What do you think of this new trailer of Cars 2? Will you go watch the movie with your family when it comes out in theaters on June 24, 2011?
The powerful but arrogant immortal warrior Thor (Chris Hemsworth) is cast out of the fantastic realm of Asgard and sent to live amongst humans on Earth, where he quickly becomes one of their finest defenders.
So, what do you think of this trailer of Thor? Awesome or not?
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14 October 2011 Last updated at 02:13 ET
The average amount of profit being made by energy companies has risen to £125 per customer per year, from £15 in June.
But the energy regulator Ofgem has predicted that the profit margins will fall back to about £90 next year.
The average dual-fuel bill is now £1,345 a year following recent price rises from all the big suppliers.
Ofgem has also confirmed it will force suppliers to simplify tariffs to make it easier to compare prices.
Ofgem’s profit margin figures measure the amount that will be made by suppliers in the next year if energy prices and bills remain unchanged.
As part of the simplification plan, suppliers will be forced to have no-frills tariffs, which would consist of a standing charge – fixed by the regulator – plus a unit charge for energy used.
It means that the only number consumers would have to compare between suppliers would be the unit energy charge.
More complicated tariffs would still be available, but they would have to be for a fixed period, with price increases not being allowed for the duration of the deal.
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In this May 23, 2011 photo, Harold Camping speaks during a taping of his show Open Forum in Oakland, Calif.
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The end of the world is nigh – again.
Doomsday prophet Harold Camping is once more predicting an apocalypse, and apparently we don’t have long left. The 90-year-old California radio mogul has pointed to October 21 on the calendar, by which date he reckons it will “probably” all be over.
But this time around he is not warning of souls burning up and ascensions to heaven from the sidewalks of Manhattan. Instead Camping, the owner of the Family Radio Network, believes it will be a much quieter affair.
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“I really am beginning to think as I restudied these matters that there’s going to be no big display of any kind. The end is going to come very, very quietly, probably within the next month. It will happen, that is, by October 21,” he stated in a recent radio recording.
Camping became infamous earlier this year for incorrectly heralding the arrival of the Rapture on May 21. Followers across the U.S. spent millions on advertising campaigns warning people of the eventual non-event.
Despite admitting that he was “flabbergasted” that the world still existed, Camping insisted his erroneous warning had in fact been correct – but that only a spiritual “Judgment Day” had occurred.
Nonetheless, reports suggest Camping didn’t take the whole episode too well and suffered a stroke in June. But he has made a partial recovery since and is now back to broadcasting – until Oct. 21, of course.
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Demonstrators with ‘Occupy Wall Street’ protest at Zuccotti Park in New York on October 13, 2011 the day after Mayor Bloomberg gave a message to Occupy Wall Street protestors that the park needs to be cleaned. Protestors, signs, and sleeping bags need to be temporarily vacated from the premises while the park’s property owner can go in with a cleaning crew starting Friday.
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As the days ticked by, September rolled into October and the Occupy Wall Street movement dug in at Lower Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park, a question loomed: How long would they stay once cold weather came? We may not have to wait that long to find out.
On Wednesday, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s office released a statement that the park, where protesters have made their camp for more than a month, would be cleaned on Friday. The announcement said that the cleaning would be done in stages, and that afterward, protesters “will be able to return to the areas that have been cleaned, provided they abide by the rules” established for the park. The statement came just two days after the mayor spoke at the Columbus Day Parade and said that the protesters could remain indefinitely, but the harsh winter weather would likely drive them out.
(MORE: Why the Washington Establishment Is Heeding Occupy Wall Street)
The day after the mayor’s speech, however, Richard Clark, CEO of Brookfield Properties, the company that owns Zuccotti Park, sent a letter to NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly asking for assistance in clearing the park so that it can be cleaned. Clark’s letter explained that the park is usually cleaned each day, and that they are concerned about possible damage from the month of occupation. The park has lighting in the ground, which if cracked, the letter explained, could cause an electrical issue with recent rains. “In light of this and the ongoing trespassing of the protesters,” the letter said, “we are again asking for the assistance of the New York City Police Department to help clear the park,” so that the company could undertake the cleaning.
While the word itself has not been used, the protesters see the letter as a notice of eviction. The movement put out an “Emergency Call to Action” on its website, asking for supporters to come to the park Friday at 6 a.m. “to defend the occupation from eviction.”
In addition to being forced from the park, the movement is worried that, even if they are allowed back in, their efforts to occupy the space may die. The OWS website says that the rules of the park include no sleeping bags or tarps and no lying down.
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If such rules are enforced, it would mean an end to the four-week occupation in its current form. At 2 a.m. Tuesday, my last trip to the park, people were sleeping in clusters around the trees, bundled up in sleeping bags against the chill. The NYPD forbids the erection of structures, but protesters have used tarps since the beginning days to protect themselves from the rain.
The NYPD has said that they will begin the clearing Friday morning at 7am. The response from the protesters on their Facebook page reads, “We’ll position ourselves with our brooms and mops in a human chain around the park, linked at the arms. If the NYPD attempts to enter, we’ll peacefully/non-violently stand our ground and those who are willing will get arrested.”
The Friday morning showdown could be much ado about a spray wash, or perhaps a seminal moment in an increasingly growing movement. If the protesters decide to leave, it’s not clear where they would go to continue their efforts. When the sun comes up on Friday morning, Occupy Wall Street’s picture may be clearer, or murkier than ever.
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