posting a new 52-week high of $6.09 earlier today. The telecom company had no big news today, but led a sector that was up on a down day.

Halliburton Co. (NYSE: HAL) is down 3.4% at $39.36. The oil field …read more
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — March 18, 2013: Markets Slide on Cyprus Woes (KMB, VZ, RGLD, ACI, HPQ, SYNM, CLSN, HSOL, HAST, KIOR, FF, SBLK, FDS, CTAS, GLUU, JCP, NOK, BBRY)

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U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning following a weekend of confusion over the proposed solution to the banking problem in Cyprus. It’s not that Cyprus claims a particularly large banking system, but the proposed haircut for their depositors makes depositors everywhere wary (more coverage here). The Cypriot banking mess chilled markets in Asia and Europe today as well. There was little data released today, but the eurozone trade deficit came in higher than forecast and in China, house prices rose 2.1% month-over-month. In the U.S. the National Association of Home Builders index fell again in March, the second straight month of decline (more coverage here). U.S. financial stocks performed poorly today, while tech stocks posted a gain as speculation abounded that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) would seriously boost its dividend.

The U.S. dollar index rose 0.48% today, now at 82.654. The GSCI commodity index is up 0.4% at 652.50, with commodities prices mostly lower today on the stronger dollar. WTI crude oil closed up 0.3% today, at $93.74 a barrel. Brent crude trades down 0.2% at $109.57 a barrel. Natural gas is down 0.1% today at about $3.87 per million BTUs. Gold settled up 0.8% today at $1,604.60 an ounce, its first close above $1,600 this month.

The unofficial closing bells put the DJIA down about 62 points to 14,452.06 (-0.43%), the NASDAQ fell more than 11 points (-0.35%) to 3,237.59, and the S&P 500 fell -0.55% or nearly 9 points to 1,552.10.

There were a several analyst upgrades and downgrades today, including Kimberly-Clark Corp. (NYSE: KMB) cut to ‘sell’ at Goldman Sachs; Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) raised to ‘buy’ at Citigroup (more coverage here); Royal Gold Inc. (NASDAQ: RGLD) started as ‘buy’ at BB&T; Arch Coal Inc. (NYSE: ACI) raised to ‘neutral’ at Nomura; and Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) raised to ‘overweight’ at Morgan Stanley.

Earnings reports since markets closed last Friday resulted in several price moves today, including these: Syntroleum Corp. (NASDAQ: SYNM) is down 12.3% at $0.40; Celsion Corp. (NASDAQ: CLSN) is up 1.9% at $1.08; Hanwha Solarone Co. Ltd. (NASDAQ: HSOL) is up 5.7% at $0.93; Hastings Entertainment Inc. (NASDAQ: HAST) is down 4.4% at $2.17; and Kior Inc. (NASDAQ: KIOR) is down 0.9% at $5.76.

Before markets open tomorrow morning we are scheduled to hear from FutureFuel Corp. (NYSE: FF), Star Bulk Carriers Corp. (NASDAQ: SBLK), FactSet Research Systems Inc. (NYSE: FDS), and Cintas Corp. (NASDAQ: CTAS).

Some standouts among heavily traded stocks today include:

Glu Mobile Inc. (NASDAQ: GLUU) is up 11.1% at $3.71. The mobile games developer has been upgraded by several analysts.

J.C. Penney Co. Inc. (NYSE: JCP) is up 6.6% at $16.50. The beleaguered retailer gets a boost today from an analyst’s plan to convert some of the company’s stores to a REIT.

Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) is down 2.3% at $3.35. The handset maker is declining as the U.S. release of the new smartphone from BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY) approaches later this week..

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at DailyFinance

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Valorie Zimmerman: Adventures in the CLI: fixing sound using apt logs

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Plunging back into community involvement this week meant installing mumble, a free messaging system. The virtual UDS (Ubuntu Developer Summit) Canonical is hosting at short notice this week (today and tomorrow, actually) is being conducted on Google Hangouts. While these can be cool, they limit participation to ten, and to those who have GooglePlus logins. So the Kubuntu devels wanted to try mumble instead for our meeting(s).

I usually use apt-get to upgrade and install packages, just because it is faster and easier. Alt-F12 to get nifty drop-down bash session, up-arrow to get to commonly used commands, and viola, done! However, this time apt-get installed most of GNOME along with mumble, such as evolution, plus gnucash and other stuff! Once all this was installed, I had no sound of any sort; from speakers, in flash, through earphones. Sadness.

