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Talking about Sylvia Plath is like talking over loud-volume rock music in a bar. The popular "myth" and gossip surrounding Sylvia Plath and her husband, the British poet Ted Hughes, often drown out the actual voice of either poet. Sylvia Plath has been termed, perhaps erroneously, a "confessional" poet. The term "confessional" is frequently used to describe a group of poets writing in the 1950's (including Robert Lowell and Anne Sexton) who incorporated details of their personal lives in their writing.
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2006 BMW 7-Series ReviewThis car review is specific to this model, not the actual vehicle for sale.
Dynamically, an ultimate driving machine.
BMW sparked debate four years ago with the introduction of its radically redesigned and heavily computerized 7 Series sedans. Critics assailed the styling and some drivers did not like the iDrive controls. While the company has toned down the styling and backed away from some of the more convoluted electronics, the car still sparks debate. However, we can assure you this: This is a luxury sedan in the truest sense and it is impressive to drive.
Its responsive engines and six-speed automatic transmission, its magic-carpet ride quality, its excellent handling, its awesomely powerful brakes, and its well-tuned electronic stability control systems deliver the ultimate in big-sedan river control. This car flat flies. The 760 models are two of the quickest, fastest, normally aspirated 2.5-ton vehicles in the world.
Whichever 7 Series you choose, starting with the standard 750i, you'll get a sedan that's big, smooth, fast and inspiring. It'll also be equipped with the latest safety technology. No matter where you sit, you'll experience a cabin that's beautiful and wonderfully comfortable. The 750Li and 760Li (L for long) offer even greater legroom in the back seats. All the 7 Series models are exceptionally powerful and responsive, and if the V12-powered 760i and 760Li don't stir something inside you, you may as well call a cab.
Virtually everything in the cabin is controlled through a single mouse-like interface called iDrive. It controls the entertainment system, the navigation system and myriad settings managing the car's suspension, lighting and driver/car interface, and it demands some study to master. Once that's accomplished, however, driving the 7 Series cars is easy and quite satisfying.
The whisper-quiet cabin is a great place for quiet conversation or magnificent solitude. The 7 Series has a superb stereo, so it's an insulated sound studio where you can hear Mozart concertos, crystal clear vocals or crisp acoustic guitar notes. The level of technology the 7 Series offers is mind boggling, and a negative in the minds of some. Almost-silent, hidden fans and heating elements cool or warm your rear end or your soft drink; microchips stand by to instantaneously detect and restrain a skidding tire or to apply the brakes full force just in case you were distracted by a phone call; power sunshades keep the sun off your rear passengers. Adaptive headlights turn with the car.
There's more, much more, but the point is made. Among the big luxury sedans, the 2006 BMW 7 Series retains its status as the ultimate driving machine.
The 2006 BMW 7 Series models offer a freshened appearance with a redesigned grille, hood and headlamps. The lower grille opening now looks like it's smiling, rather than frowning. The V8 engine on the 750i and 750Li has been revised for 2006 and delivers siginficantly more power. And the iDrive system has been revised on 2006 models for improved graphics and easier operation.
The 2006 BMW 7 Series cars are available in two lengths, each with a choice of engines. The 750i ($71,800) and long-wheelbase 750Li ($75,800) are powered by a 360-hp, 4.8-liter V8 with a six-speed automatic transmission with Steptronic. The 760i ($111,500) and 760Li ($118,900) come with a 438-hp V12 engine.
The 7 Series sedans come standard with a long list of luxury features with interiors trimmed in a choice of rich leathers and woods. The 750i has dual-zone, automatic climate control with activated-charcoal microfilter ventilation and pollution/odor-triggered recirculation; American walnut wood trim; BMW Assist emergency and information communications; 14-way, power driver and 12-way, power front passenger seats; power tilt/telescoping steering wheel; two-setting memory for driver seat, steering wheel and mirror settings; a power moonroof; a climate-controlled front console compartment; and single-CD audio with 10 speakers. The 750Li adds 20-way, power, front Comfort Seats with articulated upper backrests and passenger-seat memory. Both 750 models come standard with V-speed-rated, 245/50VR18, all-season tires on 18-inch alloy wheels; 19-inch wheels with performance tires (245/45 front, 275/40 rear) are optional ($1,300). Park Distance Control comes standard, helping the driver track hard-to-see obstacles. Adaptive headlights, which aim around corners as the steering wheel is turned, come standard on 2006 models.
The 760i and 760Li have almost everything BMW offers. The base price covers high-gloss, Ash trim with inlays plus leather on virtually all interior surfaces (except the dash). The V12 models include soft-close doors that suck themselves shut and heated and ventilated seats front and rear. Power rear window and rear side window shades are standard on the 760Li, optional on the other three ($750), as is the heated steering wheel ($150). The 760i comes standard with 20-inch alloy wheels and performance tires (245/40R20 front, 275/35R20 rear). The 760Li can be ordered with rear climate control with a cool box ($1,800). The V12 models earn the government-imposed gas-guzzler tax ($1,300).
Most of what's offered on the 760i and 760Li is available on the 750i and 750Li through individual options or packages. The six option packages for the 750i and 750Li include: the Sport Package ($3,200) with 19-inch wheels and tires, sport-tuned suspension, 20-way Comfort front seats (more aggressively bolstered sport seating is a no-cost option) and specific exterior and interior trim; the Adaptive Ride Package ($1,900) with a self-leveling rear suspension and Electronic Damping Control that automatically adjusts shock damping according to conditions; the Cold Weather Package ($1,100) with a heated steering wheel, heated front and rear seats, and a ski bag; the Convenience Package ($1,000) with the soft-touch, door-closing doors and power trunk-lid operation; the Luxury Seating Package that adds 20-way adjustment, front and rear seat heating, fans to blow air through the seating surfaces and an automatic massager; and the Premium Sound Package ($1,800) with increased audio power, two subwoofers, Digital Sound Processing and six-CD changer.
