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Praise for John Julius Norwich
"As a historian, Lord Norwich knows what matters. As a writer, he has a taste for beauty, a love of language, and an enlivening wit. He contrives, as no English writer has done before, to sustain a continuous interest in that crowded history."—Hugh Trevor-Roper, author of The Last Days of Hitler and The Golden Age of Europe
"Norwich is an enchanting and satisfying raconteur."—The Washington Post
"He has put readers of this generation more in his debt than any other English writer."—The Sunday Times (London)
"Norwich is a historian of uncommon urbanity: scholarly and erudite but never pedantic. His style is as graceful and easy as it is knowledgeable."—Los Angeles Times
"[Norwich] is certainly the English language's most passionate and dedicated chronicler of [Venice's] extraordinary history."—The Seattle Times
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John Julius Norwich is one of Britain's preeminent historians and travel writers. He has written the histories of Norman Sicily, Byzantium, Venice, and the Mediterranean. Other books have been on Shakespeare's history plays, on music, and on architecture.See all Product Description
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The book reveals clearly what an astonishing institution the papacy is: its powers in the past were formidable, its influence uncalculable. This history, by showing how it came to be, makes its survival seem even more remarkable.
Above all, I would emphasize that this book is wonderfully informative, while being a delight to read.
I found this book to slow and accelerate depending on my familiarity with the Popes being discussed. During much of the early Church and Middle Ages the names, both of Popes and laity with whom they worked, seem to roll by without making much of an impression. At times though a familiar name, such as Leo or Gregory the Great, Pius V, Henry VII or Napoleon spikes interest.
As a self-proclaimed agnostic Protestant (?), Norwich claims to have no agenda to push. While he does express opinions, he does seem to be true to his word. He critically examines the legend of Pope Joan and concludes that it lacks authenticity. It is mostly with the more recent Popes that the author's opinions can be easily ascertained. He accuses St. Pius X of maintaining a police state to reign in free thinking. I have heard the same from a Church historian in whom I have complete confidence. Norwich comes down hard on Pius XII for alleged indifference to the plight of Jews during World War II. I will only say that there are two sides to this story, both widely presented and which claim to document persuasive support. I caution the reader to recognize that Norwich presents only one side. As he proceeds from John XXIII through Benedict XVI he points out the highlights of each.Read more ›
I chose to read about those popes and times that I am particularly interested in, i.e. - the early Church, certain Medieval periods, the Avignon Papacy, and modern times. I glanced through the other periods and popes that Norwich writes about. I probably read in detail half the book and skimmed the other half. Norwich writes more about history and contemporaneous events in the popes he covers; much less about doctrinal issues. It's a chatty book and he writes well. I was very interested in reading more about several popes and that's the mark of a good non-fiction work - I wanted more!
The point that struck me, I think, about the papacy in its roughly 2000 year period since St Peter, is the short duration of many of the popes' reigns. Elected as relatively old men, they had few years to influence church policy and the world outside the Vatican. Now, that's good if the pope was - as many were - a non-entity or an evil man - but certainly many would-be good or great popes were not given the time to affect changes that might have moved the papacy and the Catholic church forward.
Norwich has written an excellent, and readable, history that can be read in small pieces, or in the complete "pie".
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Again, the author takes us to the Italian peninsula (well, mostly) for his new book "Absolute Monarchs: A History of the Papacy".
Although Lord Norwich is an expert on this period and area, he makes it known to us that this is no hagiography, as a "agnostic Protestant" he "has no ax to grind". He'd have to have a lot of them (axes, I mean) as this book covers over 250 Popes, Antipopes and various non-popes (such as the "hoary canard" of "Pope Joan"). Over a period of about 2000 years.
Some of the author's favorite Papal figures include Innocent I, Leo(s) I & XIII, and Benedict XIV. But the author seems to have the most fun with the "bad boys" of Papal history, of whom there are a rather large number. Norwich also doesn't mind telling us about a good number of (rather scurrilous) rumors, but to give him his due, he also often debunks them. I love one chapter title "Nicholas I and the Pornocracy"! (New word!)
Some portions may be somewhat controversial- for example Norwich speaks out strongly about Pious XII (WWII period).
