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1. Avarice can be described as an excessive pursuit of material possessions. The S65 is excessive in every single way. As if the S-Class sedan isn't heady enough, the buyer of the coupe banishes the most practical aspect—the rear two doors—forcing backseat riders to sidle past the front buckets like second class citizens. It's all about the driver.
And forget the proletarian S550 model. Forget even the "regular" AMG model, the $163,000 S63. This owner insists on the twin-turbo, 6.0-liter V-12, with an entry price of more than $230,000. My test car came to $247,875.
2. Envy. Oh, hell yes. I spent a week in the S65 spiriting around that Gomorrah that is Southern California, a place teaming with cool cars. Even here, a S65 Coupe is a rarity. It was only fitting that my car was all-black everything, including rims. All those covetous looks from drivers in lowly Infiniti crossovers and Porsche Panameras and my heart couldn't help but swell with . . .
3. . . . pride. Oh, but the S65 is a terrible beauty. Designers have taken the sedan and refashioned it into something infinitely cooler, shearing down its 206.5 inch-long body to 198.6 inches and refashioning the roof so that it is two inches lower. The fascia is masterful, with brightwork outlining the otherwise darkened grille and intakes. What it loses in doors, it gains in menacing presence.
4. Wrath. That engine. Let's talk about it. The decision to take the V12 over the ox-powerful, 5.5-liter twin-turbo V8 is a bit of fiscal insanity. Those extra cylinders are basically a $70,000 option, though it gives 621 horsepower and 738 pound-feet of torque over the S63's 577 hp and 664 lb-ft of torque. The twin turbo and V12 combo lend a particular kind of unassailable power.
On a blistering blast through the western bit of the Sonoran Desert, the car proved itself all too happy at steady speeds. But the engine's true mandate showed itself when I drove out of the desert basin and into the nearby mountains. (There's a community called Hellhole Palms, which made a nice destination.) The engine's pull is simply inexhaustible. It gobbles up other slower cars (and they're all slower) and missiles up steepest grades, ever hungrier, ever ravenous, ever vengeful. And the sound from the engine under full assault? Wagnerian.
5. Gluttony? Should we talk about gas mileage? No, let's just not.
6. In this case, sloth is best equated with the S65's level of comfort and luxuries. After all, beneath all that drama, it's still an S-Class, the global executive's ride of choice. There are the massaging seats, the air atomizer, the refrigerator in the rear seats. Don't care to drive? Engage the semi-autonomous settings, and keep one lazy hand on the steering wheel and half an eye on the road while the S65 keeps you moving along, stop-and-go traffic and all.
7. Lust is an uncontrollable passion or longing. Which is a fair description of my feelings for the car. I spent a week with the S65, and I'd love to claim that I exited it with my soul imperiled yet intact. But this is AMG at its most tantalizing, and without even knowing it, I'd actually signed my pact with the devil as soon as I slipped behind the wheel.
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Joakim Noah and the Bulls won't roll over this season.
Tom Thibodeau's team are expected to defend to succeed.
Opening the NBA season on Halloween night, the Bulls hope they have more treats for their fans than tricks. After weeks of training camp and pre-season games, the Bulls will unveil their 2012-2013 team against the Sacramento Kings at the United Center. Many NBA experts expect the Bulls to stumble without Rose.
Last season, because of the labor dispute, the Bulls played 66 regular season games and Derrick Rose missed 24 of those due to various injuries. We all know what happened in the playoffs after the former NBA-MVP suffered a devastating knee injury. This year his teammates will not be looking for their leader to return in a game or two. It will be longer — much longer.
Here's a look at what the Bulls need this season to find success without their All-Star — and to make the playoffs in the spring.
Luol Deng, Joakim Noah, Carlos Boozer, Richard Hamilton and Taj Gibson MUST be at the top of their game on offense and defense. Yes, Boozer will have to handle his defensive assignments. He does pull down rebounds and has a big enough body to deal with similar power forwards; his weakness is against the more athletic opponents and keeping his focus on the task at hand. Boozer must score; he has to be "the man" when the game is on the line.
Joakim Noah always provides energy and is one of the better passing centers in the league. This summer he worked with former Laker great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. If he can establish some offense that would be a huge asset.
Richard Hamilton says he is healthy — we'll see. If he is healthy that would be a big boost, but we can't count on it — it has been an issue for him in the past. His offense from the “pick and roll” will be a necessity for the Bulls looking to score.