Other options offered across the line include Comfort Access ($1000), which provides keyless entry and engine start; radar-managed Active Cruise Control ($2200); Sirius Satellite Radio, with a one-year subscription ($595); high-definition radio ($500); and a Rear Entertainment Package ($2200) with rear-seat monitor and iDrive control, dual earphone jacks and trunk-mounted, six-DVD changer.
Safety features include dual frontal airbags, driver and front-passenger side-impact airbags, and BMW's Head Protection System, which amounts to a full-length, tube-shaped curtain on both sides of the cabin for front and rear head protection in a side impact. Also standard is BMW's Active Knee Protection, unique inflatable airbags that protect front passengers' knees. BMW claims these.
The BMW 7 Series cars come in two lengths. The 750i and 760i ride on a 117.7-inch wheelbase, while the 750Li and 760Li stretch that to 123.2 inches. The long-wheelbase Li models are 5.5 inches longer bumper to bumper, and nearly all of that is directed into more rear-seat legroom.
BMW stepped out of the box when it launched the current 7 Series as a 2002 model. The objective was to boost its luxury sedan's presence and curb appeal. Indeed, the 7 Series looked more agile and muscular than the previous-generation models, which had aged, and to some, not so gracefully. Though the trademark twin-kidney grille and long hood remained, making it clear that this was still a BMW, the design was a dramatic departure from past BMWs.
That the styling has not pleased everyone is evident by the fact it's still a widely discussed topic. The overall design, and particularly the rear half, have generated continued controversy among design critics and automotive media. BMW claims its buyers love it, and sales tend to support this. And other manufacturers, including Acura and Lexus, are beginning to use similar design solutions on the rears of their cars to manage airflow.
In the past few years, BMW has tweaked the styling here and there, softening some of the more dramatic cues and returning toward more traditional BMW styling cues. For 2006, there are some welcome refinements.
The grille on the 2006 models is now slightly larger and consistent on both models; it was slightly wider at the top on the 2005 760s. The hood has been re-contoured, losing some height, with a less prominent power bulge, and sloping more quickly to the new grille and headlight housings, themselves re-shaped to parallel the grille's outline and wrap farther around the fender, ending in a sharper point.
Set relatively low, the headlamps are trimmed by turn signals above them, looking like the eyebrows of a hawk. An extractor vent straddling the hood just forward of the cowl looks out of place on a car in this class. The lower air intake is reshaped and partitioned, looking more like a smile than a frown, with fog lamps housed in separate indents. A sliver of chrome adorns the bumper.
The side view shows the faster hood flowing into the nicely proportioned glasshouse. BMW's trademark dogleg in the rear side window continues as the longest-running, brand-specific styling cue in the industry. Door sills and rocker panels are fuller, more pronounced, breaking up a stretch of sheetmetal otherwise featureless except for an understated character line creasing the doors beneath flush-mounted door handles. The exterior mirrors can be retracted inward with the touch of a button, reducing the parking width by more than a foot. It's a great convenience for drivers with narrow garage entrances or when parking in a crowded city garage. Tires fill circular wheel wells placed where they should be to balance and support the body's visual mass. The contentious trunk has been softened, rounded off a bit and in general, just stylistically relaxed with a slicker transition between the backlight and trunk lid.
New taillight clusters bridging the seam between the rear fenders and the trunk lid and reaching halfway to the license plate recess draw the eye across the back, making the car look wider. The lights employ a feature BMW calls adaptive brake lighting. Under normal braking, the outboard and center-mounted, third brake lights illuminate as usual. Under hard braking or when ABS is activated, secondary brake lights in the trunk-lid elements join the outboard brake lights for a significant increase in visibility of the brake lights. The distinction is intended to warn following drivers that you are stopping very quickly. A monitoring system indicates when a bulb is burned out. And while waiting for you to have it replaced, the system will commandeer other bulbs in the taillamps to fill in as brake lights. The thickened, less-pronounced, spoiler-li.
High-quality materials and elegant design make the 7 Series cabin an exceedingly pleasant, luxurious place in which to conduct the business of driving. The dash looks particularly clean and elegant because the iDrive system eliminates so many switches and knobs. Beautiful, buttery leather is used throughout. Wood trim is spread tastefully on the dash, center console and elsewhere. A variety of other materials adds interest without making the interior look busy. The standard roof liner in the 750i reminds us of fine suit material, something you might encounter on a woman's business jacket; the 760Li's roof is lined with suede-like alcantara.
The front seats are supportive and comfortable, and by that we mean all iterations in both model lines. The standard seats in the 750i adjust 14 ways. The available Comfort Seats adjust in 20 directions. Some adjustments are automatic, including the headrests, which change height according to the position of the seat. The sport package seats have bolstering on par with those in a sports car. Active Seat Ventilation cools the front and rear seats in the summer by blowing air through micro-perforations in the leather; the system includes a vibrating feature.
All 7 Series sedans feature dual-zone temperature and airflow adjustment for the front passengers, managed by familiar knobs and buttons arrayed across the center of the dash; the 760Li adds separate temperature adjustments for each side of the rear seat. Window shade-like slats seal off vent registers when and if desired. An automatic humidity control maintains relative humidity near an optimal 40 percent. Rain-sensing wipers detect misting on the windshield and automatically wipe it off.