But other than that- it's fun, fast paced, and very readable (well, mostly, it is over 500 pages)
Mr. Norwich is very smart in the way he organized this book. Having read a number of other books on the papacy, I find that they are often quite difficult to read straight through because there's just so much stuff, both truth and legend. He wisely sticks to what we can be confident is factual (with rare exception--for example, he devotes a chapter to "Pope Joan"; still, he acknowledges that she is most likely completely fictional). This means he gets through the first 1000 years pretty quickly (with some popes barely getting a mention) and devotes more of his energy to later popes. In fact, I feel he's at his best when he gets to the nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first centuries. His history of this period is really fascinating.
And, unlike many authors of serious history, Mr. Norwich has a very readable prose style. Occasionally, his asides can be off-putting and, because he's a bit more casual, he turns the idiosyncratic phrase every once in awhile. Still, it's a much better experience than the ponderous prose of most papacy tomes.
If there's anything that I don't like about this book, it's something that cannot really be laid at Mr. Norwich's door. It's that so few popes, at least the ones we know much about, have really been great men. Mr. Norwich takes a balanced approach and it's even clear that he admires a number of the popes; however, this book does not make the papacy shine. Still, Absolute Monarchs is an education, and a readable one at that. It's hard to ask for more.
*...that St. Jerome was Italian. In fact, although he was born in a Roman province, he was from Dalmatia, in modern Eastern Europe.
*...he declared that the Copernican system, as reflected in the Galileo affair, contradicted the Book of Genesis. I could be wrong, but I'm fairly sure that Genesis doesn't deal with the movement of the solar system. I believe that Galileo got in trouble because the theory of the heliocentric universe contradicted the Book of Joshua as well as several verses in Psalms.
*...he states that the Germans only invaded Italy in World War II after Mussolini was killed. That is wrong. Mussolini was killed in the final days of the war. The Germans had occupied Italy in 1943, after Mussolini was overthrown and imprisoned.
But from the very first chapter I began to question Norwich's accuracy. Despite what he says on p. 9 n. 6, St. Paul wrote only one letter to the Galatians, not two. On p. 10 n. 10 he incorrectly states that Acts 2:4 attests to Herod's arrest of Peter. In chapter 2, p. 12 he writes this of St. Polycarp, "a champion of St. Paul and the suspected author of several of the Pauline epistles..." Not one in 2,000 scholars of Early Church History would support Norwich's outdated view of Polycarp as the author of several of the Pauline epistles, namely, 1-2 Timothy and Titus. These missteps raised in my mind a doubt about the accuracy of what he says about the remaining centuries.


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Scientists are reporting the remarkable case of a blind man who can see.
The case involves a middle-aged male physician living in Switzerland, who is known only by the initials "TN." A few years ago, TN had two strokes, one on either side of his brain. The strokes severely damaged the part of the brain primarily responsible for vision, known as the occipital cortex.
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But neuroscientist Beatrice de Gelder wanted to study TN further. She is affiliated with Tilburg University in the Netherlands as well as Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. First, she and her colleagues repeated tests on TN to satisfy themselves that he was indeed blind.
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She then told TN to walk down the hall.
"We didn't give him information about obstacles or anything. So he was not aware that there were obstacles."
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"Since he had not seen any object, he wasn't aware of having achieved anything sensational," de Gelder says.
TN has what is known as blind sight, according to de Gelder. Even though the primary part of his brain that processes visual information is destroyed, he still has more primitive parts of his brain intact, and these are capable of doing some visual processing. After all, one of the most basic functions of the visual system is to help an animal avoid obstacles or predators. TN still has some visual abilities — he's just not aware he has them.
Steven Hackley, an associate professor of psychological sciences, says studying patients such as TN will tell scientists about the nature of consciousness.
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Victor Paul Alvarez, the boston.com associate editor who got fired for asking if anybody would notice if John Boehner had been poisoned says three other editors at the site looked at his story and either approved or didn't say no and now he has to explain to his little daughter that, no, it's not fair that that cost him his job while Brian Williams is free to take a few days off for lying about being shot down in Iraq and watching a body float by in New Orleans.
The Boston Business Journal reports on the deal; adds the Globe was looking to rent at first but that landlords wanted a premium because of concerns the paper could survive in the long term.
Moving the Globe from its current Morrissey Boulevard digs would clear the way for John Henry to sell off that land for big bucks for some giant development.
You can almost hear the Herald box sneering, "Who's the champ now?" Boxing correspondent Garrett Quinn took in the fight last night at Twin Cities Plaza.
Grizzled WCVB reporter Jack Harper has been covering snowstorms since probably before some of his younger colleagues - the ones who don ski goggles and shoot snowball crossbows and pretend to shovel snow - were even born.
Rooney confessed to being a tad nervous.
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H/t Gustavo.