Luol Deng is the “glue” of the team: They'll rely on him to provide his consistent defense, enough offense, lead the bench and play a ton of minutes. All this from someone who decided to not have knee surgery; is it healed or will it be a problem? Deng is tired of the questions about his knee and hopes his play will be enough to silence everyone.
Taj Gibson will be a big factor — he will be coming off the bench. Last year he was very instrumental when Boozer was ineffective and played “starters” minutes. Coach Thibodeau will have no problem doing it again this year; Gibson has proven he is a player to be trusted.
Kirk Hinrich has the most difficult job of any player on this Bulls team. You cannot replace Rose as the team’s point guard. However, Hinrich will be compared to him — because people just can’t help themselves. How about this for a premise? Hinrich may help develop some of the Bulls players on offense. There won’t be Rose bailing out the team with his scoring, it will be up to Hinrich to take charge and run the team. It has been tough for Hinrich the past several days dealing with a groin injury, but he expects to play. If he doesn’t, Nate Robinson will get the start. Robinson is familiar with the system since he played with the Celtics when Thibodeau was an assistant.
Defense, defense and more defense!
This will be their mantra all season-it is not different than most years, it is THE most important aspect of a team minus a creative scorer like Rose. With a head coach like Tom Thibodeau, a player will not be on the court long unless they implement the team's framework on "D." The Bulls expect to score points, if they effectively execute their defense.
The revamp bench may still take a while, but that has been re-hashed for weeks. A better assessment can be made as the season unfolds the next few weeks.
It was fun listening to Nate Robinson talk about playing for his favorite team as a young boy and how much he idolized Michael Jordan.
Fifteen-year veteran Nazr Mohammed is excited about wearing a Bulls uniform after growing up in Chicago.
This will not be a glamour team to watch. They will be prepared, play hard and they will not look over the shoulder for Rose. They will struggle at times, but they can make the playoffs and there is hope Derrick Rose will return and help lead the way. That would be a real treat.
Producer William Orbit tweets details about Madge's top-secret project.
Since Madonna manager Guy Oseary announced she'd be working on an album over the summer, tentatively slated for a spring release, the Queen of Pop's most loyal followers have been clamoring for updates about the progress of the record.
Last week, it was rumored Madge had plans to work with M.I.A. and Nicki Minaj, and now producer William Orbit has some more news for the singer's most loyal devotees.
"Madonna has phenomenal understanding of both the minutiae of music and the big picture. Zooming in, zooming out. 4ever amazing. Plus VISION!!!" he tweeted. "Working with Madonna is a treat. Fantastic tracks and vibes. Going deep. She's ON IT !!! This is THE album!"
The Ray of Light producer's tweets even reveal where the two have been cooking up tracks for the record. "WOWOWOWOW just looked out the window here in NY and IT's SNOWING !!!!!" he wrote. "A Fairy Tale in New York but Hot Hot Hot in the studioooooo."
At the London screening for her film "W.E.," Madonna spoke to Sky News about the top-secret project, addressing the nature of her celebrity and how it relates to her art. "Even when I try something old [I get criticized]. When I make my music, I come up against criticism," she said. "So it kind of goes with the territory. I'm used to it."
What are you expecting from Madonna's next album? Let us know in the comments!
Melissa Gorga is opening up about why her family’s New Jersey restaurant — Gorga’s Homemade Pasta & Pizza — is closing less than one year after it opened.
“Second of all, yes, there are partners, obviously, that we’ve gone into it with,” Gorga explained.
The reality star’s husband, Joe Gorga, and her sister-in-law, Teresa Giudice, opened the eatery as a tribute to their parents, Giancinto and Antonia, in May 2017. Their mother, who passed away in March, served as an inspiration behind the recipes for the restaurant, which was the setting of several conflicts throughout this season. As previously reported, Us confirmed on Saturday, January 6, that Gorga’s Homemade Pasta & Pizza was closing.
“We were having issues with the management and the way they were running it. There were a couple shady things going on,” Gorga said on Wednesday.
A source told Us exclusively on Wednesday that Joe is angry with his restaurant partners for not being honest with him.
Gorga’s partners have not responded to Us Weekly’s request for comment.
Hundreds will toe the line June 9 at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church in Milford.