I began working through the sound troubleshooting guide, but none of it worked, and didn’t seem to apply anyway. When I asked in #kubuntu-devel about the mumble install, Scott Kitterman asked the right questions, and told me that his list of dependencies was small, as was the list of recommended packages, and how to find the complete list:

$ cd /var/log/apt/
$ ls 
$ cat history.log

This gets you a wonderfully detailed list of all packages dealt with by apt. I started by removing the obviously un-needed packages, including mumble itself. The list was so huge that I didn’t get far, however, ScottK had suggested removing slpd and roaraudio. After reading the man page for apt, I got a bit more clever about getting more stuff in one fell swoop:

sudo apt-get purge gnome-mahjong*

for instance, gets the libs and -dbg packages too. Once I went back and purged roar* — I got the offending libs, and had sound again!
By coincidence (I think) I had a problem in flash in Firefox at the same time. So Youtube videos were silent and about 100 times too fast. Once sound came back, I noticed that I had sound in Youtube in Chromium, and everything was the correct speed as well. Flash still seems broken in FF, but that now seems unrelated.
By the way, when I re-installed mumble using Muon, everything worked well. Although I haven’t tested it yet, I expect it to work as advertised. 

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at Planet Ubuntu

Automobiles

Report: Ferrari and Apple deepening ties, FF gains Siri integration and standard iPad Minis

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By Jeffrey N. Ross

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The exciting new LaFerrari wasn’t all that Ferrari had to announce today at the Geneva Motor Show. Ferrari chairman Luca Di Montezemolo added that the Italian automaker is looking to expand its relationship with Apple in the realm of in-car entertainment, which follows Apple executive Eddy Cue joining the Ferrari board of directors back in November.

According to Bloomberg, Di Montezemolo stated that the Ferrari FF would now come with iPad Minis as a part of the rear-seat entertainment system and Siri integration will be used with the infotainment system. Beyond the FF, though, it isn’t clear what type of partnership will blossom between the two most powerful brands on the planet.

Ferrari and Apple deepening ties, FF gains Siri integration and standard iPad Minis originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 05 Mar 2013 19:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Ferrari FF Gets Apple’d: Siri Integration and iPad Minis Now Included [2013 Geneva Auto Show]

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By Andrew Wendler

While the 900-pound news gorilla on the Ferrari stand in Geneva is the freshly unveiled 900-plus-hp hybrid LaFerrari, the Scuderia’s FF grand tourer, which debuted in the Swiss city in 2011, is getting a few new features.

Referred to variously as a shooting brake, an estate car, a two-door wagon, a tourer, and occasionally the less-than-flattering “hatchback,” the all-wheel-drive FF’s infotainment functions are now easier to access thanks to the integration of Apple’s Siri-based Eyes Free voice-command system. Apple hardware makes an appearance, too, in the form of a pair of iPad Minis for rear-seat riders. Making its encore showing in Geneva is the panoramic glass roof that debuted in Paris last October. )The new goods are cool and all, but we’re still more geeked about the FF’s innovative all-wheel-drive system.)

While these aren’t major updates, every bit of attention the FF can garner helps when it’s sharing booth space with one of the most-anticipated reveals in prancing-horse history.

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at Car & Driver

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Video: Two weeks and 2,000 miles in Ferrari's FF with <i>Evo</i>

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By Jonathon Ramsey

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EVO‘s Harry Metcalfe had some questions about the day-to-day livability of the Ferrari FF. When he brought those questions up to Ferrari, they suggested he take one for a couple of weeks and try it out for, as he calls them, “mundane duties.” The image above is Metcalfe pointing to the 660-horsepower, all-wheel drive FF parked in one of his fields because, since he lives on a farm, mucking about the green is part of his daily routine. “It could use more ground clearance,” he says, “but that’s an option on this car.”

He does get it on the “tarmac” and he likes it even more there than in the mud. Except for the buttons on the steering wheel; he thinks learning to use them is like learning to play guitar. He has a lot more to say besides that, and you can watch him expound for all of 17 minutes in the video below.

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Two weeks and 2,000 miles in Ferrari’s FF with Evo originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 28 Jan 2013 19:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Help on ps tree listing command – Linux/Solaris

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By newbie_01

Hi all,

Can any guru please help on how I can tweak the following ps command so that it only shows the lines that I wanted.