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Blizzard TV bingo - Print out copies now so the whole family can play along (if you have suggestions for entries, add them as a comment here).
That might explain the 100 simultaneous Turing tests running in the discussion area on WBZ's hospital-shooting story.
Via Boston Reddit.
John Henry's media company has shown boston.com associate editor Victor Paul Alvarez the door after honchos woke up yesterday to that story that boldly asked if anybody would notice if John Boehner actually had been poisoned, a source says.
In a tweet this morning, Alvarez let a picture tell a thousand words: He posted a photo of the underside of a bus.
In its early days, Mad magazine used the tagline "Humor in a Jugular Vein." Apparently, boston.com is trying to adopt that, with the exception being that Mad was actually funny.
The question is: Would anyone have noticed? Stories about Boehner's drinking have circulated for years. His drinking inspired a blog called DrunkBoehner, and in 2010 he brought booze back to Washington. Had he been poisoned as planned, perhaps his pickled liver could have filtered out the toxins.
So, g, the tabloid supplement the Globe launched in 2008, is no more, with its stuff now showing up in a brand-new full-figured kind of regular section in the Globe. Comics were moved to the Metro section because where else are you going to put them?
Any thoughts from folks who still read the Globe on paper?
How about it, kids, let's put on an Olympics! Whadaya say?!? That, in essence, is pro-business columnist Shirley Leung's argument today.
But Leung is answering the wrong question. Many people have no doubts Boston can pull off an Olympics. The question these folks are asking is whether it's worth the costs (and not just in money).
Report: Former boston.com reporter has new job offer rescinded over Chinese-foodgate meeting recording
You know things are bad when even New York news sites take notice of your affairs: We read today on Capital, a site that normally covers exciting developments in the Cuomo/de Blasio administrations, that two boston.com employees were summarily cashiered and shame-walked out of the newsroom after a Dec.
Shortly after 5 p.m., Brian D'Amico reported:
Boston Fire just put out a fire in a rolling machine in the press room at the Boston Globe, under control.
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Calculus of a Single Variable / Edition 4by Roland E. Larson, Bruce H. Edwards, Robert P. Hostetler
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This text combines the theoretical instruction of calculus with current best-practise strategies.
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Preparation for Calculus; Limits and Their Properties; Differentiation; Applications of Differentiation; Integration; Logarithmic, Exponential, and Other Transcendental Functions; Applications of Integration; Integration Techniques, L'Hopital's Rule, and Improper Integrals; Infinite Series; Conics, Parametric Equations, and Polar Coordinates;
Appendix A - Precalculus Review;
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Appendix C - Basic Differentiation Rules for Elementary Functions;
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July 1, 2013
"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop."
– Confucius (551 – 479 BC)
For almost a week I've been trying acupuncture treatments again at the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Health Center. I've had acupuncture there in the past and had a good experience, I just never stuck with it long enough to see any results. This time I'm determined to be more strict and diligent, so I've been going every day now since last Thursday (well, I missed Sunday though). The Chinese doctor advised that I go every day for two weeks at first because of the amount and severity of my various health problems: rheumatoid arthritis (especially that stubbornly swollen and inflamed right foot and ankle), debilitating tension headaches, jaw pain, gastrointestinal problems, sinus congestion/infections, fatigue, anxiety, inability to lose weight. As previously mentioned in this blog, I've been dealing with the right ankle swelling and pain since 2005, so that's nothing new and I've been forced to get "used" to it in some sense. But recently my tension headaches (which include terrible jaw, neck, upper back and shoulder pain) have been flaring up with a vengeance, and that's what made me decide to try acupuncture again. I'll also be starting physical therapy for the headaches later this month at the Minneapolis Clinic of Neurology. I had physical therapy there for the same thing over 10 years ago which helped. During these past couple of months of the headaches flaring up, I've been trying to remember to do my stretching exercises and to be aware of my posture and all of that stuff, but it's not really working. Even taking pain killers and muscle relaxers isn't doing much, so I decided I need some extra professional help with this.
Why am I getting the headaches again so bad? Well, I think the jaw pain I've been having from clenching my teeth has a lot to do with it. Basically I'm just always a giant knotted ball of stress and that's how I deal with things –unconsciously tensing up my muscles and not realizing I'm doing it until it's too late and everything is an inflamed, painful mess. I suppose I'm going to have to break down and get one of those attractive mouth guards to help with the teeth clenching, but I don't want to do that. I have enough problems breathing at night due to sinus problems and nasal congestion. Ugh. Can someone just come over and chop off my head for a couple hours and then put it back on? I think that would feel pretty fantastic. So yeah, I'm stressed. Always. And I already deal with the chronic pain from RA, which probably adds to my stress and tension in ways that I don't even realize. How do you deal with arthritis pain on a daily basis without unconsciously tensing up and doing harmful weird things to the rest of your body?