The rear seats are roomy and comfortable. The long-wheelbase L models provide as much rear legroom as you'll find this side of a stretch limo. Waterfall LED atmosphere lighting inside the C-pillars adds to the evening elegance of the rear seats. For bright days, the 760Li includes power sunshades for the rear windscreen and rear side windows. Comfort Seats for the rear come standard on the 760Li and are available for the 750Li, along with moveable, floor-mount footrests. Rear Comfort Seats include electric heating and 14-way power adjustments, with a control that allows rear-seat passengers to move the front passenger seat forward, a great feature. Having a skilled professional drive you around while you luxuriate in back is not the worst way to travel. Rear Comfort Seats make the BMW 7 Series the ultimate riding machine.
Under power, the 7 Series cabin remains whisper quiet. The only outside sound we could hear while driving the 750i was the tires whacking over expansion joints or humming across grooved concrete. Ambient noise is wonderfully deadened inside, making conversation easy and pleasant. We could, however, detect hums, clicks and buzzes in the background generated by assorted servo motors, switches and pumps in support of all the amenities and creature comforts.
The quiet cabin provides a perfect environment for a superb stereo that delivers crisp highs, sharp bass, and clear mid-range tones. BMW's Premium Sound Package is truly sensational. Unless you have a state-of-the-art stereo at home, you'll hear things in your favorite songs you've barely noticed before. The package delivers seven channels of surround sound through 13 speakers, including a pair of subwoofers ingeniously integrated into the chassis itself; it includes a CD changer. We'd spring for the optional Sirius Satellite Radio, which offers mostly commercial-free music, news, sports and talk.
The 7 Series provides more interior storage space than some of its competitors, but storage isn't one of its strengths. The center console lid is split down the middle to create a pair of leather-covered access doors. The driver's side of our console was cooled by the air conditioner, the passenger side filled with CD storage and a cellula.
Driving Impression
Body style and computerized interfaces aside, when it comes to driving dynamics, there's no controversy. BMW's 7 Series has been widely lauded for its outstanding performance and ride, and almost everything about the 2006 BMW 7 Series is top notch.
Heading the list is the car's wonderful, magic-carpet ride. The high-tech suspension smoothes out bumps, even speed bumps, to a point of astonishment. It's incredibly comfortable, yet the driver does not feel completely isolated from the road. It senses when it's being driven hard, instantaneously re-tuning itself appropriately for improved handling, and then adjusting the other way when the going gets easy and relaxed on long, inter-city trips.
BMW's Active Roll Stabilization uses computer-controlled, two-piece anti-roll bars to increase roll resistance in hard cornering and keep the body flat in turns. It's as if on entering a turn, the inside tires lift to keep the car level, which is, in effect, what actually happens. At the same time, the system maintains enough suspension compliance to keep the tires planted on the road. Bumps in the middle of a high-speed corner do not upset the handling balance one whit. Several factors are at work here: a near-perfect weight distribution of 50 percent front to rear (helped by lightweight aluminum hood and front fenders), which means neither end of the car is more prone to slide than the other; a highly rigid chassis that allows precise suspension tuning; and minimal unsprung weight, thanks to lightweight aluminum wheels, brake calipers and aluminum suspension components.
Remember, weighing more than 4900 pounds, depending on equipment, the 7 Series is not a small, lightweight car. But in some respects it feels smaller than it is. The electronic stability control makes adjustments to maintain handling balance whenever grip is lost to any one tire. By applying braking force to individual wheels and, when absolutely necessary, reducing engine speed, it almost seems to bend the laws of physics. Just steer this thing where you want to go and the 7 Series takes you there. We felt this on a fast, greasy corner, flat-out over a crest that unweighted the suspension. All four wheels lost grip, but we simply motored around the corner, drifting just slightly wide of the intended line, never lifting off the accelerator pedal or making any adjustments in the steering. No special action was needed. The car did all of it. The anti-skid system is transparent, in that you can't feel it kick in and out. BMW's system is less obtrusive and more performance-oriented than similar systems found in Mercedes and Lexus automobiles.
Steering a 7 Series sedan is a joy. The rack-and-pinion steering is super sharp and precise. It's very light at low speeds for parking lots, but firms up at higher speeds for improved driver feel. It also steps up response by 10 percent as the wheel is turned off center, which means that the more you turn the wheel, the faster the car responds. With this steering system, it's easy to drive with extreme precision on winding roads at high speeds, placing the tires exactly where you want them. When hitting bumps, there's little or no kickback to the steering. Our only reservation about this system, and it's a minor point, is that it's so sensitive to road speed that accelerating in the midst of a tight turn occasionally catches it out, leaving the front wheels more sharply angled than optimal.
The V8 and V12 drivetrains are absolutely silky when cruising around. The six-speed automatic is extremely smooth, yet it's among the most responsive we have ever experienced. Hit the accelerator pedal and the transmission drops a gear or two without any of that hesitation found in so many automatics. The additional gearing of the six-speed allows a lower first gear for quicker performance off the line, closer ratios in the middle gears for better mid-range response, and taller t.
The BMW 7 Series is so smooth that full days behind the wheel are not taxing, and it's very comfortable in heavy commuter traffic. It's easy to drive this car well, even on winding mountain roads, and few luxury sedans can keep up with it at high speeds. The interior is sumptuous. And these cars are stuffed with the latest technology. Dynamically, this may be the best car in the class. That's no small feat, given that the competition includes some of the best, most expensive cars in the world. But some of the technology sometimes seems to be more of a distraction than an aid.