MILFORD – Hundreds will toe the line at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church in Milford Saturday, June 9, for the 26th annual 5K Run for the Poor.
Proceeds from the race covering the scenic five kilometers through the Miami Meadows Park and surrounding neighborhoods benefit the needy in Adams, Brown, Clermont, Clinton and Warren counties. The St. Martin District Council for St. Vincent de Paul (SVDP) has been the focus of member and race founder Marv Hudson for all 26 years.
Hudson has competed in every single one of the races since he organized the first one in 1993. He continues to insist it is not about him, but rather the poor who are served by the 19 St. Vincent de Paul conferences in the St. Martin District for SVDP. Funds from the race don’t meet all the needs, but helped provide over $560,000 in assistance with food, utilities, housing, medicine and transportation for the poor during 2016.
Jerry Nieb, an active member of St. Vincent de Paul, is one of the key organizers of the annual 5K Run for the Poor. He cited numerous examples of grants in aid throughout the area done through the SVDP volunteers at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, St. Andrew, St. Columban, St. Joseph, St. Louis, St. Peter, and St. Veronica churches.
Whether you run or walk the 5K Run for the Poor, you will be helping St. Vincent de Paul give someone a new start toward crossing the finish line to a more stable life. Many of the district conference’s 400 active volunteers will be on hand to support your 5K run or walk; just as they assisted others with 32,000 service hours including 14,000 home visits to those in need.
You don’t have to travel far to see how SVDP funds help people in need. Right in Milford, St. Andrew Church helps provide housing for up to two families in a house they call the Ozanam House. It is named after Frederic Ozanam, a Franciscan brother who founded the Society of St. Vincent de Paul to assist the poor during the middle 1800s. The Ozanam House provides rent-free housing for a limited time to help keep a family from becoming homeless while they strive to get back on their own.
► Race day registration: $25 adults, $15 children under 18.
Register at www.racedmc.com, visit www.runforthepoor.org or like them on Facebook.
Easter Sunday is almost here and whether you’re going to a fancy brunch, taking the family to church or hunting for eggs with little ones, you’ll need something seasonal to wear.
Mei Ling Nazar, co-founder of FamilyEntourage.com visited Morning Extra with ideas for kids clothing and coordinating the whole family on Easter. Mei also shared ideas for unique Easter baskets for kids of all ages.
The collaboration will harness the complementary research expertise in algal cellular/molecular biology of James Umen, Ph.D., Joseph Varner Distinguished Investigator and member, Enterprise Rent-a-Car Institute for Renewable Fuels at the Danforth Center.
Newswise — ST. LOUIS, MO, January 16, 2018 – The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, one of the world’s largest independent plant science institutes, today announced a three-year, $675,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to understand cell-size control in the unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (Chlamydomonas).
The collaboration will harness the complementary research expertise in algal cellular/molecular biology of James Umen, Ph.D., Joseph Varner Distinguished Investigator and member, Enterprise Rent-a-Car Institute for Renewable Fuels at the Danforth Center, and the mathematical modeling expertise of Abhyudai Singh, Ph.D., associate professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, University of Delaware.
The grant will enable the Umen and Singh groups to begin unraveling the intriguing “counting” mechanism that underlies Chlamydomonas cell division, in which a period of uninterrupted growth (by as much as twenty-fold in size) is followed by a series of rapid successive divisions to produce daughter cells that return to a uniform starting size. For this mechanism to operate properly, larger mother cells must “count out” more divisions than smaller mother cells; but the division system exhibits imperfections. For example, two different Chlamydomonas mother cells of the exact same size won’t always execute the exact same number of divisions; but the reasons for differing cell behaviors in the face of seemingly identical starting conditions are unknown.
Although human cells don’t divide exactly the same way as Chlamydomonas, they also must make yes/no decisions about cell division that directly impact human health and disease. For example, cancer and other human diseases of cell proliferation occur when cell division decisions are made incorrectly. Cell size is often impacted by proliferative diseases, but it is not clear how cell size relates to abnormal cell physiology. In addition, some of the same molecular mechanisms controlling cell division in Chlamydomonas are also found in humans and in plants, so this research may yield insights into how cell division is controlled in more complex organisms where it is more difficult to study the impacts of noise on cellular decision making.