Code:

$ command ps -HAcl -F S -A f

F S UID PID PPID CLS PRI ADDR SZ WCHAN RSS PSR STIME TTY TIME CMD
4 S root 1 0 TS 24 - 2592 ? 684 4 2012 ? 59368:31 init [3]
1 S root 2 1 FF 139 - 0 migrat 0 0 2012 ? 0:17 [migration/0]
1 S root 3 1 TS 5 - 0 ksofti 0 0 2012 ? 0:00 [ksoftirqd/0]
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5 S root 11953 1 TS 24 - 39673 ? 8520 21 2012 ? 13:49 /usr/sbin/snmpd -Lf /dev/null -p /var/run/snmpd.pid -a
5 S root 11982 1 TS 24 - 15662 ? 1212 7 2012 ? 372:27 /usr/sbin/sshd
4 S root 586 11982 TS 23 - 22537 ? 3336 9 15:25 ? 0:00 _ sshd: ben [priv]
5 S ben 714 586 TS 24 - 22537 ? 1864 18 15:25 ? 0:01 _ sshd: ben@pts/3
0 S ben 718 714 TS 24 - 16229 wait 1588 7 15:25 pts/3 0:00 _ -ksh
4 S root 801 718 TS 23 - 25270 wait 1372 14 15:25 pts/3 0:00 _ su - oracle
4 S oracle 856 801 TS 24 - 16553 wait 1732 19 15:25 pts/3 0:45 _ -bash
1 S oracle 9282 856 TS 22 - 16553 wait 808 19 17:47 pts/3 0:00 _ -bash
0 R oracle 9284 9282 TS 20 - 16753 - 2284 12 17:47 pts/3 0:00 | _ ps -HAcl -F S -A f
0 S oracle 9283 856 TS 21 - 15253 - 572 13 17:47 pts/3 0:00 _ more
1 S root 11996 1 TS 24 - 5416 ? 884 9 2012 ? 0:00 xinetd -stayalive -pidfile /var/run/xinetd.pid
5 S ntp 12017 1 TS 24 - 5853 ? 5044 20 2012 ? 0:56 ntpd -x -u ntp:ntp -p /var/run/ntpd.pid
4 S root 12079 1 TS 24 - 13545 ? 2316 21 2012 ? 0:10 /usr/libexec/postfix/master
4 S postfix 12094 12079 TS 24 - 13605 ? 2420 9 2012 ? 0:00 _ qmgr -l -t fifo -u

I want the command to only display the ones that is related to my ssh session which are the ones in RED.

To be more specific, I am wanting to display a ps tree listing by providing the PPID.

I tried running the same command and including a -p [PPID] but that still does restrict the listing.

Also tried running the same command in Solaris and it is saying

Code:

$: ps -HAcl -F S -A f
ps: illegal option -- H
ps: illegal option -- F
usage: ps [ -aAdeflcjLPyZ ] [ -o format ] [ -t termlist ]
[ -u userlist ] [ -U userlist ] [ -G grouplist ]
[ -p proclist ] [ -g pgrplist ] [ -s sidlist ] [ -z zonelist ]
'format' is one or more of:
user ruser group rgroup uid ruid gid rgid pid ppid pgid sid taskid ctid
pri opri pcpu pmem vsz rss osz nice class time etime stime zone zoneid
f s c lwp nlwp psr tty addr wchan fname comm args projid project pset

Anyone know what’s the equivalent option to use in Solaris?

Feedback / advice is much appreciated. Thanks in advance.

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Video Gaming

Final Fantasy: All The Bravest Coming This Week

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UPDATE: It seems that yesterday’s theory was correct and that Final Fantasy: All The Bravest will release on iOS tomorrow.

While Square Enix wasn’t planning on making an announcement until January 17, it’s already that date in New Zealand, which is where the game has cropped up on the App Store.

The game reunites the familiar Active Time Battle system with some of the largest parties in Final Fantasy history. You can unlock over 20 different classic FF classes as you progress through the game including warrior, monk and red mage. An additional 35 named premium characters can also be purchased. Original story follows.

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at IGN Video Games

Automobiles

Ferrari FF

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Ferrari’s first production four-wheel drive car, the FF, is unique in the range, and the brand’s history. The shooting brake body, potent V-12 engine, and brisk performance also help it stand out from the crowd. The FF, which stands for “Ferrari Four”, is a two-door sport wagon, or shooting brake, with seating for four. A 651-horsepower, 6.3-liter…
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