NewCarTestDrive.com correspondent Tom Lankard reported from Sacramento, California, with Mitch McCullough reporting from Los Angeles and San Antonio.
Model Lineup
BMW 750i ($71,800); 750Li ($75,800); 760i ($111,500) $760Li ($118,900).
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Options As Tested
Adaptive Ride Package with self-leveling rear suspension and electronic shock damping ($1900); Convenience Package with soft-close, automatic doors and power trunk opening and closing ($1000); Luxury Seating Package with three-stage ventilated and heated front seats and heated rear seats ($1450); Rear Comfort Seats with 20-way, power adjustments and heated with active ventilation ($3500); Premium Sound Package with 13 speakers, DSP, 6-disc in-dash CD changer and 2 subwoofers ($1800); Rear Entertainment Package with rear-seat monitor and iDrive controller and trunk-mounted, six-DVD changer ($2200); Sirius satellite radio ($595); power rear sunshade ($750); 19-inch alloy wheels ($1300).
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BMW 750Li ($75,800).The BMW 7 Series is so smooth that full days behind the wheel are not taxing, it's easy to drive on winding mountain roads, and few luxury sedans can keep up with it at high speeds. The BMW 7 Series cars are available in two lengths, each with a choice of engines. The 750i and long-wheelbase 750Li are powered by a 360-hp, 4.8-liter V8 with a six-speed automatic transmission with Steptronic. Safety features include dual frontal airbags, driver and front-passenger side-impact airbags, and BMW's Head Protection System. Also standard is BMW's Active Knee Protection. For 2006, the BMW 7 Series models offer a freshened appearance with a redesigned grille, hood and headlamps. The V8 engine on the 750i and 750Li has been revised and delivers significantly more power. And the iDrive system has been revised for improved graphics and easier operation.
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Would the Eagles bet the promise this team holds on either Kolb or Vick as the quarterback if McNabb's injury keeps him out a long while or if he sustains another? Don't think so.
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The suspect, who spoke both English and Spanish, told the girl that he would give her a ride. When she ignored him, he drove down a nearby street, turned around and again tried to talk her into getting into the car, according to a city news release.
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Following are the Hero Complex picks for some of the most anticipated new films of the year. Let us know which movies you're most excited to see in the comments section below.
RoboCop: Paul Verhoeven's 1987 satire about a police man remade as law enforcement machine gets a sleek update from Brazilian filmmaker Jose Padilha with actor Joel Kinnaman starring as Alex Murphy, a futuristic Detroit cop who finds himself encased in metal after being critically injured in the line of duty. Padilha made a name for himself on the festival circuit for his documentary filmmaking before writing and directing the acclaimed crime thrillers "Elite Squad" and its sequel, "Elite Squad: The Enemy Within," and in an interview with Hero Complex last year he said he approached the project looking to underscore the story's potent political underpinnings rather than create just another Hollywood remake laden with mindless CG spectacle. "We're making a movie that has action scenes in it, that has a lot of visual effects, but it's a movie that talks about current affairs — it talks about the use of drones and the consequences that this has, ethical and moral and political," he said. "I don't see it as so different from documentary filmmaking; it is in a technical way, but not in a philosophical way." In theaters Feb. 12.
Divergent: Adolescent heroine Beatrice "Tris" Prior struggles against the pressures of conformity in "Divergent," the anticipated adaptation of the first book in Veronica Roth's bestselling young-adult trilogy. Set in a future version of Chicago, the story posits a world in which people are tested when they are young, then divided into five factions based on their personalities and virtues. Tris (Shailene Woodley) is born into Abnegation (which values selflessness), but her test reveals she is divergent, or has an aptitude for multiple factions — something that is not allowed in the rigidly divided society. She hides her divergence and decides to join Dauntless, the faction based on bravery, landing among a group of tattooed warriors, including love interest "Four" (Theo James). "She starts out questioning where she fits into society, and then by the end of the movie she's questioning society itself," said "Divergent" director Neil Burger. In theaters March 21.
Muppets Most Wanted: Kermit the Frog and the gang are back for a new adventure that this time puts them in perilous conflict with a dastardly amphibian jewel thief named Constantine, who happens to bear a striking resemblance to everyone's favorite small, green song-and-dance man. Tina Fey turns up as the warden of a Russian prison and Ricky Gervais stars as an "international tour manager" named Dominic Badguy (pronounced "Bad-G," it's French, you know). Expect plenty more celebrities in cameo appearances and possibly some breaking of the fourth wall. In theaters March 21.
Captain America: The Winter Soldier: Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) is grappling with tricky politics and searching out new allies at the same time his past quite literally returns to haunt him in Captain America's second solo big-screen outing. Based on a famous 2005 comic book story line by writer Ed Brubaker and illustrator Steve Epting and set some months after the events depicted in 2012's blockbuster hit "The Avengers," the film sees Steve, who has remained in the employ of S.H.I.E.L.D., occasionally teaming with Scarlett Johansson's Natasha Romanoff, or Black Widow, on key missions and bonding with a military man named Sam Wilson (Mackie), who has a superhero alter ego of his own as the Falcon. "I think they're both wounded warriors who don't bleed on other people," Evans said of Steve and Sam on the film's set last year. "Sometimes when things are bad, trusting a stranger is the way to go." In theaters April 4.