The grant will also support an educational component aimed at exposing students to topics at the interface of mathematics and systems biology through collaborative training of graduate students, summer workshops at the University of Delaware, and the National Science Foundation funded Research Experience for Undergraduates summer internship at the Danforth Center.
About The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center Founded in 1998, the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center is a not-for-profit research institute with a mission to improve the human condition through plant science. Research, education and outreach aim to have impact at the nexus of food security and the environment, and position the St. Louis region as a world center for plant science. The Center’s work is funded through competitive grants from many sources, including the National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Follow us on Twitter at @DanforthCenter.
Research reported in this publication was supported by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R01GM126557. This content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.
Melissa Cedillo is an organizational fellow at Faith in Public Life in Washington, D.C. She graduated from Loyola Marymount in 2018 with a degree in theological studies. She will begin at Harvard Divinity School this fall to pursue her master’s in theological studies.
It is that time of year when a portion of Mass is dedicated to the Annual Appeal. The collection used to be called the Cardinal’s Appeal, but this is the Archdiocese of Washington, and we’ve been having some problems with our cardinals lately.
The just-announced GOP candidate says Club For Growth hates him because he wouldn’t pony up a million bucks.
The Club For Growth was hardly the only conservative outfit complaining about Donald Trump’s bid for the GOP nomination yesterday. But the real estate mogul hit back hard at the group on Tuesday, accusing Club for Growth of bashing him because he refused its donation request.
The Club for Growth has issued very substantive and detailed white papers on the records of the major announced Republican candidates for president. There is no need to do a white paper on Donald Trump. He is not a serious Republican candidate, and many of his positions make him better suited to take on Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primary. It would also be unfortunate if he takes away a spot at even one Republican debate.
Appearing on Bloomberg’s With All Due Respect television program today, Trump fought back. According to Trump, the Club is just mad that he didn’t pony up the $1 million the group asked for.
And Trump can prove that the club approached him for a seven-figure contribution. After his interview, he released a copy of the letter asking for $1 million to Bloomberg.
Trump claims he was surprised by the appeal and declined to donate. “I was shocked by the amount of money we’re talking about,” he told Bloomberg.
U.S.-based but Chinese-owned AMC Entertainment has officially scored the first cinema license in Saudi Arabia after the country lifted its ban on public movie theaters last December.
Variety reported that Disney and its Middle East distribution partner, Italia Film, will be releasing the blockbuster for opening day.
The state-of-the art cinema will be the kingdom’s first theater since closing them down in the early 1980s following a revival of hardline Islamic sentiment. The ban reversal is part of the new reform measures set in place by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who became the country’s leader last June, to return his kingdom to a “moderate” form of Sunni Islam.
AMC said it aims to open up to 40 cinemas throughout 15 cities in the kingdom over the next five years. By 2030, it plans to have between 50 and 100 cinemas in operation in 25 cities.
But AMC isn’t the only major theater pursuing the market, which has a potential to draw $1 billion in movie revenue.
John Fithian, president and CEO of the National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO) told FOX Business last December that as soon as the ban was lifted, several global theaters have been swarming the area to get their licenses granted as well.
“It’s a really big potential market with a population of 30 million people with high disposable incomes, who are young, and there isn’t much to do, which means there’s a lot of room for growth. We think it could be a billion dollar market in a few years that will employ 15,000 to 20,000 people,” Fithian said.
Vison 2030 has established a goal of increasing annual Saudi spending on cultural and entertainment activities from the current 2.9% to 6% by 2030.
LAPD officers began the crackdown at the intersection of Victory Blvd and Satsuma Ave.
An alarming increase in pedestrian deaths over the year spurred a crackdown by the LAPD Tuesday in North Hollywood. The operation is part of the Valley Division's "Pedestrian and Child Safety Campaign." According to the Daily News, the number of pedestrian fatalities rose 40 percent in North Hollywood alone. The sting was issued two days after a man died while jaywalking in North Hollywood, the latest in 14 pedestrian deaths in the past year.
Police officers disguised themselves as pedestrians, targeting three unmarked crosswalks around North Hollywood and pulling over cars that failed to yield. Beginning at 7 a.m., 72 tickets were issued in a 90-minute period at Victory Boulevard and Satsuma Avenue. A total of 159 citations were issued during the crackdown.