Another question for you guys — have any of you tried acupuncture before? Or other "alternative" treatments? I've also been taking an herbal supplement from the TCM center to help with my digestive problems. My stomach does feel better, so maybe that's working?
In conjunction with starting acupuncture and the herbs, I've been trying really hard to get back to eating healthier – – whole foods, less wheat and gluten, less/no dairy. AND I really want to lose more weight. I've hovered at around the same weight for a year now, after I lost 10 pounds last summer. I just can't seem to get rid of it! But, I'm not giving up. I've started tracking my food again using Spark People and trying to ride my bike at least once a day. Kicking the Diet Coke habit is another important goal I'm trying to stick with — I've been trying to replace it with homemade iced tea with lemon and lime when I have an urge for something other than water. And hopefully the acupuncture will also help increase my seemingly dead metabolism. The place on my leg that controls digestion and metabolism was really sensitive and throbbed with pain today during my treatment. The doctor explained that the spot is a very important acupuncture point and she's not surprised I felt a lot of pain there. So, hopefully that means SOMETHING is working?! Acupuncture is so strange — how in some spots you can't even feel the needle going in, but with others you might feel a lot of pain and sensation. Interesting. I'd like to read and learn more about it, actually.
I feel like my body is extremely sick and broken lately. But I know it's up to me to take the steps to change this. I really want to get better.
August 10, 2011
I just got back from taking a short bike ride, about 2 miles, which felt really great. Because the weather here has been so disgustingly hot and humid for the past month or so, I've been neglecting riding my bike (among other things). Maybe that's a bit lazy of me, but if you ask anybody who lives in the Twin Cities area they'll agree that lately it's just been too damn hot to do anything. This evening I photographed the last Bike Library orientation of the season too, which maybe helped put me in the mood to bust out my own bike again. Sibley Depot's Bike Library Program has been a lot of fun to be involved with and I'm very impressed with the work they've been doing in the St. Paul and Minneapolis communities.
In other news, while I'm still unemployed, I have been trying to keep busy working on my own stuff. I finally bought an Internet domain and web host and started building my own photography website/online portfolio. It's pretty basic and minimalist, but that's the look I'm going for, I think. Maybe someday in the future I'll be able to make it fancier but for now I think it will work out fine. I hope to use it as a reference for potential employers and job opportunities.
Here's the link: www.aclundberg.com.
Feel free to let me know what you think and if you have any web design tips or advice!
Okay, I'm really tired yet hyper-wired on caffeine. I will give up coffee again tomorrow, I promise. Or the day after tomorrow.
Goodnight, all!
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March 9, 2011
I'm having a flare-up now for seemingly "no reason." Both ankles, knees, hands and feet are really hurting. I DO NOT WANT TO GO BACK ON PREDNISONE! Hopefully if I drink more water, lay off the caffeine again, and get more sleep ASAP this will get better. Otherwise I really have no clue why this is happening now other than my body wanting to be a huge jerk. Do you ever find yourself silently urging RA to just leave you alone? I'd love it if it would take a damn break once in a while. I'm so crabby. Go away, pain. Go away.
RA today
February 1, 2011
Sorry for not updating yesterday but I stayed home from work sick and basically spent all day lying on the couch watching TV in my pajamas. I don't have that much to report right now anyway. I seem to be having a small flare-up in my right shoulder at the moment which started sometime last week. The pain isn't that bad, it's just more of an annoyance. I think I should be able to get rid of it without having to resort to going back on prednisone. I hope.
Regarding other exciting RA info – I keep meaning to call PANF (Patient Access Network Foundation) to see if I still have available funds from them to use toward my next few Remicade infusions. I'm due soon for my next infusion and I don't want to have to put it off, of course. This shoulder flare-up is making me suspicious of needing the Remicade soon. PANF helping me out with my deductible/out-of-pocket for the insanely expensive Remicade infusion is wonderful and I appreciate it so much. However I'm also not looking forward to having to deal with all of the paperwork crap and waiting two months for everything to go through from Fairview billing/health insurance/PANF. Dealing with all of that is such a huge pain, but I know I shouldn't complain. Without the help from PANF and/or the HealthWell Foundation, I would not be able to get the medication I so desperately need.