Only Lovers Left Alive: Tom Hiddleston and Tilda Swinton play immortal lovers in writer-director Jim Jarmusch's moody vampire romance. The haunting chamber piece centers on the relationship between brooding raven-haired musician Adam (Hiddleston) and platinum blond bohemian Eve (Swinton), and like last year's underrated "Byzantium" from director Neil Jordan, underscores that there is still rich narrative territory to be mined when it comes to the mythic (and recently overexposed) monsters. "I read Jim's script and I was drawn to his vision of the world, these two delicate, sophisticated creatures who were quintessential outsiders, lived on the fringes of society, deeply in love with all of the complexity that love is. True love is acceptance and that's what the film is about, two people who accept each other for their true natures regardless of their contradictions," Hiddleston said. In theaters April 11.
Transcendence: Christopher Nolan's longtime cinematographer Wally Pfister makes his feature debut as a helmer with this story of a scientist whose consciousness becomes uploaded into an artificial intelligence that rapidly evolves into a threat to the human race. Johnny Depp leads an impressive ensemble cast that includes Rebecca Hall, Morgan Freeman, Kate Mara, Paul Bettany and Cillian Murphy in what looks to be a smart, sci-fi thriller/cautionary tale exploring the possible danger inherent in our increasing reliance on technology. In theaters April 18.
The Amazing Spider-Man 2: Electro, the Rhino and the Green Goblin are after Peter Parker in director Marc Webb's follow-up to 2012's hit, "The Amazing Spider-Man," which introduced Andrew Garfield as the emo heartthrob incarnation of Marvel Comics' famous web-slinger. Garfield is back reprising his role, as is Emma Stone as gal pal Gwen Stacy. (Sony has a great deal of faith in Garfield's hero — the studio already has announced that the third and fourth installments in the saga are set for release on June 10, 2016, and May 4, 2018. Additionally, the company announced plans for new movies about Spider-Man's nemesis Venom and the collective of bad guys known as the Sinister Six. In theaters May 2.
X-Men: Days of Future Past: Adapted from one of the most beloved X-Men comic book story lines conceived by Chris Claremont, Bryan Singer's new sequel sees Hugh Jackman's Wolverine called upon to travel back in time so that his younger self can help save the present-day mutants from a grave fate. The film picks up after Matthew Vaughn's 2011 prequel "X-Men: First Class," which chronicled the superheroes' origins as young people in the 1960s discovering and learning to manipulate their powers, and it features cast members from both the prequel and the original "X-Men" trilogy, which launched in 2000 with Singer's "X-Men." In theaters May 23.
Maleficent: The sorceress with the fiery spirit gets to star in her own telling of the events of Disney's animated classic "Sleeping Beauty," with Angelina Jolie wearing Maleficent's signature horns in the title role. The live-action film, directed by Robert Stromberg, who won an art direction Oscar for Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland," purports to focus on the events that led the character to the path of evil, and though she'll likely be depicted in a more sympathetic light than in the 1959 feature, there surely stands a good chance that the dragon transformation sequence will be re-created in some fashion. "Since I was a little girl, Maleficent was always my favorite," Jolie said at an appearance at the studio's D23 convention in Anaheim last year. "I was terrified of her, but I was also drawn to her. I wanted to know more about her. She had this elegance and grace, yet she was wonderfully, deliciously cruel." In theaters May 30.
Edge of Tomorrow: Just one year after starring in Joseph Kosinski's puzzle box "Oblivion," Tom Cruise returns to high-concept science fiction with a starring role in Doug Liman's new film, based on Hiroshi Sakurazaka's award-winning novel "All You Need Is Kill." Playing an officer dropped onto a futuristic battlefield only to die and find himself reborn again and again at a moment before the siege, Cruise top-lines a cast that includes Emily Blunt, Bill Paxton, Lara Pulver and Jeremy Piven, among others. In theaters June 6.
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: The apes and the humans appear to be on the cusp of a war that doesn't promise to end well for mankind in Fox's sequel to Rupert Wyatt's 2011 hit, "Rise of the Planet of the Apes." The story picks up years after the events of that film and finds a world decimated by disease and conflict — the ranks of the simian followers of Andy Serkis' genetically evolved ape Caesar, played by performance-capture master Andy Serkis, seem strong. Jason Clarke, Gary Oldman and Keri Russell star; Matt Reeves ("Let Me In," "Cloverfield") directs. In theaters July 11.
Jupiter Ascending: Andy and Lana Wachowski's newest sci-fi venture promises some of the same mix of futuristic spectacle and existential exploration that catapulted the duo to international acclaim with "The Matrix" nearly 15 years ago. The film stars Mila Kunis as Jupiter Jones, a young woman born on Earth whose "genetic signature" marks her as a target for the Queen of the Universe. Channing Tatum plays Caine, a blond, eye-liner sporting "perfect hunting machine," who becomes Jupiter's protector. Sean Bean and Eddie Redmayne also have featured roles. The film is the first from the Wachowskis after their audacious literary adaptation with Tom Tykwer, "Cloud Atlas," which was based on the 2004 novel by David Mitchell and starred Tom Hanks, Halle Berry and Jim Broadbent playing multiple interconnected roles across the centuries. In theaters July 25.
Guardians of the Galaxy: Director James Gunn helms the second of Marvel's 2014 big-screen adventures, this time adapting the story of antihero Peter Quill, aka Star-Lord (Chris Pratt), and his squad of aliens tasked with teaming up to battle intergalactic threats. Included in the group is the furry, fan-favorite character Rocket Raccoon, to be voiced by Bradley Cooper, along with Zoe Saldana as Gamora, Dave Bautista as Drax the Destroyer and the sentient tree Groot, a CG character that Marvel has confirmed will be voiced by Vin Diesel. The cast also includes Glenn Close, Lee Pace, Michael Rooker, Karen Gillan, Djimon Hounsou, Benicio del Toro and John C. Reilly. In theaters Aug. 1.