According to the LAPD, the goals of the operation were "to improve pedestrian safety, to change dangerous pedestrian behaviors, to change dangerous driver behavior, to change dangerous behaviors near school(s) and to reduce injury(s), death, and property damage associated with pedestrian verses vehicle traffic collisions."
Some, however, believe that the effects of the crackdown will be short-lived.
"Unfortunately, it's only a temporary effect," Rafael Kosche, owner of Valley Martial Arts Supply told the Daily News. "People just fly like crazy. It's well intentioned, but (the officers) are endangering themselves to prove a point and I don't think that's the smartest thing in the world."
Officers also conducted the sting at two other intersections, with the total enforcement operation lasting for 4 hours.
As one of seven indigenous representatives in the recently elected state Congress of Chiapas, Marcelino Gomez Nunez stands as an example of the progress that Mexico's 10 million Indians have made over recent years in jumping onto the national stage.
But as even Mr. Gomez himself is quick to point out, much of that progress is still cosmetic, or "ink on paper." What Mexico's Indians wonder is whether the new attention they are receiving will ever translate into a better life for a population that for five centuries has remained stuck at their country's bottom rung.
"We have some potentially important new agreements with the federal government on issues like autonomy, free determination of our own affairs, respect for customs, even access to media," says Gomez, a Tzotzil Indian - part of the Mayan people - and an economist.
"But in practice I'm not seeing any of the significant advances that should be following those accords," he adds. "I'm afraid there is still [official] reluctance."
1992, with the 500th anniversary of the arrival of Europeans in the Americas. Since then, the movement that the still-reverberating anniversary has strengthened has taken on important national issues in various countries, from indigenous land rights in Brazil and agrarian reform in Ecuador, to antiprivatization demands in Bolivia.
But as interest in indigenous affairs has grown, so has a focus on Mexico, in part because it has the largest indigenous population by far of any Latin American country (although indigenous people make up a higher percent of the population in Bolivia and Guatemala). It was here, in the southern state of Chiapas, that the predominantly Mayan Zapatista National Liberation Army rose up against the government in 1994.
The EZLN, the Spanish acronym for the rebel army, originally called for the overthrow of Mexico's government, and spoke little of indigenous issues. For its part, the government called the rebels violent "foreigners" who had nothing in common with Mexico's Indians.
But gradually the EZLN adopted indigenous rights as a way of addressing such larger national issues as democratization and economic reform, and the government accepted the Zapatistas as legitimate interlocutors in peace negotiations on indigenous rights, as well as other political and economic issues.
Perhaps the single most important achievement by Mexico's Indians since 1992 is the recognition that their demands are legitimate and that they will only be ignored at Mexico's peril. The country's economic crash in the wake of the Chiapas uprising - along with other signs of political instability - was evidence of this.
At the same time, however, confusion and discord remain strong over how much Indian issues coincide with general national interests. Some say treating concerns raised by indigenous peoples as separate from the mainstream only helps to marginalize those concerns.
In February, the EZLN and government negotiators reached a first accord on indigenous rights. In subsequent months, Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leon has lauded the concept of Indian autonomy, a first for a Mexican president.
Government-EZLN talks on democratization are set to begin again in July.
But some participants in the first round of talks acknowledge that the meaning of "autonomy" is still murky. And conflicts between Indian "traditions and customs" - officially recognized by the EZLN accords - and nationally guaranteed rights and responsibilities may be unavoidable.
"Some of these ideas remain very confused and could actually end up being counterproductive," says Juan Pedro Viqueira, a Chiapan historian who took part in the peace talks at the EZLN's invitation.
"One positive aspect is official recognition of Indian cultures' traditions of conciliation," he says. "On the other hand, does this constitute national acquiescence on traditional discrimination against women - in the inheritance of land, for example - or problems of religious intolerance, or even killings of supposed witches, which remains a problem in some communities?"
Mr. Viqueira says he was "surprised" that the Zapatistas took up the issue of traditions and customs. That they did, he says, indicates how influenced they have become by concepts "that play well in certain intellectual and political circles in Mexico City."
Yet some players in the negotiations say the gains from what amounts to a new respect for cultural diversity will be just as important for Mexico in general as for Indians.
"Ten years ago there was very little culture of human rights in Mexico. But that has changed with government emphasis and creation of new institutions," says Enrique Gonzalez Tiburcio, an area director in Mexico's National Indigenous Institute and a government representative in the Indian rights talks.