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While out promoting his starring role in the thriller Disturbia the extremely busy, much in demand Shia LaBeouf fielded a few questions about one of 2007’s most anticipated films – Transformers.

The Action of Transformers: LaBeouf’s seen footage and says, “The movie's insane. It's going to do for action what The Matrix did for action.” LaBeouf believes audiences are going to be astounded by what they see on screen. “ILM said — and this is the company that does like Star Wars and Superman, they do all the big ones…Pirates of the Caribbean…they said they'd never worked on anything like this. They'd never done graphics at this level. This is the most insane thing they've ever done. They said if they were to present their company to anybody, it would be that movie. That would be the movie to look at.”

Shia LaBeouf’s Reenergized Enthusiasm for Transformers: During the press tour for Bobby, LaBeouf wasn't exactly complimentary about working on the film and working with Michael Bay.

Better bolt that down - the scrap metal thieves are coming

The residents of an apartment complex in Seoul's Seongsu-dong woke up to quite a shock Wednesday morning. The stainless steel gate to the complex had disappeared in the night. They called the police, who arrested two brothers in their 30s who live in nearby Noyu-dong, and accuse them of trying to sell the gate, worth 1.5 million won (US$1,600), to a local junk dealer after taking it away on a one-ton truck shortly after midnight. The two men confessed to their crime, saying they "wanted to earn some spending money by selling some scrap metal." The rising price of scrap metal is leading to various types of unusual crimes. In early March, a man and his son were arrested while trying to steal iron gates and metal window frames from a construction site.
The price of scrap metal has jumped 30 percent over the past year.

Every school, every Thursday / Urbandale

There will be a Character Counts assembly at 2:45 p.m. today in the gym. Students have been discussing the pillar of fairness during J-Groups and will continue to learn about fairness at the assembly.



Jensen will be hosting its annual Fine Arts Day on Friday. Students will have the opportunity to listen to a variety of artists and to create their own pieces of art. Students will explore a variety of forms of artistic expression and diverse cultures as they work with guest professional artists. Sponsored by the PTO, the school's fifth annual Fine Arts Day will give students hands-on experience with sculpture, music, weaving, cartooning and more.

Jensen students will have the opportunity to see a performance put on by the Old Creamery Theatre at 9:45 Tuesday.

Panic-selling a problem for ETFs? Not necessarily!

A recent Wall Street Journal article blared Fast-Money Crowd Embraces ETFs, Adding Risk for Individual Investors. The article focused on the imperfection of exchange-traded funds as tracking devices for the indices whose performances they seek to mimic. The problem is that, because ETFs are traded like stocks, they go up and down based on supply and demand for the shares themselves. Traditional index mutual funds are simply adjusted at the end of each day to reflect the net asset value of the underlying stocks. As the article says:

The funds also are heavily used by the fast-money crowd such as hedge funds and big Wall Street traders. Combined with the effects of a 24-hour market and the unusual inner workings of ETFs, that trading can distort prices on days such as Feb. 27 and March 13 when the market swooned.

Report: Kevin Durant Will Declare for NBA Draft Next Week

It's good news in Boston and bad news in Austin as DraftExpress.com is reporting that Texas freshman sensation Kevin Durant has decided to declare for the NBA draft and will make his announcement at a news conference next week.DraftExpress.com cited "multiple sources, both from the NBA and close to the player himself" in its report.Durant, the first freshman in college basketball history to be named player of the year, is widely expected to be the second player chosen in this year's NBA draft, after fellow freshman Greg Oden, the Ohio State center. That means the Celtics, who have the NBA's second-worst record and are therefore the most likely recipients of the second pick in the draft lottery, are a likely landing spot. Durant has already cost NBA executives $60,000 in fines, with half of that going to Boston's Danny Ainge, who sat with Durant's family during the Big 12 tournament.