Interstellar: The first film from Christopher Nolan since he completed his acclaimed Gotham City trilogy with 2012's "The Dark Knight Rises," "Interstellar" arrives as an event, though many details surrounding the movie are being closely guarded. A lyrical trailer for the film arrived near the end of 2013, with the clip showing landmark images related to space exploration as the film's star, Matthew McConaughey, in voice-over, ponders the human thirst for innovation that made such technological advances possible, and wonders openly whether mankind has abandoned its enthusiasm for dreaming. The film also stars Jessica Chastain and Casey Affleck, and previous Nolan collaborators Anne Hathaway and Michael Caine. In theaters Nov. 7.
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1: The first part of the last leg of Katniss Everdeen's cinematic journeys arrives in November. Based on the final book in author Suzanne Collins' bestselling dystopian trilogy, the film sees the scope of the narrative expand as Jennifer Lawrence's resourceful heroine finds herself in the underground world of District 13 as the world of Panem becomes consumed by open revolt against the cruel Capitol and the sinister, calculating President Snow (Donald Sutherland). Francis Lawrence, who directed 2013's $393-million hit "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire," returns behind the cameras. In theaters Nov. 21.
The Hobbit: There and Back Again: Bilbo Baggins' epic adventure comes to a close as the year draws to its end, but the story won't wind down quietly — filmmaker Peter Jackson will bring the epic Battle of the Five Armies to the screen before he concludes his latest Middle-earth saga. In theaters Dec. 17.
— Gina McIntyre and Noelene Clark | @LATHeroComplex
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HOUSTON (AP) – Jack Pardee, one of Bear Bryant's "Junction Boys" at Texas A&M who went on to become an All-Pro linebacker and an NFL coach, died Monday.
He was 76.
In November, Pardee's family announced that he had gall bladder cancer that had spread to other organs and that he had six to nine months to live. The family has established a memorial scholarship fund in Pardee's name at the University of Houston, where Pardee coached from 1987-89.
"Today, we mourn the passing of a great man who dedicated his life to the game of football and was a true gentleman in every sense of the word," Houston athletic director Mack Rhoades said.
"It was not a coincidence that success followed coach and his teams wherever he worked, and the University of Houston program was blessed to have him lead our football program during some of our most exciting times."
Pardee was born in Iowa and moved to west-central Texas as a teenager.
He played six-man football at Christoval High School before moving on to Texas A&M. Bryant became the Aggies' coach in 1954 and moved their preseason camp to desolate Junction, about 100 miles northwest of San Antonio.
The state endured a severe drought and an historic heat wave that year, but Bryant worked his team through the brutal conditions and refused to allow water breaks in an effort to toughen players. Pardee was one of 35 players who made it through to the end of the 10-day camp without quitting.
"Not only did we lose a Texas A&M legend today, we lost a man who was a legend at every level of football," Texas A&M athletics director Eric Hyman said in a statement.
Pardee played three seasons at Texas A&M and was the 14th overall pick in the 1957 NFL draft by Los Angeles. He played for the Rams from 1957-64, sat out a year to deal with melanoma, and played seven more seasons. He finished his playing career with the Washington Redskins in 1973 and coached the team from 1978-80.
"In his time both on the field and on the sideline, Jack Pardee will forever be a part of the Washington Redskins' legacy," owner Daniel Snyder said in a statement.
"He will be remembered not just as a linebacker for the 1972 NFC Champions, nor as just the coach for our franchise. He will be remembered as someone whose spirit truly embodied the values that we associate with the burgundy and gold."
Before the NFL, Pardee coached in the World Football League. He was the Bears' head coach from 1975-77 and guided Chicago to its first playoff appearance since the early 1960s. Pardee moved to the Redskins in 1978, while the Bears made the postseason again in 1979.
"The Bears family was saddened to hear of Jack Pardee's passing," Bears chairman George McCaskey said in a statement. "Coach Pardee's time with us was only three seasons, but he made an impact by ending a 14-year playoff drought in 1977."
The Redskins fired Pardee after Washington went 6-10 in 1980. He served as San Diego's defensive coordinator for one season, then returned to Texas to coach the USFL's Houston Gamblers.
When the USFL disbanded in 1987, Pardee became the coach at the University of Houston and brought along the fast-paced "run-and-shoot" offense that worked well with the Gamblers.
The NCAA levied severe sanctions on the program in 1988, the result of violations committed under previous coach Bill Yeoman. Houston was banned from playing in a bowl game for two years and banned from playing on television in the 1989 season.
But the Cougars led the nation in total offense (624.9 yards per game) and passing offense (511 yards per game) in 1989, and quarterback Andre Ware became the first black quarterback to win the Heisman Trophy. Houston finished 9-2 and ranked No. 14 in the nation.
"When you talk about the great offenses in the history of college football, coach Pardee's run-and-shoot teams from the late 1980s must be considered near the top of that list," Houston coach Tony Levine said.
"We continue to feel the impact from his innovative ideas and leadership of those teams in college football today, and our thoughts and prayers go out to all his family and friends."
His Houston teams were a precursor to the high-flying offenses now common in college football. He coached the Cougars to a 95-21 win over a just-back-from-the-NCAA-death-penalty SMU team in 1989.