Advocacy Summit 2011
January 10, 2011
News! I decided to throw caution to the wind (and the remaining few dollars I have) and register for the 2011 Arthritis Advocacy Summit in Washington, D.C. The summit is February 28 – March 2nd. I'm really excited but also a bit nervous. I've never been to DC before. Despite going all alone and not knowing anybody, I'm sure it will be an incredible experience. I hope. Now I just have to figure out how to pay for it. Actually, I don't want to jinx myself but I applied for a travel stipend which, if I "win" it, I'll get $1,500 to go toward travel expenses. I find out tomorrow if I get it. I really hope I do because money is tight and it would help out so much. I was on the fence about going this year due to the large pile of debt I'm working hard to pay off, but I really don't want to wait another year. Cross your fingers I get the stipend!
In other arthritis news, there isn't much news. I'm still off prednisone (I think it's been at least a month), so that's great. I'm still staying off caffeine and I think that's helping to keep the inflammation at bay. I've been trying to take fish oil capsules at least once a day to also help battle inflammation.
The Art of Finding A Cure
December 9, 2010
In addition to Dr. Louie's presentation, and a nice dinner, there was also an exhibition of artwork made by children and young adults who have arthritis. The artwork was bid on and auctioned off with the proceeds going to the Arthritis Foundation. I had two of my own photographs in the exhibition/auction which are included in this post (black & white smoke stack photo and a photo of the construction of the new Lowry Bridge in NE Minneapolis). I was happily surprised to see that both of my photos were bid on and sold!
It was a great night and I'm really glad I went to and participated in the event. Seeing the creativity and care put into the artwork made by the kids and young adults as well as learning more about other great artists who suffered immensely due to arthritis was quite an inspiration. It's wonderful to see people fighting for their passions in life and not letting arthritis or other diseases stop them from doing what they love. I need to remind myself of the importance of this more often.
New job, new fatigue
August 15, 2010
I just started a new FT job last week working in the billing department for a non-profit. It's a huge relief to be able to quit my previous job of over a year (call center/debt collections), however I have to say I'm having some trouble adjusting to this 40 hour week schedule. I've been incredibly exhausted all week – moreso than usual. I'm a little worried about it, because my fatigue seems so extreme and maybe not normal? I don't know what's going on. I'm hoping I'm just being my usual hypochondriac-self and worrying for nothing. The new job has also been stressful due to the fact that I have no medical billing experience, so there is a lot to learn. I really hope that this wave of fatigue gets better as I get more used to working FT again and feel more comfortable with the work I'm doing. This weekend I basically did nothing, except sleep and take care of a few small errands. I was pretty disappointed that I wound up staying in last night instead of going to a friend's birthday get-together. I've been dying for some social interaction lately, but last night I wound up feeling so wrecked and tired I couldn't make myself get ready to go out. So yeah…I really hope my energy level picks up here soon. I just got my labs done and I'm not anemic (although my iron isn't super high either – it's at a 12). I could lie down right now and take another nap but I'm trying to make myself actually get something done this weekend.
In arthritis news – both of my knees are still bothering me and I'm back on prednisone for the last two weeks. This is very weird and I've never dealt with BOTH of my knees feeling like this before. Once again, I have no idea what's going on, but I hope the pain goes away soon.
Today the weather is beautiful. I should go sit outside and read (but I'll probably fall asleep!).


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pourthedamhypocras replied to a free shadow's topic in General (ASoIaF)Nymeria must figure back into her story again somehow, as must Syrio. My guess is that Arya is sent to kill Dany, but Syrio has been taken on as Danys guard. He defends Dany after Arya's assassination attempt. Arya is now a faceless dancer herself, she and Syrio fight. (awesome op for a Syrio POV BTW) but he is still stronger and she receives a near mortal wound from him and looses her face as she is dying. Syrio then has to plead her case to Dany who is every poor soul's mother and she has Arya patched up and gains a deadly little ally when Syrio completes her training. I won't go so far as to say Arya kills Cersei...out of respect for Maggy the frogs vision but the Hodor/ Mountain Robert match up is coming, Who's to say Bran is not the the "little brother" Cersei fears? It's easy to loose sight that when the dusts settles on all these little details, the ultimate battle will be when everyone unites against the Others and whites at the wall.


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GLENDALE, Ariz. — Tuesday's practice involved shoulder pads and shorts, which certainly changed how things were approached. Less hitting than normal, and what contact was there was toned down.
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– It looked like John Brown, who returned to the field after hurting his hamstring in a practice last week, reaggrivated the injury.
– Ryan Lindley (left knee) did not practice, and neither did Jake Ballard (knee), Jonathan Cooper (knee), Nate Potter (knee), Dan Williams (knee) and Lyle Sendlein (calf). John Abraham (personal) remained absent.
– Cornerback Jerraud Powers picked off Carson Palmer on an out route intended for Larry Fitzgerald during the two-minute drill.
– Chandler Catanzaro handled the kicking duties, but struggled in making just five of nine attempts. He missed twice from 52 yards out.
– Patrick Peterson had a couple of nice plays during 11-on-11, first breaking up a pass intended for Fitzgerald and then swatting down a ball headed for Michael Floyd.
– Peterson made back-to-back plays during 11-on-11, first breaking up a pass intended for Larry Fitzgerald and then on the very next snap batted down a ball intended for Michael Floyd.
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– Receiver Brittan Golden had a couple of nice grabs.
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Jorge Antonio Islas, 22, was crossing McDowell Road on foot near 65th Avenue Friday night when he was struck by a pickup truck. He was transported to a nearby hospital where he later died from his injuries.
It appears that alcohol may have been a factor on the part of both Islas and the driver, according to Sgt. Tommy Thompson with the Phoenix Police Department.
Thompson credited the driver for staying at the crash site until police arrived.
"No matter how severe a collision is, you're always better to stay at the scene because if you leave, it just compounds the problems and makes it worse for everyone involved," Thompson said.
Phoenix police are still investigating the accident.
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ND State defends FCS title in Sam Houston rematch
By SCHUYLER DIXON
Associated Press
FRISCO, Texas — The North Dakota State Bison have a second straight FCS championship in what's becoming their second home.
Backed by more than 10,000 fans wearing green and gold in the same suburban Dallas stadium where they beat Sam Houston State a year ago, the Bison outnumbered their Texas counterparts in the stands and outplayed them on the field — again.
Quarterback Brock Jensen ran for three touchdowns, including the go-ahead score in the third quarter not long after a holding penalty wiped out a touchdown that would have given Sam Houston the lead, and Sam Ojuri scored twice in a 39-13 victory Saturday.
The field turned into a Bison pep rally after the game as thousands of fans joined a trophy presentation on a stage that makes up one end of FC Dallas Stadium.
"Let's go Bison!" coach Craig Bohl shouted while holding up a Bison hand signal that could be mistaken for the Texas Longhorns' "Hook 'Em Horns" sign in the Lone Star State. "Best fans in America!"
The Bison, who won 17-6 a year ago, improved to 10-1 in the FCS playoffs with their eighth straight postseason win.
Jensen put North Dakota State (14-1) in front for good on a 1-yard sneak in the third quarter, and Ojuri had a 2-yard TD run on fourth-and-1 after the Bison got the ball with a fourth-down stop.
Ojuri had 92 yards rushing, and Jensen added 44 to go with 115 passing yards. The Bison rushed for 300 yards.
John Crockett had 80 yards rushing, 24 receiving and a 26-yard pass to set up a score on a trick play after taking a straight-ahead handoff.
Bell threw for 255 yards against the nation's best pass defense, but had three of Sam Houston's four interceptions. Flanders, the school's career rushing leader, was held to 53 yards on 19 carries, a 2.8 average.
It was tied at 10 when Flanders broke loose on an apparent 41-yard touchdown on the first possession of the second half. Instead, Sam Houston had a third long run deep into Bison territory wiped out by a holding penalty. None of the drives ended in points.
After the holding call on Flanders' run, Carlton Littlejohn intercepted Bell's pass while falling to his knees, and the turnover was upheld on review. Ojuri had 25 yards rushing on a drive that ended with Jensen's score for a 17-10 lead.
"That's a big turning point," said North Dakota State cornerback Marcus Williams, who had two interceptions to set the school career record with 18. "Whenever a team scores a TD and it gets taken off the board, it gives you momentum. In this game, you needed as much momentum as we could get."
The Bearkats were driving again when Bell had to throw the ball away before getting slammed to the turf on fourth-and-1. He stayed flat on his back and sat out parts of the fourth quarter.
"There were some opportunities there that could have gotten us back in the game, an answer or two to a score they had," Sam Houston coach Willie Fritz said. "But it didn't bounce that way."