The Cougars became the first team in NCAA history to finish with more than 1,000 yards of offense, as they piled up 1,021 yards in the win where Ware was on the bench by halftime.
Pardee became the coach of the NFL's Houston Oilers in 1990, and led the team to the playoffs in each of his first four seasons. Current Tennessee coach Mike Munchak was an offensive lineman for the Oilers from 1982-93 and then became one of Pardee's assistant coaches.
"We lost a great coach and, more importantly, a great man today," Munchak said in a statement. "I truly admired his passion for football and was especially inspired by his love of the history of the game. He often shared stories of his NFL playing days to motivate his players, which has greatly influenced the way that I now coach my players. Coach Pardee will surely be missed."
Oilers owner Bud Adams traded star quarterback Warren Moon to Minnesota before the 1994 season, and Pardee resigned after a 1-9 start that year. He ended his NFL coaching career with a record of 87-77.
Pardee's last coaching job came when he worked for the Birmingham Barracudas of the Canadian Football League in 1995. His name emerged several years later for the Houston job, but the school hired Kevin Sumlin instead. Ted is the color analyst for Houston football radio broadcasts.
"When my father was diagnosed back around Thanksgiving, we were able to have many great conversations about the past and the future," Ted said in a statement.
Pardee and his wife, Phyllis, were married for more than 50 years and have five children and 12 grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements were pending Monday night.
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The club have big plans, including a new stadium, and have been big spenders but supporters are losing faith in the manager, turning on Redknapp after the 1-0 defeat to Charlton on Saturday.
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HIV/AIDS News Digest: August 11, 2011
August 12, 2011
Here is a quick look at a few HIV/AIDS stories recently reported in the media:
Sex education in New York City has been done on a voluntary basis in public schools -- which left only 64 percent of the city's middle schools and somewhere between 40-80 percent of high schools teaching any type of sex education curriculum.
Well, this fall, that will not be the case. A new mandate handed down by Mayor Bloomberg states that 100 percent of public school students will receive age-appropriate, comprehensive sex education.
Time reported:
The program is part of a larger city measure, Mayor Michael Bloomberg's $127 million Young Men's Initiative, announced on Aug. 4, which seeks to improve the lives of young black and Latino men in the city (the initiative will also focus on job training, counseling for criminal offenders, and fatherhood classes).
For many HIV and reproductive health advocates, this mandate is what they have been lobbying to have for years. In a press release, Tracie M. Gardner, state policy director at the Legal Action Center and the founder of WISH-NY, said, "While this new mandate is a start, we hope that it's not the final word from the city. As we all have been saying for years, meaningful, medically-sound health education needs to be a continuous process, and one semester is far from that."
YWCHAC Co-director Kymsha Henry added, "As advocates, we are so happy to hear this -- but it's not really time to celebrate until the rates of HIV and STIs among New York's young people decrease. Chancellor Walcott and Deputy Mayor Gibbs, let's make this happen now."
Yes, let's.
On Aug. 8, we reported that a 17-year-old teen living in Edmonton, Canada, was arrested and charged with two counts of aggravated sexual assault for having unprotected sex without disclosing her HIV status to her partners. Her arrest came days after the Edmonton Police Service issued a public safety warning that named her.
Some have questioned whether the police should have broadcasted the minor's face on the Internet and in the media. Did the crime warrant those actions? Is it even true that she is HIV positive? And did they receive a court order to release her information?
Edmonton Journal staff writer Paula Simons refers to the police's actions as a "manhunt" that essentially did more harm than good and shows a lack of compassion. Simons wrote:
Treating her like a dangerous criminal on the lam, rather than a sick, desperate and vulnerable minor, may not have been the most useful or appropriate strategy to dealing with a public health problem. Criminalize the disease, and you only add to the stigma and shame that keep people from disclosing their HIV status in the first place.
Simons also stated that the moral that HIV-negative people walk away with is that it's the job of the HIV-positive person to keep them negative when in fact both parties share the responsibility for their own health:
At least three men allegedly chose to have sex -- unprotected sex, it would seem -- with a 17-year-old homeless girl. Their sexual behavior was also irresponsible, perhaps even exploitative. Yet they're the victims whose identities are protected, while she is the accused criminal, pilloried in the virtual public square.
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Federal Officials Work to End HIV Criminalization Laws (From The Michigan Messenger)
Just last week, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released news that HIV rates have stabilized for much of the American population, yet rates among young African-American men are increasing alarmingly. In a recent installment of the feature "Room for Debate," The New York Times reached out to nine top HIV experts to get their take on what public health officials should do in order to close this racial gap.
Here's what two of the experts had to say:
Other HIV/AIDS Articles in the Media
HIV Treatment Outcomes Poorer in Adolescents and Young Adults (From AIDSmeds.com)
Want to Be on a Reality Show for MTV? Just Know They Will Not Be Responsible for You Contracting HIV or Any Other STDs (From The Village Voice)
Will Obama Oppose Cuts to HIV/AIDS Programs in Deficit Reduction? (From Washington Blade)
Versus Documentary Tackles HIV, Homophobia, Race and the First Openly Gay Major League Baseball Player in Out. The Glenn Burke Story (From Business Wire)
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No, seriously, we can't call this guy a hunter because he's not a hunter in any way, shape or fashion compared to those who do things legally and ethically.
But dang, we have to give a laugh for the outright brazen dumbness of Arcangelo Bianco Jr., who last autumn allegedly shot his handgun from a Walmart parking lot in Burrell Township, Pa., and then chased down a 10-point buck. Reports say he finished off the buck with his handgun, loaded it in his vehicle and drove to the processor.
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Bianco's attorney strongly denies the charges filed by the Pennsylvania Game Commission after a four-month investigation. The 40-year old Bianco allegedly crossed a highway in pursuit of the deer.
"He got out of his car and chased the deer down through the parking lot, and I believe even across Route 22," Patrick Dougherty, the Indiana County District Attorney, said in this CBS KDKA news channel report.
Charges include a misdemeanor count of reckless endangerment, hunting without a license, shooting on or across highways and unlawful killing or taking of big game. Interestingly enough, the Pennsylvania Game Commission's violations are stronger penalties than what the township could hit Bianco with, so the PGC is handling the investigation.
"Number one, we're a big hunting community, and people (who) are legitimate hunters were very upset about this. Number two, people that were at risk in parking lot that night," said Dougherty.
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An Australian-born engineer says he's discovered a cheaper and less controversial alternative to Gov. Jerry Brown's twin tunnels plan.
An Australian-born engineer says he's discovered a cheaper and less controversial alternative to Gov. Jerry Brown's twin tunnels plan.
And some local officials want the state to take a close look.
San Joaquin County supervisors Larry Ruhstaller and Ken Vogel called on the state last week to give engineer Robert Pyke's plan the same consideration as the much-discussed twin tunnels concept.
Pyke, 70, came from Australia in 1969 and has worked as an independent engineer most of that time.
Local officials plan to solicit support from Congressional representatives next month in Washington, D.C. Already aware of Pyke's plan is U.S. Rep. Jerry McNerney, D-Stockton, a spokeswoman said.
Simply studying the plan can't hurt, Ruhstaller said Friday.
"If there's a fatal flaw, let's find it," he said. "We think there's a lot of fatal flaws" in the governor's plan.
Both plans involve tunnels.
But instead of taking the water from the Sacramento River in the north Delta, Pyke would move the intake west all the way to Sherman Island, toward Antioch.
That would allow Sacramento River water to flow through the Delta before it's siphoned off the river. Opponents to the governor's plan believe diverting the water upstream will ruin the estuary.
Sherman Island would become a reservoir to store river water until it could be pumped into the tunnels, which would burrow south to the existing large export pumps near Tracy.
A new reservoir would be built near those pumps, and Los Vaqueros Reservoir to the west would be expanded, allowing for more water storage before all that Delta water is sent to cities and farms as far away as San Diego.
Finally, Pyke would also build a canal linking the export aqueducts with the San Joaquin River, allowing some water to be sent back to the Delta and improving water quality for farmers there.
All this could be done in conjunction with a separate proposal to bolster Delta levees, Pyke argues. While he provides no exact estimate, he believes it would be cheaper than the governor's $14 billion plan.
Pyke's plan isn't entirely new. He's been floating it informally for two years, and a proposal to study it passed out of one committee in the state Legislature before stalling.
Only recently has Pyke published a more detailed description of his idea.
He believes his solution can accommodate everyone's needs. The Delta gets its water, and the people get their's.
The governor's plan - formally known as the Bay Delta Conservation Plan - will require officials to agree on how much water can safely be exported from the Delta, an agreement which Pyke believes will be hard to reach.
"A funny thing has happened," Pyke said. "The BDCP is floundering, and my idea seems to be getting legs. There's been a positive response from people all over the map."
Not quite all over. The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California met with Pyke and studied his proposal.
"There were some key concerns," said Stephen Arakawa, manager of Bay-Delta Initiatives for Metropolitan.
Among them: Water quality is likely to be worse farther downstream, where Pyke proposes pulling the water out of the Sacramento River. Large levees would have to be built to protect the Sherman Island reservoir, which might cause water to seep through smaller levees on neighboring islands.
"We felt that the conversations and ongoing discussions with Dr. Pyke were very fruitful for us, and we're always willing to continue the dialogue," Awakawa said.
But, he said, the BDCP appears to "better address a range of things."
Then there's the matter of fish.
A spokeswoman for the state Department of Water Resources said a couple of options that contain elements of Pyke's plan have been considered.
The engineer's plan, however, will not be analyzed as a "discrete alternative" because Delta smelt migrate through the area where Pyke proposes diverting the water.
Pyke says he can fix that. Instead of a pipe, he proposes building a long levee of coarse sand and rock through which water would slowly flow and fill up the island. He believes fish would float past unharmed.
He acknowledges uncertainty, but says there's uncertainty associated with the governor's plan, too.
"Can anyone predict exactly the result? No," he said.
Pyke has been involved in projects all over the world - from strengthening dikes in the Netherlands, to designing earthquake-resistant dams in the Philippines.
He didn't just suddenly show up on the Delta scene. He began learning about the issue in 2008 when he was hired by ARCADIS, a worldwide consulting firm that later landed a contract analyzing the twin tunnels plan.
In 2010, Pyke was fired. He has filed a $1 million lawsuit alleging wrongful termination; his former employer claims in court papers that Pyke was insubordinate.
But the lawsuit isn't what's driving him, Pyke said.
"I'm an old-fashioned engineer who solves problems," he said. "I particularly like to solve problems that other people think are unsolvable."
He has previously worked as a consultant on a team hired by the Delta Protection Commission to study strengthening the Delta's levees - another alternative to the twin tunnels. He said he is not, however, getting paid for this more recent work.
"I'm not a tool of the Delta interests," he said. "I'm looking for a solution that works for everyone."
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