Jensen's 31-yard pass to Zach Vraa set up Ojuri's fourth-down run, and the Bison further deflated the Bearkats when they turned a botched snap on the extra point into a 2-point conversion and a 25-10 lead on a desperation pass from kicker Adam Keller to Mike Hardie.
"Sometimes there's plays that happen in the game when you think, 'You know what, this is probably going to be our day,'" Bohl said. "A play that we had never planned or designed turned out to work extremely well."
North Dakota State scored the first touchdown in the second quarter by covering 65 yards on three running plays. Jensen ran 21 yards on third down after the field opened when Sam Houston State's leading tackler, Darnell Taylor, crumpled to the ground in front of him with an apparently leg injury. Ryan Smith ran 24 yards, and Jensen, who accounted for both touchdowns in last year's game, scored from the 20.
Sam Houston ended a championship game touchdown drought just before it reached six quarters and tied the score at 10 when Bell threw a 1-yard pass to K.J. Williams with 33 seconds left in the first half. A 30-yard toss to Richard Sincere put the ball on the 1 three plays after an interception by Andre Martin Jr. was wiped out when he was called for defensive holding.
Crockett's career-long 57-yard run set up a 32-yard field goal by Keller to give North Dakota State a first-quarter lead. Miguel Antonio kicked a tying 38-yarder in the second quarter after missing from 32 yards in the first.
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SZCZECIN, Poland, Jan. 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- January 2, 2013 marked the entrance of a new player on the market of free online software directories. A virtual robot, suggestively named SoftFinder, presents itself as a "dedicated software finder." The mascot brands SoftFinder.com, a new website that provides users with an extensive database of applications for Windows, Mac and Linux, accompanied by useful descriptions and reviews.
SoftFinder.com is a new project owned by Red Sky, known for worldwide successful search engines such as FilesTube.com, Alternative.to or Pnop.com. Currently, the website serves as a database of desktop applications, but this year the developers are planning to expand its resources with web and mobile applications, as well as implement new user features, enabling social networking interaction.
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Klopp on:
Rivalries - "I don't believe in enemies in football. I believe in real, real, real opponents."
LVG - "I don't have any problems with Van Gaal but I really don't want him to win."
Anfield atmosphere - "We can show we can create a better atmosphere in the first leg than Man United in the second leg."
Benteke's penalty - "It was a penalty. Contact in the box is a penalty. For both sides, not just for Liverpool."


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Italian Pasta and Beans
Total Time
Prep 15 mins
Cook 30 mins
This is an easy italian soup with pasta and beans. I make this when I only have a little time to get dinner together. It goes well with a green salad and fresh italian bread.
Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 (15 ounce) can great northern beans
- 2 cups elbow macaroni
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon pepper
- 1⁄4 cup olive oil or 1⁄4 cup corn oil
- 1⁄4 cup onion, chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, chopped
- 1 tablespoon fresh parsley
- 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
- 1 beef bouillon cube
- 1⁄4 cup grated romano cheese
- Cook pasta per package directions and drain off half of the water. Saute onion and garlic in the oil. Add the parsley, salt, pepper, tomato sauce and bouillon cube and simmer for 5 minutes. Add the sauce and the beans to the pasta and water and simmer for another 5 minutes. Add the cheese and serve.
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When we brought you news of Ford's
overhauled F-150 powertrain lineup for 2011, most people were
quite happy with the changes made. However, there were some that were
skeptical about the possible power ratings for the optional EcoBoost
V6 engine.
Some simply weren't buying into the
idea that the 3.5-liter EcoBoost V6 -- a twin-turbocharged engine
that sees duty in the Ford Taurus SHO and Ford Flex -- could possibly
produce even more power in a truck platform that would undergo much
more stress.
Today, however, Ford is giving the
naysayers a healthy dish of crow to eat with the final
power/torque figures for the EcoBoost V6 engine option in the
2011 Ford F-150. The engine will generate 365 hp at 5,000 rpm and an
outrageous 420 lb-ft of torque at 2,500 rpm. Even more impressive is
that 90 percent of peak torque will be available from 1,700 rpm to
5,000 rpm. Towing capacity with the new engine matches that of the
larger 6.2-liter V8 engine option -- 11,300 pounds. Better still, all
of this is achieved using regular unleaded fuel.
For comparison, the EcoBoost V6
generates 365 hp at 5,500 rpm and 350 lb-ft at 1,500 rpm in the
Taurus SHO.
The new EcoBoost will be a more
expensive engine option than the 5.0-liter V8 which generates 360 hp
and 380 lb-ft of torque.
"Truck customers should think of the
EcoBoost truck engine as a gas-powered engine with diesel-type
capability and characteristics," said Jim Mazuchowski, Ford's V6
engines program manager. "The twin turbochargers and direct
injection give it the broad, flat torque curve that makes towing with
a diesel so effortless – and hard acceleration so much fun."
"Customers have embraced the EcoBoost
solution of delivering the power they desire with the fuel economy
they demand in a no-compromise package," added Derrick Kuzak, group
vice president, Global Product Development. "From the start, we
have pledged that this solution applies to any engine and any
customer. The EcoBoost truck engine for the 2011 F-150 will deliver
those attributes and has been specially tuned and tested to deliver
the best-in-class towing and capability our truck customers demand."
The EcoBoost V6 engine option will be
available for the F-150 in early 2011. Although Ford didn't give any
specific fuel economy numbers for the engine, it will more than
likely be more fuel efficient than the less powerful 5.0-liter V8.
quote: No one in Europe thinks of the F150 or anything like that when talking about Ford.
quote: Compare say the Kia Sportage with 23-25 combined for different trim levels vs. the 18-20 for the Edge.]
quote: but I'm also aware that maintenance on them isn't going to be cheaper vs. a naturally aspirated motor
quote: I'm talking about the inevitable turbo failures and etc. that are part of a forced induction engine.
quote: An all-new engine Every Ford truck engine undergoes a tortuous testing program, and the EcoBoost truck engine was no exception."We're testing this EcoBoost truck engine just as we would all of our other F-150 truck engines – we have exactly the same expectations and it has to pass all our truck durability and reliability tests," said Kris Norman, powertrain operations manager. "From our standpoint, this is an all-new engine specifically designed and engineered for the F-150. Everything is validated to the higher stress levels and higher customer usage levels found in any F-150 engine."Three avenues that test and validate engines are computer analysis, laboratory testing and in-vehicle validation. For the 3.5-liter EcoBoost application in the 2011 F-150, that includes:More than 1.5 million hours of analytical timeMore than 13,000 hours of dynamometer testing, including more than 5,000 hours at full boost and more than 2,500 hours at or above 5,000 rpm; the dyno testing helps ensure durability in excess of 150,000 milesMore than 100,000 hours of vehicle test time encompassing the full range of potential customer operating conditionsAll the tests together replicate more than 1.6 million miles of customer usage – the harshest-use customer. A customer profile reflecting extreme-use driving style, road types and vehicle usage, including maximum towing and payload situations, was developed to underpin the testing program.
quote: I love how a comment on his personal experiences over 40 years is downrated.
quote: There are rumors that an upcoming Shelby GT 500 will use an ecoboost V8.
quote: The Earth Doesn't Care About what is done to or for it.
quote: There's a reason Ford's going to Ecoboost, but don't for a minute believe it's because of weight reduction.
quote: Nice try, but how about comparing them to aluminum block engines, not older iron block ones (6.2L). Also, I went out of my way to specifically to mention cam-in-block OHV, not OHC engines.
quote: Ford is actually bringing Ecotec to mainstream vehicles (Fiesta, Focus, F-150, Taurus, Flex, Explorer, etc.) and its Lincoln luxury line.
quote: How was the 20-22 mpg? Another class leading stat. oh wait,,,,,,
quote: You're right that Ford did a good job of marketing the turbocharging and DI to the masses, but all GM has to show for is the Ecotec 2.0T which they only really used in performance applications.
quote: so don't play it like GM is all awesome cause they aren't.
quote: Your post is still flawed. If I decide I want to stick an electric motor in my car and and then junk it, does that mean I am the pioneer of electric cars?
quote: Lastly, who the hell cares who helped develop a motor. Was the powerstroke diesel bad for Ford because International designed it? How about the Cummins or Duramax?
quote: I prefer to buy a car on its merits, not politcal views, and wish this site would get back to discussion on the technical merits, not arguing over who got a loan and they suck because of it.
quote: Who can argue with solid logic like that?
quote: GM tried to use cylinder deactivation before its time and didn't care that it had issues.
quote: I guess it is better that we release technology before it is ready like GM (who sucks), unlike Ford.
quote: There, is my OP now clear enough for you?
quote: FYI The old Powerstroke diesel was made by Navistar. And while they are an International subsidiary, it may shock you to know that International trucks use Cummins diesel engines, not Navistar engines.
quote: And who has higher reliability now than Toyota or Honda? Hint: It isn't GM.